Willy the Worm

Happy Monday! I hope everyone had a nice weekend. Mine was quiet, which is exactly how I wanted it. I had a bunch of things to do around the house and I got 3 cards made!! I have not had a weekend where I could devote a few hours to stamping in a while and it was fun.

One of the things I did was to get some great free digi stamps from Victoria Case Designs. You really need to check her stamps out. She has some really cute images to buy. Isn't this one cute? He is called Willy the Worm. I decided that I had so much fun coloring him that I would join her sketch challenge.

After I had colored him, I sponged the background. I decided I didn't like that so I cut him out and popped him up on the card. I like it much better this way so I guess my bad decision turned into a good thing. The only deviation I did from the sketch was to layer him on an oval rather than a square. It just seemed to look better this way. I added some shimmerz to the leaves and flowers to give it a little pop.

I hope you like my card. Thanks for visiting.

Peggy
SUPPLIES:
CS: SU Tempting Turquoise, Wild Wasabi
DP: Magenta (I think?)
STAMPS: VC Stamps, Clear Art Stamps
MISC: MM Brads, Shimmerz

Dreams

Sorry I haven't been around much lately. It has been so busy. What happened to the lazy days of summer? Of course the weather doesn't say summer either. It was 57 degrees when I got up this AM.

This is my last card that I have to post from my Vermont trip. I guess I have to get some stamping done. I have been so busy lately I have not had the time to stamp. I have to make a couple graduation cards in the next couple of weeks but other than that I can just make what I want. Hopefully I will find the time. I have new toys that I bought at the Heirloom convention last weekend that are calling to me. I also haven't been doing any challenges which I miss.

This Stamp is from a Clear Art set that I have. I like their stamps. They have alot of detail for clear stamps. I use the words from this set alot. The butterflies are Penny Black. Of course I used my cloud maker. I hope you can see the clouds. My camera batteries died and I don't have any here to replace them so I had to scan the card.




Peggy
SUPPLIES:
STAMPS: Clear Art, Penny Black
CS: SU

Daisy

Good Afternon. I hope everyone is having a good week. Mine is busy. I guess that is good but doesn't leave alot of card making time.

This is Daisy from my Sugar Nellie stamps. Isn't she cute? She is definetly one of my favorites! I bought the swirls from Spellbinders. I don't know if I like them or not on this card. I'm still trying to figure out the best way to use them. I have seen some wonderful things other people have done.

I stamped her on some new beige paper I bought that I was told works well with copics. I picked out the DP 1st and when I saw it was beige, not white I was happy I had bought it. Even with everything going on with this card I think you would notice the color differences.

Well I don't have alot of time right now so I hope you like the card and thanks for visiting.

Peggy

SUPPLIES:
CS: SU Ballet Blue, Regal Rose
DP: Mellisa Francis
STAMPS: Sugar Nellie, Clear Art
MISC: Spellbinders dies, Nesties, CTMH Ribbon, Misc Michaels Ribbon, Brads

Tilda

So much for me posting everyday. I had this post written yesterday but the photo was on my other computer and I never got a chance to link it to the post.

I was trying to decide which card to post next. I was looking through the rest of my cards and picked Tilda.

We all seem to have our favorite Companies, Stamps, techniques, etc. I'm not going out on a limb when I say my friend Kerry's favorite company is Magnolia. Out of those it is Tilda. I couldn't believe how many she has. I thought this weekend was a good time to try them out. I picked an easy one as my first. I also didn't want to get too carried away with everything else on the card just in case it didn't "fit". As I look at it now I should have added vines to the stone wall or something. It looks too plain to me. I have to admit she is cute though. I still don't know how I feel about the no mouths though. Hmmmm..... We will see. I have a couple others that I stamped.

I hope to find some time this weekend to play. You would think that after stamping all last weekend I would want to take a break but it seems to have had the opposite effect on me. I want to play more..... We will see.

Well I have to go. Taking 2 days off of work to go away has kept me very busy this week. Thanks for stopping by.

Peggy
SUPPLIES:
CS: SU Real Red, Night of Navy
MISC: MM brads

TSSC66

Good Morning! I hope everyone is having a good week. The weekend is in our sights! The weather is getting better too!

The rest of my Sugar Nellie stamps showed up today. YEAH! I can't wait to use them! I'm trying to hold off until we go away next weekend so I will have new stamps to play with. It's so hard to do though......

I made this card for Mary Jo's sketch challenge. I had colored this image from my Clear Art Stamp set and put the flower soft on it last week but didn't know what I was going to do with it. I thought of it immediately when I saw the sketch. I am still trying to figure out if I like Flower Soft. I see it on so many cards and love it but when I use it I'm not sure I like it. I look at it like my cooking, everyone elses meals taste better than mine!

I hope you like my card. Thank your for visiting!

Peggy

SUPPLIES:
CS: SU Brocade Blue, Orchid Opulance
STAMPS: Rubber Stamp Tapestry, Clear Art Stamps
MISC: Flower Soft, CTMH Brads, Nesties, Cuttlebug embossing folder

TSSC 65

Good Morning! Happy Thursday! I hope everyone is having a good week. Did you get your taxes done? I have been really busy the last couple of days so I can't wait for the weekend! I really need to start thinking about what I am going to bring to Vermont for the weekend of stamping. I have a pile of stamps pulled out but have not decided what's coming yet. I got my 1st Sugar Nellie stamps today! YEAH!! I love new rubber!

This is the card I made for Mary Jo's sketch challenge. Isn't this little guy cute!
I love this DP from SU but really had not found a card that I wanted to use it on until now. I like the combo of Rose Red and Pink but don't use it much.

Well I hope everyone has a good day. Thanks for visiting.

Regards,
Peggy

SUPPLIES:
CS: SU Rose Red, Pretty in Pink
DP: SU
STAMPS: Penny Black, Clear Art Stamps
MISC: Primas, SU brads, CTMH Ribbon, Cuttlebug folder

TSSC 57

Good Afternoon! I have finished this weeks sketch challenge. I love the sketch this week. Mary Jo did a great job picking this one out. I used one of my favorite stamps by Impression Obsession and my Hello from Clear Art stamps fits perfectly. The minute I saw the sketch I knew that my Memory Box paper would be perfect. I can see me using this sketch again.

I'm on vacation but I'm not getting as many cards done as I thought I would. I keep getting distracted with other projects I wanted to get done around the house. Not that I'm getting alot of those done but....

I hope you enjoy the card.

Peggy

SUPPLIES
STAMPS: Impression Obsession, Clear Art Stamps
PAPER: SU Orchid Opulance, Brocade Blue
DP: Memory Box
FLOWERS: CTMH
Misc Ribbon, brads

TSSC55

HAPPY FRIDAY!!! I finally finished my card for Mary Jo's sketch challenge. This one was hard for me. I kept thinking "it needs more". I can't remember the last time I made a long thin card and every time I looked at it I thought it looked empty.

I love the colors in this paper from SU. I also wanted to use my new MS punch that I bought last weekend. Between the coupon from AC Moore and a GC I had I got it free. YEAH!! I love Free! The only problem with it is that it is very difficult to punch thru SU CS which I use alot. If anyone has any tips on how to get it to work please let me know. I have tried the Wax Paper and Reynolds wrap but no luck.

The last couple of weekends I have been really busy so I have not had alot of time to make cards. This weekend I have no plans so I hope to be really creative!

Thanks for visiting!

Peggy

SUPPLIES:
Stamps: Clear Art, SU
CS: SU Bravo Burgandy, Sage Shadow
DP: SU
Misc: MS Punches, Prima flowers, MM Brads, Nesties, No name ribbon