Excited for the Weekend!

I am excited for the weekend! It started for me tonight the minute I left work.
Kati cam over and we made spaghetti dinner and watched Drop Dead Diva. I am babysitting her little kitty this weekend. He is so cute!!!! Kati will be away at guard duty. The hubby will be gone one day maybe too so I will be staaaaamping! Yeah! It all starts tomorrow. Stamping with a friend on friday and then finishing my stamp room and stamping saturday and hopefully sunday. I need to head off to bed so the stamping will begin sooner!
I hope you will all get some stamping time in this weekend also. Whether its by yourself or with a friend. I know its Fathers Day weekend so there are lots of other things to be doing. We will be celebrating Fathers Day at our house next weekend instead1
Happy Stamping!
Stamper Gyrl!

Busy Week!

I havent had time for stamping lately so no cards to post. I didnt get to participate in any of last weeks challenges either. Our daughter decided at the last minute last week to move out so it was a busy weekend. We got her all moved. She also got a new kitty right before she moved who got sick and had to be taken to the emergency room saturday night. So the kitty is better and Kati is all settled into her new apartment. It is her 1st place by herself so she was a little nervous.
Now that she is gone I decided to take over the family room that she was using as her room for my stamp room. So I started moving my things on sunday afternoon. That has been a chore but fun. It makes you go thru things so I will be getting rid of some things. Also I have found a few things I had been missing.
Now we get to put all our exercise equipment back in one room so the hubby is working on that.
What a crazy time it has been. But the good news is I get all next weekend to stamp and have the house to myself. My hubby will be gone both saturday and sunday, and Kati has air force drill weekend so she wont be coming over plus I get to spend friday stamping with a friend, so I will get to get caught up on lots of things.
Also since Kati has her drill weekend we get to babysit her kitten. That will be fun. He is so cute. Very cuddly but also very needy. I told her he is perfect for her because they are alot alike.
Have a good week and happy stamping!
Stamper Gyrl!

OCLDT16

Here is my sketch challenge for Our Craft Lounge. They draw a winner at the end of each month from all the entries. If you use one of their stamp sets you are eligible. I only have two sets tho. Last time I used a stamped image of a friends (thanks, Joyce) when we were stamping awhile back. So I guess that means I will have to order another one from them. Lucky for me I just got a togo kit order in the mail today. Maybe I will use that money for the one OCL set I have been wanting.

For this card I used their Fueled by Caffeine set. It has some great sayings if you have any coffee drinking friends.

I love the yellow and blue together. I had the su retired Ivy stamp still out from the earlier card I had made so for the background I stamped it in Brilliant Blue on So saffron cardstock. Then I used the blue and yellow gingham. The blue gingham I got at a craft day my sister had at her work. Everyone brought things they wanted to get rid of and just took what they wanted. Of course both my sister and I wanted the blue gingham but there was a whole pack so I think we each got 9 12 x 12 sheets. So we got quite a bit. The yellow is still from The Girls Paperie papers. I got them from two peas in a bucket. I sure love those papers.

Speaking of those papers, I was going to make up a bunch of the cards I did for the taylored expressions sketch challenge earlier this weekend and was out of the paper I had used. So I substituted if with these papers also and it turned out really neat. I will take pictures and post them later this week. I even liked them better than the original.

Anyways, back to the card. I stamped the coffee pot and cup with Mementos Tuxedo Black and them colored them with copic markers and then put diamond glaze over them to make them look like ceramic. I ran them and the so saffron layer thru the cuttlebug with my rectangle nesties. The little saying at the top was with the rectangle nesties also with one of the sentiments from same set and layered with brilliant blue cardstock.

I had to add a ribbon to the card. Not part of the sketch but you cant go wrong adding ribbon right? My sister used to always say (probably still does) it needs ribbon.

Happy Stamping!

Stamper Gyrl!

My Little Soldier Girl!

Here is our adorable little soldier girl back from her weekend drill. Since got out of full time Navy last July and is now in the Air National Guard. She joined to help complete her schooling and next step of her career. We are so proud of her. I think she looks just great in her uniform.

My pretty little girl all grown up!

God Bless America!

Stamper Gyrl!

Two Challenges Again!

Edited: I have added the picture I actually took with my camera and not my cell phone. I think it looks much better!

First off I need to apologize. My card is a tiny bit blurry. My daughter had to borrow my laptop this weekend because she is off to guard duty for the Air National Guards this weekend and needed it. It is the only computer I can load my pictures on at this time. So I took this picture on my phone and emailed it to myself.

