More cards

I may not be getting much scrapbooking done, but at least I'm doing something creative.  :)  Here are a couple more cards I made with Kitchen Sink Stamps.  I know I already said it, but I love these stamps!  It's so much fun to play with the colors plus I'm actually using all the Close To My Heart inks that I bought when I was in a stampers' club!  Anyway, without further ado, here are my cards:
 

              

         

 

I think my favorite is the longhorn card.  It's also the card that took me the longest!  It took me a while to get the colors just right to match what I was seeing in my head. 

Supplies:

Longhorn card:  Texas Long Horn (Kitchen Sink Stamps), CTMH inks, miscellaneous patterned paper, DCWV cardstock, American craft brads, Fiskars deco scissors.

Butterfly card:  Shamrocks and Clovers stamp (Kitchen Sink Stamps), Bluebonnet stamps (Kitchen Sink Stamps), Texas Long Horn stamps (Kitchen Sink Stamps), pigma pen, CTMH ink, CM circle cutter.

Thanks card:  Cowboy Hat stamps (Kitchen Sink Stamps), CTMH ink, prima flowers, Ranger distressing ink, American craft brads, DCWV patterned paper, unknown cardstock.

Bluebonnet card:  Bluebonnet stamps (Kitchen Sink Stamps), Cowboy hat stamps (Kitchen Sink Stamps), red line tape, Jimmy Jem's powderz glitter, DCWV cardstock, CTMH inks, white ric rac.

Love Kitchen Sink Stamps!

Over the holiday break, I found a fabulous stamp company with the coolest concept in stamps.  Kitchen Sink Stamps makes stamp sets where the layering of the stamps does the coloring and shading for you!  It's wonderful!  Here is my first card every with the stamps from my first order. 

This was a card I made for a 10 minute challenge.  I had it finished in 9 minutes and a couple of seconds.  :)  Not bad for the first time.  The flowers were actually clovers, but I thought they look pretty in purple. 

To make the card:  Texas Longhorns from Kitchen Sink Stamps, Shamrocks and Clover from Kitchen Sink Stamps, Close to My Heart inks, card base Georgia Pacific cardstock, DCWV cardstock, Offray ribbon, and rhinestones.

Link:  http://www.kitchensinkstamps.com/

Color Challenge Card

I decided one of the best ways to increase my creativity this year is to participate in a challenge.  I found the Color Challenge which is hosted by Mona Pendleton.  Very fun because she gives you the color scheme and it's up to you to create something out of it.  Very cool and very stress free with lots of room for creativity. 

The colors for this week were pink, yellow, and salmon.  Admittedly, not my choice of colors.  Pastel colors are not my thing, but I worked with it and came up with this.  It's very simple, but there is something about it that appeals to me.  I used Heidi Swapp rub-ons, Endless Love sizzlets, stickles, prima flowers, mustard distressing ink, DCWV cardstock, Stack patterned paper and white mini brads. 

Here is the link to her blog if you would like to check it out: 

http://cr84fncolorchallenge.blogspot.com/2011/01/cr84fn9.html

Thanks for looking!!

Happy New Year!

Now that hubby gifted me with a laptop computer all my own, it means (hopefully) I can keep up with my blog which is one of my goals for 2011.  I also decided I am indulging my hobby of scrapbooking and cardmaking this year.  I consider it only fair since hubby gets one day a week virtually every week all year long to play golf which is his hobby of choice.  Since I don't have to wait forever to get my turn on the computer, I'll be able to share my projects.  I'm just a wee bit excited about that!  LOL  Usually the only people I share with is the person I make something for and my family.