Card-a-Copia: I'm in recovery

Several nights of good sleep and afternoon naps have helped restore some of my missing mojo!  I have, however, discovered that I'm stuck in primary colors right now.  I will be hiding the primary colors tomorrow and moving on to some pastels and  something grungy!

Stamps:  Cupcake the Dog (Eat Cake Graphics)
Paper:  Splash Sunshine (Echo Park), It's My Party Time and It's My Party Cut-Ups (Bo-Bunny)
Inks:  Copics
Misc.: dragonback paper edgers 

Stamps:  Bella Carrying the Cake (Mo Manning)

Inks:  Copics
Papers: Hip-Hooray Boy Party Paper (My Mind's Eye) and Splash Sunshine and Fish (Echo Park), Basic Black (Stampin' Up!)
Misc:  blue pom-pom, computer-generated sentiment

Stamps:  Edna Wedgewurt Yells (Eat Cake Graphics)
Inks:  Copics
Papers:  card base (Georgia-Pacific), Deena's Penny Lane Feeling Groovy (My Mind's Eye), green grid (Bo Bunny), red (Core'dinations)  
Misc.:  twine (Whisker Graphics)

Card-a-Copia: Are you kidding? ONE card?

It was a lovely day with my Saturday Stamping and Scrapping buddies.  Mojo was in the air.  Not in the air I was breathing it seems, but it was in the air!

So, eight hours later, here's what I had to show for my day - that's right, ONE card.  BUT it's a pretty fun card!  I'm hoping that my mojo shows up today.  (Surely it was the pall of my uncompleted income tax that had hampered me yesterday, which shouldn't be the problem today now that I've done my civic duty!)

Stamp: Tandem Lady Bugs (Monica Estill - Squigglefly)
Ink:  Copics
Paper: Hip-Hooray Boy Party Paper (My Mind's Eye) and Splash Sunshine and Fish (Echo Park), Basic Black (Stampin' Up!)
Misc.:  brads (Stampin' Up!) 

Card-a-Copia: A Recipe for Stamping Together Divas

Oh. My. Word.  I can't believe how long it took for Spring Break to get here.  I'm just EXHAUSTED and need to recharge so I can go find my mojo!  I'm on my way this morning to meet with a hypnotherapist to see if hypnosis can help me with my eating habits and ultimately provide me with better health and better sleep.  It's pricey but if it works, it'll be worth it!

Here's the card I'm contributing to the Stamping Together Diva's Crafty Contagion 3-2-1 Recipe challenge - 3 patterned papers, 2 ribbons, and 1 punch.  I kind of cheated with the patterned papers because they are designed to go together, but given my lack of mojo, I thought it would be better than what I might put together independently!

Stamps:  "Wonderful" sentiment (Stampin' Up!)

Papers: Only Orange and Old Olive (Stampin' Up!), Bloom & Grow patterns (My Mind's Eye)

Inks:  Copics, Only Orange (Stampin' Up!)

Misc.:  corner punch (Stampin' Up!), ribbon (Michael's), twine (Whisker Graphics), handmade flower, brad (Stampin' Up!)

Card-a-Copia: Thanks You's and So On

I'm always amazed at how much I need another break after the holiday break in December.  I guess I just have one of those jobs that sucks the life out of ya.  My weekend crafting moments are few and far between this time of year, so I'm really looking forward to Spring Break.  I've got some housework planned and lots of crafty time.  Until then, though, I'll keep trying to find a time to stamp between loads of laundry and lesson planning!

This weekend, I knocked out two designs.  This digital image, called "girl with thank you bunting" is a fund-raiser from Claire Keay's JellyPark.  I wanted to go with bold and fell back into one of my usual color combos.  Hey, if it ain't broke, don't fix it!

Stamp:  Girl with Thank You Bunting (JellyPark)
Inks:  Copics
Paper:  black and orange (Stampin' Up!), green (Cored'inations), scraps
Misc.:  plastic flower (unknown), fibers (Making Memories), photo corner punch (Stampin' Up!), brad (American Crafts), computer-generated sentiment 





I also made a super-easy card that features an image from Eat Cake Graphics called Tiny Toby.  The card base with the window opening is pre-made - got them free from a gal on FreeCycle - so the hardest part of the card was making the insert the correct size and moderately interesting.  The window could be created quite easily, though, and adds a nice element to the card.

