Birthday Wishes

As you know, I had a difficult time of deciding which of these lighthouse cards to send to my family member on the east coast.  Although Massachusetts is and has been his home forever, he still likes Oregon a lot, so the stamp set Coast to Coast from SU is what I decided to use.

I first stamped the Oregon lighthouse image on Neenah Solar White which had been put through my Big Shot with a Spellbinders die.  I then ever so slightly sponged it with SU Chocolate Chip ink.  I attached it to a bit larger piece of SU Basic Black CS and set it aside.  I then took a piece of SU Ivory Naturals CS and tore around the edges.  I did this freehand, but there are tearing rulers out there to help with this, too.  I then put it in a Cuttlebug EF and ran it though my Big Shot.  After that, I sponged around the edges and on the raised script that was created from the EF. I stamped the sentiment, then attached it to a bit larger piece of SU Basic Black CS, put some brads in the corners, attached the image to that, and put al of that on a base of SU Chocolate Chip CS. 

DETAILS

STAMPS:  Coast to Coast - SU; Birthday Wishes - OCL

PAPER:  Neenah Solar White; SU Basic Black, Chocolate Chip, Naturals Ivory

INK:  SU Basic Black and Chocolate Chip

ACCESSORIES:  Brads from $$ Store, SU sponges & daubers 

                                                                                    

As you can see, I tore the paper and sponged around it on the inside of the card.  I think it makes the card complete to do something nice inside, too!

Well, which one do you think I sent?  If you chose this one you win the cookie, or whatever - maybe just agreeing with me is enough!?!!

Thanks for stopping by and for leaving comments!  Become a follower - you never know what I'll do next!
Becky

Birthday Wishes

Happy Halloween everyone! I wish everyone a safe and fun-filled day.  I don't get any trick-or-treaters where I live here out in the country, but I still have my house decorated.  The dogs and cat and I enjoy them, but they're coming down after today!  Then more fall and Thanksgiving things can go up. I guess I just love decorating!!!

Our family has a few birthdays that fall right on or either side of Halloween.  When I make their cards I make them anything other than Halloween. So the first one is for a member of the family on the east coast in Massachusetts.  History galore back there, but he just loves Oregon.  I used a stamp from the SU set Coast to Coast.  I actually made two cards and until it came time to put it in the envelope to send, I didn't know which one I would use.

The first one I created is very colorful.  I stamped the Oregon light house image on Neenah Solar White and colored with copic markers.  Although I like how it turned out, it's not how I had intended it to look when I started. I then sponged with SU colors.  I used a Sailor's Knot tutorial from Paper Pursuits to make the sailor's knot. I cut various paper from my stash of scraps and assembled.

DETAILS

STAMPS:  "Coast to Coast" - SU ; "Birthday /wishes" OCL;

PAPER:  Neenah Solar White; SU Night of Navy; DS from Memories of Time

INK:  Ranger Distress Black Soot; SU Sahara Sand, Crushed Curry, Not Quite Navy, Racific Point, Brocade Blue, Basic Gray

ACCESSORIES:  Big Shot, Spellbinders, cotton yarn from my supply

Copic Coloring:

0, C1, 100, C3, E44, E15, E09, E00, E33, G99, YG93, R05, Y11, Y26, Y38, YR00, YR04, YR24

Well, I hope you like it.  Til next time,

Becky

The Horror Team

I love the Penny Black hedgehogs so when I saw this stamp I just HAD to get it!!  All after my pledge (well plea to myself) that I had enough stamps and didn't need to get any more!?!  Well, you see how far that got me!?!!!!

I stamped the image on Neenah Solar White paper, then colored with Copic markers - I'm loving them more and more each time I use them!!  I cut the card stock and designer paper and assembled.  This was an easy project which turned out quite cute- even if I do say so myself!!!  I'm sending it to my Grandson!!!

Well that's it for now - stop by again!

Becky

 

See the Glossy Accents?



DETAILS

STAMPS:  "The Horror Team" by Penny Black

PAPER:  Neenah Solar White; SU Basic Black; Imaginations Spooky Twilight

INK:  Ranger Distress Black Soot, SU Basic Black and  Pumpkin Pie

ACCESSORIES:  Joanne's buttons; Crystal Effects

Copic coloring:

110, W7, C5, Y38, YR23, Y11, YR04, Y21, R20, R22, C3, C7, E02, E00, V06, V04, YR24,YR09, YR04, B37, B34, B32

 

OCL Wedding Card

 This spring my friends Stacy and Josh were married and this is my Congratulations card to them!  Their colors were brown and turquoise so when I made their card I decided it should be the same. 

