Late Nite Crafter

Welcome Little Monica Mouse

2012-01-14T18:17:00.000-08:00

This is my entry for the House Mouse Challenge #110 - New. I don't have any baby cards in my stash so decided to make one. I think this little mouse sucking on a soother is just adorable. I did the card in purple in green so that I can use it for either a boy or a girl. I heat embossed the 'Welcome Little One'. The main image was colored with copic markers and I sponged SU gable green and green galore. I used spellbinders dies to cut out the image and the fancy circle in behind the image. The white strips were cut out with a MS border punch. The swirl in the corner was made with purple jewellery wire and a fancy brad added to the centre. I added feathers along the bottom with a fancy brad in the centre. The dp is from SU and I ran it through my cb with a circle ef.

We have had such a mild winter here so far with a brown Xmas. The temp. has now dropped and we are in for some cold weather for the next week or so. Not sure that I am ready for this but ready or not it will come. There is also supposed to be some snow so we will see what tonight brings.

I don't have many followers, but, I would like to thank the few that I have. Your visits to my site are much appreciated and I always enjoy reading any comments you leave behind.

Again thanks for looking and I do hope that you enjoy your weekend.

Wool Crafts

2012-01-07T14:19:00.000-08:00

I decided to do something different over the holidays and pulled out my Knifty Knitter which I had bought a couple of years ago and had never used. I have only dabbled with knitting and am not really good at it but using this knitting device made it quite easy and I really like how it turned out. My daughter showed a lot of interest in it and claimed the finished product. She also ran out and bought one of these knitters for herself and went to town making a scarf and an afghan. We have had a really mild winter this year but I know that the cold and snow is just around the corner and this scarf will come in handy.

This is a scarf that I crocheted as a Xmas gift for my stepmom. I was at a couple of craft shows just before Xmas and there were so many hand made scarf's this year. Some really beautiful work. So, not knowing what to get my stepmom for Xmas at this point I decided to try my hand at making a scarf for her. I did single crochet stripes and added some fun fir down the middle which you can't really see except for the dark brown stripe. Buttons seemed to be a popular thing to add for decoration so I made these buttons with jewellery clay and painted a glaze overtop. Having given these scarfs away I do not have one for myself so have started to make one which I will finish before the cold hits us I hope and will post a picture down the road. Thank you for taking the time to look at my blog and enjoy your weekend.

The Lazy Days of Autumn

2011-10-30T22:49:00.000-07:00

There's another House Mouse & Friends Challenge on right now and the theme for this one is Fall & it is Challenge #107. This is my entry for this challenge. I love the colors of fall and really enjoy making cards using these colors so I had a really good time with this one. This House Mouse image is called Autumn Cruise. I used copic markers to color the image. More mustard, chocolate chip & pumpkin pie SU cs was used along with SU set Autumn Splender which was stamped on the choc. chip with versa mark. The mustard colored strip along the bottom was cut with a Spellbinders Floral Doily Accent die set and the green leaves along the top are Spellbinders Foliage. The main image was also cut out with a Spellbinders label die as well as the oval mustard piece behind that. I just love those die sets and don't know how I ever got along without them. I also love all the punches that are out now and have used a few MS ones on this card. So, this is my card for this challenge and I'm looking forward to the next one.

Enjoy your week and thanks for visiting my blog!

Morticia & Gomez

2011-10-23T14:07:00.000-07:00

I made this card for the HM&F Challenge #106 - Color Challenge Black, Orange, Yellow & Green with a Halloween theme option. Decided to go with the Halloween theme. I have used this HM stamp as a wedding card, graduation card and now a halloween card. I love the Addams family so have decided that this will be Morticia and Gomez Mouse. My daughter has a lot of Halloween stamps and accessories so have borrowed her SU House of Haunts, Best Friends & Just Between Friends stamps. The fence and spider web border punches are from MS. I used a spider web embossing folder on the house portion of the card. The image was colored with copic markers and I used an oval & scalloped oval nestabilites dies to cut out the image and add the green behind it. SU black craft inc was used to stamp all the images except the mice who were stamped with black Memento.

