STVPF18 - FOLLOW YOUR STAR!!

ORANGE & LIME SHERBET WITH VANILLA ICE CREAM

This week Lee over on Stamp TV set us a Friday Potluck Challenge like no other! This is never a surprise since Lee always thinks outside the box to challenge us and make us more creative. This week Lee's challenge was to design a card with our favourite ice cream colours. Well!! I have three favourites and if I can get 'em all in the same bowl....can you say HEAVEN!!! LOL!! You got it! Lime & Orange Sherbet with Vanilla Ice Cream are my all time favourites. Orange Sherbet with Vanilla Ice Cream is like having a bowl of Creamsicle!!! OMGosh!! I'm starting to drool!!!

Let me tell you a bit about the card. The images are from one of the new Gina K stamp sets called Sporty Accessories

The cheer leader outfit, pom poms and megaphone have all been coloured in my ice cream flavour colours. I added some glitter to the megaphone's lettering with my jellyroll pen. The glitter was added to spice it up a smidgen as only glitter can do!! I have added dimension with foam dimensionals to add that 2-d effect we all love. Here is a picture of it at an extreme left angle so you can see where the dimensionals have been added.

Finally, the inside was finished with the same dp used on the outside. {In fact I used every scrap of the 6X6 sheets of dp used for this card!! Gotto love that!! No waste at all and no scraps to add to my monumental scrap pile!! } The sentiment inside comes from Paper Makeup Stamps. The sentiment and star are from their Star Struck Set.

Hope you like it. I am off to the grocery store....lime & orange sherbet are calling my name!! Thanks for stopping by!!

Sunshine :)

3 NEW PROJECTS

As promised I have some new cards to upload today. I made 3 projects last night. I am referring to them as projects because not all of them are cards! lol! Here is the first one. It was supposed to be for STV's Sketch Challenge this week but I was too late! Oh well....it's still a cute card. I am calling it:

LAZY DAYS OF SUMMER

Here is a peak of the inside sentiment. Can't you just imagine the wind in your hair and the salt air tickling your nose when you look at the little sail boat??!!

The next card is for the current STV Colour Challenge. Unfortunately, my memory failed me last night and the blue I was thinking I was matching to is not so close after all. I guess I am going to have to start taking my laptop up to my card room when the colour challenges are an image like this one was. I am pretty darn pleased with the card though. Let's see what you all think. This one I call:

WISDOM WALK

For this one I have used a Gina K Designs flower stamp from A YEAR IN FLOWERS. I decided to use some scraps I had left over from other cards for this one. Once I decided on the cs it all just came together. This is a mish mash of different sketches I have used and seen. I don't believe I have used this particular set up before. I am particularly proud of the way the buttons look on the little ribbon hinges. There are some dew drops of Diamond Glaze on the flower as well, but they are rather difficult to see. Here is a shot of the card from a different angle.

Finally, here is a shot of the inside of the card. As always I have finished the inside. The sentiment for this card is not from Gina K, however. It is a sentiment I recently purchased from Whipper Snapper Designs. It is called WISDOM WALK and it really speaks to me. I hope it resonates in your mind as well. As you can see I used the same dp on the inside as out and I have added a bow. I just love the little cluster of buttons on this one. Hope you all like it as much as I do.

The final project is a POST-IT NOTE HOLDER. I call it:

YUMMY ICE CREAM

Isn't this just so cute?! This is the first post - it note holder I have ever made but I am thinking it will not be my last. I am already thinking about making a slew of these for my girlfriends for Christmas!! I am also going to figure out a way to add a pen/pencil holder to them as well. I will post them once I have figured out what I am going to do. Now let me tell you a little bit about this project. It was easy peasy to do, so if you are thinking it's difficult; it's not. I used two layers of cs for this one to keep it good and rigid. The other thing I did is to add a tuck in flap for the bottom flap to slide into in order to keep the holder shut when not in use. The samples I have seen use a flap or a magnet to hold them shut. I decided when I was gluing the inside layer to the outside to leave an inch without glue to slide the bottom flap into. It works like a charm. The image on the holder is a Gina K image from Gina K's new FREE WITH THREE SET. Doesn't the ice cream look just so yummy!! I added Diamond Glaze to the bowl and spoon to give them a little more oomph. I also used the Diamond Glaze as an adhesive to hold the image in place and unfortunately that is why there is a little glaze at the top of the ice cream. I finished the front with a pretty lavender bow. Now, here is a picture of the inside showing off the POST IT NOTE pad I chose to use for this project. Here is HAPPY BUNNY!! He makes me laugh out loud in an empty room!!! LOL!! Enjoy!

Well, that's it for now. I am off to prime some kitchen cabinet doors. Hope you like my newest cards / projects and they inspire you to make something today. Thanks for stopping by!

Sunshine :)

I SEWED A CARD!! MMSC4

I did it! I sewed a card! I can't begin to explain to you how HUGE this is! I have owned a brand new sewing machine for 3 YEARS and it was still in its original packaging with the factory seal in tact!! I have a thing about sewing machines. They either love me or hate me! This one apparently loves me!! LOL! Either that or its just so grateful to be out of the box it would dare not work well!! LOL!! The kitty is from a Michael's Delta stamp I picked up on my last trip to Grand Forks, ND. The hearts, flowers and sentiment are from my Just So Hippy Gina K stamp set. This set is really versatile. I love that I can use bits and pieces of it on my projects! The Frame is from the Dollar store and was actually 2/$1!!! I added Diamond Glaze to the flowers and hearts to add some dimension and the kitty is paper pieced. I have a pic of the kitty lower down that will show you in detail where I paper pieced Mr. Kitty. Oh! The sketch for this card is from the MIDNIGHT SKETCH CHALLENGE!!

Without further ado here is my first sewn card!!



Here are some pics of the inside! I sewed the inside too! I also added a couple of the Just So Hippy flowers on the inside and another kitty that has been stamped on the dp and then raised on dimensionals to make him pop. The flowers on the other side of the card are from...you guessed it..the Dollar Store!! LOL!!



Here is the close up the kitty for you to see up close the paper piecing I did with him! You can clearly see that his head, tail and the butterfly have been paper pieced. I can tell you his tail was not a piece of cake!! I was terrified I would make him a bob cat!! LOL!!

Well, that's my card for today folks! It took a while but it was worth it! I hope you think so too. Thanks for stopping by! Have a great night!

Sunshine

MMSC3 DOES THIS MAKE MY BUTT LOOK BIG???

Let me introduce you to Gertie. Gertie {That's the name I gave her.} is from the Gina K stamp set "Just So Hippy". I decided to go outside of comfort zone a bit. For this card I paper pieced Gertie and made her a tutu out of a piece of lace curtain. I coloured the lace with a red Bic marker. The rest of the card is made with red and blue cs. The bling as always came from the Dollar Store or the Buck or Two! The sentiments on the outside of this card are from two different sources. "Be Honest" is a stamp created with my "JustRite" Stamper
The other sentiment is computer generated.

This is an up close of Gertie. Isn't she cute! She even has a little bling on her tail!!

The sentiments inside are from different sources as well. The "Giggle, Beautiful & Girl" are from the Dollar Store and "Hippy Birthday" is from the "Just So Hippy" Gina K stamp set.

I hope you like this card as much as I do. It is going off in the mail to one of my bestest buddies in Prince Edward Island tomorrow. I know its going to make her laugh out loud!! Thanks for stopping by! More to come tomorrow. 2 new cards on the horizon!!

Sunshine