Sylvia's Stamping Corner

SPRING FLOWERS...MORE ...FLOWERS...THE LAST DAY OF FEBRUARY!

I thought I might get a card made today, but if it happens it will be later tonight. I so wanted to post and share the beautiful flowers and thoughts given to me today. The last day of February has always been special for me, except in a leap year as it is my birthday. My day actually started yesterday when I recieved a card and some craft goodies from my friend Glenda and some flowers from my brother and sil. I was able to keep the flowers away from Daisy, who many of you know, like to eat the roses. She can finish off a bouquet in no time.

Flowers from my brother and sil.

Then I got messages from a lot of friends this morning and flowers from my younger son came just after lunch. Andrew's flowers!

Then a few hours later the door bell is ringing again and I had flowers from Stephen and Amber, Colin Kate, and Sawyer, my eldest son and family. I got a birthday song from Colin and Kate and a card as well. Thanks Amber!

These are not fully open yet and the colors aren't picked up by the camera. There are beautiful apricot and white roses. Then the door bell rang later, I did not get up since my husband was home and my friend Tina, who got off work and drove across town to bring me my favorite, Klondike bars. Now Tina wished me a Happy birthday yesterday so this was really a sweet treat! thank you Tina! Now I am going to go...I am off to dinner with my husband, who remember around 2:00 this afternoon and Amy, who also had a long day at work. Have a wonderful evening, and thank you to all of those of you who made my birthday a good one.

HAPPY MAIL FOR GRAYSON!....THE BEST OF EVERYTHING

I hope your Wednesday has gone well. I have had a fun and busy day. I have put off making this card because I don't have a lot of stamps for boys and am not the best when it comes to designing a card with out boy stamps. Since the deadline is tomorrow, I think I have procrastinated long enough.

So this evening I put this card together, again I used lots of leftover pieces. I started with a kraft cb, matted with a previously stamped mat. All the pieces you see are bits off the table. The clouds are cut with a Paper Trey die, everything else is Stampin'Up! I did stampe and fussy cut the tree and the snails! I hope Grayson will enjoy looking at all the fun things. Who is Grayson? Grayson is a two year old boy who has a tumor on his brain stem. Amy Tsuruta has a shout out on her blog and a place for you to link up any card you wish to send Grayson or his brother Aydan(four). I am always happy to have someone who needs a card and be able to send one. this one is for Grayson, hopefully I will get Aydan's done in the morning.

There is still time for you to link up and send a card to this little boy! So check out Amy's blog for all the details. Have a wonderful night!

PAPERCRAFT STAR CHALLENGE #134...HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

It's another beautiful Wednesday morning! Happy Wednesday, I have a new card for you for this week's challenge at the Papercraft Star, make a Birthday card or project! Be sure and check out the new rules and the other designer's projects. I look forward to viewing yours as inspiration for me!

The card has a winter white cb and is matted with a pretty print dsp. I added a lacy heart and some things from my stash, leftover fussy cut roses, some hexagon pieces, a rose, and a butterfly stamp. All of these were left over and on my desk waiting for this card. I cut a bird cage using a Tim Holtz die, burnishing it with ink then embossing it with clear ep. The bird also from the same die was rubbed and a crown added. The sentiment was stamped and fussy cut on white cs, then glued to a metal button tied with pink and white bakers twine. This is a fun birthday card, sure to make the right person smile. I love using up scraps, do you?

So what are you doing this Wednesday morning? Have a wonderful day and thanks for stopping by for a visit.

COLOURQ CHALLENGE #178....ARRIVAL OF THE BUTTERFLY!

Happy Tuesday, it's another challenge day over at the ColourQ! Look at the beautiful and vibrant colors Arielle has chosen. They are Midnight Muse, Summer Starfruit, Brilliant Blue, Cool Carribean, and white. these colors make me think of Spring and Summer at the same time. I look forward to seeing what you design with them.

