Take a Memo

Another fun challenge going on this week at Serendipity Stamps. The challenge...make a memo pad design, any shape or size - a design on a piece of paper that leaves room for a note, grocery list, to do list etc.

I'll admit I took a bit of a detour on my design. I couldn't get past the idea of making a pretty cover for a ready made memo pad. So I took this beautiful paper from My Mind's Eye called Life Stories and cut a sheet to 10.5 inches wide by 8.125 inches tall and then scored it at 5.125 and 5.375 inches. I stamped the "Just a Quick Note" from the "Nest in Tree" cling set in the bottom right corner and then stamped this gorgeous "Goldfinch" and colored him with Copic Markers (in somewhat nontraditional Goldfinch colors!). I then cut him out and placed him on dimensionals.

I adhered an Office Depot memo pad to the back cover with Scor-tape to make sure it wasn't going anywhere. I took some silk ribbon from my stash and wove it through turquoise lace I had on hand and then wrapped it around a MME die cut from the same Life Stories collection. I finished off the project by stamping the "Bent Feather" and "Bitti Notes" images from Serendipity Stamps on the pages of the memo pad.

There are more great memo pad designs to be found at my team mates sites. Check them out below!

Anya
Jennifer
Lynda
Amy






It's all about the details:
Cardstock: None
Stamps: Serendipity Stamps
Patterned Paper: My Mind's Eye, Life Stories
Ink: Memento Rich Cocoa, Distress Ink
Accessories: Dimensionals, Lace, Ribbon
Tools: Copic Markers

Jane - The Fun Lady

I hope you all had a super weekend! I conned my sweet hubby into taking me to the Heirloom Rubber Stamp and Paper Festival in Puyallup. I was really disappointed by the lack of quality vendors this year but still managed to make a big dent in my pocket book!

One of my favorites from the show was a new company, (at least to me) called Loralei Designs. She has the most amazing stamps called "Fun Ladies". You really have to check out her site to see all the variety of woman and other stamps available. Super cute!

I decided to try my hand at Taylored Expressions Sketch Challenge this week. Great sketch as always Taylor!






It's all about the details:
Cardstock: Coredinations, Stampin' Up
Stamps: Loralei Designs
Patterned Paper: Scarlet Lime
Ink: Memento Black Tuxedo
Accessories: Dimensionals, SU Dazzling Diamonds
Tools: Copic Markers, MS Punch, Quickutz Cookie Cutter Dies

Yum!

I decided tonight to get back to business! Card making business that is. I have been so bad about making time for my favorite pastime lately. I just haven't had the energy after work and I chose to just crash instead. What I forgot, was just what a wonderful stress reliever this hobby is!

Tonight's card is for Mercy's Tuesday Sketch Challenge. It has been ages since I played along. Doesn't this little hopper make you long for summer? I picked up this little House Mouse Designs stamp called "Seed Shooter" a couple of weeks ago on a jaunt to Sequim. There's a terrific local scrapbooking store there called "Doodlebugs". I picked up this fun We R Memorykeepers paper there too. It's called Hippity Hoppity so it was just meant to be used with this image. The alphas and flower are from Prima and I called my go-to Nestabilities into service again to cut out the image.

Have a terrific Friday everyone!






It's all about the details:
Cardstock: Coredinations
Stamps: House Mouse Designs
Patterned Paper: We R Memorykeepers
Ink: Memento Black Tuxedo
Accessories: Dimensionals, Prima flower, Prima Alphabets, Pebbles Candy Dots
Tools: Copic Markers, Nestabilities

Deere Man

Ok, I just had to use this incredible stamp for today's "Make a Masculine Card" challenge over at Serendipity Stamps. I just love this little tractor and I had to pair it with some of my favorite new papers from October Afternoon called appropriately enough, "Farm Fresh".

I think most of us really struggle with masculine cards and I had to really wrestle with my impulse to add ribbon! LOL. I chose to keep embellishments to a minimum but I did add a bit of faux stitching and "grunged" it up with Distress Inks to add a little manly charm. I printed the sentiment out on my computer. I kicked around several really bad "groaners" before coming up with this one. I like that it is versatile enough to use for a birthday or a just because card.

Check out the links below for other great masculine card ideas!


Anya
Jennifer
Lynda
Amy






It's all about the details:
Cardstock: Bazzill and Stampin' Up
Stamps: Serendipity Stamps
Patterned Paper: October Afternoon
Ink: Memento Rich Cocoa, Distress Ink
Accessories: Dimensionals
Tools: Copic Markers, Nestabilities, Mat Pack

Pansy Bookmark

For this challenge, the Serendipity Stamps Design Team is branching out and trying something new (at least to me). We're making bookmarks! This was really fun and so easy.

I decided to incorporate a card to use as the "delivery method" for my bookmark. The bookmark itself slips into the ribbon and lace at the base of the card. I used the beautiful "Pansy Corner" stamp along with Serendipity's "Just Because" sentiment stamp for my images. I stamped the pansies with Memento Rich Cocoa and then used my Prismacolor pencils to color and shade it. I absolutely love the look of colored pencils on kraft card stock. I then stamped the sentiment in Memories Violet ink and used my We R Memory Keepers Corner Chomper to round the top corners. I added matching ribbon. The beautiful background paper is from My Mind's Eye.


Check out Amy, Anya, Lynda and Jennifer's bookmarks by visiting their blog links below.

Anya
Jennifer
Lynda
Amy






It's all about the details:
Cardstock: Papertrey Ink and Coredinations
Stamps: Serendipity Stamps
Patterned Paper: My Mind's Eye
Ink: Memento Rich Cocoa, Memories Violet
Accessories: Prima Lace, Kaisercraft Rhinestones, ribbon, dimensionals
Tools: Prismacolor Pencils

Friends Forever

I ran across this adorable stamp while looking for a specific stamp set at Michaels and just had to have it. The pure innocence of their expressions just captured my heart. I colored them with Copic Markers and cut them out with Nestabilities. I also popped them up on dimensionals. The patterned paper is from October Afternoon and Basic Grey.

Hope your weekend was relaxing and your week ahead is a great one!





It's all about the details:
Cardstock: Stampin' Up
Stamps: Image Tree by EK Success
Patterned Paper: October Afternoon, Basic Grey
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories: Buttons, ribbon, dimensionals
Tools: Copic Markers, Nestabilities