Friday Fun- April Showers

It's finally Friday!  I hope you are ready for the weekend!  I am the April Hostess for Friday Fun (I know- I haven't been playing my own challenges- yikes!)  This week's challenge is:

April 22

April Showers…..Make a card or project using any elements of showers like rain, umbrellas, rain boots, etc. 

 I pulled out and oldie but goody- my Rubber Romance image.  I love these stamps and this one is the perfect size for card-making. I kept it simple since I have had a busy week.  I hope you like it!

Be sure to check out the rest of the Friday Fun Girls' blogs and feel free to play along!  

Jimmi
Kimme
Christi

Have a great weekend!  

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It's All About Me....or At Least I Wish It Was.....

I have a card for this week's Crazy4Challenges Sketch Challenge.  I used the Rubber Romance Image, Brooke and a Book.  I chose this image because Summer starts next weekend (Yes, I know technically Summer doesn't start until mid-late June...but the party starts NOW!) I really would LOVE to be at the beach or by the pool with a book and a margarita.  But alas, I have responsibilities so I must live vicariously through Brooke.  Hopefully, you can enjoy her sunshine too.  

Stamps: Rubber Romance Brook with a Book and It's All About Me 

Paper: Papertrey Aqua Mist, Pure Poppy and White; Pink Paislee 365 Degrees

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black

Accessories: Prismacolor Pencils, Paper-piercing tool, Corner rounder Punch, Pure Poppy Ribbon and Buttons, Ranger Glossy Accents, Sakura Glaze Black Embossing Pen, Sewing Machine

Aaaahh.  Can't you just imagine relaxing in the sun with a book.  I know I sure can.  If you want more details on how I created this card, you can check out today's post on the Rubber Romance Blog.  I hope you enjoyed the project today and I hope your Memorial Day weekend is Fun and Fabulous!

Rubber Romance Wine Bottle Card

Today I want to share with you a card that I made over the weekend.  I was just browsing the web and I stumbled across this site called Mirkwood Designs that has a page FULL of templates for card-making and boxes.  When I saw the champagne bottle template, I just KNEW that I had to make a wine bottle card with my Rubber Romance stamps.

When I printed the template I increased the scale to 140% because the original scale was just too small for me.  Then I cut out the wine bottle and started decorating!  

I used the RR stamps Time is the Maker and the Vino.  I chose this patterned paper from Webster's Pages because it reminded me of a wine bottle label and the colors blended with the color of my card base.  The wine bottle cork is actually left over cork from when I was making tile coasters and using that for the backing.  I cut out a little piece for the top. 

I made the paper flower using the Webster Pages and cutting out different size blossoms with my Nestabilities.  You could also use punches if you don't have the Nestabilities.  I spritzed them with water and also with some Glimmer Mist, crumpled them up and then layered them on top of each other and put the brad through the middle.  Then I attached it to the card.

I would love to know what you think!  If you try out any of the templates from Mirkwood Designs, please share with me  I can't wait to see everyone's creations!   

It's Friday Fun with Chocolate!

Happy Friday!  I am so ready for today- it's been a long (but good) week.  Phew!  Today's Friday Fun Challenge is brought to us by Kimme.  It's National Chocolate Week.  Did you know that?  I didn't- it's not like I NEED an excuse to enjoy it.  lol.  This is our challenge: 
This is American Chocolate Week March 15-21 and today is National Chocolate Caramel Day.  You can use chocolate colors or images or anything else that makes you think of this wonderful confection.
Today's card uses the Diva Chef from Rubber Romance. I just LOVE this image.  She's so sassy.....plus she's holding a cake.  I love cake.

Be sure to check out all the Friday Fun Girls' cards.  They are sure to have some stampy sweetness for you.

Jimmi
Kimme
Sara
Christi

Stamps: Rubber Romance Diva Chef and Sentiment

Paper: SU Chocolate Chip; PTI Hibiscus Burst and White; Sassafrass Lass

Ink: memento Tuxedo Black and Rich Cocoa

Accessories: Nestabilities, Prismacolor pencils, Threaded Water Punch, Ribbon and button

We would love for you to play along.  Just use keyword FFC74 when uploading to your favorite online gallery.  Thanks for stopping by- have a great weekend!  

Just Because We're Friends

It's Tuesday which means we are 1/5 of the way through the work week YAY!  I am still trying to get the hang of my new schedule, but it was nice to come home from work and actually have time to do something besides eat dinner and go to bed.  I even made a card on a MONDAY afternoon.  (I cannot be held responsible if you fall over in shock and hurt yourself....sorry)  If you are still with me, I have another shocker for you- the inside of the card is all decked out too. 
I needed a card to let a friend know I was thinking of her, so I pulled out my Rubber Romance stamps.  I used Ally and Her Dog for the main image on the front.  Since I am ready for Spring I pulled out my Basic Grey Lemonade pad to go with Ally.  The bright and fun colors make me think of warm and sunny skies.....

