Happy Owl-o-ween, MMSC#73

How could I resist? I had to play along with Midnight Madness this week as it is featuring PWCO stamps!! Isn't this the cutest stamp? I was thinking it would be a great stamp to use long after fall is over. Just cut out the tree and the owl without the moon and bats and viola! you have a multi-purpose stamp!

I know that Peggy just LOVES orange so she just must love halloween themed cards! HA! Peggy, I couldn't resist. I do love this card and love how it came together.

stamps: Happy Owl-o-ween from Paperworks Co.

Paper: Reminisce

copics: y38, Y17, E43, E44,, C8, E11, E13

Hollis, MMSC #73

My brother is a Physician Assistant at Children's Hospital of Milwaukee. My SIL is having a party for him this coming weekend as he won the Physician Assistant of the Year Award!! This is my card for him (although, he's not a hunter) which also is entered into Art Impression's monthly contest (the theme is "the great outdoors") and Midnight Madness's Sketch Challenge #73. The inside of the card reads, "Children's Health Systems found the BEST Physician Assistant!"

Congrats Mike! You have earned your title!

Haven't these humans heard of tofu?

Viola! I managed to play along in Midnight Madness's sketch challenge this week. This card is for Art Impression's monthly contest in which the theme is "my other craft-Stamp a card about another hobby". I love to cook and bake so I went with the chickens looking in a cookbook. I can imagine they think it is quite disturbing to see a cookbook about 1,001 ways to roast a chicken! I can make a very good chicken, but my claim to fame is my cheesecake. Just ask my good friend Peggysue! We met recently at a location half way between our houses and I surprised her with a cheesecake. Ohhh, it was sooo good!! Are you drooling yet? Sorry, back to the card. Anyway, the dp is cooking from nana's stack. It sure is cute paper! The ribbon is something I picked up at Michael's.

Wish me luck on winning in the contest!

Stamp: Birdies and the girls

DP: Nana's stack

copics: a few yellows and a few oranges

accessories: ribbon

Thanks for looking!

Midnight Madness Sketch Challenge #60

Happy Sunday, Stampers! I am back in the game with Midnight Madness. Life gets crazy and I can't always find the time to play now a days, but I carved out some time this weekend.

I bought a Nana's Kitchen Stack because it was sparkly and pretty and with my coupon, 40% off. I had no idea what I would use it for. I don't make cards about cooking and I don't scrapbook, but it was such pretty paper I just had to buy it!! When I saw this week's sketch I knew I need to get out my Tilda's and play with her. Then I thought of my new stack of paper and the started coming together in my mind. Baking Tilda was just what I needed for this card. I cut out the flour and sugar pictures from the patterned paper in the stack and used them as the embellishment on the bottom right corner which, in the sketch, was a flower.

I hope you enjoy my sweet, sweet Tilda and my interpretation of the sketch.

Art Impressions monthly contest

Good Saturday Evening, Stampers!! This is my first submission for Art Impressions monthly comtest. The theme this month is "set o'wheels: bikes, cars and wagons. As always these characters just crack me up!! I used the Midnight Madness sketch challenge for this week. I decided to move the loopy-de-loopy thingy that was supposed to be in the upper corner to the bottom because I think it looks like dust coming up from the back of the bike and it helps the image give the feeling of movement. Although the embellishments are sprockets, I thought it tied in with the gears of the bike. I think I might send this to my brother as a belated birthday card (June 1). Hey! at least I am still in the same month! The saying says, "Eat your heart out, Lance Armstrong!"

Thanks for looking!

I won the Priscilla Award!

Can you believe it? I got around 122 votes for my Hollis card! Thank you for voting! Due to your support I won The Priscilla Award! I shall wear this badge proudly!

MMSC#56 and AI contest

Here is my card for today. The layout is based on Midnight Madness's sketch challenge #56. It is also my second submission for Art Impression's monthly contest. This month's theme is, "Feel like dancing". This character's name is Dotty. She just cracks me up! She's got a lot of skirt to color so my previous card I paper pierced and this one I covered up most of her body with the fence. Smart, aren't I? I used the vine to look like grass or some sort of foliage in front of the fence. I needed something in the upper left corner and this rub-on was perfect for it, because of course, Dotty is unforgettable. I added pearls around her neck, because she just needed a little bling on her ensemble.

Thanks for looking!

I need your vote!

Midnight Madness announced today that I am a finalist in their Priscilla Award!!! This award goes to the person with the most votes. If you haven't voted yet, I would appriciate you voting for me! My card is #5 and it is the hunter looking through binoculars.

