I think this little car is an adorable image! Do you see all the bling on this card? I added touches of glitter with my atyou Spica Glitter pens ~ I love how it turned out. This is the last of my wedding items for this assignment. Here's a shot of the pieces together ~
Supplies Used: Stamps ~ Lizzie Anne Designs (Gettin' Hitched); Cardstock, Pattern Paper, Ribbon ~ Papertrey Ink; Ink ~ Palette, Copics, Papertrey Ink; Nestabilities.
This month my assignment for Lizzie Anne Designs was their super cute wedding set called Gettin' Hitched. What a fun set to use and there are tons of great images included. A few months ago I made some wedding cards and used a beautiful icy blue color called Aqua Mist from Papertrey Ink. I was just stuck on these gorgeous colors and decided to use them once again.
Look at this pretty paper from October Afternoon! It's from the Detours Collection that has been available this summer. I saw this company at CHA in Chicago last month and I fell in love with their fall line. You will love the new Nightlight line that will be out in September ~ too cute! It reminds me of the movie Monsters Inc. I'm sure I'll end up with the entire line of paper and stamps ~ it's just too much fun!
He is so cute that I just kept going and going ~ I couldn't stop stamping!!! I think that this is my favorite set from the summer collection. But I do love the Garden Isle and Giddyup Girl ~ oh and Rockin' Christmas. Who am I kidding? They are stamps & Lizzie Anne Designs ~ so I love them all.
Look at this adorable gift bag I found at Hobby Lobby! As soon as I saw it, it went into my shopping cart. See the pattern paper I used on my tag? It's the exact same pattern as the bag & they aren't even from the same company. It's the little things that make me happy ~ LOL! This adorable little hobby horse is from the Giddyup Girl set by Lizzie Anne Designs. This set also coordinates with the Howdy sentiment & the Cowboy (available as both a single or in the Little People set).
When you're 9 & 11 years old ~ It just doesn't get any better than this!
These colors make me think of my sweet friend Lana (my quiet time buddy). Last weekend we shared a room at the retreat and we are both early risers. On Friday morning we both woke up at the same time and when we saw each other we waved like crazy to each other ~ it was funny. Then we got up and had a nice visit while we waited for the rest of the girls to get up. I always treasure that time in the morning whether it's quiet time at the retreat or here at home chatting online. I love you Lana Sue!
Ha, Ha, Ha...I love how this card turned out! I have to thank my friend Michelle Yager for this brilliant sentiment! I colored the image and was really happy with how it turned out. I showed it to Michelle and said, "what in the world am I going to do with this image?". That's when she came up with this sentiment. PERFECT!!! It totally makes me laugh!
This guy totally cracks me up! He looks like he's just popping in to say "Hello". I am loving the new Stampin' Up! In Colors and they match the new Cosmo Cricket pattern paper perfectly. I'll warn you know ~ my Gizmos and Gears cards all match because they were so fun to make. Look at the little brads on the card. My friend Robin went shopping this weekend during the retreat and picked them up just for me. She said that she thought they would be perfect for my little robot cards ~ isn't she sweet?
I colored all weekend long; however, I didn't put to many cards together. Instead, I saved that for when I got home. I decided to take a bunch of pattern paper in a 12x12 paper organizer to the retreat and then I matched up colors while I was coloring. I didn't want to take tons of cardstock or embellishments because I didn't know what I wanted to use so why take a bunch of stuff I may or may not use. This was a totally new approach for me & it worked pretty well.
Well I changed my mind on one of my cards for this Friday's Stamp-A-Stack. I have some new goodies from Stampin' Up! and I HAD to use them! I love the new Curly Label Punch ~ it's so cool! I need to start preparing the supplies for my class, so I won't make too many more changes to my cards. 
I found these fun cards the other day & just had to share them. My friend, Lisa Zappa sent me a bunch of Bella images ~ they were fun to play with for a change of pace.
I was so excited when I went to Meijer the other day and found this cool little bag. Meijer is a super store chain here in the midwest ~ kinda like a Super Wal-mart (but better in my opinion). Anyway, every now and then, I look in the craft section because they will have random sales on things. I found this little bag for $6.00 ~ woohooo! It's the perfect travel case for my Copic Markers. I was so excited about the bag that I bought two of them so I could give one as a gift at my retreat this weekend.
