Dreams Du Jour

When I received the new in colour inks and cardstock and saw Tangerine Tango I immediately thought of this dp by Daisy D's - I have been wanting to use it for quite sometime but the orange cardstock I had was all too bright for it.
Beth
Card Recipe:
Stamps: Dreams Du Jour
Inks & Markers:timber brown stazon, close to cocoa, more mustard, really rust, ruby red, old olive, so saffron
Paper: chocolate chip, tangerine tango, ruby red, watercolour
Accessories: ticket corner punch, organza ribbon, dimensionals

Blooming Clematis

We have had a nice mix of rain and sunshine this year so far and the flowers are loving it :) This Clematis vine has grown past the top of the trellis and is now growing up the wall on the south side of our house. It is really beautiful this year and there are loads of unopened blooms it will be spectacular when they are all open :)
Beth

Baja Kiwi Serene Spring

Got my new goodies yesterday - so excited to use everything! I love the new colours, decided to go with Baji Breeze and Kiwi Kiss CS first along with this new stamp Serene Spring. I used the sketch challenge #186 on SCS and added some vellum for the Dirty Girl challenge - Got Vellum? I sure loved watercolouring this image...
Have a great evening.
Beth
Card Recipe:
Stamps: serene spring
Inks & Markers: creamy caramel, close to cocoa, ruby red, real red, pumpkin pie,, choclate chip, kiwi kiss, baja breeze, pacific point, tangerine tango
Paper: kiwi kiss, baja breeze, doodlebug embossed white, watercolour, vellum
Accessories:copper hardware by We Are Memory Keepers, velvet ribbon

Ginger Ruby Blooms - case of "Just Give Me Stamps"...

The single bloom flower card is a CASE of Laurie's from "Just Give Me Stamps" (blog link on the sidebar). If you haven't checked out her blog you should her cards are works of art!
I made another similar card with the flower pot stamp from the same set Bloomin' Beautiful. I used copper brads instead of dew drops and some of my inks are different but other than that I kept the rest I hated to change a thing it's just my favorite card! I love watercolouring these flowers they always seem to turn out so beautifully no matter what colours you use:) Some of the flowers and leaves are glued onto the original image for some added dimension.
Have a wonderful day!
Beth
Stamps: Bloomin' Beautiful, En Francais bg, Hugs and Wishes
Paper: ginger blossom dp, chocolate chip, ruby red, watercolour
inks: groovy guava, ruby red, old olive, always artichoke, timber brown stazon,creamy caramel, summer sun
Accessories: chocolate chip ribbon, copper brads, Twinklette pigmented glitter marker, dimensionals, sponge dauber

Spring Fling Hello

Another challenge on SCS today. They are having a challenge "blitz" this week from the "Dirty Girl's" - the awesome designers on SCS. Everyday they have several challenges to chose from or to combine on a card - its been lots of fun so far. Anyways, this card was for the watercolour challenge from Christine. I didn't have a lot of time today so I chose this stamp because it is so quick and easy to colour in. Thanks for looking!
Beth
Paper: spring fling dp, watercolour, white embossed, sage shadow and certainly celery CS
inks: sage, celery, moss
Accessories: celery ribbon, brads, ticket corner punch, mini scallop scissors

TLC178

We were suppose to combine a few things for this challenge on SCS - a sketch, two colours and a technique. I was able to do two of the three. The colours used were bravo burgundy and creamy caramel (I also used very vanilla). The layout is from the sketch we were to use, but I wasn't able to do the technique because I didn't have any re-inkers. So, this is what I made - I have to say putting this one together was a hard one for me I played around with it for quite sometime trying to get it to look right, still not sure ;)
Beth

Berry Bliss Birthday...

Hi there! Here is my post for today, I made this birthday card using the Fun & Fast Notes set and Berry Bliss dp. The layout inspiration came from a card by Mercy Kerin(link to her site is on the sidebar). I changed all the colours, dp and the stamps used.
Enjoy your evening :)
Beth

Sunny Sunflowers

I bought some sunflowers last week at the Farmer's Market here is a close up of one :) They were so beautiful on my dining room table, they are one of my favorite flowers!
I'll be back later today with a card post I don't have my camera my DH borrowed it today so I'll post later when I can get some card photos taken.
Have a great day :)
Beth

FS76 - Featured Stamper Challenge

This was my first featured stamper challenge - you are to case a card today from Susan's gallery and I chose the card at the top of this post. I changed the stamps and used Penny Black's Crossing Bridges stamp and the sentiment I used was from SU Friendship Blooms. I kept the colours pretty much the same and used the same embossing folder.
There is a link to Susan's blog on the side bar.
Enjoy the glorious sunshine today!
Beth

Bright & Bold

Hello again - lol - I'm getting lots of stamping done today and I am loving it! This 5 1/4 x 5 1/4 square card is for my daughter to give to a friend for a birthday. I picked this stamp up at the lss and this is the first time I've used it. I like how the bold, bright colours look together- lots of fun!
I used old olive, pumpkin pie, basic black, watercolour paper and bali breeze dp.The inks are pumpkin pie, old olive, rose red and tempting turquoise.

