Rain Puddles Design

Hello all! I squeezed in some time this weekend to ink up some Verve stamps that I bought last month. Yeah, I know, it took me that long to ink up new stamps? I've been a bit busy and so I literally used scraps for some of the elements on these challenge pieces. I had embossed some red paper two weeks ago and was waiting for the right card. Then I colored one of the new Verve wreaths but hadn't found a home for it. So here are my scrap creations. Challenge 3: Embellish with V-E-R-V-E Man, coming up with a V was difficult! Actually impossible for me. LOL So the challenge was to use embellishments that begin with each letter of the word Verve using as many or little. My letters are E-embossing folder and powder and R-ribbon. I loved where this card was going so I stopped before I tried to work in a Violet this or a Vellum that. The ribbon on the bottom is the prettiest I've come across in a long time. It's a slight green and gold ribbon that I found at Big L...

This blog hop is just getting started and if you've been hopping along your last hop was with Kim . Our theme for the blog hop is all about Ornaments.  If you're just joining the hop you can go to the beginning of the hop at Cyndi's post here . For my hop today I used Christmas Tree Chick . I thought my daughter and son would love to decorate their own tree for Christmas and I'm sure she would love some help. So let's turn up the holiday music and join this chick in decorating the christmas tree! Without sounding too much like an announcement for a float on the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, this chick stands about 11-inches tall standing next to her 12-inch christmas tree. She's even in fashion with Ugg boots! The two were printed out on executive size paper, glued to black foam core for stability and then glued together where they overlap at her arm in front of the tree. It all stands upright by a mini clay pot and some brown lentil. I c...

I adore the William and Virginia images over at In Style Stamps. I just had to do a quick card with these images and since I won't have time to make and send one out to each member in my family, I'll probably just email the card to them. LOL My card inspiration comes from a scrapbook that I looked through of my father's family. It had photos mounted with photo corners onto the black pages of the scrapbook and then captions were written under each photo in white ink. I loved the look. It was dated in the early 1900's so a question came to mind, "Has white gelly roll pens been around that long?". What do you think they used? LOL Anyway, have a great week. For those celebrating the American Thanksgiving holiday, Happy Thanksgiving! Thank you for stopping by my blog every once in a while and encouraging me so kindly with your comments. Heads Up!  The In Style Stamps Design Team will have the monthly blog hop this Friday. I've seen some of the proje...

I was completely amazed when I realized that next week will be Thanksgiving weekend for us in the United States. I'm completely amazed at how fast time goes by. It means that I will be grocery shopping for some special items to be cooked, baked and marinated (in sugar), but I'm wondering now what all of you are planning to do? So write in a comment and let me know. I'd love to hear about your plans. Whatever you do don't leave me tips on how to cook the best turkey (hint, hint), because I've given up on that bird being done perfectly. Okay, now for the regular part of my post. This fall I decided to try out new challenges that I haven't done before. I started with Midnight Madness then Sweet Stop Saturday and then the past week or so I've done three new challenges! I did Mercy Kerin's Tuesday Sketch last week for my "Wonder of it All" easel card which was another challenge at Crazy 4 Challenges. And this card is from the Card Pattern...

Today's card is a favorite. I love it when things just come together. I was even able to get three challenges into one card. Well here's little Jana from In Style Stamps standing in the wonder of it all! I don't think she's amazed at my ability to get three challenges into her card though. I wonder what she's wondering about? LOL Challenge #1: Club Anime Color Challenge . I love the Club Anime Color Challenge this month! I was a bit worried about it when I started, but with some work I was able to find colors that actually did come close to the challenge. Challenge #2: Crazy 4 Challenges ( C4C10 ) Easel Card. Challenge #3: Mercy's Sketch Challenge #47 . Note: My card has a special embellishment. Can you guess what it is? Felt ribbon. It's handmade and I'm stinkin' excited about it. Can you tell?. I did a tutorial if your interested. I also used Cotton Ball Fun Flock on the hills. Okay, can someone agree with me that you feel like you...

