Designed 2 Delight

Good morning!

 

Here it is sneaking up on the second weekend of September and I an just getting around to saying I hope everyone had a wonderful last-holiday-of-summer celebration! I wouldn't really want to call it a celebration. Maybe a sad-farewell-to-summer celebration. Personally I am still hoping for an Indian summer, the generally accepted use of the term being when the weather is sunny and clear, and above 21 °C (70 °F), and all of the leaves of the trees have turned but before the first snow has fallen; a period normally associated with mid-October to late-November in the northern states of the U.S. Traditionally, Indian summer can only be a true Indian summer after the first frost, generally a killing frost, of the season.[1].  It was a close call for frost Sunday night.  The temperature got down to 34 degrees.  Needless to say I am covering as much of my garden as possible tonight and every night hereafter until this craziness passes.  With any kind of luck and a normal fall, we will have a killng frost, then the temperature will moderate once again and we should get another month out of the vegetable garden.  That's in a normal year.  Nothing much about 2010 has been normal so only time will tell.                                                                                                                

 Today's card feature's the free image from Designed 2 Delight's weekly challenge ---- make a card with the digital image for THIS week and you will receive an image to play in the challenge NEXT week.  It's progressive, so as long as you play each week, you get the free image.  But, hey, go check out all of Faith's images.  She has some really cute ones!                                                                                                  

 Have a fabulous week and thank you so much for stopping by.  I will probably be a tad busy in the coming weeks and my posts may wind down to once a week, but I will try to keep it all going.  Please hang in there!!!In any case, thank you for being a Paper Kisses and Inky Wishes reader.

You guys are the BEST!!!!!!

Baby card

A card for you today with a little twist.  I have been on a baby card kick for a while now, haven't I?  The reason, I guess, is because as I am slowly but surely getting my stamps organized by theme, type, or occasion, I find I am inspired to try and use each of those stamps as I go along.  The "twist" for this card is the use of wrapping paper for the image.  I just fell in love with this paper after purchasing it to wrap a gift and the thought came to me to try and utilize it in a card.  This is the result.  Have a wonderful week and thank you so much for stopping by!                                                                                         

A can of pineapple....

My granddaughter's birthday was last week.  She's 12 (going on 18 :-(), and I can hardly believe it --- where in the world does the time go?  Grandchildren are growing up, summer is on the wane. . . . . .   Emma's tastes change as often as she changes her clothing, and this birthday I had no idea what to get her. I ended up deciding on an anklet and some cash--- stuffed inside a pineapple can.  Melanie Muenchinger was the first crafter that I ran across with this idea - open a pop-top can of something (in this case pineapple) from the bottom, leaving the pop-top intact.  Empty the contents and clean thoroughly.  Once the can is nice and dry use your glue gun to run a bead of glue around the opening in the bottom as close to the rim as you can but leaving enough room for the bottom of the can to be put back in place. But before you re-attach the bottom, place your gift inside the can. Now rest the removed bottom of the can on the cooled glue bead and run another bead of glue around the can bottom, effectively sealing up the can with your gift inside!  My girl was so disappointed to get a can of pineapple for her birthday ---- until, of course, I talked her into opening the can.  It's a fun and different way of presenting a gift.  Give it a try!

Squigglefly's Little Waddler

This adorable image was used in a baby book I put together a few month's back for a friend.  You can see that post HERE.  I love this little guy and when I bought some things from The Bird Nerd (tip to inexpensive embellishments from Patter Cross' blog Triple the Scraps.  See source HERE and look under Baby Showers) I knew right away that I wanted to use this image.. . . . .   Still running so, fortunately for you, I will once again need to be brief.  Thanks for stopping by Paper Kisses and Inky Wishes and have a wonderful day.

 
DEETS:  Papers:  CTMH white core, sanded to show some texture, Debbie Mumm DP
              Digi Image from Squigglefly -- scarf was paper pieced
              Inks:  Copics, and Brillance from Tsukineko
              Spellbinders' Nestabilities
              Embellishments:  pacifier and cord from The Bird Nerd

Monkey

I Am running today so this will be a quick post.  Today's card is the one I put together for Designed 2 Delight's weekly challenge.  Isn't that a cute monkey?  Thanks so much for stopping by and have a wonderful day!

A rose is a rose......

Good morning to all of you!  Thank you so much for stopping by.  Do you hate it that summer is going by so fast?  I sure do, but I know that some of you have been dealing with extraordinary heat and humidity so I imagine you  are glad to see summer flying by.  I am still glorying in my flower garden's beauty and as I was organizing stamps and supplies I came across another of my favorite flower stamps.  This one is "Rosa" by PSX stamps and I have had it forever.  It came with the word "Rosa" on it, but I wanted to be able to use this stamp with or without that wording so I cut if off the wood block.  The card went together fast --- The image was colored with Copic markers AND some colored pencils.  I cut around the image and mounted it on my cardstock base that had been run through my Wizard using the Script Cuttlebug folder.  I used Spellbinder's Fancy Tag die for the sentiment which was stamped with Tsukineko Brillance black pigment ink. Sorry about the odd photo angle, I had some lighting problems.  Again, thanks for stopping by; you make my day!

Rubber baby buggy bumpers

Do you remember that tongue twister?  LOL!  Thanks for stopping by Paper Kisses and Inky Wishes.  Today I have another baby card to share.  And another photo with an odd angle.  I am still experimenting with lighting in the sunroom now that ol' Sol is slowly moving back south.  I wanted to be able to show you the texture I added to the buggy, and it just wasn't showing up----- and I didn't get a chance to take another photo. Sorry about that, it will get better, promise.
I used Spellbinder's oval scalloped nestie for making the buggy and a Fiskar's scalloped circle punch for the wheels.  My Scor-Pal was used for the spokes.  The texture on the buggy was achieved with Fiskar's basket weave texture plate and the handle is a strip of paper that had been run through my corrugator and then flattened out so the crimps were not pronounced but gave a hint of texture to it.  The fabric flowers came from my stash and the brass brads on the wheels came from the local office supply store.  Ribbon is also from my stash.  Thanks for taking a peek and enjoy the rest of your week!