Cards by Auntie Lisa

Blog Candy from Elizabeth Bell Designs

2010-07-16T22:53:00.002-05:00

Time is running out but hop very quickly over to Elizabeth Bell to enter for this very generous blog candy......a total of 36 stamps.....yep that's right 36! And they are adorable.....go fast enter!

Lisa

Gone Fishin'

2010-07-03T17:22:00.004-05:00

Hello Friends~

I hope you are all having a wonderful holiday weekend. It is very HOT out there....they tell us tomorrow evening we may see.......or should I say hear some thunder boomers.......hopefully it will wait til the fireworks are over. However you celebrate make sure to have fun and stay safe!

I made this card for little nephew's birthday and thought it would be a perfect post being that so many are heading to the lake for camping and fishing this weekend.

I used this adorable little stamp from High Hopes called Time Well Spent. I used my copics to color the image and applied some crystal lacquer to the water to give it a 'wet' appearance. Don't these two just look like they are having the best time?

I added a real fish hook to the card.....had the hubby remove the sharp barb.....this leads me to a kinda funny story about when I went to our little local hardware store to buy them......the nice gentleman asked me if I needed any help.....I replied that I think I found what I needed....I was looking at the size and color of the metal.....he said well maybe if I knew what kind of fish are you fishing for?.....I told him I wasn't going fishing with them.....he looked at me with a puzzled look and said well what are going to do with fish hooks then?.....I said "Oh if I tell you...you will think I am crazy"....well then I thought that didn't sound so good either.....so I told him I make cards and was going to use them as an embellishment on a card I am making with fish on it.....he told me he didn't think I was crazy....but he still looked a little puzzled so I'm not so sure!

Here's a closer looksie at the image

This is an easel card so here is the inside....the little fish on the pop up is off of a Penny Black stamp with Hedgehogs Fishing.

Hope you enjoyed my card....oh I love reading your sweet comments!

Enjoy the weekend everyone! We are going to my Mom and Dad's for a family cookout.....yummmm can't wait!!

Stamps: High Hopes Penny Black and Stampin' Up

Paper: CS is from SU and DP is from 3 Bugs in a Rug

Inks: Memento, SU and Copics

Tools: SU and Martha Stewart punches

Embellishments: stash

Lisa

Mojo Monday Challenge Week #142

2010-06-12T14:10:00.004-05:00

Hello~

I hope you are enjoying your weekend.....it isn't very nice here....we need some sunshine!!

This is a card I made for the Mojo Monday Challenge and I also took it to our shoebox gathering on Tuesday as one of my projects.

I used a stamp from Shadow Box for my image, stamped it in Sahara Sand from Stampin' Up and put a little white flocking on it. The sentiment is from one of my favorite SU sets and I am so sad to see it is being discontinued this time around. It is called 'Close as a Memory'. This is a simple card but I thought it turned out to be a perfect Sympathy card. I used my Martha punches for the edge at the bottom and the butterflies. The sentiment was punched with my old Marvy punches.

Here is a look at the image.......

....and a side view to try and show the flocking.

Stamps: Shadow Box and Stampin' Up

Ink: Stampin' Up

Paper: Bazzill and Stampin Up

Tools: Martha Stewart and Marvy Punches

Flocking and Ribbon from my stash

Well there it is...hope you will let me a few kind words if you like it....and have a marvelous day.

Lisa

Congratulations Jane & Sam

2010-06-11T11:15:00.003-05:00

Hello Friends~

My friend's daughter got married this week.....this is a card I made for them...and then I just happened to notice that this card fit perfectly in the challenge over at Stamptacular Sunday. So congrats to Jane and Sam and yipee another challenge done for me!!

I used this stamp set from Inkadinkado....stamped it with SU Very Vanilla Craft Ink and heat embossed it with Satin Pearl EP from Stampendous. I used my oval Nesties and popped up the image with pop dots. The flower was made using my Retro Flower punches and layering them up. The paper is just the most beautiful pearly paper...which the camera does not pick up.....I used my Cuttlebug and embossing folder for the background. The ribbon and pearls are left overs I have had in my stash since I made my daughter's wedding invites two years ago. A very simple card but I do like how it turned out.....simple but elegant!

Here is a close up of the image....wish you could see the pearlyness of it all.....I think that is another word I made up.

Stamps: Inkadinkado

Paper: Paper Cut

Ink: SU and Encore

Embossing Powder: Stampendous

Tools: Punches from EK Success, Cuttlebug and Nestabilities

Other supplies: Pearls and Ribbon from my stash

Thanks for stopping by.....I love reading your comments and please come back again.

Hope you all have a wonderful day!

Lisa

Double Challenge

2010-06-10T17:48:00.006-05:00

Hi Everyone~

A short but sweet posting for you today. I made this card for two challenges the one over at "Friday Sketchers" and also "Just Magnolia" and need to get it posted or I will miss the challenges.

I used this cute little Tilda......colored her up with my Copics, cut her out with my Nestabilities and then sponged a little ink before removing the die and finally added some stickles around the image. I made the outer lacey mat by first using the scalloped circle and then punching with one of my Martha corner punches......because the challenge over at Magnolia was lace!!

here she is......and I noticed that this poor little Tilda put her shoes on the wrong feet when she got dressed this morning!! Oh well maybe she is just learning!!!!

And yep I made another easel card.....I just love them!! I put some little Martha butterflies on the image and the greeting to keep the little butterfly Tilda is holding company!!!

....and here is the inside greeting....I did a little piercing to the scalloped oval to hopefully add some more laceyness.......hmmm is that a word?........guess it is now.

Stamps: Magnolia and SU

Ink: Memento, Copics and SU

Paper: Best Creations Inc., Boxer Scrapbookers and Stampin' Up Melon Mambo

Tools: Cuttlebug, Nesties and Martha Stewart punches

Embellishments: Stickles, Rhinestones and Flower Ribbon from my stash

Well off I am.....have a lovely evening and let me a comment if you would like....I would like it if you did!

Lisa

A Cupful of Fun!

2010-06-03T14:03:00.004-05:00

Hi All~

Today I have a quick post.....the outdoors is calling me. It seems like the lawn needs to be mowed every other day.

This was an older sketch from a challenge I printed off a few weeks back and despite good intentions never got it done.

I used this cute little mouse in a tea cup from Stampavie designed by Tina Wenke. It is very fun to color......I used my copic markers and stickles. I just love this paper from My Mind's Eye...so fun and summery. I also did a little piercing along the edges.

Here is a closer look at the image.......

...and a view of it opened up as an easel.....

...and a close up of the sentiment which is from Stampin' Up.

Stamps: Stampavie and SU

Inks: Memento, Copics and SU

Tools: Cuttlebug, Nestabilities and Retro Flower punch from EK Success

Paper: by MME and Bazzill

Embellies: stash

Stickles: Stardust

I hope you are having a beautiful day. And please come back to see me again....leave me a comment if you like what you see. I love hearing from you. Thanks for looking.

Lisa

Happy Birthday Lizzie!

2010-06-01T22:14:00.002-05:00

Hi Everyone~

I know it has been a long time....there is just so much to do this time of year. The weather has been beautiful here.....we could definitely use some rain though. It is just hard to find time to sit down and stamp.

This is a card I made for my sweet little niece, Lizzie.....she turned nine on Sunday......so we had a very nice time celebrating her birthday with her this weekend. I am entering this card in the Sketch Saturday Challenge for week #105. This was a very fun sketch to work with. I used this adorable Stampavie stamp from Penny Johnson....isn't it cute? I colored this little guy (or girl) with copics and cut it out with the oval Nestabilities. The outer oval is one of big scalloped ovals.

Here is a closeup of the butterfly....I added lots of stickles to it to make it sparkle.....

...and here is the image with the little bow and butterflies, which I also stickled all up! I used a lace edge punch from Martha Stewart for the bottom edge and added some pretty pink rhinestones.

This is the inside of the card....again the Martha punch and rhinestones. The sentiment is from Whipper Snapper and also colored with copics. I added some stickles to this again and put another little punched butterfly over top of the little birdie that is on the stamp....the butterfly just went better with this gorgeous designer paper.

And finally the card displayed.

Stamps: Stampavie and Whipper Snapper

Ink: Memento and Copics

Paper: DP- Basic Creations Inc. Cardstock- Bazzill and American Crafts

Tools: Cuttlebug, Nestabilities, Martha Stewart and Stampin' Up punches

Stickles: Stardust, Lime Greeen and Yellow

Rhinestones & Ribbon: Stash

That is it....and I will try to get back a little sooner. I appreciate your comments and would love to know you were here. Thanks for looking and please check in again.

