Friday, February 20, 2009

Lovin' Lockhart!!

Yayyyy---Happy Friday everyone! Hooray for the weekend!! Hope you have some relaxin' in your plans for the weekend cuz' I know I do, LOL! I'm taking my daughter and her friend to see "Confessions of a Shopaholic" on Sunday; I read the book a few years ago & it made me laugh so I'm anxious to see if the movie is any good (books are always better ya know)! But other than that we don't have any big plans (love that) except running to the grocery store, oh not fun! But whatever you do this weekend I hope its a great one for ya!


It's no surprise that I really love my Lockhart Stamp Co. stamps---simple, elegant & so many to choose from--how can you not love 'em, lol!! For this card I used the Lockhart stamp "Hydrangea" and I lovee hydrangeas; second only to my love of tulips. I made my hydrangeas fluffy white with Flower Soft--I used to have a beautiful Snowbell White Hydrangea at my old house, it was soooo beautiful & I miss it (I heard the new owners ripped it out, dumb people, lol)! To make the berries pop I added Liquid Pearls in ruby red too.

***If you buy 4 regular Lockharts from Susana's store you get a free Itty Bitty stamp of your choice---more to play with, lol!!**8

This card was done for yesterday's SCS "Ways to Use It" challenge which was to use stripes on your card. I decided on subtle stripes by embossing the background with my Scor-Pal--simple but elegant! Love the bright pop of red against the bright white too! That fabby ribbon is from I gift I got at Christmas on a present & of course I saved it, who wouldn't right, its gorgeous!!


Okay, I don't know if anyone has made these before but I came up with this thank-you card idea in bed the other night when I shoulda been sleeping, lol! (best ideas come to me at nite) I needed to make some fun thank-you cards for my son to send out for his birthday gifts and came up with these. I call them my Swivel Round Abouts, hee hee, and I made (4 of them) using the Lockhart stamps "Chinese Checkers", "Checkers" & "Gumball Machine".

Easy peasy to make---I just used my circle Nestabilities to cut all my shapes out and then attached the two largest together at the top with a brad so they swivel open--cool, huh? I can see making these as fun invitations or cards for someone---I'm sure you'll see me make these again soon :o)

Just a little close-up of the cute gumball machine--it was a ton of fun to color in! I gave the glass part a nice thick coat of my favorite Diamond Glaze.

Make sure and check back tomorrow and Sunday cuz' I'm a Guest Designer for Pink Cat Studio this month---yay! And I'll have sneak peeks all weekend of the new stamps for you to see--they are darling and super cute!!

hugz,
Suzanne

15 comments:

  1. Good morning Suzanne, what a gorgeous card again hunny, and those other small images are just fab. Oh i love the shopaholic books, i've read each one. I am like you wondering if the film will be as good. Am planning on seeing it next week. Let me know what you think of it Suzanne if you wouldn't mind! Big hugs Linda

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  2. These are all FAB! Can't wait to see what you are making for PCS! oooh! Lily the Fairy!

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  3. Haven't even finished reading the whole post yet, but I just wanted to say real quickly that I went to see Confessions of a Shopaholic with a little hesitation because I never like movies as much as I love the books, but this one was FUN-NY! Hubby who went with me all whiney even ended up liking it! Still like the book more, but the movie came pretty darn close! Have a good weekend!

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  4. Your cards are both gorgeous!!!! Looking forward to seeing what you have designed for Pink Cat!!!!!

    Hugs,

    Vicki

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  5. I wish I had HALF the talent you do! I wasn't sure about the Lockhart stamps at first but after seeing what you do with them time after time, you've converted me and now I love them. Your swivel cards are very creative!

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  6. I wish I had HALF the talent you do! I wasn't sure about the Lockhart stamps at first but after seeing what you do with them time after time, you've converted me and now I love them. Your swivel cards are very creative!

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  7. I wish I had HALF the talent you do! I wasn't sure about the Lockhart stamps at first but after seeing what you do with them time after time, you've converted me and now I love them. Your swivel cards are very creative!

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  8. Sorry! Something went really wrong when I tried to comment and now it's showing up 3 times - feel free to delete a couple.

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  9. those circle cards are so cute! love the red/white hydrangea card you made with the flower soft and the subtle diagonal stripes - and luscious ribbon! hugs, annie x

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  10. OH MY WORD! These are delicious!! Can't wait to see your first peek at guest designer!! You got a good month!

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  11. Both are fabulous!! I LOVE the red/white with the flowersoft!! So pretty!! And your swivel round abouts are so creative!! LOVE the chinese checkers and gumball machine! SO FUN!!

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  12. Holy cow Susanne...all of these projects are fantastic. I love the gumball card, mainly because of the glossy diamond glaze. Truly fabulous!

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  13. these are wonderful! isn't that image just perfect for flower soft!

    and the gumball machine WOW!!

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  14. OH WOW!! As sson as I opened the feed my eyes popped out!!! These are fabulous. The colours are so vibrant and clean. The layouts are something else. Absolutely beautiful Suzanne.
    Viv xx

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  15. Oh Suzanne these are amazing!! I love the flower soft you used on the hydrangeas and the white with the big red ribbon is incredible!!! Wow! Simply stunning. I don't know if anyone else has come up with the thank you card idea but I am loving it and will certainly be casing it from you!! Great effect with the glassy glaze on the gumball machine as well! Love it!!!

    smiles,
    janna

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I appreciate all your lovely comments and taking the time to stop by! hugz,Suzanne

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