GUS HUNTER

When I saw Totally Stampalicious' "Gus Hunter", I knew I had to get it to make cards for my Great-Nephew and a friend.  They are both hunters and will love the sentiments that come with the image.  Then I saw the camouflage paper at Michaels and knew I had the perfect combo.

Here are some of the cards I made with them.  I will post all the materials on SplitCoast Stampers Gallery within the next few days.  Just search the gallery for carleneanne or Totally Stampalicious or Gus Hunter.

Isn't this saying perfect for hunters?

Another saying from the set.

 How about this for an Anniversary card! LOL!

Totally Stampalicious Ribbon Challenge

In anticipation of its upcoming release and blog Hop with Ribbon Carousel, Totally Stampalicious has a challenge to use ribbon on our cards this week.

I couldn't decide which card to enter, so I'm entering these five.

MISERY STELLA

STELLA BIRTHDAY

GUS MANTASTIC

STELLA NURSE

 
Can't wait for the new release.

MY PROBLEM WITH TOTALLY STAMPALICIOUS - LOL!

OKAY!  I admit it...I have a problem with Totally Stampalicious stamps.  Actually, I have two problems.

My first problem occurs when my order arrives.  The stamps compete with each other to be the first one to get inked up.  Choosing which image gets to go first takes more time than choosing papers, colors and layouts.

My second problem occurs when I have to decide which of the many phrases that come with each image will be used on which card, and whether or not it will go on the front or the inside of the card.  One of these days..I swear...I'm going to use every phase on a single card just so I don't have to choose!

This week I inked up "Misery Stella."  Even though her phrases are more serious, I still had a great deal of difficulty deciding which to use where.  She is the epitome of encouragement with a little humor.

Here are some of the cards I made with her.  I will post all the materials on the SplitCoast Gallery within the next few days.  You can find them there under carleneanne or Totally Stampalicious or Misery Stella.

GONE FISHING

TOTALLY STAMPALICIOUS' "Gus Fishing" provided me with lots of fun this past week.  Here are some of the cards I made with that image.

I will post all the details on Splitcoast Stampers' Gallery some time this week.  My name there is carleneanne, or you could just search for Totally Stampalicious or Gus Fishing.

FYI...I am a firm believer that there are VERY FEW mistakes that can't be corrected in cardmaking.  I was adding the last of my Copic coloring to this image (and you know how long it takes to color and blend!) when this GIGANTIC blob of ink came out of the nib all over the fishing lure (see the lure in other pictures) and all over the background.  I tried over and over to erase it with my colorless blender to no avail.  Determined not to throw out all of my work, I decided to cut out the image and cut off the fishing lure.  Then, I just created a new background.

So, don't throw out mistakes...find a way to salvage your card!

This is just a close-up of Gus in his boat.

TOTALLY STAMPALICIOUS NEW RELEASE WINNER

And the winner of their $15 gift certificate was lucky me!  I'm their biggest fan, so I can't wait to add more of their stamp sets to my collection.

This past week, I inked up their "Stampalicious Scarlette."  With her Copics in her hand, she is always ready to color an image...just like me.

Their challenge this week is for "Clean & Simple" cards.  I'm not quite sure what that means because some of their samples had ribbons and other embellishments.  My cards might not qualify for the challenge, but I wanted to share another of their great images.

I will upload these (with all their materials) to the SplitCoast Stampers Gallery within the next few days.  My screen name there is carleneanne.

This is the front of a "Tri-Shutter" card

This is the inside of the "Tri-Shutter" card.

Totally Stampalicious Favorite Color Combo Challenge

This week's challenge on Totally Stampalicious is to share our favorite color combinations.  There is NO WAY I could choose just one combination.  As long as I can get the coloring and the papers to coordinate, I'm IN LOVE with whatever colors I am using on a current project.

For instance, I just opened my new "Gus Mantastic" stamp set.  (That's another thing...there is so much joy and fun in playing with Gus...I think anything and EVERYTHING goes with him!)

So I started out by coloring him with my Copics and decided to put him in a beach scene.  At that point, light blue and every other color in the world seemed to be my favorite combo.  Here are those results.   (The designer paper is from the "Splash" collection from Little Yellow Bicycle.  Gus was cut out and mounted on foam tape for dimension.  Yes, that is real sand!)

Then I found a collection of designer papers called "Beach Collection" from Memory Box in my stash.  The color combo I chose from there were the red, orange, lime and yellow; all of a sudden, I found a new "favorite" color combination.  Here are the results of that combo.

From that same Memory Box "Beach Collection" were some blue and lime papers, so they became a "favorite" combo as well.  Here are those results.

 Hope you like these colors.  I can't wait for the next release on Thursday.

SUMMER FUN WITH TOTALLY STAMPALICIOUS

Totally Stampalicious wants to know what we like to do for fun in the summer.  I pretty much do all my favorite things year-round...like making cards, playing golf and eating anything chocolate.

Until I can talk Totally Stampalicious into making a female golfer, I guess I'll just say that my favorite summer activity is playing golf with my husband, nephew or great-nephew...represented here by my favorite stand-in, GUS!

I've posted these cards before, but I am re-posting them for this week's challenge.  These were all colored with Copics.  The 1st, 2nd and 4th cards have American Craft's "Celebration" designer paper.  The 3rd card has Karen Foster Designs "Mini Golf Ball" designer paper.