Limited supplies card #1

Ok, so when I left home, I brought a tiny bit of stuff with me to make some cards with. I brought...
* 6 sheets of cardstock
* 6 punched out scalloped ovals and regular ovals to mount with them
* 3 feet of ribbon. (1 ft of each of 3 colors)
* 6 prismacolor markers
* Signo gel pen
* Paper Piercer
* Scissors, Paper Cutter, and adhesive
* SU! button container with a few embellishments
* 6x6 pad of Basic Grey Scarlets Letter designer paper
* Animal Wishes A*Muse acrylic stamp set

This is the first card I made with my limited supplies. The kitty was stamped in Noir hybrid ink on a jumbo scalloped oval and then mounted on a mega scalloped oval punched from Basic Black cardstock. She was colored in, and the ground was created with prismacolor markers.

The card base is RealREd stamped with the flowers from the new PaperTrey Ink set Little Lady that I just picked up today in versamark. Then I mounted a small strip of one of the Scarlet Letter papers across the card and mounted the oval on top of it. The sentiment was stamped under the little kitty on the red ground that I created with my Prismacolor marker>

To finish the card up, I added a button that was tied with some polka dotted organdy ribbon. This was a really quick card, and with the few supplies I had, I'm quite pleased with it.

Ok, gotta run, the finale of Grey's Anatomy is gonna be on in a half hour...whoo hoo!

Look what I found!

At the local scrapbook store no less! Yup, the newest release "Little Lady" from Paper Trey ink. Uh huh, it's only been out 2 days and I have one, tee hee hee. Turns out that Nicole from PTI lives here in Clarksville TN and sells her stamps at the local scrap store Memories in Bloom. So today while my brother and sister-in-law were at work, I drove over there to investigate, and this is what I found. (insert huge happy face!)

I also picked up two bottles of stickles, Orange Peel and Fruit Punch, and a fab. set of Heidi Swapp goodis (not pictured cuz they are in a box.)

Now I'm gonna have to go back tomorrow so I can get some chalk inks to play with while I'm here. I didn't think about it while I was there, and all I brought with me was the Noir hybrid black and my versamark.

Stay tuned for a new card I made today...

Better late than never...

Sorry I am so late posting this tonight. I'm leaving to visit my brother in Tennessee tomorrow, and just finished packing, lol.

Anyhow, the 3rd week's AmuseaPalooza challenge has been posted. WHOO HOOO!! The prize this week is a year membership to the Splitcoaststamper's Fan Club, and a travel mug in your choice of colors. How great does that sound?

This week the challenge is a card sketch. Make sure you head over to the amuseapalooza blog (linked above) and check out the sketch. Here is my interpretation...

This card is 4x4 square and the base is Whisper White cardstock. I kept this card pretty simple. You know the A*Muse statement "Think Simple. Think A Muse" well that was the muse behind my newest A Muse card. (hehehe...cheezy I know!)

Across the card base is a strip of Polka Dot designer paper. It is from the Petals and Paisley designer paper collection from Stampin' Up. On this, I added a bow tied with some sheer white polka dotted ribbon and adhered with a mini glue dot.

The image is Sniffer. Remember her? Well today she is decked out in Tempting Turquoise bling collar, and has had her fur dyed Creamy Caramel. *wink wink* Behind this image, I created a scalloped frame with a couple of giga scalloped squares that were punched out of Tempting Turquoise cardstock.

Stay tuned, I have an itty bitty bit of stamping stuff in my suitcase. You will all be witnesses to me having to use what I brought with me. I will definitely miss all my supplies, but am looking forward to the challenge. The only stamps I am taking with me is the A*Muse small skinny oval and the Animal Wishes acrylic set (also from A Muse). I know it's kind of cheating to take a "set" but luckily, acrylic is making traveling stamping easy.

More tomorrow from TN...

Hoppy little bugger...

Oooh here is another of my new stamps from the A*Muse summer release. This little grasshopper is one of my favorites.