Have a wonderful day...and enjoy the summer weather!!!

xxxxx

Lisa

Enjoy Life's Simple Pleasures

2010-05-07T12:06:00.005-05:00

Hello Friends~

Oh the weather outside is frightful......after having a good start to such a beautiful spring......we are now getting SNOW!!! I think Mother Nature needs to tell Old Man Winter it is time to pack his bags and go on vacation for at least 6 months! One good thing is....it won't last long this time of year!!!!

I have a card today made with another Sarah Kay stamp from Stampavie.....they are all so darn cute! I again used my Copics to color her and her little puppy.....cut her out using my Oval Nesties and the Big Scalloped Ovals for the matte. I added some stickles to the image and also around the oval image. This beautiful DP is from My Mind's Eye and the cardstock is from Stampin' Up.

Here's the image....I only wish the stickles would photograph better. I just love this little cutie.

I made the card into an easel card. This is still my favorite card to make.

This sentiment is from Studio G.........a dollar stamp from Michael's.........gotta love those dollar stamps! The large flower is from Prima and the little one and the brad in the center are from heidi grace.

Stamps: Stampavie and Studio G

Inks: Memento, SU and Copics

Paper: MME and SU

Tools: Nesties, Cuttlebug, SU Scalloped Border Punch

Embellishments: Stardust Stickles, Flowers from Prima and heidi grace, Buttons and twine from my stash

Thanks for looking and I hope you are having a warm and beautiful day wherever you are!! As always if you like.......let a few kind words in the comments. Thank you.

Lisa

Finally a card!

2010-05-06T15:24:00.003-05:00

Hi All~

Whew...it has been a while. Last week was a blur....we celebrated my in-laws 50th Wedding Anniversary on Saturday and we were all busy with preparations for that.......we had a lovely time and it was great seeing so many people we don't get to see often.

This a little card I made using one of my new Sarah Kay stamps from Stampavie. Ooooo isn't she just adorable? They are all so darn cute! I used my Copics to color her in and added some Stardust Stickles. I then cut the image out with my Octagonal Nesties and did a little faux stitching around the outside. I LOVE this paper....it is from My Mind's Eye.....the cardstock is from SU and Bazzill. I embossed the strip of Taken with Teal in my Cuttlebug and added a lacey punched border. The sentiment is from SU........

....here is a closer look at this little sweetie! The flowers were made using a SU punch and the swirl is an EK Success punch.....added a few little pearls and that is it.

Stamps: Stampavie and Stampin' Up

Ink: Memento, SU and Copics

Paper: MME, SU and Bazzill

Tools: Nestabilities, SU, MS and EKS punches

Embellies: Ribbon from SU and pearls and clip from stash

I just had to share this picture of the rainbow that was over our farm on Sunday evening with all of you.........it was a full rainbow and just so vivid and beautiful (too bad the camera can't capture it's true beauty!).

That is it for today....hopefully I will get another post in soon. {fingers crossed}! I hope you are all having a wonderful day and hope you will stop back again soon. As always I love reading your comments!

Lisa

Some Sweet Candy From Rach

2010-04-23T11:59:00.003-05:00

The marvelous Rach is celebrating her 'new' blog with some very sweet candy for us....pop on over to register for a chance to win. And while you are there check out her cards. She does absolutely beautiful work.

Here is a little peek at what is up for grabs. Good luck everyone!!!

Lisa

Blog Candy Alert

2010-04-15T13:16:00.003-05:00

The Lovely Leanne over atFluttabyz Crafty Haven is celebrating her anniversary with these adorable little Magnolias. Pop on over to visit Leanne and take a looksy at her work and while you are there let her a few nice words and get your name in for a chance at these little cuties!!

Have a great day!!

Lisa

Birthday Card Box

2010-04-14T21:24:00.004-05:00

Hi~

I had to do this in two posts, because it wouldn't let me upload all the pictures in one. There may be a way around this but.....I am not a computer whiz.

Any how this is a card/gift box I made for a friends birthday. I came up with this idea and no I didn't write down the dimensions or have instructions....sorry. But let me say it was quite a challenge. Sometimes we need to do that....helps keep the brain strong! LOL

This is the front of the box. I used this adorable Stampavie stamp. I just love this one and can't wait to use it again. I colored this little guy (or girl) with my copics and did some highlights with Gellyroll pens and then finished it with a kick of sparkle with Stickles. I then used my Big Scalloped Square Nestie to cut it out and put some more Stickles around the image.

...here is a close up of the image. Oh and how fun this was to color!!

Make sure to look at the following post for more about this project.

Card Gift Box Continued........

2010-04-14T15:55:00.002-05:00

......here is a pic of the flowers I made for the front of the box. I used punches from EK Success. I added some stickles to the edges to give them a little sparkle.

This is a side view of the box.

Here is a look at the inside...

the left side with a Stampin' Up sentiment. The border punch is from Martha Stewart......

....and the right side of the inside.....just perfect for a little unmounted stamp....what else would you give a stamping friend? Here again are some of the flowers I made. I used one of my Nestabilities to cut the top of the 'box' and put some stickles around the edge. The sentiment is from Stampin' Up and punched out with SU punches. Whew!! this was quite a project...especially when you don't have a pattern. I have many pieces of scrap paper on my desk...and there were a few words said!!! But I am glad I kept at it and I really like the final product. I hope my dear friend loved it as much as I love how it turned out! Happy Birthday Tracy!

Stamps: Stampavie and Stampin' Up

Paper: SU, Bazzill and For Peep's Sake from Imaginisce

Ink: Memento, SU, Gellyroll pens and Copics

Embellishments: Brads, Spacers, Stardust Stickles and Ribbon from my stash

Tools: Nestabilities, Punches from EK Success, Martha Stewart and SU and I couldn't have done it without my Martha scoring board

Hope you are breathing in some wonderful Spring air! Have a beautiful day and as always I love to hear from all of you. Thanks for stopping in to see me.

Lisa

Birthday Wishes Turtle

2010-04-08T11:46:00.002-05:00

Hello Again!~

I kinda used the Mojo Monday sketch to make another card.....I guess you could say it got my mojo going! I needed to make a birthday card for one of the gals in our Birthday Card Club, so here it is.

This cute little fellow is from Whipper Snapper. I again used my Copics to color him in and did a little doodling around the oval. The ovals were cut out using my trusty old Cuttlebug and Nestabilities. I put a tiny little brad in the center of the flower....and added some stickles.

Here is a closer view of the image.

Stamp: Whipper Snapper

Paper: SU, Bazzill and DP from Imaginice

Inks: Memento and Copics

Misc: Brads from my stash, Flower from Heidi Grace and Stickles

Thanks for visiting again.

Lisa

Mojo Monday Challenge Week #133

2010-04-08T00:53:00.004-05:00

Hi~

Today I am sharing a card I made for the Mojo Monday Challenge. It is so much fun doing these sketch challenges.

I used this cute little Tilda with her little basket of flowers. I used my Copics to color her in and did a little chalking around the Nestability before I removed it. I then dabbed some Stickles around the border of the oval....I wish the glitz showed up better on the picture than it does. The pretty flowered paper has glitter on it too....but isn't photographing well either.

.....and here is a closer looksey at the image.

Stamps: Magnolia

Paper: SU, Basic Creations and Bo Bunny

Ink: Memento and Copics

Tools: Martha Stewart border punch, Cuttlebug and Nesties

Miscellaneous: Stickles and Rhinestones from my stash

That is it.....a quick post for today. Hopefully you will like what you see....if you do let me a comment below. Thanks for stopping by. And come back soon.

Lisa

Flying By With a Birthday Wish For Isaac

2010-04-07T13:37:00.003-05:00

Hello~

I hope you all had a great Easter. We had an Easter Egg Hunt at Mom and Dad's. I, along with my hubby, daughter and niece hid them in their yard.....I guess we hid some of them too good because we couldn't find all of them. I am thinking Mom and Dad will be finding eggs when they start mowing the lawn and weeding the flower beds. Oh well Grandma and Grandpa have to have a little fun too....

This is a card I made for my cute little nephew, Isaac, who just turned 3! I used this sweet Pilot Bradley from Whipper Snapper......I added his name to the banner at the back of the plane. The image is colored with Copic markers and I added some glitter to the clouds and lacquer to the goggles. I also did some doodling around the outside of the image.

