SFYTT - Celebrate

Hello everyone, I haven't been posting all that much lately because of a health issue I've been having which I thought that after last week was getting better but as of yesterday it hasn't. So I'll be heading back to the doctors this week and will hopefully be feeling better soon.

Any woo I've been itching to participate in one of Jen DelMuro's Sketch for You to Try Challenges over the last few weeks so this morning I created a birthday card using a retired SU stamp set and Jen's sketch.

Supplies: Send a Celebration, Retired SU designer paper, Copics, Nesties, Ribbon, Large & small star punches, Small circle punch, Dazzling Diamonds, Brads, Pop dots. Colors: Real Red, More Mustard, Tempting Turquoise, Whisper White.

Thanks for stopping by!

Jane with Pearls & Gold

Today's post is a card that I created using a Rubber Romance Jane stamp from Susana's Custom Art & Card Design. I colored this image of Jane with my Copics and cut and embossed using my Nestabilities circle die, then after the whole card was put together I added Gold Spica glitter pen in some of the strands in her hair, small pearls for her bracelet and corners of the card and Scattered Straw Designer Stickles to her necklace and ear ring.

Just so you don't miss out on the fun:

There are some exciting events happening over at the Paper Craft Planet - Susana's Custom Art & Card Design group! Susana has a secret new illustrator with a fabulous new line of stamps that will be sold at her store. The illustrator will be revealed in a fun way with a puzzle piece guessing game for a chance to win a $25.00 gift card to Susana's store & a hand colored image starting this Saturday!

TECC53 - Stella

For today's card I used this last Friday's Taylored Expressions Cupcake Sketch and a stamped image of this fun Stella from my friend Dawn. It seems that I've been making a bunch of Valentine cards this year for some reason, maybe its because of all the snow we've been having or because we were all sick a few weeks ago and all the red & pink colors are cheerful.

After stamping this Stella image I cut and embossed her with my Nestabilities die and added a scallop mat, then pop dotted the whole image, then added the Bittersweet Basic Grey designer paper and brads. The saying is from the computer and cut out with my SU circle punches with a small heart and gem tacked on. The last thing I did was to add some glitter to Stella's wand and crown and Crystal Effects to all of the heart bubbles.

Have a great day!

Try It Out Tuesday Challenge #4 - Valentine Tea

For today's Try It Out Tuesday Challenge over at the Follow Your Heart Blog was to create a Valentine card using stamps from Susana's Custom Art & Card Design that weren't for Valentine's day. So I decided to use this Karen Lockhart Teapot stamp and to make it into a Valentine, and using the saying inside the card helped to tie the image and theme together.

The saying on the inside says:

On February 14th at half past three,

brew yourself a cup of tea.

I'll think of you,

You think of me

What good friends we'll always be!

After stamping this KL image and coloring it with my Copics I used a Pink Spica glitter pen on the cupcakes and a Clear Spica on the steam coming out of the teapot. The designer paper is Bittersweet Basic Grey paper that I received from Tammi and I love it! I also added some Baubles, pink taffeta ribbon and the SU Happy Valentines saying along with a pocket inside the card to hold the tea bag to finish off the card.

If you haven't stopped over at the Paper Craft Planet site and visited Susana's Custom Art & Card Design group your missing out on all the fun! Right now we have some awesome Blog Candy up for grabs, so don't miss out on a chance to win!

PS I've been not feeling well over the past few days so that's the reason for not posting.