Sylvia's Stamping Corner

FATHER'S DAY...OR BIRTHDAY...FOR YOUR FAVORITE FISHERMAN!

It's Friday, the start to a hot Memorial Day weekend. My family is coming, the first time we have had them for a holiday other than a fall one. I hope the weather cooperates and that it is not too hot. I have been working ahead on cards, this one is not a remake of an old one but does use retired stamps. I love mixing stamps as you know, so I hope you enjoy the colors and the wonderful scene.

Other than a kraft card base, there is too much to give credit for to mention. I have wanted to stamp this swordfish for a long time...I finally got to do so this afternoon. I am always so surprised at how well different sets of stamps just seem to go together! I love this card...

Who is your world's greatest guy? Does he go deep sea fishing? That is one thing I would love to do, but never will get to do. I can only imagine that I would be pulled overboard if I did manage to get a bite! LOL...wouldn't that be a funny sight, imagine a crazy lady yelling, I got him....woman overboard! Have a wonderful weekend and enjoy your time away from it all!

JAVA GREAT DAY...ECLECTIC COFFEE CARD....ANOTHER SCRAP CARD!

Welcome to my world, it is Saturday! Some of I know are happy, but one day is much like the rest here since my husband is retired. You know of course that a woman is never retired... another subject for another day! Happiness is making a card using up a few scraps! I wish I did not have so many scraps, but I am running out of stamped ones. Now if I could just use up more paper!

You might look at this card and say oh my where is she going with this card, but it is one of my favorites. I pulled out all the stops...A world map embossed background with my favorite coffee cups embossed on the bottom...first stop is Africa with the beautiful stamped elephant that my daughter carved last year. Going around the world we arrive back in Texas with the Bluebonnets and red flower. Die cut world map paper cup, holds most everything needed for a great day. I love the checked paper at the bottom and the heart out of old designer paper. So there you have a card that I hope soon finds a new home...it is listed over in my Etsy shop!

So enjoy several cups of coffee on me today and take time to breathe, if you don't have allergies and pollen in the air! Have a Special Saturday, May will be over before you blink and June will be here! Thanks for stopping by for a visit...I try to get here often, but alas am so busy, it is not always possible.

WITH MAY COMES FLOWERS...MOTHER'S DAY AND END OF SCHOOL!

Hello, it's going to be another beautiful Tuesday here is South Texas. It seems like we have been warm forever, since we really did not have a winter. My flowers have been in bloom for months and the first tomatoes are ripening. I have had a few bell peppers before something ate all the peppers and stripped the plants of leaves. I have never had that happen before...someone is really hungry! With this coming Sunday being Mother's Day, I am enjoying using the newest stamps from the catalog for the coming year. A Little sneak peak is in order!

The card base is yellow and the card base is matted with new Daisy designer papers...I added stamped Daisy images...the large ones punched...new punch, and the smaller ones fussy cut! Love the colors, yellow, Coral, Night of Navy and Old Olive! I can think of so many ways to use this stamp set...coming in June! This card is up for sale in my Etsy Shop along with lots of other new things!

I don't have any white daisies left alive...hubby forgets to water...but I do have some lavender ones planted around my new Redbud tree! Hope your weather is warm and pretty, although I am wishing for rain! Thanks for stopping by for a visit and have a terrific Tuesday!

HAPPY MAY....IT'S ALL ABOUT TIME...THANKS COACH...COFFEE CUP CARD!

It has been another week since I last posted...life just gets busy and I forget to share! Or I don't make anything new, working on things I have shared before...do you have a week like that? Seems like yesterday was Monday and yet it is Friday...I must be having fun! This card has been in my mind for a while, but it finally came together last night when the creative juices kicked in.

Do you ever need specific cards for the end of the school year? This card is for that #1 soccer coach, our kids have all had that one coach who just went that extra mile. I love the green background, a field of play, add the Starbucks theme and the die cut coffee cup shape and I think with a soccer ball that this is a winner...my kids aren't playing any more, well that is wrong. My soon to be 40 year old son is still playing, coaching and has 3 children playing as well. How good is that? Maybe this can be his birthday card in September!

I will do better next time on the soccer ball...I don't have any small five sided pieces! Thanks for stopping by and watch out for more projects soon...Happy Friday!

HAPPIEST BIRTHDAY... SCALLOPED POP UP BOX CARD...COFFEE LOVERS AND TREATS!

Happy Wednesday! I am a little later in the morning...posting, just wasn't finished with this at midnight! I am showing you the second scalloped pop up box card...this one has many more stamped, water colored and fussy cut pieces. It is absolutely gorgeous! At least I think so. Also time consuming and so much fun to make. It takes me a while to pick out papers, then stamps I want to use, once that is done, the design just seems to go piece by piece until the box is full!

I wanted to do a coffee themed card...but not just coffee because what goes best with coffee, but dessert! The colors are happy...I hope you Java great day is the sentiment here. Blue card base and brown papers are the base of this card. It makes me hungry just looking at it...maybe we should take a break and have a cupcake.

Pure Yum! This card went up in my shop last night...and I love this die, thank you Lawn Fawn and of course all the stamp companies of the stamps I used! Sorry I missed a few days...I was working on an order, then this card! Thanks for stopping by and have a good Wednesday!

HAPPIEST BIRTHDAY... SCALLOPED POP UP BOX CARD...TASTY TREATS SAB STAMP!

