Third Time’s a Charm

OMG! I about gave up with this card!!! The first card, I was already done with it and I accidentally put the card on top of the stamp that of course I haven’t cleaned. While trying to clean the back, the front sentiment got ruined. ARGH!!!!

Then I made a second one. Well, I just got to stamping the pattern stamp that’s on the bottom right  corner and my hand skipped and so I accidentally doubled up the stamp. Double ARGH!!!

So I took a deep breath, checked everything twice and here it is. I did it! I created the card based on KWernerDesign’s color challenge.  It’s Brilliant blue, Pumpkin Pie, Bashful Blue which I replaced with Bliss Blue since I don’t have Bashful, and White.

My Stampin’ Up! order came in today. Now I have four new sets to play with. I’ve been wanting this for a while but just never got to getting it. I should have gotten it earlier. The butterflies are so fun to use.

I received some interesting emails today and quite excited about them. They just came out of the blue. I’ll tell you more later after all is confirmed. All I can say is that one is from my very most favorite company. I’ll work there any day - well, as long as I can telecommute {::SMILES}.

I better get ready for a crop tomorrow. It’s at the LSS and I’m going to help host. We’re going to do some fun things. Nobody there reads my blog anyway so I’ll share {::SMILES}. I’ll be doing a few challenges, nothing hard really. The first is to use stamping for their layout and another is pop it with alphas. This is the first crop for the lss, so I’m trying to keep it simple. M is going with me — she’s been going to almost all my crops. She has her little bag ready.

Wow Challenges

I’m quite challenged this week. First off, it’s probably not a good idea for me to create two cards and one scrapbook page in one night. But here they are, the cards at least. The Scrapbook page I’m still debating. I created for the Scrapperie contest but hmm…. It just doesn’t seem right. So, if I can’t come up with anything better before the deadline then I’ll submit, if not, then I hope the next one will be better {::SMILES}.

Here’s my first card, which I did for the color challenge at SCS. I used the Garden Silhouettes stamp for this card and my rub-ons for the sentiment. The colors are celery, pretty in pink, and lovely lilac. I’m not a big fan of purple and it’s obvious. My hubby bought me two sets of SU stamps three Christmas ago and I’ve just opened my lovely lilac stamp pad. Wow, huh?

For the ribbons, I used a lovely in pink shade of gingham ribbon and rose regal grossgrain. Do I like? Not sure. But I did the challenge.

My second card is for the sketch challenge. Uhm… can I say interesting? I used my brand new, imported from Canada, Pink Cat Studio Stamps. The set is 13 Sweet Treats and it is super cute. I’ve been wanting some cutesy and large stamps and I found a set. The sentiment is PaperTrey and the circles I cut using my Nestabilities. 

This is my first order from Pink Cat and I must say, I received it in a week. Odd since it was sent via regular mail. My Bellas took two weeks. I’ve only cut two of the stamps, they come uncut, and I need to glue/tape them to my mounting block in order to use. In essence this stamp set combines Stampin’ Up! and Bellas.

Definitely not my style but I couldn’t sleep. Ahh….

Is Wednesday already? Wow, this week is going by fast! Laters!!

I Am a DT for…

Clear and Simple Stamps! Yeah! I found their stamps through Split Coast and fell in love and on their site they were looking for a few more DTs and I applied. I’m so excited. My blogging sister, Lori, is in that team too. 

So that’s my news. No, I’m not preggers, ha!

Here’s a card I want to share today. I posted this to SCS last week or so for the color challenge. I LOVE this color. It’s celery, chocolate chip, and pretty in pink or something like that. Emily, the host, can come up with some interesting colors, it is suppose to be challenging, but this one I love. This week’s challenge… hmm… it’s got purple in it. I am so not good with any thing with that shade.

Last month I signed up for a contest at the Scrapperie called the Guantlet. Pretty cool name, huh? This week’s is the first round and I have no idea what to scrap about still. I guess I have a few days to think about it. I just looked at the initial gallery and there are a lot of people participating. WOW! I wonder, if I sumbit, if I’ll make it to round two {::SMILES}. Yeah, a bit intimidated here by what I saw there. So I’m going to try. What I submit needs to be original work that’s never been published and created for the contest so wish me luck!

An M story: She woke up this morning and in the most dramatic M way she said, “Mommy, I’m sick.” So I asked her what’s wrong and she produced the most pathetic fake cough I have ever heard. Then I felt her forehead and I told her she has no fever and she looked so disappointed. I asked if she has a headache and she touched her head to feel and she shook her head (I’m thankful my baby can’t lie, yet). So I told her that she has to go to school and she walked herself to her bedroom and rummage through her drawers to find something to wear.