Anyways, I found a new challenge to participate in. Its called Fussy and Fancy Friday Challenge. You can find them at fussyandfancychallenge.blogspot.com. I included a picture of their sketch above mine. As you can see I had to change mine up alittle. I had to put the top layer along the edges. Mine wouldnt fit on top. Also for my three mine things are connected. It is a teapot, creamer and sugar bowl. The flowers I put on them hide that a little I think. They are diecuts from a cricut. My good friend Joyce (hi Joyce!) came over and cut me out a bunch a few weeks ago. I have been thinking of ways to use them. I stamped them with a really old discontinued Ivy background stampin up stamp in regal rose. Then I ran it thru the cuttlebug with the swiss dot embossing folder. My favorite!!! It seemed a little plain still so then I sprayed it with my new favorite Memoires Mists Iridescent. Then I put the card together. It still seemed to all blend together so I applied pink liquid pearls to define them. For the rest of the card, I used a martha stewart bubbles punch and the teatime sentiment is on a tag I used with a nestibilities.

I sponged the edges of it and the card with regal rose ink. I also had to move the ribbon to a different spot. It just didnt fit at the bottom either.

I hope the girls over at Fussy and Fancy Fridays dont mind too much that I changed it.

The second challenge is for the Magnolia Down Under Challenge. This week is polk dots. So I used the black paper that is dotted with flowers and the swiss dot embossing folder and the bubbles all fit with polka dots. You can find them on my side bar. Just click on it and it will get you there.

I have the house to myself at last half of today. I am excited. It is so quite right now. Except every once in a while the kats tell me they want it but I say you have to wait. They dont like that much. But one of our kitties has a little problem every once in awhile and I dont want to deal with that this morning. And since its raining (AGAIN!) I cant put them outside. It sure was nice to have a sunny day yesterday.

Well, Happy Stamping!

Stamper Gyrl!

Two Challenges!

I made this card for two different challenges for this week. One is for Taylored Expressions TESC116 and the other is for the magnolia down under challenge. The magnolia challenge was to just use a magnolia stamp and flowers. Very easy challenge right! They have some cool cards on their website it is at www.magnoliadownunderchallenges.blogspot.com.

I used rose red stampin up cardstock designer papers from My Minds Eye. I also used my cool mini roses that I sprayed with the Iridescent Memories Mist. I love this mist. It just adds a special look to the flowers I think. I dont think you can see it really good in this picture but in real life it looks great! I also sprayed it on the rose red flower shape behind the magnolia to tone it down a little. I got out my airbrush kit and sprayed some blue around the cream circle behind tilda also. I hadnt played with my airbrush kit in so long I forgot how to put it together. But luckily the color copic marker I used I had overfilled last weekend so it was really wet. For Tilda, I colored her alot like last weeks Tilda only a little darker pinks. Then I put some of the shimmer white smooch on her again and some glitter while it was still wet. I added some red stickles to her crown and around the rose red scalloped circle. Actually, I think the nesties I used with the rose red is considered a flower. I got these shapes awhile ago to make flowers so this was a 1st for it also.

For the sentiment, I used Stem Sayings from stampin up (which is going to retire next month) and cut it out by hand. I thought it went nice on this card.

Well, off to other things for today!

Happy Stamping!

Stamper Gyrl!

TESC#115 and Just Magnolia Challenges!

I combined two challenges in one with this card. TESC115 from www.tayloredexpressions.blogspot.com and also Just Magnolias. I think you can click on blinkies at the sidebar to get to either one quickly.
I used my little tilda with cherry boots and some cherry paper I picked up. I used diamond glaze on her boots but it doesnt show good here. I wanted to make them look like real rainboots.
I colored her with copic markers and added some cherries and crotched buttons.
It didnt turn out as well as I wanted but oh well, what can a gal do?
Happy Stamping!
Stamper Gyrl!

Blue Magnolia

I made this card last week for Taylors sketch challenge but thought I would add to it and never did. So it didnt make it. I thought this little tilda was so cute, I had to stamp her up. I combined her with some old stampin up designer papers and a stampendous sentiment. Colored her with copic markers and layered her with the big scalloped rectangle nesties.
Happy Stamping!
Stamper Gyrl!

Magnolicious Birthday Bash! Post 3 for today!

Can you believe it! This is my third post for today. I am having so much fun with the magnolias and Magnolicious is having a birthday bash so I decided to do their challenge for this week. You can check it out here at magnoliabirthdaybash.com. I used this cute little tilda and the just sitting here thinking of you sentiment. The papers are from The Girls Paperie. I love these papers. I combined them with stampin up cardstock barely banana and pink passion. Here are some more of the little roses I got. They are smaller than the ones on the princess card. I love them.
Happy Stamping!
Stamper Gyrl!

