It's Your Day

Does anyone else create a complete mess of their desk and entire surrounding area for one little card? Geez! Anyway... this card was born from the chaos of my "creative process" in making Carol's birthday card posted below. Same leafy branch, a Hero Arts cling background, PTI sentiment, a pp scrap and a teeny butterfly from SU.

Have a great evening, and thank you for stopping by.

Hugs,

Colleen

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, CAROL!!!

Today I want to wish my girlfriend, Carol, a very happy birthday!! Have a great day, sweetie! I'm so-o-o looking forward to seeing you in a few weeks. 

Because Carol is such a talented card maker, it is a challenge for me to create a "Carol worthy" card, but this is what I came up with. The gingham background and leaf branch (stamped twice) stamps are from Impression Obsession. I hand cut the banner and mat to accommodate the image. 
Thank you for stopping by, and I hope you'll pop over to Carol's blog and wish her a happy birthday. I know she would love it.
Hugs!

Trying to Jump Start the ol' Mojo

Although I have been spending time in my "rubber room", I can't say I have much to show for my efforts. Several Copic colored images, some random die cuts, and even some labels with stamped sentiments, but nary a completed card in the bunch. Very frustrating. Sometimes when I have difficulty getting a card to come together, I simplify. For me, a one layer card with a die cut and sentiment doesn't seem to stress me out like combining and layering patterned paper.  And it feels good to actually finishing something. So today, it's baby steps ... again.

Thank you for hanging with me.

Hope Your Birthday is a Slam Dunk!

This card is the result of a customer request for a basketball related birthday card. I downloaded clip art for the goal and used a Stampin' UP! basketball that I cut out and popped up. I printed the sentiment in an appropriate font and colored it with copics and then stamped the envelope to coordinate. 


Thanks for the visit today.


Hugs,
Colleen

Simple Colorful Banner Birthday Card

The title says it all. The banners were created from scraps of SU! patterned paper and wrapped over a piece of twine that I tied into bows at each end. I'm thinking now I wish I'd rounded the left corner or corners . . . hind sight blah, blah, blah.

Quick Card, Quick Post

Today got away from me, but I wanted to pop in real quick to share my one of my latest creations. The chevron background is from Impression Obsession, stamped using white ink on crumb cake card stock. The flower is a stamp with a coordinating punch from Stampin' UP! and my all time favorite SU! item. It is stamped in Poppy Parade and the seam binding was colored to match with a Copic. The sentiment is from Papertrey Ink and the scallop border was created by using a heart border punch and turning it upside down, resulting in  the mini scallop look. 


Thank you for stopping by.


Hugs.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, EVAN PAUL!!!!!!!

My very special, sweet, grandson is 5 years old today!! I can't be with him, but will try to make up for that when I see him. Evan, Nana loves you and misses you so much! And I hope you have a wonderfully special day.

Wine Labels

I love wine. I also love to gift wine. What better way to thank a hostess than with a nice bottle of wine? So I've been making wine bottle tags using Papertrey Ink's wine bottle tag die. And I just received the latest wine stamp set and dies from My Favorite Things, so expect more of these in the future.

You can't see them too well, but there are small crystals on the earrings and crystal effects on the wine glasses and grapes.

Thanks for stopping by today.

Happy Birthday, Laura!!

Okay, yes, it's been awhile since I've posted. Sorry about that. I have been stamping; I've even taken photos of my cards, just not taking time to edit and share. Then yesterday a sweet girlfriend said she missed my posts, and I realized I missed posting.


This birthday card for my girlfriend, Laura, has very little stamping, but showcases my latest obsession love - dies. The window box, ivy and flowers use Memory Box dies. The window was created with a square punch and a rectangular piece of card stock. (My Madison Window die is on its way, he he.) The bird die is from My Favorite Things, and the butterfly is a Martha Stewart punch. The sentiment is from PTI. I'm rethinking the cloud....it seemed like a good idea, but seeing the photo, I wish I could snatch it off. Oh well. Laura seemed to really like it.


This card was fun to create. I've gotten so comfortable with the clean and simple style, it's nice to change things up a bit. Hope you enjoy it too.


Thanks for stopping by. Please don't give up on me....


Hugs,
Colleen

Sending A Smile

I just realized I hadn't shared this card. It was inspired by Lisa and if you've never been to her blog, you simply must go take a peek. Just be prepared to spend some time there. She's just plain awesome and beyond talented.

Snoopy is a Stampabilities stamp (I added the smiles to Snoopy and Woodstock) colored with Copics, and the sentiment is from Papertrey Ink.

Thank you for the visit!

Hugs,
Colleen

Way to Go - Emily!

A quick post of a card I'm mailing to my beautiful, smart daughter....one of them that is. The sentiment and card stock are from Stampin' UP!, and the balloons were made with a Martha Stewart punch. The border die is from Sizzix. Gotta run!

Thanks for the visit!

Hugs,
Colleen

One-Layer Wednesday: Two by Two Plus Masking

So pleased to be able to participate in this week's OLW challenge and to post it on the first day! The challenge is to use two images, two colors and masking. Sentiment is optional but must be in one of the two colors. Hmmmm... As I'm typing this I realize I may be stretching Susan's parameters a bit with my brown "image"/sentiment. I picked out two stamps  (image=stamp, right?) and never gave it another thought until I typed the word "image"... Can the solid header/title count? 

My two colors are SU! Early Espresso and Lucky Limeade. The stamps and twine are from Papertrey Ink.

Thank you for stopping by today. I appreciate the visit.

Hugs,
Colleen

Less is More #55: Use Punches and Die Cuts

This is my second entry for the challenge this week at Less Is More. This card uses four different die cuts!  I love flower dies and punches and probably absolutely own more than my fair share, but that's ok =D This flower die from Papertrey Ink is one of my favorites, as is the large scallop die. A big thanks to Carol for coming to my rescue with this ribbon. The original 1/4" gingham I tried was way too narrow. In the picture it looks like I need to straighten and loosen it a bit though.

I appreciate the visit today and hope you'll come back soon.

Hugs,
Colleen

Less is More, Week #55: Theme - Use Punches or Die Cuts

As always, Mandi and Chrissie have a wonderful challenge this week on their blog - to use punches or die cuts. I chose two Martha Stewart punches for this cas card using multi layers vs. foam dots and creating a pompom for the party hat from twine. So simple! 

Thank you so much for taking time to visit.

Hugs,
Colleen

Happy Birthday, Harper!!

A BIG Happy Birthday wish to our granddaughter who's turning one today! Miss you and hope you had a great day, Harper Marie!