I've had some Verve stamps patiently waiting to get inked up and today was the day! Out of all that I ordered I went for last year's adorable Snow Wonderful set. I made it simple so that I could get it in with other projects I'm working on, but it was fun getting this snowman on paper. Card Details: Stamps: Verve Snow Wonderful Paper: DCWV "Winter" pack, Brocade Blue, Mohawk Smooth White, Close to Cocoa, Chocolate Chip Ink: Chocolate Chip, Prismacolor Markers (PM 199, 200, 142, 154, 121) Accessories: Circle punch, Nestabilities Classic Circle and Scallop, Crop-a-dile, Glossy Accents, AC brown button, chocolate chip grosgrain ribbon

It's me with a quick card for the In Style Wednesday Challenge, Over the Hump Blog Candy Give Away . Create a card that has something to do with snow and then post it on your blog. Enter into Mr. Linky over on In Style's blog and have a chance at that day's blog candy. Sounds good to me! When you're done, head on over to the store and shop with a discount! All you have to do is click on the In Style Stamps logo located on my sidebar. Now that's something to get you over the hump of the week! I should say that I used the November Viva La Verve Week #1 sketch for this card, but you would think I was a lyin'. I started down a path and just couldn't get back to the great sketch that Amber provided. I even forgot the panel on the bottom of the card! So the {twist} was a recipe; 1 embellishment, 2 colors cardstock + a neutral, 3 stamps. I think I did okay with the recipe, oh nope, I have another stamp on the inside of the card. LOL Happy Wednesday! Card ...

I don't know where my life was last year when Stampin' Up had their brown felt ribbon, but I missed it. So I decided to be crafty with my sewing machine and make my own. Below is my tutorial for stitched felt ribbon. Supplies: - Kunin Felt in desired color - DMC 6-strand Embroidery Floss in desired color or similar brand - Transparent Filament thread or matching thread of felt - Sewing machine I think this tutorial is a technique called Bobbin Sewing, but I'm not sure if that is the right term. I remember seeing something like this on a video from the Bernina USA website. Preparation: 1. Cut strip or strips of felt in desired width and length for your project. I used brown felt and I only had the 9 x 12-inch sheet, so I stitched two pieces end to end using regular thread in my bobbin and the filament thread on my needle. 2. Practice on some felt before you start on your ribbon. You may need to adjust the tension on your machine so that the floss doesn't get pushed throu...

It's getting colder here in the Treasure Valley and so I checked our stash of hot cocoa to make sure we are ready to warm our chilled bodies. We make our own yummy batch from a recipe my father-in-law came up with years ago. Now we have a large container in the cupboard at all times. I must of had our mix on my mind when I decided what to do with digi Sam, from In Style Stamps, who is the host for my Club Anime sketch challenge today. He's available over at In Style's Club Anime blog. If you're new to digital stamps and you have questions on how to get started, please leave a comment. I'd be glad to help you get started. Details: 5 x 7 inches Stamps: Club Anime Sam (about 3-inches tall) Paper: Mohawk Smooth White, Basic Black, Real Red, Chocolate Chip, LSS blue, LaserJet Transparency Paper (acetate) Ink: Prismacolor Markers (PM 4, 37, 46, 48, 61, 62, 65, 70, 73, 78, 88, 95, 96, 150, 152, 172, 201, 207, 208, 213), LaserJet Printer Accessories: Cuttle...

Remember this card from a few posts ago? Well, it was my submission for a design team call and well, I wanted to let you know that I'll be doing some designing for In Style Stamps on the anime design team. Woohoo! In Style Stamps has such a cute and large selection of digital and rubber stamps in anime and retro styles. Go check out their stamps and accessories. I'm working along side some very talented ladies joining the club anime team. Hop on over to their blogs for some great eye candy! Lana Clarke Cyndi Bundy Jodi Stanisch Genevieve Samson Kimberley Blakey Margie Cortina Julie Gastelum Janelle Stollfus (That's me!) The Guest Design Team for In Style Stamps are: Angélique Nederpel Linda Algodin Blog challenges can be found at: In Style Stamps Blog Thanks for stopping by! Have a great weekend.

I have a quick post for a card I made...just for fun! Really it was an excuse to use my markers. LOL Now isn't this digi just sweet as can be? You can get her from The DigiStamp Boutique . I used the Clean and Simple Challenge ( #39 ) over on Splitcoast Stampers. Card Details: Stamps: Sophie , Verve Believe Paper: Mohawk White, PP unknown, olive green, SU Chocolate Chip Ink: Prismacolor markers (PM194, 142, 124, 26, 199, 172, 96, 207, 170), Graphite Black, laser printer, Ranger Tea Dye Accessories: SU Satin Ribbon, buttons Okay, does Sophie's skin look a bit funny to you? It does to me too. I started out trying to make her look like a porcelain doll and the marker I chose (PM96) made her look too grey, so I tried to get some pink back into her skin. I'll just have to color her again sometime soon.