Cookies and Coffee

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Stampin B Gatefold with Flowers

Lois, aka Clownmom, challenged the Stampin B's to make a gatefold card with flowers on it! I love love love flowers so this was a delightful and fun card to make! I am showing 2 shots of my card, one with the belly band on it since that was the only way I could figure out how to keep it closed, and the second of it opened! I used Making Memories *Chillin* paper, and the SU set Easy Elegance for the long stemmed flowers on the inside. The sentiment is from a very old SU set, I cannot remember its name.... I added some stickles to my flowers and some ribbon, and VOILA! Thanks Lois for a great challenge and thank YOU for looking!!!

Stampin B Pumpkin Challenge

Hi everyone! It is harvest time in StamPford and I challenged the Stampin B's to use a pumpkin on their card. Nothing like keeping it simple, huh??!! I created my pumpkin using 9 oval punched pieces from Making Memories *just Chillin* dp, and the SU set Say It with Scripture. I also used the last of the buttons I made over at SCS for the technique lovers challenge called *faux Buttons*! It is really 5 layers of the smallest nesties heart glue together, than punched with my cropodile, the crystal lacquer added for sheen. Ah the tricks we learn from each other! And that sweet little pumpkin came from my good friend Martha's garden, she is quite the farmer! Well as much as I HATE to say good-bye to summer, I wish you all a happy and healthy fall season. Hugs, nancyruth

Rita Marie Creative Design Boutique Blog Hop

Hi! Are you ready? It's time for Creative Design Boutique's Blog Hop! And, there's BLOG CANDY!!!

Make sure you visit ALL of these blogs on Wednesday, September 16. 2009, leave comments on ALL 6 of the Creative Design Team Blog Posts, and a winner's name will be chosen from those posts on Thursday Sept. 17th and posted at 6PM

Hi everyone! I love what I made with the Rita Marie set called FLORAL BREEZE~ I stamped the image in Tim Holtz Shabby Shutters ink on cream linen paper, and I colored the wonderful flowers with prismacolor markers. I paired the image with K and Company paper, and added a handwritten birthday sentiment. Please be sure to visit all the blogs for a chance to win candy, you will see the links on my sidebar! Thanks for stopping by!!!

Faith challenged the Stampin B's to make a card using 2 dies. I used my Sizzix camera die and my Topnote die. I stamped flowers from Funky Flowers by Rita Marie on the Topnote and colored them witIh markers. I embellished my camera with white gel pen and gold half gems and added a green cord wrist strap! The DP is a premade card by K and Company. Smile, coz the Stampin B's love you!!! Hugs to all, Nancyruth

Masculine Sympathy Card

Jojot challenged us to make a masculine sympathy card. Hmm, a double dog dare if you ask me, sympathy cards are difficult and a masculine one at that? Well I gave it some thought and figured I would make what I call a four square card. I used DP by SEI, it is actually Christmas paper but I thought the browns and pine cones work nicely for the challenge. I stamped branches from Best Blossoms in chocolate and then sponged with old olive. My sentiment is from the dollar stamps at M's, it had a flower on it which I did not use. Black ribbon as the austere embellishment and done! Thanks Joanne for a great challenge and thank YOU for looking!!!

Blog Hop Winner!!!

Congrats to LINDA STEVENS, the Creative Design Boutique Blog Candy Winner! Talk about fun! Thank you all for participating, and remember, we will be having a blog hop on the first Wednesday of every month, so mark your calendar!

Linda, please email: mjh7433109@aol.com with your address so that we can get your prize to you!

Don't forget, September 2 is our next Blog Hop with your chance to win

Butterflies and Bouquet, Blog Hop

Hi! Are you ready? It's time for Creative Design Boutique's Blog Hop! And, there's BLOG CANDY!!!

Make sure you visit ALL of these blogs on Wednesday, August 5 2009, leave comments on ALL 6 of the Creative Design Team Blog Posts, and a winner's name will be chosen from those posts on Thursday August 6 and posted at 6PM. You will find the links to the other blogs in my sidebar.

Thanks for stopping by, I hope you like my card! I used the set Flutterby Delight, and it is so much fun to work with! I inked them up in black and clear embossed, then painted them with reinkers. My bouquet is punch art made with lots of punched flowers and leaves as well as skinny srips of paper for the stems. Thanks for stopping by and good luck on the candy!!

beautiful bouquet

Stampin B Challenge, Long Card, No stamping

Vicky challenged us to make a long card with no stamping! I relied on my Sizzix embossing folders as well as chalk inks. The paper is by K and Company, and I love the lacy edges the scallops give! Thanks for stopping by!!!

