I thought it would be fun to alter something, so I picked up this wooden frame at Michaels for $1. I used some brown PP I had on hand, and layered that onto the frame. I used Mod-podge to attach it. Next I used my Cricut to cut the word "Fall" from some PP. Then I added the LEAF image. Here is a close up of the image cause I LOVE the way it turned out. 
I used the baby wipe technique for this. It is sooo easy, and makes the most beautiful images. I used 4 different color reinkers (orange, red, green, and brown). Since I made the baby wipe "ink pad", I stamped a whole bunch of these off. I will be sharing a pretty card with you sometime soon that I made with this leaf too. So...I fussy cut the leaves, and attached them to the frame. Last, I added some "bling". I used my i-Rock to attach the crystals. The swirls reminded me of wind blowing. You know how they always drawn wind in a picture, well that is what the swirls looked like to me.Well that is all for now. Thanks for stopping by! Oh, and be sure to stop by the QKR Stampede store either to get this leaf for yourself, or some of the other awesome images available.
I am using this project for this weeks Simon Says Challenge too. The challenge is to make a project using the photo inspiration provided.
I decided to take advantage of this # challenge by making a 1st birthday card. I don't "need" the card until November, but what a great time to get it done! I used the adorable Cocoa mouse with birthday hat image from Sweet 'n Sassy. I colored him with markers, and layered onto this adorable piece of 
The image is from High Hopes. The PP is from a stack I have had FOREVER. The ribbon is a scrap from something, and the flowers are from 
I am also using this card for this week's 
I used my wonderful new fiskers rolling cutter thingy that my dear friend Diana gave me to cut around Tilda. I used a little olive green chalk pad to ink distress the edges. The PP I picked up the other day at Target in the $1 spot (because I totally needed to buy more paper....LOL!). The little sentiment is from SU, and I also ink distressed that CS too. Last, I added the little flowers (which were in my goodie bag candy I won), and the little i-Rock pearls. I was very happy with this way this turned out. I think it would make a cute birthday card for a little girl, or even a big girl. Well that is all I have had time to do this week...lol. I am hoping for some well deserved stamp room time this weekend. I am also headed to Micheal's store tomorrow to have my oldest DD do their make and take with the American Girl stuff. She soooo wants those products. The line is great, and they have some great PP too! Maybe I should get some....LOL!
Today I decided to use this adorable ragdoll angel. If you haven't looked at all the ragdoll and angel stamps in the 
I just love this little giraffe for baby cards. He is a TAC image. I stamped him onto the baby blue CS with black ink. I cut that into a circle, and layered onto the polka dotted PP. I feel terrible, but I can't remember who the paper is from. I hate not giving credit to the right companies/people. I then sewed the PP onto the blue CS base. Last I added some embellishments. 
I flipped the sketch provided on the 
Buttons and Bows! My mom asked me to make a girly birthday card for my niece, so I thought this was perfect. I used a pink CS base, and added the cream squares. I used my Cricut to cut the little flowers from some PP from SEI's birthday papers. I added a little SEI "B"utton to the center of each. I then used some ribbon from SEI and tied a "B"ow with it. Last I added the "B"irthday stamp from SU. Well I hope you play along with us over at 
See...I told you the penguins were cute! I started by stamping the bigger image with the ornament. I stamped him off, and colored his beak and feet, and then added some crystal effects to the globe. Oh, and some stickles to the "hook" thingy (technical term). I trimmed it down, and layered onto some striped PP. I decided to stick with all black and white for this card. The PP are from the Glitter stack from DCWV. I layered the penguin onto the star and circle PP. The ribbon is some stretchy silver ribbon I had in my stash. For the little diamonds, I cut a black one that is slightly larger then the white ones. I stamped the little penguin using black ink on the white diamonds, and white ink on the black diamond. I also ink distressed the edges of the black diamond. I used the same silver ribbon for behind the diamonds. I really liked the way it turned out with so little color on the card. OH...I forgot...I couldn't get the orange marker to show up on the black, so I used orange stickles instead. 
