Orange Roses

A little over a month ago, I attended a funeral for my friend's dad. As I looked at all of the flower arrangements on display, I was quite taken with a gorgeous vase of orange roses. They were absolutely stunning.

I decided to try and capture the beauty of these flowers with this stained glass image of roses from Rubbernecker, called "Rose"(SKU:223-03). I stamped the image with Marvy black dye ink onto X-Press It cardstock, light yellow cardstock, and a rusty orange cardstock. I colored the roses with Copic markers, and then cut around the roses with my Cutter-bee scissors. I placed them onto the other stamped cardstocks. I then framed the image with a piece of patterned paper from Bo Bunny and with the warm colored cardstocks.

The sentiment "Thinking of You" (SKU:565-10) is also from Rubbernecker. Gold brads and sheer gold ribbon complete this card.

Thanks for stopping by my blog today. I appreciate it.

Thanksgiving Blessings

***If you are looking for the Rubbernecker Holiday Hop...just click here.



It's Monday! Time for another challenge from the Outlines Challenge Blog! Thanksgiving is next Thursday here in the US, and this week we are using Thanksgiving as our challenge theme. Play along with us this week for your chance to win a $25 gift certificate from theOutlines Rubber Stamp Company.



For my card this week, I used one of the new Serendipity images from Outlines, Cinderella Mini (F-1205). I stamped the image onto X-Press It cardstock with Marvy black dye ink. I colored the image with Copic markers and added some highlights with Coloursoft pencils. I cut the image panel with a Nestabilities die, and did some paper piercing around the die cut shape.

Then using patterned paper from We R Memory Keepers and Heidi Grace Designs, I formed the layout for this card. Paper piercing was done around the larger We R Memory Keepers panel, and the strip of Heidi Grace paper was run dry embossed with a Sizzix folder. The card was framed with brown cardstock.

Sheer brown ribbon and lace were added to the card, as well as a leaf cut from brown cardstock using the Cricut cartridge, "Elegant Edges".

The sentiment is also from Outlines. It is a portion of the Split Layering Collage - Blessings (H-794). It was colored with Copic markers.



Along with my health and family, I am grateful to have the chance to be on such a talented and kind Outlines Design Team. Go and see what wonderful creations they have to share.

Jeanne Streiff
Jenny Gropp
Lisa Silver
Robin Kirkpatrick
Sandy Hulsart
Sue Kment

And, I am thankful you took time today to visit my blog. Have a terrific week!

Rubbernecker Holiday Hop!

Hello Rubbernecker Sisters!! HOP day has arrived!! The Stampin’ Sisterhood has LOTS to share today!! Thank you SO much for joining us!

We all thought it would be a GREAT idea to share some of our HOLIDAY images!! SO, sit back and ENJOY!!! Hey, if you leave some LOVE at EVERY stop along the way, you will be entered into a RANDOM drawing for your choice of ONE Rubbernecker Stamps SET!! Yes, you read right!! A SET, not a single!! Now, how AWESOME is that?! Mr. Rubbernecker wants YOU to be able to choose, so you will LOVE what you get!! BRILLIANT!! OK, we know that you are busy, so you will have until THURSDAY 11/17 to HOP! Our WINNER will be announced on the RUBBERNECKER BLOG, on FRIDAY 11/18!!

OH, and if you want to join in the sharing? We have a BIT of exciting news to share!! We will be starting some AWESOME Rubbernecker challenges on SUNDAY 11/20!! Hope you will join us for SISTERHOOD SUNDAYS!! We are going to have a BLAST!! Who knows? You could win a prize on SUNDAYS too!!! Thanks again for stopping by, better get HOPPING!!!

Bev Gerard
Charlene Driggs
Charlene Merrick
Frances Gumprecht
Holly McMillen
Jacquie Peifer
Jen Charboneau
Jennifer Cuthbertson
Joan Ervin
Judy Rozema
Juliana Swanson
Julia Aston
Karen Hunsaker
Kecia Waters {you are here}
Kittie Caracciolo
Maria Gurnsey
Rubbernecker Stamps



For my card, I used the Rubbernecker snowman image called "Blake" (SKU:593-01) from the 2011 Winter Holiday Collection. I stamped it Marvy black dye onto X-Press It cardstock. I colored the image with Copic markers and cut it out with my Cutter-bee scissors.

Then, on a piece of white cardstock, I brayered Vivid Bermuda Blue, Adirondack Sail Boat Blue and Adirondack Stonewashed dye inks to make the winter sky. I added some white dots for snow with a white gel pen. I then tore some white cardstock to make the ground, highlighted with Stickles for some glistening.

I place the snowman onto the winter scene. I added a shadow with a Copic marker, and then stamped Blake again on some light yellowish-beige cardstock to paper piece the sign. With a Memento Tuxedo Black marker, I wrote "Happy Freezin' Season". I like that the image allows you to stamp or hand write whatever sentiment you like on the sign.

A sheer white ribbon and a snowflake brad complete the card. It is framed with black and white cardstock.

