Baby Buggy Hello

I made this card for one of my neighbors that was expecting a little girl. And this cad is perfect for this week's House Mouse challenge (HMFMC136) which is "new beginnings"   I can't think of a better new beginning than welcoming a little baby girl into the world.

Supplies:
Stamp: Stampabilities-House Mouse, Stampin Up (greeting)
Ink: Stampin' Up
Coloring: I think I used Stampin' Up Watercolor Wonder crayons and my aqua painter.
Paper: Creative Memories
Tools: Paper piercer, Stampin' Up (Top Notes die), Martha Stewart border punch
Accessories: Misc ribbon.

Victorian Blue Christmas

I've been making some Christmas cards and needed to get out of the standard red and green color mode.  When I saw this week's Dynamic Duo's challenge (DD29), it was just the ticket.   I combined it with this week's Retro Sketches challenge (RS38) and came up with this card.  

The stamp I used is one I unmounted some time ago and wish I could recall the brand.  Some of the first stamps I unmounted, I didn't think to keep track of the manufacturer.   I want to say it's Good Night Media, but I'm not sure.  If you recognize it, please post. 

Here's a bit of a close up.  I used SU watercolor wonder crayons to add some muddled hues to the background of the image.  And markers, to go over the "Merry Christmas".  I also colored in a few little spots on the black and white print paper using a Marina Mist SU marker just to tie it all together a bit more.

...and a peek into the inside of the card.  I haven't add a greeting yet.  I'll do that as I get ready to send it.

Here's the sketch and color inspiration.   My main image was a bit large so I had to adjust the sketch, but the inspiration is there nonetheless.

Supplies: 

Stamp: Inkadinkadoo

Paper: Stampin' Up (Night & Day DSP, Subtles Patterns stack), SU Cardstock (Marina Mist, Basic Black, Whisper White)

Ink: SU Basic Black (gotta wait for it to dry after stamping)

Coloring: SU markers, SU watercolor wonder crayons

Tools: EK Success Border punch on the inside

Accessories: SU ribbon

Butterfly Card Set

This is a very simple but fun card set that my daughter and I made for her teacher last year. 

The stamps we used are by Stampin Up - Wonderful Wings.   We stamped the images using a brown Stampin' Up dye ink, colored the images using Stampin Up Watercolor Wonder crayons and an aqua painter, and then cut out just the wings.   On a simple white card base, we stamped the same butterfly again in brown and adhered the colored wings using Stampin Up Dimensionals (pop dots).   The cards were packaged up in sleeves and we made a box for them to live in.  The cover of the box has another card mounted on it with a simple thank you stamped below the butterfly.   The blue paper on the cover of the box is by Creative Memories.  The cover of the box is border punched using a Fiskars punch.  The box is then held shut with some silver Stampin' Up elasti-cord.

Simple but oh I just love how this card set turned out.  

Thank You Mouse

My kids just love House Mouse stamps.   And I confess.  I kinda like them too.  They're just too darned cute.

I did use a little trick on this card.  I didn't have ribbon to match, so I grabbed some white grosgrain ribbon and dyed it with the ink pad.  

Supplies: 
Stamps: Stampabilities House Mouse, Stampin' Up (Oval All)
Ink: Stampin' Up
Coloring Media: Stampin' Up Watercolor Wonder.  
Paper: Stampin' Up (Blushing Bride), Misc White
Tools: Cuttlebug Embossing Folder, Stampin' Up punches, Spellbinder dies,
Accents: Ribbon (died with SU ink), Prima flowers, handmade dew drops (plastic accent beads from the floral department died with alchohol inks)

Hubby's Santa Card

I love that Santa stamp so much to where I had to use it for my hubby's Christmas card.   

Supplies:

Paper: Stampin Up Cardstock

Stamps:  Stampin Up Christmas Punch, Unknown Santa stamp (I unmounted it and don't recall the brand)

Ink/Coloring: Stampin Up Classic Ink, Stampin Up Watercolor Wonder Marker, Sakura Clear Star Gel Pen

Tools: EK Success Border Punch, Stampin Up Curly Label punch, Spellbinders dies

Accessories: Misc. Ribbon

Santa's White Christmas Card

This was last year's Christmas card.   Since I made dozens of these, it had to be a design that I really liked.  Thanks to my local Stampin Up Demonstrator, Chris Galbraith, I found the layout I wanted to use.  Hopefully she doesn't mind me posting her name and linking her blog.  She's a great gal.   I did turn that layout into a white and silver color scheme with this Santa stamp I picked up ages ago and he really needed to be put to some use. 

I started running out of ribbon and brads.  After digging through my stash and a trip to Hobby Lobby, I found a few alternatives.   Here's a sampling.  They still turned out quite similar. 

Supplies: 

Paper: White cardstock, silver shimmer paper I picked up at Xpedex.

Stamp: Unknown - I unmounted it and regretfully didn't track the mfg.

Ink & Coloring: Stampin Up Black Classic Ink and Stampin Up Watercolor Wonder Crayons, Sakura Gelly Roll Clear Star sparkly gel pen

Tools: Cuttlebug embossing folder, aqua painter

Accessories: Misc ribbon, various brads

Technique: 

I colored the stamped image using Stampin Up's Watercolor Crayons and an aqua painter.   After the imaged dried, I added a bit of sparkle to the berries and bell on Santa's hat.