Happy Monday!

Good afternoon friends! I am happy to be posting today! We had a camping trip over the weekend and I totally anticipated getting some posts done before I left, but something had to give...so the blog was put on hold! But, I'm happy to be sharing with you today! I wanted to share a card we made at my last card class. I've had some beautiful inspiration by all those using the Medallion stamp from Stampin' Up! One card that really inspired this card was on Kimberly Van Dipen's blog...she is so talented!! Everyone had a good time making it, and again the embossing with black embossing powder is an instant WOW!
To start the card off, I inked up my Medallion stamp with Versamark ink. I stamped it onto a piece of Soft Suede cardstock that measured 4 x5 1/4". **Don't forget what a great help the embossing buddy is! It makes embossing details wonderful! Just a swipe over the cardstock before you ink with ebmossing ink** I used black embossing powder and a heat tool to get a nice shiney black medallion...beautiful! I used a sponge dauber and the soft suede classic ink to ink the edges of the layer the medallion was on.

My next step was to scallop a piece of soft suede cardstock. I used my scallop border punch to give me the perfect border! I used the soft suede ink and dauber again, to ink the scallops. I attached them just under the medallion image and then added my black satin ribbon. I added that layer to my soft suede card and then sponged the edges again.

My sentiment is from the Thank You Kindly stamp set. I used versamark ink and black embossing poweder here too. I used my large oval punch for a perfect home for my thanks. I punched out a basic black designer label, and soft suede wide oval to complete my sentiment home. I attached my sentiment to the card with dimensionals.

For the finishing touch, I pulled out a oldie but goodie tool, my Color Spritzer Tool. I slipped my soft suede marker into place and added a few soft suede flecks across the card-for a great "aged" look...fun, fun, fun!

Hope you have a great day! Tomorrow I'll be posting a photo of the Blog Candy I'll be offering for one of you, my fun friends! Have a great one! Tomorrow is the first day of school for my son...YEA!! We're so excited!

Celebrate!

Good afternoon friends! I've had a fun day getting myself ready for another class tonight. As I was finishing up preperations I had to sit and finish this card. I've had the "bones" of this card on my desk for a couple of weeks now...and am very happy with how it finally turned out! I can't tell you how much I love the Crushed Curry color...I adore it! I used it on this card along with the Night and Day Specialty dsp from the Holiday Mini catalog(avaliable September 1!). I love this dsp too..the designs are fabulous!
The card began with a Crushed Curry card. I layerd a piece of Basic Black card stock followed by a piece of the Night and Day dsp. The Lattice BigZ die came to work, and took a piece of Crushed Curry on a trip through the Big Shot. The Curry lattice was then attached to another piece of dsp, and the snipped with paper snips to give just the perfect outline. I attached the lattice to the card and then went to work on my flower.

I used my Flower Layers BigZ die to create these great flowers! I think I like this particular flower best when made from dsp, instead of cardstock, just a random FYI!:) I used a couple of different patterns of paper and took then through the Big Shot to get a variety of flowers to choose from to build my perfect bloom! I scrunched them up in my hand and made the dsp all wrinkled and distressed. I layered them together and then added a misc. button that matches the Curry color! **Go Stampin' Up! for producing such great new In Colors, they are everywhere!**

For the final touch on this card, I had to find the perfect sentiment. I used the Celebrate You stamp from the A Little Birthday Cheer stamp set. I stamped the sentiment using Black ink and whisper white cardstock. I trimed it to make a little banner like feel...and there you have it! I attached it to my card with a glue dot and dimensionals.

Hope you have a great evening! Oh, my son's teacher loved the dozen sharpened pencils we took to her yesterday...yea! Thanks for stopping by!

Dozen Sharpened Pencils

Howdy Friends! I'm a bit late in posting today, but I've been consumed with laundry and all that goes with it today! I've had a fun time getting something for my son's grade 1 teacher too...A Dozen Sharpened Pencils.
I did my best to not have any of the flowers the same, so there are 12 different flowered pencils in this cute bucket! I found the bucket at target yesterday in the dollar (or let's be honest, 10$ spot) spot. I uesd the Sunny Day Simply Scrappin' Kit for my paper/color selection and fun! I used a bunch of different items on the flowers. The stamps I used were from the Petal Pizazz stamp set. I used my Flower Layers BigZ die and My Big Shot for several flowers. I used my Cuttlebug Swiss Dots folder for several flowers. I uesd a lot of brads, some buttons, some rhinestones, and even some acrylic and felt flowers too. I used my trusty circle punches for a lot of the fun, and my Circle Scissor came to my aid too...I LOVE that thing!!