Here is a closer look at this cute little mouse flying his plane. The sentiment is from Stampin' Up and heat embossed with white embossing powder.

This is the inside of the easel card. The "you're the best!" stamp is a dollar stamp I found at Michael's.

And finally all displayed.

Stamps: Whipper Snapper, Stampin' Up and Michael's

Ink: Memento, SU and Copics

Paper: SU-Green Galore and Pacific Point, DP from Best Creations

Tools: Loop Punch from Martha Stewart and Nestabilities

Misc: Buttons and Ribbon from my stash.

Well I sure hope you are all enjoying your spring, our March was more beautiful than we could have asked for....hopefully April will be the same. Take care and I love to read your comments.

Lisa

Mojo Monday Challenge Week 130

2010-03-21T15:47:00.003-05:00

Hi Everyone~

I made this little card for the Mojo Monday Challenge.....nothing like waiting until the last day!

I used this cute little baby in a tub stamp from High Hopes and colored it in with my copics. I also added lots of stickles to all the bubbles but you can never see all the sparkle on the picture. The scalloped Nestie is the new large scalloped squares from Spellbinders. The paper used for the circle is the reverse of the yellow daisy paper.

Here is a closer look at the image popped up on the card.

Stamps: High Hopes

Ink: Memento and Copics

Paper: Imaginisce- Pretty New Dress, SU Soft Sky and Bazzill Daisy

Tools: Cuttlebug, Nestabilities, Martha Stewart Lace Border Punch and Tonic Studios Bibbon Punch

Embellishments: Ribbon and Pearls from my stash Stardust Stickles

That is my Mojo Monday Challenge. I hope you all are having a great weekend. Check back soon and I appreciate your comments.

Lisa

High Hopes Gift Set

2010-03-14T16:08:00.003-05:00

Hi~

Oh today is a beauty....it just worries me that this weather can't last too long this time of year. Oh well I guess we should enjoy it while we have it!!

Today I am sharing a card and gift bag I made for, my friend, Donna's Birthday. Both images are from High Hopes and I used my copics to color them. Aren't these little girls both so darn cute. I like them because they remind me of my little country girls when they where younger....barefoot and all.

This is a closer look at this cute little gal with her lightning bugs in a jar. I did a little doodling around the image and added a little ladybug button in the corner....It is hard to find lightning bug buttons and charms but I thought a bug is a bug! I also put some crystal lacquer on the jar so it would look 'glassy'....and this little tiny button brad on her bibs.

Here we have the inside of the easel card. This sentiment is from Stampin' Up. I used this really cool loop punch from Martha. You can also see the little dragonfly charm hanging from the bow in this shot too.....yep a bug is a bug!!!

And here is the card and matching gift bag. Shhhhh! In the bag are some stamps.....what else do you give a stamper???

....and finally a close up of the bag. I added a leaf branch or two..... didn't want her to look like she was swinging from nowhere.

Stamps: High Hopes and Stampin' Up

Paper: Stampin' Up and Paper Pizzazz

Ink: Memento and Copics

Embellishments: Stash

Tools: Martha Stewart Loop Punch, SU Circle and Scalloped Circle Punches and Little Leaf Sizzlit from SU

That is it, hope you like what you see. Let a little comment if you wish and please come again.

Thanks for looking!

xxxxx

Lisa

Basket Full Of Easter Joy

2010-03-11T14:48:00.004-06:00

Hello Everyone~

It is a dreary foggy day here......I liked the weather much better last week when Mr. Sunshine was out all day. It sounds like we may not see his shining face until next week. Sounds like goo weather to stamp!!
This is another card I made for one of our shoebox gatherings. I used this adorable stamp from Whipper Snapper. The image is colored with copics and cut out with Nestabilities....I then did a little doodling around the circle and added some stickles. The plaid paper is from Paper Pizzazz.

The sentiment is from The Angel Company...I got this set ages ago, but they are perfect for adding to tags and such.

Here is a look at the image...still can't see the stickles....but trust me they are there.

And finally the inside, this sentiment is from Whipper Snapper as well.

Stamps: Whipper Snapper and TAC

Inks: Memento, Copics and Lavender Lace and Certainly Celery from Stampin' Up

Paper: Bazzill, SU and Paper Pizzazz

Tools: Cuttlebug, Nestabilities, Martha Stewart Leaf Punch, SU Scallop Border Punch and Circle Punches

Embellishments: Flowers and Buttons from my stash

Have a Happy Day and Thank You for stopping for a looksy!

xxxxx

Lisa

Here Comes Maribelle The Easter...Cow??

2010-03-09T23:11:00.005-06:00

Hello~

Tonight I am posting one of my shoebox card projects I shared last Tuesday with my friends. For those of you that don't know what a shoebox card is......we bring a card to share and in the 'shoebox' we have all supplies needed to make the card including paper cut to size along with the sample and we take turns taking the boxes to our work spot and make the project in the box. It's just that simple. There are 5 of us in the group and we each bring 2 cards to do.....so we go home with 10 different cards (including the 2 we brought). And we just enjoy catching up and spending time with good company...and yep...lunch together too!!!

I had gotten this Bunny Ears punch from Martha Stewart and started out looking for the perfect little girl or boy to use these on when I came across this little Maribelle cow from High Hopes. I then was going to do Maribelle up like a true Holstein...black and white....but I then found this ribbon in my stash.....so she became brown and white.

This is just a closer look at Maribelle....

and a closer looksy at her cute little 'bunny ears'!

Stamps: High Hopes and Stampin' Up

Ink: Memento, Copics, Stampin' Up

Paper: SU and Bazzill

Tools: Cuttlebug, Nestabilities and Punches from MS
Embellishments: Buttons and Ribbon from my stash

Well.... thanks for stopping by to look at Maribelle the Easter Cow!

I hope you all have a great day and I really appreciate the comments!

xxxxx

Lisa

Happy Birthday Mom

2010-03-08T17:41:00.003-06:00

Hi All~

We are having just beautiful weather here....the sun is shining....it is in the 40's....the snow is melting....what more can we ask for?? I know, my husband keeps telling me it is only March don't get to used to this weather.

This is a card I made for my mom's birthday. This is a picture of the inside...yep it is another easel card!

And here is the pretty flower and ribbon from the front, I added pearls to the punched border.....

and here is the image, which is a Sarah Kay design from Stampavie....isn't she just so pretty picking these lovely hollyhocks from her flower garden.

This is the card opened in it's "easel form". These are so nice for displaying.

...and finally the front of the card. I colored this little cutie with copics and used my Nesties to cut her out and then dusted a little light blue chalk around it before removing the die. I handcut around the label to make the mat because I used the largest one. The border punch is from Martha and I antiqued it with a dab of distressing ink and added these tiny little pearls. The flower is from my stash and I added a larger pearl to the center and used another Martha punch for the leaves. The little butterflies were punched with a Martha Stewart punch as well, and I again added some tiny pearls. This paper is from My Mind's Eye and it is so glittery and just yummy, the pic does not do it justice. I wished I would have bought more of these paper packs....each piece in this book is as pretty as the other.

Stamps: Image- Stampavie and Sentiment- Stampin' Up

Inks: Memento, Copics, Antique Linen and Tea Dye Distressing Inks from Tim Holtz and Cameo Coral from Stampin' Up

Paper: Cameo Coral and Wild Wasabi from SU and Designer Paper from My Mind's Eye - Home 6x6 Glitter Book

Tools: Cuttlebug, Nestabilities Labels 4 and Punches from Martha Stewart

Embellishments: Ribbon, Pearls and Prima flower from my stash

That is it. I hope you all enjoy looking at my card as much as I enjoyed making it. Please let me a comment if you wish.....I always love reading them.

Have a wonderful evening and an even better tomorrow!

Lisa

Herd It's Your Birthday!

2010-02-22T17:21:00.002-06:00

Hi Everyone~

I hope you all had a great weekend. It has been very nice here in Wisconsin...for February anyway. But spring is on it's way!!!

This is a card I made for a dear friend. This adorable cow is from Whipper Snapper. I paper pieced her dress and colored her with copics. I rounded the corners and did a little doodling around the image. The sentiment is from Penny Black and is embossed with white embossing powder.

A look at the flower which was made using a punch from Stampin' Up, I used the same paper as the dress, and put a pearl in the center. The leaves were made with a punch from Martha and glitzed up with some Stickles.

Here is a closer look at the image.

Stamps: Whipper Snapper and Penny Black

Cardstock: Bazzill

DP: DCWV and fresh print

Here's wishing you all a great evening and thanks for stopping in to see me....please come again soon. And as always I love to read your sweet comments. Thank you much.

