February 2, 2013 Tweet House

Doodle Pantry Tweet Home Digi, Spellbinders nesties, AMuse Studio French Roast Pears, DPunches Fiskars, Paper Shapers

This week over at Sketch Saturday Doodle Pantry is sponsoring Sketch Saturday and how much fun is this sketch and it worked perfect for my card using a FREEBIE - yes I said FREEBIE Tweet House .  I have a very dear friend that I have had since high school (and that is a long time) that recently moved back to the states from Panama.  I wanted to send her a card to welcome her to her new apartment and this just seemed to fit the bill perfectly.  I want to go tomorrow and get her a gift card to slip in with the card so she can buy something new for her new apartment.  The funny thing is her apartment is in a renovated hotel in southern IL, again this image is even more perfect.  .    

February 1, 2013 Another Baseball Birdie

Doodle Pantry New Release Baseball Birdie - Doodle Pantry DP, Spellbinders nesties, 

Another card made with "new release" Baseball Birdie and this technique or style of card is double dutch - love doing this - just adds a little extra fun to the card.  I used the precolored image again and love that you can resize the image to fit your need.  Love the sentiment that is included in this set - well did I saw that I LOVE this new release Baseball Birdie???
  

February 1, 2013 Baseball Birdie

Doodle Pantry Baseball Birdie, Doodle Pantry Designer Papers, catcher mitt from stash , spellbinders nestie, doodle pantry bakers twine

The first of the month is always my FAVORITE day of my creative month because that is when the new releases come out at Doodle Pantry - and this month I used Baseball Birdie - is he not just the cutest - and just in time for spring training!!!  I love the colored images that are available and this one also comes in black if you want to color him to match your favorite team. Add the DP that goes with the image and you have a perfectly matched card.  Watch later in the next day or two for a double dutch technique card using this same image.  

January 30, 2013 Time to:

 Hero Arts Stamps, DP 3bugs in a rug, ribbon from my stash, Spellbinders nesties, sentiment computer generated

My sweet granddaughter Paige is due in just a couple of weeks so I thought it would be fun to make a card for the last week or two of her waiting.  This card is a modified matchbook design and when you slip the ribbon off and open the flap the inside is this:

Whimsie Doodle Digi Image "Expecting", copic markers, spellbinders nesties

which I think turned out so cute, it is in the mail heading her way and hopefully it will make the wait a bit easier.  Oh did I say we are waiting for baby Isabella???

January 28, 2013 Cocoa Ants

Doodle Pantry Digi Image, sizzix embossing folder, Doodle Bug bakers twine, asst. brads, AMuse pearls

This cute image Cocoa Cup Ants from Doodle Pantry was just the image I needed this evening.  I am sending a cocoa packet/mini marshmallows to a special chemo patient.  I have been using the clock embossing folder from Sizzix a lot - it just seems like it works for so many of the recent ideas I have had lately.  The sentiment on the front is computer generated, small brads (which I have 1,000 and never use) worked great to use on the clock hands, and small red pearls on the image itself.  This image is precolored and used some corrugated  stock that has been in my stash for "ages".  Love the bright colors and I am thinking my special patient will too.   

January 23, 2013 Picture Perfect

MFT Stamp - Picture Perfect, AMuse cs, Fiskars punch, AccuCut dies, copic for coloring, felt and ribbon for flower.

This is a stamp that I have been wanting for a while now so when I saw it I grabbed it but didn't ink it up until after Christmas, love MFT stamps - she is colored with copics and then paperpieced.  Love how AMuse cs all goes together so nicely, this card is for a special chemo sweetie.  I got a picture of her at Christmas so this made me think of her.  I made this 5 1/2 square card into an easel style card - 

I am hoping this will bring a smile to her sweet face.

Entered in paper piecing challenge over at Simon Says Stamps

January 20, 2013 Love in in the Air Balloons

Memory Box Hot Air Balloon Die Sm and Lg. AMuse CS, Washi tape, AMuse cloud die, Sentiment AMuse  Tim Holtz Distress Ink, pop dots

Hot air balloons are "in" now and although I have hot air balloon stamps when I saw the dies from Memory Box I had this card in mind.  Thought all the pink hues went together - pop dot behind each balloon - a bit of Spun Sugar Distress ink on the clouds and some washi tape for that extra zip and the card was complete.  This could be used for Valentines Day, anniversary, or a "thinking of you" for that someone special.