I was playing with White Ink and watercoloring with this card.

I also highlighted the dry embossing with white ink.

I get a lot of new "toys" being a stampin up demonstrator. 

It is just a hobby for me, but a hobby that pays for itself.

There are a lot of little technic's on this card . . . . . FUN!

The inside of the card.

I wanted to make something with a little different "fold" than normal.  

The flap flips up and gives you more writing area.

 I was looking for pop-up card.  I tried it first as a birthday card, but soon changed my mind to make a wedding card instead.  I like the results.

I've seen a lot of "black board" cards and crafts lately.

This was fun to create.

This is a little "love"  notecard . . . . maybe 4X4.

I made this card from a sketch at split coast stampers.

I've had a hard time using this stamp set . . . . I was happy with this little tag that I made.

Pinwheels seem to be an upcoming trend . . . . or maybe not!  I always seem to catch on after the wave!

Christmas in April

This is a card I made back in April with a really fun chalk technic.  I think it turned out well.  I need to use this technic a little more.  It's called the kaleidoscope technic.

It goes without saying, but I will anyway!  It has been a Loooooong time since I've posted here.  I'm going to try to get a few cards up.  This card I created for stamp club.  It is using the new stamp set "Bloom'n Marvelous."

This was a sketch challenge for split coast stampers. I chose to do a Halloween theme. This spider looks happy, but I hope he doesn't make it out of the jar!

This challenge on Split Coast was to use "blocks" of color.  I pulled out an old stamp set I have and liked what I came up with!

This was the second card I posted to be a "guest designer" for Split Coast Stampers.  The challenge was to use 3 of your favorite technics.  I used braying, heat embossing and pop up dimensionals.  I love this stamp set!

One day I got onto Split Coast Stampers and they were having a contest to win a spot as a "guest designer" for their "keep it simple" cards.  I entered this card and the card that I'll post tomorrow and actually one a spot in December as a guest designer.  It should be fun.  This challenge was to use colors of your favorite sport team.  I don't have a favorite sport team, so I reverted back to my high school years.  Go DHS!!!

Long periods of time seem to come and go between my postings to this blog!  I keep waiting for my life to settle down.  I thought that would happen when school started.  It hasn't happened yet!  I have been having a hard time getting my creative juices going and so have been doing some of Split Coast Stampers challenges.  This was for a CAS (keep it simple) challenge.  I like the final result . . . . .

When my daughter was here visiting, we sat down and did a little stamping.  This is what I did.

I just recently bought this stamp set with children in it. I bought because . . . a. I could color it. b. I've been looking for stamps with "personality" not just an inanimate object . . . . This set fit the bill.

I did this card for swap in April. The theme was masculine. I did "little" boy! I am mesmorized by watercoloring and coloring in general. My outlining looks shaky, but with my family history, shaky is just the norm . . . . No surgeons here!

The theme for the day for this one was "birds." I had fun with this one!

Eeeek! it's been a while since I posted!  I know . . . . old story . . . . .

I decided this week to participate in the daily "challenges" that split coast stampers has to feed my inspiration, or lack thereof, I should say.  This was a design sketch challenge.  They give you the design and you fill in the blanks.  Here is the design:

And this is what I came up with.

The "pot" for the flower is punched using a Christmas ornament punch.  Cutting the bottom off makes a cute little pot I think . . . . . .