Amber’s Cards

This afternoon we had a quite large hail storm.  I was sitting inside looking through my IEPs for summer school and I heard what first sounded like rain.  I think realized that the rain was actually hail.  It hailed about 15 minutes and the hail ranged from pea sized to quarter sized hail.   The deck was covered in hail.  It was quite a scence.   I am glad that this time I did not have my car out of the garage.  The last time we had a hail storm my car had dings to every possible panel.  Today’s storm leaves the roof needing to be checked out, but hopefully it is all good.  The hail also damaged the flowers I planted 2 weekends ago.  I will have to wait to see if they recover.  If you are interested in seeing photos here you go:

Today was a long rainy day. There is less then a week left in school so my resource room is hopping. I only have a few days left with my 8th graders and I will miss them

One of 2 local scrapbook stores is closing their doors tomorrow. I did not go to this one much since it seemed cliquish, but it was the biggest in the area. There is one left now that just recently bought out and replaced another. The last one is small and I am not sure if there will be enough room to crop there when busy or not. I wish there was a stamp store in town, but that is asking a lot. Since the store closes tomorrow there was a huge sale. I was about to buy $170.00 worth of stuff for 70% off so I saved $115 dollars. Wahoo!

One of the things I bought and can’t wait to use is Plain Jane Cigar Boxes from Cosmo Cricket. Nichole Heady made these popular when she made the monogram stationary kits. They are not sold anymore which made me sad, but now I am the owner of five of them.

Here is a card for today:

This card was used making Jersey Shore Paper from SU, SU Wild Wasabi, and Stampendous Changito the Monkey. I used PaperTrey Ink’s Mixed Messages for the sentiment. This card is one of many that I was able to make using the template and sketch from Sheetload of Cards. This was made using the April card sketch. A new issue should be up this weekend! I am excited to see what the next issue holds.

Here is my entry for the Blog Hop! This was quite the challenge, I love my Scor-It, but I may need to break down and buy a Scor-Pal.

Stamps: Bitty Baby Blessings Papertrey

Paper: PTI Bitty Baby Blessings DP, Sweet Blush, Kraft

Ink: Palette Black Noir, Lavendar Moon

Accessories: Paper Piecing, Score Lines to add texture

I feel special .  Yesterday I posted a card made with the Mailbox Greetings Stamp Set from Papertrey Ink .   Today  I got a comment from the talented Alli Miles who created this set on my gallery at Splitcoaststampers!  This had to make my day .

Here is the card:

To make this card I used Papertrey Kraft paper cut in half.   I used a patterned paper that was in my stash from Hobby Lobby believe cut into 1 1/2 by 4 1/4 strips.   The images is mounted on Real Red Paper from Stampin UP.  I colored the image with Prisma Color Pencils then blended with Gamsol.   I used 2 shades of pencil for each color.

This card was made for a summer challenge.   I loved the card idea, but I think my handwritten sentiment ruins the look.  Perhaps this will be a remake.

Stamps:  Rubber Romance Divas

Colors: PTI Lemon Tart and Summer Sunrise

Coloring Technique: Prisma Pencils and Gamsol

This card was a challenge to make a kids birthday card.

Stamps:  SU Ahoy Matey ( I love this set!!!)

Paper:  Scraps from paper bin

Style:  Tent Fold

Coloring Technique:  Prisma Markers

This challenge was a friendship card.

Stamps: Amuse Tire Swing

Paper:  PTI Lemon Tart, PTI Summer Sunrise, PTI Kraft, PTI Father Knows Best DP

Coloring Technique:  Prisma Markers

Accessories: Mega Square Punch, Pebbles Rub On

This challenge was to make a card to thank our troops.

Stamps:  Stampendous Changito

Paper: SU Blue Bayous, SU Purely Pomengrante,  generic yellow

Coloring Technique:  Prisma Markers

Accessories: Star Punch

Challenge:  Create a card with a love theme.  Use SU Certainly Celery, Pretty in Pink, Chocolate Chip.

My take on this was “Arr Matey You Stole My Heart”

Stamps: SU Ahoy Matey

Paper: SU Chococlate Chip, SU Pretty in Pink, PTI Spring Moss

Coloring Technique: Prisma Color Pencils and Gamsol

Stamps:  (Looking for which company this comes from)

Paper:  random dark pink, Sweet Blush

Coloring Technique: Prisma Markers

Accessories: Bling Dots, Martha Stewart Glitter, Scallop done with Rounded Corner Punch

I am trying the whole blog thing again. Perhaps I will keep this one updated . Today I participated in challenge day with the group at SCS that I trade images with. I plan on trying to complete 12 out of 12 challenges posted today. Here are the first three I completed

Stamps: Cowboy Kid SU

Paper: Real Read, Brilliant Blue, Yellow (Scrap Bin)

Coloring: Prisma Markers

Accessories: Paper piercer SU, SU Tag Punch

Picnic Basket

Stamp: Stampendous Bees

Paper: Bayou Blue, River Rock, Purely Pomegranate

Coloring: Primsa Pencils and Gamsol

Brads: Making Memories

Stamps: Whipper Snapper Monkey, PTI Simple Alphabet

Paper: Lemon Tart PTI, American Crafts PP

Coloring: Prisma Markers