diva sketch challenge

this post is a bit better than thursday's post. thank goodness i didn't tank twice this week.

here is this week's sketch. i did a wee bit of creative license, but i like how it turned out.

besides i killed two birds with one stone. graduation is next week and i need a couple of cards for my daughter's friends. one down, several more to go. haha.



might not be posting next week as we have numerous graduation activities to attend. you know, honors, graduation, parties, etc. we'll see how much i can get accomplished. i might surprise both of us. haha.

thanx for stopping by to look at the stuff. xoxo

diva head cold challenge

this is just a mess. the picture once again overwhelmed me. i tried to use the colors and not the "fish," but i don't think there's any help for it.

the head cold i woke up with this am isn't helping matters in the least either. oh well, there's always next week or the week after.

check out the challenge picture here.

diva inspiration challenge

i dusted off my watercolor crayons for this week's dic. looks like i'd better get them out more often and practice.

you may find the inspiration here.

thanx for taking a peek at this week's creation. stop by saturday for the sketch challenge.

spring babies

i love all of the new growth and babies that come with spring. living in the country gives me the opportunity to see these things all the time. i love it.

here are a few of our new neighbors.










aren't they just the cutest little things? i love them




we also have two baby robins nesting in our pussy willow bush in the front yard.



mama sitting on her babies.


can you see the two little beaks sticking out of the nest waiting for some dinner?











mama's not too happy that i wanted some pictures of her babies.

Adrian's Happy Blogiversary - Double Giveaway!

my friend adrian is celebrating her second year as a blogger with some blog candy. click on her link and take a look. leave her a comment and you will be entered into her giveaway.

(for some reason i had trouble with the link, so copy and paste it into your browser: http://www.adrianscrazylife.blogspot.com/

adrian's crazy life is one of my favorite blogs to visit. she always has interesting posts and has many times made me laugh out loud. i don't always leave her comments, but when i do she knows it was one of my favorites.

check her out, you may become addicted too.

:)

diva sketch challenge

another week has passed and it is time for another sketch challenge. i made this card on thursday and was a year younger than i am now. my birthday was yesterday. now i'm just old. ugghhh!!! haha

i think i'm getting lazy in my stamping because this is once again a "no stamp" card . . . using only designer series paper. i just love it though.

i wanted to use the pacific point yet still keep it vivid. so i grabbed my pink flamingo paper and went from there. the flamingo and three yellow flowers have dimensionals behind them and the blue dots have crystal effects with a wee bit of glitter sprinkled over them.

diva inspiration challenge #43

here is this week's utah diva inspiration challenge . . . i use that term loosely.

ok, so my inspiration is a bit off, but it just had too many colors jumping out at me for my tired brain to deal with so i picked out a few to work with. get over it.
anyway, here it is. just a quickie using upsy daisy with pink, red and green. a bit of ribbon, a bit of punching and BAM! it's done.

diva sketch challenge 29

the weeks are speeding by . . . is it already pushing the middle of may? wow.

here is my card for this week's udi sketch challenge. i'm not sure if it's me or the sketch, but there were some issues with proportion.

i colored the stamp with markers and then used the aqua painter to spread the color around a bit. i didn't want it to "heavy" and like how there is a hint of color inside the flowers.

this card will be going to a friend who's mom died this week.

blog hop

i've been enjoying another blog hop. there are so many talented demos out there. amy asked us to post a link to her blog. click on her name and jump on over to start the blog hop there. each blog directs you to the next one. easy peasy.

have fun. i sure am.


there seems to be some trouble with the link. so here it is. copy and paste in your browser to get there.

http://burninrubber-anotherstampblog.blogspot.com/

scrapping attempts

i've been putting off posting my scrap pages, but have finally decided to put them out there.

this first one is my only boy cat, saffron. he has got waaaay too much personality. if you click on the pictures you can enlarge them and read the captions. out of the three pages i did, this is my favorite one.

and yes, he does jump to the top of the doors and hang out there on occasion.



saffron is also very helpful when it comes to stamping and he looks great in glitter.









this page is my daughter, missy (morgan michelle). i wanted to show a few stages of her life. it seems like she always had her mouth open. we always laugh about that. she also seems to like sticking her tongue out whenever there is a camera around. go figure. i used various rub ons in lieu of journaling.





the largest image is one of her senior picture proofs. i love how the chilly waters of lake michigan caught her by surprise.



chip was the subject of my last page. he is a very talented chef. his creations are as beautiful as any of our stamped images.
















this is a sun-dried tomato, pesto and cream cheese torta. my (stamping) friend's said it was like having a party in your mouth.

diva inspiration challenge #42

i love this week's challenge found on udi. the black background with the vivid green frog. it was so fun.

so without further ado, here is my creation. he is sitting on a yellow lily pad surrounded by greenery and a pink flower. i made his legs with dsp to give it a little something instead of a solid image. i love his oversized googly eyes.
















