Typewriters!

Okay, remember on {last} Monday when I played with the Embossing Paste? And back a month ago when I said this typewriter set was one of my favorite things in the new catalog? Well, let's combine those with this awesome brick stencil and the fact that I really love brick and I really love these cards! So much that I just kept going!
...it just took me a few days to get the blog post typed up.....!

I made the first two brick walls just after I did the clouds on the baby card. I pictured a blue and a pink typewriter on the side like this, but I couldn't decide which shade of pink to go with... So I had to make more brick walls, haha! I also used different methods to color in the typewriters, getting slightly different results. I really needed "thinking of you" type cards and the greetings that come with the typewriter didn't fit the people I need cards for, so I used the "hello" from Tabs For Everything instead. The font is different and yet I think it works. I'm really happy with each of them.

This is the simplest card of the set. This typewriter was colored with the colored pencils and a Blender Pen.

Supplies:

Stamps: PS You're The Best, Tabs For Everything

Ink: Stazon Black, Melon Mambo 

Paper: Melon Mambo, Smoky Slate, Shimmery White card stocks

Accessories: White Baker's Twine, White Embossing Paste, Pattern Party Decorative Masks, Palette Knives, Watercolor Pencils, Blender Pens, Dimensionals

This one ended up my favorite coloring job. In this case, I used the Flirty Flamingo ink pad and the Aquapainter on the Shimmery card stock. And it was one of those times I rather impressed myself, haha. Later my daughter made pretty much the same comment so there you go!

Supplies:

Stamps: PS You're The Best, Tabs For Everything

Ink: Stazon Black, Flirty Flamingo, Smoky Slate

Paper: Flirty Flamingo, Smoky Slate, Shimmery White card stocks

Accessories: Calypso Coral Ombre ribbon, Metallic Sequins, White Embossing Paste, Pattern Party Decorative Masks, Palette Knives, Aquapainter, Dimensionals, Glue Dots

For these next two cards, I took a brilliant idea (from Jeanna HERE) to stick the flowers behind the typewriter. I think it adds a lot, both in color and just that extra something it needed. 

Supplies:

Stamps: PS You're The Best

Ink: Stazon Black, Dark Old Olive Stampin' Blends marker, Dark Daffodil Delight Stampin' Blends marker, Color Lifter Stampin' Blends marker

Paper: Bermuda Bay, Smoky Slate, Shimmery White card stocks

Accessories: Burlap Ribbon, White Baker's Twine, White Embossing Paste, Pattern Party Decorative Masks, Palette Knives, Watercolor Pencils, Blender Pens, Dimensionals

And I think this one ended up my favorite, because the Gold Thread worked out better than the Baker's Twine in the blue card. Also I love the coloring again, which this time was done with Stampin' Blends markers.

Supplies:

Stamps: PS You're The Best, Tabs For Everything

Ink: Memento Black, Old Olive, Dark Old Olive Stampin' Blends marker, Dark Daffodil Delight Stampin' Blends marker, Color Lifter Stampin' Blends marker

Paper: Old Olive, Smoky Slate, Shimmery White card stocks

Accessories: Gold metallic thread, White Embossing Paste, Pattern Party Decorative Masks, Palette Knives, Dimensionals

I think it's safe to say I have some favorite toys, haha.... What do you think? Do you have a favorite of these? 

Now I just have to get them written in and mailed out.... very, very soon! 

Letterboard Birthday

Happy Monday! I got three cards done Thursday afternoon, so here's the last one. I do love some good stamping time!
I love letterboards. I love words and I love quotes so that's not surprising. I don't have one, and I have no idea where I would put one, but I really like them. And I am pretty sure that's why I got this set, haha. I needed new words and I narrowed it down to three sets and placed my order and wondered if that was really the one I wanted..... but here it is and here's my second card with it AND I used the letterboard! So I guess it's a good one, haha!
This time I used the new-to-me Just Add Ink sketch. Every stamp image on the card came from this set, and I used two brand new colors- Gorgeous Grape and Granny Apple Green!

Supplies:
Stamps: Tabs for Everything
Ink: Gorgeous Grape, Granny Apple Green, Smoky Slate
Paper: Granny Apple Green, Gorgeous Grape and Whisper White card stocks

Maybe my next creations will take a few more minutes to make, haha, but I was excited to get three cards done in one nap time!

Adorable!

Yesterday was Independence Day, and we seem to do something different every year. One thing we always do is take pics of the kids - sometimes in new clothes just for the occasion, sometimes in whatever they have that is red, white or blue, haha. And since this is a post about a baby, here's MY baby, practically ready for college...! sheesh....

 
Anyway! My newest order just arrived and I got to play! Like, I opened the brown box, put together a stamp set (not the one I used in this card), separated the card stock assortment, looked for challenges and made two cards! YEAY!
Today I'm just sharing one card. Most of my favorite challenge blogs have quit doing challenges, darnit, so I had to find new ones. This card uses both the colors and sketch from the current challenge on the Fusion Card Challenge blog. Quick and sweet!

Supplies:
Stamps: Tabs for Everything
Ink: Smoky Slate, Mint Macaron
Paper: Whisper White, Coastal Cabana, Mint Macaron & Smoky Slate card stocks