Playing in the Sugar Bowl... and loving it!

I have been playing with the fabulous stamps from Sugar Nellie, and let me tell you - so fun! And I forgot to mention - my order from FunkyKits was so quick! Even coming overseas it was quick (I am seriously impressed with how quick it was), with very reasonable postage! I will definitely be ordering again :)

Now that I have my lovely stamps, I decided to try my hand at the Sugarbowl challenge. The sketch was awesome, with lots of layers. In addition to using the sketch, I had to use buttons. Those of you who read my blog know this in no way was a problem; I have a button obsession lately :)

This stamp, "Little Star", is from the Gorguss Girls set, from the fantastic artist Suzanne Woolcott. She also sells her art on Etsy (and other venues) and I had actually first noticed her lovely art on Etsy. I was so delighted to find her images available as stamps :)

I had such fun making this card, and I can't wait to try my other stamps :)

Ingredients
Papers: MyMindsEye, pink dottie velvet paper :) that had no label
Image: Little Star (Sugar Nellie)
Embellishments: Buttons, fabric (for tie)
Ink (ranger) and colored pencils

"Back to School"... Mojo100

This week at Mojo Monday there is a celebration for hitting 100! If you haven't been to this blog and you like to craft, you need to hop over there. The sketches are amazing, and the cards created by their design team are fabulous inspiration. I know that sometimes I feel like I have lost, well, my crafty mojo, and a sketch perks me right up! I haven't made this many cards in my life, and I am loving it!

The card for the Day 1 of Mojo100 challenge is a back to school card. I was planning on making a back to school scrapbook layout for eBay, and thought it would be fun to make a coordinating 5x7 card. I am luuurving how this turned out :) (that was for you, Saucy :) )

Ingredients

Paper: Basic Grey, Graphic 45, MyMindsEye, Crate Paper

Embellishments: Chipboard, ruler ribbon that I teastained

Ink and Paint

Here is the Back To School Layout I plan on listing on eBay. Both pages are 12x12, and I paper pieced the schoolhouse, tree, landscaping... I don't think there are any "store-bought" embellishments here. Well, I guess the vintage scrabble tiles? I didn't carve those out of wood - I used pieces from an old scrabble game :) Anyhooo, this layout has lots of room for photos, and those scrabble letters are attached to a pull-out tag. I plan to list it tonight, so keep a look out.