I hope you have a great day! I'm excited for my son to give this little dozen flowers to his teacher...he love giving fun gifts! And let's be honest again, I sincerely enjoy sending gifts to my children's teachers!

Thanks for dropping by! Make it a great one!!

Newlyweds again...

Good morning friends! I hope you had a great weekend! Mine started off with a litle drama...I was getting dinner ready on Friday evening, and with my 'oh so sharp' new knives, took a nice chunk out of my left middle finger....nice one Jen! I didn't go to the Dr, as it was just after 5 pm and my husband wasn't home...I wasn't really fit to drive either, but there was nothing to stitch anyway! I was sitting on the kitchen floor and my son came down to find out what was wrong with me...and he helped me until my husband got home. Thank goodness for First Aid kits with butterfly bandages!

I've spent the weekend with my finger a bit elevated--at least above my heart, to it doesn't throb...but it's feeling much better today...until my litte Ruby grabs it for support when trying not to fall...but it is starting to be much less pain. It is just a pain to have a handicap like a lame finger!! So, stamping and the like might be a stretch...we'll see how I do with this crazy finger!!

So, sorry for the details...but you're my friends and thanks for letting me share! Now, on with the show! Today I'm sharing another wedding card that is part of the wedding order I'm working on right now.
The paper is Amy Butler...LOVE her paper! The Die is the Spellbinder Shapability Pendant in Spades. The sentiment is from the Teeny Tiny Wishes stamp set.

Since typing is a bit of a challenge today, I'll just leave you with the recipe! If you have any questions please either email me or leave a question in your comment! Have a great one!!

Sketch Challenge

Good morning firends! Hope you are all doing well during these last few days for summer, or the first few days of school! I'm getting all excited to have my routine down, get back to some of my essentials that seems to get overlooked while the lazy days of summer pass!

Today, I'm sharing my take on the Splitcoast Sketch Challenge 241. This is the sketch that was posted, and below is my card.

I started with this fun tree image from the LAD September Monthly Mix "Something to Crow About," fun stamps for sure! I loev this tree! I stapmed it in chocolate chip ink onto Very Vanilla cardstock. I layered the tree on some Chocolate Chip cardstock and then glitified the tree with my two way glue pen and some dazzling diamonds glitter. I know it's a bit hard to tell in the photo but the tree glistens something beautiful!

Following the sketch, I picked out a couple of different patterned papers from MME. I love that the whole set coordinates..that is one thing I love...coordinating products! I mounted the paper on Chocolate Chip and Baja Breeze cardstock. I mounted both papers on a Very Vanilla card and moved to the sentiment.

The sentiment is also from the "Something to Crow About" stamp set. I stamped it in Chocolate Chip ink, and used my word window punch to punch it out. I layered that on a Baja Breeze Modern Label punch. I layered the Moderen label punch over a designer labler that had been punched out of one of the patterned papers. I added the sentiment with dimensionals and was finished!

Thanks so much for stopping by today! Make it a great one!

Feel Better Soon!

Good morning friends! I'm in denial that today is Thursday, how did that happen!? A crazy busy week, that's how! But a great one...I'm looking forward to just laying a bit low today...enjoying these last few days with my little ones before school starts.

I know that it is almost time for Beate's Weekend Sketch again, as the sketch comes out on Friday, but I've had this card waiting in the "wings" since Monday...and just finally getting on stage! So, here is the card I made using Beate's WSC93. I think this sketch is super fun...will use again for sure! Also, on this card I used some of my new "Something To Crow About" stamps from the September LAD monthly Mix!

Here is the set and it's images, a lot of fun in this mix, that's for sure! They will be avaliable soon!So, for my card, started with the fun flower image. I loved the polkas on the flower and kept the same polka theme by using some polka dot paper(SU Night and Day Specialty dsp from the Mini...coming soon!) and by embossing my Bermuda Bay panel with my Swiss Dots embossing folder. Polka's are fun.