Here is the inside of the card. 

I hope this cheers her up.  That's all I have for today- BUT TOMORROW I WILL HAVE AN EXCITING ANNOUNCEMENT.  Thanks for stopping by!

Stamps: Rubber Romance Ally and Her Dog and sentiments
Paper: Stampin' Up Regal Rose; PTI White and Spring Moss; Basic Grey Lemonade
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; SU Regal Rose
Accessories: Nestabilities, MS Border Punch; PTI Aqua Mist Ribbon; Prismacolor Pencils, Adhesive Pearls

Classy and Sassy Post-It Holder

I hope your weekend is off to a GREAT start.  I just wanted to share this Post-It Note Holder with you.  I used the image (ATC Size) Babs in the Bath from Rubber Romance.  If you want step-by-step directions on how I created this project, you can go to the Rubber Romance Blog HERE.

Stamps: Babs in Bath- Rubber Romance
Paper: Cosmo Cricket Everafter; SU Basic Gray; PTI White
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black and Black Stazon
Accessories: So Saffron Ribbon, Nestabilities, Prismacolor Pencils, Ranger Glossy Accents, Foam Tape

Thanks for stopping by today- have a great weekend. 

Happy Saturday!

Saturdays are such fun days. I go back to work tomorrow morning, but you can be sure I will squeeze in all the fun and relaxation (and chores...blech) I can today. I wanted to share this fun card I made the other day using the Rubber Romance Diva Chef. Seriously- can you get any sassier than her? I don't think so..... I decided to make a Tent Topper Card- just for the fun of it. They are so easy to make and give your card that little extra "oomph."

Stamps: Rubber Romance Diva Chef
Paper: SU Purely Pomegranate, Regal Rose; PTI White; Basic Grey Lemonade
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories: Prismacolor Pencils, Purely Pomegranate Ribbon, Fiskars Threaded Water Punch, Circle Nestabilities, Foam Tape.

That's all I have for today- enjoy your weekend!

Rubber Romance Wild and Crazy Sketch Challenge

I know it's Monday- but some of you are home for Martin Luther King Jr. Day. I'm at work, as usual but if you are home from work today then you should check out the current Sketch Challenge on the Rubber Romance Blog. It's fun , it's funky and you can win some free stamps for trying it out.
Here is my card for the sketch challenge using Melanie the Shopper (ATC size). This is what I wish I was doing today instead of working. lol. I had a lot of fun paper-piecing the image and putting all these patterns together. I really love this paper from K&Company. It's so fun and bright....and makes me think of Spring (which I am ready for).

Thanks for stopping by today- I hope you will check out the challenge and play along. Have a great day!

Rubber Romance Sketch Challenge

I just wanted to remind you that you still have time to enter the Sketch Challenge on the Rubber Romance blog. It's a fun sketch and by linking your creation to the RR blog by January 9th you will have a chance to win some FREE Rubber Romance stamps.


Here is my card using the sketch. This owl is just cute and it gave me a chance to use my new patterned paper from DCWV- The Crafty Stack. I took some liberty with the placement of the ribbon but the basic layout is the same.

Thanks for stopping by today- I will see you tomorrow!

Holiday Recovery and Preparing for the New Year

I hope you have recovered from the Christmas rush- I may need a few more days before I am fully functional again. LOL I had a wonderful and blessed Christmas filled with family, love and lots of food.
New Year's is coming up and it is time to think about the future. Birthdays, Anniversaries, and other special occasions will be coming up sooner than you think. If you are crunched for time and can't spend hours in a mall but think a gift card is too impersonal- don't worry. A hand made gift card holder will let the recipient know you were thinking of them- and it only takes a few minutes and minimal supplies to create. For a step by step tutorial on creating this gift card, you can visit the Rubber Romance Blog HERE.

Stamps: Rubber Romance
Paper: Baja Breeze, Cosmo Cricket Girl Friday and PTI White
Ink: Taken With Teal; Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories: Ticket Corner Punch, Scor-Pal, Nestabilities, Prismacolor Pencils, Summer Sunrise (PTI) Ribbon

Thanks for stopping by- I hope you have a wonderful day and enjoy the rest of your Christmas vacation!

Friday Fun # 60 - It's All About the Food!

Happy Friday! Are you ready for the weekend? I am. Sure, I am right in the middle of mine, but when I go back to work it's for 3 days and then I am off for 5! Woo hoo!