Tis The Season

2011-10-09T13:23:00.000-07:00

I stayed up late last night to make another House Mouse card for Challenge #105 - Sparkle On Your Christmas Creations. The sparkle is in the dp, around the main image, the centre of the poinsetta and the brads in the corners. These two little cuties are going to enjoy a hot cup of cocoa on a cold winters day. Its not a cold winters day yet, but, it is just around the corner and I'll be wanting to enjoy a hot cup of cocoa too. I have quite a few christmas cards made so far which is a good thing. I usually wait until some time in November to get started and then stress myself out trying to get them done.

The image was colored with copic markers. I added Tis The Season in the corner from a SU set I have. I cut the image out with a nestabilites die and the poinsetta was also cut out with a die set I just bought. I added the bells and ribbon, the brads in the corners and centre of the flower and then stickles around the main image and on the brads on the flower. The dp and cs is from SU.

Well, its Thanksgiving weekend and I'm really enjoying myself making cards and just relaxing. I will be having dinner at my place with family. I hope everyone is enjoying their weekend and finding some time to spend with family & friends. Happy Thanksgiving and thank you for taking a look at my blog.

No Crows Scarecrow

2011-09-25T16:28:00.000-07:00

Happy Fall everyone! I've been itching to do a Fall card as I just love the colors. A scarecrow makes me think of Fall for some reason so that is what I have used as my image. The scarecrow, corn stalks & signs are all from High Hopes which I purchased ages ago. The leaves & acorns on the inside left are from a SU set called Autumn Splendor. I stamped the HH images on Manga Artist Paper with Memento Black Ink and then colored them with Copics. I just received the MS Branch border punch in the mail last week and have been wanting to use it. My collection of punches is getting very large. There are just so many of them out there these days and they are so wonderful to use. Spellbinders dies were used for the ovals and MS maple leaf punches for the corners. I also had some acorn brads which I have added to the corners. The Maple Leaf border on the inside is also a MS punch. Heat embossing was used for the 'No Crows' sign and the leaves & acorns on the inside of my card. All the paper is from Recollections and is called Spice Market which I purchased at Michaels.

Enjoy whats left of the weekend and thanks for visiting my blog!

The Birthday Singing Duo

2011-09-18T21:53:00.000-07:00

This is my entry for the House Mouse Challenge #104 - Birthday theme with a bunch of flowers. They are also having a blog hop in celebration of their 3rd anniversary. Happy 3rd Birthday HM & Friends! I've had a chance to look at all the DT cards on the HM&F blog and a closer look on their individual blogs and have also checked out some of the other cards that have been submitted. There are so many wonderful cards and so many talented people out there.

The name of this HM stamp is Two-Part Harmony. These 2 little cuties are singing the Happy Birthday song. I just love the HM images and really enjoy coloring and making cards with them. These two little singers are colored with copic markers and cut out with a spellbinders die. The actual card is also cut out with a spellbinders die along with the foliage on the bottom and the tag on the top. The daisy was made with a MS punch and I added a fancy brad for the centre. The dp is from stampin up along with the sentiment. The sparkle around the main image is icicle stickles and I used cotton candy stickles around the sentiment.

Thank you so much for dropping by my blog and taking a look. I hope you all enjoyed your weekend.

Lovin' The Chocolate

2011-09-10T15:42:00.000-07:00

This is my card for the HM & Friends Challenge #103 - No Cookin' Recipe Card. I had a lot of fun with this one and knew exactly which stamp set and recipe I was going to use when I read the challenge on the blog. I have never made a pocket card before so I found the single pocket card directions in the SCS Resources.

The HM stamps I used are Chocolate Delight, Jumpin' For Joy & I Love Chocolate. They were all colored with copic markers. I used spellbinders dies to cut out the main images and the bg ovals as well. I sponged SU creamy caramel around the mice, pixie pink around the sentiment with regal rose on the fancy oval behind it & close to cocoa around the recipe. The dp is from SU along with chocolate chip & pixie pink cs. The ribbon came from Michaels, I think, and the brown brad is from Bo Bunny. The recipe I'm sharing is one that I usually make when I'm doing my Xmas baking.