My flower image was stamped with Black Stazon ink, and stamped onto Whisper White cardstock. I colored the image with my In Color Stampin' Write Markers, Melon Mambo, Crushed Curry and Bermuda Bay. My flower image took a trip through the Big Shot with an oval nestability, to be cut and then embossed. I took some Crushed Curry on the same trip and used a scallop oval nestability to cut and emboss...I love the look of the nestabilities shapes embossed! That little detail is so fun!!

My card is a Crushed Curry base. I used a strip of Night and Day dsp, and then a strip of Melon Mambo ribbon(just used the back of it for a nice solid option) for my vertical lines. My horizontal Bermuda Bay panel went on a trip in a Cuttlebug Swiss Dots embossing folder through the Big Shot...and came home with some great polkas!

I stamped my sentiment in Melon Mambo ink--the stamp is from the Everyday Sayings stamp set. I used my handy dandy word window punch to make it just right. A little button for some fun detail and then it was time to finish my flower.

I attached my flower to the card with dimensionals and then added some glossy accents to the colored parts of my flower. They are super rounded and shiney in real life..very fun!

I'm going to send this to my girlfriend that is having terrible back problems right now...a litle bright and cheery card, don't you think!?

Thanks so much for stopping by! Make it a great one!!

Wedding Cards

Good afternoon friends! I hope you're having a great day! We just finished up the second "Just for Girls" crafting class...it was great fun! We had girls starting middle school for the majority of the class, they made tags for their backpacks, personalized notebooks, made a bookmark and a fun little card. They had a great time and really want more...so more fun to come for sure!

I received an order for some wedding cards. I know my supply of those kinds of cards seems to always be non existent...so it was fun order to work on! This is one of the cards that I'll be producing for that order.
First off you'll note the great silver pendant in the center of the card! Wonderful focal point, huh?! It is a Spellbinder "Shapeabilities Pendant" in Spades. It is a fun newer line of die cuts from Spellbinders...they are quite fun to play with!

I ran some brushed Silver paper through the Spellbinders Wizard die cut machine with the pendant die and was just in love with the result! I think that these make fantastic wedding cards, just simple and elegant...very fun!

The polka-dot paper and brushed Silver are made by Making Memories. I layered a piece of the polka-dot paper on some Basic Gray cardstock. The center of the pendant is a separate piece and I attached that to my card, then attached the pendant with dimensionals to the card. I used some White organdy ribbon to make a nice bow, and just attached it to the center of the pendant with a glue dot.

My "For the Newlyweds" sentiment is from the Teeny Tiny Wishes stamp set. I stamped the sentiment with with Black Stazon ink.

I love how simple, but how much effort it looks like this was! I'm working on a few others...so I'll share soon. Have a great one! Thanks so much for stopping by today!! Make it great!

Happy Birthday

Good afternoon friends! I'm a bit late in posting today...I have had a wonderful morning!! I had my first "Just for Girls" crafting class...it was SO fun! My daughter(who will be 5 in September) felt it unfair that I always got to have friends over to stamp with me, but she never did...so we decided to see how many of her friends would like to come stamp with her...and several did! So, we had a class today, and I'll have the projects to share Thursday, I've got another class scheduled for tomorrow, so I'll wait to post the pics! Really, a wonderful time working with some great girls today!

This card was supposed to be posted last week...it the week of cork, but it missed being posted! So, here is a fun birthday card I made last week.I started with a Whisper White piece of paper. I stamped my stem from the For All You Do stamp set, in Old Olive ink three times for my three flowers. I used a different flower choice for each flower-on the left a Die Cut Bloom pumpkin pie flower with a circle rhinestone brad. In the center, a cork flower that was cut with the Bloom Party die and my Big Shot, I added a rhinestone brad to the center of a Pumpkin Pie button, from the Sherbet button set(that you can get free for just a few more days...read this post to learn how!) And the last flower was cut out with my Big Shot and Daisey #2 die, it has a cork circle(a left over from the Bloom Party cut) and a rhinestone brad in the center.

Once my flowers were finished, I tied it all up with some stripped Pumpkin Pie ribbon. I did one flat ribbon across the card, then added a "loop" of the stripped ribbon and 1/4" regal rose grosgrain. The added a button, from the Button Latte set of buttons (yes, you can get this one free too!)