Blessed Sunday to all! I just had to have it when I saw it...I put myself on two wait lists and finally it came back in stock. What am I talking about?....Lawn Fawn's newest sensational die cut set for the Scallop Pop Up Box Card...I have missed out on so much...wasn't paying much attention to all the box cards being made the last few years. Then when I saw a video demo from Lawn Fawn did I know I had to have this die....I am repeating myself, so let's just get to this card.

This is the first card I have made and it just sold, having been recently listed...This was my blog post share with you scheduled for Sunday...how much fun is this card. Sale-A-Bration is over...so sad as I lost the tiny ice cream cone stamp that goes with this set. The stamps are so tiny that when I put it on the table and did not use it immediately...it got stuck to something and disappeared. The card base is a rich pink...papers are a mix from a lot of different collections...I love buying 6x6 pads, them when I need a lot of colors I use different ones. I stamped and cut all the treats and balloons. The tasty treat truck has a window filled with sequin treats. Just a lot of fun in this card.

I put a card in the background so you could see that they are really not that big...but so cute....I even used black and white strip like the awnings for the outside of the box. Let this make you hungry for ice cream and cake....it's cool here, but I am never too cold for ice cream! Have a Sweet Sunday and thanks for stopping by for a visit!

 

A REPLACEMENT FATHER'S DAY CARD FOR UNCLE....WISH I WERE ON VACATION!

Hello, Finally it's the weekend...not sure what that means exactly as I am retired, yet still working on cards to sell! But at least I am around to say it. I wasn't surprised that the customer did not like the card that basically she had designed...it was too dark for her uncle. So at 2am I went to bed Thursday night knowing that I would be working on another card on Friday. I love my work, but I also like to play with new toys!

The customer told me her uncle loved his cats...so with that in mind I put together another card...which I do like and it is brighter, but in a different way...Good news is she loves it...and I guess there is no bad news as I re-purposed the car, so I didn't have to re-print the car. So what do you think....does the card appeal to the cat lover in you? Even if you don't care for ti, you must admit that a 91 yr old man will get a chuckle out of it!

That's all for now, thanks everyone for stopping by for a visit. Thanks Ros for your comment yesterday. I hope you are enjoying your visit with your aunt. Have a sweet Saturday!

IT'S FRIDAY!...OFF TO THE RACES WITH VINTAGE CAR CARDS!....SO MUCH FUN TO CREATE!

I have been so busy making some custom cards for a customer...She sent me photo's and chose from designs I have done, then I made them into something special. I guess it not what is in right now...who really knows what is trendy these days... but I just enjoy doing something artsy and different. My friend belongs to an antique car club...do you know how much fun it would be to own one of these cars, much less take a trip in one? A dream come true....

I will show you three different cards, two of which have an Oregon map as the background, the customer is from Oregon! The first combines lots of Graphic 45 papers with a gorgeous vintage car. The colors are unbelievable, I love this one!

The second card is a coffee cup die cut card...The birthday girl is seen in her car...yes, that is her taking her road trip across Oregon! A fun card for the traveling coffee drinker!

The last card is a Father's Day card for an uncle...a little more masculine using Tim Holtz umbrella man...those are 1920's trees in the background from old town, Portland.

So that is what I have been working on this week. I also managed to get a bug, but am over it now! So sad when you lose a day or two....Have a fabulous Friday! Will be back again soon to share something else new! Thanks for stopping by for a visit!

HELLO...IT'S FRIDAY...YEA!...MORE STAMPIN'UP! IN COLORS...BUT JUST THREE!

Happy Friday! I am going to love the new In Colors from Stampin'Up! I received three of the new colors Wednesday and saw the new catalog and the last two Thursday! I made my first card and previewed Lemon Lime Twist, Fresh Fig and Tranquil Tide yesterday. I am back with another card with the same colors but using a new stamp, Eastern Palace. It is going to be hard using three colors instead of 5, but I will do my best to do as many different looks as I can. Just to tantalize you the last two colors are called Berry Burst and Powder Pink.

I used a kraft card base for this card as the background color is so dark. I would have used Lemon Lime Twist if I had had the card stock. The cup is whit, rubbed with the Fig, but just lightly adding the floral motif. In the center can you see the new gold stickers My background is created using Tranquil tide, in the sky and bottom of the clouds. This is an ocean blue green but will be great mixing it in with blues for water scenes and sky for cards like this one. I added a small amount of Fresh Fig and lots of Lemon Twist, using another stamp from the Eastern Palace set.

It may take me a while to come up with the perfect card using these three colors and the stamps that go with it, but I do have time! Have a beautiful Good Friday and thanks for stopping by for a visit!

WEDNESDAY...SUCH A HAPPY DAY IN MY WEEK! THREE NEW IN COLORS...STAMPIN'UP!

Do you like Wednesday? When I was working and on a schedule, Wednesday meant half my week was over...commonly called hump day! But now that I am on my time, it would be just another day, if I didn't make sure to have some fun things to do! Tuesday proved to be that day as I received my box from SU with 3 new In Color inks and one in the card stock pack...but I don't know it's name yet...how tantalizing. So introducing you to Lemon Lime Twist, Fresh Fig and Tranquil Tide! Such calming yet exciting colors...Lemon Lime Twist is already a favorite.

I combined old with the new...card base is a soft blue and it is matted with white cs. My background is created with the three new In Colors. I will let you guess which one is which. Love You Mom as a sentiment could be for Easter, for a birthday or for Mothers Day...or for any day that is. A Mother is special even after she is gone.

Well after lots of rain yesterday, it looks like we will have sunshine today! Have a wonderful Wednesday...thanks for stopping by!