Friends are treasures

Today’s card came together thanks to some of the challenges over at SCS this week. The color challenge375 (navy, pumpkin pie & baby blue), the sketch385 and the ways to use it challenge375 (Colorful Complements)!

My color complements are mainly blue and orange with a tad bit of red as seen by the flowers.

I used the stamp set, Treasured Friends, by Our Craft Lounge and masked the girls into the beach scene. Stippled on a sunset and the ocean and used mudd puddles Cabana sand for the beach. Added some mudd puddles shells on the twine from May Arts. And found the perfect paper from DCWV Tahiti Beach stack!

          Thanks for stopping by!

                     Amber

Some OCL cards

A couple of cards to share with you. Both use stamp sets from Our Craft Lounge.

First the card I made yesterday for the SCS sketch challenge326. I used Pins & Needles for my card. Design paper is DCWV The Crafty stack. Sewed on all pieces even though my machine doesn't like to sew on paper. (I have an expensive machine that really I don’t like to use on paper and this is why! lol) Black rhinestones finish it off.

This is also for the following challenges:

Sugar Creek Hollow - Stitching
Creative Belli - Think Seamstress
The Pixie Cottage – Stitching

Now on to the card I whipped up for today’s WT316 challenge of using Flowers. I used Whispy Blooms. Colored them with copics and cut them all out. Each flower has 3 “layers” attached with Helmar’s Liquid Scrap Dots for dimension. Some Lemon Drop yellow Crafty Fluff in the middle of the flowers.



I then stamped Whispy Patterns in Versamark on the background and added a sentiment from the Whispy Blooms set. Martha Stewart border punch under the middle strip was used.

Layout is from Clean & Simple.


         Thanks for stopping by!

 
                      Amber

I want a Hippopotamus for Christmas!

One of my favorite songs during the Holidays. Love it so much that I have it set as my text ring tone so I can hear it all the time. hehe  You can find the song here and here is a little background on it:
I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas is a Christmas novelty song written by John Rox (1902–1957) and performed by Gayla Peevey (10 years old at the time) in 1953.

So when I was shown the digi image at Sweet ‘n Sassy… well, I just had to have it!!

I used copics to color the hippo and highlighted with prismacolor pencils and blended with odorless mineral spirits. Made a faux black layer with a black marker. Used DCWV Latte matstock paper. The image is on dimensions.

Layout is from a very old SCS sketch challenge… like as in Sketch #10!! For F4A37 Waggin Tails and WT295 Green.




           Thanks for stopping by!
                     Amber

Gel pens galore cards

Today’s Free for All challenge was to use gel pens. No problem at all. I love using my gel pens.

First I pulled out the card I had made for the Sketch challenge but had never uploaded… just wasn’t happy with it yet. Guess what? That gel pen made it look so much better! I added it for faux stitching and for white crests on the waves! Also gave Octy from Whale of a Tale by Our Craft Lounge some black sparkly suction cups on his legs.

My second card… I had been working on a card since yesterday as I wanted to try the Dimensional Flower tutorial that Beate put up this week on SCS. I spent all day yesterday on that darn flower but have to say I love how it all turned out. Now really, the flower isn’t that hard, just I used a 9 point flower not a 6 point. I think it is easier with an even number. So of course I had to make a practice one and then finally the real one yesterday plus everything else that goes on during the day. But taking my time allowed me to be able to use the Free for All on the card! I also stuck a (corsage) pin on it for the Ways To Use It from yesterday which was pins of any kind. 

I added gold and clear Spica pen to the rose (note: it would probably be easier to do this BEFORE assembling the flower! Ask me how I know this! lol) and attached it to the card using Helmar Liquid Scrap Dots. Image (Vintage Roses by Our Craft Lounge) is colored with Prismacolor pencils and blended with odorless mineral spirits.  Garnet Spica pen was used on the flower on the hat and clear Spica pen was used on the flower she is holding. White gel pen was used to make dots on the spellbinder scallop circle. Design paper is Scribble Scrabble.  Card is 5 1/2 x 5 1/2.

Ps. Don’t forget to see what the sketch is over at The Lounge!! I have yet to play but hope to find some time this weekend.