Lisa

A Bee-utiful Day!

2010-02-11T21:15:00.004-06:00

Hi Everyone~

This is a card I made for the Create 4 Fun Challenge. This fun sketch was brought to us from the absolutely awesome Bev! If you haven't checked out her blog.....well.... all I can say is you do not know what you are missing!! Her beautiful (or should I say "bee-utiful") projects will leave you drooling for more.

I started out with SU's Soft Sky and added a piece of coordinations which was cuttlebugged with the Swiss Dot embossing folder and then sanded a little to expose the green dots. I found this DP and just knew this little Tilda was waiting for me to bring it home. The edging on the top and bottom were done with the new punch from Stampin' Up that can be found in the new Saleabration Catalog.

Yep...I know... another easel card...but they are so addicting and not to mention how nice they look on display. So here is the card opened up.

Here is little Tilda with her bee and she was colored with copics. I added some stickles to the bee's wings. The circle was also cuttlebugged with the Swiss Dot.

Here is a closer looksy at the flowers. I used a punch from Martha Stewart and doubled them up and added some flocked brads from Doodlebug....

...and finally a look at the inside.

And here's wishing you all a 'Bee-utiful' day! Stop back and visit me again soon.

Stamps: Magnolia and Amuse

Ink: Memento- Tuxedo Black and Copics

Cardstock: SU Soft Sky, Coordinations, white and black

Tools: Cuttlebug, Nestabilities, Swiss Dot embossing folder, Martha Stewart punch and

Stampin' Up punch

Brads: Doodlebug

Ribbon: stash

Stickles: Stardust

Thanks again~ Lisa

Picking Lilacs With Tilda

2010-02-09T13:38:00.003-06:00

Hi All~

I hope you are all surviving the winter. We are getting snow here again...and it's blowing a little. I am so ready for spring to be here.....although I was ready for spring in November!!

I used this little Tilda from Magnolia because she reminds me that spring IS coming. This is another easel card....I make lots of these. This is just such an awesome idea...whoever came up with it is a genius!!!

I stamped Tilda with Memento- Tuxedo Black and colored her with copics. I then used my Nesties to cut out the image and distressed it with a little distressing ink. I then put it on SU Blue Bayou and cut around it with scissors because the next size Nestability was just too big.

Here is a view of the card opened up. I used SU Baja Breeze and Blue Bayou along with the very pretty papers from Tres Jolie. I love these papers..........I love the whole collection.

The flowers were made with a punch from EK Success and SU Pale Plum cardstock. The leaves were cut with a die and my cuttlebug. I used the Little Leaves die from SU and Sage Shadow cardstock. Everything was given a little distressing. I then added some little purple pearls to the center of the flowers.

Here is the inside. I used Martha's Lattice Border punch and some of the same papers. The sentiment is from SU and again cut with the Nesties.

Stamps: Magnolia and SU

Ink: Memento, Ranger Distress Ink, SU Close to Cocoa and Copics

Cardstock: Blue Bayou, Baja Breeze, Pale Plum and Sage Shadow

DP: Tres Jolie

Ribbon: Bazzill

Tools: Cuttlebug, Nestabilities and Various Punches

I hope every one of you have a great day and thanks for taking time to stop in to see me.

xxxxx

Lisa

"I Wuf U"

2010-02-08T22:35:00.002-06:00

Hello Again!~

First of all, I have to apologize for the pictures....the lighting was terrible....and reds just do not photograph well. This is another little Valentine for one of my sweeties. It is an easel card....because I just love them! They are so fun to display.

I used this cute little puppy from WhipperSnapper....Isn't he so sweet?! I colored him in with my copics and added some stickles for a little glitz. I cut the image out with my Nesties and used a white gel pen to do the dots around the scallops.

This little guy is so quick and easy to color.

Here is a look at the flowers I made using my punches and I slipped the brad through a spacer bead....and even it doesn't show up on the pic....I added some stickles to the brad.

This is the inside. The sentiment is one of those dollar stamps you find at Michael's.....I just love any stamps that are a dollar! I colored it with my SU markers. And used my Martha Stewart lace heart punch for the border.

That is it for tonight. Time to get my body to bed. Hope you all had a great day and had fun taking a look at my card.

And like always I welcome comments!! Hope to 'see' you all tomorrow.

Lisa

You Little Devil!

2010-02-07T22:00:00.003-06:00

Hello All~

Sorry for the long absence. I promise to get back into blogging and post more regularly.

So here is a look at a card I made for Valentine's Day. I made it for the Mojo Monday Challenge but, had computer issues and I didn't get it posted on time. Oh well at least I have another Valentine card to send out to a special someone.

This is a pretty simple card. I colored this little devil with my copics and added some glitter and stickles. This cute little guy is from WhipperSnapper. I used my Nesties to cut the circles and added these little rhinestone hearts that I picked up at Michael's. I put a strip of the chocolate chip paper under the ribbon, because it just didn't show up right on the melon mambo.

Here is a closer look at the image. The sparkles just don't show up on the picture as they do on the card.

Stamps: WhipperSnapper and Stampendous

Cardstock: Chocolate Chip, Melon Mambo and Real Red from SU

DP: American Crafts

Ink: Memento, Copics, and SU

Ribbon: stash

Embellishments: Michael's

Well that is it....I hope you enjoyed this little Valentine.... and please let a little comment for me if you would like. See you all soon.

Lisa

Santa's Busy In The Kitchen

2009-12-11T12:34:00.002-06:00

Hi Everyone~

I have a quick post for you today- I have to take the dog to the vet to have his leg checked. I made this card using this very cute Santa baking up some Christmas cookies. I again made another easel card, I just love them. They are so cute to display.

This is the card propped up in it's easel position. I just love this Santa from WOJ. He's the only man you will catch baking in my kitchen. LOL!! I colored him in with copics and added some white gel pen. The fur trim on his hat is fuzzed up with Fun Flock.

This is a view of the front of the card.

And this is a pic of the image.

Stamps: Whiff of Joy

Ink: Memento, copics and white gel pen

Paper: SU and Gooseberry Patch

Embellies: Ribbon from Michael's (last year), Buttons from WalMart and Stickles

That's it for today unless I get a chance to stamp a little later. *fingers crossed* Have a lovely day (the sun is shining beautifully here but.... it is very cold). Come see me again.

Lisa

Pa Rum Pa Pum Pum!

2009-12-10T21:56:00.004-06:00

Hello friends~

Sorry it has been a few days. There just seems to be so much to do lately. Tuesday I had a wonderful day with my dear friends, Donna, Tracy and Dorothy, we went to Minneapolis and visited some stores and took in a class at Archiver's. Oh what a fun day I had and with such great company. We did get into some snow and yucky roads on the way home, but we made it safely.

This is another easel card I made with this very cute High Hopes stamp. I used my copics to color the image. I just love these easel cards and they are so easy to make.

This is a view of the front. I used my Cuttlebug to emboss the paper. The snowflakes are made using a Martha punch and adding brad to the center.

This is a closer look at the image, I did a little doodling around the border.....

and a closer look at the embellishments and sentiment.

Stamps: High Hopes, Stampendous and Penny Black (sentiment inside)

Ink: Memento, SU Doodle pen and Copics

Tools: MS snowflake punch, SU scalloped border punch, Cuttlebug and embossing folder

Embellishments: Brads, twill tape and twine from my stash

That's it, stop back soon- I hope to get more cards on here. If you wish let me a comment, I look forward to reading them. Take care and have a great evening.

Lisa

A Gift From Robin for Mojo Monday Challenge

2009-12-06T20:12:00.003-06:00

Hello All~

I hope you all had a nice weekend. I can not believe how fast Christmas is coming, I have so much to do yet. I thought I would get my tree up this weekend but.....it just didn't happen. Yesterday we sawed firewood and a girl has got to fit in a little stamping. Today we went to my nephew Luke's birthday party and.....I did some more stamping.

This is a card I made for Mojo Monday, yeah I know nothing like waiting til the last minute. It was a pretty simple sketch, sometimes I like those. I used this very sweet little bear and robin from Stampvie. I used my copics and added some white fun flock to the bear's hat and stickles on the snow and holly. This designer paper is from Paper Pizzazz. I did a little faux stitching around the outside with my ScorBug and white gel pen. The image is cut out using the Cuttlebug and Nestabilities.

