Have a Happy Day!

I'm still alive and kicking, sorry to leave you hanging this week! We had VBS each morning this week, and other commitments 3 nights as well, so blogging and stamping were the first things to go. So here's a little TSG for you, using the set Bloom (the sentiment is from Happy Day).

SALE:
There She Goes will be having a sale until the next stamp release. From July 16th through July 25th you can receive 15% off of your entire purchase at the There She Goes website by entering the coupon code july09 in your shopping cart prior to check out. Not only that but the price of the TSG Double Stamp Scrubber is discounted! You can get one of your own for only $7.00! These prices are only good as supplies last, so get shopping!

Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies:
stamps - Bloom, Happy Day
paper - new leaf, summer sunrise, white, choc patterns
ink - memento, copics, choc, versamark
acc - banana gg, button (BG), dimensionals

Manly Birthday

***crossing my fingers that Blogger pre-scheduling is working again***

Today is my FIL and my son's birthdays. I am now the mother of a 3-year old, where did the time go? This card is for my FIL.
I took this color combo from SU's in color combination chart. The dots are clear embossed, and the basic idea for the dot background came from one of my fave CAS stampers, Lauren. Specifically, this card. If you aren't familiar with Lauren's stuff, go check it out now!

Thanks for stopping by, hope you had a great weekend!

Supplies:
stamps - Retro Background Basics, Birthday Basics (PTI)
paper - sahara sand, bermuda, sage, moss, suede, dusty durango, white
ink - suede, versamark
acc - modern label punch, curly label punch, brads, clear ep, brown satin ribbon (from Limelight), dimensionals

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FTL50 Meets TSG

This is the sketch Natasha has posted on the Clean & Simple blog, so I used it here too. I have another sample using this sketch posted over there, so check it out!
I white embossed a stem from Act of Kindness several times on different colors of scraps, then punched out various parts of them. I really like this color combo, I think it's cool! Soft suede is slowly growing on me.

Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies:
stamps - Act of Kindness (TSG)
paper - soft suede, kraft, melon mambo, bermuda bay, old olive
ink - versamark
acc - white ep, 1" circle punch, brown ribbon

HHH

Welcome to Hip Hop Hangover!
This card didn't end up exactly as I envisioned it, but SOMEONE wouldn't take a nap, so I did what I could in a hurry! That background is the new Finial Press embossing folder from SU, I like it a lot more than I thought I would when I first saw it in the catalog. The stamps are from Unity's Birdie Inspiration, which has not seen nearly enough ink! I guess I need to stop buying and actually start using. It's so hard, though, when everyone keeps coming out with adorable stamps.

Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies:
stamps - Birdie Inspiration
paper - pacific point, kraft, baja, olive, curry, saffron, hibiscus
ink - curry, raspberry fizz, pacific point, fresh snow
acc - brads, dimensionals, nesties, copics

Unity Guest Designer Challenge, #3

This is the third (and final) entry I made for Unity's Guest Designer Challenge. I checked out the competition, and wow, it's stiff!
The sentiment is actually right underneath the birdcages on the stamp, but I covered up that part because I wanted to do something cool with the circles and words, and this is what the end result was. I did the ribbon by hand with lots of glue dots, wish I had a sewing machine for this one, lol!

Thanks for stopping by! I got my new SU catty order today so I'll be showing you a few things from that soon!

Supplies:

stamps - May KOM (Unity)

paper - vanilla, baja, celery, new leaf, cosmo cricket, choc patterns

ink - choc, celery, wasabi

acc - circle punches, red gg, green pearls, dimensionals

CAS Birthday Butterfly

This week's CAS challenge on SCS was to make a birthday card.

I embossed the flourish on the patterned background, and embossed another flourish on the butterfly. Other than that, what you see is what you get!


Thanks for stopping by!


Supplies:
stamps - Fancy Flourishes, Birthday Basics (both PTI)
paper - rose red, olive, raspberry tart dsp, white
ink - versamark
acc - aqua mist gg, white ep, butterfly die, rose pearls