Beth

Season's Greetings for my *stash*

Here's another one to put away in my stash of Christmas cards for this year!
I used sage shadow CS for the base, wintergreen dp, whisper white and certainly celery CS. The sentiment is from Many Merry Messages.
Beth

OCC Challenge

The Our Creative Corner site has a weekly challenge this week it is to use dry embossing somewhere on your card. Since my Christmas card stash is very low I decided to make a few today and this is what I came up with.
http://www.ourcreativecorner6.blogspot.com/

Paper : wild wasbi, whisper white, wintergreen? dp
Ink: sage shadow, wild wasabi
Accessories: nestabilities, mat pack, dazzling diamonds, ticket corner punch

Beth

Embrace Life with some *bling*...

Good morning! I love Saturday mornings when we don't have to go rushing off somewhere - sip your coffee and relax ahhh!!
Well, I have finally used cameo coral on a card. I mixed it with regal rose (a very pink card!) The cameo base is stamped with the linen background, then I watercoloured the flowers, with cameo,regal, pretty in pink and a little so saffron - I love this bloom from the Embrace Life set. I stamped three flowers onto vellum to put in behind the watercoloured flowers for some added layers and softness :) For a little bling I added rhinestone centres ;)
Enjoy your day!
Beth

Using up some more DP!!!

My friend Debbie :) told me to get cracking and use up my DP so Deb I'm starting with these two everyday cards ;) Not very fancy cards but fast and easy - nice to have on hand to send a little note in. I used porcelain prints which will likely retire with the next catty as it uses blue bayou,wildwasabi & river rock all outgoing in colours. I used certainly celery for the base because with this sheet of dp I thought is was a closer match than wasabi and I think the rest is pretty straight forward :)

Beth

LSC177 - limited supplies challenge

Good morning! TGIF!
Well, this is my first limited supply challenge at SCS. We were to use some kind of a folded card and limit the supplies used(hard to do...) Anyways, this is the card I came up with. It uses certainly celery for the base and then poreclain prints dp on the front panels. Fun & Fast notes flower stamp and sentiment. The gate fold tutorial is on SCS under resources.
Have a wonderful day!!

Beth

Ocean Sailing Adventure

I made this for the CT0708 dirty dozen fan club theme (STAYcation) on SCS today. I will be sending it off to my neice who will soon be leaving for a sailing adventure on a tall ship for several months! Isn't that cool! What a lucky girl, they sail to many different locations around the world, she is going to have the time of her life!
The card uses blue bayou, river rock, not quite navy and very vanilla CS. I stamped the Winds of Grace images in stazon timber brown ink and then coloured them in with a blender pen and inks. I used not quite navy pastel with a cotton ball to create the sky then I stippled everything with chocolate chip before adhering. The sentiment is from the warm words set and the double stitched ribbon is river rock.
Have a nice evening!
Beth

WT175 - Cinnamon Seaside

Good morning - the sun is shining and the birds are chirping once again. Happy day!
It was such a beautiful morning that when I saw the Ways to Use it Challenge at SCS I immediately knew I wanted to use this seaside stamp! Sure glad I did I love how it turned out :) We were to use something from our spice cupboards. I chose cinnamon. I did a watercolour wash on the background with river rock, bashful blue and so saffron then stamped the image in stazon timber brown ink. I added more colour with a blender pen with the same colours mentioned and close to cocoa. I used a glue pen in the sandy grassy areas and sprinkled on some cinnamon then tapped off the excess - sure smells wonderful! The base of the card is so saffron and I stamped the linen bg on it. For embellishment I used 2 edge anchors (ctmh), off white hemp, some beads and a shell! The sentiment is from ctmh.
Sure hope the sun is shining on you today ;)
Beth

Just one more...

I know I posted the same image this morning but I had stamped two panels (just in case I made a big mess of one!) and I didn't want to waste it :) I did change things up with a new layout,a different sentiment(ctmh),embellishments and some new colours - bashful blue, so saffron and very vanilla CS. The inks are bashful blue, so saffron,and certainly celery on the flowers and I stamped the en francais background with river rock. The edges are sponged with so saffron and I used a stipple brush with some chocolate chip ink on the sentiment and flowers to soften the vanilla more.

Beth

SC185 - Sketch Challenge

I made this card - a field of Autumn Flowers :) for the sketch challenge on Splitcoast today! I still love this Bloomin' Beautiful set ;) I used the masking technique on the flower panel and embossed the more mustard piece with the swiss dots folder. The colours are the same as the card posted below, I love these colours together!
Hope you have a great day ;)
Beth

Warm Autumn colours...