let me know what ya think. thanx.

diva sketch challenge

wow, another week gone by and it is suddenly may. hopefully the april showers will come to an end and our flowers will come into full bloom.

i loved this week's challenge. i used the big shot once again though the texturz are extremely hard to see in the picture. the blue has the polka dot texture and the little white insert has flowers. i folded the card over, added the bling and flower and then the butterfly from great friend with pacific point. some half pearls and "antennas" finish off my butterfly. The butterfly is cut out and backed with white card stock. the wings stick out so that he may fly away some day.

please let me know what ya think. :)

diva inspiration challenge

ok, i have to admit that i almost didn't do this week's challenge on udi. when i saw that picture i wanted to puke. i did not like it at all. too much going on and everything clashing. so, i put it out of my mind until this week and decided to make a cupcake and ignore the colors.

my cupcake was done with the basket die cut for the big shot and then crimped. i hand cut the icing, added a few frosting "swirls" and dusted it with "sprinkles." can ya tell i like lots of frosting? ;) i ran the card through the big shot also, with the texturz plates and added the ribbon. how fun is that?

ps. this card is for jeannette who is the "cupcake queen." her birthday is coming up and i made this for her. xoxox

diva sketch challenge

it's saturday and time for another sketch challenge on udi.

i just did some quick background stamping for a subtle look and then used the tea garden dsp to finish it off.



it just seemed so springy to me and we are finally having spring in sw michigan. woo hoo!!!

diva inspiration challenge

another week behind us and another week closer to spring. what a wacky week. snain and then up into the 70's and 80's. aaawwwww, spring.

this week's challenge is a lovely picture of shells. lots of neutral coloring. i tried to reproduce the shells. not quite how i envisioned, but they do kind of look like shells a bit.

call me psycho for cutting out all of those "shells" and then even punching holes in them. perhaps all that cutting is therapeutic. haha

can you believe there is no ribbon or glitter on this card. i must be having an "off" week. wow.

diva sketch challenge #26

i've missed the last two weeks and am glad to be back doing the sketch challenges again. hop on over to the divas for a look at the sketch.

for this card i used the bright delight rubons, tangerine, kiwi and rose red. not alot to it, but it works.

have a great weekend!

swap cards

can't say when the last time was that i posted this much in one week.

anyway, i am in a swap group that sends out swaps for every mini and new catty that comes out. these swaps are for the new occasions mini that started April 1st. let me know what ya think.

this card uses "great friend" with celery, apricot and basic gray. the butterfly is layered on celery and only mounted down the middle so that the wings can "fly."




"sense of time" was used for my second card. i love this set. there was a similar "clock" set a few years ago and i was so disappointed when it retired.

caramel, chocolate chip and vanilla were used for this card. hmmmmm, sounds like a sundae! i cut out all of the pieces and distressed everything then added a gold brad to the center of the clock hands. i sponged over the clock face hoping to give it an old feel. i found some "watch" parts that i had bought ages ago (and finally found a use for ;) then put a small piece of them on the smaller clock workings.

i stamped the sentiment in caramel and then used marker over to highlight the "learn, live and hope."

diva inspiration challenge #39

spring is slowly making an appearance here in sw michigan. our trees are starting to bud and daffodils blooming. it's about time.

here is this week's inspiration picture. this pretty purple flower just sings springtime.

i used the manhatten flower textured impressions die on shimmer white card stock, lightly sponged the "impressions" with eggplant ink, cut around the flower and lined it with black card stock. i put this image on textured lavendar cs and added "love" in eggplant cs. organza ribbon finishes it off.

i almost did it . . .

i was going to try and submit some of my work to stampin' up! for their annual artisan award.

i previously posted two of my cards though you didn't know that's what they were for. here are two more that i was going to use.

the background and envelope both have the texturz plates from the big shot.















i love this card. i used markers on the tree to give it multiple fall colors with more leaves falling off of it. i wasn't sure about the rose red, but it seems to work as an accent with the leaves.















i will post my "scrap" pages i did later. these are the reason i did not send my work into stampin' up! i seem to be extremely scrap challenged. i was even given some expert advice by brenda weaver, one of our own utah divas, who is a 2008-2009 artisan award winner. (thank you brenda for all of your help and input.)

i'll have to practice and keep working at it. maybe i'll be better by next year and will make a submission then.

until later . . .

diva inspiration challenge #38

well, ya knew it was coming. my last peep until next year for the diva inspiration challenge. would you believe that the peep is the only! stamp i use out of that set. glad i didn't buy it ~ i use my friend's.

anyway, the big shot was my friend again this week for the flowers and polka dot background. who doesn't love polka dots!!!

today's peep just popped out of the blush shell that is lightly speckled. not sure why i used a marker to color him in, because i hate markers. i much prefer the aqua painters. . . more control.

let me know what ya think. if ya haven't seen my other peeps scroll back a few weeks to catch the rest of them.

happy easter! He is risen!