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Log Roll

 
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Happy Friday! Today's card uses Aussie Animals and Pierced Tags from the Angels Landing collection of Digi-Stamps on the new Stampin' Up! In Color Textured cardstocks Melon Mambo and Bermuda Bay.  I must confess I wasn't thrilled with the new colors at first, but they are quickly growing on me. Melon Mambo is a confusing name as the color is not a melon at all but rather a hot pink; Bermuda Bay is this lovely vivid shade of turquoise that I just know will become a favorite.

I love this size of card - it is tall and thin, yet smaller than you normally see for this type of card (about 6x3.5). I colored the koala bear with Copic markers then adhered him with foam dots to a base of Sassafras Lass Fawnd of You Too patterned paper from the Life is Beautiful collection. The darker brown patterned paper is the reverse side of the same paper; the die cut strip is also from the same sheet.

I took a couple strips of the patterned paper and rolled them around a pencil to create a log for the koala to sit on. From the side you can see the diamond pattern of the reverse side of paper so it all ties in quite nicely together and adds a bit of whimsy to a fun card.

The "For You" tag comes with both black ink and colored inks in the set. I just printed and cut the hot pink colored tag out, adding a K&Co. crystal to cover up the hole punch circle as I am using it as a card sentiment rather than a tag.

The rectangles are die cut with Spellbinders Long Rectangles.

Be sure to check out the Angels Landing Blog to see what the other DT members have created for you today. Thank you so much for stoppin' by! Happy creating :)

Shake A Tail Feather & Manuels River Hiking Photos

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Today's card uses a Splitcoast Stampers Challenge Sketch and the newest Toodles & Binks image Puddleduck Pothington (doesn't the name just make you grin??). You get the sentiment and the image in a set.

I colored little duckie with the Copics you see above (forgetting to add Pale Sepia and Sepia that I used to color the reeds). The wire Copic holder in the background has been a godsend to me - love the easy access for my Sketch and Original sized markers, and it looks so sharp on my desk. It is available by special order from Diana at Magnolia-Licious.

The paper is by Sassafrass Lass (both sizes of Vintage Yummy Blossomed and Bazzill textured cardstocks). Lots of different Spellbinder's Dies helped with the cut work.

The pretty paper and fuzz flowers are Martha Stewart Daisy Glossary Dimensional Stickers.

Toodles & Binks is a new UK based stamp company started by a fellow crafting freak Kay Bolton. Kay will gladly accept PayPal and ship her unmounted red rubber anywhere in the world!

She is such a lovely lady and the rubber is great quality.

I wanted to leave you with some shots taken this past weekend. We went hiking along Manuels river.

The trail leads from these interesting flat rocks with cascading river water all the way to the beach and ocean. Tons of baby ducks and Sandpipers along the way.

They have lots of fossils in the area; it is quite common to find Trilobytes. I wanted to find one so badly but no luck - this time around :)

 It was so serene and beautiful. The doggies loved it.

Thanks for stoppin' by!

Bright & Cheerful Mini Cards

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Today's I have a pair of mini cards/tags to share with you that use Odd Bird Planet Stamps. The first features a happy little rainbow theme using the Rainbow stamp.

After coloring the image with Copics and cutting it out, I die cut Summer Sun cardstock by Stampin' Up! using Nestabilities Pinking Circles.

The inner orange layer features Bo Bunny patterned paper that has been die cut with Classic Inverted Scalloped Circles. Reporters at CHA were given the dies in a Spellbinder's Press Kit.

I thought I would never use them, but now that I dug it out and cut just once with it I find myself using it a lot. It is great for sun shapes so will be a staple for my summer cards.

The patterned paper is Tree Tops by Sassafras Lass from the Bungle Jungle collection.

My second card featured the tiny 3/4 inch stamp Birthday Sparkle Chicklet Right that has been  colored with Copics. This tiny card is under 3 inches and would be perfect attached to a birthday present.

The blue textured cardstock is by Bazzill, the hot pink polka dot patterned paper is by Bo Bunny and has been cut with Nestabilities Nested Flower shapes.

These cards are on their way to California as samples. Hope they like them, and I hope you do too. Something a little different from my usual repertoire :)

Thanks for stoppin' by, have a happy, creative day!

Three Scoops at the Sweet Stop

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This week's sketch over at The Sweet Stop involves lots and lots of layers, so I thought I would layer on the ice cream as well :) I used lots of Nestabilities die cuts to do all the cut work for me.