I've been on vacation for 2 weeks now and have thoroughly enjoyed them. We have had really nasty weather for the most part over June, July & August and now that Sept. has arrived we are having some really hot and beautiful days. Maybe this is our summer now? Anyway, I will enjoy whatever we get even if it is from looking out the office window.

I hope everyone is having a wonderful weekend. Thanks for stopping by and taking a look at my blog.

Fruit - It Does A Body Good

2011-08-28T16:33:00.000-07:00

This is my card for the House Mouse Challenge #102 - Lets Get Fruity. I just love this little buy with his belly full of summer berries. He is colored with copic markers on Manga artist paper. I used lt & dk brown cordinations textured cs and also a dk blue cordinations as well. 3 or 4 different sets of spellbinders dies were used for all the various shapes. I don't know what I ever did before these came along. I just love them! The corner flowers were cut using a die and silver foil. I added some red and white fancy brads to the centres of the flowers and some small flower brads at the sides and sm square brads above & below the image.

Well, we are finally having some warm summer weather here in sunny Alberta. About time. I was starting to think that there are just 2 seasons here - Fall & Winter. I hope you are enjoying some beautiful weather as well. Thank you for visiting my blog and enjoy your day.

Family Heartfelt Sympathy

2011-08-14T15:40:00.000-07:00

This is a sympathy card that I made for my stepmom who recently lost her stepmom. She was a big part of our family and was a very memorable woman. Always so happy and very energetic. There is going to be a service for her tomorrow so I wanted my stepmom & her brothers to know that we are thinking of them.

The main image and sentiment were stamped with versa mark and then heat embossed with black ep. The circles, ovals & label were all cut with nestabilities. Don't know how I ever got along before nestabilites. I just love them. The fancy shape at the top was cut with a nestability and bronze foil. The branches along the sides were cut with a MS border punch. Love those punches! I used a roller and kaleidacolor to add the color behind my main image. Here are the details:

Stamps: SU - Upsy Daisy & Close As A Memory

Paper: SU dp & red riding hood cs, black &white cs & adirondack textured cs

Ink: Versa mark, su choc. chip & cameo coral, pumkin patch kaleidacolor & black

Accessories: Nestabilites, MS border punch, black ep & bronze foil

Techniques: Heat embossing

Well, I hope everyone is enjoying another Sunday. Thanks for taking a look at my blog.

HMF 100th CHALLENGE BLOG-HOP CELEBRATION

2011-07-24T13:35:00.000-07:00

HMF CHALLENGE #100 - BUTTONS, BOWS & BLING

This is my entry for the HMF Challenge #100 Buttons, Bows & Bling. I decided to make a Christmas card, so this makes 2 xmas cards done and many many more to go. At least its a start. I guess I could call this card Christmas in July. I used copic markers to color this little buy. I just love the color you get from copics. I used black ink around the image to give it a bit of a dark frame to make it stand out a little better. He is placed on Spellbinders red foil that I cut out with a Spellbinders Herloom Ornament die and then ran through the cb with a snowflake embossing folder. A hole was punched at the top of the ornament and I placed a crystal brad there. The green & silver ornaments were made by using versa mark with green and silver ep. The Ho Ho Ho ribbon along the top is from Michaels and I added some Xmas buttons with white ribbon bows in the centres. There is an opal type ribbon running down from the buttons to the ornaments and then silver stickles added along it to add some sparkle. The dp is from SU. The holy was cut out with a sizzix die and then I added christmas red stickles for the berries. EK & MS border punches were used to gussy up the bottom of the card.

I must say that I have been having a great time making cards for the HMF Challenges and love to see what all the DT have come up with. This was my first time doing a blog hop so that was fun as well.

Thanks so much for taking a look at my cards and visiting my blog. Have a wonderul day! Now I'm off to look at all the wonderful entries for this Challenge.

HMF #99 - Swiss Cheese Bate

2011-07-17T21:15:00.000-07:00

This is my submission for the HMF Challenge #99 'Make A Splash'. I have been really enjoying the HM challenges. My daughter & I both have a lot of HM stamps and I have been using her's for the past couple as she seems to have a lot of stamps with fish & water. I thought this image was so cute with these little guys using swiss cheese to catch the gold fish. The gold fish don't seem interested in it at all.

