Nature's Nest- turtle

The base of this card is Old Olive, for layering I used Always Artichoke, Old Olive and Crushed Curry. The turtle was stamped with Stazon on watercolor paper and painted with Watercolor Wonder Crayons and an Aqua Painter.

Nature's Nest

The image was stamped on Water color paper and colored with Water color Wonder Crayons and an Aqua Painter. The CS is Chocolate Chip and Always Artichoke, Designer paper is To the Nines, the ribbon is Always Artichoke.

CASEing Dacia Smith- Bloomin' Beautiful

I CASEd this card from Dacia Smith's blog My Creative Days, May 27, 2009

http://creativedaze.wordpress.com/. I used the stamp sets Bloomin' Beautiful and Thank You Kindly. The CS is Ruby Red and Chocolate Chip. The Designer Paper is To the Nines. I water colored the image with ink and an Aqua Painter using Ruby Red, Old Olive and Crushed Curry. The brads are Ruby Red and the ribbon is Always Artichoke.

Everything Nice- Snips and Snails

This is a semi-CASE from a Stampin' Up video. The colors of CS are Bordering Blue, Mellow Moss, Ruby Red, and Creamy Caramel. The phrase is Embossed, the background is the wheel P is for Paw, the snail is from Bugs and Kisses and is raised with dimentioals.

Everything Nice- Sugar and Spice

I used Melon Mambo, Pumpkin Pie and Regal Rose Markers to color the stamp before stamping on Whisper White CS. The Designer Paper is mostly from Razzleberry Lemonade, one piece was from Tea Party Mats for the phrase are Pumpkin Pie and Regal Rose CS, around the DP it is Melon Mamba.

Everything Nice- To Have & To Hold

The card uses Very Vanilla CS and Bella Bleu Designer Paper, I stamped the phrase from Everything Nice on Very Vanilla with Not Quite Navy ink. I matted it with Not Quite Navy CS and Kraft CS. Fast and easy.

Party Hearty and Everything Nice

The phrase is from the set Everything Nice I colored the stamp with the In Colors Markers, I did the same to the party hats from Party Hearty. The colors I used are Rich Razzleberry, Melon Mamba, Dusty Durango, and Crushed Curry. The Designer Paper is Razzleberry Lemonade. The first card is matted in Melon Mamba, the second is Rich Razzleberry (I tried taking the picture over but it still came out looking Black).

Asian Artistry- Thanks So Much

This card is done with Very Vanilla and Melon Mamba CS and Water Color paper. The flower is painted with Regal Rose, Rose Red and Old Olive Watercolor Wonder Crayons. Stamp Sets: Asian Artistry and Kind and Caring Thoughts.

Asian Artistry- done simple

This Card is done on Whisper White CS I cut 3/4" off the front edge and add a piece of Designer paper that I had punched with the Eyelet Border punch, the designer paper is from Tea Party. I used markers to Color the Stamp, I used Certainly Celery and Going Gray. The phrase was stamped in Going Gray, as well. Fast and easy but in real life looks great.

LIVE, LAUGH & LOVE happy birthday

The colors are Whisper White, Chocolate Chip and Crushed Curry. The daisy is a scallop circle with cuts down the scallops near the center. The center of the flower is the Corduroy Button with a Rhinestone Brad.

Razzleberry Lemonade- - Happy 4th of July!

The finished size of this card is 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" the Basic Black was cut 4 1/4" x 11" folded in half then the front was cut off diagonally the inside card(Rich Razzleberry was cut 5" x 8" the designer paper (Razzleberry Lemonade) was cut 4 3/4" x 3 3/4" the band is 1 1/2" x 12"

Love gives us a Fairytale

This card has a base of Whisper White CS, with Basic Black and Regal Rose Layers, my daughter needed a card for a wedding and I thought this did the job, it was simple and fast. I inked the stamp with Regal Rose but darkened Love with a Rose Red marker.

Lots of Bots-- New Catalog begins today!!!

This Card is one of my Wednesday open stamping cards instructions are:

· Fold the Sahara Sand card stock in half.
· Stamp image on water color paper with stazon.
· Color image with Stampin Write Markers then go over with an Aqua Painter to blend. Colors used on sample: Bermuda Bay, Melon Mambo, Crushed Curry, Old Olive, Going Gray, Basic Gray, and Soft Suede.
· Layer image on Bermuda Bay then on Melon Mambo, attach to card front.
· With Versa Mark stamp the screws and nuts along right edge of card front,
· With Versa Mark Stamp phrase on card front "sorry" is on flower holding robot, "birthday" on party robot, "get well" on robot missing arm.