I stamped him off and colored him with water color crayons. I find that when an image is "meant" to be black, I like to either use colored pencils or water color crayons. It also helps to see all the details on his wings too. I made his little glasses orange because of the whole orange being a Halloween color. I "fussy cut" him and layered onto a black CS diamond. The PP is from SEI, and I had to get it when I saw it, because I thought it would go so well with this stamp! For the sentiment, I hand wrote with white gel pen onto black CS, and layered the pieces of black onto the crazy lined PP. The black and white "crazy lines" paper is actually the reverse side of the bat PP. I thought it looked neat because it brought out the lines in the back of the bats too. It is hard to see from the photo, but there are green crazy lines on the bat paper too. Here is my second project for this hop. 
This adorable little witch is called 
I actually made this card to submit to a magazine, but obviously since I am sharing it, I was NOT chosen this time. =( I started with a white CS base, and layered this flower PP from SEI onto that. I used some ribbon from my stash along the bottom too. Next, I colored the image using the same colors in the PP, and paper pieced the leaves and flower centers onto the stamped image. I cut the image into an oval shape, and layered onto a yellow-orange oval. The sentiment is also from 
I used a couple of the flowers from the PP for the inside. 
So...whenever anyone says vintage the first thing that comes to my mind is Tim Holtz. Well, not him but his products....lol. Well, last year I won a Tim Holtz stamp set, and have used it maybe once, and that was only for the heart in the set. So I decided to pull it out for this one. I decided to make a tag, but it could be used as a bookmark too. I started by using 2 different colors of chalk inks from SEI to ink distress the tag. Next, I stamped the heart in a deep red ink color. Then I stamped the sentiment in Versamark, and heat embossed it with copper embossing powder. Last, I added 5 different ribbon scraps to the tag hole. I tied each of them into knots, and trimmed the ends of the ribbon so they weren't too long. Well, hopefully it looks vintage...lol. I tried...lol. Thanks for stopping by!
I have had this stamp FOREVER! I just love Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak. When I was in college, I actually got to meet Mr. Sendak in person! It was such an awesome experience for me. I have always loved children's literature, so to meet one of the best author/illustrators was great! He even autographed my copy of Where the Wild Things Are! Well anyway...I decided to use that book as my inspiration, since I happen to have the stamps too. I actually have 3 of the "wild things" stamps, but have always loved this guy. I stamped him and colored with colored pencils. I trimmed the image into a circle, and layered onto a green CS circle. The PP and colored CS are all from the same paper set. It is from one of the All in One kits from Creative Keepsakes. I thought the leaves PP was perfect. The twill ribbon is from TAC. For the tag, I layered some scrap pieces from the colored CS pieces onto the chipboard tag and trimmed it down. I hand wrote "Wild Thing", and tied a knot with the twill ribbon. I thought this would make a cute birthday card, and would be fun to write something about a wild rumpus. 
"CHEESE!" Well that is all for now! Have a great weekend!
She used this adorable image from 
She used this Riley Moose image from Hannah Stamps. She colored using colored pencils and I showed her how to use Gamsol. (Both my older girls were fascinated by it like me...lol) She used some PP from a set of papers I picked up at the CKC convention. The chipboard piece is also from that set, and she hand wrote the saying on it. I helped her use the "notebook" punch along the boarder, and we added some buttons to look like the holes in notebook paper.
I used this gorgeous digi image from 
I used this adorable Cocoa Mouse with the 
This card is smaller then I usually make. It could even be a good size for a gift enclosure card. Ok...do you see what I mean about the moose? I colored this guy with colored pencils and gamasol. I tried gamasol for the first time this past weekend, and HAD to have it. I love the effect it gives, and the fact that I didn't have to buy new colored pencils to use it! I layered him onto some checkered pieces of PP. The sentiment is actually a QKR Stampede image that I cut up, and used part on the outside, and the rest on the inside. 
The image is called 
Unfortunately, I don't have any of the awesome 
So, I stamped the gumball machine, and colored it with markers. For the "filling", I first stamped the part that would be filled with candy onto another piece of white CS. I also stamped it onto some acetate, so it would look like it is colored in glass. 