It took me three tries making this card. the first time everything was just what I wanted until I added two much glitter glue and the Midnight Muse ink ran into the Summer Starfruit. The second time the placement wasn't right even though I liked the butterfly better. I got it all together for this one. I do so love this butterfly stamp and water coloring it is so much fun! Card base is Cool Carribean matted with white, stamped background in Summer Starfruit and embossed with the Manhattan ef.  The butterfly was stamped using Midnight Muse ink. I heat it with the embossing gun to try and set the ink, then I let it sit while the rest of my card is being put together. I started with the hardest color to keep from spreading, Summer Starfruit. I work the ink from the ink pad with the blender pad adding water to my pen as needed. If you get the cs too wet it will pill, so the idea is to just spread the ink. I worked the Tempting Turquoise instead of Cool Carribean, then the Brilliant Blue. Water coloring is done in layers and the cs dries when you go to another color, so you can go back and add more color. The butterfly is then fussy cut and glued to the cs. I love this card, but then I love the colors and the butterfly!

There's no glitter, no shine this time, but this card makes me happy! Have a wonderful Tuesday. Our day will be cool, but sunny, we are lucky here this week! Thanks for stopping by .

FEBRUARY FLOWERS AND A BUTTERFLY!

This year is flying by, there are only five days left in February. I spent most of my time Saturday outside, I am not sure that I got very much accomplished. We bought more rock for the patio, my husband unloaded it, while I worked on laying it out! Needless to say, I had to have some down time before going to the craft room. Thus the late(or early) post.

I have been wanting to do this card for awhile now and decided to use purple(Concord Crush) for my flowers.this has got to be my all time favorite rose to water color. Along with this butterfly it made a beautiful card. I stamped and water colored the roses on a white mat, a few extra roses and leaves on a scrap. I then die cut an oval and embossed it with the hexagon ef, then glued it to my mat. I like to think of this folder as having a fence like quality. I fussy cut the extra bits and added them to the frame. Two butterflies were stamped, water colored and cut out, then glued together and onto the card. One tip, cut each butterfly out separately except for the antennae. Do those after they have been glued together cutting the inside first and the outside last, they are less likely to tear. I did not put a sentiment on this card, I think it speaks for itself and the message inside once sent will say what you want it to say.

I have new flowers blooming this weekend in the garden and they are purple, small ones on a vine I brought when I moved from Colorado and my Mountain Laurel that I planted last year. I have only ever had one bloom on the vine and these are my first two blooms on the Mt. Laurel so it was exciting. Last post I brought you a trendy card and today's card is one of beauty. Have a beautiful Sunday...do something fun and crafty!

 

ANOTHER HELLO CARD...LOTS OF FUN!

Okay, if you are here on Thursday night, it was 74 here today. It will be down in the 40's tonight and only in the 60's tomorrow, but I know many of you are still just above freezing. This afternoon I started this card, took a break and finished it tonight. It is just a fun card doing some things I have wanted to try for a few days. Hope you enjoy the bright colors!

I used a kraft card base and matted with some map paper printed on my computer. I added some cloud, green and black dsp. I fussy cut some clouds and added some white ink. I die cut separate houses from the Tim Holtz "Townscape" die, adding window and door background pieces. Hello is stamped as is the plane, it was also fussy cut and popped up with dimensionals. I love this card and it isn't every day that I can say that. I can't make the best card every day, but I do try.

Hope everyone has a fabulous Friday and an enjoyable weekend.

 

PAPERCRAFT STAR CHALLENGE #133...HELLO...HELLO...

It's another beautiful Wednesday over at the Papercraft Star. The challenge this week is titled, "Hello". So use the photo or anything you chose to say hello! Do you find that we communicate less and less with mail? A simple hello sometimes says it all! Check out the challenge this week and all the other designers for inspiration. We have a new designer, be sure and welcome Allisa and join us in some fun!

