Monday Blues....

I love this Brian Lock image. I've used it a few times before.  It's so versatile in this crazy world.  The sentiment is from Scrappy Moms.  The die cut is from Spellbinders Nestabilities.  I did use an old Stampin' up (spiral) stamp and the flower is from Lawn Fawn ("Bee Mine.")  I put a drop of Ranger's Enamel in the center of the flower.

Enjoy your week!!!

KINGS UP 3-0 IN THE STANLEY CUP SERIES

Hooty Hoo!!!!  Final score of tonight's game: 4-0!!!!!



I've been working on some cards so I actually have something to share.
My friend loves the original Dark Shadows series and I just happened to see this at Target so naturally....

Here is the card that I made her.  Yes, that is a photo of her from the 80's.  I used a new stamp from Lawn Fawn that I picked up at my local stamp store (Stamp Fever in Orange, CA).  I used my Hero Arts ink pad (that I also bought) and my Cuttlebug embossing folder.  TA- DA!!!!

Well, this sentiment "Best Friend,  (seriously)" came from a really cute 'girlfriend' set from Technique Tuesday.  Truth be known, I have several "BFF's."  What can I say?  I'm always talking; I need to have several BFF's or they'd all flee when they see me coming (my gums flapping... arms waving about, gesticulating about my crazy life).  If you put a conversation bubble over their head it would say "Will she EVER SHUT UP???"

The stamp was stamped in Mambo Melon from Stampin' UP.  I hand cut the image out.

The "enjoy" stamp is from Paper Smooches stamped with my new Hero Arts stamp (Wet Cement).  The matte was cut from Spellbinders Nestabilities.  The little owl was colored with Copics and I think it's a Brian Lock image (from Squigglefly).  My hard drive hasn't yet been transferred so I don't have a way to reference where my images came from.

Tomorrow, I'm going to show you templates so you can make homemade square envelopes for your  square cards.
Easy-peasy!

Have a great Monday!


GO KINGS!!!!

Glorious Treats-- and a card :)

I previously posted a link to a blog that I found called Glorious Treats.  WOW!!! Great ideas and recipes. I highly recommend it.  Please check it out HERE.

I bought a lot of cake box mixes and I've been making cupcakes every weekend.  And now that I have this great website to get inspiration from, I have been trying my hand at frosting decorating. This was my first two batches. The top photo was made with cream cheese frosting from the can and a ziploc bag and decorating tip (that I purchased at Michaels).  The pink sugar was purchased at Target. 

This cake was made with Red Velvet Cake mix (from the box) and homemade Cream Cheese Frosting. I got the recipe from Glorious Treats.  My friends LOVED it.  I used my pink sugar topping again. I also put it in my cupcake caddy that I purchased at Michaels with a 50% coupon. (If you would have said 4 years ago, that I'd be buying a cupcake caddy, I probably would have laughed at you).  Sorry for the bad lighting.

NOW FOR MY CARD:
I made this for my uncle who sent me a whole packet of goodies from a pet fair he attends in Bethesda, Maryland called "Strut Your Mutt."  The stamp is a Brian Lock digi stamp from Squigglefly.  I used Prismacolor Pencils (with odorless mineral water) and Glossy Accents.
The die cut is from Paper Trey ink. The stamp "HELLO" is from Paper Smooches.  If you scroll to the bottom, you can see that I coloring the interior of the sentiment with black dots. I liked it much better. The paw prints are white powder embossed with a stamp from Paper Smooches.

The fish stamp is from a clear Michaels Stamp that I got and Jenni Bowlin "Weather Pane" ink.

Paw Prints from Paper Smooches and Many Thanks from Paper Trey Ink

Brian Lock strikes again

I believe this image can be purchased at Squigglefly.  It's a Brian Lock image. LOVE Brian Lock. He is at www.iplaywithclay.blogspot.com

I used Liquid Pearls and Glossy Accents and some stickers from Michaels (sea theme).

THANKS TO MY PT

Hello!!! It's Jim and Dwight!!!

Here is my thank you card to my rehab therapist who has had to endure my snark (a Marlooney verb-- "to snark, I snark, You snark... we all snark") as he treated me for my low back and shoulder issues.  Our running joke was that I was one of the last appointments of the day as he needed to go home and imbibe in a  bottle of wine after enduring my verbal diarrhea.   

Nonetheless, he survived.

I used  Cuttlebug embossing folders ("Thank you" and the dots), Brian Locke image and I used a Marvy punch (the square punch).  The ribbon was from Michaels $1 clearance and the green paper with flowers came from Michaels (single sheet section).

This is a close up of my Prismacolor coloring. I'm still not good about the shadowing.  (I used Stickles for some areas of the cape). I used green chalk (applied with a Q-Tip for the background on the image.)

Happy Birthday to Marlene

Brian Lock image, colored with Prismacolor Pencils

Hey everyone...
Just a shout out to Marlene over at Disguised as a Grown-Up.  Marlene makes fabulous cards and she has a great sense of humor and quick wit... and a ton of snark!

Her birthday is Monday, November 22 so head over there if you can.  www.disguisedasagrownup.blogspot.com

Happy birthday Marlooney!!!

Just for Fun courtesy of DigiShack

I decided to make use of the digistamps that I colored in a few days ago.  These stamps were colored in with Prismacolor pencils and Odorless Mineral Spirits.  I used my Cuttlebug for the background. The sentiments are from my acrylic pack from Michaels.  I used the Fiskars Scissors ("Stamp"). The digi images I used were purchased at The Digi Shack   (http://kharliebug.typepad.com/the_digi_shack/the-digital-shop-1.html).  

These cards are 4.25" x 4.25".

Oh, hey-- don't forget about next weekend.... Nicole's BLOG HOP. 

http://canadiannickelscrapn.blogspot.com/2010/09/cns-little-hop-of-horrors.html

Marlene (www.disguisedasagrownup.blogspot.com) is also participating so it should be OFF THE HOOK!