2nd Post for Today! OCLDT15

I made this card for this weeks challenge over at Our Craft Lounge. OCLDT15. You just use their sketch and one of their stamps. I had stamped some of these images from a friend awhile back and thought I would use it. The sentiment is from the set also but the bag of peanuts is from High Hopes. I colored the elephant with copic markers and because I stamped so many images on one page I had to cut him out by hand. The papers are from the local scrapbook store but they dont say on them what company they are from. It matched some discounted cardstock from stampin up I still have. Forest foliage.
Happy Stamping!
Stamper Gyrl!

Princess Magnolia!/Flutter by Wednesdays Craft Challenge #111

I made this with one of my new magnolias from the Fairytale Collection. I had to look long and hard to find her in stock somewhere. She came all the way from the UK. It took less than two weeks but the exchange rate for the $$ was terrible. I hope to not do that again.I think she is adorable.
Anyway onto the details. I thought this flowered paper was perfect for her. It is sleepy time by Daisyd's. The little angel at the top is like her fairy princess to make all her dreams come true. She is from the same fairytale line. So inside the card she is granting her a wish. May all your dreams come true. I couldnt figure out what to put on the inside and as I was stamping with a friend she mentioned something about dreams coming true so that reminded me of this sentiment by Inkadinkado that I had. I had also recently purchased these roses the other night and some glimmer mist from Making Memories, its called Iridescent Memories Mist. I sprayed it on the pink roses to make them shimmery and it turned out really pretty.
This is my first easel card. I dont know how this will fit in an envelope to send anywhere. I guess I will have to put it in a bubble envelope and get one of those little table looking things that come in pizza boxes. I also added some clear pearls and white netting. For the little fairy princess on top I had put some white pearly smooches on her dress and then glittered her wings. When I glittered her wings the glitter stuck to her dress also because the smooch was still wet. That stuff takes forever to dry. So she is very sparkly. I used the white smooch on the princess's dress also to add some shimmer to it but it doesnt show up very well. All in all I really like how this card turned out.
I am on a magnolia craze lately. I even made a special pink and black magnolia notebook I picked up at Target so they would have a special place to live.
I also entered this card in the Flutter by Wednesday's Craft Challenge #111. It had to be something with wings like angel or fairy.
Happy stamping!
Stamper Gyrl!

Fun With Nesties!

So, I had this idea about threading the ribbon thru one of the pendant nestibilities. I really like the way it turned out but boy was it a pain in the wazoo! I wove it thru leaving a tail on each end and then tied the bow. The vase with flowers is from a GinaK Designs set. I colored it with copic markers outlining it in yellow to make it pop out some. Then I used mounting tape to attach it to the blue nesties piece. I also used mounting tape on the white pendant piece to make it stand up some. The punch along the bottom is a Martha Stewart Punch. I love this one. I think it can be elegant or just used for a lacy touch. The ds paper is some I got from a local stamp store here and I paired it with bashful blue and close to cocoa stampin up papers. It was a last minute card for stamp club and I was in a real hurry but I am really pleased with how it turned out.

Happy Stamping!

Stamper Gyrl!

Flourishes!

I know I have been missing in action for awhile. I have been stamping some tho. This is one of the cards I did for mays stamp club.
This with Flourishes Gerber Daisy set and Circular Sayings from Verve. I used nestiblities and colored the images with copic markers. I inked around the edges with stampin up retired Blue Bayou. The cardstock is a basic white and stampin up Baja Breeze which was an old incolor and now is coming back as a regular color. I am really excited they are bringing it back. I am not that into blues but this has always been my favorite. It just has seemed to go with so many of the designer papers that have been out in the last year or two.
The ribbon is some more I got from cod wholesale a year or so ago. That ribbon lasts a long time because it comes with 25-50 yards per spool. The grograin comes I think with 100 yards but I rarely use that. The little circles for the sentiment were punched with stampin up punches.
Happy stamping!
Stamper Gyrl!

Beautiful Flowers!

My wonderful daughter brought me these lovely roses for mothers day. I have never seen anything like them. Its hard to see in the picture but they are a marbled red, not just a regular red. Very beautiful.

We also had lunch on friday with my hubby and went shopping in the morning. It was a great day. We are so blessed to have such a thoughtful wonderful daughter and I am so glad she is back home with us.

Happy Stamping!

Stamper Gyrl!

Magnolia Class!

This is one of the cards from the Magnolia class I took last sunday. I didnt color them there because I wanted to use my copic markers so I just got around to finishing it today. I added the flowers. I wanted to make it a little zippier.

I think this little Tilda is very cute.

Happy Stamping!

Stamper Gyrl!