I stamped him and the grass on Whisper White cardstock in Green Galore and Glorious Green (respectively). Then I colored in his head, body, and wings with an Avocado Prismacolor marker. I cut this out to a 1 3/4 inch square and mounted it on a giga scalloped square punched out of Glorious Green cardstock. Then it wouldn't be complete without the white dots on the scallops, (haha) so I added them with my Signo white gel pen.

The card base is Green Galore stamped with a polka dotted circle from a SU! set from a past mini (the name is totally escaping me, lol). Over this I mounted a piece of Taken with Teal cardstock that was also stamped with this stamp set. I tied some ribbon I got at Michaels around this and mounted it on the card base and mounted the grasshopper over this.

It needed a little something else, so I did a faux stitch along the edges of the Teal piece and some Eucalyptus stickles to the grasshopper's wings. The sentiment is from the SU! Unfroggetable set but A*Muse has a tiny one like it that I may need to pick up, he he. I used a marker and my stamp-a-ma-jig to line up the sentiment.

Fun huh? I am really happy with the card itself, but I am thinking the stamped part (hopper) needs something else....you think? Did you check out the Amuseapalooza blog yet? The new challenge is about to be posted and you don't want to miss out on awesome free goodies do you? Well then get over there! **wink**

I've been tagged!

For the first time!! I know all the rest of you bloggers have been going crazy and getting sick of being tagged, but not me! hehe...I'v been patiently waiting to be tagged and it finally happened! Thanks to Rebecca at Bella Carta!

So I am supposed to list 7 things about myself and tag 7 people, so here goes...

1. I have been going to school FOREVER it feels like, and just finished my last math class. I am now at the home stretch and hope to get my degree in December.

2. I have changed my major 7 times. Ha ha ha I know! I have wanted to be everything from an Interpreter for the Deaf to a Special Education teacher. Guess what my degree is going to be in? English literature. How funny is that? Too bad they don't have a bachelors degree in stamping huh? lol

3. I am addicted to soda...Pepsi especially. Every year I try to give it up, make it a month and fall off the wagon. Sad I know.

4. I am really short. I'm only 5'3" and my dad is 6'3" lotta good he did me huh?

5. Even though I am short, I have HUGE feet. I wear a size 11 shoe. I think that I was supposed to be tall...I have tall person feet...the rest of me didn't get the message.

6. I love the Young and the Restless. I have been watching it forever and was devastated today by the apparent death of Nicholas. (insert dorky sad face)

7. I refused to go to the first Stampin' Up party that I was invited to. Not interested I claimed. You can guess what happened, lol.

Ok now for the 7 people, I guess I am going to tag KK(cuz she hasn't updated her blog in a month, Stephanie,Cindy, Allison, Chris, Kurtis, and last but not least Linda because she is a stamping goddess and the life behind my current obsession with AmuseaPalooza (and if you haven't checked out the AmuseaPalooza blog yet, shame on you! Scoot! Get over there and join in the fun!!!

Sniffer

Sorry I didn't get anything posted this weekend. Between my stamp club, Mother's Day, and a final for my online class I was Busy with a capital "B."

I threw this card together last night before I went to bed. I was planning on uploading it then, but my computer had other ideas, lol.

The little dog on this card is brand spankin' new! It is from the Summer A*Muse release. The little girl's name is Sniffer. Cute huh? She actually looks like my Rosie who is a Jack Russel Terrier.

I stamped Sniffer in Burnt Sienna Palette Hybrid ink on Shimmery White cardstock. Then I masked her and stamped the small skinny oval (also from A Muse) in Real Red ink under her. I then took my Real Red marker to color in her collar. She seemed to need a little bling, so I added a teeny tiny rhinestone (I think it's from Hero Arts) on the center of her collar.

I punched her out with my jumbo oval punch and mounted it on a mega scalloped circle that was punched out of Real Red cardstock. Then I took my white Signo gel pen and added some lines to the scallops.

