How Tweet...

I thought I'd pop in here and show you the card we made at my last hostess club meeting awhile back.  Well, actually, the one we made was a no-layer card... but there was a big black smudge at the top, so I cut it off and stuck it on a black base:

Sweet, right?  Simple with a bit of whimsy since I drew the border around it free-hand.  The stamp set was one from The Angel Company :)

Boot-scootin'...

Yes, my friends... it's another country-fried card!  Very fitting since the Abdallah Shrine Rodeo is coming up SOON (May 27-29)!  And even though I'm an Aide Captain's Lady, I will not be helping out... sorry Sharon S., but you are just going to have to pick on someone else during this event :)  Miss me!  Big Kiss!
(sucka)

ANYway... on to today's papercraftiness:

CA-yoot, right?  Ever since I saw Angela's pink boot, I wanted to make one :)  And look... it's not even colored with Copics this time :)  Hello, Prismacolor pencils... have you missed me?  And see the border on the burgundy mat... I Scor-bugged it after using one of Tim Holtz's new edge dies.  LOVE it.  Don't THINK I won't be getting my creep on with those bad boys!  That's what I'm talkin'-bout.

Stamps:  Cowboy Boots, Petal Pack (25% off!)
Paper:  White Ultra Smooth, Amelia & kraft cardstocks
Ink:  Memento Tuxedo, VersaMark, Burnt Umber Palette
Colorant:  Prismacolor pencils w/ mineral oil & blending stumps
Other:  ribbon (HL), gems (Michael's), Scor-bug, Tim Holtz die, white gel pen

See the little round dashed cuts around the gems?  Well, originally I was going to put these cool button-type things on here, but I had already glued the panel down.  I had no idea how to get the prongs to close, so I took them off... I liked the cuts they left, though.  So I added a bit o' bling to the centers... me likey.

What do you think?

Another Whoopsie-Turned-Wonderful...

Well, I'm almost over my head cold... thankfully! I'm still trying to get motivated to clean the house today... hmmm... maybe tomorrow :) For now, how about something ca-yoot?!!

This Fabulous Pinkie card started out as a typical A2 sized card. The green was the base (not white) and I had stamped the sentiment 'every girl wants to be' directly to the base. The ink color so drastically changes depending on the color of cardstock on which you stamp... I can not stress this enough.

I had already glued everything on, so I cut it all down, added some more pattern paper, popped up the sentiment and created a big poofy bow... oh-so-girlie. What is that blue circle, you ask? It is a thumbtack from Target!! Cheap and easy [ so NOT like me ;) ]

Stamps: Everything Is Blooming, 2009 Winter Escape stamp set (only available to attendees!!!)
Paper: Lilly Anna SWIC and Cardstock, White UltraSmooth
Ink: Noir & Cote d'Azure Palettes
Other: Lime, Brown, Cotton Candy, Waterfall, & Pink Stickles, Crystal Laquer, Copic markers, misc. ribbons, MM pink staple, Target tack, pink rhinstone, and Pop Dots

I applied about three layers of Crystal Laquer to Pinkie, allowing it to dry completely between applications. She is so cute in real life... how do you like her tricked-out headdress & legs?! She reminds me of a Vegas show-girl :)

What do you think?

"Baby, it's cold outside"...

... [que music, scene from the movie 'Elf'] ... love that movie. I don't know why, but the best line: "Smiling... smiling's my favorite" :) Yes, I am a dork, but I am sitting next to the sliding glass door and my legs are freakin' popsicles.

That being said, I am going to try to make this as quick as possible so that I can fix a hot cup of orange-spice chai tea and go snuggle in bed with the babies (my favorite).

I picked up this wooden photo holder from JoAnn's for $10. It was painted white and the letters were robin's egg blue, hot pink, and purple... uh, eeewww. But, for $10 I knew I could fix it!

Paper: Lilly Anna SWIC

Other: misc. ribbons, buttons are MM, pink rhinestone, white Scraper's Floss, glue dots, PVA glue, sanding block & nail file

No stamps! Whatup w/that? Well, I decided to go minimal with this one, so that the future photos would take center stage :)

By the way... if there are any other 80's buffs out there, I think you know what song was playing in my head the entire time I was working on this project! ('Oh my god, Becky'...). Cindy, YOU know what I'm talkin'bout.

What do you think?

Whoopsie-turned-Wonderful

Wow! Post #95 for me (really 96, but I deleted one a long time ago)! So I guess you all should start gearing up for blog candy!! So you'll just have to keep checking back until my 100th (only 5 more to go!).

On to the fun stuff! These little lovlies are a whoopsie-turned-wonderful! If you remember this meander book that I had done a while back... well, that's what I had started for this project, only using TAC's ChaCha SWIC. Well, it was late at night & I was getting sleepy, and when I started cutting my 12x12 scored cardstock base, I cut down the wrong end in the middle! Yep. Well, I only had this one piece of ChaCha red carstock left, so I decided to make two mini-meanders instead! I really like the fact that it is quite a bit less bulky (which means I'll be able to add more lumpy stuff later!).

ChaCha Mini-Meander Supplies: ChaCha SWIC & Cardstock, ChaCha ribbon, Noir Palette Ink, black eyelets, Scrapper's Floss (Lavendar, Orange, & Red), staples, Marvy Scallop Square Punch, and pop dots.

What do you think?