The Friday Fun challenges for the Month of December are brought to us by my BFF Jimmi. This week's challenge is perfect too- because I have gone way off my diet the past couple weeks. It's all good- I still lost 2 lbs....go figure. LOL.
So this week's Challenge from Jimmi is: Just because November and December are all about eating (for me at least!) and I can't stop eating or thinking about food...lets make a card about food or with anything relating to food or cooking on it.

For my card I decided to use the Diva Chef from Rubber Romance. I just love this girl- she is sooo Sassy! The patterned paper is from My Mind's Eye that I picked up on an accidental shopping trip the other week (don't you hate it when that happens??). I apologize for the poor quality of the picture- I am having lighting issues. My wonderful desk lamp broke and Wal-mart doesn't carry that lamp anymore. I am trying different replacements without any luck.

If you would like to play along with the Friday Fun girls- just use keyword FFC60 when uploading to SCS or link back to one of our blogs. Be sure to check out all the Friday Fun girls' Blogs for inspiration!
Jimmi
Kimme
Sara
Christi

Thanks for stopping by- I hope your Friday is super fun!

Friday Fun # 59- It's Black Friday! Woo hoo!

TGIBF!! This is my favorite day of the year. Black Friday- the best shopping day of the year! My best friend Jimmi and I are running around like maniacs hoping to get some great deals at all our favorite stores.
Today's Challenge is brought to us by Christi Snow and in honor of my favorite Holiday she has asked us to make black and white cards with one accent color. I made my card with images for Rubber Romance using the Glitter Window Technique. If you would like to see a tutorial on how I made this card please visit the Rubber Romance blog.
We would love for you to play along- just use keyword FFC59 when uploading to SCS so we can find your card. Be sure to check out the other Friday Fun girls' blogs for more inspiration:
Jimmi
Kimme
Sara
Christi

Thanks for stopping by! Have a great Holiday weekend!

Merry Christmas Card Tin

Happy Sunday! It's been a crazy week for me and my days off have been super busy- but with FUN stuff. I got to go out with my best friend and do some much-needed retail therapy along with eating fattening and delicious food. Sometimes you just have to be bad to feel good, kwim?
I actually made this project last week but didn't have time to take a good picture and blog it. Can you believe it? This tin wasn't that hard to alter, but due to my work schedule it took me several days- but in total maybe a little over an hour (not including drying time for the Flower Soft and Stickles and picking out the designer paper which always takes me forever...)

I used some Christmas Stamps from Rubber Romance to make this tin. I just love this Diva in the Santa hat and the sentiment.....get your mind out of the gutter! LOL. It's a cute and fun sentiment for Christmas. Robin has put some GREAT new stamps in her store including this Sassy Diva.
The tin is the perfect size to organize Christmas cards or give away some Holiday treats. I'm not sure if I am going to give it away or keep it.....I kind of like it.

Thanks for stopping by today- I hope the rest of your weekend is totally FABULOUS! :)

How About a Cutie Pie Treat?

Today I have a very special project to show you using stamps from Rubber Romance's Cutie Pie Line. These stamps are just so cute. I made a card using the Sketch Challenge on the blog. Did you know that you can win some fabulous RR stamps for playing? You still have time to play - just link your creation to the blog post HERE by Nov. 9th Midnight Eastern Time.


I also made a Chipboard Coaster book to go with the card. Yes, really. I just thought the card would make a great baby card and that a book would be perfect to go with it, so I took a deep breath and went for it. It was actually a lot easier than I thought- and fun too! You can check out Beate's tutorial on SCS Here if you want to try it too. Now if only I knew someone having a baby so I could give them this set.......

Here is just the Sketch Card:

and here is the chipboard coaster book:

See- it even has pages!

Thanks for stopping by today- I hope I inspired you to try something new.

Did Somebody Say Martini?? hmmm....

I inked up my favorite Martini Girl from Rubber Romance! This is one of (if not THE) first Rubber Romance images I purchased. I love her, I think all Diva stampers should have her. :)
I colored her with my Prismacolor Pencils. If you have never tried using Prismacolor Pencils, I have a tutorial on the Rubber Romance blog HERE.
After coloring her, I cut her out and and popped her up on the embossed layer.
I also used my Bow Easy (again) to add a bow and button to the ribbon. I might be addicted to that thing, I'm not sure! :)
Thanks for stopping by, I always appreciate it. I hope the rest of your weekend is totally FANTASTIC!

Rubber Romance Card Swap

I hope everyone is having a great Monday.....or as good as a Monday can be. Today I wanted to show you the card I created for a swap using one of my favorite Rubber Romance images. Yes, that's right- I love margaritas and margarita stamps. No, I am not an alcoholic.....lol. You can purchase Rubber Romance Stamps HERE. Robin has the BEST customer service- I promise you will not be disappointed with her or the quality of the stamps.

