wall hanging

One of my co-workers is pregnant and having a little girl at the end of the month. Her name will be Eden. So pretty! I decided she needed one of "Sue's World Famous Wall Hangings" to go in her room. Not knowing the colors she was using and wanting it to be a surprise, I used last month's CTMH special cardstock from Dream Pop. Added in some flowers and birds from Dyan Reaveley's How Does Your Garden Grow stamp set colored with Dyan's fabulous Spray Inks. Added a bit of white Signo Uniball white pen highlighting for good measure. I gave the hanging to Jackie today and she fell in love! She said the pinks and greens will match the nursery almost exactly! I think that's pretty cool since I had no idea what colors to use!

Surf's Still Up!

Yet another set of 10 cards done for Convention using the Surf's Up paper pack. The Thank You sentiment is a special early release from CTMH's Fall/Winter Idea Book and all profits on the sale of this stamp will go to help the OK tornado relief efforts.

12 tags of 2013 June

It's time once again for the 12 tags of 2012. This month, Tim is delving into the world of watercoloring.

I decided I'd do my tag in a Father's Day theme. I used the Brett Weldele/Tim collaboration stamp set, Time Traveller for my image and watercolored the image as Tim instructed in his blog post. I used a Distress Ink pad, Distress Paint and Distress Stain to color the tag, then stamped various word stamps and Tim's chicken wire stamp on the tag as well.

Surf's Up!

That's the name of this paper pack. Twenty more cards finished!

First one it's kinda hard to tell but the fishie has Diamond Stickles on the patterned part of the body. Now I'm working on one of "Sue's World Famous Wall Hangings" for a co-worker who is having a little girl the end of the month.  When I get it finished, I'll share pics of it. Also have to get some Father's Day cards done! Good thing I've got two days off in a row this week.

More swap cards

Well lookit me! Posting two days in a row! But don't get used to it. I go back to work tomorrow!!

Another 10 cards done for swapping at Convention. Using Buzz and Bumble again. The technique of the side strip is called Seminole Patchwork. Sentiment is from the Buzz and Bumble Workshop On The Go stamp set. Hard to see, but there is "bling" at the top and bottom of the scrollwork on the sentiment and it's pop-dotted for dimension.

Swap cards

Don't fall over from shock! Yes, I'm actually posting twice in the same month! It'sn almost time again for the annual Close To My Heart Convention and this year, it's in my "backyard" of Orlando at DisneyWorld. John and I are headed over and we will be joined by my CTMH sister and friend Debbie and her family that I talk about here. We've been online friends for about 5 years now and this will be our first time meeting In Real Life. John and I are both super excited for that!

So I'm making a few swap cards. I will be giving all the cards I swap to Debbie for her annual Save R Sight run/walk that she does in their Illinois hometown. I managed to make 10 cards of the same design this afternoon. I used the Buzz and Bumble paper pack and the Patterned Pennants stamp set.

May 12 Tags of 2013

Good grief! Another month gone. This work gig is seriously cutting into my creative time!!

I actually made this tag the first week of the month and took pics and sent it off to my Favorite Youngest Nephew and now I don't remember what-all I did to it!

You can see Tim's instructions and his tag here. I used Brett Weldele's collaboration with Tim's stamp set, Time Traveller and Tim's new rub-on's as well as his new Distress Paints. There is also some White Signo Uniball highlighting.