I have seen a lot of telephones in blog land that bring back memories. This card did not go where I wanted it to go, seems to be my theme this week. It is what it is. I actually think the first card I made this week was much better. My card base is kraft, matted with white and some green dsp. I have a white lace embossed strip at the bottom and floral embossing as the upper. I added the Hello die cut letters from my stash, banners and a stamped flower with some pops of color, a punched tag with hello stamped, and a twisted baker's twine accent. The twisted baker's twine has three colors with white, Cherry Cobbler, Lucky Limeade, and Pool Party. I got the idea from a card that Amy Tsuruta made where she braided some baker's twine. You might want to check out blog as well. Find her in My Favorites on the sideboard. This is a fun card, I am sure someone would love receiving it.

That black and white border strip are pieces of the above banner that I stamped. Well, that is all for this Wednesday. Have a wonderful day and enjoy your crafting.

COLOURQ CHALLENGE #177...A LOOK INTO ANOTHER WORLD!

It's Tuesday over on the ColourQ, this week Arielle picked these colors, Cherry Cobbler, Pool Party, Always Artichoke, Kraft, and white. The colors on their own are outstanding, add the plaid and other than Christmas, they were hard for me to grasp this week. Here is my card, I hope you play along with us this week, so you can inspire me!

I used a kraft card base, a Pool Party and a white mat for the ocean scene. Do you know how many colors that coral comes in? Depending on the ocean the color varies, there is red coral! My ocean floor has Always Artichokewriting for interest as well as rubbed inks in the same and in the kraft. I stamped and stamped off the coral, added embossed bubbles using a brass stencil, then did a lot of rubbing. The hello sentiment is stamped in AA, the seahorse in kraft and fussy cut. Okay, this isn't the best I have done, but all I could come up with today. I guess I am fighting using plaid for spring!

I am not losing any more sleep over this card. but I do love new stamps! Have a wonderful Tuesday and thanks for stopping by.

HELLO....BLACK AND WHITE AND A POP OF COLOR!

I have had this card in my head for a few days, but have been too busy, tired or just overwhelmed to work in the craft room. Today I managed to get a lot of free time to craft. This was supposed to be a black and white card with a pop of color, but it turned out to have two colors and more than just a pop.

Using a kraft card base I matted Lucky Limeade cs and a strip of leftover dsp in the same color. To this I added a white cs mat, embossed with the stripes folder. Sorry you can't see it clearly. Then I added a strip of lace tape. I think it looks cool in the photo where it is just barely visible. I have three banners at the top, two stamped and one black cs one, that has also been embossed. Baker's twine in Pool Party and Lucky Limeade is wrapped around and tied in a bow, capturing the Hello tag as well. The cup is stamped in black and has a flower stamped, fussy cut and glued to the wall mat. I added a tiny strip of black cs to draw the eyes down to finish off the card. Did you notice the green bling and the glitter shine to the white parts of the flower and leaves?

It has been a cool and sunny day here. The cats are not liking our weather, but I find it excellent for sleeping! Have a wonderful Saturday. Don't you just love the weekend, have a good one!

PAPERCRAFT STAR CHALLENGE # 132...RED...CELEBRATE!

It is a wonderful Wednesday! I am anticipating a somewhat cooler day, but dry and sunny. How about you, has your weather gotten better this week? This week over at the Papercraft Star, the challenge is "Red", use red in your project. PLEASE NOTE the changes in the rules at the top of the page on the blog post. We hope you will join us this week and have some fun with an easy challenge. Check out the things the other designers have come up with to inspire you!

Don't ask me what I was thinking when I designed this card because I don't know, it just popped in my head then grew as I gathered and die cut hearts. These hearts just looked like they were floating! I used a Pool Party cb and matted it with white. I used another piece of white to make an arc across the card, embossed it with hearts then cut it to the shape I wanted. I lined it with punch borders on either side. I used this pretty Primrose Petal heart and added another heart out of some dsp. Everything you see on this  card is either punched or die cut! Only Celebrate is hand stamped, and there is no fussy cutting. My favorite is the die cut, embossed butterfly with red rhinestones for the body. I think this is a fun card and beautiful as well.

This card is not a Valentine, I promised you no more of those. I hope your day is one that you chose to celebrate. Every day I see more beautiful things growing outside. The garlic I planted is starting to come up and soon the earth will be alive with spring! Have a wonderful Wednesday!