Happy Father’s Day!

Part 1…

(my hubby reads my blog, so I can’t show you his card until tomorrow)

I made this card for my father-in-law and another very similar for my dad.

 

The image quality is terrible… not sure why.  Sorry about that!  The background is embossed with a circle embossing folder, the sentiment was printed and cut using a Silhouette Studio file.  I coloured the heart red with a marker before covering it with stickles.  The papers are Basic Grey Oxford, and the hearts were punched using the SU three heart punch.  I covered them with some gold Tim Holtz crackle paint stuff (can’t think of the proper name of it right now), in the gold colour, then added some vintage photo distress stain to it once it dried. 

 

Thanks for stopping by!

Steph

Mr. Sock Monkey

Hello!  This card was made for our friends’ son’s first birthday.  The party was going to be a Sock Monkey theme, so of course I had to make a sock monkey card! 

The monkey was created using a variety of punches, with the torso being cut using an oval nestabilites die.  The monkey is made with Soft Suede textured cardstock from SU, which I rubbed a white ink pad on and then stamped with a canvass type stamp using some dark brown ink to give it the look of textured material.  The white parts are Neenah natural cardstock stamped with some versamark (I think because the stamp was a bit dirty from the darker brown ink, the versamark turned a light brown colour when I stamped it).  I used my silhouette to cut the balloons, and I dipped the strings in some matte multi medium to get them to curl before I glued them to the card.  The patterned paper is from a provocraft pad that I bought at wal mart a long time ago.
In addition to the card, I also whipped up this bag for his gift, which was of course, a sock monkey (a miniature version, since he already had the big one).

I used circle and oval dies for the monkey on the bag.  I bought the plain bag in a pack at Wal Mart.  This is basically how I wrap all of my gifts now – with handmade bags that coordinate with my cards.  It’s so inexpensive and they seem to be much appreciated!
Thanks for stopping by!
Steph

Up For A Challenge!

Hello!  I’m back again and hope to be back a fair bit more regularly now.  I was motivated by Kraftin’ Kimmie’s “Under the Sea” challenge theme this week to break out my mermaid stamps.  I’ve been wanting to attempt the “no lines” colouring – where you stamp the image in a very light coloured ink instead of the usual black to give the image the appearance of having no lines.  This is my first attempt, and man, I’m pretty happy with how it turned out.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nerissa from Kraftin’ Kimmie was stamped in a light pink Memento Ink (not sure of the exact colour).  The papers were from Bo Bunny’s Barefoot Bliss collection. 

Here is a close up of Nerissa

Copics used: Skin: E0000, E00, E01, E11, R20, R22, Hair: E31, 33, 35, 37 and 50, Shell: R0000, R30, R32, E50, E51, E53, E55, Tail: B0000, B000, B01, B32, B34, B37, B39, YG0000, YG3, YG5, YG6, YG25

Thanks for stopping by,
Steph

It’s Been a While!

Wow, just looked back at the last post I made on here and it was Halloween!  Can’t believe it’s been almost 3 whole months!  Things have of course been busy around here.  Our little man is now 6 and a half months old, and I love him to absolute bits.  He’s rolling all over the place, beginning to sit up on his own, and putting everything in his mouth. 

With all of the programs we’re involved in, I haven’t found much time to craft.  I did make all of my Christmas cards this year, but I’ll have to post pictures of them another day.  Today’s post is my first ever attempt at a Simon Says Stamp challenge.  I loved the sketch for this week’s challenge, so I thought I’d try it out.  My husband’s nana fell and broke her radius so this card will be sent to her to cheer her up:

For this card I used a House Mouse stamp, stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black ink on Neenah cardstock, coloured up with copics, some Basic Grey papers (Hopscotch Collection) that I inked with some Vintage Photo distress ink, and Stampin’ Up’s Early Espresso and Blush Blossom (retired) cardstock.  The buttons were made with a die from Papertrey Ink., and I glossed them up with some Glossy Accents.  I actually did sew them onto the card with some embroidery floss that I’ve had for years. The brads are Basic Grey, and the sentiment is from a My Favorite Things set.

My next challenge for myself is to figure out the Inlinkz Link Manager and get using that on this blog, and to enter into more challenges.  Wish me luck!

Thanks for stopping in,

Steph

Happy Halloween!

Well, long time no see!  Things have been busy around here with the little one, but I’m loving it.  We have such a busy schedule with exercise classes, yoga, and lots of long walks, I’ve had very little crafting time… so I feel as though I need an excuse to get back in the craft room and get crafty!  (It helps that the hubby is going to be off for a while so he can help watch the little one while I craft a bit)  I’ve decided to attempt to become a Kraftin’ Kimmie Krafty Guest!  I’ve left it to the last minute (no surprise there), but I really hope I’m asked!  I’ve LOVED Kraftin’ Kimmie stamps ever since I’ve laid eyes on them, and have built up quite the collection over the last year and a half – in case you couldn’t tell by all the KK images I use on my cards.  They are such fun to colour, and there’s one for pretty much every occasion.  The challenge to enter into the Krafty Guest contest was to use our favourite KK stamp, but since I have so many favourites, I decided to use my most favourite Halloween one, which is Witchypoo!  Here is my card in all its glory:

I coloured her up with Copics, and layered her over some sparkly glitter paper.  I used a Martha Stewart punch for the bats, the graveyard, and the tag.  The skull was covered with some Liquid Applique which gives it the puffy look.  The patterned paper is from my stash.

Thanks for stopping by to take a look, and wish me luck!

Happy Halloween,

Steph

Kraftin’ Kimmie’s “No Embellies” Challenge

This week’s challenge over at Kraftin” Kimmie stamps is to create a card with no embellishments, and it just so happens that I made one! (UPDATE – of course, I did not get a chance to upload this before the deadline, so I wasn’t eligible for the challenge… but that’s ok, taking care of the little one is the first priority nowadays :))

My good friend, Erin’s, sister was getting married last weekend so she requested a wedding card.  I pulled out two of my favourite KK stamps, Chester and Posy.  I coloured them to look (almost) exactly like how the bride and groom would look on the big day – yes, the bride wore red!  I have been told that she really liked the card, which is excellent!  I apologize for the terrible picture – I was busy with the baby, so the hubby was playing photographer, and the lighting was not all that good… obviously. 

Thanks so much for stopping by!  Until next time… toodles!

S.

He FINALLY Arrived!

After being 11 days overdue, and with a not so gentle nudge from the doctor, my beautiful little man, Nathan arrived on July 4, weighing in at 8lbs, 2oz.  I have to say, I was extremely pleased with my delivery day, and childbirth was not that bad (that’s with my new best friend “epidural”).  All in all it was just an amazing experience, and I am loving being a mom!  Needless to say, my crafting moments have been few and far between, but that’s ok.  

This newborn photo was taken by Tracy at Creative Simplicity Photography, and is copyrighted to her.

Toodles,

Steph