The card base is Pretty in Pink (4 1/4 inch square) that was stamped with one of the stamps from the Big Pieces SU! set. I then added a scrap of some Valentine paper I had been hoarding (I think it is from Fiskars Cloud 9) and tied some pink and red stitched ribbon from May Arts around the strip and adhered it to the card base.

To finish the card up I used my Pretty in Pink ink pad and direct to paper inked up the edges, and stamped the sentiment in the Burt Sienna Hybrid ink.

Don't forget to swing by the Amuseapalooza site today. The winner of last week's card challenge has been posted and the new challenge is going to be posted soon.

I promised...

To post some Stampin' Up stuff, and here it is! Tomorrow my lovely group of stamp ladies meet, and these are the two projects that we will be stamping. I try to use the same colors and stamp sets for all of the projects that we do on one day. I think that it helps to show the versatility of your "stuff". For these projects, we will be using Certainly Celery, Tempting Turquoise, Whisper White, and Chocolate Chip cardstock, ink, and ribbon. The stamp set is Natural Beauty, one of my absolute favorites (and it's retiring *insert sad face*), Crosshatch BG (also retiring), and the Rough Texture jumbo wheel.

This 8 1/2x11 scrapbook page is the first project we will be doing. The background is wheeled with the Rough Texture wheel. Then both pieces of cardstock were stamped with the leaf from the Natural Beauty stamp set. I punched the edges of the picture mounting piece with the Ticket corner punch. I tied a couple of pieces of ribbon around the strip along the left side, and then stamped the title in Whisper White craft ink with the Whimsical Lower alpha (also retiring, and I am truly traumatized by this!)

This card is the second project we will be making. The card features the Pearl Ex Floored technique. The card bg is stamped with the Crosshatch BG, and then a piece of white grosgrain is tied around the card. The flower was stamped on Whisper White cardstock with black Stazon and then colored in with a Certainly Celery marker and the blue/green duo pearl ex and my aqua painter. I then direct to papered the white edges, punched all the corners with the ticket corner punch, and mounted this over the ribbon onto the card base. To finish up the card, I used the round tab punch and punched out a tab from some Cool Caribbean cardstock, and used a Taken with Teal marker and my stampamajig to stamp the sentiment onto the tab. (the sentiment is one of the tiny words on the word block in the Natural Beauty stamp set). I mounted this on the edge of the image square, and that was it!

My SU! stamps are still complaining of A*Muse favoritism, but at least they got a little workout tonight, lol.

I'm ducky, how r you?

I am so pleased with how this card turned out. Don't ya just love it when you get an idea in your head and it actually works out the way you were hoping it would?

The little duck was stamped in Chocolate Chip ink on Shimmery White cardstock. Then I colored him in with a blender pen and a Summer Sun refill. He looked a little boring so I touched him up with some yellow Stickles when I was finished. He was punched out with my 1 1/4 inch SU! circle punch and layered on a 1 3/8 inch circle of Summer Sun cardstock that was also created with a SU! punch.

The card base is Chocolate Chip cardstock stamped with CC ink and the flower stamp from the Big Pieces stamp set (from a couple of mini catalogs ago). Then I used my Signo white gel pen to add a dot to each petal. This added a little interest to the background.

Nest I used my word window punch on the bottom of the card, stamped the sentiment "Just Ducky" in Chocolate Chip ink on some more Shimmery White cardstock and adhered it inside the card so that the sentiment could be seen from the outside.

To finish the card up I tied a piece of stitched yellow grosgrain ribbon (from Michaels) around the card and adhered the duck circle over it with some Stampin' Dimensionals.

Cute huh? Ok, so I do love this one, lol. Did you notice anything else? Yup, this card uses NO BLACK INK...you know what that means right? That means that I can enter it in this weeks card challenge on the A*musea*palooza blog. Have you entered a card yet? Better hurry up and submit one, the prize is Amazing!

More new stamps

Aren't they cute? I picked these up last week, and today was the first day I got to ink them up. LOVE 'EM!