Here is a look at the focal part of the card......

and this is a close up of how I did the sentiment. I used a leaf I got a long time ago and added some red flat backed pearls to make it look like holly.

Stamps: Stampavie and Great Impressions

Paper: SU and Paper Pizzazz

Ink: Memento and Copics

Tools: Cuttlebug, Nesties, Corner Punch, ScorPal and ScorBug
Miscellaneous: Stickles, White Fun Flock and leaf and pearls from my stash

Thanks for coming by and please tell me what you think by leaving a little comment. Have a good evening and stop back soon.

Lisa

Meet Tilda Under The Mistletoe- Stamptacular Sunday Challenge

2009-12-05T21:36:00.003-06:00

Hi All~

I hope you are all enjoying your weekend. Today I have a card I made for the Stamptacular Sunday Challenge. They want us to "weave it" so weavingI did! This was a tough one for me, I wanted to come up with something really original but.......nothing came to me so I wove ribbon into my card.

I made this using my Mistletoe Tilda, isn't she soooo adorable?! I colored with copics. I used my Cuttlebug to emboss with a folder and then punched holes to weave the ribbon into. I then used my little Sizzlit die to cut out these leaves, now the leaves are more pointed so I trimmed them with y scissors and made them a little more rounded at the tips to resemble a mistletoe leaf a little more (or what I thought looked more like a mistletoe leaf). Then I glued some pearl beads on for the berries.

Here's a closeup of the 'mistletoe' I made.

Stamps: Magnolia and Fiskars

Cardstock: SU

Ink: Memento,SU, copics and white gel pen

Tools: Cuttlebug, Embossing folder, Sizzlit die, hole punch and SU circle punches

Embellishments: Ribbon and pearl beads from my stash

Thanks for stopping in to visit me and please come again. Let me a little comment if you wish. And have a great rest of the weekend.

Lisa

Penny Black Challenge

2009-12-04T22:48:00.002-06:00

Hello again~

This is a card I made for the Penny Black Challenge. This is kinda a fun stamp to work with.

I again made it into an easel card..I just love these.

I colored it with my copics and did a little doodling around the image. I didn't have the right colored ribbon so I used one of my copics to 'dye' my white ribbon to match.

Just a fun card!

Stamps: Penny Black and Studio G

Paper: SU, Bazzill and DP by American Crafts

Tools: SU punches

Ink: Memento, SU, Copics, Doodle pen and white gel pen

Embellishments: button and ribbon from my stash

Thanks again and please let me know what you think.

Lisa

Sketch Saturday Challenge

2009-12-04T21:56:00.002-06:00

Hi All~

We are getting some snow here and I don't like it.....Brrrrrr!! I am NOT a Winter lover. I will take Summer any day.

This is a card I made for the Sketch Saturday Challenge. I decided to make it into an easel card, but I did follow the sketch the best I could. I used this card on Tuesday for my shoebox card when I got together with my stamping friends. I used this cute stamp from Stampavie and colored it with copics.

This is another view of the front....

and this is a closer looksy at the image. It was fun to color. I added some highlights with my white gel pen. I also put white Fun Flock on the hat and Polar White Flower Soft on the tree. And stickles on the snow.

Stamps: Stampavie and Fiskars

Ink: Memento, Copics and gel pen

Paper: Bazzill, SU and DP from Cosmo Cricket

Tools: SU Word Window punch, Snowflake border and Snowflake from Martha Stewart

Embellishments: Rhinestones and Button from Stash

Thanks for looking and have a wonderful weekend! Please stop by again.

Lisa

Sweet Candy Cane Tilda

2009-12-03T17:07:00.002-06:00

Hello Everyone~

It's been a while. I hope everyone that celebrates Thanksgiving had a good one. I sure did, it is always nice to be with family, not to mention all the delish food.

The extra people in the house last weekend made for a busy one, but I love having my kids home. Heidi, my youngest, had to work this weekend so she was unable to spend Thanksgiving with us. I did get a chance to do a LITTLE, and I mean little, Christmas shopping on Friday. I didn't want to fight the crowds, I did that last year and that was enough fun to last me for a while, so I went out a little later with my Mom after the big sales were done. On Tuesday I met with my stamping pals and we made some Christmas cards (I will post them later). So I finally sat down and stamped this today.

I made this card for the Just Magnolia Challenge but think I missed it. I had some problems with my camera. BUT I do have a card for you to see and one less card on my list to make!! I used this adorable Tilda with Candy Cane from Magnolia...isn't she so cute?! She is colored with copics. I found this designer paper, and was so sad that I took the last sheets of it (well at least someone was sweet enough to let me one of each) I love it!

Here are the snowflakes I made for embellishments......

this is the tag I made....

and this is a close up of the image. Oh! she is soooo CUTE!!

Stamps: Magnolia and dollar stamp from Michaels

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, SU Always Artichoke, Distressing Ink Antique Linen, and Copics

Paper: SU Baja Breeze, Chocolate Chip and Riding Hood Red, Bazzill

DP: Figgy Pudding from Basic Grey

Tools: SU Tag Punches and Scalloped Border, Martha Snowflake and EK Success Snowflake

Embellishments: Brads and Button from stash

That's it...hope you enjoy it. Thanks for stopping in and come again. And tell me what ya think, I love reading the comments, a big thanks to all of you. Have a great evening.

Lisa

Happy Thanksgiving!!

2009-11-26T07:53:00.003-06:00

Happy Thanksgiving to All~

This is going to be a quick post today. I wanted to make a card, for all of you that celebrate Thanksgiving, to wish you a very good one and don't eat too much turkey....oh heck we all know we will- it only comes once a year! But do remember to be thankful for your many blessings and enjoy time with your loved ones.

I combined two challenges in this one.....Stamptacular Sunday Challenge wants Fall colors (easy enough) and Create 4 Fun Challenge (which was a sketch). Very simple card.

A closer view of the image (sorry about the shadows, it was hard to take a pic).

And a closer look at the embellies.

Stamps: Stampendous and Happen Stamps

Ink: Memento, Copics and SU

Cardstock: SU- Chocolate Chip, So Saffron and Pumpkin Pie

DP: Debbie Mumm Stack

Embellishments: Stash

Tools: Cuttlebug, SU punch, Scor Pal and Scor Bug

Thanks for stopping by and enjoy your day. As always I love reading your comments, so if you wish to leave me a few words I truly appreciate them. I am very thankful for all the wonderful ladies out there that I can share this addiction with.

Love ya all~ Lisa

Edwin & Tilda Skating for a Challenge

2009-11-23T11:31:00.004-06:00

Hi Everyone~

I hope you all had a wonderful weekend. I had an enjoyable weekend with my daughters visiting. I made a turkey and all the goodies that go with it yesterday and we kinda celebrated an early Thanksgiving dinner. Heidi, my youngest, has to work the holiday....so this way she and Eric could have turkey with the family.

I made this card last night to relax and unwind after a busy day in the kitchen. I did it for the Magnolia November Sketch Challenge. Don't Tilda and Edwin just make the cutest couple?! I had this paper in a big stack I bought last year at JoAnn's and just had to use the paper with the skates with this stamp. I stamped the image with my copics and highlighted with my white gel pen. I used my new White Flower Soft on the fur trim on Tilda's coat, this was the first time I used it.....it looks really cool (the pic doesn't do it justice). And finally the stickles on the ice. Oh I just love how stickles finishes off a card! I punched out the large snowflake from a clear window sheet and did it up with Twinklets Diamond Dust and the small ones were iced with......yep more Stickles!!

Here is a closer look at the image.

And a closer look at the snowflakes....too bad you can't see all the glitter, they just sparkle!!

Stamp: Magnolia

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black and Copics- 0, E000, 01, 17, 19, 31, 33, 37, 49, 50, 57, Y21, YR82, R20, B000, 41, 45, 93, 95, 97, C00, 1, 3, 6, 8

Cardstock: Bazzill and Stampin' Up

DP: DCWV Christmas Stack

Tools: Snowflake punches- EK Sucess and Martha Stewart

Embellishments: Brads and Spacers from my stash

Miscellaneous: Stickles- Star Dust, Twinklets Diamond Dust and Flower Soft- White

Thanks for coming by and please tell me what you think by leaving a comment for me (I love hearing from all of you and reading your kind words). And please come back again.