MMSC#55

The sneak peek for next week's Midnight Madness sketch challenge was posted today. I was home early because daycare closed early which means I had time to stamp while youngest DS was napping. Yay! I stopped at Joann's before going home and picked up this new paper. I think it is very pretty!! I also picked up this Smile Stamp in the $1.00 bin at Michael's. I apologize for using my ducky stamp again. I love this stamp though and it just screamed at me to be used today. Now I guess I need to go back and do this week's sketch challenge! Nothing like doing it backwards!

MMSC#50-Happy Birthday, Peggysue!

Woo hoo! I found my mojo! I had no idea it was hiding behind this card for Peggysue's birthday! This card is my Midnight Madness submission for this week. I loved this sketch. It was just a perfect fit for me. It also helps that Sweet Tilda is just adorable. This Tilda is a fun one to color as well. I also love the paper. I have noticed over time that I really gravitate towards papers with stripes and polka dots. Such fun stripes and colors in this paper.

So, Peggysue, Happy Birthday!!

MMSC#48

Ah, not one of my stellar cards but it is okay. My mojo left me again. Darn mojo. That's so not fair. I tried and tried to find my mojo. I looked in my closet, I looked under the bed, I even went to Walmart and Target to see if I could buy some mojo. Sadly, it is not for sale. So, in the meantime, my faithful followers (ie my dork sisters and the design team from MM) you get to look at this. Don't try to butter me up and say it is a great card. I know better!!

What you can't see is the ribbon is actually a purple. It looks more black here though. The ribbon elements that were supposed to be on the top and side of the image were too overwhelming so I just used pearls. I do like the ribbon though. It is very pretty. The center flower is a rub on.

MMSC #47

I have been asked by a co-worker to make a stack of cards. I used this week's Midnight Madness sketch for my layout. Both the duck image and the "Thank You" came from Hambo Stamps (I love their pigs). I found this paper in my stash and I think I bought it recently. Where did I buy it? I sure can't remember now. I think it might have been Wisconsin Craft Market??? I used stickles and glossy accents to help the image pop a bit. I was not fond of the stitching part. I don't sew. I HATE sewing. I don't own a sewing machine. I poked holes in the paper and then used embroidery floss to sew it. I learned the hard way that I added way too many holes!! It took too long to sew. No matter, I like the card. It brings a smile to my face.

Okay, now you are wondering why there is a bird on my head. Zena, our cockatiel was flying around the room and needed a place to land. Obviously she thought my head was a good spot. This is strange on many levels. The bird has bonded with my hubby and doesn't go to me unless she is desperate. Secondly, she usually flies to something other than my head. The kids thought it was funny so I took a picture.

Thanks for stopping by!

Stamps: Duck and Thank you by Hambo Stamps

Paper: unknown

Markers: SU! barely banana, mellow moss, bashful blue, only orange

accessories: stickles, glossy accent, embroidery floss.

MMSC #46

Yoo hoo! I am almost late, but I am here! This cute little Tilda named "sweet Tilda" was a birthday gift from a dear friend of mine. As usual, I did the card backwards. I colored first and then had to run to the store to find paper to match. Once and awhile I do it the right way and pick my paper first and then color. Thankfully it all worked out in the end. The sketch is from Midnight Madness and was a bit tricky with all of the layers. I used the design element of the cherry blossoms of one of the DP and cut it out and used it as the strip up the side and along the bottom. The bottom layer of the 3 stacked pieces is the backside of the largest dps. It was a nice moment when I realized the paper had a backside. It made life just that much easier. The flower was from a dork sister.

Stamp: Sweet Tilda from Magnolia

copic markers (yes, I actually kept track this time!) 100, E 33, 37, 57, 99, 000,00,11

YR 21

C1, 3, 4,5

V 01, 12, 15

R 20

Regal rose marker from SU!

paper: Best Creation INC, color mates , me and my big ideas

accessories: pearls, flower, cuttlebug and polka dot folder

MMSC#45

This is a tent card. Peggysue sent me one for my birthday and it was just gorgeous! I combined the tent card with the Midnight Madness sketch challenge for this week. Like how the third panel is the cut away? I did! It took me about an hour to color in Tilda. Tilda, by the way, was inked for my by Traci M. Thanks, Traci! I like this image and may ask for more down the road.

MMSC #44

I first need to mention that MARCH 15 is my birthday!!! In case you don't have my snail mail address I have it below. I will break my rule of not posting personal information here on my blog just for you!!