After I had that main panel all finished, I mounted it on a layer of Pumpkin Pie cardstock and then layered that on my card, which was Regal Rose.

My sentiment came from the my new A Little Birthday Cheer stamp set. I stamped it with Old Olive ink and then used my Modern Label punch to give a fun to my sentiment. I attached the sentiment with dimensionals and that finihsed it all off!

I hope you are enjoying your day! We've got a couple more weeks before school starts, and are trying to enjoy these last few lazy days! I love summer!! Thanks so much for stopping by!

See you tomorrow, with some LAD new Monthly Mix samples!!

Mover and Shaper...

Good morning friends! I'm happy to report that my husband and the group his was hiking with made it home Friday afternoon from their 57 milke hike! It was so good to finally hear that they were ok! After 5 days of not hearing anything..I was very happy to see my husband's cell phone calling me! They had a great time, go TOTALLY rained on every day...and "forgot what it felt like to be warm"...so I'm glad to have him home! We had a good weekend papmering him and being happy he was back and safe!!

Have you tired the Sizzix Mover and Shapers?! Oh my word, they are a lot of fun!! When my upline Boni came over to stamp a few days ago, she brought hers up and let's just say...what a fun purchase!! One of my favrotie things about it, is that the little shape it punches out-here the curly label-is large enough to use as a layer under a punch from the curly label punch! That made me so excited! The shapes it cuts out of the cardstock are all coordinating with SU paper punches...I love the layering fact!!
So, for this card today, I started with some 12x12 textured Bashful Blue cardstock. I am happy to report that I actually cut into some textured c/s...YEA! I just forget that I have it...but am making a resolve to use it more!! I put a 6x12 piece of cardstock and the mover and shaper Bigz xl, die through the Big Shot. You just put the cut out shape where you want the "window" to appear on your card...so much fun! When it comes out of the Big Shot, you've got a great little window to play with!

The image that is on the inside of the card, that you can see through the window, is an image from the For You stamp set. I stamped the flower image on Whipser White cardstock with Certainly Celery ink, then used my curly label punch to make a perfect shape to fit in my window! I used my Boho flower punch to make a little Bashful Blue bloom to add to the mix-and then added a little pearl from the Pretties Kit to give it a little something special!

I added a Whisper White scallop border to the bottom of the front of the card, with my handy dandy scallop border punch. I used my Certainly Celery ink to ink up my little thank you sentiment from the teeny tiny wishes set. I attached the scallop to the card and then tied my certainly celery 5/8" grosgrain ribbon around the seam.

This die just made it to my list of things that I'd love to play more with!! Thanks for stopping by today! Make it a great one!

Cork #3

Good Morning! So, you all know that I love cork by now, right!? I've had a great time playing with the roll I had, and get this, I need a new roll!! I love running out of something because I've had a great time with it!! This card is the last of my "cork series" this week:). But I have to tell you, cork is addicting, so watch out! This card started with the Cork flower, it was made from taking a trip through the Big Shot with the Blossom Party BigZ die. I had it sitting staring at me...so to work I went! I used the Blossom Party again for the great Sage Shadow bloom above the cork.

I was really happy when I started to think of way to get my bloom to stick to the cork...just thinking what the perfect center for that sage bloom was...then had an idea that I'm sure came from someone somewhere! I used my Glassy Glaze, but Crystal Effects would work the same way, to fill the "gutter" of the ribbon slide-then used the awesome Chocolate Chip glitter from the Fine Supernova glitter pack, to make this awesome Chocolate Chip glittered ribbon slide! After it dried, I used a clear Rhinestone brad to attach the ribbon slide to the cardstock and the cork....um, I LOVE it! It's not super sparkly in the photo..but IRL, it is so sparkly!

The card is a piece of Sage Shadow! Yep, it's making a comeback! I haven't reached for this color in a long while..but it is so nice a fresh! My Whisper White cardstock took a trip through the Big Shot with the new Perfect Details Texturz Plate. Very nice and subtle texture to the card...fun!

My eyelet border punch went to work to make me a little Sage Shadow lace, then I topped it with a piece of Chocolate Chip 5/8" grosgrain. I just used a strip...of Sticky Strip to hold my ribbon in place. Then came time to add my flower!

