Good Dog!

Happy Sunday! Hope you are enjoying your weekend! Seems like we people of Dallas are being plagued by allergy/sinus junk, so I hope you are faring better in your area!

Here's a I whipped up for a sick little dog belonging to one of my friends. It's no fun seeing anyone sick, man or beast. :( But I hear she's on the mend now, yay!

I played along with Cure for the Monday Blues #14. I loved the colors and graphic look of this challenge! I got a special Studio Calico doggy kit awhile back, cutest dog stamps and sentiments ever. 

I hope you have a great week! Thanks so much for stopping by! Hugs and happy stamping!

Recipe

Stamps: Studio Calico "Good Dog", SU Word Play "feel better soon"

Ink: Versamark Black

Cardstock: SU Crumb Cake, Studio Calico polka dot dsp, Basic Grey Basics Manilla dsp.

Accessories: Studio Calico ribbon, washi tape, & metal dog clip; Big Shot, SU Decorative Dots embossing folder and Word Bubbles Framelits Dies.

Watercolor Thank You

Happy Thursday! Hope you're having a good week! Anyone else glad tomorrow is Friday?!

A coworker needed a thank you card, so I whipped this up last night...after I had an hour nap, mind you! I saw Lesley's Challenge sketch while visiting Amy's blog and found it super easy to work with. The awesome "pre-made" watercolor paper and wooden "thank you" came from my March Paper Pumpkin kit from Stampin' Up! I finally found a way to do watercoloring successfully: buy it already done! :)

Do any of you take the SU Paper Pumpkin kit? March was my first month, besides the introductory kit, and I thought it was pretty cool. I don't like to make a bunch of cards alike, so I'm finding different ways to use the pieces. I do like how you can cut the premade 3 1/2" x 5" cards into two pieces. I'll have to show you how I used the little envelopes tomorrow! ;)

Thanks so much for stopping by! Hugs and happy stamping!

Recipe

Stamps: none

Cardstock: SU Whisper White & March Paper Pumpkin kit watercolor cardstock; pink scrap Crate Paper, yellow scrap My Mind's Eye, striped scrap Studio Calico.

Accessories: SU Flag Punch & wooden "thank you", enamel dots from Basic Grey and My Mind's Eye, sewing machine.

Celebrate

Happy Tuesday!

I'm going crazy with a weekday post here! hehe!

I was flipping through challenge sites last evening and found this week's CAS(E) this Sketch #72 which was perfect for some little silver glitter squares I had saved from this green card when I used the CAS-ual Fridays Stamps Linked Fri-die. Sometimes SAS...Save All Scraps...pays off, see?! :) 

Okay, off to bed. It's been quite a night...when I let the dog in the back door after work, he ran in full speed and deposited a dead squirrel onto the sofa. Yuck! I ran screaming the other direction, back outside, which was probably risky because I bet the other squirrels were quite p. o.'ed about it! I've seen a squirrel stand on two feet and look into the back glass door, taunting the dog, so I imagine there are loads of them doing that all day when we're not here! haha! I guess Scout decided it was payback time and finally caught one. 

*Note, I am in no way condoning the murder of innocent animals here. 

Thanks so much for stopping by! Hugs and happy stamping!

Recipe

Stamps: CAS-ual Fridays Stamps Shenanigans

Cardstock: SU Whisper White & Silver Glitter 

Ink: Staz-on Black

Accessories: CAS-ual Fridays Stamps Linked Fri-Die, Big Shot.

CAS-ual Fridays Stamps: April Sneak Peek #3

Welcome back to Day 3 of the April Sneak Peeks for CAS-ual Fridays Stamps!

Today we have another new Fri-Die called Casual Vine!

You will love the way it coordinates with the Casual Elegance stamp set, although it's pretty nifty on its own, like the way I used it! :)

For my card above, I used the die with some pretty patterned paper and added the "Happy Birthday" sentiment from the Casual Elegance stamp set. Super quick and easy! I was trying to think outside the "green" box for the vine, can you tell? haha

For my card below, I stamped some patterned paper with a texty sentiment from the Out Loud stamp set, then cut it out with the die. I also cut the background polka dot paper with the die, then laid the vine die cut piece into it. Did that make any sense?! I used a sentiment from the Stop stamp set. I got the colors and sketch for this card from the Poppy Sketch challenge site, thanks, Laura! :)

Be sure and head over to the CAS-ual Fridays Stamps blog now to see the cards from the rest of the design team! You will love all the different looks the girls came up with, plus, you'll want to leave comments on all the sneak peek posts for a chance to win the April release!