The image was stamped on Manga Artist paper with Memento black ink then colored with copics. I used some of the new SU dp & cs that I got a couple of weeks ago. Love the new colors they have. The corner treatments were made with a new spellbinders die I received called beaded ovals and then I added some purple ovals to the centers. To finish it off I added brads along the top & bottom with an oriental brad in the center at the top and a punched flower in the center along the bottom. I decided to add a little sparkle to the goldfish to brighten the main image up a bit. Here are the ingredients for this card:

Stamps: House Mouse - No Cheese Please

Paper: SU dp, concorde crush, pear pizzazz & peach parfait cs and recollections beige cs
Ink: Memento black & tea stain distressing ink
Accessories: Orange stickles, copic markers, spellbinders dies, marvey flower & corner punches & brads
Techniques: Alcohol markers & dry embossing

Well, our Calgary Stampede is coming to a close today and we finally had some nice weather over the weekend for all the folks who attended. I would have loved to have spent today sitting next to a nice cool river doing some fishing or having a nice cool swim in a lake and 'making a splash'. I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend and lots of nice weather. Thank you so much for taking a look at my blog.

HMF #98 - The Lazy Daze of Summer

2011-07-03T13:52:00.000-07:00

This is my 2nd submission for the HMF #98 - Here Comes Summer. This is also a 2nd borrowed stamp from my daughters HM stash. Since I had to root around the storage room looking for Fish Tales which I used in my 1st submission, I decided I might as well borrow a few more and have them stamped and ready to color.

My office window overlooks the Bow River and it is such a beautiful view. All summer long I am able to see people floating down the river on their rubber dingy's, canoes, kayaks and pretty much anything else that will float. It's a great way to enjoy those long hot summer days.

This little guy is supposed to be doing an Autumn Cruise but I have changed it to a Summer Cruise and he is floating lazily down The Bow. Here are the ingredients:

Stamps: HM Autum Cruise
Paper: SU dp, pear pizzazz, daffodil delight & peach parfait cs, Recollections grey cs, Coredinations dk green & dk blue cs, & Manga artist paper.

Ink: Memento - black
Accessories: MS punch around the page & border punch, spellbinders dies, dots ef, Marvey corner punch, butterfly brad, primas, ribbon, copic markers & white gel pen
Techniques: Alcohol Markers & Dry Embossing

I am really enjoying making cards with these little mice as you can tell by my SCS gallery. I hope to do many more in the coming weeks.

I have been enjoying the Canada Day long weekend which is coming to a close. Our friends to the south will be celebrating their day tomorrow and I wish them all a Happy 4th of July!

Take care and thanks for looking.
Lynn

HMF #98 - Tale of Two Fishermice

2011-06-27T18:33:00.000-07:00

This is my submission for the HMF #98 Challenge - Here Comes Summer. And finally today it feels like summer here in Calgary. We had the never ending winter which led into a spring full of rain. Now today finally a beautiful sunny day which is perfect for making a summer card. I have so many HM stamps but decided to borrow this one from my daughters collection. There is no better and peaceful way to spend a summer day like fishing. I think that these two little fishing buddies are adorable. Theres a little frog watching them and the fish are almost ready to take the bait - I mean tales.

The image was colored with copic markers on manga art paper and stamped with memento black ink. I used a square nesti to cut the image out and did the embossed edge which you can't really see in real life or in this picture. I added a thin SU more mustard frame to this and then cut out the green square using the eyelet squares nestabilities die. The corners were made with gold foil which I cut with a floral doily accent spellbinders die. I learned about embossing foil on the SCS site. I have learned so many new techniques and secrets from all the wonderful people on that website. I added sm blue brads to the corner flower centers and sm gold brads for the sides in the green eyelets. This is all attached to a square of brown cordinations textured cs and then SU more mustard.

I have a lot more HM stamps to share in future blogs. Thanks for visiting! Have a wonderful day!