Lisa

Blog Candy Alert

2009-11-21T18:45:00.004-06:00

Time for some Blog Yummies!!!!
Kerry at Three Clovers Designs is offering the following Blog Candy~

8x8 Papertrey Ink Christmas Paper (2 of each design shown), pretty Christmas Ribbon, Green Flat backed pearls, a bag of Diamond Dust by Twinklets, 4 Pewter Christmas Charms and A Magnolia stamp: Alf with Bell

For details on how to enter visit Kerry

Gobble Gobble Turkey- Stamptacular Sunday Challenge

2009-11-21T13:15:00.003-06:00

Hi all~

I am doing a quick post today because my daughters are home visiting for the weekend and the guys are out hunting, so we are talking wedding plans. My youngest, Heidi, just got engaged and we are doing some brain storming for wedding ideas. How exciting!!

So I'm sneaking this one in for the Stamptacular Sunday Challenge for a Thanksgiving card. Nothing like waiting til the last day, huh? I just think this Mr. Turkey is so cute. I colored him with my copics, highlighted with a white gel pen and did a little doodling around the edge of the image. I stamped the "Gobble Gobble" on some twill tape that I had. The leaves are some artificial leaves I found last year at JoAnn's.

Basically a very quick and easy card.

This is a closer look at the image...

and a closer view of the twill tape. I glued some twine to the top and bottom of the tape to give it a more finished look.

Stamps: Whipper Snapper

Ink: Momento Tuxedo Black, SU Basic Brown and Copics

Cardstock: Bazzill and SU

DP: Debbie Mumm Stack from JoAnn's

Miscellaneous Supplies: Leaves from JoAnn's, Twill from SU, Twine from stash

Tools: Arch Border Punch from Martha Stewart

Thanks to you all for peeking and please come back to look again.

Lisa

Colour Create Challenge- Merry Kiss-mouse

2009-11-19T20:58:00.003-06:00

Hi Everyone~

Hope you are all having a nice evening. This is a card I made for the Colour Create Challenge. The challenge is to use red, green and white. I had these little mice sitting on my stamping desk and have wanted to ink them up for a few days now, so I thought it would be great for this challenge.

Awwww.....aren't they just the sweetest little mice?

I used my copics to color this image and used my Nesties to cut out the circles. I did some dots with my white gel pen around the dark green circle to pick up some of the dots in the designer paper. The snowflake pattern on the background was made using an embossing folder and my Cuttlebug. I put stickles on the background, snowflake and on the image (even though it doesn't show up very well on the pic). I punced the snowflake out with a Martha Stewart punch and tied some floss through a button. That's about it.

Here is a closer look at the image and snowflake.

Stamps: Stampavie

Ink: Momento Tuxedo Black and Copics

0, E000, E01, E53, R00, R20, R14, R27, R46, R59, W00, W1, W3, W6, W8, B000, B41, YG05, YG07, YG09, YG11, G05, G28

Cardstock: SU Real Red, Green Galore, Glorious Green and White

Designer Paper: Pebbles Inc.

Stickles: Star Dust

Tools: Nestabilities, Cuttlebug and Martha Stewart Snowflake Punch

Misc.: Button, Floss and Ribbon

That's all for today, hope you all will return again soon and leave me a comment if you wish.

Lisa

Whiff of Joy Challenge- Henry's Warm Wishes

2009-11-18T21:21:00.003-06:00

Hi All~

I hope you all had a wonderful day. Today I made a card for the Whiff of Joy Challenge. I just LOOOOVE this little mouse. Isn't he just adorable? Here Henry is making a cup of hot cocoa for himself.......or maybe Santa....hmmm who knows.

I colored him with copics. And used this dp I had for a while, it's in a big stack from JoAnne's. The paper had a little bit of a grundgy look so I sponged a little ink around the image to grundge it up a bit. I wasn't sure if this was really working for me, so anyway this is how it turned out. I did a little faux stitching around the paper and used my Nesties to cut out the circles for the sentiment. That's about it.

Here is a closer looksy at the image.

Stamps: Whiff of Joy and the sentiment is from a little set I got a very long time ago from The Angel Company
Ink: Momento Tuxedo Black, SU Purely Pomegrante, Sahara Sand and Copics
Cardstock: SU Purely Pomegrante and Sage Shadow
Designer Paper: Stack
Ribbon: SU Rose Red and Sage Shadow
Button and Twine: Stash
Tools: Nestabilities, Cuttlebug, Scor Pal and Scor Bug
Punch: SU Scallop Border Punch

Thanks for stopping by and please let me a comment if you wish, I love reading your comments, and come back again. Have a very nice evening.

Lisa

Mojo Monday Challenge- Milk & Cookie Break For Santa

2009-11-17T14:35:00.006-06:00

Hi Everyone~

It's another lovely day here in central Wisconsin. The sun is shining and after the yucky October we had this November weather has been a very welcomed change. We all know it's not going to be long before the snow and cold are here to stay for a while......Brrrrr!

This is a card I made for the Mojo Monday Challenge. I just think this Santa is so darn cute. There are a few Santas in the new Whiff of Joy Winter Collection and one is as cute as the other. I colored him with my copics and highlighted with my white gel pen. And had to add some sparkle with my stickles. I wish the stickles would show up on the picture better, but it really adds to the image.

The designer paper is from Adornit and the cardstock is from Stampin' Up and Paper Cut. I didn't have any printed paper that I felt matched the dp I was using, so I stamped the Baja Breeze with a snowflake stamp and heat embossed with white embossing powder to make some. I tried it without the snowflakes and it just looked too blah.

This is a closer look at the colored image....

and a closer look at the tag. I used my SU punches to make the tag. For the sentiment I used a stamp from Studio G and embossed it in white to echo the snowflakes.

This is a side view of the card to show how I popped the image and the tag up a little to give it some dimension. I just love how this card turned out and I am just happy to have another Christmas card done!!! I can't believe how fast Christmas is coming, I haven't even really started my shopping yet. Yikes! Oh well- I think you get better deals closer to Christmas anyway!!!!

Stamps: Whiff of Joy, Great Impressions and Studio G

Ink: Momento Tuxedo Black and SU Whisper White

Copics: E000, 01, 31, 33 and 37, R20, 27 and 46, B000 and 41, BG 11 and 72, G28 and 82, C00, 1, 3, 6 and 8, W00, 1, 3 and 6, Y28, YG11

White Gel Pen and Gold Spica Pen

Embossing Powder: SU

Cardstock: SU Real Red, Certainly Celery and Baja Breeze and Noir from Paper Cut

Designer Paper: Adornit

Stickles: Star Dust and Xmas Red

Tools: Punches from SU

Ribbon: Stash

Thanks to you all that stop by and take time to look at my cards. I also would like to thank everyone for your kind comments. Please stop by again. I hope everyone will have a wonderful day!!

Lisa

Tilda Pretty in Pink

2009-11-12T21:33:00.002-06:00

Hi all~

Today was quite a fun day! My little nephew, who is five, spent the afternoon with us and kept us very busy. We played cards, he chased my cats around the house (I think they were ready for him to go home), he went with my husband to help feed the heifers outside and then they went for a little ride on the four wheeler to take some scrap apples to the woods for the wild critters to eat. He just had a blast hanging out with his unckie (that's what all of our little neices and nephews call my husband)....isn't that too funny?!! He is just a hoot to have around.

Today I have a birthday card I made for one of my neices. I just love this little Tilda, isn't she so sweet?! I used my copics to color her. And I highlighted it with my white gel pen.

I used my Nesties to cut the ovals. The flowers were punched with the Retro Flower punches from EK Success and the eyelet lace border with a Martha punch. A very simple card.

This is a closer view of the image all colored up.

Stamp: Magnolia
Inks: Momento Tuxedo Black and Copics
Cardstock: Bazzill
DP: heidi grace and Sandylion
Tools: Nestabilities, Cuttlebug, EK Success and Martha Stewart punches
Embellishments: Charm, Ribbon, Eyelets and Spacers from stash

That is it, hope you all had a great day and please let me a little comment if you'd like and come back and visit me again soon.

Lisa

Wedding Carriage from Whiff of Joy

2009-11-10T21:37:00.004-06:00

Hi all~

Today I am sharing the wedding card I made for my niece, Macie and her new hubby, Jesse. They were married on October 24th and had a beautiful outdoor wedding. Despite an early snowfall the night before. Luckily the sun came out and melted most of the snow and it turned out to be a very nice day. I've been wanting to get this one posted for a while, so here it is.