        Thanks for stopping by!

                   Amber

Sew Many Cards Release Blog Hop

Welcome to another Sew Many Card Blog Hop. You should have hopped over from Cheri G, if not then I suggest starting at the very beginning at Sew Many Challenges.

My image I have to share with you is Hershey with Angel Boy. Isn’t it cute? How would you like to win it? Just leave me a comment and I could draw your name.

K, onto my card. I used Provo Craft Slab III design paper for all my design paper. Border punch at top of card, along with Spellbinder scallop circles. Image is colored with prismacolor pencils and blended with baby oil. I did color skin of the boy but he looks ‘grayish’ in the picture, really he is peach! lol  I left his robe and wings alone and added some Angel Wing shimmerz to his halo. The cloud was paper pieced with a piece of cloud design paper. Sentiment was computer generated.

Don’t forget to leave a comment if you would like to be in the drawing to win this digital image.

Now head on over to Sarah to see what she has in store for you.


The card is also entered in the following challenges:

Sketch Saturday Week #96
365 Cards – Day 31 All Mixed Up (1/3 no color, 1/3 patterned paper, 1/3 hand colored)
Ways To Use It 264 – Sweet Child (using a child image)

           Thanks for stopping by!
                         Amber

A "Sandy" card

Today's Way to Use It was Sand. Sanding your cardstock, using actually sand on your card. Well I just happen to have some real sand from MuddPuddles that I pulled out.

I also happened to have a card on my table from the great Sharon Harnist that I decided I would case. I pulled out Autumn Days and went to work. I used markers on the bird and sponged on sage shadow all around the edges. I also sanded the edges of the sage shadow (i know, it looks like gray cardstock). I then used the sewing machine with brown thread.



close up of the sand so you can see the dimension of it.


Autumn Days, Kind & Caring Thoughts, sage shadow, more mustard, white, design paper, ribbon, markers, mudd puddles sand, sewing machine, sage shadow & chocolate chip ink

Warm and Fuzzy feelings for Baby

Today's Ways to Use It 232 was to add "fuzz" to our project. I decided to make a baby card as I am attending a baby shower this weekend hadn't made a card for my gift yet.

I pulled out Flourishes "Rock A Bye Baby" as it is the only baby set I have. (think I need to buy some more baby sets!) I knew I wanted to use Flower Soft on the baby's blanket to make it look all fuzzy. I colored the image with prismacolor pencils and blended with odorless mineral spirits, cut out the entire image and then added the Flower Soft.

I remembered I had some fuzzy white paper that had been sent to me so I paper peiced the moon. The image is on dimensions. The design paper is from DCVW Nana's Nursery baby girl and I used Spellbinder's scalloped square to cut them out. The paper has glitter on it so I picked Shimmer White cardstock as my main card and as the piece behind the moon.

The sentiment is also stamped on Shimmer White and then punched out with SU's oval punch. I sponged pretty in pink ink on it. Layered it off the poka dotted green which is on dimensionals. I used the Bow Easy to make my bow.



I wanted a different color to put behind the card to make the colors pop more when I happened to look at the gift I had picked up for the baby and what do you know? It was almost the same colors! With the help of my 3yr old (holding up the dress), I used the outfit as the background setting. The card is actually sitting on the matching undies!

Supplies used: Flourishes - Rock a Bye Baby, pretty in pink, barely banana, shimmer white cardstock, fuzzy white cardstock, DCWV Nana's Nursery baby girl, Flower Soft, ribbon, oval punch, spellbinders, black ink, prismacolor pencils, odorless mineral spirits

Start of Mother's Day cards

Today's Ways to Use it 215 "find ways to use all white cardstock. That's right. Nothing else! Well, of course you can add embellishments and such but if you alter some white embellishments, you get brownie points."

I decided to start on some Mother Day cards so I pulled out My Mom by Treehouse Stamps. I stamped the image in black stazon and watercolored it with regal rose and real red for highlights. Popped up just the flower after I had added some Shimmerz to it. (hard to see in the photo but flower is shimmery) Sponged the edges with pretty in pink, regal rose, real red and a little going gray. Pierced the edges and layered it onto a nestablitie that was also sponged.

