Lord help the mister who comes between me and my sister...and Lord help the sister who comes between me and my man...

Hey, y'all, what's up? I'm stopping by again with another card, but first I want to say thanks for all the kind words about my blog makeover...y'all really know how to make a sistah feel good!

Anywho, I FINALLY got the new Basic Grey Lemonade paper, so I had to break it out yesterday and play. Here's what I came up with.

Yummalish, huh? I really wanted to feature the paper, so I decided to use Sistahoodabellas and paper piece their outfits. I stamped them in Memento Black onto Neenah Solar White paper, then stamped them on four different patterns of the Lemonade collection. I use the 6x6 paper pads because I like the smaller patterns. I cut out each outfit and adhered them to the image using my Quickie Glue Pen, which is great for teensy tiny areas like this. Then I colored the rest of the image with my Copic Markers and cut and embossed it with my Rectangle Nestabilities. I added a Chocolate Chip mat and also a scalloped mat cut from one of the solids in the paper pack.

I chose a 5 1/4" square card base, and cut a 4 7/8" square of Neenah Solar White, then matted it with Chocolate Chip. I punched 9 squares (3 of each pattern) with my Marvy Super Jumbo Square Punch and inked the edges of the squares with Versamagic Jumbo Java chalk ink. After adhering them to the white layer, I stitched down and across each row in kind of a quilted pattern (I am no quilter, so forgive me if this isn't right! *wink*), then popped my image up in the center on dimensionals. To finish off the card, I added some yummy raspberry May Arts ribbon and some glittah to the dresses. YUM!

Ok, I gotta run...I hope you like my stuff today! Don't forget to check out the latest Bellariffic Friday Sketch HERE on Emily's Blog. Have a fabulous day!

You Can't Stop the Bling

I have been wanting to use Petey FOREVER and finally got to ink him up today for another Dare to Get Dirty Challenge on SCS. This was a fairly simple card to make, although it took forever because I had to mediate 2 fights between the boys, let the dogs out, and cook dinner in between. Is it bedtime yet? (for them, I mean!)

I used Paper Piecing to make Petey's patterned pants (try saying that 3 times fast!), you can find a great tutorial on Colleen's blog HERE. I used Pink Martini Designs DP for his pants, and colored him with Stampin Write Markers in Real Red, Close to Cocoa, Taken with Teal, Old Olive, & Pumpkin Pie. Then I added some bling with my Clear Sakura Stardust pen, and I think I overdid it a little, thus making Blingy Petey.

I used a technique called Out of the Box, where you cut out part of your design to hang over the edge of the image. I didn't mean to use it on this card, but I smudged some red on that side, so out of the box he went! I also masked his feet and stamped the A Muse Skinny Oval in River Rock as the ground. I matted him on Basic Black CS, added 2 brads to the left side. Then I used my 1/4" Karen Foster Snap stamps to stamp "Hey Dude" in Palette Hybrid Noir. I popped him up on Foam Mounting Tape, and matted him on Real Red cardstock.

For the card base I used Papertrey White cardstock, and piece of Taken with Teal run through my Cuttlebug with D'Vine Swirls Embossing Folder. I also lightly rubbed it with my Brilliance Moonlight White dewdrop to make it look more like waves. And a card is not complete (boy card or not) without some ribbon. I got this red grosgrain at Michael's and put my SU gingham on top, tied a little knot, and put Petey right on top. I'm liking how it came out, pretty clean and crisp. Back to my stamp room for more! See yall later!

ETA: Oops! Forgot my Recipe again!
Stamps: Big Blooms, Paisley, Versamark
Paper: Purely Pomegranate, Papertrey White, Chocolate Chip, Groovy Guava, Watercolor Paper
Ink: Purely Pomegranate, Groovy Guava, Taken with Teal, Wild Wasabi, Chocolate Chip, Close to Cocoa
Accessories: Distressor Tool, Twine, Foam Mounting Tape, Clear Embossing Powder
Techniques: Monet, Cracked Glass