Thanks so much for stopping by! Hugs and happy stamping!

Recipe #1

Stamps: CAS-ual Fridays Stamps Casual Elegance

Cardstock: SU Whisper White, Blushing Bride (cardbase), My Mind's Eye & Jenni Bowlin patterned paper.

Ink: SU Crushed Curry.

Accessories: CAS-aul Fri-Dies Casual Vine, Big Shot, Jenni Bowlin kit butterfly.

Recipe #2

Stamps: CAS-ual Fridays Out Loud & Stop stamp sets.

Cardstock: SU Blushing Bride, Crate Paper pink floral & Basic Grey polka dot paper.

Ink: SU Early Espresso

Accessories: CAS-aul Fri-Dies Casual Vine, Big Shot, Crate Paper adhesive die cut label, sewing machine, Pick Your Plum resin flowers.

CAS-ual Friday Stamps: April Sneak Peek #2

Ready for day 2 of the April Sneak Peeks from CAS-ual Fridays Stamps?!

We have another great new Fri-Die for you, it's called Linked!

It consists of two fabulous "linked" dies!

I was pretty obsessed with the squarish links, but there's also a fabulous oval one!

For my card above, I used the Linked die on silver glitter cardstock and added a sentiment from the Woot Woot stamp set embossed in silver. Simple and dramatic, I hope! lol!

For my second card above, I went another direction with some lavender polka dot patterned paper and the Tech Talk stamp set. While I was looking through my CFS stamp sets, I noticed the little keyboard stamps fit perfectly inside the squarish links, so I cut them out and layered them on top. Even though my card is a little girly, this would be a great technique for a guy card!

Be sure and head over to the CAS-ual Fridays Stamps blog to check out the awesome creations from the rest of the design team and Michele herself, the creator of the dies! :)

Thanks so much for stopping by! Hugs and happy stamping!

Recipe #1

Stamps: CAS-ual Friday Stamps Woot Woot

Cardstock: SU Gumball Green, Whisper White & Silver Glitter

Ink: Versamark

Accessories: CAS-ual Fri-Dies Linked die, Big Shot, Silver Embossing Powder, heat tool.

Recipe #2

Stamps: CAS-ual Fridays Stamps Tech Talk

Cardstock: SU Whisper White, Basic Black, Jenni Bowlin patterned paper.

Ink: Memento Black

Accessories: CAS-ual Fri-Dies Linked die, Big Shot, black & white twine.

CAS-ual Fridays Stamps: April Sneak Peek #1

Are you ready for some April Sneak Peeks from CAS-ual Fridays Stamps?!

Today is super fun because we've got a set of 3 Fri-Dies called Stalks Up 

that coordinate with the Beanstalks stamp set!

For my card above, I used the long vine die with some cool ombre patterned paper and the stalk die with 4 layers of white tissue paper which I machine stitched to a clear oval tag using the Oval Tags Fri-Dies. The coordinating sentiment is also stamped on a piece of cardstock using the Oval Tags Fri- Dies. I used the Retro Sketches #108 sketch, but didn't pay attention to the deadline, doh! :)

For my next card, below, I used the stalk die again with some green tissue paper this time. I'm not sure why I was on a tissue paper kick?! I used the Oval Tags Fri-Die again to make some Easter eggs out of patterned paper and a sentiment from the Beanstalk set.

Be sure and check out the awesome cards from the rest of the Ink Squad over at the CAS-ual Fridays Stamps blog! You'll love all the different looks the girls created with these dies! 

Thanks so much for stopping by! Hugs and happy stamping!

Recipe #1

Stamps: CAS-ual Fridays Stamps Beanstalks

Cardstock: SU Crumb Cake & Pool Party; Studio Calico patterned paper.

Ink: SU Chocolate Chip

Accessories: CFS Stalks Up & Oval Tags Fri-Dies, Big Shot, clear acetate, linen thread, sewing machine, white tissue paper, modeling paste.

Recipe #2

Stamps: CAS-ual Fridays Stamps Beanstalks

Cardstock: SU Calypso Coral, Studio Calico patterned paper.

Ink: SU Raspberry Ripple

Accessories: CFS Stalks Up & Oval Tags Fri-Dies, Big Shot, green tissue paper, SU Calypso Coral ruffled ribbon & gold sequins.