Tuesday, July 31, 2007

All bubbled over....

With excitement, I really like this new stamp set I got from TAC (The Angel Company)... The bad thing is it is retired now...:0( I found TAC stamps just in time to order some of the retiring stamp sets from them... TY, Linda;0), she is my dealer, hehehe I mean demo...LOL Okay, buying is really sickness on rubber stamps...hehehe I wounder do the have a 12 step program for buying stamps?.... I have a few online friends that need the help as do I...;0) You know whom you are...hehehe

On to the stamped cards for today, it is a twofer for your eyes... I made one and then another because I liked the stamp so much...:0) TFL

Stamps: The Angel Company, retired set Bubble over
Ink: Versafine, O.B.
Pencils: Prismacolor
Ribbon: unknown recycled from flowers
Brads: unknown bulk buy at CKC
PP: Hand made from Memory Stor(Costco pk), Unknown maker came out of Color pallet scrap pad
Tag: K&Company
Glitter glue: Dollar tree
Stamps: TAC, retired set Bubble over
Ink: Versafine, O.B.
Pencils: Prismacolor
Ribbon: $1 bin M's
Glitter glue: Dollar tree
Punch: Unknown was a RAK
Dry embossing: Fiskars Texture Plates II, Vines




Monday, July 30, 2007

Just a note...

This image came from the RAK box of love...hehehe TY, Stacy.... I am not so, sure that I made it look as good as she did but, I try... This is a Cornish Heritage Farms image by, Thomas Kinkade... It is called, It Doesn't Get Much Better Vignette... I had fun trying to remember what it should look like but, in the end it is more my own then what the artist has done with it originally... TYFL

Stamps: It Doesn't get Much Better Vignette, CHF
Ink: Image unknown it was a RAK, mat Ranger Van Dyke Brown
Ribbon: $1 bin at M's
Snaps: unknown Bulk buy from CKC

Sunday, July 29, 2007

I know, Fathers day at the end of July...:0)

This is the fathers day card I made for my father this year... It is another Auntie Amy's Embossing arts image... I really, really do like what she has to offer... But, then again I have been and Embossing Arts fan before Auntie Amy's bought them a few years ago... For a long time you could not get these great gems (stamps)... Then Auntie Amy's came along and saved them from becoming extinct... This like most all my cards was scanned over HOTP Paper pizazz beach pebbles... And more new stuff to come this next week so, check back soon.... TFL

PP: Slab II
Stamp: Auntie Amy's
Ink: Ranger Van Dyke Brown
Fibers: Fancy Fur jungle print
Brads: unknown bought in bulk at CKC


Saturday, July 28, 2007

Another fairy card...

I just had to share the other fairy card with all of you...:0) I like the little fairies from Auntie Amy's Embossing arts... They have the cutest little faces... And are so much fun to color...TFL

Stamp: Fairy Auntie Amy's, sentiments POD
Ink: Versafine O.B. , Colorbox Alpine
Color: Prang pencil's, pen Super-marble Zebra
Dry Embossed: Fiskars texture plate, Blossoms


One of my Fairy cards....

I just love this stamp it is an Auntie Amy's Embossing Arts stamp... She really has some great stamps... If you have not checked her out I think you should and, you can find a link right here on my blog just look under places I like to visit...

Stamp:Auntie Amy's
Ink: Versafine, Colorbox
Pencils: Prang
Papers: Scraps?
Glimmer art: at the top of her wand from Scrap art
Brad: unknown bulk buy from CKC
Embossed: Fiskars template

Friday, July 27, 2007

Swaps are fun to be in...

I made this one for a card swap... This one was for the Flip flop swap in the Sunroom... It is bright and it makes me think of summer...:0) All the swap Items I got in return are grand...:0)
PP: Slab II
Ink: Versafine B.O.
Stamps: a RAK, from Linda, I think they are POD
Pencil: Prang
Punch: My sister CM punch
Fiber: Swap

Sympath cards...