You know what I remember about 10th grade French class? The phrase ~ Je ne comprends pas ~ I do not understand. LOL! That's because I used it A LOT! Not sure why I brought that up, but the sentiment on the card made me think of French class.
I wrote this entry several days ago, but I know I'm happy today. I'm with a group of some of the most amazing women I've ever met this weekend and I know we are laughing, chatting non-stop, eating, laughing some more & probably shedding a few tears. Each year, many of the women from our group gather in Wisconsin for a retreat ~ and each time it has been THE BEST girlfriend weekend ever!
Several months ago I made a bunch of these cards using this gorgeous Scenic Route paper and Lizzie Anne Designs Far East stamp set. I submitted several from this series for the Autumn issue of Take Ten and just received my advanced issue the other day. While these two cards didn't make the issue, one of my others did, so I was thrilled with that outcome. 
Sorry for the bad pictures ~ I had to scan them vs. using my camera
I was asked to come up with a sketch challenge a while back and I really liked how the scrapbook layout turned out. It's a super simple design, but does what it's supposed to do ~ brings the focus to the photograph.
So this is the card that I was going to have for my Stamp-A-Stack & then I thought the stamp set was retired. However, I just found out that this stamp set is on the dormant list ~ so I am going to use it after all! The set is called Hi and Hello & I'm using all new colors on this card (Kiwi Kiss, Riding Hood Red, Baja Blue & Pacific Point).
Here is the 3rd card for my upcoming Stamp-A-Stack. This is a gift card holder and they will make four of them. I decided to have them use a different stamp for each card they create so that's why there are 3 strips of paper in this picture. I was so pleased that this Tart & Tangy Stamp set and the Summer Picnic paper made it to the new catalog ~ super fun colors!
Isn't she fun? I think this new set from Lizzie Anne Designs is so cute. Have you been over there to check out all the fun new stuff that came out in July. Talk about a stampers paradise!!! I've ordered tons of them ~ so you'll be seeing LOTS of samples with all the new stuff ~ I think there are only 2 sets in the new collection that I didn't order...yet!
I was looking through some scrapbooking files on my computer today and thought I would share a few of my favorites from our trip to San Diego back in June 2005. The page above was of a wonderful dinner I had with Val & Joy. We had such a good time that night!
Tim and Matt had a great time on all the water rides at Sea World. Megan and I went on rides too, we just didn't go on them over and over again.
This page always makes me laugh. We have been out to San Diego many times and Tim really wanted to do something different. So we decided to take a drive to the desert & see what was out there. There was a State Park we thought we would visit. We drove and drove and drove some more just to show up to NOTHING! The state park was closed and there was literally nothing around. We kept driving because we thought for sure we would come upon something. The kids were board out of their minds and finally just fell asleep. We just had to laugh about the whole thing.
Believe it or not, this is the same set I used on my scrapbook page yesterday (Beautiful Girl post). That's what I love about stamping ~ you can get such a different look with the exact same image. 
I've been loving this new pattern paper I found at my local scrapbook store. It's by Imaginice and it's so colorful and playful. As I was putting the finishing touches on my card, I was having a hard time finding the right ribbon. I ended up using some of my Stampin' Up! double stitched ribbon; however, the stitching was white and my cardstock was vanilla. So...I took my rose color Copic marker and changed the color of the stitching ~ it worked perfectly!
Matt was invited to his best friend's birthday party yesterday & this was the invitation that arrived. I immediately thought that the bottom looked like my Happy Birthday Cuttlebug Embossing plate. Of course I had to try and make a version of the card!
Yesterday I showed you a project I made using my new Inque Boutique stamps. Here's another one I made with a cute little spring set. I was just about finished with this card and realized I really wanted one of those Sugar Coated Brads from Doodlebug. I knew I had some and searched high and low for them. I couldn't let it go because I knew it would be perfect on the card. Ahhhhhhh... I finally found them under something ~ but I liked the little touch it added.
Without thinking, the first image I stamped without the foam mat and I messed it up ~ so the foam mat is really a key piece. But no worries since the sets come with the foam.
I'm in love with these new stamps that my friends Mish and Lana introduced me to. They are called Inque Boutique ~ and they are available over at The Purple Turtle. I spent lots of time at their booth during CHA looking at the tons of sets they have and was able to play with them for a while. THEN, they had this basket of little sets there, so I picked up this cute birthday cake set. TOO FUN!!!!
There are only 3 stamps in this sweet little set, but I used them to the fullest!!!