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This is my Midnight Madness entry for this week. It is also my first entry for Art Impressions March contest. The theme for this month is troubled times-get well, sympathy or encouraging cards. I am waiting until my new stamps come in to make the second card. In the meantime I have some birthday cards to make for the birthday RAKs for this month for SCS. I send out extras for this month...I send one card to each person on the RAK list who shares my birthday!!! Woo hoo!! I love my birthday! Did you know that I have a birthday twin?? Chef Mama, a fellow Dork Sister, has her birthday the same day, but she's just a tad older than me. Sorry, Lori, I did have to add that!

MMSC #43

First I have to tell all of you that I won 2nd place for my Annie card at Art Impressions. Take a look here. I am so excited!

This here is my Midnight Madness entry for this week. Dotty is the character you see. I bought her with my winnings from last month at Art Impressions. She just cracks me up! She looks so happy and content with who she is and what she is doing. Dotty is living in the moment! I decided to use the vellum as the layer behind the main image because everything else I used covered up my pretty brown patterned paper. The butterflies are rub-ons and I colored Dotty with copic markers. This card is meant for my Dork Sister, Vikki Jo for her birthday next week. Vikki has a fear of butterflies (I know! Crazy isn't it?) Well, the rest of the dork sisters and I tend to send Vikki Jo butterfly cards to tease her.

Well ladies, put your big girl panties on and go dance!

Stamp: Dotty by Art Impressions

paper: vellum, pattern paper from butterflies and blossoms mat stack

markers: copics YG 11,13,17 B14, R20, 27, E000, 00, 11

accessories: cuttlebug folder and nestie dies.

MM#42

Here is my submission for this week's Midnight Madness sketch challenge. I just bought this stamp set from SU! I have been eyeing it for awhile and finally just went for it. The card didn't come together until I went to Archiever's and bought the pink papers and the flower embellishments. I have big metal fans to go with my Asian themed stamps. The fans, however were too big and didn't add anything to the card. The pattern paper is from the Far East Stack.

Thanks for looking!

MMSC #41

Happy Valentine's day! Today is February 14. I decided not use the card for MMSC #40 (see below) as my valentine's day card for DH. I wanted a more masculine card. I decided to try this upcoming week's sketch challenge (MMSC #41) for the layout. It took me all day to put this together. Mostly it took a long time to color the image and the sky. I actually dried out one of my copic markers (I am not sure what to do to refill it) as I made this. I didn't do the buttons as embellishments on the two corners as the buttons I have are too whimsical for the card. I thought the silver circle paper clip thingy was enough for the upper corner. I put the silver pearls on the bottom corner and off of the main image because I didn't want to hide my image. I pierced my paper on the green panel but felt it was a pain to do so I didn't do it on the gray panel. I used my silver gel pen to add the outlines to each of the two background panels.

Thanks for looking!

MMSC #40

I found this dp at Wisconsin Craft Market. Each sheet is kind of like a hologram. I just thought it was pretty and would make a pretty card. The hologram aspect of it though made it difficult to work with because it actually is hard on the eyes. I used the sketch from this week's Midnight Madness sketch challenge. I really like how it all came together. I am thinking of using it as hubby's v-day card, but not sure since it is not traditional red and white. I have time today to stamp, instead of cleaning the house, so I might try to put a more masculine card and v-dayish card together. He ran down to Madison to go buy new dress pants and a sports coat. I guess I need to stop typing and get to work!

P.s. I would appreciate it if you'd scroll down 2 posts and take a look (hint, hint to write a comment) at the card I made for Art Impression's February challenge.

Thanks for looking everybody! I sure do enjoy reading your comments.

Stamps: Tilda

Paper: designer paper from ? found at local store

Ink: black

Markers: copic markers. Sorry I don't keep tabs on which ones I use.

accessories, cuttlebug, nestibilities, orange pearls, prima flowers.

MMSC #39

If you didn't see my post below please take a look. I think that card is a hoot!

Anyway this is my submission for the Midnight Madness sketch challenge. It was my hubby's birthday this week so I was trying to make a manly card. It didn't happen.

Thursday I had a co-worker who asked to borrow my cuttlebug until Tuesday. I felt pressured to get this card done as I only had Thursday night to complete it (with my cuttlebug). It's still a pretty card, but definitely not manly. I started out with a manly card as the wreath is made out of leaves from the stamp set "Indian Summer" by Rubber Stamp Tapestry, but from there it kept getting girly. Oh well!