Stamp Act: Featured Stamper Sunday ~ Mercy!!!

Good Morning!
Hope your Holiday weekend is going well!

We have spent the majority of our weekend looking for our lost kitten. We are so sad and miss her so much. The funny part is that we HAD never been cat people. We have always had dogs and other animals but cats just weren't our thing. We figured that some day a stray would wander in to our lives since we live in a VERY rural area and that would be great because we have lots of mice for a cat to get. Well, that happened last Fall and we actually ended up adopting 2 strays because our first stray brought a friend days later!!! Then they both ended up pregnant and thank goodness we were able to give away ALL 7 kittens and we kept one, Angel. I took Angel out Thursday morning at 6:30 to feed her with the big girls and 45 minutes later when I went to get her to bring her in so I could take the kids to school, she was gone...We have no idea where she is. We'll just continue to look for her and hope she comes home soon!

Needless to say, I haven't felt like stamping much but couldn't pass up CASEing today's featured stamper ~ Mercy. Mercy has a fantastic gallery so be sure to check it out! Here is my card ~

Mercy's card that I chose to CASE is HERE! The base of my card is Whisper White then Wild Wasabi, then Real Red and finally, I decorative piece from Imaginisces' Twitterpated line. The red decorative horizontal mat is DP from SU!'s Summer Picnic Collection. The polka dot ribbon is from May Arts and the silver buckle and top silver flower brads are from SU!'s Silver Hodgepodge Collection. The image is from Stampabilites and was stamped on Whisper White using Basic Black ink. I colored, as usual, using my Prismacolor Pencils. You can't see it in the picture but I added clear Copic glitter to the strawberry seeds. The sentiment is from Verve's Sweet Valentine set and was stamped using Basic Black ink.

Recipe ~

Stamps ~ House ~ Mouse (Stampabilities) Strawberry Mouse and Verve ~ Sweet Valentine

Ink ~ Basic Black, Wild Wasabi

Paper ~ Whisper White, Basic Black, Real Red, Wild Wasabi, Summer Picnic DP and Twitterpated from Imaginisce

Other ~ May Arts polka dot ribbon, Silver buckle & brads, MAMBI Yellow rhinestones, dimensionals, Prismacolor Pencils, blender pen, Clear Copic glitter pen

I'd like to share with you a card I made last week for Verve's new release. This is a REALLY simple card!

This card consists of Baja Breeze, Kiwi Kiss and Whsiper White CS and all the decorative paper is from Bo Bunny's Alissa line. The flowers surrounding the sentiment were cut out from the decorative paper and then adhered using dimensionals. I also added some Martha Stewart clear rhinestones and the Kiwi doodles from Spellbinders Doodle Parts dies. The sentiment is from Verve's ~ Sweet on You set and was stamped on Whisper White using a blue from my Martha Stewart ink stack. I then stamped the scallop, from the same set, around the sentiment using Basic Black and then my last step was to stamp the dotted border on the inside of the scallop using Regal Rose ink. I cut this out and adhered it to my card AFTER I sewed on the card.

Recipe ~

Stamps ~ Sweet on You ~ Verve

Ink ~ Basic Black, Regal Rose and MS blue

Paper ~ Whisper White, Baja Breeze and Bo Bunny ~Alissa Collection

Other ~ Spellbinders Doodle Parts, Janome Sew Mini, MS rhinestones, dimensionals

Thank you so much for stopping by! Have a great weekend!

~Lynda

5 Comments

Hi Lynda!!! I am so sorry you still haven't found your kitten!! I have been thinking about you since you mentioned it at the Verve release party!! Saying a prayer for your family and Angel!! (((((HUGS)))))
Both of your cards are gorgeous!!!

Posted by: Lori McAree | May 24, 2009 at 01:10 PM

Your mouse card is ADORABLE!!!! I love the other one too, especially the wham of that black panel! So sorry about your kitten! I hope you find her! :(

Posted by: Shel9999 | May 24, 2009 at 10:33 PM

Awww, Lynda, I'm sorry to hear about Angel. :( I hope she comes home too. We had a cat disappear once...and one day he DID come back...it was the best day!

Your first card is TOTALLY adorable with the blingy hardware and the polka dot ribbon. The second card is just GORGEOUS with all the cut work. You KNOW I love that DP that you sent me. :)

Posted by: Denise (peanutbee) | May 27, 2009 at 08:27 AM