Back for Bellariffic Friday

Two weeks with no stamping - but I'm back now.  I injured my back a couple of weeks ago which prevented me from sitting and stamping.  Then I flew to pack up my Mum and bring her home from warm, sunny Florida to cold, wintry Ontario!  Seriously, what's up with this weather?  It's April for goodness sake!  Hopefully my card today will bring on the warmer weather and April flowers.  This week's theme for Bellariffic Friday was Sketch 7 and we had a choice of making it a square or circle card.  I went with the square card because it's easier to stand up :)

I kept the inside very simple with just some co-ordinating paper.

I used a lot of copics but that's because there's a lot of flowers :)

Have a great weekend.

Cheerio.....Leslie

Stamps:  Patsy Pixie, Happy Birthday, MFT All Smiles
Ink:  Memento Tuxedo black ink, copics

Paper: SU Pink Pirouette, Perfect Plum, MFT Banana Split, EP Springtime & Seasonal Stripe
Other:  SU Pear Pizzazz ribbon, SU circle punches, MFT Crown Border die-namic, glitter

Giddy Up!

I attended a Stampin' Up class yesterday and it was so much fun to be together with my friends again.  I love to stamp on my own but I love stamping with my friends even more!  It got me in the Stampin' Up mood and I came home and made two little cowboy cards.

The second card is similar but I masked off his little horse and added some hemp cord as a lasso for him.

The copics were used for both cards and I used the Atyou Spica gold pen to shine up his badge.

Wow, this is the third "boy" theme post in a row!  Time to get out some pretty girly paper and images :)

Cheerio.....Leslie

Stamps: Cowboy Kid (SU retired), PI Cowgirl (for the sentiment)
Ink:  Memento Tuxedo black ink, copics

Paper:  Crate Paper Toy Box Collection, SU Crumb Cake, Wild Wasabi, Early Espresso
Other:  Perfect Polkadots embossing folder, brads, MFT Hemp cord

Bellariffic Friday - For The Boys

This week's Bellariffic Friday theme is "For The Boys" and I immediately thought of the movie with the same name, starring Bette Midler and James Caan - what a great movie!

I think Spencer is cramming in his last bit of fun reading before March Break is over and it's back to the school books!  The  pattern paper is aptly called "A Boy's Life".

I love his glasses - they remind me of mine when I was little.  The candy dots were not quite the right colour so I coloured them with my B06 copic and they are almost a perfect match now.

Cheerio.....Leslie

Stamps: Spencer the Bookworm
Ink:  Memento Tuxedo black ink, copics

Paper:  Echo Park A Boy's Life, SU Pacific Point, Crumb Cake
Other:  Candy Dots, Crystal Effects, sewing

Boys Rock

I needed a few boy cards and these Lollipops images are super quick to colour up.  I used my “go to” layout with a ½ circle for the sentiment.  I wasn't happy with the stamping of the sentiment and tried it several times, finally giving up to "operator error" :) 

See?  Not so bold and kind of smudgy - not loving it.  Then my friend Karen told me a brilliant "just in case" tip. Stamp the sentiment and before you lift the stamp off the paper, place your stamp-a-ma-jig in the corner of the stamp just in case.  Don't move the stamp-a-ma-jig but lift the sentiment stamp, re-ink the sentiment and stamp it right back down if needed (and I clearly needed to - LOL).  It worked perfectly!

I re-stamped my sentiment and glued it on top of the smudgy one.  Much happier now.  There really are no mistakes in rubber stamping :)  

I love the bright colours and Taken with Teal is one of my fav colours – so sad it retired.

So you see, "Boys may Rock" but Karen really rocks with that great tip - thanks! 

Cheerio…..Leslie

Stamps: Ethan Lollipops, DC Baby Onesie 
Ink:  Memento Tuxedo black ink, copics

Paper:  MME Lime Twist Out of the Blue, SU Taken with Teal, Tangerine Tango, Basic Gray
Other:  Seeing Spots embossing folder, circle nestie, ribbon

Bellariffic Friday - Sketch 5

It's Bellariffic Friday, it's a sketch and it's my friend Stephanie's birthday!  I realize I have used Ramona two weeks in a row now, but I adore her and Ramona Loves Cake was perfect for Stephanie's card.  I added some crystal effects to the berries and boy do they shine in real life!

I liked the paper I used on the inside because it had lines which made for perfect placement of the sentiment -  which comes with the image.  I love that!

Here's a little story about the yellow copics you see in this  photo but not on my card.  I wanted to make some "butter cream icing" and used Y00 with some Y11 and it was horrible!  I panicked as the whole image was coloured except for the cake.  Karen suggested using E50/E42 over top and it was perfect....although it changed my white cake to a chocolate/mocha cake but hey, a cake is delicious, no matter what flavour!

Have a great weekend.