On the top part of the card, I stamped the image in versamark and embossed in clear embossing powder. Added ribbon underneath the image layer. Inked up the cuttlebug swiss dot folder with real red ink. (sponged it on as I didn't want a strong red) so that my white cardstock would have some color to it. Used the scallop edge punch on the cuttlebug piece and the Martha Stewart Doily border punch on the card base and on the inside too.

stamp: My Mom by Treehouse Stamps; paper: white; ink: versamark, black stazon, real red, regal rose, pretty in pink, going gray, old olive; accs: aquapainter, nestabilities, scallop edge punch, ribbon, martha stewart doily border punch, cuttlebug, dimensions, clear embossing powder, shimmerz

That is one "Mother's Day" card done. And how many more left, I don't know as I'm making them for my friends this year.

Some new, some old and all that in between

Last week was MFT's release. Here are a couple cards I posted on SCS for the release plus an oldie but goodie set that i used a few weeks ago. Enjoy.

Sketch challenge218 was used here. Paper pieced her pjs and gave her fuzzy paper pieced slippers and collar. Nite Nite Ellie was released last week from MFT. $2.00 from each retail sell of this set for 6 months will be donated to St.Judes Children Hospital.

Another set released last week from MFT, MFT Presents Hooga Booga. Paper pieced the little one. Again used stamps from the set to make design paper. This sketch is from Card positioning systems105 and also color challenge208.

Birthday card for a young man. Sketch challenge217, Color Challenge207, Limited Supply209 and MFT challenge all rolled into one. Both the Limited Supply challenge and MFT challenge was to use stamps to make designer paper. Limited Supply took it one step further in that it you could only use one set and one set only to make your card. I used Icing on the Cake from MFT. The stars were faux dry embossed and middle cake is on dimensions.

Birthday invites for my soon to be 13 yr old daughter! This was also a Ways to use it... ATC's. They are small trading cards that are 3.5 x 2.5 in size. MFT's Nite Nite Ellie set was used along with JustRite's Brayton Font set.

Thank you for stopping by. I'm sorry if I don't update regularly but I have not been doing much stamping... well at least stamping that you are allowed to see ;)

Another Snow Day and a card

Snow Days!

The kids have been home now for 3 straight days because of the snow/ice! Yesterday they got to venture out into it to dig us out. So of course mom had to go try out her new camera with a SNOW setting!! (don't ask me what it does, happen to find it when I was trying to change it from Sport setting! lol)

Close up of Allie.

Jorden loves the snow. Yes, she has two different gloves on.. couldn't find a pair anywhere that fit her but these two!

I love this one of Benjamin. Caught him just right after he had fallen in the snow.

Little one wants to ride her bike so much that she tried her hardest to get it to go in the snow. She ended up taking it over onto the neighbor's sidewalk as it was scrapped clean!

Oldest shoveling the drive to the road.

Benjamin so happy to be helping clean off the truck. Notice the neighbor's clean, clean sidewalk in the background!

A card!

So all that snow and kids home for three days BUT I did find time to stamp today even if it took me all day to do it!

Ways To Use It 203 was to use alcohol of some sort in our stamping. I used Prismacolor Markers as I don't own Copics. Colored the soup image from Bunny Slippers by MFT. Even added some Shimmerz to the bowl, soup and steam. I have a hard time leaving a white background so I had to distress it with distress inks in shades of pinks. Used my Stampin' Up deckle scissors on the black.

Like the striped design paper? Guess what? It's actually digital paper!! Yup. Just download it after buying it and print it out yourself! Never run out of design paper. This is Stephanie Fizer's Spring Collection by MFT. Mine is printed on a semi gloss printer paper as I had hubby print it at work and forgot to send some cardstock with him!

Layout is for the MFTsketch66 today that is hosted by Frances and Cindy. Where I have the ribbon at the top of my image is suppose to be an embellishment.. I think it works!

stamp: bunny slippers - mft; paper: black, pink, green, white, digital paper from mft; ink: black, distress inks; accs: prismacolor markers, deckle scissors, paper piecer, ribbon, shimmerz, cuttlebug

I've been working on something none stampin' related that I will be posting in the next day or two. Just another one of my many crafts I have going on! :)

Very little is needed to make a happy life

Okay, maybe lots is needed to make a happy life but for Tom Allen's Friendly Kritters, They don't need a lot! I used Tom Allen's Friends Don't Mind for the sketch 209 which i combined with the ways to use it 199 (use silver).