The last detail was the sentiment, from the Teeny Tiny Wishes stamp set. It was stamped with Chocolate Chip ink onto Whisper White cardstock. I used my tab punch to get a nice rounded edge for my sentiment. I used my 1 3/4" circle for the Sage layer behind my white sentiment.

Thanks for dropping by today! I've got some fun things up my sleeve to share...stay tuned! Oh, and I'm working on a blog candy that is WAY overdue...thanks for the love Friends! Make it a great one!!

Thanks!

Good morning friends! I hope that you are doing well! We had a great night last night, it was my son's first soccer practice...cleats, shin guards(they sure make better guards than I ever had playing soccer!), tall socks, water bottle, the whole enchilada. He had SUCH a great time it was a lot of fun to witness. Yes, my presence was requested, a drop off/pick up was not optional! But when Dad is home, he will be the assistant coach, and that has my son just as excited as can be! Don't you love the beginnings of Fall! Well, speaking of FALL, I have some fun new goodies to share!

I am so excited to share my post today...I have had such a fun time playing the last few days! So, on with the show!

Ok, at first glance you will notice this FAB designer paper! It is from a new set of paper called Autumn Meadows...Chocolate Chip, Really Rust, Taken with Teal, More Mustard and Very Vanilla are the colors that will beckon you! The patterns in this set=deliciousness! I'm excited for you to get a chance to enjoy...September 1!!

So, other another new tool on the scene, an Ornament punch! I've used it in a "non ornament" way, it's upside down to make the petals of my flower! But, as soon as I saw this punch, a fun flower bloomed in my head and wanted to come play! It will also be avaliable starting September 1st! Another fab. thing about the punch, yep, it has coordinating Ornament stamps and Rub-Ons! If you need a copy of the Mini, shoot me an email, or post in the comments, and I'll get one right out to you! I think really, this could be the best mini ever!!

Moving forward...My card started with the flower idea. I punched 5 ornaments with the Ornament punch and my beautiful Autumn Meadow paper. I punched a 1 3/4" circle of Really Rust cardstock (but just a scrap would be fine) to attach all of my "petals" to. Once I had them looking perfect I added my 2nd layer.

In keeping with the fun of cork...I used my cork, Big Shot and Blossom Party Originals Die to make my great bloom! It really is something exciting to watch the Big Shot in action, makes me so giddy!! I also used the Blossom Party die(which is a SU exclusive, by the way) to make the little Taken with Teal bloom that is on the cork. My button, isn't that fun! I used one of my Rhinestone Brads, from the Circle Ice collection, and inserted it into a Chocolate Chip button from the Button Latte set! Isn't that a fun one!? I have used this little brad in button method the last few days...FABULOUS! I simply attached the layers together and there you have the fun flower!

For my card base, I used a Taken with Teal card. I used a strip of Really Rust that had been torn for a bit of a "rustic" feel, as the grounding piece on the card. I used a 12 x1" strip of the Autumn Meadows paper for my little pleated strip. I simply folded the paper where it looked right, made some nice tight folds with my bone folder and went the full length of the card! I love this look...will use again for sure!

So, I put my layers all together, added my flower to my card, then moved to the last piece. The sentiment was samped with chocolate chip ink on Very Vanilla cardstock. I love this thanks stamp...from the Thank you Kindly stamp set. I used my key tag punch(it is retired, but it was the perfect fit!), for the perfect home and then added it to my card!

I love fall, I love wearing sweaters, jeans, drinking hot chocolate, hot spiced cider...and this paper made me excited for all of that! I hope it got you excited too!! Thanks so much for stopping by! Hope you make it a wonderful one!!

Hi!

Good morning firends! I hope you are all doing well today! I've got some fun new goodies to play with today, but this new goodie is from my first new catty order, so it's not quite so new, but so fun to play with!! I'll have a fun post tomorrow with a great new product from the Holiday Mini! Which starts September 1!

So, the star of my post today? The Sizzix BigZ Simple Letter Alphabet...can you say YUM!? I love the fact that the BIGZ dies can cut so many different materials...let the fun begin for sure!

My upline, Boni, came to my house last week to stamp, and this card was the result of a GREAT afternoon with her! I had a roll of cork in the drawer under my Big Shot, and as we were talking about something completely unrelated to the cork, I had a thought. I sat down and starting gettin this card put together...it was SO fun!!
I think we'll do this card for my upcoming stamp class--very all level friendly--don't you think!?