I stamped the chair and lamp on Shimmery White cardstock in Bravo Burgundy ink, then masked them off and stamped the bird and the small skinny oval in Brocade Blue. I colored all the images in with a blender pen and ink refills.

The hole was punched into the card base with my Giga scalloped square, and then the images were adhered from the inside of the card. The edges of the hole were brightened up a bit with some faux stitching, and then I added the sentiment "Just sittin' here thinkin' of you" in Whisper White craft ink.

To finish up the card I sliced a small slit in the crease, and tied some light blue sheer polka dot ribbon around the base.

This was a really fun and quick card to make. Don't forget to check out the A*Muse A*Palooza blog HERE to see all the entries for the card contest, and maybe enter one of your own.

The obsession continues...

Seriously, I do own some Stampin' Up stuff. I swear I do. I promise, that like every good Stampin' Up demonstrator, I have mountains of their beautiful rubber stashed everywhere in my house. But the chance at free goodies, is just forcing me to obsess over my A*Muse stamps. Do you want to win free goodies? Run to the amuseapalooza blog and check it out! hehehe

Here is my third card for the second A*MuseaPalooza challenge. For this card, I stamped the line of birds in Going Grey ink on Shimmery White cardstock. Then I used a blender pen with my Cool Caribbean reinker to color in the birdies, and a Vintage Violet reinker with a blender pen and the color spritzer to spritz up the background. I mounted this on a piece of Going Grey cardstock as well.

The card base is Vintage Violet 4x4 square, and I mounted the strip of scalloped Cool Caribbean cardstock that was stamped with the Linen bg stamp and scalloped with my slit punch. I adhered this strip on the card base with two silver brads, and then used my paper piercer and white Signo gel pen to faux stitch along the edge.

To finish the card up, I stamped the sentiment "A Little Birdie Told Me" in Vintage Violet ink. Fun Card....Fun Contest...Fun Stamps! Have you checked it out for yourself yet? NO? OMGosh, run to the amuse blog and register!

Mother's Day card..

I made this card last night for my grandma for Mother's Day. She is a quilter/knitter, so I thought she would appreciate this new stamp I got from A*Muse. I also got the awesome sentiment that goes with it "Knit Happens" haha but I didn't think she would appreciate that one so much so I used another one I just picked up yesterday that says "Have a Spenderifous Day".

This one also fulfills the week 2 challenge for AMUseaPalooza (go check out the challenge for yourself at the amuseapalooza blog) (anyhow, the challenge was to use no black ink). I was obviously stuck on Going Gray and scallops last night. The yarn was stamped on shimmery white cardstock in Going Grey ink and then colored in with a Cool Caribbean reinker and blender pen. I cut this out with my colluzzle and then mounted it on a mega scalloped circle stamped from Cool Caribbean ink. Then I took my paper piercer and Signo white gen pen to dot the centers of the scallops.

The card base is Going Grey stamped with the Floral BG stamp (which is way prettier on a card than it is in the catalog by the way). Next I took a small strip of Cool Caribbean cardstock, stamped it with the Canvas BG and used my slit punch to create the scalloped edge.

I adhered this on the card base and then added a couple of finishing touches. I dotted the side scallops with my gel pen and tied a sheer polka dot ribbon along the edge. The sentiment was stamped along the bottom edge in Going Gray ink and called it done. What do ya think??

Soldier card

I used one of my new A*Muse stamps tonight to make a card for one of the soldiers that we send care packages to. The second week challenge was to use NO black ink. Check out all the fab cards that have been made for the challenge on the amuseapalooza blog HERE Wowza!

For this card, I stamped the Lady Liberty from A*Muse in Going Gray classic ink on Whisper White cardstock. Then I took my blender pen and colored her in with some classic reinker. Even though she is supposed to be all gray, she looked a little dull, so I used some yellow stickles to add some color to her crown and torch.

Then I punched this out with a jumbo oval punch from Marvy and mounted it on a scalloped mega oval punched out of Yo Yo Yellow cardstock. Then I took my white Signo gel pen and added a dot to each scallop.