Sunflower Scraps

I had some scraps lying around after yesterday's card, and couldn't bear to throw even those few sunflower petals away. So, I made a CAS card using the scraps. And, I really like how it turned out.

The partial sunflower image is from Outlines Rubber Stamp Company. It was stamped with Marvy black dye ink onto X-Press It cardstock. I colored the sunflower with Copic markers and cut around the petals with my Cutter-bee scissors.

The blue panel was sponged with Distress Ink Tumbled Glass and Adirondack Sailboat Blue. I then framed this panel with a black piece of cardstock, and placed onto a white card base, also framed in black.

The sentiment is from My Favorite Things and was stamped using Versafine Onyx Black ink.

Here's hoping all of you have a little sunshine in your day today. Thanks for stopping by my blog.

Inspiration Sun

It's Monday! Time for another challenge from the Outlines Challenge Blog! This week, the challenge is to use the following photograph as inspiration in your project:



Play along with us this week for your chance to win a $25 gift certificate from Outlines Rubber Stamp Company. What more inspiration do you need than that?!!!



As I looked at the inspiration photo, my eyes were drawn to the sun. I then thought of one of my favorite floral images from Outlines, the "Sunflower" (H-81). To me the petals on this image look like rays of sunshine. I stamped the sunflower twice with Marvy black dye ink onto X-Press It cardstock. I colored both sunflowers with Copic markers and cut around both images. I cut off about a 1/3 of both flowers, because I knew I wanted the sunflower to appear like it could be rising in the sky, like a sun. I joined the two sunflower images together and pushed a few petals on the top flower forward to provide the flower with dimension.

I created a panel for the card using a piece of patterned paper (sorry, source unknown...it was a scrap), and framed it with green and creme cardstock. I paper pierced around the patterned paper panel and used a punch to round the corners. A light brown colored pencil provides the faux stitching.

I used a Cuttlebug die to cut the sentiment tag, and did some sponging with Distress Ink Wild Honey. The sentiment was made using a portion of the image "Gift Card Holder-Kid" (I-921). This was done by only inking the sentiment with a Tuxedo Black Memento marker.

The finishing touches to this card include, a see-through brown tinted button, Honeydew Chartreuse Green Baker's Twine. The three orange brads were also inspired from the inspiration photo, as my eyes were also drawn to the drawer knobs.



Hope you take a peek at the other inspired projects made by the design team. As always, you won't be disappointed.

Jeanne Streiff
Jenny Gropp
Lisa Silver
Robin Kirkpatrick
Sandy Hulsart
Sue Kment

Thanks for stopping by my blog today! Have a great week!

Something to Crow About

It's Monday! This week's challenge from the Outlines Challenge Blog has us making creations with the theme "Friendly Fliers". Outlines has such wonderful images, and when I saw this cute little crow sitting on the scarecrow's arm, I knew I had to make him my "Friendly Flier". Especially, since today is Halloween. Seemed perfect. I hope you join in on this fun challenge this week. You can win a $25 gift certificate from the Outlines Rubber Stamp Company if you do.



I stamped the image called "Scarecrow" (G-1098) onto X-Press It cardstock using Marvy black dye ink. I colored the image with Copic markers. Some paper piecing of the scarecrow's shirt was done using a piece of Lasting Impressions cardstock. A few highlights using an atyouSpica glitter pen was used also on the image.

Patterned paper from K & Company and Lasting Impressions make up the panels of this card, along with black cardstock. The larger panel was cut using the Cricut cartridge "Elegant Edges", thus making the crow in the corner, and the fancy edge. The crow's eye is simply made with a hole punch and a Memento Tuxedo black marker, his beak is a scrap of the Lasting Impressions patterned paper.

Using the Memento Tuxedo black marker, I drew some hand-stitching around the some of the panels. A black button completes the card, tied with mandarin orange Baker's Twine.

To me, this card looks a little "folk art-ish" with the black crows. Thanks for stopping by my blog today.



Make sure you visit the blogs of the design team to see some more friendly fliers.

Jeanne Streiff
Jenny Gropp
Lisa Silver
Robin Kirkpatrick
Sandy Hulsart
Sue Kment

A Very Scary Dragon

Isn't this little dragon the scariest? I mean...cutest? Not so scary, but oh so cute.

This image is from Rubbernecker Stamps. It is called "Dragon Boy" (SKU-474-02).

I stamped the image with Marvy black dye ink onto X-Press It cardstock. I colored the image with Copic markers and cut around the image with my Cutter-bee scissors.

For the layout of the card, I used patterned paper from K & Company and black cardstock. Nestabilities dies made the inverted scalloped circle, and the inner circle was sponged with SeaShells Peach Bellini and Distress Ink Wild Honey dye inks. The sentiment is actually cut from patterned paper from K & Company, with a little Stickles added to "scary". Paper piercing and sheer black ribbon complete the details on this card.

Thanks for dropping by my blog today. A Happy Halloween to you. May your day be filled with treats!