I also used all Helmar Adhesives on my card too. Of course I used two of my favorite Helmar Adhesives; Liquid Scrap Dots and V2 Vellum Adhesive. I used Helmar's Quick Fix Adhesive Runner to tape all the other pieces of the cards down.

Image is colored with Prismacolor Markers. Cloud stencil was used for the sky. White gel pen was used on the skunk to highlight the white. Used a black marker around the image to give the look of being layered on black cardstock. Helmar Liquid Scrap Dots were used to hold the image down. See picture below to see a close up of the liquid scrap dots.

The V2 Vellum Adhesive (it's a spray) was used on the vellum sentiment that came from ScrapEssentials Emotions. The dsp is from the only value pack I have... ready for it?? DCWV The CHRISTMAS Stack!! Yup, I used Christmas design paper on the card. You never would have known, would you? Silver brads added to the corner for the Silver in the Ways to Use challenge. Notched the edges of the very last pink layer.

stamp: Tom Allen's Friends Don't Mind - CHF; paper: misc green/pink, DCWV The Christmas Stack; ink: Black Stazon; accs: prismacolor markers, brads, cloud stencil, helmar v2 vellum adhesive, liquid scrap dots & quick fix runner adhesive

close up of the Liquid Scrap Dots. (Did you know that you should be able to click on the picture to pull it up?)

Flourishes in the house!

I finally got some Flourish stamps. Just had to use a few of them for the Limited Supply194 (acrylic stamps only) last Friday. I also added in the Color challenge192 and Ways to use it 192 (watercolor paper). The sketch comes from Beate's blog sketch challenge.

I used Certainly Celery, Not quite Navy and Basic Gray cardstock plus Watercolor cardstock. The flowers were stamped in Basic Gray and then watercolored Not quite Navy and Certainly Celery on for the sky and ground. Pulled out the distressing tool again!

The faux brads are acutally Basic Gray cardstock with cyrstal effects added on top. The cardstock is attached with glue dots.

stamps: Flourished Elements & Summer Botanicals; paper: certainly celery, not quite navy, basic gray, watercolor paper; ink: certainly celery, not quite navy, basic gray; accs: crysatl effects, distressing tool

I haven't forgotten about my blog candy. Should be up by the end of this week. :)

Sympathy card and RAK request

I know most of you are members of a great group called Splitcaoststampers. We are like one big happy family. Well one of our family members is hurting right now and I am asking if you could find it in your heart to send her a RAK.

Vicky Gould lost her husband early this morning unexpectantly. There is a thread on SCS in the Request a Card forum if you want to leave Vicky a message.

Here is my card that I will be sending to Vicky. I used all Treehouse stamps along with Flannel Plaid and Linen. The Flannel Plaid is once again for the Ways to Use it challenge "Plaids". I used Treehouse Stamps as Vicky is also a design team member along with me. I used Home Grown, the flower was stamped on watercolor paper and watercolored with inks,and Elegant Sentiments. The colors come from Ashley's Brainwave challenge of Kiwi Kiss, Tangerine Tango (I used Pumpkin Pie), Chocolate Chip and Tempting Torquise (which I left off).


I really like how the card turned out and hope it brings Vicky comfort in the days to come. If you would like to send her a card, please leave me a comment with your email address and I will email you her address as I don't feel right posting it on here. (since I have to approve the comments, if you don't want the world to see your email addy, tell me in the comment and I won't approve your comment) If I don't answer, feel free to pm anyone of the ladies that left posts on the thread as they all have her address too. Just tell them Amber aka Bambi64 (my splitcoaststamper name) sent you.