The card base is Going Grey cardstock stamped with the ribbon from the retired Godspeed stamp set, and then stamped again with the Linen background stamp. Along the left edge, I mounted a piece of Whisper White cardstock that I scalloped with my SU! slit punch. I used a Going Gray Stampin Write marker to add the dots to each scallop. To finish the card up, I added a small bow with some Maize grosgrain ribbon.

I promise to try and have a Stampin' Up creation tomorrow. A*MuseaPalooza has invaded my brain, hehe!

A*Muse swap

Since A*Musea*Palooza is happenin' I thought I would try my hand at the ambassador contest. One of the ways to earn points is by hosting an A*Muse swap. You can read all about the ambassador contest and other great challenges on the Amuseapalooza blog. Just click on the link over on my side bar.

Sooo, if you would like to help me out, and get some cute cards, join my swap!

Deets-
7 full cards featuring A*Muse stamps with NVR on papers and embellishments.

Cards due to me by June 1st and will be returned to you within a week. Please include a SASE with the same postage it took you to mail to me, plus an additional loose stamp just in case.

If you would like to join, please email me at coribravo1014@aol.com. I will then confirm your spot and send you my address to mail your swaps. Thanks for joining and helping me with the Ambassador contest!!

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Birthday card

My friend Sally's little one turned 5 a week or so, and today is his party. I had plans to make a pirate card, but HAD to use my new A*Muse stamps instead, lol.

To start with, I stamped the blow up pool in Cool Caribbean ink on Whisper White cardstock. Then I masked the pool and stamped the lifeguard chair in Close to Cocoa. I masked this as well, and then stamped the little bird on top of the chair in black ink.

The little dino was stamped in Basic Black on Whisper White, colored in with a Gable Green marker, and then cut out. I used my craft knife to cut a slit in the pool and put the dino inside. The chair and bird were colored in with reinkers and a blender pen. Then I used my blender pen and color spritzer tool to spritz the sky in.

I punched the corners with the ticket corner punch, and stamped the backgrounds with the retired Paisley Print bg from Stampin' Up.

To finish the card off, I tied some sheer white polka dot ribbon around the edge, and added a chipboard tag that I cut out with my Cuttlebug. The tag was stamped with "Wish" from the Small Sayings stamp set and then I used direct to paper to color the tag green. I hooked it to the ribbon with a little jump ring.

Hope you all had a great weekend! Don't forget to swing by the A*Muse A*Palooza blog and join in on one of the challenges. Tons of fun for all!

A*MuseA*Palooza

Omgosh, you guys know how obsessed I am with A*Muse stamps right? Well A*Muse is having their 2nd annual A*MuseA*Palooza right now. It has prizes and contests, and tons of stuff. You can check it out by clicking HERE. If you register, please tell them Cori Bravo sent you! **wink**

Here is my card for the first week's challenge. It was to use only black ink. I started out with one of the Brown Cottage Argyle note cards. I trimmed it down a little so that it was a 4 inch square card. Just slightly smaller than they come. Then I used my stamp-a-ma-jig to stamp the fence across the card in Noir hybrid black ink. Once the fence was complete, I used a black stampin' write marker to ink up the birdies (omitting the wire) and used the SAMJ again to line them up and stamp them on the fence.

Next, I masked off a portion of the fence and then stamped "Patch" on the ground behind the fence in the black Noir ink. I colored the whole card in with my Prismacolor Markers, and then stamped the sentiment "A little birdie told me" on the bottom of the card in the Noir black ink.

It seemed a little dull to me, so to finish it up, I used some icicle stickles to bling up the birdies' feathers a bit. I really like this card, I think it makes a nice "sister" to the card I made last week before the evil illness wiped me out. **wink**.

Keep checking back, I got a TON of new A*Muse stamps this week while I was sick. (There was nothing else to do but shop, hehe) and the A*Musea*Palooza is the perfect reason to ink them up.