The sentiment is computer-generated and I created some thank you's, some birthday's, and some general sentiments (seen here) to be able to quickly pull a card together.  After I photographed the card, I went back and added Crystal Effects to the eyeballs for a little extra punch!

Stamps:  Tiny Toby (Eat Cake Graphics)
Inks:  Copics
Paper:  unknown
Misc.:  rhinestones (Recollections), ribbon (May Arts)

This will probably do it for another week.  Sigh.  Hopefully I'll come up with something a bit more complex and a bit more creative next weekend.  (Or we could have a horrible March snowstorm, canceling school for several days, so I can spend a couple extra days relaxing...)

Card-a-Copia: Spring Stuff

Love, love, love that it is light when I go to work and light when I leave work.  (Which, of course, will be changing this weekend when we switch to Daylight Savings time!)  The redbud trees are about to pop open and I'm seeing dainty little daffodils swaying in the breeze.  

Must be time for a late-season ice storm, right?  (Yeah, it's the glass-half-empty side of me  "springing" up again!)

This card is designed for Stamping Together Diva's "Crafty Contagion" Spring challenge.  Loved the paper and went on a serious safari for a lop-eared bunny to go with it.  (You can't really tell, but there are bunnies sprinkled throughout the paper.)  Success!



Stamps:  Bunny Wabbit (Clear Dollar Stamps)
Inks:  Copics
Paper:  greens:  Core'dinations, Lollia "Large Plaid"  (SandyLion), bunny paper...I'll get back to ya!
Misc.:  ribbon (Stampin' Up!), Nestabilities

Card-a-Copia: The Luck o' the Irish and a Big Dog

I always wanted to be more Irish than I actually am, and not just so I can legitimately drink green beer on March 17th!  So, to make up for the genetic miscalculation perpetrated by my parents, I make cards for St. Patrick's Day.  This year's offering is based on a digi by Some Odd Girl -Tiny Tia.

Stamp:  Tiny Tia digi stamp (Some Odd Girl), clover in speech bubble (Michaels)
Ink:  Copics
Paper:  Denim Clover, Denim Geometric, Denim Dots, Denim Stripes "Lucky Me" (Yellow Bicycle)
Misc.:  rhinestones (Queen & Co.), clover pin (unknown), ribbon (Artco)





What's not to like about Eat Cake Graphics?  I mean really, those images are just so darned cute and evoke memories we can all identify with.  (Seriously, if you are a cat and haven't actually flown on an extra large flashlight, wouldn't you dream of doing just that?)

Stamps: Sparky's a Big Dog (Eat Cake Graphics) 
Inks:  Copics,  Tea Dye distress ink (Tim Holtz)
Paper:  Max & Whiskers "Goldie/Max (Basic Grey), black and red (Cor'dinations)
Misc.:  heart brad (unknown), baker's twine (Whisker Graphics), rhinestone (Recollections)

Card-a-Copia: More love crap

Yes, it is a mystery as to why I design well-more Valentine cards than I will ever use.  Thank you for asking.  So, to slip further into the mire of Valentine's Day sweetness, here are a few more cards.

This card is a 5 1/2" square card that will definitely cost more in postage because of that beautiful red heart charm that was originally a pair of earrings.  I bought out nearly all the store had when they were going out of business, so expect to see red, clear and green heart charms embellishing cards for many years to come!

Stamps:  "My Heart" digi (D'Arcy's Diaries)
Ink:  Copics
Paper:  black (Stampin Up!), Persuasion Cut Outs "A Gift of  Love" (Bo Bunny)
Misc.:  ribbon (unknown), rhinestones (Michael's), heart charm (The Dollar Store)






This cute project uses Sophie Willoughby and Her Letter, a wonderful image by Eat Cake Graphics.  I used part of a sticky note to cover the reference to Santa and wrote a Valentine greeting in the resulting empty space.  Inside the tin are envelopes with Valentine coupons.  (This would be a much more meaningful project for me if I actually had a human dude to give it to.  The cats just don't get Valentine's Day...)

Stamps:  Sophie Willoughby and Her Letter (Eat Cake Graphics)
Ink:  Copics
Paper: A Gift of Love "Heart Throb" (Bo-Bunny)
Misc.  ribbon (Stampin' Up!) sticker (Stampendous), computer-generated coupon