It was so chilly here today I was wearing a sweater around the house :(
I made this card using warm Autumn colours in keeping with the chill in the air today :) Here's hoping the sun will shine tomorrow and warm things up!
I used chocolate chip, more mustard, very vanilla and rust CS. I embossed the mustard piece with the swiss dots folder using the C-bug and with river rock ink stamped the background of the flower with the en francais background stamp (one of my favorites!) I coloured in the flower with really rust and the leaves with old olive. The copper embellishments are from We R Memory Keepers. There is also a piece of chocolate chip ribbon at the bottom with some paper from Scenic Route.
Have a nice evening all!
Beth

CC175 - Spring Solitude

This was my card for today's Tuesday Colour Challenge on Splitcoast - Almost Amethyst, Wild Wasabi and So Saffron. To see more colour challenge cards click on the SCS link on the sidebar and enter CC175 in the search box on the gallery page and a lot more cards can be viewed using these colours.
Kind of hard to see in my picture but I stamped the word happiness in the oval as a sentiment on this one.
Enjoy your day!
Beth

TLC 177 - SCS Technique Challenge - Got Grid?

Well, it was a rainy day here so I had some time to stamp ;)
I decided to try the technique challenge on SCS today. I have a scor-pal and truthfully haven't been using it as often as I should and it was wonderful for this challenge. These colours are very bold and not my usual style so I consider this one a double challenge :)
I used taken with teal, wild wasabi, basic black and whisper white. The stamp set is a level one hostess set A little bit of Happiness.
Beth

Mini Album for a friend...

Good morning :) Its raining here today so maybe I'll be able to get a few things done in the stamp room today ;)
I made this mini album for my friend Lori. Several weeks ago we took our daughters to the Banff and Canmore area on a "girl's weekend". So, I decided to put this album together with a few pictures we took and mail it to her. We also paid a visit to the Calgary Zoo which was a lot of fun and we had loads of pictures from there as well.
I used the instructions for the Father's Day mini album in "Stampin Success" to create the basic album for this project. I changed a few things including the colours, stamp set and embellishments.
So, hopefully Lori you don't decide to check out my blog before this arrives in the mail :)
Have a great day!
Beth

Touch of Nature - Wonderful!

What a beautiful Saturday it is here - sunny and not as windy as the last 2 days have been. We went to the Farmer's Market this morning and I bought a beautiful bouquet of sunflowers. They are such a striking flower definitely one of my favorites. I'll try to get a good photo to post later.
Anyways, onto this card. I got the inspiration for this and the colour combo idea from a card on the SCS gallery by justbehappy. I changed the stamp set and also the layout and came up with this. The card uses basic black, river rock, rose red and very vanilla. The stamps I used were, Touch of Nature, Warm Words, and linen background.
Enjoy your day ;)

Beth

Get well soon...

I didn't have a get well card in my stash so I chose this sentiment out of the Sincere Salutations set to use on this card. I know I have posted several cards with the Fresh Cuts set but it is new to me and I really like it ;) I'll try to move on to another set for my next post :-)
The base of the card is so saffron and I used the linen background stamp on it. The image is also stamped in so saffron on whisper white and matted in basic black. I stamped the flowers, cut them out, put a brad in the centre of each and adhered with a dimensional. A very quick and easy card to make!
Bye for now.
Beth

Set sail...

Set sail with The Winds of Grace stamp set! This one's going out to our nephew who enjoys sailing. I also used this stamp for my husband's Father's Day card in June, and I will be sending out a card using this set to one of our neice's as she is set to go on a big sailing adventure on a tall ship for several months! Very excited for her :)
On this card I used close to cocoa for the base and layered it with a DP from berry bliss. The blue ink and CS is brocade. And that's a pewter jumbo brad with a length of ribbon through it. I also inked up the edges on this one with close to cocoa and the sentiment is from Lots of Thoughts a SAB set.
Enjoy your day ;)
Beth

beautiful blooms in Canmore...

These beautiful half barrels were lining the Main Street in Canmore along with hanging baskets. It looked just stunning. I really liked the colours and choice of flowers. I usually take pictures of containers and keep them in a gardening journal so that in the Spring I can pull it out and use it to figure out what I'm going to plant that year.
Enjoy the sunshine :)

Beth

Banff Trip

Here's a picture of the Town of Banff from Sulphur Mountain. We hiked to the top and took the gondola down last week when on a short trip to the Banff and Canmore area.

Beth

For You - Fresh Cuts

This card uses the Fresh Cuts stamp set that will be available in the new Idea Book in August. I used so saffron, whisper white, basic gray and going gray CS, so saffron & basic gray ink and embellished it with gray taffeta ribbon.

Beth

Posting Schedule...

Hi There...
Just a quick post to say HI and let you know that due to summer vacation I haven't been posting as you can see :) Throughout July and the first part of August I won't post as often as usual. I do hope to get a few things done and will post them as soon as I can. Hope you are all enjoying your summer.

Beth