Never been on one, but this was the perfect image to put on my 16th wedding anniversary card to my bicycle-loving husband. I stamped the image and the teeny tiny sentiment on the die-cut with the help of the Stamp-A-Ma-Jig for perfect placement.

I was very much inspired by my friend LeeAnn’s Old Fashioned Quilt card to make this distressed-looking background. The 1-1/4″ squares were adhered to a 5″ square piece of card stock which was then run through the Big Shot with the scallop square die (I used the “leftovers” to decorate the inside of my card). Then the scalloped square was dry-embossed with the polka dots EF and the dots lightly sanded to make them stand out more.

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I hope debbiemom23cs is enjoying her day in the spotlight! Her gallery is full of wonderful artwork, and it didn’t take me long to find something I wanted to CASE: her Kioshi Note Cards. Although the colors are different, I used a sheet of Kioshi paper on my card, too!

I changed the color combination and moved the oval to the other side of the card, but I kept the floral images and the butterfly. Instead of stamping the sentiment on a tag, I stamped Enjoy your day directly on the scalloped strip of Lovely Lavender card stock. Flowers and butterfly were colored with Copic markers, cut out, and adhered with dimensionals.

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I haven’t been stamping much lately (World Cup 2010 may have something to do with that), so here’s a card I made back in April for the Verve Beach Party Release Week challenges. I finally stopped hoarding that beautiful ribbon from the Masterpiece Ribbon Originals package!

Can’t wait for Verve’s new release next week! I’ll definitely be using that gift certificate I received for winning their Up, Up & Away challenge a few days ago.

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Being a big fan of Stampin’ Up!’s Nouveau Chic DSP, I just had to participate in this week’s color combination challenge on SCS (CC267). Apricot Appeal and Sage Shadow are two colors that are retiring soon, and I am sad to see them go.

The birthday cake and sentiment are images from Verve’s Big Wish stamp set. I stamped matching flowers from the Feel the Sun stamp set behind the popped-up cake. The sketch I used is one of this week’s Beach Party Release Week Challenges by Verve Stamps.

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I have always wanted to try this “VersaMarker + clear embossing + sponging” technique that TheresaCC has mastered like no other, so I was thrilled to discover she had been chosen to be the Featured Stamper on SCS today. After browsing Theresa’s marvelous gallery, I CASEd her You’ve Got Mail card, using a similar image from the new StampTV kit.

The mailbox was stamped with black Memento ink, then colored with Copic markers. Afterwards, I took a VersaMarker and colored the entire image, then embossed it with clear powder. This enables you to sponge the background without getting ink all over your image, and it is much easier than creating a mask.

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Happy Easter! This is the card I sent to my parents this year. I wanted to use the Chocolate Bunny stamp because my mom worked in a Belgian chocolaterie (chocolate shop) before she had kids. When I talked to my parents a few days ago, they told me the “edible” card had arrived, and sent me a picture to prove it! My mom seemed to think that my card complemented the Easter decorations she had created.

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Shhh! I’m not supposed to use glitter in the house (I stamp in my kitchen), but I just couldn’t resist the corduroy technique featured in the April/May 2010 issue of the Technique Junkie Newsletter. After creating the sparkly background, I made the rest of the card very simple. Of course, I had to use my long-awaited Beautiful Wings embosslits die. I may be adding cute butterflies to all of my cards from now on (just kidding)!

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I made another card for Gina K.’s Illustrator/Design Team Challenge, this time using the Lovely Labels stamp set and the new Innocent Pink and Lovely Lavender card stock. The image would have been perfectly cut out if only I owned the Labels Eight Nestabilities (but sadly I don’t). However, I was pleased to find out the inside sentiment could be punched out with Stampin’ Up!’s wide oval punch!

I used today’s Sketch Challenge on SCS (SC270), which is a great one for using up little scraps of patterned paper. For embellishments, I added a trio of buttons to the right bottom corner.

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The flower from the Love’s Flower set was stamped multiple times with black ink on white card stock and then colored in. The little flowers for the brads were also stamped on white card stock, and I colored around them with the YR04 marker before punching them out. I had fun making this colorful card; it’s a nice contrast to the whiteness outside!

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I’ve missed my stamps! Due to the snow storm that passed through our area last weekend I had to endure several days without stamping. We were stuck in Virginia while our neighborhood was experiencing record snowfalls in Maryland. It’s so nice to be back home!

I spent more time agonizing over this card than I wanted to, but it’s always hard for me to get stamping again after a little break. This card combines today’s SCS color combination (CC257) and last week’s sketch (SC266) challenges. Just a quick “Wishing You Well” card that can hopefully brighten someone’s day.

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