HMF #96 Challenge - Green & Yellow Football

2011-05-29T15:45:00.000-07:00

This is my card for the HMF #96 Challenge. These little guys aren't playing football but they are playing a game. Its called 'Shoot the Pimento'. This will be a birthday card for my niece who has loved olives since birth I think. She might even like to play this game invented by these 2 little mice. Her birthday isn't until December so I'm a bit early making it. Her sisters have their BD's in July and I haven't even started their cards yet. Those might be another challenge on HM...

I colored the main image with copic markers. I love using these markers and have slowly collected quite a collection of them. The sentiment was stamped with black ink and then I used clear ep to heat emboss. A Happy BD embossing folder was used for the bg which I took a sanding block to. A few flowers & brads were added to finish it off.

Here are the ingredients for this card:

Stamp: HM What a Pit & SU Birthday Wishes
Ink: Black Memento
Paper: Green & Yellow Cordinations textured cs, SU barely banana, crumb cake and choc. chip
Accessories: Spellbinders dies, MS punch, Happy BD ef, sanding block, green & yellow Prima's, fancy brads & copic markers.
Techniques: Dry & heat embossing and alcohol markers.

I did stay up late last night finishing this card. I guess I just enjoy the quiet of the evening to do my cards. I never seem to have time during the week nights or days to make my cards, so, I look forward to Saturday nights to do my thing. I love coloring the HM stamps and creating cards for all occassions with them. I look forward to making many more.

I really enjoy reading peoples comments on my cards which are posted here and on Splitcoast. So thank you all for taking the time to look at my cards and I hope you are all having a wonderful weekend.

Cherry Lovin' Mice

2011-05-23T12:35:00.000-07:00

We are celebrating the Queen's Birthday here in Canada and I am really enjoying a day off from the office. What better way to spend the day than making cards. With summer just around the corner (I think lol) cherries seem like a fitting subject. It was a really long winter here in Alberta and I thought Spring would never arrive. I love cherries just as much as these 3 little guys and will be looking forward to cherry season.

I left the inside of my card blank so it can be used for several different occasions. All images were stamped on Manga Artist Paper with black Memento ink and then colored in with copic markers. The dp I used is from a K & Company paper pack and the cs is chocolate chip from Stampin Up. The stitching around the edges was done by hand as I'm not good with a sewing machine - small or big. I leave that to my daughter and I don't know where she got her sewing talent from as its certainly not from me. I made the bow in the corner by using cherry ribbon which I purchased at Michaels, a large red brad and red & gold jewellery wire which I wrapped around a screwdriver to make into coils. I then added gold snaps to the other 3 corners to finish it off.

Well, I really should be doing something else today, but, its poring rain out and thats my excuse to spend the day making cards. The trees are really in need of a good drink which is what they are getting. So on that note I'll be off and I do hope everyone has a fantastic Monday and to those who read my blog Thank You for taking the time.

House Mouse May Flowers

2011-05-15T14:02:00.000-07:00

Well, it has been such a long time since I've added anything to my blog. The last time was for a baby card for my friend at work, and now this is a card for her second baby. For this card I have used House Mouse stamps which I must say I really do love. The images are so adorable and so much fun to color. It seems like there is a baby boom happening right now, as I have 2 more baby cards to make before July.

The stamps I used were HM Baby Blocks for the front of the card & HM Monica With Pacifier on the inside. Both images were colored with copic markers. I used ms punches for the top & bottom borders & the infinity punch to border the main image. Spellbinders oval dies were used under the main image. Marvel punches for the yellow ovals and corners of the green cs. The bow was cut with a sizzlet die and I took the su spritzer tool to spray pink ink all over the bow. The pins were something that I had been thinking of doing prior to making this card. I took safety pins and added some white fabric paint to the ends to make them look like baby pins. I added prima flowers to the corners with sm silver button brads for centres and added blue ribbon under the image. The dp is from a dp pack from Michaels. I used coredinations cs and a metallic cs for the ovals that I put the pins on. SU pink cs was used for the main part of the card in which everything is attached to.

I do believe that I should make more of an effort in keeping my blog up to date. I have made many cards inbetween these 2 baby cards. Stamping is something that I truly love to do. I spend many late nights doing my stamping and other crafts during my weekends.

