Adam had a birthday party to attend. I needed a quick card that was appropriate for a six year old. I knew I wanted to use an image from Stampin' Up!'s retired "Toy Box" set. This was one of the first sets I bought and a favorite go to for kids' cards. Mostly boy's cards. Go figure...me choose a set for boys. You'd think I had boys....hmmm. Anyway, I checked out SCS' Color Challenge. Today's colors are Real Red, Basic Black and Old Olive . I immediately knew it was a perfect combo for the dino image. Here's a close up...
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Real Black Olives...
Adam had a birthday party to attend. I needed a quick card that was appropriate for a six year old. I knew I wanted to use an image from Stampin' Up!'s retired "Toy Box" set. This was one of the first sets I bought and a favorite go to for kids' cards. Mostly boy's cards. Go figure...me choose a set for boys. You'd think I had boys....hmmm. Anyway, I checked out SCS' Color Challenge. Today's colors are Real Red, Basic Black and Old Olive . I immediately knew it was a perfect combo for the dino image. Here's a close up...
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Mother's Day...
This is one of the cards we made at last year's class. I can't take credit for the design, it was CASED from this card on SCS by Nancy Riley. She has an awesome blog as well, iSTAMP.
I won't bore you with all the details. I will tell you how these adorable purses were made though. The handles were made by punching a small oval in solid card stock and then punching around that with the large oval punch. The closure is the word window punch 'secured' with a silver brad. The 'designer' purse uses the round tab punch and SU!'s retired prints designer papers. So, what do you think?
Really simple and a really big hit at last year's class. Look for some new purse designs at this year's class!
On a 'purse-onal' note...Adam's party was fantastic! He has some really great friends and so do I! I spent Saturday at MedExpress. I thought I had broken my foot. Thank heavens I didn't but it is sprained and I'm limping along in a boot. I was running - no - limping very behind on Sunday and as everyone arrived, they jumped right in and helped me get it all done. How behind was I? Put it this way, a HUGE thank you goes out to my good friend, Kristen! She frosted the cake for me. My mother-in-law will never call to ask if I need anything again. Little did she know that I'd give her a grocery list! Like I said, I have some great friends. Thanks to each of you. You ROCK!
Until next time, try out a designer purse or two. Better yet, one for every day of the week!
~Leslee~
Supplies (all SU!):
Stamps: Fancy Flexible Phrases
Ink: Basic Black
Paper: Basic Black, Certainly Celery, Whisper White, Sweetie Pie DSP, Prints DSP
Accessories: Round tab, large oval, small oval, word window, 1/16" circle, 1-3/8" square punches, silver brads, black/white gingham ribbon (my fav)
Friday, April 24, 2009
All the Best of White
Thursday, April 23, 2009
Fun & Fast...
Each of these images are from the Fun & Fast Notes set. This set contains eight different images and occasions. A set that has lots of bang for the buck (gotta love that kind of set)! If you are interested in purchasing or checking out more of what Stampin' Up! has to offer, click here to check out my Stampin' Up! Website. You can shop from there.
Thanks for stopping in today. I hope you've been inspired to make a Fun & Fast Card!
~Leslee~
Supplies (all SU!)
Stamps: Fun & Fast Notes
Paper: Whisper White, Pale Plum, Perfect Plum, Bashful Blue
Ink: Basic Black & many marvelous markers
Accessories: Crystal Effects, Bashful Blue & Eggplant 1/4" grosgrain ribbon, Eyelet Border Punch
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Happy Birthday....
Funny story though (sorry Mom...I have to tell it!)... Jesse (my oldest) was asking just how old grandma will be. I told him to do the math...she was born in 19** ;-) and it is now 2009. After a minute of figurin', he says "Wow! That's old!" We busted out in laughter. Then, last night at the dinner table, we were again talking about age (with all the birthdays we are faced with the next three months - everyone is getting older). My age came up - of course I'm only 29! Which the boys didn't believe me. I told them again...29! Jess looks me square in the face and says "Well you'd better get that Hollywood Wrinkle stuff they advertise on Facebook!" All my guys busted out in laughter! (Yes, not even Don stood up for me!) Hmpft! See if they get dinner tonight!!
Thanks for stopping by today! I hope you're inspired to try one of Jen's SFYTT - she posts them on Saturday.
~Leslee~
Supplies (All SU!)
Stamps: Animal Crackers, Darling Dots, Fun & Fast Notes (sentiment)
Paper: Whisper White, Garden Green, So Saffron, Close to Cocoa, Sweet Slumber DSP
Ink: Barely Banana, Close to Cocoa, Chocolate Chip, Summer Sun markers, So Saffron classic
Accessories: Dimensionals, 1" & 1-1/4" circle punches, lrg & sm oval punches, cutter kit (distressing tool), Dress Up Saffron ribbon
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
The Race Is On!!!
