Tuesday, June 15, 2010

Baby Boy Card

Hi all!

Just a quick post today. I made two baby cards for Paula, as did many of you, so that they would be ready to mail when she gave birth. Since she had a baby girl, I figured it would be alright to post the boy one. I've sent this off to Hannah for her card drive now.



I used the Hero Arts Box Plaid stamp for the background. I cut three scalloped circle Nesties from the Cuttlebug for some layering. The sweet elephant image and sentiment are from the Inkadinkadoo clear set, called Welcome Baby. I colored the image with Copics and added some Glossy Accents. This card was lots of fun to make! Hope you enjoy!

I'm so happy I'll be among the flowers at work today! The weather today is rainy, chilly and gloomy again! It feesl like I haven't seen the sun in such a long time! They say we should see it tomorrow. I hope they're right! Have a fab Tuesday everyone! :)

Monday, June 14, 2010

Trying Another Challenge. . . . .

Hello there!

Does anyone else think the weekend went way too fast?! I can't believe it's Monday already! I did get a nice surprise yesterday at work though. They had scheduled too many of us, so I was able to turn around and come back home! Love when that happens! Can ya see me smiling?

I'm starting to get tired of the weather we've been having. It's gotten colder and has been either raining or cloudy for days now. Living in Minnesota can be difficult, so I cherish every sunny warm day there is. When it rains for quite a few days in a row, I almost feel cheated out of summer because it's such a short season here. Hope the sun and warmth returns soon!

I decided to give Jenny's challenge a try. It's all about stitches. You can have any kind of stitches you want on your card. Since sewing is not something I'm very good at, (want to learn someday) I used a rub-on for this card.



This card turned out way different than I thought it would and no matter what I did with my camera, I could not get the colors right. The background color is a much prettier green. In this picture, it looks so pukey to me! Some of the pearls look darker than they actually are too. Oh well....*sigh*

I used the Hero Arts Long Stem Flowers stamp. I stamped my ink pads directly on my kraft sheet, sprayed the ink with Pearlized water, placed the stamp into the mixture, then stamped it onto the card stock. Love the shimmer! I also used that same watery ink and a small paintbrush to add extra color to the poppies. I clear embossed the Hero Arts La Letter stamp behind the flower image. Here is a close-up of the shimmer from the Perfect Pearls. So yummy! (Try to ignore the puke green color of the background!)



Thanks for visiting me today! Hopefully the next card I make will be better! (Live and learn.) I hope the weather where you are is so much better than here! Enjoy the start to your week! :)