Boguslavsky Baby Card

2009-09-13T13:43:00.000-07:00

This is a baby shower card I made for one of the girls I work with. She is due in Oct. and doesn't know the sex of the baby. So, I tried to incorporate all the colors associated with babies into this card. The stamp set is 'cute & cuddly' from stampin up. Very cute set. I used prismacolors & oms to color the stamped images. I tried to do quilting for the bg on the front of the card using dp and cs that was embossed with a heart folder. I just love using the spellbinders dies for cuting out images and adding bg's. What a great invention they were and so easy to use along with the cb. I also used the New Arrival cartridge for the cricut to cut out the safety pins & feet on the inside of the card and the little bow on the front. I used 2 small circle spellbinder dies to cut a ring and then added white ribbon to half and laid the other half under the bear image. I used a ms border punch to give a little bit of a lacey look to the card. I have sort of been on a vacation from making cards over the past month and now its time to get back at it. I have started to invest in the copic markers but haven't really given them a try yet so am looking forward to getting familiar with them in upcoming cards.

HH Challenge #35 - Lotsa Circles

2009-06-20T16:02:00.000-07:00

This is my card for the High Hopes Challenge #35 - Lotsa Circles and I have added circles everywhere. I really love the DT cards and the entries I have seen for this challenge. Again I started making this card around 12:30 last night. Got most of it colored and cut up and just finished putting it all together. These images are so much fun to color. So, here are the ingredients for this card:
Stamps: HH - Oops Ellie & Sentiment
Paper: DP, SU in color blue, white & cream cs, yellow core'dinations
Ink: Black stazon, yoyo yellow, white & black gel pens
Accessories: Spellbinders dies & embossing folder, buttons, emb. floss, fiskars corner punch, copper brads, yellow stickles, prisma colors & oms
Techniques: Gamsol Magic
The main image was colored with prisma colors & oms. I added some yellow stickles to the ribbon around the trunk to give it a little sparkle. I ran the yellow core'dinations through the cb with a circle embossing folder. YoYo yellow was added to the edges of the circles for the elephant and the sentiment. So, here is the finished product and I must say that I had a great time making it.

Sketch Challenge #34

2009-06-13T10:56:00.001-07:00

This is my card for the HH Sketch Challenge #34. I just love this HH stamp and it is one of my favorites. I love the layout that was chosen for the challenge and the DT cards are just fabulous as always. They give me so much inspiration.

To make this card I used the always popular prismacolor and oms to color my image. I bought the dp some time ago and it seemed to fit in as it has apple images on it which don't seem to appear in my picture. To make the larger apples in the corners I used a MS apple punch, glued a green apple with a red one. I then rubbed versa mark on the top of the apples, put Utee on top and then heat embossed. I did this several times to give it that look of glass. The leaves were punched with ms punches and a marvel punch. The main image was cut out with a spellbinder die and then brads added to finish it off. Here are all the ingredients:

Stamps: HH - Annie's Bushel
Paper: SU cranberry, white cs and various dp's, dk. med. & lt. green & gold cordinations'
Ink: Black stazon, versa mark, white & black gel pens & su glorious green stampin' write
Accessories: Brads, prismacolors, oms, spellbinder die, ms apple & leaf punches, marvel leaf punch.
Techniques: Gamsol Magic & Heat Embossing

Thanks for the fun challenge and I'm looking forward to the next one.

HIGH HOPES CHALLENGE #33

2009-06-06T12:43:00.000-07:00

This is my card for the High Hopes Challenge #33 - No Corners. This is the first time I have ever made a round card. Wasn't sure how I was going to do it, but, it was very easy to do. I just might make a few more. I have been doing the insides of my cards lately and did the same for this one. It's simple but just adds a little bit more to a home made card. I haven't invested in any copics yet but am getting closer. Until then I still like and will use my prismacolors & oms.

Stamps: HH Lion & Lamb

Paper: White cardstock & SU dp

Ink: Black stazon & more mustard

Accessories: Primas, small coper brads, nestabilities, prismacolors, oms & sizzlets alphabet

Technique: Gamsol Magic

I had lots of fun with this challenge as it was something that I hadn't done before and I will be looking forward to the next challenge.

