Fast and easy

---and no layers, ribbon, glue....etc.
My new stamp arrived yesterday and I had to let the rubbaaaah hit ink! Well in this case, more like Versamark. I can not wait until I have some more free time to spend playing around with the stamp. I added a small micro gem to the center of the bow and also a bit of stardust stickles in the center of the knot. The scalloped edges were sponged with craft white.
TFL

Stamps: Impression Obsession, Su wonderful words

Paper: SU pink passion

Ink: Versamark

Accessories: SU craft white, white ep; fiskars scallop scissors, Micro gem, Stardust stickles

Watercolor challenge

I decided to dust off my watercolor pencils and give it a gander. I had to use water instead of gamsol(seeing that I dont yet have my gamsol) and I don"t know if I like the end results.

Maybe once my gamsol and stumps come in I might do better? Hopefully what they say about practice makes perfect will work for me. But where and when will I find the time? Hmm.
Wonder if the guys will allow me to announce YO YO (AKA: your on you own) night AAAAGAIN? If I tried to push off making supper one more night the boys might protest - including the dog. LOL.

I used stickles on the petals and stem of the flower. I also flicked black ink on the white card stock.
The layout for this card I got from this site: http://poeticartistry.blogspot.com
TFL!

Stamps: Hampton arts

Paper: SU barely banana, real red, black, white, creamy carmel

Ink: SU black

Accessories: SU punch, colored pencils, dimentionals & paper punch; Stardust stickles

Red, White, & Blue Bella

This was one of the designs that I submitted for the A-MUSE-A-PALOOZA contest challenge.
I just love entering contests. It 'gives' me a reason to justify why I have to stamp and not get things done around the house.
Since the Stampin Up retirement list came out, I realized how many stamps of mine are now retired. Boo hoo.
But on the up side, I can start looking for new stamps. There are soooo many stamps that I would love to add to my small gallery of stamps that I don't know where to begin. I guess I will have to wait until some of the new releases show up on the websites. Oh how I hate to wait.....

Supplies: Bella, A Muse, Karen Foster Stamps; SU brocade blue, red, white, black, DD, chalks, pencils, punch, brads and ribbon; Micro gem, Cuttlebug EF

Just for you

This is my version of a 5-10 minute card challenge over at SCS.
One thing that I have found is that it's difficult for me to leave well enough alone. I wanted to add more to the design but I knew I "had" to refrain otherwise I would be defeating the purpose of the challenge. LOL
It is hard to see from the pic but I used SU shimmer cs. My camera makes the layered shimmer cs a lot whiter than the rest of the paper. Hmmm.
I "touched" the little balls of the flower with Sakura glaze pen and followed the stem with Stickles glitter glue. (you can tell from my terminology I do NOT know the intricate parts of a flower. (hehe)

Supplies: SU shimmer, black, coral cs, markers & black ink, Michaels $1.00 stamp, ribbon, Karen Foster Snap stamps, Sakura black glaze pen, Stardust Stickles.