Here is another version of CamoGirl from Squigglefly which I created using the July SheetLoad sketch. I kept her simple and chose a bolder DP. I colored her belt silver to match the silver flowers. Her capri's are old so I made them faded and comfy like a pair of faded blue jeans.
Yesterday we had a garage sale and we did pretty well but I was surprised that I sold hardly any of my mounted stamps or scrapbook stuff. I donated what I didn't sell (less my stamps) so maybe somebody will find my stuff at Goodwill and enjoy it.
I finished a fantastic book. I read it cover to cover in 1.5 days and it was the best book I have read in months. It is by Lisa See and is called Shanghai Girls. It is about 2 sisters who escape from Shanghai in the 1930's. I don't normally like history but the historical context in the story was fascinating. Good characters, excellent plot and definitely some curve balls thrown in that I never saw coming (which I like!)
Sunday Sassy
How is this card like my Mom's kitchen?
How is this card like my Mom's kitchen? What a crazy question- I know you are thinking, "Heather has sniffed to much embossing powder." Well actually my Mom has gorgeous tile in her kitchen and on some of the tiles she has handpainted pictures of ducks. So tile/ mosaics are my inspiration today.
To see more details about this card (+ 2 more) check out my post In the Cottage Studio today.
The second photo is a giant strawberry. I leaned it against our 1/2 gallon of milk so you could see how wide it is. It really doesn't have anything to do with crafting but isnt it neat?
My First Triple Challenge!
I know there are ladies out there who can pile on 18 different challenges on the same card but I'm starting simple! Today I combined SCS Sketch #237 + 365 Cards- Day 136 (Black, White & Red) + Inky Impressions challenges #6 (A Stitch in Time). Yesterday when I saw the red/white/black and since it is a favorite color combo, I made a mental note. When I saw Maria Bell's card today, I knew I had to try the stitching challenge. Maria Bell is an incredibly talented stamper so you need to go look at her blog AFTER you ooh and ahh over my card! Right before it was time to stamp I realized it was Wednesday so I checked out the sketch for the week at SCS and I liked it!
Today I stamped for myself so I simply chose papers and supplies that I like :)
My First Triple Challenge
Stamps: Kitchen Sink Stamps (flower), Daisy Bucket Hill (scrolls), Stampendous (sentiment)
Ink: ColorBox Chalk
Paper: CTMH
Brads: Making Memories
Ribbon: Offray
Glitz: Stickles
Quick Rocker Birthday Card
I split my time today painting our guest bedroom trim, playing with my daughter, finishing a card for August SheetLoad and doing laundry. My daughter asked me to make her a card for her friend.
Little Rocker is from Squigglefly (July SheetLoad sponsor), the greeting from Studio G, and the DP from Miss Elizabeth. I was able to use scraps which always makes me happy. I have had that green dotted paper forever and I use it and use it and still haven't finished the sheet of it!
What's growing in my garden?
I got this all uploaded and realized the little vellum ladybug that is supposed to be in the lower right corner must have fallen off the card. If you find it put it on top of my card pile on my dining room table- no questions asked!
GardenGrow is a digital image from Squigglefly, July sponsor of SheetLoad of Cards e-zine. To see more cards made with this sketch (and Squigglefly stamps) click on the card to download the July issue.
Over the past few days, I have been very busy creating pretty things in my studio. Most of them are for the August issue of SheetLoad so I can't show you yet. Some others you'll see this week.
Today my husband took a vacation day and while he worked outside sanding our deck, my daughter and I made cards in my air conditioned studio. My husband and I made a stir fry, egg rolls and 2 kinds of rice for dinner and then dropped off our daughter at VBS. She lamented, she complained, she told us she would NOT have a good time. She seemed to thaw a bit when she got her new T-shirt and baseball cap but I left feeling a bit guilty. My husband and I dashed through the supermarket, dropped off a DVD to a friend and went for a short walk. Our daughter was all smiles and happy as could be when we picked her up! She met 2 classmates (1 had moved away mid school year) and a girl she met at 4H camp 2 weeks ago. She can't wait to go back tomorrow night!
