Club Card and a Funny!

With Laila being sick, I'm running a bit behind on preparing for club.  I finally designed a card to go along with our ornaments today and got it all ready to go.   I'm not sure we'll have time to do both, but we'll see how the night goes.   I saw a fun sketch at Create with Connie and Mary and while I wasn't able to stamp and enter it, I still had a great time with it.

My Happy Hour set seemed neglected so I thought I'd pull it out and make something fun. With the way this week has been going, I could use a cocktail.  lol   Maybe I can treat myself on my birthday next week!  :)

I'm pretty sure my Old Olive went into shock when I pulled it out to use it today. I remember back in the day when it was THE green to use.  I think both it and Chocolate Chip are probably a bit depressed these days.  

Now on to the funny...  

Jason and I were cleaning out some drawers and found this "gorgeous" Valentine that I made him back when I first started stamping.    It's very special that's for sure.  I tried right?   It's good to look back and see how far I've come with my hobby and how much using Stampin' Up! almost exclusively has helped as well.

My sweet girl isn't throwing up today but she is pretty tired.  She fell asleep playing in her bouncy seat today.  I think her tooth is starting to push through the gums a bit more so she has been pretty fussy today.  I am not a fan of teething so far that's for sure.

Hopeful Monkey

I got up before everyone else today, so I took that time to do a bit of stamping.  I feel very inspired by the Hope You Can Cling To challenges, so I wanted to do another one.  I completed the second one hosted by Lori that involves making a card for a child.  Here's the description of her challenge:  Make a card or two for the kiddos! These could be for a child who is called to stand strong much to early by fighting or a child that needs a little extra lovin' while mom or dad focuses on getting well.   I combined it with the fun colors from colourQ this week.  

Yes, it's SOCK MONKEY!!  :)  I know he, or in this case she, has few fans, but I love it.  I thought it would be fun to paper piece her to add a bit of fun.   Hopefully there's a little girl somewhere that will like her and not be frightened.  lol   My card was inspired by this gorgeous one from Tessa.  

Stamps:  Sock Monkey (retired)

Ink:  Basic Gray

Paper:  Basic Black, Basic Gray, Whisper White, Pink Pirouette, Melon Mambo, Neutrals and Brights DSP stack

Tools/Accessories:  Big Shot, Chevron embossing folder, heart punch

I couldn't remember if I'd shared this picture of Laila, but it's one of my favorites.  Doesn't it look like she's holding that giraffe like a baby?   

More Craft Fair stuff...

 I finally finished off my tile coasters and got them all packaged up and ready to sell.   I think they turned out great!   I <3 Circle Circus!  

I made up a couple of card kits for the kids because I would hate to leave anyone out.  I love how they turned out and I am probably going to make up a few more before my next attempt at an event.   This project was one that was easier for boys than girls!   That rarely happens as I find masculine/boy things difficult to come up with, but this was so easy!

Sock Monkey!

I decided to try the sketch challenge on SCS this week and here's what I came up with.    I'm trying REALLY hard to be more creative myself and not always have to CASE other cards, so the sketch challenge seemed to be a good place to start.    It is a dreary, rainy day in Texas, so I needed some bright colors and a fun stamp set to cheer me up a bit!    Sock Monkey always makes me smile!

My other goal is to try/learn more about the tools and accessories I'll be selling as a Stampin' Up! demonstrator.   I pulled out the blender pens and used them along with my ink pads to color in my image.   It was so easy and so much faster than using my colored pencils!    I will definitely be doing that on my line art images.  

Recipe:
Ink: StazOn Jet Black (#101406), Tempting Turquoise (#100814), Chocolate Chip (#100908), Pretty in Pink (#101301)
Paper:  Tempting Turquoise (#102067)  (the designer paper and the green card stock are both retired)
Accessories:   Brights brads (#119740)
Tools:  Blender Pens (#102845), Modern Label Punch (#119849), Stamp-a-ma-jig (#101049)

On a different note, I got to place my first order yesterday and thanks to my awesome husband, I met my own quarterly minimums for this quarter!  Yay.  I think he is tired of hearing me whine about not having ribbon or markers...or stamps...or paper.   Well, you know how it is.  :)    I am so excited about getting my new stamp sets!