I started by cutting my cork letters. They are so divine IRL! It is amazing that the Big Shot cuts with such ease! I just put the cork on the die, turned the handle and out came these two beautiful letters!

I wanted something contrasting to put them on, so my card is Tempting Turquoise and my patterned paper is Pink Flamingo! My FAB Flamingo paper came out of hiding and was so happy to get some face time! If you'll recall, I love this paper. I was surprised to learn that my supply of it was very depleted! (YEA for needing to order more!!) These two pieces were among my few scraps, and were 100% perfect for the way I "saw" this card! I mounted the patterned paper on Cameo Coral and Summer Sun cardstock.

For my ribbon, I used, can you guess? Sticky Strip to hold the ribbon in place. (surprised?!) To ruffle it, I just made a couple of happy ruffles, and then used some mini glue dots to hold the underside to the card. Then, a tempting turquoise button mounted on foam tape took the scene.

Once I had the other parts of the card finished, I mounted my cork sentiment! I just used my ATG to attach the cork to the card.

Fun, fun, fun, now I'v got to remember to put Pink Flamingo down on my list to re-stock...I LOVE that paper!

Thanks so much for stopping by today! Hope you are having a great one!!

Just Because

Hello friends! Where in the world did Monday go? I'm still trying to find it! It is amazing how fast laundry and cleaning and such can make your day go, isn't it!? And speaking of that, my kids are paging me...so this will need to be a quickie!

In this fun card, I used my rainbow stamp from the LAD August Monthly Mix stamp set. The mix is super fun because there are so many different images to be had...very fun to play with! I started the card off by stamping my rainbow image in Palette Hybrid Brown ink on some Very Vanilla cardstock. I then colored the rainbow with my Real Red, Bashful Blue, and Pumpkin Pie stampin' write markers. After I colored the rainbow, I used my trusty Versamarker**one of my all time favorite things**to add some clear embossing powder to the arc of the rainbow. After a little love from my heat tool, the rainbow is super shiny! I used my Sahara Sand marker to outline the image as well. The my handy dandy paper snips**another favorite**came to play and snipped the Rainbow out in no time!

My card's colors were inspired by my patterned paper from Cosmo Cricket. I used a Very Vanilla card base for this 3x3" card. I cut a piece of my great rainbow stripped paper and mounted it on my card. I next grabbed my new scallop border punch from EK success. I scalloped a skinny strip of paper, and attached it about 2/3rds of the way down the card.

The next detail, my ribbon. I've been using my wider ribbon so much lately, I feel like I haven't used my 1/4" ribbon in ages! So, I grabbed some sticky strip**yep, it's a fave too!** to get my ribbon a nice sticky home. I ruffled the 1/4" vanilla the same way I ruffle the wider ribbon...and am really happy with how it turned out! I did use some mini glue dots**can't live w/o them** to make my ruffles stay "attached" to the card. I added my rainbow image to my card with some dimensionals to give it a bit of a lift**yes, I love dimensionals too!**

My sentiment is also from the August Monthly Mix, and i love the font! I stamped it in the same hybrid brown ink pad, then used my word window punch to make a perfect little spot for it on my card! And the last detail the fun button, is just a random orange button that fit perfectly!

I think this is a fun size card to slip into a plate of brownies or cookies! And I love the motivation to share my thoughts-with my friends I love-'just because'!

Hope you have a great one today! I'm getting my list of things to do checked off as quickly as possible...I got two fun packages from the mailman and UPS man yesterday....so some sneak peeks will start tomorrow!! YEA!!

Thank You Kindly

Good morning friends! Hope you had a great day today...today marked a day that I'm happy for school to be starting soon! I hope I'm not alone in that! And, my husband is getting ready to go on a 56 mile hike...:) YEA! I've got a photo project lined up and will be working on busily while he is hiking!

For my card today, I'm in the same color scheme as I was in yesterday! I wanted to use this great Cosmo Cricket paper...and I have been dying to ink up this little polka dot purse! The purse comes from the LAD August Monthly Mix.
I stamped my purse on some Very Vanilla paper, ink Chocolate Chip ink. I then colored the purse with Real Red and Not Quite Navy Stampin' Write Markers. I used my Nestabilities and Big Shot to cut the purse out, and emboss the circle. The Real Red scallop circle was also cut and embossed with my Nestabilities.

