Thinking of You

Hello friends. I hope you are having a great week...will the days ever slow down!? I guess with 4 kids growing before my eyes, slow time isn't something I will ever see!;) It has been a great week, but it has run away with me!

I needed some quick cards...and well...I pulled out Sketched Shapes again!

I hope you have a great one friends! Take care and ENJOY the sunshine!!

Thank You!

Good afternoon friends! I hope you are doing well! We've had the sun as a companion for almost a full week, and wow!! We were almost able to say that we were "warm" outside!! We care enjoying it to the max!!

I have a little simple card to share today...I have to say, this Sketched Shapes set will be getting a lot of attention!! It is so easy to use and the elements are fantastic!!

I hope you have a great one! I've got some fun things in the works...see you soon!! Now off to enjoy some sunshine and bubbles on the trampoline!

Hello my friend!!

Hey there friends! Good morning! Are you finding it as hard to believe as I am that today is the last day of April!? Time sure does fly!!

You know, I've had some crazy days--and while my laptop isn't running super smooth--some days it is TOO hard to get blogging done! I can't wait until the day this one bites the dust...I'm trying so hard to be patient!! But as I have come to rely so heavily upon my computer...when it isn't working properly...kills me!!

So, I have a fun card to introduce you to today. I got some new goodies from PTI...and well, they helped me have a great few hours!! I used my new Sketched Shapes set-OH, my word. Can you say LOVE? I can promise you will see a lot of that one..it is just like Mary Poppins, "practically perfect in every way!" I paired it up with Cutting Garden.

I love that the hexagon from Sketched Shapes works perfect with the Hexagon cover plate...thanks a bundle for that Maile!!

I hope you have a great one! See you tomorrow! Thanks a bunch for stopping by!

Bonjour, Ciao....

Good morning friends! I hope you are doing well! Today is a fun day...design team color challenge day! We had a great color palette this month--I love, love, love these colors!

I chose to work with our new Say it Big and Butterfly Trio appetizer sets. I used my memento markers to ink up my sentiment stamp--isn't it such a fun one!? My butterfly was fussy cut and popped up with foam adhesive! I used the current Retro Sketch, #60 for my sketch on this card.

Now, please go check on the rest of the DT blogs...SO many fun ways to use color!! Here is a list of all the blogs you'll want to hit today!

GRS Blog

Deb Felts

Jeni Allen

Jennifer Ingle

Kelli Palmer

Kendra Wietstock

Stephanie Lee

Taylor Usry
Melissa Cash

Lori Barnett

Joy Stagg

 So, are you ready to WIN????

We have a fun announcement that you are going to LOVE!  Today we are starting the "Chef's Choice Giveaway" for each of our monthly color and sketch challenges.  It's super easy to enter and I know you'll want to win the great prizes we have planned!  Here's how you can enter...

1) Just leave a comment on any of the Gourmet Rubber Stamps Facebook posts between April 25th-27th.

2) Visit each designers blog and leave comments between April 25th-27th on their challenge post.  (The blog list will be posted on each blog.)

3) If you want an extra chance to win,  play along with our challenge and post your lovely creation to our Facebook page.   We'll add your name for another entry to win.

On April 28th, we will select one of our designer's as our Chef's Choice Blog.  The winner will selected from the comments left on her blog and on her card posted to the GRS Facebook page.

The Chef's Choice winner will receive one of the recently released Appetizer sets and will be announced on the GRS Blog and Facebook page.  You'll have one week to claim your prize.

So, are you ready!? I look forward to seeing your creations!!

Take care and thanks a bundle for stopping by!

Hello....

Hello friends! My, it feels like my days have been racing by! We've been enjoying some wonderful weather, and because of that, I haven't been at my desk as much! We are thrilled beyond belief to spend a few days out in the sunshine!! We've been working on jumping rope...my girls have learned that I am pretty "hot stuff" with a jump rope in my hands!;) We have had so much fun, my little 5 year old daughter even got her first successful jumps in! We were super happy to catch it on film...what a fun day that was!!

So, here is a quick little CAS number...just a few strips of pretty paper and a die cut!

My paper is from fancy pants and PTI. Die from PTI, enamel circles from MME.

 

I hope you have a wonderful day!!

 Thanks so much for stopping by!! Take care!!

Happy Birthday...scraps...

Hey there friends! Hope you are doing well. Happy weekend eve! It will be good to have another busy week end and a wonderful weekend begin! 

So, it's been a bit gray outside and well, I had these scraps sitting on my desk. Do any of you ever have that little pile of scraps that are from past projects and just seem to keep lingering...not really finding a home anywhere and just sitting there calling to you? Well, that is what this card started as, a bunch of scraps just sitting around! My heart is SO happy that my little pile of scrap papers is no more....it made me so happy!

Some of the elements might be a little familiar...yep, some of the rejects from other days!

I was happy to pull out some of my new PTI stamps...the Bountiful Banners and To You from Me stamp sets...love, love, love!!

I pulled out a few new blue sequins...delicious! I am so excited about the sequins...my friend was having a moving sale. She had a TON of crafting stuff...like a lot of us;). Anyway, she had loads of sequins, loads...and I bought them, for a dollar. 1$ for all of them! It's like a little surprise finding what colors, sizes, etc...it totally made me happy!! So, meet my beautiful blue sequins...don't you think this card could be masculine? Maybe more so w/o the sequins?

Anyway, hope you have a great weekend...see you soon friends!! Thanks a bundle for stopping by!

Hello, Lovely

Hey friends, happy Thursday to you all! I can't believe that today is Thursday! My, how times flies when you are having fun! I feel like we've been living in fast forward, do you know how that feels!? It is amazing to me how fast the hours in a day go! I know that sounds so much "older" than I am (wink, wink), but it is so true!

I was happy to take some time to SLOW down and get a bit inky...and it was great!

I had this piece of blue polka dots sitting on my desk, with a strip of paper with multiple colors in it...very brave for me! But, I love how it came together!! I used my new "happy for you" stamp set! I love, love, love this sentiment...it is something I say all the time! So fun for me!! I paired it with classic Rosie Posie...there you have it!

I hope you have a great day! Take care and I will be back soon! Thanks a bundle for stopping by!