Just Rite

Thursday September 30, 2010

For this card I used the sketch that Just Rite had for this week's challenge.  I used my Copics to color the image and then used Flower Soft on the evergreen.  I did use a 3-D pop dot to the cardinal body to make him stand out.  The branches are Kwik Kutz dies and I used a Nestabilities around the image.  The paper is the Basic Grey Wassail.  I have had such frustrations lately, because I have had difficulty loading my pictures.  We did a system upgrade of my computer; however, things don't seem to be working right. 

Pearls and orange

Tuesday September 28, 2010

Well I did it! About a month ago I stopped at my local scrapbook store to do some shopping and I just happen to know many of the sales associates who work there due to my frequent stops, when a customer asked for assistance with a Cuttlebug and the girls were not familiar with it, but were trying to help her. I offered to help since I use mine on a regular basis. The woman took notes and was very appreciative. The sales associates thanked me, and joked about it, but handed me an application to work at the store since there was an opening. I thought about it, and I could pick up hours as a nurse and make more money; however, this has an interest in a FUN job instead of worrying abut bodily functions which I have done for twenty years. I love nursing, but I wouldn't mind a day or two of something else. I worked at a Sam's Club when I was in college so this bar code and scanning is something new. I do like challenges.

I did a card following a sketch for the Pixie Dust Challenge using the Sugar Plum Fairy. My daughter did ballet for many years, and I always loved the Christmas show with the velvet and pearls so I incorporated that into my card. (I WON THE PIXIE DUST CHALLENGE!!!)  I also plan to submit this for the Crazy for Challenges (C4C56) for the bling. I again made this into an easel card.





I also worked on a card for this weeks Challenge with Some Odd Girls which has a monochromatic theme and I used the Tiny Tia image and picked the color orange. I followed this weeks Mercy's Sketch for my card.

We all have days like this

Monday September 27, 2010

When I saw the sketch this week for Card Pattern Sketch I knew that I had just colored the perfect image the other day from Whimsy called Whimsy Cat and Fish. I know today my husband was frustrated in trying to deal with Tamron on a lens that he had sent in for repair so he thought. He was told by the technician that it is now perfect; however, his images show something else. Some days it does seem difficult to just stay afloat. Luckily my day went OK so I tried to be supportive. I'm hoping this card will be good for someone who needs a good laugh or a smile.

What a deal

Sunday September 26, 2010

My local scrapbook store had a garage sale which it does several times a year which I have never gone to in the past. This year I decided to see what there was and I found several stamp sets at a good price to The Little Paper Shop and Greeting Farms which I ran home with. I hurry made this card using the sketch of the Little Paper Shop and added my kwik kutz embossing apple folder and Martha Stewart punch to create this card.

Cards for Sheldon

Saturday September 25, 2010

Last week I won the Wild Flower Patch Stripe Challenge so I received the five new holiday digital images as the prize. They are adorable! This week's challenge involves a sketch. I also want to submit this card in the Stamping Baazar Challenge which is a holiday card to be sent for Operation Write Home. It is a great cause to sent the cards to our heros to have them be able to send cards back home to their family/friends. The difficulty is that there is no glitter which is understandable, but is hard when I wanted to add some sparkle to the star and wings. I used Basic Grey paper and American Craft Ribbon. The brads are Recollections, sentiment is Close to My Heart and the punch is Martha Stewart.



My husband's friend that he goes observing with in IL to look at deep sky images as had some bad things happen. He has had an exotic parrot die and then one of his devoted german shepards pass away a couple of weeks later. This has been very upsetting to his family and even my husband. I wanted to make some cards, but to keep it very simple.

Sweet Happy Fall

Friday September 24, 2010

Yesterday as I was driving some errand I noticed that some leaves are starting to turn colors which I just love. My first card is an image from All that Scraps using Autumn Trevor. I guess I am drawn to these images since my son's name is Trevor and they do remind me of him. This weeks challenge is to be the colors of pumpkin, burgundy, artichoke which just make the perfect fall combination.
I used the Monday Mojo sketch for this card along with K & Company paper. I was able to find some little leaves to use as my embellishments.

For my second card I used the Kenny K digital image of Troublemaker and stitched around the outside paper and the image since the challenge this week involves sewing/stitching. This card reminds me of my daughter since this is exactly how she took one of her senior pictures with the hood up on a pink sweatshirt...except there was no ice cream. She also has the attitude. For this card I used this weeks sfytt091810 Sketch. The paper is Basic Grey Olivia and Core-dinations glitter along with the Martha Stewart punch for the drip. The Sweet is a G-studio stamp and the additional stamp is a Verve. The flower is by Recollections and the button by JoAnn's Essentials.




Tonight I worked on another card for Karen's Doodle and her challenge was to add lace. I have several of her images, but they are of a fisherman and a hog motorcycle which were not fitting for lace. This her free image, but I thought the donkey was a better option especially when I could add in some clouds and pearls. I like the look of pearls and lace. Again I used Copics along with the Basic Grey Olivia paper. I made this card an easel one.

Knight in Shining Armor

Thursday September 23, 2010

I decided to do the Kraftin Kimmie Black and White Challenge and use Sir Galahad and incorporate silver/gray as the additional color.  I used my Copics with the Spica and embossed with the Zing metallic Silver powder the sentiment.  I used Mercy's Sketch for this and put my ribbon on the right instead of the left due to his sword.