I used this very beautiful stamp from Whiff of Joy. I colored it with copics. I used white, ivory and gold to give it an elegant feel. Then I cut it out with my a circle Nestie but had to cut around the wheels and some of the leaves to make it fit in the circle. For the background paper I used Baroque Motifs set from Stampin' Up. I stamped it with Very Vanilla Craft Ink and embossed it with Satin Pearl embossing powder from Stampedous. The border across the center was made with a punch from Fiskars and the ribbon is from Michael's. I made the flowers with punches and pearls. I used my bone folder to give the flowers some dimension. The sentiment is from Inkadinkado. I added some more pearls and stickles to give it some sparkle.

A closer look at the image.

And a closer look at the flowers and bow.

I wish Macie and Jesse many happy years together. Congratulations to both of you.

Stamps: Whiff of Joy, Stampin' Up and Inkadinkado

Inks: Momento Tuxedo Black, SU Very Vanilla Craft, Encore Gold and Copics

Paper: White, Poison Ivory, Certainly Celery from SU and Stardream Gold Metallic

Punches: Retro Flowers from EK Success, Leaf from Martha Stewart, Border from Fiskars and Ovals from SU
Embossing powders: Satin Pearl from Stampendous and Gold from SU

Tools: Cuttlebug, Nesties- Circles and Labels 3
Embellishments: Flat pearls from my stash and Ribbon from Michael's
Stardust Stickles

Hope you enjoyed my card, leave me a comment if you wish and please visit me again. Thanks for looking.

Lisa

Sketch Saturday Challenge

2009-11-08T16:27:00.002-06:00

Hi everyone~

We are finally getting our 'Indian Summer', it's been just gorgeous here the last few days. It's nice to have a little Fall weather instead of the Winter we had been having.

Anyway- yesterday my mom and I took a little road trip to Wausau (about an hour away) and took in the Stamp and Scrap Expo that was held over there. We had such a good time and found lots of treasures. One really fun thing was I got to see Heidi from The Stamp Shoppe debut her brand spankin' new line of stamps she has created! I am very excited for her and her new venture. Heidi and her mom have a very nice stamp shop in the Wausau area. I love to go visit them, sometimes take in a class or two and give them my money. LOL You can find The Stamp Shoppe on my sidebar, go visit Heidi and check out her new stamps in her store.

So being that the last one didn't go too bad I decided to try another challenge. Today I played with one of my new stamps I bought from The Stamp Shoppe. Isn't he just adorable!? Heidi has a lot of penquins in her line and each one is as cute as he other. I stamped him with my Momento pad and colored him in with my copics. I cut the ovals with my Nesties and punched the scallops with the scalloped border punch from SU. The small snowflake was punched with a Martha Stewart punch and the big one with a Marvy Uchida punch. I faux stiched around the dp by using Scor Pal tool to make the "stitch holes" and my marker for "the thread".

Another cool thing Heidi was demonsrating was the Snow Marker. I used it on the tassel of the hat and also the snowballs. Sprinkling a little glitter before heating adds a little sparkle.

I don't think my sparkles showed up very well on my snow marker, igloo and snowflakes but it is there.
This is a close up of the image. He is so sweet.

And a close up of my embellishments.

Stamp: Stamp Shoppe Creations

Ink: Momento Tuxedo Black, Stampin' Up Soft Sky (sponging around edge) and Copics- W3, W6, W8, YR65, Y35, R14, BG72, BG75, B000, B95, B93, E43, E57

Paper: SU Blue Bayou, Soft Sky and Kraft

Designer Paper: unknown

Tools: SU scalloped border punch, MS snowflake punch, Marvy Uchida snowflake punch (blue), Nestabilities Ovals, Scor Pal and Scor Bug

Ribbon: SU Kraft Tafetta

Snow Marker: Marvy Uchida

Glitter: Martha Stewart Crystal Fine Glitter

Brads and Spacers: Stash

Well I hope you all had a great weekend. Thanks for stopping by and come again.

Lisa

Last of the Shoebox Cards

2009-11-06T14:27:00.003-06:00

Hello All~

These are the last two cards we made at our last gathering. Both of the projects were brought by my friend Tracy. On the first one Tracy again used that adorable digital image from Mo's Digital Pencil. She showed us how you can resize the images to suit you needs. Isn't that just so cool about these digital images. How many times have you had a stamp you would like to use but the size wasn't right for the project?? We made a folded card that would be great to enclose a gift card or even some other sort of small flat gift.

Here is the card tied with multiple colored ribbons..... and here it is opened. We colored the image with copics. The sentiment is from Stampin' Up and punched with the slot punch.

A close up view of the image.

The next one is from a card kit that Tracy had got a while back. It included these neat vellum envelopes. The insde card pulls out with the attached ribbon. The entire card fits into a square envelope.

We used this really cute Santa from Great Impressions (I really like cute Santas). We again used our copics. As you can tell copics are our weapon of choice.

This is the inside part of the card.

Hope you enjoyed the rest of our shoebox cards, I thought I better get them all posted before we meet again and create more projects to share. I hope you will all have a wonderful weekend and come back to see me again. Thank you for letting me share with you.

Lisa

And More Shoebox cards

2009-11-05T15:50:00.004-06:00

Hello everyone~

Hope you are all having a great day. The sun is shining here- Yeah!!

It sounds like we are going to have some nicer weather for a few days.

For today I have some more shoebox cards to share with you.

This first one is one that I brought to do. I had this paper and wanted to use it

but didn't know what image to put with it. Everything I had was too big and hid too

much of the paper. So this stamp is a very old one. A very early purchase,

I think one of my girls picked it out when they were younger.

But I have the perfect person in mind for this card.

The penquin stamp is from Stampendous, the snowflakes are from

Great Impressions, and the sentiment is from A Muse

I stamped this little guy with my Momento pad

and colored him with my copics.

Did some stickles to give the snow some sparkle

and white flocking on the little tassle on his hat to give it a little fluff .

The snowflakes were embossd with white embossing powder.

I used my Nesties to cut out the image and the scalloped oval.

I then punched my dp with a scalloped border punch.

And the sentiment was punched with circle punches and I added

a snowflake button and tied it with some twine.

That's it pretty easy card.

This is a pic of the image, I must work on my photography skills,

I am not the best picture taker!!!

And a close up of the sentiment and button.

The next one is from Tracy. She tried a new venture with this one-

a digital image.

None of us have tried these yet. But isn't this image

from Mo Manning so adorable?!

We used copics to do the coloring and a doodler to doodle the border.

The sentiment is from SU and punched with circle punches.

The flower is punched with the SU scalloped circle punch and

a big brad in the center. I snipped the scallop to give the 'petals'

more definition and added some white gel pen to the brad

to dress it up a bit.

Another easy peasy card.

This is a close up of the image, aren't these two just adorably naughty looking?!

My mom thought they should be boys instead of girls!! Too funny!

This is it for today. Hope you all have a great day.

Lisa

More Shoebox Cards

2009-11-04T10:45:00.004-06:00

Hi everyone~

It is a yucky day here in Wisconsin. The weather man said that we had one

of the coldest and wettest Octobers on record,

so I was hoping the weather would change with the calendar. And I had

my fingers crossed that we would still get the 'Indian Summer' we didn't have yet this Fall.

But today we have snowflurries in the air again!!!!

I thought I would share some more of those shoebox cards I made

last Tuesday with my dear friends.

I always enjoy my day with them. What could be better

than good company and making lots of cool cards.

Hope you will enjoy them.

The first one is one of my projects. I used this festive cow from Penny Black

to make this holiday greeting card.

(We don't have any that look like this in our barn- hmmm.)

The paper is from SU- and again we used the Cuttlebug

to make the snowflakes for the background. The snowflake punches are from

EK Success and Martha Stewart. The image is colored with copics

and added some stickles. Pretty simple.

This is the outside of one of Donna's cards. We used the Cuttlebug again

(we could be called he Cuttlebuggers!) hee hee.

The sentiment was stamped on vellum and wrapped around the card

and we added some gold star stickers.

On the inside we finished it by coloring this stamped image with copics.The next two cards were Dorothy's projects. The first one was made using

this set from Stampin' Up. We stamped both the

sprig and the sentiment on gold metallic cardstock embossed it in gold.

Added the gold ribbon and we had a very elegant Holiday card.

This one was made with another set from SU. Embossed it with a

green glittery embossing powder. The white paper was cut with a deckle edged cutter.

We finished it with a green ribbon and another quick but beautiful card.

I have a few more to show you later- thanks for stopping by and

I hope you will come back soon.

Have a wonderful day!

Lisa

My Very First Challenge~Mojo Monday

2009-11-03T20:06:00.003-06:00

Hi everyone~

OK- this is my very first, ever, challenge. I have wanted to try one for a long time now

and just always chickened out, so I saw this one and thought

I'm going to give it a try. So here it is.

