Monday, February 23, 2009

CPS 104

Another challenge card! I just love everything Papertreyink. Unfortunately Chase and I are saving for road bikes, so I haven't been able to make a big splurge lately. This week CPS is featuring a layout by Nichole Heady of Paper Trey Ink, and I love the way it turned out. Here's the sketch:
I'm loving these bright colors. I also did the two things I seem to be stuck on buttons and stitching.

Paper: Riding Hood Red, Cosmo Cricket Hop Scotch and Over Easy, Yo-Yo Yellow
Ink: Glorious Green, Versamark Midnight Black
Stamps: Live Like You Mean It
Accessories: Recess buttons, White Embroidery Tread, Buck Naked Chipboard

Sunday, February 22, 2009

kwerner color challenge #42

I'm a little late on posting my color challenge card. I actually got it done on time, but I ran out of time on uploading it! However, it looks like Kristina extended the deadline due to some deleted links! Works good for me!

Here's the colors:This card is really simple, but I just love it! I think I might make this with a few other colors too. I also was totally out of kiwi kiss, so I had to use certainly celery, but I used some ink to make it a little darker. I think it works.
Stamps: Basic Grey Bittersweet, Honey Bees
Die Cuts: Birds and Blooms
Paper: Really Rust, More Mustard, Certainly Celery, White
Ink: Certainly Celery
Accessories: Rectangle Nestabilites, White Embossing Floss, Basic Grey Recess Buttons

Saturday, February 21, 2009

More Paisley.

Here's another card I used with the same stamp set from Wednesday. This set is becoming pretty useful!
You can't tell from the picture, but I kind of created a texture over the entire card with some purple ink. For some reason the white just seemed so stark against the bright colors. I also used some Diamond Stickles to add some interest.

Stamps: Bittersweet Basic Grey, Spring Solitude
Ink: Blue Bayou, Color Box Chalk Yellow Ochre, Eggplant
Paper: White, More Mustard
Accessories: Ribbon from Joann's, Diamond Stickles

Wednesday, February 18, 2009

happy hellos.

It seems likely lately I've had a lot of projects on my plate. When I sat down to make this card, I just kind of went with it, and I love the way it turned out. It's really pretty simple, but I added a few details that really make it special: Paper Piercing on the white stamps, glitter, and a cute edge.
Stamps: Basic Grey Bittersweet, Lots of Thoughts
Paper: Whisper White, Basic Black, Blue Bayou, More Mustard
Accessories: Basic Grey Recess Buttons, Threading Water punch
Ink: Craft White

Tuesday, February 17, 2009

more felt flowers.

Ahhh... seriouly I think I need help. I just can't stop making these, and I really have no use for a mission felt flowers. Someone help.

Monday, February 16, 2009

signs of spring.

All of the buttercups are starting to bloom on my parents farm. They are so pretty! There is something about spring that just makes me happy. Unfortunatly, I just checked the weather for this week on weather.com and it's going to be COLD. So much for that warm spell.

While I had the chance I picked a bunch of buttercups and added them to two antique store finds from this weekend.

I was crazy about this little creamer the second I saw it. It n ow has a permanent place on my sink window.
I also got this cute little milk bottle. It is about half the size of the normal one, and it works perfect for flowers. Here's to spring.

Sunday, February 15, 2009

happy valentine's day chase.

Chase worked a ton this weekend out in Brentwood. So I had a lot of time to do something creative for him for Valentine's Day. I decided that I would clean/organize his office at church and get him some new fish for his aquarium (don't ask about his old fish, rest their souls).

So first thing I went to my parent's house and got two chairs that my dad used when he owned his own business.They look so nice. Chase, actually has a really great office. When he moved to this office last year one of the coolest things we did was create black dry erase boards. We pained a black square and then hung plexiglass over it. He has to use wet dry erase markers to show up, but it is really cool. It would have been really cool if I would have taken a picture with the markers in action, but I had already gotten them totally clean. I wasn't going to clean them again. :) So after organizing, things looked pretty good:My final project was refilling the fish tank. Man, that takes forever. I remember the first time Chase and I did it, we had a bucket, but I had no idea where to find a bucket at church. So I improvised and used a trashcan. I'm so glad no one saw me. My next problem was that I couldn't put fish in the aquarium for a few days, so I settled for some fake ones. Chase also had this card waiting for him. I will say, although it was a present for Chase, I loved organizing everything.

Right here would be a good place to write about how much a I love Chase, but since I know he'll never read this, I'll save you all the mushy stuff. Happy Valentine's Day Friends.