~Leslee~
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
As promised.......
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
It's over!
This gorgeous card was rather easy to make. I embossed the background stamp from the set, Fresh Cuts, in black. Then, I colored in the main images in the background using SU! markers. Because it was embossed, the markering was really quite simple (much easier to stay in the lines). The image was then cut into three equal parts and layered onto complimentary card stock to create the panels. The base layer was stamped with the floral from the same set. A friend of mine talked me into using these rich colors. I don't normally reach for them but I really love how this card came together. It is always good to stretch yourself outside of your comfort zone. I find that it broadens you and you just might take a liking to it. Oh, the ribbon is one of my easy peasy hide-the-fact-that-I'm-bow-challenged bows. It's not really a bow at all. I've tied a longer length of ribbon around two shorter ones. Yes, I cheated! Well, it lays nice in an envelope anyway :)
Thanks for stopping by today. I hope you've been inspired and I promise to have something new to post real soon!
~Leslee~
Supplies all Stampin' Up!:
Stamps: Fresh Cuts
Paper: Naturals White, Rose Red, So Saffron, Certainly Celery, Elegant Eggplant
Ink: Basic Black Craft, Old Olive & Rose Red markers, VersaMark
Accessories: Very Vanilla grosgrain ribbon, sm. & lrg. oval punch, black embossing powder, heat tool, embossing buddy, powder pals
Friday, April 10, 2009
Clean & Simple
Thursday, April 9, 2009
Featured Flowers
This week's Featured Stamper is Julie (JustWriteDesigns). You must check out her Gallery. This is the card I chose to case: Plain Vanilla and this is what I came up with.....
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
A Quick Post
It just goes to show that a quick card can be a very elegant card. This used the Floral background stamp, card stock, a length of coordinating ribbon and a couple of punches. Done!
Enjoy your day! I'm going to!
Thanks for looking and I'll have another card for you tomorrow.
~Leslee~
Supplies (all SU!): Floral background stamp, Regal Rose ink and ribbon, Whisper White & Regal Rose card stock, Paper piercing tool & mat pack, Scallop oval and Large oval punches.
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
An Egg Challenge
Seem like an odd card?? It makes perfect sense to me. You see, my brother-in-law's birthday is this Sunday...that's right, Easter! So, when I read Sharon's challenge, it all came together. "Hoppy Birthday" and the inside reads, "May your day be Egg-ceptional!" The cupcake and the egg images are from the Wagon Full of Fun set in the Occasions Mini Catalog. Their uncle is going to love this card! Jesse and Adam colored the Easter eggs. Adam even called him to ask his favorite colors! I paper pieced the paper cupcake cup. Watercolored the frosting and added some glitter. The bunny is made of punches. It's a busy, bright card for me but the more I look at it, the more it grows on me.
Thanks for another great challenge Sharon!
And thanks for stopping by. Enjoy your day!
~Leslee~
Supplies (all Stampin' Up! (r) unless otherwise noted):
Stamps: Wagon Full of Fun
Paper: Naturals White, So Saffron, Pink Pirouette, Basic Black
Ink: Basic Black, So Saffron, Bashful Blue, Certainly Celery, Bordering Blue, many markers
Accessories: Wide Oval, Small Oval, Heart to Heart, 1/4" circle, Scallop Oval & Lrg. Oval punches, White gel pen, white pom (Walmart)
Friday, April 3, 2009
Fast Friday
Thursday, April 2, 2009
A tisket, a tasket....
This adorable basket is so easy to make! I made this one for a make-n-take project at a recent workshop. They are easy enough to mass produce for an entire classroom of kids too.
The basket is a triangle. It is made by adhering three Big Shot Scallop Envelopes together. Simply cut your scallop envelope dies with your Big Shot, trim a wedge off of each side of the bottom flap (otherwise it won't come together in a triangle) and adhere using sticky strip or SNAIL. I adhered a piece of 3" x 2" designer paper onto each side. This was mainly to hide the envelope flaps that hold the basket together. Embellish as you desire. I made more of my Rock-n-Roll punched flowers. You can see that post here. And, I wrapped it all up with some ribbon. Really fun to create and even more fun to give! Of course, I had to fill mine with a yummy Reese's peanut butter egg!!
Try making one for yourself and thanks for stopping by.
~Leslee~Supplies (All SU! unless otherwise noted):
Stamps - Fancy Flexible Phrases, Best Wishes & More (flowers)
Paper - Certainly Celery, Delicate Dots DSP, So Saffron (flowers)
Ink - Basic Black, Tangerine Tango, So Saffron classic, Choc. Chip marker
Accessories - Big Shot, Scallop Envelope die, 5/8" So Saffron grosgrain ribbon, 5-petal flower punch, 1-1/2" circle punch, mini glue dots, sticky strip