Las Vegas - Hawaii Home Style!

Happy Monday Everyone! Sorry, no stamping stuff today, just something fun I want to share with you. This is how I spend my time at nights, since we aren't able to go to Las Vegas and I miss that place so much! We used to go twice a year but it's prohibitive right now right? So, last week my SIL came by and uploaded this "Win Poker" game on my husband's computer, and I thought, I'll pretend to be in "Lost Wages" at night. And guess what?! I actually hit my very first "Royal Flush" and my hubby said he'll be the banker so whatever I win, he'll pay me! Of course, that would be a fraction of the real thing...4,000 quarters equals $1,000 in Vegas money, but at our household, it equates to $40 (cheap, cheap, cheap!) Can't pass that up right? I can buy new stamps! Of course, I have to pay for the credits I purchase to play. But, why can't it happen in real life? I mean, I've never hit a Royal Flush! So, every night has been "pretend night in Las Vegas" in my hubby's office! Just wanted to make you laugh at my "make believe" world side of me LOL!

Tilda With Ponytails

Happy Easter Everyone! What do you plan to do with all the boiled eggs? Just kidding! I don't have an Easter card today, but an older Tilda image. I received a card from my friend Tricia and I loved the layout so I told her I'd be CASEing her card altho I had to change a few dimensions because of my large Tilda and I already had her colored up when I made another card earlier and didn't want her to just "sit" on my desk. I used SU! pacific point and sky blue cardstock, then Bazzill polka dotted embosed in a golden yellow shade (don't know the color) and Chatterbox DP. Tilda and her bench is colored with Copics. I added some Prima flowers with brads and attached a small gold heart charm that says "Made with Love" to the ribbon with a small safety pin. Feels good to get some "pending" things off the desk. Have an "egg-citing" day and I send you all Easter Blessings. Thank you for hopping by today.

"Luv You This Much" Dragonfly Tilda

This is my second post for today as tomorrow I'll be out just about all day having my car serviced, eating lunch and shopping! I know, I'm still using up my DCWV DP pack so I hope you don't mind! Card base is 5.5" square using SU! sky blue CS and features the dragonfly Tilda from the spring collection. After stamping Tilda on PTI white CS, I stamped her wing portion on vellum and colored from the back, then adhered her slightly askew so the "wings" show a bit more, dressed it up with nail art blings, likewise for the two butterflies. Her antennaes (sp?) are way too intricate to cut so I cut them off and adhered some "flower stamens" instead. I love the way her arms are outstretched so I computer generated the sentiment and punched it out with with my Marvy scallop heart punch (yellow punch) and colored it the same Copic blue as her outfit. Hope you enjoy her! Have a wonderful tomorrow and thank you for stopping by!

Edwin Chasing Butterflies

Happy MondayEveryone! Today's card features Edwin from the Chasing Butterflies collection. I think this is only my third card I ever made using Edwin...I love girly-girl stuff! The card base is 5.5" square and I used SU! sky blue CS, the DP is from DCWV Blossoms & Butterflies 12" stack. I stamped Edwin and the tiny butterflies and dragonflies on Paper Trey white with Memento Tuxedo black ink, colored the image with Copics, drew a brown line for the "ground", then used Prismacolor pencils and OMS. I shaded the background with a light blue chalk from Pebbles, Inc. but it doesn't show up too well, then I added some Flower Soft here and there to take away the sparseness on the ground. I stamped and colored the butterfly, and stamped once again on vellum, colored it from the back, cut it out and adhered the body part to the main butterfly's body. Lastly I added some blue ribbon and attached a butterfly charm, and also a blue butterfly brad to Edwin's net. The DP has alot of sparkly silver in it and it is hard to photograph. Hope you're having a wonderful day, and thank you for dropping by. Have a wonderful, fun, stampin' week!

Tilda Chasing Butterflies! Love Her!

Happy Sunday Everyone! Yesterday I had a chance to finally stamp Tilda chasing butterflies and it went pretty fast because in addition to Tilda, I only stamped the butterfly. My card base is 5.5" square from SU! Sky Blue CS, then on top of that I cut a metallic silver CS, then DCWV "Blossoms and Butterflies" stack (12") so I cut that into fourths and picked one corner. Tilda and the butterfly are colored with Copics. I punched a total of 8 of the small butterflies using MS butterfly punch and adhered them together to cover the white backside, then I punched 4 butteflies from vellum, colored it the same color as Tilda's dress, then adhered the body part only and added some nail art bling. On the Magnolia butterfly, I also stamped it on vellum and cut it out and adhered it to the CS body then adhered that to Tilda's hand. I finished it off with a bow and a stick pin with a butterfly bead, some pearls and crystals. the sun is not shining bright today in Hawaii so my card looks "gloomy." Hardly any stamping! Thank you for stopping by and enjoy the rest of your weekend.