MFT Challenges and a shoe box

MFT's What's Up Wednesday challenge was to use "Window Shopping" and a box. I'm not really a box person so this was really a challenge for me. I used design paper for the bottom of my box that is 8 1/2 by 8 1/2, scored at 2 1/4 on all sides. The lid uses the the five in one card cover by SU. I stamped the shoe on different colored cardstocks and placed it around the scallop edges with faux stitching. The top is all paper pieced! Starting with the lady and her dress to the window that is vellum to the shoes underneath that are all cutout and attached to the blue background! And don't forget the River Rock box stands for the shoes to be on!

Close up of the lid.

Box and card.

This box will hold cards that are the 3 1/2x3 1/2. And here is the first one of the cards. I used MFT's sketch for today along with Ways to use it challenge of "Plaids". Once again the layout was way out my norm as it involved circles. I used SU's Flannel Plaid on the Bashful Blue and Close to Cocoa. Distressed the edges of the entire card and pieces with close to cocoa. Masked the shoe over and over on the big circl and added an extra circle with a pair of shoes in the middle. Rhinestones on the side finish off my card. The scallops were made with my mini scallop scissors.

Customer Monogram gift

Last month I promised the first five Stampin' UP! orders a special gift from me. I knew what I was going to do but was stuck with what to put on the front. Today's Ways To Use It 187 challenge was to use Monograms. Perfect!!

I used Letterpress Alphabet and Brushstroke Alphabet for my monograms. (I know they are retired but it's all I have) I'm stuck on Urban Garden design paper, Kiwi Kiss and Basic Gray. I also used Kiwi Kiss striped ribbon. Rectangle scallop punch and a few layers added to it for the monogram.

The orginal directions can be found here thanks to Patti. I am going to give you the directions here too as I changed most of the measurements but like two.

You will need a 7 7/8 x 5 1/2 piece of plain cardstock for the cover. Score at 3 5/8 and 4 1/8.

My basic gray was cut 5 3/8 x 3 10/16 and layered with Urban Garden dp that was 5 2/8 x 3 9/16. you don't have to layer, layer like I did nor do you have to use design paper. Stamp the cardstock instead if you like.

Inside:

For Calendar background you will need a contrast color (I used the same dp), stamp if desired. My piece was 2 5/8 x 3 1/2. I got my calendar from here on Splitcoast and added the brads all the way through the design paper too.

For the Paper Clip Holder you will need a 2 x 1 contrast piece of paper or smaller. (still dp for me) Fold 1/2 inch on either side and place about 4 down from top, lining edges up with the calendar paper layer. To make the paper clip, I use the smallest circle on the coluzzle for my monogram. The next size bigger for the back layer which I used the 3/16" corner round punch on. Don't forget a matching back piece. I attached them together with sticky tape.

For the Index Cards (Page markers) You will need 2 1/4 x 2 3/8 ( I think this is the only measurement I kept the same as Patti beside the main cardstock piece). Score at 1/4 inch on 3 sides. Attach beside the paper clip holder. Take care not to get it overtop of your paper clip holder or you will have a hard time getting your page markers in the pocket. To make the Index card page markers, cut the cards down to 2 1/2" x 1 1/2". Use the slit punch.

I cut down jr legal size notepads to fit. Covered the top with contrast color, Urban Garden dp, and attached to the 'booklet' with sticky tape just at the top. Pen holder piece can be made as big or as small as you want it. It's attached to the 'booklet' with sticky tape too.

To tie it all off (no pun intended!! lol) I cut two slits in the score and slipped my ribbon through it. The booklet doesn't try to stay open but I felt this was a way to keep it closed even better. Plus it just finishes off the project even more.

This is just one of the five done. I will post a picture when I get the other 4 done as I will be using the other pieces of Urban Garden design paper for them. Have I mentioned love that paper?

Now I have to get busy making cupcakes for my son's Harvest party at school tomorrow. Pictures of the cupcake cake will be coming soon!!

Silhouettes

Hey!! I am back! We got our internet power back Wend night around 9:00pm. If you heard any screaming, that was us, we were so happy! lol It's amazing how much you take everything for granted until it is taken away from you for an amount of time. So now life can get back to normal (whatever that may be) around here.

The Ways To Use It challenge 184 was Silhouettes. Remember that order I tracked down from UPS the other day? Well now I have Upsy Daisy and Pocket Silhouettes to play with! I made a very, very, very simple card with Pocket Silhouettes that i am not even going to post as it was just way to simple. So I went back to the drawing board with Upsy Daisy.

