SYS 2 Day 11 Playday!

Oh, I know, I know!  I seem to be missing homework for days 3-10.  Haha, I hope to get to some more crafting and posting, but in the meantime, here is a card that I had a blast making.  Totally inspired by Laura Bassen from the playday last day of classes for this excellent course!  So happy to have been able to spend the time to take the class!

I am looking at my stash of stamps in a totally different way with new eyes!
here's the card...

This is made with a little set that I had from Basic Grey, a NBUS that I came across last week during a 15 minute organizing episode.

The leaf is a two step stamp and the little squirrel, well, I guess that's why I may have bought in the first place!
The sentiment is comprised of two PTI stamps and an old SU stamp.
Thanks for the visit!

-hugs- and have a great day!
Chriss

Jewel Rainbow Ice Cream Cones

I am linking this card for the Rainbow challenge over at CAS-ology this week and the SSS Monday challenge J is for..jeweled colours, in my case.  ETA I am also linking this to the Fusion Beach House themed challenge going on right now...Thanks Darnell!  Ice cream at the beach house sounds good!  Oh wait...I don't have a beach house.

Let me explain...  

I have a confession.  I have never made a rainbow anything.  I would have to say that not all of the primary colours are at the top of my list.
Forgive me Ardyth!  I do love the variations of the rainbow colours and I decided to just get over it and use jewel-like versions to create and participate in the challenges.  I had the idea to use a small summery image and found this Basic Grey ice cream cone that had never been used.  The whole set is a NBUS and now an element from the set has seen some action!

I started by masking of two sections of my card front with Washi Tape and stamped the sugar cone part with PTI Vintage Linen.  The Washi Tape sectioning produces a nice straight stamping.  I then moved the Washi Tape strips up over the sugar cones and stamped the ice cream parts in SU Vanilla craft ink.  After that was dry, I took out my Sakura sparkle pens and added the (jeweled) ROYGBIV colours onto the rolled sprinkles part.  I also touched up the ice cream scoops with some white craft ink.  My sentiment is from a SU set and the card front is SU Barely Banana.

So, that's it then, a CAS summery birthday card!  Happy Birthday Jen!

Thanks for taking a peek,

hugs-Chriss

 

Old School Cool

Happy Saturday everyone!

There has been a lot of high temperatures going on around here, and normal for Austin, but my friends and family in the "Great White North" have been experiencing lots of the same. Unusual for them and not all have air conditioned homes like here in the south.  They have been using these "old school" wonders.
  I was inspired by this darling card from Meghan on her Little Pink Bikes blog and I made a few of my own version to mail up north.

I popped up the blades for a 3D effect just like Meghan (thank you)
I used a Hero Arts sentiment (perfect for this situation), dollar stamp fan image from Michaels and a Basic Grey popsicle image.  The paper is SEI.
Stay Cool folks!  It's about 95 here right now!