Happy Sunday everyone!! I hope you are all having a FABULOUS weekend!!
The weather has been absolutely gorgeous here in CT this weekend, just in time for me to go back to work tomorrow. I had such a great summer and have mixed feelings about going back to work. On one hand, I need some structure again in my life. On the other hand, I am still not ready emotionally for students to come back.
Today I am posting a couple of cards I created today using The Ton's "Sunnies" stamp set. I have had this set in my stash for over a year and thought it would be fun to pull out and FINALLY use.
I stamped the sun glasses with memento black ink and used Copic Markers to color the glasses in. I covered a portion of the glasses with Nuvo Crystal Drops in Bright Gold and the whole frame with Glossy Accents.
The inside of the sun glasses were covered with clear Nuvo Aqua Shimmer to give them some shine.
Both the pattern paper and the die cut border are from scraps. I added a bit of glitter paper to give the card a bit more punch.
This card was inspired by CASE this Sketch #336, Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Clean and Simple, and Time Out Challenge #142: Fashionable. I think these glasses would be fashionable, don't you?
You cannot tell in the photo but I embossed the background with a We R Memory Keeper Polka Dot embossing folder.
I added some sequins for a bit of bling on this version of the card.
I really love how both these cards came out!!!
In other news, we dropped my daughter back off college on Thursday. I cannot believe that she is now a sophomore!!!
It seems she had a TON more stuff this year to bring and she forgot things like coats and her toothbrush!!! The traffic was not horrible from CT to DC this year, which I am thankful for. I also was able to catch up with one of my college friend's and her husband while we were down there.
Her room mate did not arrive until today so the room was quite bare. She wanted to wait to decorate with her room mate.
In other news, I have been trying to organize all my paper scraps. My drawers were overflowing so I took the large pieces and cut them into 4 14" by 5 1/2" pieces.
This project has taken me FOREVER as I am doing it while watching TV with my husband. I am keeping smaller scraps in the drawers. I started doing this project because the bigger pieces of paper were getting crushed with all the papers in my drawers!! First word problem!!!
Well that is all from me tonight. I thank you for stopping by. Have a GREAT night!
The weather has been absolutely gorgeous here in CT this weekend, just in time for me to go back to work tomorrow. I had such a great summer and have mixed feelings about going back to work. On one hand, I need some structure again in my life. On the other hand, I am still not ready emotionally for students to come back.
Today I am posting a couple of cards I created today using The Ton's "Sunnies" stamp set. I have had this set in my stash for over a year and thought it would be fun to pull out and FINALLY use.
I stamped the sun glasses with memento black ink and used Copic Markers to color the glasses in. I covered a portion of the glasses with Nuvo Crystal Drops in Bright Gold and the whole frame with Glossy Accents.
The inside of the sun glasses were covered with clear Nuvo Aqua Shimmer to give them some shine.
Both the pattern paper and the die cut border are from scraps. I added a bit of glitter paper to give the card a bit more punch.
This card was inspired by CASE this Sketch #336, Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Clean and Simple, and Time Out Challenge #142: Fashionable. I think these glasses would be fashionable, don't you?
My second card is a repeat of the first card BUT I used more of a reddish orange color scheme.
I added some sequins for a bit of bling on this version of the card.
I really love how both these cards came out!!!
In other news, we dropped my daughter back off college on Thursday. I cannot believe that she is now a sophomore!!!
It seems she had a TON more stuff this year to bring and she forgot things like coats and her toothbrush!!! The traffic was not horrible from CT to DC this year, which I am thankful for. I also was able to catch up with one of my college friend's and her husband while we were down there.
Her room mate did not arrive until today so the room was quite bare. She wanted to wait to decorate with her room mate.
In other news, I have been trying to organize all my paper scraps. My drawers were overflowing so I took the large pieces and cut them into 4 14" by 5 1/2" pieces.
This project has taken me FOREVER as I am doing it while watching TV with my husband. I am keeping smaller scraps in the drawers. I started doing this project because the bigger pieces of paper were getting crushed with all the papers in my drawers!! First word problem!!!
Well that is all from me tonight. I thank you for stopping by. Have a GREAT night!
