A few things to share

I read Karla Nathan's blog daily--karlascottage.typepad.com and I must say it is one of my favorites. It is like visiting bed and breakfast everyday while looking in on Karla, who is a fantastic artist and paints the most beautiful roses of anyone I have seen. Anyhow, Karla loves angels and fairys and I told her that I had a neat fairy stamp and would send her a card. She very nicely said that she would send me one of hers too. This is what I received in the mail the other day. She had the card wrapped in vintage newspaper and ribbon with her beautiful business card attached. Inside was a great card that Karla had used scraps of vintage paper and made a card. It makes mine look plain. ( I forgot to take a photo of mine before it went off in the mail, sorry!! But I used the tinkerbella from the bella stamps). Go visit Karla on her blog and see if you don't agree with me.

I made a card for the splitcoast sketch challenge again and this time used a tutorial from Maria Bell (another most talented card maker and blogger). This one was with the doodle this set and I embossed the doodle flowers with gold and silver embossing powder and then cut out and formed a flower with some wire. Attached everything together with a brad. Then bent up the wire under the top flower and it holds the flower up. I love this. The photo shows the wire. it is really pretty IRL. I may try this again. I had forgotten that I had copper embossing powder and I think I would like to try a little heavier gauge wire.

Thanks for checking in today. Splitcoast seems to be down and I am bored. I mounted some stamps today and put some mod podge on a little case I made for my grandaughter to put her polly pocket toys in. Not sure if I like it well enough to photograph for you to see.

Jerry finished waxing the camper and it looks so nice. Now he is making a cover for the ball of the 5th wheel hitch so you don't get grease on you when you walk in front of it. I love my camper!!!

It is hot here today. The dogs are going in and out. They are bored too.

I should make a card today. I want to do the gatefold card from Beate, but with splitcoast down, I can't go and get the instructions. So.....

Cheryl out!!

Another sketch challenge card from Splitcoast

I bought one of the glue pads at a stamp show I went to several weeks ago and also splurged on several colors of the ultra fine glitter. The sketch challenge today made me want to do something with this stuff as I was watching Martha Stewart on the Today show today and she used her glue and glitter and it looked so pretty. So I started playing with it and this card is what I came up with. Now if someone could tell me what to do to keep the glitter from coming off. I even tried hairspray over it. I still have a long way to go to but I am having fun on the journey. I used the cuttlebug heart embossing folder on the real red base as I thought it needed something. Then I used the glitter on the doodle that set and cut into squares with my Creative Memories square punch. I stuck it all down with my ATG 714 gun (which I love but get some glue hanger oners!!!) Then I stamped the delight in life with versafine ink (which I love) and added the bow from Jodys ribbon share. I am sure this could use something else, but I just don't know what. I will continue to try to create and share with you.

Thanks for checking in today.

Sketch Challenge 121

This is my card for the sketch challenge this week. It took me forever to do because I was determined to use this Natural Beauty stamp that I did with Kathy using the powderkeg embossing powders. I used vanilla with this and you can't really see the different shades that this came out in in the photo. It is pretty, but I need to work on the final step of stamping on top of it. My image didn't come out very good. I used some shimmery gold cardstock that I bought at If It's Paper in High Point, NC. Also used the wonderful words II that was gold embossed and then cut out with the oval punch. I used the paper trey ribbon set for the line that I put the gold stickles on and I embossed the black mat with the textile folder from Cuttlebug. The corner punch is SU. All in all it is kinda pretty. I may send this to my sister who is going thru a rough time right now.

Thanks for looking.

Cheryl