Happy Birthday, Pumpkin

I have been working hard trying to clean and purge my stamp room this week, but I finally decided to stamp in the middle of the madness.  :)   I wanted to play along with the new Wednesday challenge at Simon Says Stamp and the Colour Me challenge.    I'm always up for any excuse to use the Pumpkin Pie satin ribbon.  It is so gorgeous!  

I added a little sparkle to the "you" with my new Wink of Stella pen.   The splotches were made with a paintbrush and gesso colored with a bit of reinker.  

 Nutella mustache! :-)  

Stampin' Up! Branch Out

It's Wednesday and you know what that means!  Freshly Made Sketches!  Yay!  The amazing Linda is our hostess this time.  I just adore her and I hope she feels the same (and forgives me for messing up the sketch!).  lol    Laila has something going on lately and just does NOT want to nap.  I was behind and had to throw together a card in about 30 minutes yesterday.  This was the end result and it's a bit off from the sketch.  I should have looked again before I stamped, but the time was short and it is what it is...  :)

See?  My card is a bit off.   I hope it's close enough to pass.  When you add in a toddler, I think close is good.  I'm going with that anyway!  :)  

She managed to rub a lot of food into her hair at dinner yesterday.  Hot mess! 

Wednesday Stamp Club

I can't believe I finally have something to post.  I have been so blah all weekend and haven't stamped much at all.  I had big plans going in about all these cards I wanted to make and then NOTHING.  I tried stamping yesterday and messed up some paper and quit.  Then today I just wasn't motivated to go back at all.  I decided to go back in and try one last time to get this card finished up and here's what I ended up with.  It wasn't what I had in mind when I went to make it, so I'm not sure about it.  I did use my much neglected Cameo at least.   :-)   This is for the awesome sketch at the MFT Wednesday Stamp Club.  

I'm so worn out from staying up to watch some of the March Madness games, so I'm hoping for an early bedtime tonight.   *yawn*  I'll try to catch The Walking Dead with Jason and then crash out.  

On Friday we got Laila a little table and chairs from IKEA.  She seems to like it so far, so yay!  

Before I sign off, I wanted to make sure everyone knew that Sale-a-Bration is almost over.  It ends tomorrow and so does our current quarter at Stampin' Up!   If anyone needs anything at all, please consider dropping by my online store.   I need another $50 in sales for the quarter and that's just enough to earn a free item for Sale-a-Bration!   Perfect! 

I Heart AE Party Animal

Avery Elle and Simon Says Stamp both have awesome challenges going on, so I took advantage of 5-10 minutes here and there today to put a card together for them.   It's easier to stamp all at one time to get your idea down, but sometimes you just have to do what time allows, right?! :-)  

 

I'm still addicted to watercolor paper, so I did a ombre wash with a few blues/teals.   It worked out that I had to stamp in spurts because it gave my paper time to dry.   I do need to get a new AE set as they are going to get tired of seeing Party Animal!  (Seriously though, who would?  Cutest set ever!)

I was trying to cook dinner yesterday and turned around to see this.  I guess she thinks she's a big girl now.  She's 21 months old today!  It's that crazy?!  Where is time going?!

FMS Fun Flower

Quick post for me as my allergies are totally kicking my butt today.    This is my card for this week's sketch at Freshly Made Sketches and also for the MFT Monthly Color Palette challenge. I seem to be addicted to my Fun Flowers die again, so someone might want to sneak over and hide it before you guys get sick of it. ;)




I love the colors and love Jen's awesome sketch!   I need to use it again with a star since I love those too.  :)

Laila was stuck inside with her under-the-weather momma today, so she got inventive to keep herself from being bored. :)  Trying on shoes and walking around in them was super fun I guess.  lol

Clean & Simple Cards

I finally took a bit of time to work on some cards for the class I'm taking.  I did cheat a little as they aren't really one layer cards, but I kept messing up and had to go down to working on a panel that I could trim down after I finished.   It took a lot of attempts for me to get a plaid background that looked like this and it still needs a lot of work to look good.  Post It tape really helped out a lot and I think I'm on the right track!   It's definitely a process to do and if you aren't good at masking (like me), it will take some effort and practice.  I'm going to keep trying as I think it is a super fun look!

For my second card I tried graffiti stamping.  I didn't really have good stamps for this one, but I tried.  I did the inlaid die cutting again for my teacher die and then stamped around it.   Not my favorite card and again, more practice and some new stamps will be key! 

Peek-a-boo!

Stampin' Up! Lovely as a Tree

Just a quick post today before my stamping event.  :)    This is one of the projects we are making today.   Simple, but perfect for the dudes in your life!  Lovely as a Tree just never gets old for me.  I stamped it on watercolor paper and colored it with my Aquapainter.   Easy!  

She might be wearing pink, but she still loves her truck.  

Stampin' Up! Summer Silhouettes with Hardwood

I thought I'd share a card we are making in my class tomorrow.  I love how it turned out so, so much!  I did a Calypso Coral version as well that's a bit different, so I'll try to snap a picture and post it tomorrow.   I am really in love with the Hardwood Background!  It's SOOOO awesome!  

Laila got a new swimsuit yesterday and some shoes that can get wet!  She's been having so much fun with her water table and swimming pool.  Unfortunately that fun involves getting her clothes and shoes soaked, so we decided to try the bathing suit and swim shoes yesterday.   Of course she didn't pour the water out everywhere or jump in the pool.   I guess that only happens when she's not dressed for it.  lol