I hope you will enjoy it, and now that I got the first one out of the way,

I think I will try it again.

First of all I stamped this cute little snowman and colored him with my copics.

I did the same with his hat. I then stamped the snowflake swirl with white

and embossed it with white embossing powder.

I thought that made it look like the hat was being swept away by the wind.

I added some stickles and flat rhinestones to give it some sparkle and glitz.

A very simple and easy card.

Thanks for stopping by.

Lisa

Stamps: Great Impressions and Inkadinkado

Paper: Stampin' Up- Not Quite Navy & Blue Bayou

Designer Paper: Adornit

Ink: Momento Tuxedo Black, SU White Craft & Copics

Embellishments: Rhinestones from my stash

Stickles: Stardust

2009-10-30T22:18:00.002-05:00

It's Saturday Surprise time again. This week Simon Says Stamp is going to supply a *Magnolia WAITING TILDA Rubber Stamp Winter Collection 2008. Pop over to visit Bev at All Things I Love for details. (you'll find her blog on my sidebar) Good Luck!

Some Shoebox Cards made with friends

2009-10-30T11:16:00.002-05:00

Hi all~

Today I am showing you some of the cards I made on Tuesday with my dear friends,

Dorothy, Tracy and Donna.

I got my Mom to come with me this time, because she wants to start a new hobby.

She doesn't really know what she is in for. But I think she has already caught the bug.

I think we will see her face around our table more often now.

Here are some of our Shoebox Cards that I made with the girls.

We love to get together and share ideas, gab, catch up, eat lunch and stamp the day away.

We each bring two projects to share. The first one was brought by Dorothy and

she used this fun Whipper Snapper stamp To make this cute Christmas card.

It is colored with copics and we added doodles with a doodler pen.

Some stickles on the snow give it a little sparkle.

The background paper was made by running the white core paper through

the Cuttlebug with an embossing folder and then sanded lightly.

Here is a close up of the colored image.

This Christmas card project was brought by Donna. We again used the Cuttlebug with an embossing folder to make the background. The stamped image is from Stampin' Up and punched with the Scalloped Square from SU. It is a very clean and simple card.

Sometimes we need those!

This is a card suitable for any occassion and was quick and simple too. It looks so sharp and clean with the black and white. The bird stamp is from SU (Ibelieve it is in their hostess line) and embossed with a black sparkly embossing powder. Dorothy LOVES to emboss that is why she is known as the embossing queen. We again used the Cuttlebug for the background.

We just LOVE our Cuttlebugs!!!!!!

This is a close up of the image.

Hope you enjoyed our cards and I do have more to share soon. Hope you all have a great weekend and a fun time with all your little spooks and goblins that may visit your door this weekend.

Thanks for looking,

Lisa

Kitty goes for a ride again!!

2009-10-28T14:37:00.003-05:00

Hi everyone!

Hope your day is going well. The sun is kinda out today, much nicer than it has been lately.

I have no idea what happened to our Fall......it's MIA!

We seem to have gone right to Winter- ARRGGG!

Hopefully we will get some nice weather yet.

This is a card I made using that cute little Whipper Snapper stamp again.

Sorry it is very similar to an earlier post,

but I was excited to use this designer paper

and try it in these colors. This paper is kinda cool~ it is embossed and

has some sparkle to it (doesn't show up well in the pic).

She is colored with copics and highlghted withthe white gel pen.

The flowers were punched with a Stampin' Up punch

as is the tag at the bottom with the sentiment on it.

The leaves are punched with a Martha Stewart punch

and the brads are from my stash.

I layered the flowers and used my bone folder

to give the a little dimension by curling the petals up.

Here is a closer looksy at the colored image.

....and the inside.

Stamps: Whipper Snapper Designs and Stampin' Up
Paper: Cloud 9 Designs, Bazzill and Stampin Up'
Ink: Momento, Copics and Stampin' Up
Tools: Martha Stewart and Stampin' Up punches
Embellishments: brads and rick rack are from my stash

Thanks for looking. Hope you all have a wonderful day!

Lisa

Blog candy alert:

2009-10-06T23:20:00.002-05:00

Whiff of Joy is turning one and Katharina over at Whiff of Joy is offering some really cool blog candy it is....not one but TWO winter stamp kits and some metal embellishments. Click on the logo on my sidebar to get all the details. Good luck.

What a cute little mouse from Stampavie

2009-10-06T21:29:00.005-05:00

Hi all~

It is another cold Wisconsin day...rainy and just plain yucky. A big pot of soup sounds good. Doesn't sound like it is going to be nice for a while-

oh well it's a good excuse to stay in and stamp! Yeah!!

My post today is a card I made for a friend that has been sick.

Hoping it will cheer her up and send her get well wishes.

I just got this cute stamp from 7 Kids College Fund, it is from Stampavie and

I just think this one is adorable and it was so fun to color.

I stamped it in black and colored it with copics and used a few of

my Stampin Up markers too (because of my limited collection of copics).

I used my Nesties to cut out the ovals and added some dots on

the scalloped one with my white gel pen.

The yellow paper is from Bazzil (sorry don't remember the name of the color),

green is Certainly Celery from Stampin Up,

the orange is from a paper pad I picked up at JoAnn's.

The orange is cuttlebugged with the Swiss Dot embossing folder and sanded a bit.

The white is punched with a Martha border punch.

I then added some punched flowers and leaves and some white dots with the old gel pen again and then finished them with some flat backed pearls.

Stamped the sentiment with my Certainly Celery pad using a stamp from Stampin Up.

And last but not least...yep the stickles.

Thanks for looking.
Lisa

Birthday wish Tilda

2009-10-05T17:52:00.004-05:00

Hello friends~

It is sure getting cold here....feels like we skipped autumn and went into winter!

Winter is NOT my favorite season. Hopefully we will still get some warmer weather yet

before the snowflakes fly through the air.

I made this card for my friend's birthday, hope she likes it. I used this adorable Tilda

(but aren't they all??) stamped her in black and colored her with copics and

highlighted with a white gel pen.

Then I cut her out...wew it takes time to cut those images out like that,

but they look so cute when they are cut out completely.

I then used Old Olive, Ruby Red and So Safron cardstock from Stampin' Up and some

decorative paper from heidi grace. I used my Nestabilities to cut the ovals. Not sure if you can see it but I added some dots with my Old Olive marker around the So Safron oval.

I popped one of her boots up with a foam dot to mke it appear in front of the other

(sorry I am not the best photographer).

I folded over the corner on the striped paper and added a button tied with a little twine.

Added some lace and ribbon and finally finished with some primas with brads and

a sprig of leaves punched with a Martha Stewart punch.
The lace, ribbon, button, primas and brads are all from my stash.

Thanks again for looking. Wishing you all a wonderful evening.

Lisa

"Twin" cards

2009-10-03T22:12:00.002-05:00

Okay here I go again, I am going to give this another try I still have LOTS to learn about this blogging. I am trying to make this appealing to the eye. It's not going the way I want it to. Stamper I am...Blogger/computer expert I am not! Anyhow I wanted to share these two cards I made for two very special little girls as they celebrated their first birthday. I used this absolutely adorable Whipper Snapper stamped it in black and colored it with copics. I then chalked some clouds in the background. I used my Nestabilities to cut it out along with the scalloped mats. The background paper is from heidi grace designs and is so cool it has flocked flowers and a pearly finish to it. I then used a Martha Stewart punch to make the border and added some ribbon. I also punched out some leaves and flowers added polka dots to the flowers with my white gel pen and finally (even though it doesn't show up on the pic real well) added some stickles to the flowers in the wagon and grass. I love stickles and glitter! I hope you enjoy looking as much as I enjoyed making these cards for Laney and Rylee.

2009-08-11T12:58:00.000-05:00

Wew! This is all new to me, but I am going to give it a try. I love looking at all the cool blogs and wonderful cards all you creative ladies make, so I want to try sharing some of mine with you.

This is a card I made for my nephew's 5th Birthday.

I started with this adorable stamp from High Hopes Stamps colored it with copics. The sentiment is from Stampin' Up's Family Phrases set. Paper is Stampin' Up's Gable Green and Pacific Point. I also Cuttlebugged a piece of Coredinations and sanded it. Adding a few buttons and some stickles to the flame, cake and dragon to add a touch of sparkle. Hope you like my first posting, thanks for taking a peek and come back soon.