Another Rainy Day Card

I have another umbrella/rain card to show you. I absolutely love images that have umbrellas in them for some reason. Samantha and I were shopping somewhere one day and she found this stamp in a clearance bin. I think these Changito stamps from Stampendous are just adorable and Samantha also enjoys making cards with them. At least these guys are making a rainy day enjoyable!

Thanks for visiting today!

Some mornings....

Okay, in my house every day is a two cup day! My personality is much better after a cup or tow of that miracle morning juice. I really do enjoy these Changito stamps from Stampendous, and they keep getting cuter and cuter. I stamped the image and sentiment with Memento ink and colored Changito with Prismacolor pencils. I used a little bit of Glossy Accents on the mugs. The brads are from the Paper Studio, the papers are from my stash, and the scalloped circle was punched with a Marvy punch.

I hope everyone is enjoying their weekend so far. My sister, her husband and my nephew came up for a visit on Friday and they left last night. Silas is just a little over two and a hand full, but still a lot of fun. Kip had the good fortune to watch his very first episode of Blues Clues yesterday. I don't know what bothered him more, the show or the fact that all three of the other adults in the room knew all the songs and hand movements. Other than their visit, we have just been hanging out around the house not doing too much. Enjoy your day tomorrow!

Bubble Fun

Good Sunday afternoon! My card today uses a Changito stamp from Stampendous. I colored the monkeys and grass with Copics and Prismas and then painted the bubbles with Oyster Twinkling H20 paint. I wanted those bubbles to have some of the same qualities of real bubbles. As a child (and as a former preschool teacher!),  I was always fascinated with the iridescent colors of bubbles and how the color would change depending on how the light hit them. The yellow background paper was made using a scrap piece of yellow paper and then I used a small round container dipped in CTMH Sunny Yellow ink and randomly stamped those big circles. I was very happy with the way they turned out, I wanted it to look like bubbles had burst on the paper so I didn't want a solid circle and these turned out exactly the way I wanted them to. Don't you just love it when that happens? I embossed the blue strip with a Cuttlebug folder and decided to do with the more square Mosaic folder rather than the one with circles for some visual contrast. 

And just for the record, I am now really regretting trying to change that tire. Wow and I regretting it. I have changed many, many tires in the past. What I did not take into consideration was that always before when I changed a tire, I was lifting a deflated tire or one of those dinky spares. My Jeep has a full size inflated tire that weighs a lot more than that little donut tire! Shortly after I started driving, I had a flat tire and got stranded and had a bit of a scare. I ended up having to pay roadside assistance like $40 or so to change the tire and it only took him a matter of minutes. When I got home, I made sure that my dad taught me to change my own tire before I drove again. Have a great day!

Happy Birthday Kip!!

Quick post today because today is my husband's birthday. Happy Birthday Kip! This is the birthday card that I made for him. I embossed the background with a Cuttlebug folder, I knew I wanted a more distressed look so I made sure that my card stock from DCWV had a white core. After embossing, I went over the raised areas, lightly, with a sanding block. Changito was stamped with Palette ink and then colored with Prisma markers. I stamped the birthday message with CTMH Olive ink. I wrapped the bottom with some hemp around the bottom and bada bing, a birthday card for my hubby!

Changito Mummy Card

Good evening! I love these Changito stamps by Stampendous. Hobby Lobby has stamps on sale this week and I went in to grab a Thanksgiving stamp for our card class next week and this one just had to be taken home too. So did the the one with Changito dressed as a vampire. I really hadn't planned on getting more Halloween stamps but I couldn't resist. The Hobby Lobby near me had several new stamps, they were putting out new Cuttlebug embossing folders, Nestabilities and some other Spellbinders products. Every week I go in there lately, it seems like they have added something new. Yes, I go there almost every week. Kip says going to Hobby Lobby or Jo-Anns's with me is like going to Cheers with Norm, they know me by name at both places.

Anyway, about tonight's card: I used the sketch from today's Sketch Challenge over on SCS. The image was stamped with Brilliance black ink and colored with Prismacolor pencils. I colored the wrappings with white and then went over that slightly with a gray pencil. The Trick or Treat is from a Studio G Halloween set. All the paper is from The Paper Studio. I inked the edges of the stamped image with CTMH gray ink. Thanks for stopping by!