The image is colored with Prismacolor Pencils and blended with OMS. To accent the drinks I used Crystal Effects on the glasses AND Frosted Lace Stickles on the rim of the glass. They seriously look good enough to drink IRL.
Here is the inside of the card- I LOVE this sentiment. It really is true. These cards are just for fun and I hope my fellow swappers like them as much as I do.

Thanks for stopping by today- have a great Monday!

Wine- The Gift that Keeps on Giving!

Happy Columbus Day! If you have today off, I hope you do something FUN. If you are at work like I am......well I feel your pain. As you read this, I am in the middle of a 12 hour work day. Fun, I tell ya. :)

Today I have a little project to show you. If you know me at all, you know I LOVE wine. Red wine is my favorite. So when you go to dinner at a friend's house a bottle of wine is a good gift to bring with you. But....what if you add something extra special to go with the wine- like a chipboard tag?? What better way to make your gift stand out amongst all the other hostess gifts?
For this tag I covered the chipboard with some Graphic 45 paper. The image and setiment are both from Rubber Romance. You can check out Robin's store HERE.
Here is the front of the tag:

and here is the back of the tag. Yes- it really DOES say. "Wine gets better with Age, I get better with Wine." ha ha. I LOVE that!! It's so true- at least for me!!
Thanks for stopping by today- I hope I inspired you to do something a little extra with your wine bottle..(I know, drinking it is usually good enough...LOL)

Also- I just thought I might mention that today is my BFF Jimmi's Birthday. Make sure you stop by her blog and wish her a Happy Day!! :)

Rubber Romance- It's All About Me!

Happy Saturday! Today it really is ALL ABOUT ME! It is World Card Making Day and I am going to spend it creating and relaxing. It's a Holiday just up my alley! Splitcoast Stampers is having challenges all day today and there will even be prizes from their Member Companies. Be sure to check them out HERE for lots of fun.

My card today is an indulgent card- and the sentiment says it all. The image and sentiment are from Rubber Romance. I made this card more 3 dimensional to look as if the bubbles were really floating in the air. If you would like to see how this card was created, you can find the directions on the Rubber Romance Blog.
Thanks for stopping by today- I hope to see you playing the challenges for World Card Making Day! Have a great day!!

Friday Fun # 50 and Rubber Romance Sketch # 2

Happy Friday! I think this is going to be a GREAT weekend, don't you? This week our Friday Fun Challenge was issued by Kimme. Since it is her 12th Wedding Anniversary today (Happy Anniversary!!) we are to use at least TWELVE embellishments on our project. They don't have to be all different, you just have to use twelve. We would love for you to play along- Just use keyword FFC50 when uploading to SCS. Be sure to check out the other Friday Fun Girls cards for more inspiration:
Jimmi
Kim
Kimme
Sara

I also combined the challenge with the Rubber Romance Sketch Challenge. There's still time to play- and you can win free stamps! The contest doesn't until September 27, Midnight ET. Be sure to check it out!

I used the image Ally and Her Dog and colored her in with Prismacolor Pencils. I love this stamp- I imagine it is me holding the Yorkie I want one day........but no more "kids" for me right now. As you can see, I added a necklace and earring set on Ally and her dog has a silver brad for his tag. (That's how I fit all my embellishments in....ha ha.)

Thanks for stopping by today- I hope you make your Friday FUN and get to play some of these awesome challenges.

I'm a Girly Girl Who's Crazy 4 Challenges!

How about that for a blog post title? It will make sense, I promise. I made today's card for the challenge over at the Crazy 4 Challenges blog. It's a great new challenge blog with some fantastic ladies on the design team including my friend Frances (Stampowl). Be sure to check it out- it's fun and they have sponsors!
This week's challenge is a sketch challenge and it is a great layout for a card! I pulled out some Rubber Romance stamps that I have been wanting to get inky for a couple weeks now. This is Babs (ATC size) soaking in a bubble bath. I love this stamp. It might be because I am a Girly Girl at heart who doesn't have time for indulgences like bubble baths very often anymore. I paper-pieced the tub with the same patterned paper I used on the base of the card (see below) and then colored the rest of the image in with Prismacolor Pencils (love those!) Then I accented some of the bubbles, the scallops and dotted my eyes with pearls. You can't be a Girly Girl without some bling, right? Stamps: Rubber Romance Babs
Ink: Brown Stazon; Close To Cocoa
Paper: Chocolate and pink CS; PTI White; Basic Grey Porcelain PP
Accessories: Pearl stickers by Mark Richards, Oval and Circle Nestabilities, Martha Stewart Border Punch and Chocolate Ribbon

Thanks for stopping by today- I ALWAYS appreciate it!