shabby tea room #4

Time for another Shabby tea room challenge. It's #4 and the above photo is the inspiration. White and cream... as in together.... what???? The actual challenge is to use white or cream with one other subtle color. But I challenged myself to use both white and cream to see what I came up with.  And this is what happened.....

The background patterned paper is from basic grey's nook & pantry line and it was screaming at me to use for this challenge. Add some lace, a flower with a pink button in the middle, some pearls, hand cut leaves from white felt, a nice sentiment and you have said challenge done!! Quite a bit of a change from all the color I used on the last couple of cards. 

I'm off......

Thanks for looking and have a great day!!

Lisa

cps 161

Well I just simply could not put down this set from paper trey ink called wonderfully whimsical designed by Becky Oehlers. I adore this set tons! So many possibilities and as I was playing with it it occurred to me that I really think Becky needs to make a companion set :) You know with like clouds and a sun and a swing and maybe a cute little mailbox ....... I could go on and on :) So as I was putting this card together I thought it went with this weeks card positionings systems sketch ............

I flipped mine though..............

Aren't these the cutest images or what????  I could play with this set all the day long and not get tired of it. I paper pieced the roof and colored the house with my copics. I cut out a couple of clouds from white felt and I stamped the hill onto green felt that is the exact color of spring moss card stock. It is my favorite so far. I got it from this etsy shop.

well friends I'm off for now..........

Lisa

card patterns #58

Hi all! I can't believe it is Tuesday already! Wow the last few days have gone by in a blur. I just got my new computer yesterday so have been busy getting it all set up the way I like it. I am still having a bit of trouble with the color so hopefully my pics don't look too bad on your end.

So here is this weeks card patterns sketch................

And here is my take....................................

I had to play with this new set from paper trey ink called wonderfully whimsical. I love this set! The images are very small but I really like the whimsy of it! The houses and trees in this set are adorable! I colored the house with my copics and stamped the hill image on some spring moss felt that I ordered from felt on the fly. She has the most amazing colors of 100 % wool felt and it is really nice felt. The white felt that I cut the clouds from is from paper trey ink. I used a sentiment from the on my couch set from paper trey ink. I sponged aqua mist ink with my daubers to make the sky. The patterned papers are from basic grey's new green at heart papers. 

Well I'm off friends.......

Thanks for looking and have a great day!!

Lisa

shabby tea room #3

Just a quicky post to share the card I made for the shabby tea room challenge #3. Here is the inspiration..........

And here is what I came up with..............................

This didn't turn out exactly like had envisioned it would but I still like it. Used some scraps from Paper trey ink, October Afternoon and Making Memories. The ribbon is May arts silk, the flower from Prima, the stick pin is Maya Road  and the stamps are from Paper trey ink. I cut out the leaves by hand from some felt I have. Simple but pretty.

Happy Easter.....

Lisa

get sketchy #32

It's Friday and time for this weeks Get Sketchy sketch. This weeks sponsors are May Arts and SRM stickers and the winner of the prize pack will receive some new ribbon to add to their stash :)

Here is the sketch for this week............

And here is my take............

I used may arts ribbon, SRM stickers and my new yummy paper from basic grey's green at heart. I made the tissue paper flowers from a flower die that is available at papertrey ink. The stems are a vine leaf ribbon from may arts as is the crochet ribbon and the green ribbon that is part of the banner. I applied the sticker over the ribbon on the banner and it sticks so nicely. 

Thanks for looking and have a great day!!

Lisa

2 sketches 4 you #49

Hi all!! Thought I'd play with the 2sketches4you sketch again. For those of you who didn't know my card won the card of the week last week!! I was so shocked I just stared at the screen for at least five minutes before I ran out of the room to tell my man.... of course he really didn't seem to understand what the big deal was!! Oh brother!!

So here is this weeks sketch from Kazan...........

 And here is my take.........

I just had to use this new paper from SEI that I got last week. It is from the Claire collection and I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE it!! The picture doesn't do it justice. I used three different patterns of the paper here... one for the background, one for the mat and rectangle piece and another for the punched border. I punched out an oval and stamped it with a sentiment from papertrey ink's mixed messages set. Added the pearls next and called it good :)

I really liked this sketch I already have a few more possibilities roaming around my head!!

I'm off for the night.......

Hugs, 

Lisa

Blog Candy Winner!

Sorry I am so late posting this.... just one of those days!!

So here's who the random number generator said  the lucky winner is......

leanne said...

What a fun blog! Congrats on getting published:) I love green and orange. Loved your card over at 2S4U too!

March 28, 2010 6:40 AM

Congrats Leanne! Email me at lisaraef at yahoo dot com with your address and I will get these goodies out to you. 

Thanks so much to everyone who commented and for all the congrats... it truly made my week with all the encouraging words. SOOOO appreciated!!

Have a great day!!

Lisa

Blog candy alert!!

This post will stay on top until Wednesday March 31st so scroll down to see new posts.


I am in the celebrating mood so thought I would give away some candy:)

What am I celebrating? you ask.... well let's see....

 * It's my one year blog o'versary,

 * I have started my first design team post (Get Sketchy),

 * My first ever card published came out this month with the April Cards magazine (page 58) YAY!!

And there are many more reasons... mainly I am so thankful to those of you who take the time to comment. I am the worlds worst commenter... not because I don't want to but I am so short on time. Between my job, my computer not cooperating ( I've ordered a new one) and watching my granddaughters it is amazing I even get anything done :) 

So a big shout out to all of you that make my day...

Here's the candy.............

(oops I cropped too close)
Yes that is my favorite stamp from hero arts that you are seeing. The first one I bought had a defect and through a chain of events I ended up with an extra one! I so wanted to add my cards magazine that I am supposed to receive but I haven't got it yet :( So one lucky winner will win this stamp along with a few more goodies that I had on hand. Just leave me any comment and tell me your favorite color ever on this page and I will draw a random winner next Thursday April 1st.. no foolin'!! Everyone is welcome!!

Thanks to all of you,

Lisa