"Bloomin" Tilda with Tulips

Happy Saturday Everyone! Hope you are all enjoying your weekend. Here's another Tilda with Tulip card. My friend Kellie S gave me these tulip papers by K and Co. and I thought this Tilda would be appropriate. The basic card is 5.5" square, CS from SU! Pink Pirouette, Nesties Label Two die using red linen CS, the round medallion is a 4" round circle punch using Fiskars with SU! Pink Pirouette CS, sentiment is from SU! Bella's Bloom stamp set, and the tag is die-cut from SU! new Sizzix Lots of Tags. Ribbons and flowers from my stash, and the pin is made using a corsage pin and some pearls and crystal beads. Well, Kellie, this card is for YOU!

Thank you for stopping by and I wish you all a fun-filled weekend!

Tilda Sitting on Basket with Eggs

Happy Thursday Everyone! Today's card features Tilda with Hat sitting on a basket with eggs. This is really my "boo-boo" card because after coloring all of the basket image and while coloring the last egg, which happens to be the yellow one, for some reason, a chemical reaction (?) occured when I went in with a lighter shade of yellow to blend the darker one and OMGosh, it started turning "green" yikes! So I thought I could "erase" it with my colorless blender but things just got worse and I wasn't planning on recoloring the whole image so I cut out another egg and colored it then pasted it over so you'll see it popped a bit! I just hate when that happens. Anyway, back to the card, the CS is CTMH spring iris, the DP is Basic Grey Lilly/Oh Baby/Girl, I used EK Success flourish punch, added some pretty translucent pearl dew drops, and added a little ribbon flower to Tilda's hat, and topped it off with Prima flowers and Flower Soft on the bottom of the basket. The (work) week is coming to an end so hang in there for one more day then have fun on the weekend! Thank you for stopping by.

Spring Kit Tilda with her "Love Bug"

Happy "over the hump day" Everyone! Here's another Tilda from the spring kit holding her cute little lady bug. This card is a 5.5" square and I used some CTMH CS in Spring Iris and Lilac Mist. The DP is from heidi grace, "Sweetest Bug/Love Bug" collection that is mounted with dimensionals over the ribbon/lace trim. All images colored with Copics and the Magnolia lady bug is also mounted on dimensionals. I used a MS double scallop punch that I thought would work well with the scallops on Tilda's dress. I have a lot of DPs so that's why you're seeing so much of these on my backgrounds...plus, less stamping for me LOL! Thank you for stopping by today, and have a wonderful week.

Tilda On Bee Hive - Put On Your Sunglasses!

Happy Tuesday Everyone! I don't know exactly what drove me to use this color, maybe the yellow because of the "bee" but it surely turned out quite bright lol! Here's Tilda sitting the her bee hive. The DP is from Daisy D's with the bottom edge punched with MS heart border and I added some teeny-tiny red blings from my nail art kit. I then matted this piece to SU! so saffron CS (love this color!), and matted on SU! chocolate chip CS. The bottom was very "bare" so I stamped the little bees that come with the Magnolia spring kit, colored with Copics, then with Spica gold but it doesn't show up. Oh, Tilda and the bee are also colored with Copics, and I've added crystal lacquer to the bee (again). Used Paper Shapers flourish punch for the corner and added Prima flowers with a brown brad, tied it off with red ribbon. That's it for this card. Thank you for sitting a bit with me today, and have a wonderful week.

Tilda With Bee in Blue Jeans

Happy Monday everyone! I finally got a chance to ink up my new Magnolia spring kit stamps so I started with Tilda and the bee. I'm still trying to make regular (A2) size cards so this card is simple. I stamped Tilda's pants on old CTMH jeans DP I had from a while back, then cut it and paper-pieced it. All images are colored with Copics. I stamped the little bees on the stonewall before coloring it then added crystal lacquer to make it pop but it doesn't show up well in the picture, same for the bee in Tilda's hand. I used Flower Soft along the base of the wall to add some color. The DP is from Chatterbox/Sky Garden Floral. I also gave Tilda a "bee charm" necklace that I attached with embroidery floss. That's about it for this card. Thank you for stopping by and enjoy a new week doing what makes you happy!

"Postale" Gorjuss Girl

My final card using another quarter of Webster's Pages Your Life/Beautiful - Bee Balm DP. Since the word "Postale" was at the top of this piece, I thought I would use the Gorjuss Girl holding a letter in her hand. After coloring and cutting her out, I mounted her on a piece of SU! kraft CS that I embossed with my Cuttlebug pin dot folder and mounted that on CTMH Indian Corn Blue CS. I also added crystal lacquer to the butterfly, added some blue lace trim and was done. I had fun working with these Webster's Pages DP because you can get so many different looks from one sheet! I don't know why the blue on her dress came out lighter than IRL, but it does really match the ribbon quite closely LOL! Thank you for stopping by and enjoy your day.

Gorjuss In Purple

I'm still using up my Webster's Pages Your Life/Beautiful-Bee Balm DP. Here I colored another Gorjuss Girl (can't get enough of these girls) with her little fox (?) friend in a rather monotone lavender color scheme. I cut around the edges of the leaves and tucked the image beneath them, then distressed around the image to blend into the DP. I also used crystal lacquer on both the butterfly and bee to make them pop a little. Finally I added two Prima flowers with little half pearls over the two white flowers on the DP to give them some color. That's all for this card.