The card is a Very Vanilla base, then a layer of Real Red and then the Cosmo Cricket paper. I used my new EK large scallop border punch for the Real Red scallops across the bottom, and some Vanilla taffeta ribbon across the belly. I attached my purse scallop with some dimensionals and then moved to my sentiment.


Thank you kindly is from the Circle Sentiments stamp set. I stamped it in Real Red on Vanilla Cardstock and then used my 1 1/4" punch to make it a perfect circle! My 1 3/8" is just the size to layer nicely under my sentiment, and I used the back side of my patterned paper. The button is just a random red button...but oh so cute!


Hope you have a great summer day. I think it's time to start thinking about school supplies, backpacks, lunchboxes, new runners, how fun!! Make it great! Thanks for stopping by!

Smile!

Good morning friends! Hope you are all doing well! Yesterday I had a day to catch up, get laundry done, get some projects finished up, and make caramel popcorn! My family was really happy that the popcorn was finished! I had a slight melt-down while in the middle of the popcorn...please bear with me...

When we moved home from Germany, I wasn't able to bring ANY food stuffs home, other than what would fit in our suitcases. So, I left ALL of my spice collection there for my friends to enjoy. In starting a kitchen from ground zero, you think you've gotten everything you need...then you have a day like I had today. I went to make some cookies to accompany the meal I was taking to a friend's family for dinner tonight, not enough flour. So, brownies could be quick, no cocoa. Ok, homemade Oreos are a quick fast one, but they were not to be, only a carrot cake mix! Then I thought of Caramel Popcorn. So, as I'm finishing the ingredients into the pot on the stove, I realize that I don't have any cream of tartar...get real! So, in my desperation,(it was too close to the time to run to the store!) I married two recipes and it turned out OK, but not the great recipe I was anticipating! And of course this happens when I'm taking something to a friend...I want it perfect, right!? So anyway, as I was talking to my mom trying to salvage my caramel, she reminded me that there are a lot of recipes and she was sure that my marriage of recipes was bound to be like someone's recipe somewhere! Thanks Mom!!

So, I'm going to fill my pantry with baking supplies the next time I go to the store. All those things that I'm used to just "having" because I have a supply of them in my pantry! So, my baking list is a good long one...I just hope I remember everything I feel I don't have!

Thanks for allowing me to share...'preciate it! How about onto my card!? This card was born from the LAD sketch # 90 that Joslyn posted Monday on the LAD blog. I love Josylyn' sketches, she is very clean and simple and I love it!!

I started out with a few stamps from the August Monthly Mix. I stamped the cupcake in Chocolate Chip ink, onto Very Vanilla cardstock and then colored it in with my Real Red and Not Quite Navy Stampin' Write markers. I also outlined the image with my Sahara Sand marker. I mounted this panel on my Very Vanilla card base.

I used my rectangle nestabilities and my Big Shot to get my rectangles cut and embossed. I love my nestabilities, they've been neglected for a while, but boy I do love them! I'm feelin' it again! My scalloped rectangle is Real Red and the patterned paper is from Cosmo Cricket.

The circle my button is on is the back side of the Cosmo Cricket paper, punched out with my 1 3/8" circle punch. My button is just a misc. one from my jar of random buttons. The ribbon in the button is Real Red ribbon from Stampin' Up! I attached my button accent to my card with
dimensionals.

My last piece of the mix, was my Smile sentiment. I stamped it in Real Red ink and then used my 1" and 1 1/4" circle punches to give it a home.

I love this sketch. I love white space and clean lines...thanks for a great sketch Jos!

Thanks for stopping by! Have a great one!

Thanks

Good morning firends! My house is quiet, as my sweets are still alseep...so I'm stealing a few cool quite moring moments...how fun! Hope you are enjoying your summer...it's quickly coming to a close!

Today I want to share a bright happy card! I saw this paper pack from Making Memories a few days ago, it was on clearance for about 4.00$ and such delicious colors! It is their Just Chillin' line. I love that Stampin' Up! nailed their new In Colors this year...I've seen their colors everywhere from home decor to clothing, to other brands of crafting stuffs. I loved that I had paper to coordinate with this at home already!
I love this color palette...yum, yum, and more yum! Hope you have a great one today! Thanks so much for stopping by!