Why are they so hard to make and or, pick out in the stores... It makes my heart hurt to know that someone has lost someone that they love...This is a sympathy card I made for a dear friend that lost her beloved pet.... You may have seen it posted before at 2Peas or in the Sunroom, it is just one more of my latest works that I wanted to share here on my blog... TFL

Paper: Hand made from the Memory Stor pack at Costco, white card stock
Stamp: Auntie Amy's
Ink: Versafine Onyx Black, ColorBox
Ribbon:Unknown, recycled from a gift
Pencils: Prang

Thursday, July 26, 2007

I had a happy day....

Guess what I got..... I got the 48 pack of the Prismacolor Premier colored pencils and it came with a few goodies a bonus pack of 12 Prismacolor Verithins, 2 art sticks and a sharpener too... I used my 40% off coupon to get them...:0)))

And 12 new packs of the Studio G stamps that are at Mikes for a $1...:0))) It was a great afternoon spent shopping with my DH....
And on to the posts of the day.... It is a goody bag for Easter... I know it is the end of July...LOL
Stamps: Auntie Amy's
Punch:EK
Pencils: Prang




Wednesday, July 25, 2007

One of my favorite cards...

Okay, this is another card I made a few weeks ago... For WSW over at 2 Peas... I just had to share it here on my blog... TFL

Stamps: Image of the girl is Auntie Amy's Embossing Arts, Sentiment is from $1 stamps, sea shells at the bottom are unknown
Ink: Versafine O.B., Ranger Van Dyke brown
Fibers: Unknown from a swap
Pencils: Prang

Tuesday, July 24, 2007

Another fun card...

I have to tell you I have had this image stamped out and colored for years.. Like 13+ years, it is from my friends stamps; the reason I got in to stamping in the first place... It is all her fault....LOL I have never known what to do with it and this week it hit me and I have made a card... I really like the way it came out.... TFL

Stamp: Auntie Amy's Embossing Art
Color: Prang pencils
Ink: I can not remember...LOL
Fibers: from a RAK


Monday, July 23, 2007

Getting the jump on tuesday..

I am getting a jump on Tuesdays post because I have to work all day and may be to wiped out to post it later... The humidity is a killer around here the last few days..
I total card lifted this idea... I asked for the rights to post the name of said person and she gave me the go ahead... TY, Deloris (deeth1) at 2Peas, thank you for a great idea... We used different stamps but, I like both cards...
Sentiment was done on the PC reads "Hopping you're back on your feet again soon"....

Stamp:Auntie Amy's Embossing Art
Ink: Ranger, Starry Night
Ribbon: unknown recycled from flowers
Cotton tail from cotton ball
Paper clip: Express Paper clips



Birthday card....

This was a fun card to make for a on-line friend... The images for the front came out of the RAK box... The sentiments and other inside stamps came from another RAK from another friend...

Stamps: Front unknown Birthday, sentiment POD, inside POD
Ribbon: front unknown recycled from flowers
Color: Prang, Prismacolor metallic
Paper: Hand made paper from Memory Stor
Embellished paper clips made with Lil Davis chipboard
Fibers: unknown from a RAK





Sunday, July 22, 2007

Faux Postage card...

I know some of you may have seen this but, I wanted it on my blog as well, hang in there... This week will have a few new items from me along with a few that have been seen before at the 2Peas or in the Sunroom... I would like to get a few of them on to my blog...
This was scanned on HOTP rock paper to show fibers off.... TFL

Stamps: Embossing Arts Co. stamp I am not sure if Auntie Amy's Embossing arts will release this one...:0) Sentiment stamp $1 acrylic stamps by: Studio G form mikes (thoughts of you)
Inks: Versafine ink, Ranger ink
Colored: with prang pencils and no blender... Then a little silver with a pen Aurora pens from Costco
Fibers: unknown from a swap
Faux postage: template from SCS...
Scissors: Fiskars, Stamp



Saturday, July 21, 2007

Old, New. Borrowed, Blue...

I card lifted this right out of Paper crafts April/May 2007... The Designer of the original card is Alisa Bagerter in PC Mag....