Ahhhh, children!

Color Challenge

I just got back from my upline’s SU workshop. Great fun! I’ll share what we made tomorrow!!! I think one will make you want to go shopping and make this for yourself and all the moms and teachers. So awesome!!

Here’s my take on Kristina’s color challenge. I had fun last week and I thought I’d try it again this week. The colors are Close to Cocoa, Chocolate Chip, Soft Sky, and Vanilla. The stamp sets are Lovely as Tree and Warm Words. The above sheet set is from Restoration Hardware. I LOVE that store!! Every time we go to the KC Plaza we always stop by there. Fun, fun!

My old supervisor is retiring. I think this card will be perfect for the occassion. What do you think?

Well, I am super tired. Going to bed. I have a presentation to do for my class tomorrow. I need to dress up nice. Urgh, I hate dressing up. Oh well.

Card Swap

I made this for a swap (the swap’s tonight) but ended up not liking it as much as another design (I’ll show you after the swap) so here it is. I used last week’s Splist Coast sketch challenge and this week color combo: soft sky, purely pomegranate, and black.

I dunno, now that I look at it, it’s not that bad but, since it’s my upline’s workshop and swap, I figured an SU stamped image would be more appropriate, thus the other design/card.

Material:

Everything from Stampin’ Up! except for the center stamp, which is a Bella stamp. Pattern paper is Cutie Pie. The shoes and pants were colored using my Copic sketch markers. Embossing was done by my Cuttlebug template.

I am so excited for tonight. It’s been a loooooooong time since I went to a workshop. There was one last month but it was when I was out of town for my conference. It’s always fun to meet up with other ladies who love to stamp too and just chit chat about anything.

Oh, I have an M story… since M was born we’ve always done all sorts of educational activities with her. That was why we took TV service out so that TV will not be the center of her entertainment. Since she was 3-months-old we’ve signed with her and she signed back at 6-months-old and she’s always been a little sponge. M knew how to count to 50 when she was just over 2-years-old and we’ve been playing math games since she turned three. I’d show her my fingers and asked her, “If I have four fingers and two went to sleep, how many do I have left?” She’d count my finger and tell me, “two.” Last night I told her that it’ll be a long night, I still have cards to make for the swap. She asked me how many I needed to make and I told her five. She asked me how many I’ve done and I said two. Then she said, “ooooh, you have three more to make.” Wow! I do fractions with her too… we’ll see if that sticks {::SMILES}.

Hi!

Here’s my take on Beate’s weekend sketch challenge #45. I used Kraft, again, as my background paper and the Cuttlebug. This was a really quick card to make. I think it’s another five minute card.

I used the Spring Solitude set and I used the Stamp-a-majig to stamp over the bigger flower. I love that tool! The DP is from SU’s Cutie Pie and the “hi” is American Craft’s alphabet chipboard. Colors: Pomegranate and Marigold Morning from 2007 the in colors. The ribbon is Regal Rose.

Our outing was nice. Short but nice. Went to Michael’s and grabbed a few K&Company’s new items, some Amy Butler series. LOVE the new stuff. Not only are they cute, cute, cute, the packaging is recycled and also reusable. You should check them out!

I cut into my paper already and putting a page together. Another M page. Can’t wait to get it done! Loving the feel of the whole set.

The sushi restaurant was delicious as always. For the first time, Emma skipped the steamed dumplings and opted for the california AND tuna rolls. She LOVED the spicy crab salad and onion soup. She was a little piggy!!! She even dipped the rolls into some soy sauce and was brave enough to try the wasabi although that ended up in her spitting the content of her mouth onto my hands. I told her it was spicy but she wanted to try.

I love that girl, she’s such a great eater. I wonder if she’ll continue to eat if I tell her that the fish is raw… naaaaah, I’ll wait until she finds out on her own, why ruin it {::SMILES}.

Five Minute Card

Maybe less. It was pretty quick. I wanted a yellow card, so took out a yellow piece of paper and cut, punched a hole, grabbed the stamp-a-ma-jig and stamped the Lovely Labels Thank You through the hole, stamped the rest of the card using Baroque Motifs, and added the satin ribbon and the Primas. Ink color: chocolate chip. What do you think? Does it look five minutes or is it pretty presentable?