2009-05-23T17:17:00.000-07:00

This is my card for High Hopes Challenge #31, can you doodle. I have an uncle who is sick in the hospital and I thought this would be a good opportunity to make him a get well card. He can be a grumpy dragon at times. I doodled the flowers down each side and lines/dots along top and bottom. Materials I used are as follows:

Stamps: Seymore's Sick Day & feel better

Paper: SU More Mustard, Old Olive & dp. White cs

Ink: SU More Mustard, Old Olive, Cholocate Chip, Black Stazon

Accessories: Prismacolors & oms, black & white gel pens, spellbinders, cb embossing folder, ms leaf punch, brads & primas.

Technique: Gamsol Magic & sponging

This was a fun challenge as always and hopefully this card will put a smile on my Uncles face. Have a great weekend everyone and thanks for taking a look.

TRACKIN' THOMAS BIRTHDAY CARD

2009-05-16T18:28:00.001-07:00

This is my card for HH Challenge #30. I missed last weeks challenge and wasn't going to miss this weeks. Lots of coloring on this one. The Forest Background & Trackin' Thomas were both colored with prismacolor and oms. They were stamped onto white cardstock with black stazon ink. The dp is from SU & my favorite scrapbooking store.I also used brown & more mustard cardstock. I was running short on time so instead of hand stitching I did faux stitching. The sentiment is a stamp I picked up at a small scrapbooking store in our city. I just love going to these stores. I added small brads, a large brad and a feather. I usually do a little bit of decorating on the inside of my cards, but, for this one I added even more. I've taken a picture this time which is below. I always have fun coloring the HH images and I find that it is relaxing. Thanks for looking and I appreciate comments.

INSIDE OF TRACKIN' THOMAS BIRTHDAY CARD

2009-05-16T18:21:00.000-07:00

This is the inside of my card. I wanted to include the TeePee and this was the way to do it. The card would have been huge if I had added it to the front. The idea came from browsing through the HH DT blogs. I think it just makes the cards all that more special.

A Frog Gift

2009-05-03T14:48:00.001-07:00

I made this card for the stressing challenge and didn't know how to enter it. I do now though and will be in future challenges. I had fun making this little guy. He reminds me of my brother who was always collecting frogs, snakes, & lizards and chasing me with them when we were kids. He had the same devious grin too. I used my prisma colors & oms to color all images. stressed the edges with scissors and tore up some brown core'dinations for the bg. Also when around the bg dp with ink to stress it out as well. I thought the fabric would make it look stressed as well. I think I will send this card to my brother for his next birthday.

Golfing Rudy

2009-05-03T14:34:00.000-07:00

I bought this stamp with my Dad in mind. He lived to golf. A real sports nut. He passed away last Jan. and I thought I could really use this for a scrapbook page. Haven't done the page yet but made this card. I actually colored Rudy thinking about how my Dad dressed for golf. He was quite stylish and he had red hair. I used prisma colors & oms to color the images. I did the stitching by hand. I also have the golf bag & clubs which I put on the inside of the card. I just love these golfing stamps and they make great guy cards.

Takin A Break

2009-05-02T13:38:00.000-07:00

I took a weeks vacation in April and my daughter convinced me that I should try a High Hopes Challenge. She said that all you have to do is add hhsc(challenge no.) to the key words on your description on the splitcoast website. Well we had no clue and we both thought that we were in the challenge with the cards we created. Not the case lol. The above card was to be my first ever entry into a challenge since I became a member of splitcoast. The stampers from High Hopes & Splitcoast are very helpful and we should have just asked one of them how its done. We now know so we are both looking forward to future challenges. So, I made the above card and had a great time doing it. When I'm making my cards I forget all about work and the everyday challenges in life. My daughter and I have quite the High Hopes collection of stamps now. The designs are adorable and so much fun to color. I really enjoy coloring them with prisma colors and oms. So many of the stampers are now using the copics, so, I am considering giving that a try. The color is so much brighter and bolder with the copics. You may see some cards in the future using this technique. In the meantime, prisma color it is.