I changed a few things... I made my card a open from the center, used different papers and embellishments... I also added a safety pin for the under side of my nieces weeding gown with fibers, ribbon and an old ring of mine... This was a just in case her younger sister had forgotten the something Old, new, borrowed and blue... As it turned out this card was not needed...


PP: upper left and lower right are from the Slab II
Bottom left is from HOTP..
Upper right is vent/duct tape found at home Depot...
Lace: both top and bottom left where in a grab bag at the craft store unknown

Photoscan


Thursday, July 19, 2007

I got mail from Australia....:0)

I got these great stamps from Australia yesterday... It was a RAK gift from WSW at 2peas, they came from Lime Tart...






Tuesday, July 17, 2007

Happy 14th Anniversary to my Hubby...

To the man of my dreams and whom is in my dreams.... {{{{HUGZ}}}} and Kisses to many, many more years of loving each other....

You may have seen this card at 2Peas or in the Sunroom but, today is our day and I wanted to post it one more time just for him... With all my love... Love~me:0)

Stamps: Stamp Gallery Dachshund head, Kolette Hall Happy Anniversary $1 stamp M's
Ink: Ranger Starry Night
Brads: unknown from a bin at CKC



More goodie box images...

Another image from the friendship box from Stacy (JBgreendawn)... TY, Stacy...xoxxo
This one wil go to the troops...

Stamps: ? From a friend
Inks: Color box, Cyan, Green and Lime for the back ground
Colored: The bugs with Prang pencils
Punch: EK, small flower







I got this one from the box of crafting fun as well... I am not sure how she did this as I do not think I ever told her that I have a thing for roosters well, in my kitchen that is... They are all over it I even have a clock that is a rooster... It is a family joke as well...:0)
She sent me this great rooster to play with.. The funny thing is I had just found the ribbon at M's in the dollar bin and had to have it and did not have any thing that I could do with it...LOL

Stamp: Inkadinkado
Ink: Color Box, Terra Cotta
Punchie: Unknown from the box

Monday, July 16, 2007

More fun with RAK goodies...

Okay, I did say I got a box of goodies from a friend right... This is just one more image from that box...:0) TY, Friend....;0)

I also took the guide off of my corner rounder to make the scallops down the right side of the card... I got the idea from another blog I read...
Flowers are punched from pp scraps from slab II.

I just got the idea from this stamp that she is an older lady giving you great sage advice...
It reads: Listen Honey- God didn't promise it would be easy... He just promised it would be worth it!


Stamps: Unknown it was a RAK, it says Emerson along her dress
Colored: with Prang pencils
Eyelets: Unknown maker I got them in bulk at CKC
Punch's: EK
PP: Slab II

Sunday, July 15, 2007

Weekend fun....

A friend of mine sent me some goodies...:0) A box full of crafting love...
This is what I did with some of it... This is an altered cardboard CD mailer box....
I had it just hanging around the craft room and it was time for it is have a life...
Thanx for looking...:0)
Stamps: mamabella, Studio G, Hero Arts
Ink's: Versafine Onyx Black
Ribbon's: Green Unknown it is recycled from a gift, photo corners made from M's $1 ribbon
Buttons: Unknown maker came from Wal-mart
Cuttlebug Embossing folder unknown From Friend
Colored: with Prang pencils...
Closure: recycled unknown.
















Friday, July 13, 2007

This is one of my latest cards that I have made... I had a lot of fun making this card, I love the little chicken and the fact that it is sitting on the soup pot... TFL
Rubber Stamps: Unknown they where in a RKA to me from a friend, LindainNC..
Ink by: Versafine Onxy black ink, Paint box yellow around the edge,
Pencils: Prang
Ribbons: from: $1 bin













My blog is under construction....

I am learning how to do all this great blog stuff so, hang in there. It will be up and running really soon....:0)

TY, Flexie:0)

Thursday, July 12, 2007

Well, I said I would....

So, here it it my very first post on my very, very new blog...:0)

I hope you enjoy it....

Flexie:0)