Rock Out Mosaic Card
I am proud of this card because it looks close to what I had planned for it. Sometimes I have trouble getting my mind's eye onto paper. The "Little Rocker" image is from Squigglefly. I actually cut the oval and as I was distressing its edges, I realized that the perfect sentiment would be from "A Little Note" set from Clear Artistic Stamps.
I had a sudden inspiration to make mosaic "tiles" from lime green paper and I realized the notes would fit perfectly. I cut an oval from some purple DP (Miss Elizabeth), cut a scrap of black paper and voila!
The tag below is what I created for Rumble #11. My mom and my friend Brenda wanted to see the whole thing and they both said please ;) The details for the tag are in the Rumble post.
Yesterday, Michelle Giraud left me a comment about the card I made for the Caardvarks challenge. She is at the top of my list of favorite stamp artists and I was so excited. Today we had to drive past a scrapbook store and my husband told me to go have fun. They had Memento ink pads, which I have been dying to try and I grabbed a few extra colors of Stickles. We also had to stop at Staples and the Bic Mark It Markers that I LOVE (not as good as Copics but cheaper) are available in ultra fine points. And they have them open stock so you can buyt individual colors for 99 cents each! I grabbed pink and lavender. They didn't have my favorite green in ultra fine... yet.
Can you hear Rumble 11?
Every other Friday the DT from Clear Artistic Stamps Rumbles in with a new challenge- and you can win a prize for playing! If you use Clear Artistic Stamps or a Technique Junkies technique you can earn bonus entries.
To the left is a snippet of my project. For the details of the challenge, check out this entry from the In the Cottage Studio blog!
Polka Dots Keep Falling on My Head
The main image is called April Showers and is from Squigglefly, July sponsor for SheetLoad. The sentiment is from PTI.
I actually started with a white background and the red layer and it morphed into yellow with polka dots and then more dots!
Since I create more cards than I can use, I am donating my extra cards to ShareaCard.org so they can be shared with people who need some extra cheer in their lives.
Caardvarks challenge featuring SheetLoad and ShortCuts
Caardvarks hosts bi-monthly challenges and the current challenge features using the July SheetLoad sketch and ShortCuts products. The details of the challenge are on the SheetLoad blog HERE and you can link your creations to the Caardvarks challenge HERE.
For my card I used a scrap of denim DP as my inspiration and I added the floral elements and the funky crown. The Camogirl image is from Squigglefly digital stamps and "fleur" is from Above the Mark.
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It is also time for "Show us your SheetLoad" and Win!! for July. Create a card using the July sketch for a chance to win stamps from our July issue sponsor, Squigglefly digital stamps. Check out the post for details.
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Don't want to make card but still want to win? Check out Shout Out for SheetLoad for July.
Good Day Turtle
Honestly, the simpler the card, the longer it takes me to make it. I spent over an hour getting this card done. The turtle is from Squigglefly (SheetLoad sponsor for July), and the sentiment from gg designs'.
The DP is from an ancient pack of Miss Elizabeth paper that I don't like very much but it worked well with the turtle. Originally, I meant to color the flower orange and had orange stuff picked out to go with the card but it ended up so red looking that I had to change course.
This afternoon I got 2 surprises in the mail. One was a Netflix movie that I expected tomorrow. 
The second was my goodies from Clear Artistic Stamps! I got 2 stamp sets, some gorgeous linen texture cardstock and 2 colors of Shimmerz and 2 colors of Blingz. And best of all a gorgeous card from Belinda, the owner of the company welcoming me to the design team. And what did I do 2 hours earlier? I forgot our weekly design team meeting! Last week I made fun of our DT coordinator, Etha, for arriving late. She got the last laugh on me today!
