Make Mine Dirty!

Hi all! This is the second post I made today. I'm on a roll! Woo Hoo! I was back up in my craft cave and made this card for Mojo Monday #234.

 and the sketch:

You had a choice of making a round or square card and I chose the square. I bought these stamps about a month ago, and when I saw this sketch, I knew it was time to ink them up! These are Bugaboo Stamps sold by Totally Stampalicious. I used my Marvy Uchida markers to color the image. (Guess all those Art classes in high school came in handy after all! LOL!) I absolutely love how this turned out! All patterned paper is from Echo Park's Happy Days collection; card stock is Bazzill. I added some red leather cord for the bow. I'm mean really, you HAVE to have red leather cord if you're gonna drink dirty martinis! (wink wink!)

Thanks for stopping by. Please feel free to leave a comment!

Chris ☺

Unity Stamps March KOM challenge

Wow, it has been forever since I've blogged! What with getting the flu, Spring cleaning and having my sister-in-law and niece fly out for a visit, I think I've only blogged twice in March. I can't be having that! So, here is a card that I created for the Unity Stamp KOM challenge.

and the sketch:

I did alot of fussy cutting with this card: basically everything except for the sentiment. All stamps are from the March KOM. I had a lot of fun with this kit!

Let me know what you think. Thanks for stopping by!

Chris ☺

My Favorite Things MFTWSC62

I'm on a roll tonight. This is my second post this evening! I've been up in my happy place (a.k.a. my craft room) playing with paper, stamps and ink again! This is a card I made for the MFTWSC62 challenge.

and the sketch:

I had a blast making this card! All the stamps are from Paper Smooches. For the three small panels, I stamped a flower in 6 different colors, 3 green and 3 yellow, using Marvy Uchida markers. I stamped and colored the bee yellow cut him out and adhered him with a foam square. I then used my paper piercer to make a flight path for him across the three panels. All the patterned paper is from DCWV except the dark grey strip which is from Echo Park. I distressed all the edges and drew some stitching on a couple of the panels. The sentiment I masked a few times to get it all on one line and to put some space between the e and n in 'been'.

Thank you for stopping by my blog. I hope that you have a great rest of the evening!

Chris ☺

Freshly Made Sketch #25

Hi there. I'm so happy to be feeling better finally after having the flu for what seemed like forever. Here's a card that I made for the Freshly Made Sketch challenge #25.

and the sketch:

The paper is MME, the stamps are from the Easter Icons set from Stampendous, and the ribbon is from May Arts. I used a punch from Martha Stewart to weave the ribbon thru the card stock. I really like how this card came out.

I'm so glad that I'm getting over the flu. Feeling so good that I'm sipping a glass of wine while blogging! Oh Joy and Rapture!!!

Have a great evening!

Chris ☺

Sweet Sunday Sketch #153 and Color Throwdown #182

Oh blog, how I missed you! About two weeks ago, Andy came home from work with a cold. So naturally, I go into sanitizing mode: washing hands practically every couple of minutes; wiping down all surfaces with Clorox wipes; opening windows to get fresh air when the weather permitted. Andy was fine after a few days, and I thought I was in the clear. WRONG! The flu slammed me on. my. ass! That was last week Tuesday. I'm still somewhat congested, but thankfully feeling close to my normal self again. (or as close to normal as I can be. If you know my family, you'll understand! ☺) I haven't made ANY cards/layouts in all that time. I was going into withdrawal! So today, I was ecstatic to go play with paper, ink, and glue up in my craft room. Happy Happy Joy Joy!

Here is a card that I made for SSSC153 and for CTD182:

Sorry for the bad light. I just took these shots a bit ago and it's dark outside. And the sketch and color challenge:

All the patterned paper is from the On The Boardwalk collection by Graphic 45. The pre made card base is from Bazzill and the rest of the card stock is from DCWV. The ribbon is from my stash. Those stamps on the inside? They are from Unity Stamps March KOTM which I just received in the mail today! Kismet!

I hope the remainder of this flu goes away soon. I'm missing my wine! 10 days and counting without my vino! Oh the humanity!

Thanks for stopping by! Have a great evening!

Chris ☺

CFC41 and CTD180 challenges

Hi all! We received some great news yesterday: My nephew and niece are expecting their first baby! Woo Hoo! We are soooo excited by this news! They've had some tough times the last few years, and this is DEFINITELY a much needed blessing!

I wanted to create a congrats card for them, and while I was at it, make it for a couple challenges. (Hee hee!)

I'm entering this for the Color Throwdown CTD180 and CAS-ual Fridays CFC41 challenges.

