Changito Coffee Monkey

I just received a new Changito Monkey cling stamp by Stampendous in the mail this week. He's so cute, he makes me laugh! We all have "two cup days", don't we?? LOL

So Thursday night, I stamped some images and this is the card I came up with.
I watercoloured the image, sponged SU Creamy Caramel around the edges, used Crystal Glaze on the coffee cups and brown flocking on Changito's bunny slippers for dimension. Along the edge, the "coffee brands" stamp is a border stamp by Blockheadstamps. The yellow background paper by SU is run through the Cuttlebug Swiss dots folder on which I randomly stamped coffee beans. Spellbinders circles, scalloped circles and tag dies were used, along with a scalloped border punch. The background paper is chocolate brown, however, looks black in the pic. Why can't colours stay true? (Sigh!)

Sharon

Zindorf Halloween

I haven't stamped in over a month. Sigh! I happened to be reading Michelle Zindorf's blog and liked her tutorial for "Birds on a Fence". This is my take...
I used Crystal Glaze on the crows to give them dimension; one crow is cut out and mounted with a pop dot. The sizzix pumpkins are watercoloured and layered with foam dots. The tree is a stamp, and the fence is drawn freehand. A bit of white gel ink highlites the tree branches and fence. On the orange and green papers, I stamped the woodgrain background stamp from SU and distressed the edges with black ink.
Sharon

Birthday card

I got some new stamps from Lori's TAC cattie. Love these girl images, and the verses are so much fun.



Sharon
July 9/09

Cottage

Last weekend, Julie and Jeff came for a visit at the cottage. We bought lots of strawberries at Stirling's Fruit Market for $2.50 a box (good deal!) and spent the afternoon making freezer jam. It was Julie's first time and she was pleased with her results - she didn't know it was so easy!

Here are some pics of the cottage. We painted it two years ago for Julie's wedding and already the paint is flaking from the salt air. Always maintenance to do! We haven't put the canvas on the gazebo yet either because of all the rain. Where you see the little stump in the front of the cottage, that is where the path starts to walk down the hill to the beach.

The sun came out for about an hour on Sunday afternoon, so Julie and Jeff washed their car to take advantage of the rays....few and far between lately!

The rose bushes are in full bloom and the smell is gorgeous!

In case you are wondering what the ivy covered structure is in front of the sunporch, it is the stone chimney from the old farmhouse which stood on the property in the early 1900's. The sandstone blocks are huge. It amazes me how they built it way back when.

Sharon
July 9/09

Julie - Award Night at Pier 21, Halifax

Julie won the Halifax County Dental Society award for the three "P's" - Professionalism, Participation and Positivity. With this award came a cheque of $150.00! She was happy about the money part. LOL! Here are a few pics. The lighting in the room was very dim during the ceremony and I was quite far from the stage. I used my zoom; however, the pics of Julie being presented are a bit blurry.

"You're Sweet" Thinking of you card

This card is for a friend which I mailed recently but forgot to upload it. The cupcakes, roses and verse are by Inkadinkadoo #97628 clear acrylic stamps. I coloured the cupcakes with watercolour pencils and added Stickles for bling. The background paper and striped paper is by Stampin Up. I think the paper on the Nestie is Basic Grey but not sure as it was a scrap.

Eeek! I just noticed I have used that Martha Stewart Punch on my last few cards. I have a new zigzag/dot border MS punch on order. Can't wait to receive it so I can change up my layouts! LOL

Sharon
June 7/09

Sympathy Card

I made this card and got it in the mail last week for Cindy on Inkstainers whose MIL recently passed away. I also entered it on CropStop.com for their weekly challenges "Monochromatic".
The background is floral paper which I sponged with lavender versamagic chalk ink around the edges, and also on the Nesties Oval. The verse on the oval is by Cloud 9 Designs "Simple Thoughts". I think the words are really meaningful!

Sharon
June 7/09

Kickin Up Dirt - Birthday card for SIL Jeff

My SIL Jeff's birthday is coming up on June 11th, so I made this card today to take with me to the city when I visit Julie & Jeff on June 10th. They just bought a new house and Jeff wants to make a vegetable garden. I bought him a new shovel and some other tools for his birthday, so thought the verse "kicking up dirt" was appropriate! LOL! Jeff is interested in wilderness activities - rock climbing, ATV'ing, hiking, kayaking, etc. He says he would love to be on the "Survivor Man" television show.
The stamp set is from CTMH -#D1151 "Off Road". I'm not sure if it's still in their cattie or not.I watercoloured the images and used Crystal Glaze on the ATV headlights and helmet face shield for dimension. Also used my Nesties Rectangle dies, and the Martha Stewart border punch. Copper brads and green metallic evergreen tree embellies.

Sharon
June 7/09

RAK's

Yesterday, was a great mail day from my Inkstainers friends Heather and Lori. Here are their cards:




Thanks so much for your thoughtful words inside the cards. They made my day!
Hugs, Sharon

Card for friend - "Fairy - Flowers Smiling"

I haven't stamped much in the past two months!! Since coming back from vacation I don't know where the time has gone.

I did make a card yesterday morning for a friend just to say hello as I haven't written to her in a long time. Sorry I don't know who makes this fairy stamp. The stamped and embossed fairy was given me to quite some time ago in an image swap. I coloured it with twinkling H20's, and added some Gold Stickles for bling on the fairy's headband,the neckline of her dress and her wings. The verse is by Clear Stamps "Simple Thoughts" series. I also added some beads and more Gold Stickles to the centre of the Prima Flower. The scroll is a Quickutz Die; scalloped oval by Spellbinders.



Sharon
May 25/09