Inkin' It Up With Kendra!

Monday, January 08, 2007

Yep, I've Gone "Valentine" Crazy!

Well, at least I can admit it. lol I am absolutely, positively enjoying making these cards! You will probably see several more on here before I decide to move on to something else. *smirk* Like It A Latte has got to be one my most favorite sets right now - the minute I saw it in the winter mini, I knew I had to have it - and then there is my scallop punch that I can't seem to pry from my fingers! I swear I could put one of these on every single card I make! :) I made six of this particular valentine card - three with real red, three with pretty in pink - they all turned out even better than I had hoped. Adding a little layer of chocolate chip just made the card pop. The ribbon came from Hobby Lobby - you gotta love that 1/2 off ribbon by the roll they have had going on forever now - they have so many different styles to choose from! Oh and of course I can't forget the Tulip Puffy Paint for the foam - love, love working with this stuff!

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Sunday, January 07, 2007

LOVE Struck!

Yep, I'm still stuck in Valentine Card mode right now!! *snicker* I am getting so many made it is just crazy! I figure while I am on a roll I should just finish all of them and have them ready for when Valentine's Day gets here. I just love red and pink together - one of my fav's! This one actually came to me when I went to bed last night and I tried to remember it this morning. It was super easy. I distressed all the paper with my paper distresser, sponged the edges with chocolate chip ink, stamped hearts on the patterned paper with rose red, popped the letters up on dimensionals (love those things), added some ribbon and polished it off with a mini safety pin and heart shaped clip. It is exactly what I envisioned while I was creating it. I love it, I don't think I will want to give it away (well, I made more than one so I just might keep one for myself). Well, I must get back to my stamping, ideas are swimming around in my head!

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Saturday, January 06, 2007

Be My Valentine! {early}

So I went to the Target Dollar Spot today to get a few more valentine tin buckets and gel pens and it put me in the Valentine red/pink mood, so when I got home I decided to sit down and make a few valentine cards. The first set I thought about grabbing to create with was Living Large. If you don't have this set, you definitely need it! These are AWESOME for girlfriend cards!!! I think this is one I will reach for often. I broke out my Watercolor Paper, Prismacolor Pencils and my Gamsol to watercolor the heart and the dress. I used the heart from the Like It a Latte set (another great one) to stamp the bottom portion of the card - i love the heart from that set. I polished the card off with satin ribbon from hobby lobby (10yds for 50cents each - a bargain!). I think the card turned out so cute and definitely what I had envisioned when I was working on it. Well, I am back off to do some 3x3 cards and work on my project card for my stamping club. :)

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Friday, January 05, 2007

Friday Delight!

Happy Friday everybody! Friday is my favorite day of the week (last day of the work week lol)!! I have been working on a lunchtin for a friend of mine and needed a few extra cards to put inside and it just so happened that my Delight in Life stampset had just arrived the day before..............sooooo of course I needed to break it in. Rose Red is my newest color to arrive so I decided to pair it up with Regal Rose and Elegant Eggplant - the colors together IRL are just gorgeous! I watercolored all the flowers using a tiny paintbrush and my ink pads, then cut them out and put them on dimensionals. I then added stickles to the middle of all the flowers for that little touch of bling that I like so much - this photo shows absolutely no sparkle whatsoever! uggh - those darn digital cameras! I plan on getting some good stamping time in this weekend since there are no plans now that the holidays are gone. I am thinking I might start working on some valentine's projects. Have a great Friday! :)

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Thursday, January 04, 2007

A Little Mixed Bouquet Happiness!

I finally got the Mixed Bouquet stampset I have been wanting for quite some time. I just love the flower sets, you can never have too many of those IMO. For this card I decided to go with the whisper white cardstock base (i know, i have been stuck on this lately.........I just love how it looks). Cool Caribbean and Real Red were screaming out at me, so that's what I went with. I stamped the roses in versamark and Real Red then used irridescent ice EP on them - they look beautiful! I then sponged some Real Red onto the flowers. For the small flowers out to the side I stamped them in versamark and then used irridescent ice EP on them as well - they are sooooo shimmery! The background flowers are stamped in Cool Caribbean, stamped off first then stamped on the cardstock. Can I just say how much I love the SU! ticket punch? Well, I do - I try not to use it on everything, but it's almost impossible! LOL I added a few brads, some dimensionals and ribbon - VOILA! I am glad I made a few of these, because this card is actually for a friend! I hope you all are having a great day - the weekend is almost upon us! woohoo! More stamping!

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Tuesday, January 02, 2007

The UPS Man Came to My House Today......

and look what he brought! I ordered a couple of stamp sets (Living Large and Label Classics) along with some cardstock and they finally all arrived today! I have been eyeing Living Large for a while - I think this set is so perfect for cards for your girlfriends! I decided to go with some bold colors and real red and tempting turquoise definitely fit the bill. I have been obsessed lately with using white cardstock for my base - I just love it - I think it adds a little somethin', somethin' LOL I am so glad tomorrow is Wednesday - halfway through the work week! Today was definitely a Monday even though it was Tuesday..........work was a madhouse, I was glad when 5:00 rolled around. Tomorrow is back to school for my girls, they aren't real crazy about it - it is probably gonna take an act of congress just to get them up in the morning b/c they have been staying up most of the night and sleeping most of the day (all of you with teenagers know what I am talking about lol). Well, I better get to sleep myself, I have to go to work tomorrow to support my addiction. :)

P.S. A real sweetie on SCS made me really happy today - Lyndie (also her SCS name) graciously offered to sell me some of her little $1 mailboxes from the Target Dollar Spot - she had a lot of extras. Our Target here does not have any of these adorable mailboxes (boohoo). Anyway, I sent her the money this evening and she is shipping them to me - i'm so excited! THANK YOU LYNDIE!!!!

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Monday, January 01, 2007

Happy New Year!

I hope you all had a great weekend, New Year's Eve and New Year's Day! I had a great New Year's Eve - I went over to a friend's house last night and we stamped/scrapbooked until about 3:00 this morning. I got several cards made and even got my cards finished for my stamp club. The cards above are some that I have been working on - these were really simple, but I think they turned out pretty elegant. Cameo Coral and So Saffron are some really great colors to pair with black. I am still working on an overdue card tin.........well, I am working on the cards that go into the card tin lol I used most all of my card stash for christmas so I am working on getting my cards built back up. I cleaned my stamp space a few days ago, which is really helping me get more stamping done. Who would have thought organization would help with that? lol I have more cards to post and will be doing that over the course of the next few days. Check Back :)

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