The planets must be aligning because I just received my March KOM from Paper Smooches, and the ZOO CREW stamp set had this adorable hippo with the "hippo hooray" with it! Brilliant! My card base (Bazzill) is the 'barely banana'. I stamped the hippo and sentiments in black ink (Tsukineko) and used markers (Marvy Uchida) to add the needed colors. I just shaded the hippo with grey, and stamped the hearts in the pumpkin color. Lastly I doodled a border around the edge in blue. (I don't have any copic markers, so I use what I have!) The inside sentiment is from a Fiskars stamp set, again stamped in black and I added another pumpkin colored heart.

Thanks for stopping by! Have a fantastic rest of the weekend!

Chris ☺

Mojo Monday card challenge #229

Good afternoon! Hope you're all doing well. I have a story to tell. My brother Steve recently had some unexpected, and unwelcome, visitors: Skunks! Yep, a momma skunk decided to set up a home for herself in the crawl space under my brother's house. Then she went and gave birth to a litter. Oh the smell of it all! LOL! Steve had the critters taken away by an exterminator, but his house stank something AWFUL for a few days! Lucky for him, he had warm enough weather to keep the windows open during the day! Anyway, the stink is gone, and my brother can breath fresh air once more in his house!

What a lead up to the latest card I made! I used the sketch from Mojo Monday #229 to create this little beauty:

and the sketch:

I couldn't let an opportunity to poke fun at one of my siblings pass! That would be a travesty! LOL! All the patterned paper is from DCWV, the Green Stack. I made a card base from kraft paper (Recollections), the black CS is Bazzill, and the off white is DCWV. Tied some cord on, and printed out my sentiments for both the front and inside from the computer.

 I know Steve will get a big kick out of this card and will be laughing his ass off!

That's all for now. Have a great rest of the weekend!

Chris ☺

Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge #152

Good day all! I've been outside the last couple of days due to GAW-JUS weather! mid 60's in B-more! Love it! I've been playing outside with our fur-baby, Colby, so I haven't been cranking out cards. I can't help it, I love warm weather! I was able to sneak up to my "happy place" and create this card for the Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge #152.

Here is the sketch:

I wanted to use my KOM stamps from Paper Smooches, so I created a Easter card using them. Love Paper Smooches stamps, they are so adorable! The egg stamp is actually two: the egg shape and the doodle designs. Love the versatility of these stamps! (to doodle or not to doodle, that is the question. LOL!)  I made this card kinda girly, with all the pink, and the pleated ribbon. (sigh!) I love how this turned out!

Here's my list of supplies:
Card stock: Bazzill (white); DCWV (green)
Patterned paper: Basic Grey (pink floral); eggs: American Crafts (purple); Carolyn Holt (pink); Penny Black (yellow floral)
Ribbon: Cloud 9 Design (blue ruffles); Maya Road (yellow)
Stamps: Paper Smooches
Ink: Tsukineko
Markers: Marvy Uchida
Adhesives: Tombow; SA by 3L; Glue Dots; Therm-o-web

Thanks so much for stopping by! Have a great rest of the day!

Chris ☺

Unity Stamps KOM challenge

Hi there. I whipped this card up last night for the Unity KOM challenge. (And why yes, I DO wine a little when I make cards! LOL!)

Here is the sketch:

I used the the February KOM stamps, and turned the sketch on it's side. I created my own background with one of the stamps. (I like that this kit has different themes to it: St. Patty's Day; Spring; Birthday; support...etc.) I stamped the shamrocks and sentiment on patterned paper, cut out and used 3D foam squares to pop them up on the card. Easy peasy!

Thanks for stopping by! Have a great rest of the day!

Chris ☺

My Favorite Things MFTWSC59 sketch challenge

Hello and happy Monday to you! Last night I came up with this little gem of a card using MFT stamps. I was grateful (and so surprised!) to find out that I won the MFTWSC57 challenge. This is the stamp set I purchased with the gift voucher I received. It's called Twisted Threesome, the 3rd set in the Twisted series of stamps. It had two sentiments on it that I say ALL the time, which I used on this card:

Here is the sketch:

Anything that has "wine" in it is a great thing, in my book! LOL! The image of the wine glass was clip art I got off the internet and printed out onto heavy card stock. (I don't have a stamp with a wine glass/bottle...yet!)

My list of supplies:
card stock: Bazzill (black, red); Canson (white)
patterned paper: Creative Imaginations (wine glasses/bottles); Cosmo Cricket (yellow)
vellum: Recollections
Stamps: My Favorite Things - Twisted Threesome
ink: Tsukineko; Clear Snap
Adhesives: Tombow; Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L
accessories: Grand Calibur; Cuttlebug embossing folder - Musical Flourish; wine glass clip art off internet

Thanks for stopping by today! Have a wonderful rest of the day!

Chris ☺