Girl With Present

Today's digital stamp was found on Pinterest.  It looks very much like an image from My Favorite Things' Pure Innocence collection.  I spent some time trying to find the original stamp set on line, but no luck.  She was cut on the Scan N Cut before coloring her.  She is adhered to an Old Olive oval which was cut using Stampin' Up's Stitched Shapes Framelits.  The pattern papers are both retired SU Designer Papers.  The sentiment is from the retired Short and Sweet set by SU.  I should have colored her little heart barrette pink, but too late!  Have a great day!

Birthday Cupcake

Today's image is a cupcake digital stamp.  I cut the image on the Scan N Cut after printing the image on my Canon printer.   If you don't have a Scan N Cut, you can still make this card or one similar using a digital stamp you find and save.  I use Microsoft Word for sizing and then printing digital stamps.  For those images I will not cut with my SNC, I leave enough white space around the image to make it a 5-1/4" x 4" layer.  Since I know I am going to be coloring images, I do use cardstock that is made especially for alcohol markers.  And since that cardstock is a little more costly, I try to space things so that I am not wasting a whole lot of the cardstock. The sentiment is from Stampin' Up's Cottage Greetings stamp set.   Have a great day!

From Sydney

Last Sunday, John and I celebrated our anniversary with Matt, Jen, Mark and Sydney.  We went to Cooper Hawk's restaurant for an enjoyable dinner.  Today I am posting the picture Sydney made for us.  It is adorable.

I also am sharing a beautiful swan that Sydney made at school.  We just found out that her swan was chosen to represent Mead Junior High at the District 54 Board Room Art Display.  After being on display at the District for a year, it will then be displayed over Jen & Mark's fireplace!  She is such a talented girl. The trees in the background are also her creations for the Dr. Seuss presentation at Mead in a couple of weeks.  She is part of the Drama Club, but wants to do the props rather than the drama. As you can tell, I am very proud of my granddaughter.   Have a great weekend and find yourself a little stampin' time!

Yellow Lilies

I wanted to make a mat for a die from Stampin' Up's retired Apothecary Accents framelits.  After scanning a diecut of the framelit, I increased the size a little to create the black layer and cut it out.  It worked great.  After making the card, I decided I want that black layer to be a smidgen thicker so I increased the size once more before saving it on the SNC.  I now have a mat layer for anytime I use this particular Apothecary Accent framelit.  The lilies are a digital stamp colored with alcohol markers.  Have a great day!