Cheerio.....Leslie

Stamps:  Ramona Loves Cake

Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black ink, copics

Paper:  Rose Red, Baja Breeze, MME Miss Caroline Howdy Doody

Other:  Simply Scallops die-namic, Baja Breeze pleated ribbon, crystal effects, Tiny Twinkle

Bellariffic Friday - Banneriffic

It's "Banneriffic" Bellariffic Friday!  The challenge was to make a banner or use a banner in your card.  I am waaaay behind on my Christmas card making for 2013 - okay, I hadn't even started so this is my first one...and yes, I know it's only March 1st but it's never to soon to start your Christmas cards.  I love having a box full when December rolls around - less stress.

Ramona and her friend, Mr. Penguin hadn't been inked up yet and I LOVE Ramona, so it was the perfect image to get me started on my Christmas cards.

I used a ton of copics as I was trying really hard to get my pleats and creases and shadows perfect.  It's a slow process but I'm happy with it.  Have a great weekend.

Cheerio.....Leslie

Stamps:  Ramona Shares her Hot Chocolate

Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black ink, copics

Paper:  Crumb Cake, Pear Pizzazz, MME Colorful Christmas

Other:  White liquid applique, glitter, Fishtail Flags Layers die-namic, Fishtail Flags Layers Stax die-namic

Karen's CAS

My friend Karen made a beautiful CAS card recently.  Click here to see her card in all it's glory.  I loved it so much I decided to make one myself, changing up the colours, papers and die-namic.

I love the simplicity of this card and that it could be for sympathy, just because, birthday, thinking of you...anything really.

Thanks Karen!

Cheerio.....Leslie

Stamps:  Because You're Special (sentiment)
Ink:  SU Early Espresso
Paper:  SU Early Espresso, Very Vanilla, MME Lost & Found Madison Avenue
Other:  Layered Rose die-namic, Retro Squares die-namic, Modern Wallpaper embossing folder, button, cotton thread

Bellariffic Friday - Sketch 4 - Thanks Christal

After missing last week’s Bellariffic Friday, I was happy to be able to play along this week.  It’s another sketch (which I love) and I made this for my co-worker Christal.

This past week we celebrated Christal’s 5^th “work anniversary”.  Christal loves purple, loves the Uptown Girls, loves sparkle and the sketch this week made it pretty easy to pull this card together for her.  I added some crystal (not Christal - LOL) effects on her drink and a bit of glitter for her sparkling personality and used lots of bright fun colours. 

I kept the inside pretty basic with lots of room to write how much we appreciate her!

Happy 5^th Anniversary Christal – here’s to 5 more!

Cheerio…..Leslie

Stamps:  Madison has a Margarita, For All That You Do (sentiment)

Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black ink, copics

Paper:  Grape Jelly, Daffodil Delight, BoBunny Ambrosia Collection

Other:  Circle nesties, Grape Jelly ribbon, crystal effects, glitter, rhinestone, Fishtail Flags Layers Stax die-namic, PerfectPolka dots embossing folder

Thanks Kunaal - MFTWSC112

Well, another rotation at work is finished and another resident is on his way.  This cute PI Doctor has to be my most used stamp and I really like making a personalized card for each doctor that works with us.  The sketch is today's MFTWSC112 and I rotated it once.

Kunaal has been fascinated by the cards I make.  In fact, when he first started with us, he asked how I made them.  When I said "with rubber stamps", he replied "like Stampin' Up?" and he instantly earned brownie points from me!  Hopefully he likes his card and my "suturing" on it, although it's a bit wonky on one side.

I personalized his clipboard - I think he'll get a chuckle of out that.  Best of luck Kunaal - you've been a delight to work with.

Cheerio.....Leslie

Stamps:  PI Worlds Best Doctor
Ink:  Memento Tuxedo black ink, copics
Paper:  SU Crumb Cake, Baja Breeze, Tangerine Tango, Wild Wasabi, MME Lime Twist Fly A Kite
Other:  Stacking Stars die-namic, SU Perfect Polka Dot embossing folder, star button, cotton thread, black rhinestone

Sweet Sunday Splash - SSSC178

I've been MIA but I have a good excuse - I've been here with my BFF!

Yes, away for a much needed holiday.  I had the best time and we even got stuck in Jamaica for an extra day and half because of the massive snowstorm that blew through last week!  I would have preferred to be stuck at our resort, and not the airport, but there are worse places to be stuck than Jamaica.

I liked the sketch for this week's SSSC178  - it was simple and I knew exactly the image I wanted to use.  One to remind me of where I was two Sundays ago...splashing in the sea with just the slightest hint of a tan.  I was a bit scared of that hot Jamaican sun!

Oh the laughs we had, the food we ate, the memories we made!  If I close my eyes I can still see and hear the waves washing in...doesn't get any better than that!

Cheerio.....Leslie

Stamps:  MFT Sprinkler Girl, MFT VIP Fun in the Sun
Ink:  Memento Tuxedo black ink, copics
Paper:  SU Crumb Cake, retired TE KI kit
Other:  MFT Catch a Wave die-namic, circle nesties, tiny twinkle