Happy New Year!

Happy New Year!

I hope you all had a wonderful holiday season and are looking forward to all the new, fun, and exciting things that 2010 has to offer. In honor of the new year, I made three cards with the soon to be retired Night and Day DSP. I hate to see this DSP go away because it is so versatile and I always like the look of black and white. I must admit that I these cards were derived from a card my wonderful upline and BFF, Rose, loaned me. I was originally going to CASE her card, but during the assembly process, my card took on a life of its own. Let me know what you think of these.

Its A 2 for 1

Here is a two for one for you! TSSCs 95 & 96.

Here is #96. This layout was easy to work with. I changed the layout from portrait to landscape so I could use a larger image. I was not sure about the color combo, but it worked itself out and the card turned out beautifully. I achieved the look of the dove flying, by stamping the image and embossing the image twice. On the second layer, I cut the wing all the way down to the body of the dove and adhered the body except for the wing. I then decided to take a glitter pen and went around the outline of the wings.

Recipe (all items listed SU):

Stamps: Gifts of Christmas

CS: Whisper White, Garden Green, Christmas Cocoa Specialty DSP

Inks: Black (craft)

Accessories: Stampin' Write Markers, Clear EP, Real Red 1/4" grosgrain ribbon, Jumbo Eyelet (antique brass)

Here is #95. Each night last week, I sat down to make this card, but got caught up playing Bejeweled2! I am hooked on this game. Anyway, since I had such a lovely Sunday doing absolutely nothing, I decided to backtrack and make this card for last week's challenge. Hope you like it.

Recipe (all items listed SU):

Stamps: Delightful Decorations, Baroque Motifs, Four the Holidays

CS: Kraft, Real Red, Whisper White, Christmas Cocoa Specialty DSP

Inks: Real Red, Soft Suede

Accessories: Real Red 1/4" grosgrain ribbon, Clear EP, Ornament & Eyelet Border Punches

TSSC94 - MDS Christmas

I've neglected this blog for a while. Lots have happened since my last post. Almost the last half of the month of September was spent partying. We celebrated many birthdays, including mine. We partied some more, we celebrated my Grandmother's home-going, and we partied some more! I haven't got much stamping done since my last entry, but create a card for MJ's lunchtime sketch challenge. This card was made using Stampin' Up's MDS (My Digital Software). It was easy-peasy! Let me know your thoughts.

TSSC89 - Eggplant and Celery

Here is my take on MJ's Lunchtime sketch challenge. It took like forever to make the scallop circle. I think I did a pretty good job on it, nevermind the fact that I had to go outside in natural sunlight to punch the scallops. I just couldn't get the scallops right using the light in my stamp room. I started out with a 5" circle using the circle scissors plus. Then I used SU's retired small corner rounder to make the scallops. The 3/6" corner rounder made the scallops too small and tight. I like the look of the larger scallops for this size circle. Once I made the "perfect" scallop, I ran it through the Big Shot using the Backgrounds 1 Texturz plates to give it some dimension. The main image is from Upsy Daisy, which was colored using SU Markers in Certainly Celery and Elegant Eggplant. I colored the Thank You portion of the stamp with the E. Eggplant marker and used the Word Window punch then layered on he Modern Label punch. Those two pieces were pop dotted onto larger modern label from the movers and shakers die. The art piece was finished off with six brads on the right side. Make sure you check out the other sketch challenge players by going to MJ's blog.

Life and MDS

It seems like forever since my last entry. This week has been filled with so much emotion and joy. My husband and I moved our one and only daughter into her on-campus apartment this past Sunday. The move was uneventful and I did not break down like I pictured myself doing. On the other hand, it was my husband that did the crying -- big baby! At least he waited until we returned home and then he stayed in the garage before coming into the house. Bri is all settled and started classes today. When I talked with her today, she sounded homesick. She wanted to know if I was coming to visit tonight. Are you kidding me? 1.5 hours drive to not counting traffic then 1 hour or so on the return. I don't think so, maybe on Saturday.

Anyway, in the stamping arena, I had some time this evening to play with SUs My Digital Studio (MDS). I am in love. I've never scrapbooked until tonight. This program was so easy to use that I made the following page in under 10 minutes. (Note: please don't talk about the pictures. These were taken in a somewhat distorted manner, but it was the first group of pictures I worked with.) I see lots of possibility with this program. Now for the masterpiece. I hope you like it. Sorry for the lack of details. I am trying to go to bed.

Medallion

When I first saw this card, I knew I would be CASEing it. Unfortunately, I don't know who I CASEd it from. Anyway, if this is your card, thanks for sharing this beauty with us. I re-made the card using Tempting Turquoise and Whisper White. The Medallion was stamped and heat embossed in white. My original plan was to make this card for my cousin who got married this past weekend, but I ended up making a different card. I will be making another one of these beauties really soon though. I hope you like it.

Mojo Monday 103

Here is a card my best friend Rose and I did for one of the Mojo Monday sketch challenges past that I never posted. This card uses Real Red, Creamy Caramel, Old Olive and Very Vanilla cardstock along with Merry Moments DSP. The dove was embossed in creamy caramel and put on a pop dot to give some dimension to the card. We also used the new Petals-a-plenty embossing folder. I just love how this card turned out. Too bad it is not easily mass reproducible or else these would have been my Christmas cards this year. I hope you enjoy the card!