Using the colors in some of my last scrap pieces of Afternoon Tea dp, i went to work. I stamped the flowers in versamark and embossed them in Iredescent Ice onto a piece of Afternoon Tea dp. I then took my brayer and brayered Wild Wasibi over the entire piece until it was covered as dark as I wanted it. Used a Swifer cloth (tissue, paper towel work too) to buff the image. I embossed "You're in my mind" in black on another piece of Afternoon Tea dp. Did some faux stitching on just about every piece of paper. The layout I used was this weeks Sketch Challenge 194.

stamp: upsy daisy - SU; ink: versamark; paper: wild wasibi, groovy guava, afternoon tea dp; accs: white gel pen, iredescent ice and black embossing powder, brads

Thanks so much Topiarie

Today's Ways to Use it (#183) was to use a white gel pen. Oh, my. I LOVE my white gel pen. Almost can't make a card without it now a days! I use the Stampin' UP white gel pen. Thursday is also the day that Cindy, over in the MFT forum, posts the MFTsketch so of course I had to combine them.

Labor day week we recieved a fruit basket from some clients of hubby's. They had sent it because he had worked on their projects over the Labor Day weekend. He asked if I could make a Thank You card that he could send to them. So here it is:

stamp: build bouquet, sassy sayings - MFT; paper: far east dp, night of navy, vanilla, brocade blue; ink: old olive, distress inks: vintage photos, walnut s tain, broken china, faded jeans, weathered wood; accs: silver cord, white gel pen, flower soft, distressing tool, corner round punch, coluzzle

I used Build a Bouquet that Kim over at MFT has on sale right now. I only used two of the circles and stamped them in old olive. The pot was stamped in distress inks broken china and faded jeans. Used my gel pen to outline it and the stems. I then distressed the image with distress inks: weathered wood, broken china, faded jeans, vintage photo and walnut stain! Added some more white gel pen in the corners and picked up my distressing tool that was still siting out from yesterday and went to town. The pattern paper is from a mat stack called Far East. I used the corner round punch to do the scallop edge and a coluzzle to cut out the circle.

Now you are probably wondering about the "stuff" on the topiarie? It is called Flower Soft. Mom and I first saw this product at CHA and wanted some then. We found a company here in the States (Flourishes) that sells it as it is from overseas. You just glue it on where ever you want it. I used Helmar's acid free glue that dries clear. I took a side view picture so you can get more of an idea of how it sticks up.

Wanna get cozy with the MFT crew? Want excuses to buy more stamps and play with the ones you have? We are changing up our forum to make it tons of fun for the MFT lover in you! On Sept. 13th, we unveil our MFThemed Forum Days!

Play along with Who’s That Girl? Monday
Find out more about MFT crew and fans on Thread Starter Tuesday
Chat it up MFT style Wednesday nights at 9pm(est)
Get a little sketchy on Thursday
Hum a little Oldie PLUS Goodie on Friday

What’s in for you? We thought you’d ask! So we decided to offer a $5 store gift certificate to one lucky winner each day! And on top of all that goodness, the daily winners will be thrown into a monthly drawing for a $25 gift certificate! Now that’s a reason to celebrate, don’t you think?

Keep your eyes peeled and be ready to party on Sept 13th. Wanna know a little secret to get you started? You’ll need Rain or Shine for the very first challenge, so from now through Sept 13th, it’s 20% off, just to get you in the mood!

MFT teen gift set

What a challenge! The ways to use it yesterday was to use the 'fancy' design paper. If you didn't have any then you were challenged to make your own by adding glitter, etc. Can you believe I don't own any fancy design paper?? So I had to make mine.

Carmen is attending a birthday party this weekend for one of her friends and need some kind of gift. Well what better set to use than the "Hey Chica!" set that was just released from MFT. I altered a picture frame and a notebook.