Tri Shutter card in Neutrals

Two views of my Tri Shutter card made with the Rita Marie stamps which can be found at Creative Designs Boutique! I used neutral colors and the set Words to love By. Here is a link to the tri shutter cut, go to post 12. http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=442774

The latest from Nancyruth

more punch art

Punchy Saturday

I had fun making punch art today for the Splitcoast challenge. Our inspiration was a site with darling baby shoes! Mr. Owl is simply a topnote die folded in half, with nestability eyes abd a triangle beak! Easy peasy, add the ggogles and some ribbon and VOILA! The frog is made with oval and round nestabilities of varying sizes, and can you guess what I made his toes with? A flower punch! This was a TOTAL CASE of a card by Stampingeorge over at SCS so if anuone is looki g and wnats to case, please give HER credit! Thanks for stopping by, and have a wonderful day!!!

Sketch Challenge 233 And another tote

I did 2 very different cards for the sketch challenge today. The blue one I made this morning, and the bright one this afternoon. I love playing around with the same sketch and mixing it up, there is no end to the differnt looks we can achieve... I also wanted you to see another tote I made that is winging its way down to Florida as we speak! Along with some bubble gum for a very smart 9 year old who got ALL A'S for the school year! WOWZERS! I am being taken out to dinner by my Stepmom for my BD, my dear Brother Matt will be there too! Gotta go get *pretty*! Till my next post, Nancyruth

Casing Sumtoy

Yesterday's challenge over at SCS was to case a card from the featured stamoer sumtoy. I chose this card of Roseanne's because I adore flowers, especially roses!

http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/gallery/photo/1282101?cat=500&ppuser=90220

I made two cards for the case. The first one features an iron gate that I cased from AngellaDCrockett, using both the Martha Stewart Picket fence Punch AND the EK Suceess Punch Fluer de Lis. The second card I kept lighter, and that is my favorite of the two. I used stickles on both cards and love the sparkle that they have! Thanks for looking!!!

Some More TopNote Purses

As you get to know me, or if you already do, you will know I love to create something over and over in many ways, to see just how many looks I can get. Of course in any creative endeavor the sky is the limit, so I have to tell myself to stop! This was true with my topnote purses and I had so much fun creating different looks with this technique which I found over at SCS. The link to Butternutsage's tutorial will help you to create your own purses!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2QwGdLYiZoU


Anyway, I am kinda thrilled with how these came out and hope you enjoy them too!
The blue faux crocodile bag was made by running ballet blue cardstock through my cuttelbug, stippled with Itty Bitty Backgrounds in brilliant blue, then clear embossed. I do forget how vibrant the clear EP makes things... I had in mind a lighter blue when I started! So I was a little startled by the color. LOL!!I had so much fun decorating this, like so many of my projects it took on a life of its own! The clutch bag on the right is made using one topnot cut in half, the paper I used is Que sera sera by K and Company, as well as some scraps from the blue purse! The white one is made with white cardstock (doh) run through the swiss dots folder, and clear embossed to give a patent leather look.

Till my next post, Nancyruth

Momma Is Bragging!

One of the highlights of my trip to California was to get to spend Mothers" day with my beautiful children! On the left is my son Aaron and his lovely girlfriend Gaelen! And on the right beautiful Sarah with her awesome fiance Spenser! Oh it was a glorious day!!!

It Has Been a Long Time

....since I posted, I am back in blogger-land and want to share some new creations with you!! I am a member of the Stampin' B design team and it is so much fun to be a part of such creative and fun women! This week Vicky hosted the challenge to use a monogram on your card, and she also sent us each a Studio G stamp set! Here are my project!To the left is a Topenote Die Purse I made! I used tha faux leather technique found on Utube by Butternutsage. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2QwGdLYiZoU What fun!!!


My second photo is of a card I made using all things dear to me, flowers, bling and the color pink! I hope you enjoy my creations and please leave a comment!

Brown Bag sailors

For the way to use stacked embellishment challenge! I layered 2 ribbons, a ribbon slide and an altered metal word. I colored the word friend with my blue prismacolor marker. The *handles* are made from top notes cut from a sample of Papetrey DP, which you can get at the site. This is also for Papertrey's * In the Bag* challenge, here is a link. http://nicholeheady.typepad.com/capture_the_moment/ The little blue ship is a cuttlekids die. Thanks for looking!