Go Fish Challenge #10

Hello! It's the first of the month, so that means it is time for another Go Fish challenge.  This week is a color challenge.  The colors are perfect for Valentine's, and I wish I could eat some of those yummy cookies in the inspiration photo right now with my coffee!
I used several different The Stamps Of Life stamps on this card.  The sentiment and the hearts are from the set hearts2love set and the zig-zag is from the borders4me set.  I also used a felt heart and some old SU ribbon.  You can see the colors in the inspiration photo below:




Hope you can play along in the challenge!

Emily

Have I Told You Lately....

Hello!  Today I am sharing a card using the hope4us (heart image) and the quote2love (sentiment) sets from The Stamps Of Life.  I really love the bold images in the hope4us set.  I stamped the heart in black on a scrap of DP leftover from my Authentique Wonder paper pad.  I also used some old text from a book.  I tore, inked and layered the paper behind the heart.
Always remember when you are using text from old books to scan what it says before adhering it to your card.  This is a card about love, but I noticed one of my torn papers, had a quote about death on it...not really appropriate!  Glad I caught it before gluing it down on the card!  :)
Hope you all had a fab weekend.  We were busy with basketball games, game night with neighbors, and a birthday party at Pump It Up.  We hadn't been there in a couple of years, so it was fun to jump around with the boys.  My parents even joined in the fun.  I can sure feel it in my legs and behind today with all of that jumping and climbing!

Thanks for stopping by!

Emily

FWF-Bicycle Birthday Wishes...

Hello.  Happy Friday!! Today I am sharing a bicycle birthday card I made with a Unity itty bitty (bicycle image) and the sentiment is actually from the July 2010 KOTM.  I use the type font sentiments from that kit a lot.  I am getting an arsenal of birthday cards ready for the spring.  We have a ton of spring birthday's in our family, including all of my boys.  My birthday card stash has dwindled, so time to restock!  The strip of DP is from Basic Grey's Life of The Party collection.  I added some baker's twine from The Twinery to the top and to the button on the pennant.

Hope you all have a wonderful weekend.  We are off to buy a new TV.  Our TV is mounted over our fireplace in the family room.  About a month ago, my oldest was throwing a tube of chapstick at the wall (why he was doing that, I have no clue)!  It ended up hitting right smack dab in the middle of the TV screen and shattered something inside, so now we have two lovely, bright pink lines going through the middle of the screen!  We decided to wait forl all of the Super Bowl TV sales to replace it.  Wish me luck!

Thanks for stopping by!

Emily

In my prayers...

I wanted to share another card I made with the hope4us stamps set from The Stamps Of Life.  I stamped the main image three times with chocolate ink by Stephanie Barnard.  I then went back with green inks and a sponge, to fill in the leaves.  This is a really quick and easy, one layer card (OLC) to make if you are pressed for time.  I think I will make sets of note cards with this same design, just using the other images for little gift sets.  I like to have those type of gifts on hand for teachers, friends and family.

Thanks for stopping by!

Emily

Love is Patient...

I just love this big scripture stamp from The Stamps Of Life set, quote2love.  I thought it would be pretty with some embossing in just black and white.  I will put it in my wedding card stash for a later date.  We haven't been to a wedding in a while. It seemed like for many years we were going to weddings ALL OF THE TIME! LOL!  I used the Sizzix starry night embossing folder and added some bling in the corner.  I stamped the sentiment and inked the edges in Stephanie Barnard's Licorice ink.

Thanks for taking a peek!

Emily

Wish....

Hello! Today I have a very CAS, one layer card for you.  I used an image from The Stamps Of Life new set, hope4us.  I love the different bold, images in this set.  Perfect for CAS cards.  I also used a sentiment from the set, daisies2garden.  I added some baker's twine to the top.  I used inks by Stephanie Barnard in Licorice and Guava.  Stephanie's inks match PERFECTLY with The Twinery baker's twine! Love that.

Today we awoke to everything being coated with ice. BLECH! No thanks...I really just want at least one beautiful SNOW! Not happening as our temperatures are supposed to climb to 50 tomorrow. Crazy weather!

Thanks for taking a peek!

Emily

Monthly Maniacs Debut!

Hello!  It is time for the very first Monthly Maniac Challenge.  The Monthly Maniacs are a group of gals who formerly designed for Paper Maniac.  We decided a fun way to keep in touch, was to participate in a monthly challenge.  Every month someone new will provide a challenge to the rest of the group. 

This month’s challenge is SNOW. Below you will find links to everyone’s blogs.  We hope you like what you see and come back again to see what we have been up to!

The snowglobe stamps are from The Stamps of Life set joy2Christmas, and the sentiment is from the robot2build set.  I paper pieced the snowglobe with white cardstock, and paper from Authentique.  The card base is a grey/blue and I have no clue who the manufacturer is.  Trying to use my stash!

Here are the other gals who have made something for today:
Emily
Tenia
Ceal
Ashley
Patti

Thanks for stopping by!

Emily

Baby Invites....

Hello!  My mom called me yesterday and asked if I could whip up some invites for my sister, who is expecting.  My sister lives out of state, and is coming home the first week of February, so the invites had to be made and mailed in short order!

I used two stamps sets from The Stamps Of Life. The sentiment is from the sweet4babies set and the inside was made with the invites2create set.  I used some older Almost Amethyst DP for the punched baby carriage.  I ran a panel of white cardstock through the CB with my swiss dots embossing folder and added some sheer white dotted ribbon to match.

My sis is a bit of a diva (don't worry, I would say this to her face and I love her gobs), and.... she is very specific about what she doesn't want for her baby girl.  No pink. No hearts. No bows.  Uhhhhh, yeah...

No pink...check.
No hearts...check.
No bows...well....How could this card NOT have a bow? It is for a baby girl, and I decided it, along with the flower border on the maybe blue/maybe lavender colored baby carriage, would clue those in who didn't know.  So, what do you think?

Thanks for stopping by!

Emily

Sending Warm Thoughts....

Hello!  Today I am sharing a card I made with a sentiment from MFT and the little penguin from morepenguins2love by The Stamps Of Life.  The paper is from Pink Paislee.  I used the CB snowflake embossing folder for the background panel and added some faux stitching around my heart.  I created a baker's twine scarf for my penguin and added some more baker's twine at the bottom.

Today I will be tackling my craft studio.  It is time to reorganize and purge my supplies.  Stay tuned as I will probably be adding items to my "for sale" section on my blog.  I will let you all know when I do!

Thanks for stopping by,

Emily