It's Mojo Monday Again!

If it's Monday, it must be time for Julee Tilman's Mojo Monday Sketch Challenge! (you can find all of the Mojo Monday Stetches on Julee's Blog, Poetic Artistry) I love this week's sketch! For this card, I used a Pink Cat Studios Asian woman stamp and an All Night Media coin stamp. I colored them in with my Copic Sketch Markers.

Stamps: Main image by Pink Cat Studios, coin stamp by All Night Media
Paper: PTI White, Basic Black, Tempting Turquoise, Soft Sky
Ink: Pallette Noir Hybrid, Copic Sketch Markers
Accessories: square Nestabilities, circle Nestabilities, black brads

Hanna is a Lazy Stamper

I must be a very diligent stamper, then! LOL!

Stamps: Hanna Stamps
Paper: Bravo Burgandy, Very Vanilla, Making Memories (Noteworthy Ava Loopy Stripe)
Ink: Pallete Noir Hybrid, Copic Sketch Markers
Accessories: mini brads

Busy Week

I haven't posted in a while because I haven't been doing too much stamping. I did find an awesome blog that has weekly sketch challenges (and you know I LOVE a good sketch challenge!) ~ it's Jen del Muro's blog I{Heart}2Stamp. She has some beautiful creations on there. Check it out!



Here's my card for this week's I{heart}2stamp sketch challenge. I just adore SU's Ginger Blossom designer series papers!








Stamps: Boroque Motifs
Paper: PTI White, Ginger Blossom DSP
Ink: Ruby Red, Groovy Guava
Accessories: Nestabilities, large oval punch, photo corner punch, brads

I've Been Tagged!

I was tagged by Jimmi at Stamping & Shopping



1. Stamping Style - Style? Do I have a style? A few months ago I would have said clean, crisp lines, nothing cutesy. But lately I have been branching out a bit, and I now like shabby chic, lots of layers, mixing patterns and colors.

2. Inspiration - anything can serve as inspiration ~ a photograph, a piece of clothing, a shopping bag ~ anything with color, pattern, texture, composition.

3. Color - Periwinkle

4. Work space - One end of my bedroom ~ a large table under a window and some shelves

5. Perfect Day - sleeping late (I can only imagine...), breakfast with my family, stamping, chatting with my Splitcoast friends, late afternoon ball game, dinner out, a good movie, back to my stamping table...

6. First Job - Cashier at a corner newspaper stand ~ was fired after two days because the boss's nephew wanted a job

7. Wildest Dream - hmmm... would have to include an extended cruise with my whole extended family

8. Ink - Pallete Noir Hybrid/Copic Sketch Markers

9. Family - Rich Regals

10. Beverage- Iced Coffee

11. Biggest Challenge - Being a parent



...Ok I will be tagging two of my friends and here they are: Kimme (Melena Princess) and Kim (Nutsmuhl)

A Very Long Night Indeed

On Saturday night, my boys attended a 'Lock-In" at our local Superplay, USA. This is like a glorified sleepover party for kids ages 7-15 (supervised by staff and the local police department). From 11:30 at night until 6:00 in the morning, the kids had free access to bowling, laser tag, mini golf, air hockey, food, drinks, and dancing. They had a blast! Needless to say, however, I was up all night calling them on their cell phones and generally being anxious about the whole affair. In order to stay awake, I stamped! Here's what I made:


This is a re-make of a card I made for my father in September 2007. (The original turned out better, in my opinion.) I gave this to my son's Acupuncture Doc, and she framed it and put it on her wall! :-)



Stamps: Stem Silhouetttes, Vases in Vogue,Garden Silhouettes
Paper: Basic Grey (Stella Ruby Collection), DCWV (Pocket of Posies Collection), Chocolate Chip, Whisper White
Ink: Timber Brown StazOn, Copic Sketch Marker (Africano)
Accessories: Square Punch, mini brads



This is one of my favorite quotes. I think it is deserving of it's very own card.




Stamps: Sentiment by Rubber Soul
Paper: Paper Salon (glad rags: floral), Whisper White
Ink: Palette Noir Hybrid
Accessories: Bashful Blue Eyelets


Here's the last one:



Stamps: My Favorite Things (Namaste Set)
Paper: PTI White, Basic Gray, Summer Sun, textured silver CS
Ink: Versamark, Copic Sketch Marker (Napoli Yellow)
Accessories: Nestabilities, small circle punch, silver mini brads, silver EP

Carrie the Country Girl

This wasn't a lot of fun to cut out, but I do like the way it turned out!
Stamps: Carrie the Country Girl (Rubber Romance), Twisted Sentiments (My Favorite Things)
Paper: Barely Banana, Heidi Grace DP (Harvest Row, Harvest Flower)
Ink: Palette Noir Hybrid, Copic Sketch Markers
Accessories: Ticket Corner Punch, Metal Mini Brads

Serenity Now!

I can't help but think of a certain episode of Seinfeld when I hear the phrase "serenity now". This card is for this week's Hanna Sketch Challenge, HSC4. I used my Riley stamp (isn't he adorable?) and a sentiment from My Favorite Things Yoga set. This is my first attempt at watercoloring with my aquapainter, so please be kind! :-)

Stamps: Riley (Hanna Stamps), My Favorite Things (Serenity Now)
Paper: River Rock, Very Vanilla, Ruby Red, Ginger Blossom DSP
Ink: Timber Brown StazOn, Ruby Red, River Rock, Groovy Guava, Pretty in Pink, Chocolate Chip

Accessories: Aquapainter, Word Window Punch, Key Tag Punch, Corner Rounder, Cherry Jewel, Sparkly Brads