To make my 'fancy' paper I used a retired Scrappin Kit from Stampin' UP! called Friends & Flowers, I embossed Baroque Motifs in the corners in Iridescent Ice on the notebook. On the frame I stamed in River Rock and used a two way glue pen to adhear Dazzling Diamonds. Both items are really sparkly in real life. The girl was colored with Prismacolor markers. Now they may look a little different in colors, but it's the same colors just different paper used. For the frame I embossed the girl right onto a chipboard, for the notebook I used regular white cardstock.



stamp: Hey Chica - MFT, Barqoue Motifs; ink: black, river rock, versamark, blush blossom, pretty in pink; paper: scrappin kit Friends & Flowers, white, chipboard, so saffron, ruby red; accs; dazzling diamonds, two way glue pen, hodge pode, ribbon, nestiblities, iridescent ice embossing powder

Saying Goodbye

to some stamps... not to the blogging world!! lol

Kim over at MFT is running out of room and has decided to retire some sets. The following sets are now on limited edition status and are going to be retired as they sell out. Until they sell out, you can enjoy a special discounted price, already listed on the site, for each of these sets. The discount is almost 30% off retail (and wholesale gets a discount too, just email Kim for deets).

Let's say goodbye to:
Baby First, Build a Bouquet, Bundles of Bouquets, Farm Friends, Hare for the Holidays, Hearts Galore, She's Having a Baby, My Favorite 48 pencil collection

Today's Ways to Use it was to pull out our pencils. I pulled out 3 different kinds of pencils! SU's Art Metallic pencils, SU's Pure color Pencils, Prismacolor Verithin pencils. I also pulled out my odorless minerals for blending. Using the MFTsketch (which has now been moved to being posted on Thursdays) for this week, I went to work.

I had gotten this card from Lacyquilter/Melody a while back and just loved the layout. Wanted to case it but had gotten rid of the stamp set that was used and just couldn't think of what set I had that would work. DUH!! Today when I pulled out Bundles of Bouquets, it hit me! DUH!! So I stamped the 3 little flowers four times and colored them in. A few of them are popped up and some have Gold stickles in the middle. The butterfly was stamped and then stamped again and popped up. I put Black Diamond stickles in the middle for the body. Hodgepodge and a cuttlebugged background take care of finishing off the card.

stamp: Bundles of Bouquets; paper: black, lavender lace, tempting turquoise, white; ink: black; accs: hodgepodge, SU's art metallic pencils, SU's pure color pencils, Prismacolor Verithin pencils, ribbon, cuttlebug, artist pen, odorless minerals

Farewell Dinner

Today's Color Challenge was to use any or all of the SU '07-'08 In-Colors as they will no longer be avaible next week. :( I combined the Color Challenge with the Try New Technique and last weeks Ways to use it.

Try New Technique was to make a "Square Spring" card. You can find the directions here if you would like to try your hand at this fun fold of a card. Last weeks Ways to Use it was to use scraps.

I used a new set, Totally Witchin', that will be released during MFT's Cocktail party Wend night (August 6th) 9-11pm Eastern time. I used scraps to paper piece the 'bottles', small SU oval punch was used for rug and white gel pen was used on the 'smoke'. I stamped the web in white craft ink onto vellum cardstock and embossed it in clear embossing powder. The spiders are stamped in Wild Wasabi on vellum cardstock and embossed in clear embossing powder. The 'room' uses my scraps of Afternoon Tea paper from SU. Rhinestones from Kaiserscrapbook complete the room.

Here is my Farewell Dinner to SU's 07-08 In Colors. You will be missed!

stamps: Totally Witchin' - MFT; paper: wild wasabi, river rock, purely pomegranate, groovy guava, vellum cardstock, soft sky; ink: blue bayou, black, wild wasabi, white craft, purely pomegranate; accs: white gel pen, clear embossing powder, rhinestones, su small oval punch

My Favorite Things (www.mftstamps.com) is having a New Release Cocktail Party on Wednesday, August 6 from 9-11 p.m. Eastern time. This month there are FIVE new sets being released and some great new ribbon added to the store. *The Girl Who Wants It All special for the The Aug Collection, which is one of each set being released, is $65. Head over to the MFT forum on www.splitcoaststampers.com to find out all the details and to find out how YOU can be the next MFT Guest Designer. We hope to see you there on Wednesday night.