Dog Days

I've started trying to design cards for a friend of mine who raises Spinone Italiano. I'm not the greatest artist in the world, but I think this may get me working to get better! It's amazing how different the various dog breeds are, and there are NOT many spinone illustrations out there on the web!

Here's a card I designed with a stamp I purchased at a scrapbooking convention. It's not a spinone, but....

The Forgotten BLOG!

I had completely forgotten that I even started this blog 3 or 4 years ago!! Maybe it's time to get back into it again. I'll post some *bad* pictures of my current project...and try to get my iPod figured out so I can take some decent photos of future work.

This project is one I started about a year ago. I made the folders with retired SU paper, and had planned to fill them with sets of cards to use as gifts. WELL....I'm just now getting around to making the cards. The good thing is, I'm using up a lot of retired product, just in time for the new Stampin' Up catalog with great new things to play with.

Here's the folder, made of two envelopes that were left over from some larger "store-bought" cards from my far distant past. I'm using Cameo Coral, Ruby Red, River Rock, and Groovy Guava....all colors that I hated to see retire!


These are some of the cards I'll put inside the folder.

More 3 x 6 cards

This size gives me four cards from every sheet of 12 x 12 paper. (And I have PLENTY of 12 x 12 paper since I've never managed to get into scrapbooking.)

I'm back!

I've been a bad blogger! My day job keeps me REALLY busy this time of the year, but things are slowing down now at school, so I want to post a few cards before we head north for the wedding.

I love florals, and this is a great set. This stamp reminds me of lupines and fireweed. On the first card, I colored the stamp with markers, then spritzed it lightly with water before stamping. This was one of my 3 x 6 cards. This is a great size to use 12 x12 paper efficiently. The second card is one I CASEd -- I loved the muted colors and the background created by rolling white craft ink on vellum.

Wedding Invitation

Here's the invitation I made for my daughter's upcoming wedding celebration. It was pretty simple -- just 3 layers. First I cut Cranberry Crisp card stock (SU) to 5-1/2" x 4-1/4", and black card stock to 5-1/8" x 3-7/8". I printed the monogram and text on heavy white paper, and trimmed them down to 5" x 3-3/4". I adhered the invitation to the black card stock, then wrapped the ribbons around before adhering the unit to the Cranberry Crisp. Fast and easy -- I only had to make 100, and they went more quickly than I really expected. It gives me hope that I can actually make 100 swaps for SU Convention!!!!

Pup cake

This is too cute for words -- I just had to share it. A co-worker gave me this today. It's made of two cupcakes (and an AWFUL lot of frosting!). The picture doesn't do the little guy justice.

More chocolate...

Have I mentioned that my daughter is getting married in June? I'm really excited, and I keep trying out ideas for favors, etc. (I've already made the invitations and shipped them off to her.)

This is a basic 3-nugget box. The labels were pretty simple - I just stamped on adhesive address labels and wrapped them around the nuggets. I used gold gel pen to embellish the stamping, but it looks yellow in the photograph. I couldn't decide WHICH of the Stampin' Up Mini-Mates stamps I wanted to use, so I made several. If I decide I can actually make 100 of these, I'll let DD decide which ones she wants included.