Free For All Monday

It's a free for all Monday with the Friends of Speedy TV.  I have been wanting to start on some Christmas cards and also wanted to showcase some of the stamp sets that are on sale during the inventory sale at Mark's Finest Papers.  Get them while you can folks!!!  For my card, I borrowed this week's Fall To Layout from the clean and simple stamping blog.  It worked perfect for me to hang my ornament and highlight that fabulous font.  I'm still working in this years Hope You Can Cling To challenges.  I'm hoping that I get more done this year than last year, as it looks like I am not going to be able to finish.  This HYCCT challenge is hostessed by Wanda and is called Hang In There.  My hanging element is of course the gorgeous ornament that I have colored with some Copic markers.  I have been practicing in hopes of getting better with my markers.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Details  - Stamps:  Seasonal Poinsettia (MFP); Paper: Whisper White, Basic Black, Pretty in Pink; Ink: Momento Tuxedo Black, Pretty in Pink, Old Olive; Accessories:  Snowburst ef, paper snips, stampin' dimensionals, Copic markers, silver cording.

Friends of Speedy Halloween or Harvest

This is my sample card for this week's Friends of Speedy TV challenge to make a Halloween or Harvest card.  I chose to make a harvest themed card.  I took the Greet the Day with Gerber stamp set and tried my very best to make them look like Mums.  My favorite Chrysanthemum is the rust colored type.  I adore them as they are just the perfect color for Fall.  For these flowers, I embossed with gold embossing powder and painted them with my ink and aqua painter.  It was quite fun and I got a few colors on the petals.  I also wanted to include a Hope You Can Cling To challenge as Mark's Finest Papers is sponsoring this great Splitcoast event.  This card is for Libby's Paint Your Heart Out challenge.  I'm thinking I qualify as I painted with my aqua painter.  I love doing that after I have embossed as the image then contains the paint for me.

I hope you stop by Speedy TV and play along.  Thanks for coming by and have a great day!

Details - Stamps: Greet the Day With Gerber (MFP); Paper: Watercolor paper, Soft Suede, Patterns Pack III; Ink: Versamark, Ruby Red, Really Rust, Old Olive, Summer Sun, Early Espresso; Accessories: Gold ep, heat tool, Nestabilities, aqua painter, stampin' dimensionals.

Here's to the Weekend

I am so glad that I made it to the weekend.  This was a very long week and I'll bet that next week will feel just as long.  Sometimes the beginning of the school year can be ultra busy.  But....you didn't come here for that.  My card for today is for a couple of challenges.  First, Touch Twin Markers is challenging folks to color up some "florals.  You had better hurry, today is the last day of the challenge.  I finally summoned up enought courage to give my Copics a try and it's not half bad.  I'll have to practice coloring to achieve the beautiful blend that others can do, but I have to start somewhere.  Second, this is for Jessica's Hope You Can Cling To challenge to use pink ribbon.  I'm glad that she offered up an easy challenge so that I am one card closer to completing all the challenges.  It may not happen, but I have one more card to send now.

Thanks for stopping by.  I hope you have a fun filled crafty weekend!

Details - Stamps: Echoes of Kindness, Kind and Caring Thoughts; Paper: Whisper White, Pretty in Pink, Pink Pirouette; Ink: Momento Tuxedo Black, Pink Pirouette; Accessories: Nestabilties, sponge dauber, argyle ef, pink satin ribon, stampin' dimensionals, glue dots, copics.

Ways To Use Pink

Hello folks!  It's my Thursday to host the Ways To Use It challenge on Splitcoaststampers and I have chosen "pink" as our theme.  It's a most obvious choice, yet I had to do it!  I really adore this Memory Box paper and wanted to use a couple of pieces of it.  I worked in a Viva La Verve sketch and Teresa's Hope You Can Cling To challenge to include at least one heart on your card. 

I hope you will find a little bit of time to play along with me this week and help turn the Splitcoaststampers gallery pink!

Thanks for stopping by!

Details - Stamps: Blue Skies (Verve); Paper: Whisper White, Early Espresso, Pink Pirouette, MB Gossamer; Ink: Crumb Cake, Early Espresso; Accessories: Jotted Heart die (Verve), Nestabilities, 1/8" early espresso taffeta ribbon, white button, stampin' dimensionals, glue dots.

Another Monday with Friends

Good Monday morning and welcome to another Friends of Speedy TV challenge.  This week we are making Anniversary cards as our fearless Design Team coordinator celebrates nine years of marriage with her husband!  Congratulations Debbie!  For today's card I started off with Chupa's Sketchbook Saturday as I knew I wanted to work in  a flower and a sentiment.  The larger background is from my new letterpress plate.  I just inked it up with some Versamark ink and had a go with it.  I'm quite please with how it turned out.  I stamped my Gerbera on the vellum circle and turned it over to color it and remembered Lori's Hope You Can Cling To challenge to use the green, yellow and brown.  Quickly, I found a couple of markers that I liked and began to color. 

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you will make some time to play along with us this week at Speedy TV!

Details - Stamps: Greet The Day With Gerbera (MFP); Paper: Whisper White, Soft Suede, Certainly Celery, vellum; Ink: Soft Suede, Early Espresso, Versamark, Certainly Celery, So Saffron; Accessories: Fancy Fan Letterpress plate, M's celery satin ribbon, Wilton Doily, Ivory Organdy, stampin' dimensionals.

Wacky Inspiration

Yes, that's right!  It's Angelina Ballerina and she is the inspiration for my card today.  Flourishes is hosting a World Card Making Day challenge to be inspired by the colors of your favorite animated character.  My daughter watches a good assortment of cartoons, but Angelina is one of the few I sit and watch with her. 

Onto my card...

I made another telescoping card after learning how to do it during the last VSN.  It's quite fun and easier than it looks.  I used a set that Julie Koerber just recently sent in a generous box of blog candy.  Pink just turned out perfect as today starts the Hope You Can Cling To challenges on Splitcoast Stampers.  This card meets Beate's criteria for a circle card (at least I think it does).

Thanks for stopping by!

Details - Stamps: Birthday Celebrations (Flourishes); Paper: Melon Mambo, Pretty in Pink, Whisper White; Ink: Momento Tuxedo Black, Melon Mambo, Pretty in Pink, Barely Banana, Bordering Blue; Accessories: Nestabilties, white organza ribbon, SU white brads.