Just Hanging Out Today

Today it's raining (again) so I'm stamping and finishing up a workshop project for tomorrow and Monday. This card also uses colors from KWerner's color challenge so I'm getting two things done at once. Hop on over and check out the rest of the creations. The monkeys are from the In the Wild set...love those cute little guys...or girls as this case is. Their skirts are from a scallop punch that I cut into quarters. I then took the point off to make a waistband. I stamped the monkeys in chocolate and then just the leaves part in Olive and did some paper piecing to put green leaves on the branches. It also gives it a bit of depth. The monkeys are matted with Hollyhock paper and then raised on dimensionals.

The big thing right now is lots of white space which is very difficult for me. This card is my attempt at leaving it alone. I stamped the line of flowers from the June Word Puzzle along the side in Hollyhock, Olive and Honey. The ribbon is some I found at JoAnn's, but I thought it matched pretty well. (Now I'm wishing I had picked up some more.)

Well, I'm off to go clean up the mess that exploded in my office in making this card LOL :0)

You are Close to My Heart,

Yvonne

Downsize and Organize

That's what I've been up to lately. I've been organizing my office and weeding out discontinued products and it will be all to your advantage someday soon :0) I came across the main image for this card and so I decided to grab some scraps and finish it up. The main images are from the Friendship Word Puzzle and the background stamps are from the Spot On Backgrounds. The colors are Citrus Leaf, Watermelon, Sunflower and Black. You probably can't tell from the picture, but the main image is raised on dimensionals...which is all the rage right now. I added some bling to the centers of the flowers using some of our clear sparkles. Hmmm...we might have to make this for the next workshop.

If you live around here you might want to stay tuned for when I announce our family garage sale because if you're a stamper you're going to find goodies galore :0) As a consultant I'm not allowed to actually sell products from my blog so just watch for that little announcement. It will be worth your while to stop by because Stacy is cleaning out her stuff too.

Gotta run make supper...

You are Close to My Heart,

Yvonne

Inspiration Times Two

I love a challenge. There's something about pushing myself that I like. My friend Stacy says it's because I hate to lose LOL. So here I am trying the color challenge for fun LOL. I was blog surfing last night and came across a fellow consultant's video to do this type of card. You'll have to check out Nona's blog here. It's very inspirational!

Sometimes I dream about making cards and what would look good. Do you do that? Today I had a great nap and when I woke up I had the idea to try the kwerner color challenge with Nona's card. Here's the result. I used a set of flowers called Simple Blossoms. I hope you like it.

You are Close to My Heart,

Yvonne

Anniversary Gift

This is the anniversary gift that I made for Jim's parents. It's a layout that we did at a workshop a while back. I uploaded pictures to Wal-Mart.com and had them printed in wallet sizes. This layout uses the Silhouette paper (love that paper!). The frames are from Hobby Lobby and are especially made for layouts. You should be able to click on the individual photos to better see the detail. I apologize for the poor quality of the photos. The sun was really bright and made shadows. They are true 12 x 12 layouts. I was pretty pleased at how they turned out.

You are Close to My Heart,
Yvonne

Happy Golden Anniversary!

In a couple of days we'll be helping Jim's parents celebrate 50 years of marriage. We're so happy for them. Being married for fifty years is a rare thing. Here is the card I made for them so mom Wickenkamp, if you're reading this...stop :0) The colors are bamboo and chocolate with gold embossing. I'm at work typing this so I don't know the exact stamp sets. The pattern paper behind the hearts if from the silhouette paper pack. When I get a chance I'll post their gift that I made, but we leave for Colorado in 4 hours and I haven't packed for me or the little ones. Besides, I wouldn't want to spoil the surprise in case mom Wickenkamp is reading LOL.

I keep waiting for Kristina's color challenge to come out, but I'm going to have to miss it this time since I'd be even more crazy to try it with all I have going on.

You are Close to My Heart,
Yvonne