I used a layout similar to one my friend Cami from OCL had done for a layout.  Personally, I think imitation is the best form of flattery, so I love getting ideas from others and am not hesitant to use them!

Using  the OCL stamp set "Bride and Groom", I first stamped on Neenah Solar White. I also used the SU stamp "L is for Love".  I colored the cake with SU markers.  One of the things I like best about Stampin'Up! is the color coordination!! 


I used the turqoise ribbon from the wedding invitation, used my BigShot and Nestabilities, some Crystal Effects and assembled.  And, the neatest thing - the actual wedding cake was almost identical to this one!!!!



Stacy assures me that this card is now in their wedding album!!

Hope you enjoyed and I'll see you next time!

Becky

DETAILS

STAMPS:  OCL "Bride and Groom; Stampin'Up! "L is for Love"

PAPER:  Neenah Solar White; SU Tempting Turqoise & Chocolate Chip

INK:  SU Chocolate Chip

MARKERS: SU Chocolate Chip & Tempting Turqoise

ACCESSORIES:  Big Shot; Spellbinders; Joanne's ribbon; Crystal Effects



Happy Dance

My friend Tammie is having a birthday so of course I needed to make a card she would be happy to receive.  We just love Penny Black's hedgehogs so when I realized I had picked up this cute stamp at another friends garage sale, I "jumped" at the chance to use it!

I stamped the Penny Black "Ecarte, Splits, Pirouette" on Neenah Solar White and colored with copic markers.  I then started layering with Imaginations DP, embellished with punched flowers, rhinestones, and ribbons. A background CS was done using a Sissix EF.


Oh - I think she liked it!!

See you soon, and thanks for stopping by!

Becky

Copic coloring:
Hedgehogs: W5, C1, C3, R20, YR00, E00
Dresses: RV29, R32, R22, R21, V09, V06, V04, Y38, Y11, Y06

DETAILS

STAMPS: Penny Black "Ecarte, Splits, Pirouette", Great Impressions sentiment



Inside Sentiment

PAPER:  Neenah Solar White; SU Rich Razzleberry, Pink from MOT

INK:  Raner Distress Black Soot

ACCESSORIES:  Big Shot; Spellbinders; Sissix EF, Sheer Creations &  Joanne's ribbon; Basics Rhinestones; SU flower punch; Sakura gel pen; adhesive



Dasher

I wanted to create a card that I could mass produce to send out this Christmas.  It needed to be fairly simple to do, I wanted to use a lot of the supplies that I have in my stash, and most importantly, I wanted it to be me!

I stamped the image Dasher from SU on Neenah Solar White which I had die cut ahead of time using my BigShot and Spellbinders die. What I like about this stamp is that is does not require any coloring!  But, the challenge with this image is that you have to sand it so it doesn't have splotches of white come through.  Finally I got it so it is solid!!  I also used my Bigshot with the SU EF Petals-a-Plenty for the main background. Other than that, it was cut and assemble. 

Can't believe I already saw some Christmas lights outside a house I drove by - the stores already have Christmas things, so why not, I guess..............!?!!!??

Hope to see you next time!

Becky

DETAILS

STAMPS:  Stampin'Up! Dasher; sentiment OCL Purr-fect Wishes

PAPER:  Neenah Solar White; SU Cherry Cobbler; SU Chocolate Chip

INK:  SU Chocolate Chip

ACCESSORIES:  Big Shot; Spellbinders; SU EF Petals-a-Plenty; Joanne's ribbon; Stickles X-mas Red and Crystal; adhesive

To a Full Stocking

This card was created for the Penny Black Octoberfest challenge.  Our local scrapbooking store Memories of Time carries her stamps and I was lucky enough to get one of the last ones! I LOVE the hedgehogs!!  They're so cute! (Remember the Woodsies from the late 70's?- I think my daughter still has the playset!) I digress.... the card was really easy to do, layout is my biggest challenge, probably because the ideas out there are limitless.

The image "To a Full Stockng" from Penny Black is stamped on Nenah Solar White and colored with copic markers.  I used OCL Sparkly Fluff on the socks and the ground. I sponged a bit of SU Cherry Cobler ink around the edges of the image.  I layered the image with SU papers (LOVE how they coordinate) Cherry Cobler CS, Jolly Holiday designer series. 