I love the colors, so bright, reminds me of warm summer days. But I think this card can easily be changed to look more elegant. Change the colors a bit and this will make a great and quick wedding invitation. I should try it… I’m thinking chocolate chip with soft sky or something a bit darker like last year’s cool caribbean more less like this on the right (color by Kuler).

I have no exciting story to tell. Same old stuff. I haven’t done a lot of crafting this week. Just haven’t been motivated. Which is too bad since hubby’s on late shift duty this week and I could have had plenty of time doing crafts but I’ve just been watching movies with M or playing. Today I did a bit of tidying up and this card and that’s it.

Glad it’s Friday tomorrow. Long week it seems like. I’ve posted all the assignments, including exams, for my two online classes that I’m teaching. So happy. I have no class to teach this summer, just my full-time job and the basement (plus retiling the bathroom). Oh, so not looking forward to labor work!

Tut: Kuler’s New Feature

Since Adobe sent me a T, I feel obligated to share with you the “what’s new” in Kuler. So here it is:

If you’re interested in the previous Kuler tutorial, check it out here. Hope you’ll find this info useful!

I also want to share a card that I did at the crop. Again I used Dana Frantz Hippie Couture digital paper that I printed on white card stock (actually this was the left over from the other card) and used another ribbon that I bought at Wally World. The stamp is H&M’s stamp set: Sea Life. Can’t you tell I LOVE this set? {::SMILES}

This is actually a perfect card for a lady at work who lent my committee seashells for our beach them staff luncheon a few weeks ago. The finances is a bit tight for social events so we had to find (free) ideas for decorations. I hope she likes the card - it is a bit in your face in terms of colors.

M was funny the other night. She told me the other night that she wanted to eat at a restaurant. I asked her what she wanted and she said sushi. She also suggested that we go to the Plaza. Ok, my 4-year-old is getting a bit hoity toity here although sushi is not a bad idea. M even eats the raw fish… she doesn’t know tho. Yeah, yeah… I’m feeding her raw fish. We use to go to the city more often but with global warming and energy consumption, we have lessen our trips. We’ll go once a month now instead of every other week. This is probably why I’m online more often. I figured that the delivery people has to drive around anyways, so a stop at my place isn’t going to add any more pollution than there already is plus I’m helping the American people stay employed. Is this good justification?

Ok, have a great night. More tomorrow…

Beate’s Sketch

Did this Friday for Beate’s sketch and also mother’s day. Ever since I did the color challenge on SCS, temping turquoise, green galore, and kraft, I couldn’t get enough of this color. Obviously I haven’t overdone it but I would if I could {::SMILES}. I couldn’t resist this color when I saw the content of Dana Frantz new kit, Hippie Couture. Check out the pattern paper, isn’t that just perfect? Coincidently too, last Friday I picked up a few ribbons at Wally World and look, the colors match to perfectly!!!

Is this too bright of a mother’s day card? Who knows, but I love it {::SMILES}.

To get this color, I adjusted it a bit. I went into photoshop and get into the Curves and moved it slightly down. I wanted it to print a bit darker. The pattern is a 12×12 design but I just printed it out on an 8.5×11 white card stock.

I had a fun time at the crop yesterday. I did a few challenged that the ladies can choose from and out of the 17 there, 8 participated. Not a lot but not bad since it’s the first time we did challenges. I’m not sure if they liked it but those who did participate seemed to have had a fun time doing it. I’ll show you what I did throughout the week. Have a great rest of your Sunday!

Beautiful Day

Not! Where is spring? The weather’s been so yucky here although we did get a glimpse of 70 degree weather this evening. But of course, it was just a tease. Now the wind is blowing and I think it’s raining. Can’t tell… really light.

Because of our wonderful weather, i decided to make a card that hopefully can cheer somebody up. Who? Dunno… I really don’t have anybody to send cards out to right now… I suppose it’ll make a great bday card, mother’s day card, or just a picker upper card.

I used H&M new stamps again. This is from the Sea Life set. Love it! The turtle was awesome and now the seashells are just gorgeous. This set is great for scrapbooking. I should! The pattern paper is PaperTrey Ink’s. I’m not sure if I like them or not. They’re really pale. Great for soft cards but I like my pattern papers to be a bit more bold. It’s a preference thing. I still haven’t used the PTI stamps that I bought. I should. I also bought a new SU stamp set and my new Bellas are still untouched.

I have a 12 hr crop this weekend. Whoo hoo!!! I’m suppose to help organize but got so swamped this week that I never touched base with the coordinator. I should send her an email! Have a great Friday… more later!