Bloggers Challenge ~ Designer Series Paper Challenge

I'm still making swaps... Well, by now I'm swapping my swaps!

This beautiful card is mainly about the raspberry tart designer series paper. Out of all the cards I made for swapping, I'm most proud of this one. It's not that it took more time. It just does "it" for me. :)

First, I embossed the sentiment on whisper white paper, and embossed the ice cream on designer series paper. Letting the swirl pattern show through. Then, i laid crystal effects on the glass and let that dry. I used a 2 way glue pen to adhere that to the white scallop and layered a rose red scallop behind it. The background of my card... Maybe you can see the hearts? Well that's the new trio punch that will be available from your demonstrator on January 19th. I just used glue dots to adhere the hearts on. I just used a pair of snips to cut the excess of the sides.

This card is so much fun and was fun to make. It didn't take that long to make 12 of them... So it's cute AND it didn't take forever to make! A keeper for sure! :) Thanks for checking this out. Please also check out the fantastic work of the other bloggers who take the weekly challenge! I think you'll agree their work is top notch!

Another Swap card!

I'm in a "wow" swap, and I hope that this fits the bill. This is the new jackpot designer series paper and buzzing by stamp set, not yet available. It will be available through your demonstrator on January 19th! Isnt this set adorable??

I stamped the bees in chocolate chip ink and masked the bee flying in front. Then i stamped the hive over it. I colored the image with a waterbrush and markers.. Barely Banana, apricot, Mustard and Real Red.

The background is the Belle Toille background stamp with Mustard Ink on Mustard paper. I added dazzling diamonds with a 2-way glue pen to the bees. I hope my swapping friends like this card!

Selene

DCBD 109 ~ A pretty cool sketch challenge

My dance card is full this week with going to leadership and I'm in 3 swaps which I had to design 4 cards. This card will be used for one of the first swaps, tomorrow afternoon. Thanks for the inspiration Heidi! I love the sketch and had fun with this one.

This card is basic grey and certainly celery. I stamped the background image in versamark to make the lower half of the card and stamped the sentiment right on top, omitting the oval, but it's there in your imagination, right??

I added paper from the "love story" simply scrappin kit which is NOT retiring (woo hoo) and stamped the main image with basic grey ink on shimmer white cardstock. This is a really pretty combination and I hope you enjoy. I'm early this week because i'm off to Orlando in the AM, please check out what the other diva's are up to tomorrow. here are the links to their blogs.

Stay tuned, i'll be posting my other swap cards while I'm away! Have a great rest of the week!

Selene

Chris Austin
Connie Babbert
Dannie Graves
Dee Tollaksen
Heidi Michel (Mrs Diva)
Jennifer Van Wart
Julie Semones
Kristen Moore
Lisa Freeman
Vivian Swain

Totally Fun!

This week's mojo Monday sketch from Julee, comes from her brand new blog! Way to go on creating a blog just for Mojo Monday. I really enjoyed this sketch and noticed a striking resemblance to some new Designer series paper I got. So I went with the colors on the sketch too!

It's much more sparkly in real life. I added dazzling diamonds to every edge of the black paper, and to the top of the black brads, it's really quite beautiful with all the sparkle. The main rose image is stamped on shimmer white. I really love this sketch! I had so much fun, and I really wouldn't have put these two prints together if it wasnt for your sketch... Awesome.

Amy's first "solo" card!

I had an unscheduled open stamp night here last night. I had a new person in attendance Amy T. Amy went to a class in New Jersey with her mom and recieved a whole bunch of stamping goodies for Christmas.

I showed her how to cut the paper and she was off! She made this card in just a few minutes and started working on several others! Isn't it cute?? Hopefully Amy will join us again, it was fun!

Bloggers Challenge #80 ~ Color challenge Baja, Chocolate, Red

I've been dragging my feet getting going with stamping after the holidays, but once I got going with this one, I had FUN!

It sort of turned out like a masculine valentine's card. I started with Murfield Designer Series Paper. It's so pretty. I used the solid Baja patterns and just put them up against one another. Also, I've been eyeballing the Poetic Artistry blog all week with this fabulous sketch #67 that Julee, put up Monday for her weekly Mojo Monday challenge. Click here to play along!

I decided not to shade or color the birds at all.... Somehow it looks masculine and clean that way. I really had a blast putting this quick and easy card together! Great sketch and color combo.

Please check out my girlfriends work with the bloggers challenge group. I cant wait to see what they came up with for this rich color combo!

Happy New Year ~ A project for my mom

Happy New Year to Everyone! I had so much fun making this latest project. My mom gave me a package of photos that my daughter Alexis and her took of one another. Alexis was three at the time and is a pretty good photographer already! This album is also a 2009 calendar. My mom's birthday is Saturday, and I plan on picking her up for lunch and giving her the book while we're out. I think she's going to love it. There is also one photo below that I wanted to show. In order to seal the innermost page, I used a two way glue pen, let it dry, so now, the inside red piece is removable and resealable!
To see larger versions of each of the pages below, just click on the small photo and you'll be able to view a larger version.
Happy New Year and I wish you all a safe, happy and healthy 2009!
Selene~