I stamped the ice cream cone from Summer Fun three times then cut out the scoops and made myself a calorie free triple scoop.

The Neapolitan colors of Chocolate, Vanilla and Strawberry are courtesy of Copic markers.

The sentiment, stamped in Ancient Page Chocolate ink, is from the Summer Sentiments. Both sets are now 15% off, as well as all spring and summer stamps.

The bright, happy colored paper is Sassafras Lass' Cris Cross (the blue checked) from the Serendipity collection. The polka dot is Intertwined from the Fawned collection;  the swirly strip comes from the same sheet. The hot pink textured cardstock is by Bazzill.

I  used chocolate, vanilla and strawberry Dew Drops in the upper right corner to balance the design a bit.

We at Sweet 'n Sassy would LOVE for you to stop by the new Sweet Stop challenge blog and take a look at what the design team has created for your inspiration - every Saturday is a new challenge. We would love it even more if you joined in and played - if you do not have any SnS stamps that is just fine with us! This is all about fun.

I hope to post another card to day - now every time I say this I jinx myself. Crossin' fingers. Thanks for stoppin' by!

Suzy

Sweet 'n Sassy Goes Psychadelic on the CPS Highway

 

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Today Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps is sponsoring the sketch over at Card Positioning Systems. I do admit I took some liberty with the sketch but I think the spirit remains intact. I just had to adjust placement to not cover this fabulous Full Bloom paper from the new Sasafrass Lass Anthem collection.

I had this idea about taking the path less traveled, with the arrows telling the little RV to head out one way, and it deciding to head another. 

I outlined the RV from the Sweet 'n Sassy Set Holiday Road in wild shades of red, orange and yellow Copic markers, then blended with the yellow for a glowing, funky RV that Jerry Garcia would be proud to ride in lol.

I cut the wheels out and put them on thicker Dimensional pop dots than the rest of the RV. The red scallop circle is a Nestabilities die cut.

 The little "road strip" is the bottom of the Full Bloom paper that I cut and placed, adding Cuttlebug arrow die cuts and the Not All Who Wander are Lost sentiment (also from Holiday Road).

The very bottom of the Full Bloom paper has this fabulous diamond edging that I am saving for another card. What a great pattern, just love it.

Holiday Road and all other spring and summer sets are on sale right now at Sweet 'n Sassy so be sure to take your little stampin' vacay and visit the store :) We hope you play in the sketch challenge over at CPS this week - one lucky entry will win 3 free Sweet 'n Sassy stamps from the Digi line!

Thanks for stoppin' by! Have a fantastic and creative day!

Oliver gets Mellow (WT138)

Today's Ways To Use it Challenge on SCS was to use chalk inks. I love my VersaMagic Chalk Ink Dewdrops and use them every day anyway so this wasn't too much of a challenge.....or so I thought. I don't really like how this turned out, but here you have it. I used the pointy end of the Dewdrops to color the Sassafras Lass Oliver and Friends acrylic stamp set. I was going for 1970's kitch as that is what I think of when I see decorative owls. The BasicGrey Mellow patterned paper and buttons fit in with the plan - the buttons remind me of bakelite jewelry. So where did I go wrong? Not sure but I think my proportions are off. That is what I get for trying to be artsy fartsy. I have a horrible head cold maybe it is clouding my mojo. I added a bit of red Stickles to the blossoms on the tree as I just had to have some bling.

Thank you for visiting today! To celebrate almost 10,000 hits in one month of blogging, look for something special coming up soon :)

{hugs} *from a distance with a tissue so you don't get my germies*

Suzy

PS Heads Up - Christy's Scarlet Lime November Scrapbooking and Papercrafting Kits debuted today. She always runs out, often on the first day so take a look if you like. She is already out of one kit -sold out to subscribers before it even debuted on the site (boo) . The kits have exclusive stamps and paper designed by her. UPDATE - within a minute of posting this, she was sold out of 2 of 4 kits. You can still buy the most fantastic plexiglass hanging albums for $3.25 and maybe one of the kits (will probably be sold out too soon).

Stamps: Sassafras Lass Oliver and Friends

Paper: Soft Sky textured and Chocolate Chip by Stampin' Up!, BasicGrey Mellow

Ink:  VersaMagic Chalk inks: Jumbo Java, Gingerbread, Brick Red, Thatch Straw, Spanish Olive, Aegean Blue

Accessories:  May Arts grosgrain and A Muse orange ribbon, pop dots, Sakura Glaze pens, Stickles, BasicGrey Mellow buttons

Card Size: 4.25x5.5inches