You and Me

This card was going to be a Valentine's Day card for my DH since he and I are crazy about our cats. But, today he's embarking on a little adventure, so I left it for him to get after I leave for work with a little note of encouragement. He retired from teaching high school Spanish six years ago and never felt the need to sub, LOL. But, the school board office called him one day last week and asked him to fill in for three weeks for a teacher out on maternity leave. I think he's actually pretty excited about it. I also think he's in for some reality shock--a lot has changed in six years! But he's looking on it as an adventure and he'll probably have fun. I've had this stamp for some time and just got around to coloring it to match a couple of our cats, LOL.

My base card is Very Vanilla with a layer of Basic Black that was treated to a Martha Stewart border punch. The next layer is More Mustard stamped in Basic Black with a Cornish Heritage Farm Leaves #3 Backgrounder stamp on which I also used the same border punch. The focal image is an Inkadinkado stamp done in Basic Black on watercolor paper and colored with Stampin' markers and a blender pen. It's matted with More Mustard and Basic Black and is up on 3M foam squares. The sentiment is from Inkadinkado's Greetings/Salutations set and is stamped on Very Vanilla with Basic Black and punched out with the Word Window punch. It's matted with More Mustard punched with the Large Oval punch and a heart punched with a Marvy punch in Basic Black. The whole thing is up on 3M foam squares, as well. Some black faceted jewels accent the lower left corner and the punched border.

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~Recipe~
Stamps: two cats and Greetings/Salutations (Inkadinkado); Leaves #3 (Cornish Heritage Farms)
Paper: Very Vanilla, watercolor, More Mustard, Basic Black (SU!)
Ink: Basic Black (SU!)
Accessories: 3M foam squares, faceted jewels (craft store); large heart punch (Marvy); Word Window and Large Oval punches (SU!); border punch (Martha Stewart)

Love is in the air

This card is for Mercy's sketch challenge #25--just a wee bit late ;-). But that's OK, it's a great sketch and it was fun to do. It also qualifies for CCEE Stampers' challenge today: use a fish or fish lips on your card. I've been wanting to do this little Fluffles stamp and this was a perfect sketch with which to use him.

My base card is Chocolate chip, the next layer is Real Red and the next is Pretty In Pink, run through my Cuttlebug with the Love Language folder. The focal image was stamped on Papertrey Ink's Stamper's Select White Cardstock with Chocolate Chip craft ink and heat embossed with clear embossing powder (I tried several times with Momento ink and the fish kept bleeding outside the lines!). It was then colored with copics (see below). Then it was cut/embossed with an oval Nestabilities die and matted on Pretty In Pink and Chocolate chip. Three flat-backed hearts accent the bottom of the A 1" red gingham bow (I love the big ribbons and bows!) finishes it off. The focal image is up on 3M foam squares.

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~Recipe~
Stamps: Fishy Fluffles (Stampendous)
Paper: Chocolate Chip, Real Red, Pretty In Pink (SU!); Stamper's Select White Cardstock (Papertrey Ink)
Ink: Chocolate Chip craft ink (SU!)
Accessories: 3M foam squares, ribbon (craft store); flat-backed hearts (Hero Arts); Cuttlebug and oval Nestabilites, Copics, clear embossing powder, heat gun

A blast from the past!

This card is for SCS Holiday Challenge Extravaganza #7. It requires you to make a card inspired by a fond memory. I know most people are tired of making Christmas cards but I'm not! And this one was inspired by one of my fondest Christmas memories.

The last Christmas my father was alive, we watched National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation and he just about fell out of his chair laughing. He enjoyed that movie so much that every year since, it's become a Christmas tradition in our family. We watch it and laugh, and remember how much my father enjoyed it that year. This little Fluffles stamp reminds me so much of Clark Griswold putting the lights all over the house and how "caught up in the Christmas spirit" he was. And my father also got caught up in the spirit--he loved Christmas. I guess that's where I get it from. Anyway, this card is for my daddy.

My base card is Very Vanilla with a layer of Baja Breeze and then a layer of DP from Cloud 9 Design called Sparkle Be Bright. I thought this paper went with this stamp so well, so I let it dictate my color choices. The focal image was stamped on watercolor paper with Basic Brown and colored with my Stampin' Markers and a blender pen. I used a Sakura glitter pen to cover just about every colored surface, LOL, and it glimmers very nicely. The DP has some glimmer, too, so they compliment each other well, I think. I attached it with some dimensionals after matting it with Riding Hood Red card stock. I added a "string" (I had the little lights that I'd picked up at a craft store and just tied them on a length of black jute) of lights down the side for balance.

Thanks for checking it out!

~Recipe~
Stamps: Fluffles Caught Up in the Christmas Spirit
Paper: Very Vanilla, Riding Hood Red, Baja Breeze, Sparkle Be Bright (Cloud 9 Design)
Ink: Pumpkin Pie, Pretty In Pink, Bravo Burgundy, Not Quite Navy, Ruby Red, Basic Brown, Old Olive
Accessories: Riding Hood Red ribbon (SU!), jute, light beads (craft shop), Sakura glitter pen, dimensionals

Don't let the cats out! Meow, meow!

Since we have 10 indoor-only cats, we do worry a bit with lots of people coming and going that a kitty may slip outside unnoticed. And, since all our guests may not *know* that none of our cats go outside, we decided to post a little notice on the inside of the front door. Of course, I wanted it to be pretty and MATCH, LOL, so here's what I came up with:

















I think it's pretty self explanatory. I printed the message on my printer on shimmery white card stock and went from there!

Thanks for stopping by!

~Recipe~
Stamps: none
Paper: Kraft, Mellow Moss, Pretty In Pink (SU!), Shimmer Glitter DP by Heidi Grace: Christmas | Words and Holly
Ink: none
Accessories: Martha Stewart snowflake punch, snowflake brads (Michaels)