GIRLY it is!

Kristina Werner's Color Challenge #44!!!

I saw this Girly combination, and thought it was so sweet! It reminded me of a candy store with lots of Chocolate! So, I took out my Big Shot and decided to go for a "cookie" shaped card this time. I got to play with all of my new goodies! I just love the Sizzlits tag dies, and the new eyelet "lace" punch. A yummy little Chocolate Chip button was just the right topping. Feast your eyes.....new stamp sets coming out in April-there on the tag!! I love being a demo, and I love this company and all the fun coordinating stuff they come out with. This card was as sweet and simple! THanks for looking!


Supplies are all Stampin' Up!
Paper: Textured Chocolate Chip and Close to Cocoa, Whisper White
DSP-Bella Rose
Die Cuts-Big Shot, Sizzlits lots of Tags
Punch-Boho Blossoms, Eyelet
Stamps-Friends 24-7, Matchbox Messages
Button-latte
Ink-Close to Cocoa

KWerner Color Challenge #34

Yet another inspiring Challenge! This time she took a pic of my favorite yarn shop Purl SoHo.



I have dreamed many times of going in that eye candy shop and just playing with all the yarn! I used to teach knitting in my home every week for over a year. After having 2 more children, I do it less often. Every once in a while, though ,I do get the need to knit, and call all the girls for knit night.
Materials list:

• Cardstock-SU Soft Subtles
• Chipboard-SU
• Clear Button-SU with 3/4 " circle punch
• Top Note Die Cut SU/Big Shot
  
• Color-SU Watercolor Pencils Soft Subtles
• Buttons-FoofaLa(rarely use other than SU!-sorry)
• Pure Silk Yarn/Handknit
  

I saw CHOCOLATE!!!!

KWerner's Color Inspiration #23

So You get a 2 for 1.






The box is by Whoopsie Daisy-
She has a great tutorial-check it out! Oh, and Green "Starbucks" straw idea from Kari.

Okay, so this week-after looking at everyone's cards, all I could think of was Chocolate! A yummy box of chocolates-chocolate mini cards that is. Great gift. Details later! I'm so late! I know the pictures are fuzzy-but it's dark and my camera keeps washing them out! They really look like little wrapped chocolates. Yum.


Just had to add that the Box is made with 4 of the scallop envelope dies from the SU! Big Shot kit-in Bravo Burgundy. I lined the box with 4 white envelopes stamped with Chocolate Chips. The Stamp set is one of my favorite,
Like it a Latte. CS- Chocolate Chip, So Saffron and Whisper White. DSP- Pumpkin Pie from 07 Winter Mini (Boho Friend?). Color Challenge Ink Pads/Markers. Build-A-Brad Pewter (love!) and Curly Label Punch Bundle. Thanks for looking!

KWerner Color Challenge #22

A little daylight today meant I had to add a better picture! Can you see that the frame is floating?

Another Color Challenge! I thought with my good luck last week I would try again! These colors really presented a challenge for me. I didn't have all of them, so I substituted Chocolate Chip for the Baroque Burgundy, Purely Pomegranate for the Rose Red, and Pretty in Pink for the Regal Rose. Soft Sky as himself. I tried it with pastels first, second, and third. Then, I scrapped my original design and came up with this little number. I like it with the Chocolate Chip as the "frame". I just cut a piece of CS to card size, ran it through the Big Shot with the Top Note die, and used the outer remnant as my border. Purely Pomegranate stitched ribbon slipped through the slit punch, and a few dimensionals gave it some pop! Thanks for looking! P.S. ) I added the Pumpkin Pie leaves on the main flower as a literal interpretation from the challenge picture. I really liked the orange in there! Off to see what you all came up with!

Big Shot!!

I know, 2 posts in a row. It was technically 2 different days! The "Daily" Ink has some days to catch up!





For those of you who haven't seen it in action-this Big Guy is awesome. So simple, and yet, the results are beautiful. I used the Top Note die and Birds and Blooms set on my card for Kristina Werner's color challenge last week- which made it easier to add all that color together, and still keep it cohesive.
I had a mini Open House last week for some of my customer's to kick off some of my classes with them that were already starting this month. More on those later. We made some fun make-n-takes, including these bag toppers that each of us personalized with different colors/stamps. We filled the bags with more of the Birds & Blooms to use as "card candy"! Yum! Fun was had by all, and our order will arrive some time this week with even more goodies to play with.
I will be trying to keep up with the demands of 4 kids, one being a newborn needing to be held every minute-and still making cards/etc. for this blog and of course to fill up my Etsy shop. I guess the housework will have to be done somehow because my sis-in-law (of Kwerner Top 10 fame also) will be arriving for a 2 week visit!!!!Yay! You can bet there will be some stamping then, and lots of pics! (lots more exclamation marks too, I'm afraid.) I have been working up a few tutorials for you all, but had to hold on to them while submissions were out. So, soon!!! Until then, I leave you with more Big Shot samples.... I know the pictures aren't great-but it was very late...

I was in the Top 10!!!!!

I can't believe it!!! My card made it to the coveted Top 10 on Kristina Werner's Color Challenge # 21!!!! Wooooo Hoooooo!!! To make it even cooler-when I called my best friend/sis-in-law/downline (she's very special ok!) I had jumped up so fast I didn't see-her card won Top 10 too!!! Much screaming ensued(whispered screams because it was after midnight), laughing, and overall glee. I don't remember when I had so much fun. Making the card was fun-seeing it up there with hers just made my week! We will not soon forget taking that challenge together-and I am sure we'll be doing it again!
So, if you haven't submitted a card for a challenge yet, do it. This was my first time, and I was nervous having hundreds (literally) see my card in a close-up, but it was so worth it. Thank you to everyone who left such awesome comments. If you didn't get to do the challenge, but liked the colors-please leave me a link to your card so I can check it out.
I ended up really liking these strange colors together! I put my card up in my Color Q if you want to check that out-and maybe even get started saving your cards and Color Collections for future reference or sheer enjoyment! Thanks again everybody!

My first color challenge!

This is from Kristina Werner's Color Challenge #21.
The colors were different for me-so at first try my card came out sort of modern and edgy looking. I was holding the baby, trying to tape it up when a mishap became the new idea. That, coupled with my limited supplies brought this card into the sort of Shabby Chic look you see above. I really love how it turned out. I would never have chosen these colors together-but now they will be under favorites in my Color Q! Thanks for looking!

Somebody loves me!

Or at least they love my blog.
Good enough.
I'd like to thank-God first of all, that He helped me get through the past few months when blogging had to come last. It was quality over quantity folks!
I'd also like to thank my husband who couldn't be here tonight as he's helping putting the kids to bed so I could be here to accept this-and also for buying me this dress for this special occasion.
My mom, my friends, my fellow bloggers, my audience-and last but certainly not least-the wonderful lady who gave me this award-Kari.

She makes fantastic cards, (and chicken) and somehow finds more time than me to keep me up to speed on all things web. Thank you Kari! Party at my house!!!!

I am passing this award ( and crown, which wasn't before mentioned) to some of my favorite blogs-those above being at the top of that list;

The Good Life
(newly discovered)
Butternut Sage
(fellow SU demo, and from what I can tell- a great person)
Understand Blue
(a little unorthodox, and more sarcastic than my Italian husband)
Laughing Daisies
(personal stamping friend-great blogger! Wink)

So-that ought to keep ya busy for the next few hours...... Have a great night!

Honorary photo-my new Big Shot samples!!!!!
Aren't these die-cuts adorable!!! I can make them any color I want. Yum.