We're shaking it...

Good evening!
Tonight the GKD CSS Alumni girls are shakin' it up with a treasure chest hop.

If you came from the talented Tera's blog, you are right on track. If you just stopped by to visit, I encourage you to go to Stamp TV start at the beginning so you do not miss out on the gorgeous samples.
As I mentioned this is a treasure chest hop and Carolina pulled out a falled themed shaker card for our inspiration. If you are not familiar with shaker cards here are a couple of videos that show you how to make them.
Shaker Cards Part 1
AND
Shaker Cards Part 2

Fall reminds me of pumpkins and the autumn beautiful colors so I went with fall colors and pumkins for my card.

I used The Giving Tree and Autumn Beauty stamp sets to create my shaker card. Inside the shaker is leaves punch from the same color cardstock as I used for the card and the little pumpkins were one-time brads. I did not have a little pumpkin punch so I cut off the prongs of the pumpkin brads and used them.
Make sure you are leaving a comment as you hop along because on Tuesday morning (September 27), we will randomly choose one of the comments from all the blogs who will get a stamp set of their choice valued up to $24.95!

Now I am going to send you on your way to Miesje's awesome blog. I know she will have something gorgeous to share!

Enjoy the rest of the hop and we hope to see you back at Stamp TV. We would also love if you would join us by making a fall themed shaker card!

Card Supplies: Stamps: GKD Autumn Beauty, /Ink: Memento, SU/ Paper: MME, GKD/Other: Spellbinders Squares & Tags, Twine, Leaf Punch, Pumpkin Brads, Acetate, Dimensionals

Wishing for Spring

Hi!!

Did you enjoy the Layers of Color Cake Decorating Party? Weren't all of those cakes and cupcakes awesome?!!

Today I am sharing another card I made for the Stamp TV release party Challenges. The challenge was called "String it up" which translates into using twine, fiber, or string but no ribbon.
I am soooo ready for spring so thought I would create a card with a spring like feel to it for this challenge.
The my focal image uses stamps from Gina K's The Giving Tree stamp set. I used memento inks to stamp the tree, flowers and birds nest. The birdhouse and grass were colored with copics, E25, E33, E34, E35, E37/YG01, YG21, YG23, YG25, W00.
The sentiment is also from The Giving Tree stamp set and is cut out using circle nestabilities and tucked behind the picket fence border.
I chose to use twine for my card and wrapped it around behind the buttons and also threaded it through the buttons.
The pink paper in the background was embossed using Sizzix Wood Grain embossing folder. I sponged a bit of Memento's Angel Pink ink over the embossing to make it stand out a bit more.

Enjoy your day and thanks so much for visiting with me today! I appreciate it!!

Window to my heart

Happy Monday my friends!!!

I for one am always glad Mondays are over unless of course I have the day off of work then I want them to drag out! lol!

This afternoon I have a quick post and another shape card for you.

The base of the card is made with the largest Spellbinders Lacey Square die and the two largest rectangle dies.
I used four different stamp sets on this card, all from Gina K. The window frame is from Hip to be Square. The tree with the heart leaves are from The Giving Tree, the grass is from Hang in There and the sentiment is from Heartily Yours. The sentiment was cut out using the Spellbinders Heart dies.
The background was sponged with SU's Soft Sky ink using a cloud template I cut out of acetate.

Thank you for visiting me today!!

Violet Daisies

Happy Friday!!!

Anyone else glad it's Friday besides me? It's been a long busy week and I am ready for the weekend to begin!!

Last night was Abbi's Christmas program at school. The place was packed to the point of the parents having to sit on the floor of the gymnasium which would have been okay except for the fact that it was wet with the slushy snow people tracked in on their shoes! Other than my wet butt, the program was excellent!!

Today I have a card that was inspired by Stamp TV Spotlight Color Challenge last week. The colors were Fresh Asparagus, Vibrant Violet and White. I was able to get this card submitted for the challenge with a couple hours to spare! Today there is a new color challenge so be sure to check that one out too - K?
The daisies are from Theresa's Purrr-fectly Delightful stamp set and the sentiment treatment is from her new The Giving Tree stamp set.
The daisies were colored with Copics BV02, BV04, BV08/E74, E77, E79/G82, G85, BG96. I used my Sakura Glitter Pen and Niji Waterbrush to watercolor over the daisies to add some sparkle to them. I like doing this technique because it does not alter the colors which I think happens if you just use the glitter pen by itself.
I used a combination of the Spellbinder Labels, 7 & 17 to be exact, for the daisies.
The white paper is embossed with Cuttlebugs Swiss Dots embossing folder and layered on top of the cardbase which is the Vibrant Violet.

Thanks for stopping by today! Stop back tomorrow so check out another one of my Christmas cards I made last weekend using PTI's 2010 Holiday Tags.

Have a fabulous rest of your day!!