                                                                     
Copic coloring:

Hedgehogs: C7, W7, W5, C5, C3, C1, R22, E02, E00 Mouse:  YR24, YR23, E00  Socks:  R59, R39, R27, G99, YG95, B06, B32 Wine:  R59, R27 

 

See you next time! Becky

DETAILS

STAMPS:  Penny Black "To a Full Stocking"

PAPER:  Neenah Solar White; SU Cherry Cobbler; SU Designer Series Jolly Holiday

INK:  Ranger Black Soot; SU Cherry Cobler

ACCESSORIES:  Copic markers; Big Shot; Spellbinders; sponge; OCL Very Cherry, Appletini, and Sugar Sparkly Fluff; ribbon from Michael's; brad from the Dollar Store; adhesive, and Zip Dry paper glue.

Thank You!!

We recently went to visit my husband's family.  I wanted to thank his parents for helping us have a great time, so I created this card which reminds me of the view from their home!

DETAILS

STAMPS: OCL Coastal Wishes

PAPER:  Neenah Solar White; SU Really Rust, Night of Navy, Creamy Caramel CS; prints in my stash

 

INK: SU Basic Black, Not Quite Navy, Tempting Turquoise, Really Rust, Apricot Appeal, Sahara Sand

ACCESSORIES:  Big Shot; Nestabilities Die, $$ Store Brads, Michaels Ribbon, Sissix EF, SU sponges, adhesive

Have a "Purr-fect" Day!

For my son and daughter-in-law, this was a "purrfect" Anniversary card!  They have four cats who are their kids!!  Maybe some day they'll have the two-legged kind of kids! See you later! Becky
           

DETAILS

STAMPS: Inky Antics

PAPER:  Neenah Solar White; SU Night of Navy CS, Fabulous Flair Print

INK:  Ranger Black Soot

ACCESSORIES:  Copic markers; Big Shot; Nesties; EK Success Punch; Sheer Creations Ribbon; adhesive

"Boots"

We all have "those" days where we need a little boost and this cute stamp was just perfect!!! This was for my grown daughter, who says it is a nice little card to remind her that all is well - even if it's an icky day!!!
 

DETAILS

STAMPS: Great Impressions

PAPER:  Neenah Solar White; SU Old Olive CS and prints

INK:  Ranger Black Soot

ACCESSORIES:  Copic markers; Big Shot; Nesties; Michael's Store Ribbon; Kaiser Rhinestones; McGill Punch

WCMD Dustin Pike Happy Birthday "Bear in a Box"

Last week was World Cardmaking Day.  I'm a big fan of Dustin Pike's and he had a challenge using one of his digi-images.  I used the Bear in a Box and had a great time making it! I think whoever gets this card for their big day will like it a lot!!! See you soon! Becky

 







See the accent detail?

DETAILS

STAMPS:  Dustin Pike digital image

PAPER:  Neenah Solar White; SU Night of Navy, various paper scraps in my collection

INK:  Ranger Black Soot

ACCESSORIES:  Copic markers; Big Shot; Nestabilities; EK Success and Stampin'Up punches; Glossy Accents; Kaiser Scrapbook Pearls; Karen Foster Scrappers Floss; Joanne's Ribbon; adhesive.

Happy Birthday, Honey!

Hello!  Well, here goes, my first post to my "blog".  I never thought I would do this, but through the encouragement from my friends, decided it was time.  So, the first card I will post is the latest card I've created.  My husband's birthday is in about three weeks, but he won't be home for it again this year, so, I made his card, we went to dinner, and I gave him his birthday present and card before he leaves for work.  He has lots of "toys" but one of his favorites is his Harley, so I thought it only fitting that his card be of a motorcycle.  I used the SU Motorcycle stamp on Nenah Solar White Paper, used a Cuddlebug EF (can't see the detail well in the photo), Happy Birthday on SU Basic Black paper, with a contrasting print of SU Design Series "Cast-A-Spell".  Distress Black Soot was used to stamp the image and I used SU colors to sponge around the image, and Copic markers to color the image. I used accent pens to highlight the chrome - chrome is important to a Harley owner!!!

I'll post some of my previous cards soon, but for now, wish me luck with this and wish my husband a Happy Birthday!

Becky

PS He really liked his card!!!!

DETAILS

STAMPS: SU "Motorcycle"

PAPER:  Neenah Solar White; SU Basic Black; SU Design Series "Cast-A-Spell"

INK:  Ranger Black Soot to stamp image; sponging using SU Old Olive, Certainly Celery, Tempting Turquoise, Pacific Point, and Basic Gray

ACCESSORIES:  Copic markers (RV69,R59, R39, C5, 100, 110); Big Shot; Spellbinders; Cuttlebug embossing folder; Inkssentials Opaque Pen - white; Sakura Jelly-Roll Pen Clear Star; $$ Store Brads; Michael's Store Ribbon