Woohoo!

Good Morning friends! Hope you are all doing well this 4th day of August! How can the time be going so fast! Before I know it, we'll be back to school and all that jazz! That will be great to give us a bit more structure...but I do love the lazy days of summer!

Today I am sharing a card that I made to participate in the 2s4y challenge this week. The sketch for this week can be found here. I rotated the sketch 90 degrees to fit the image I wanted to use...the great fun of sketches is you can use them as a guide and inspiration! For the images, I used my LAD Monthly Mix stamp set...fun fun fun!
My tree image was stapmed with Chocoalate Chip ink, on Certainly Celery cardstock and then again on someof my great patterned paper from My Minds Eye. I cut the tree top out and placed it perfectly in the Certainly Celery outline. I colored the tree trunk with my Chocolate Chip stampin' write marker. I also colored in my owl with my Chocloate Chip marker too. I layered my Certainly Celery panel on some Whisper White cardstock, and it really sets the panel apart and makes it pop.

My card base is Choclate Chip...(surprising, I know;). I used another coordinating piece of patterend paper from MME as my background paper, it was mounted on Certainly Celery cardstock. I used some wide Chocoate Chip ribbon across the middle of my card--stuck in place with sticky strip(have you recognized how much I love sticky strip lately!?).

The sentiment, was stamped with Chocolate Chip ink and then punched out with my word window punch. It was then layered on my new moderen label punch-that was punched out of some patterned paper.

My last detail was in the buttons...just a few for some fun! The two square ones are from Color Box and the circle one is just a misc. button.

Hope you have a great day! Make it a good one!!

Happy Monday!

Happy Monday friends! I hope that you are all having a great day! I've had a nice productive day of cleaning, laundry, and finally some stamping time! I've been meaning to play along with my dear bloggin' buddy Mary's PPA challenge! She and her 'pals' have started a challenge blog and this week, their first challenge is a color challenge.

The colors for this weeks challenge are Melon Mambo, Bermuda Bay, and Chocolate Chip. I've just finished my card for this challenge! I also used the Mojo Monday sketch for my card today, MOJO98.

I pulled out my Circle Circus stamp set...it is SO one of my new favorite things! I stamped a piece of Whisper White cardstock with Chocoalte Chip, Melon Mambo, and Bermuda Bay ink and 3 of the fun circles from the stamp set. For my main image layer, I pulled out my Circle Scissor Plus cutter..LOVE it! I used it for both my Wisper White and Chocolate Chip circles.

I used Melon Mambo for my card base. I layered a piece of Melon Mambo dsp onto a layer of Chocolate Chip cardstock and attached it to my card. I used a strip of sticky strip to attach my Bermuda Bay ribbon down the left side of my card. **To get a solid Bermuda Bay ribbon rather than polka-dot, I just used the "back" of the ribbon**. For my little bow, I just made a circle out of a piece of the polka-dot ribbon and then attached it with some sticky strip. My Button Latte white button was attached with a mini glue dot. **Don't forget you can earn the Button Latte set of button free with 35$ worth of "Growing Up! stamps from the current Catalog! Here is the link to show you the details!

After the base of the card was completed, I attached my circle layer. The sentiment was my finishing touch. The 'hey there!' sentiment comes from the Really Retro stamp set. I stamped it with Melon Mambo ink and used my small oval punch to punch it out. I then used my large oval punch to get a Chocolate Chip layer and then my scallop oval punch for my last oval layer.

Thanks so much for stopping by today! Hope you make today a great one!

Just for Kids

Good Morning All! A few fun things happening today...

First off, a great way to get some free product starts today! Stampin' Up! is starting a great promotion!

For every 35$ you spend in the Growing Up section(pg. 74-90) of the 2009-2010 catalog, you will receive a free set of Designer Buttons (7.95 value) free! You can choose from the Playground, Sherbet or Button Latte Designer Button sets! You can go right to the Shop Now icon on the left hand side bar of my blog to go to the Online store! Delivered right to your door...how fun is that!

As a little sample of some fun Growing Up stamps, here is link to an older post, a Christmas Gift I gave my mom for Christmas in 2007, a family tree made from the All in the Family stamp set. There is so much fun to be had with these little people!

Another promotion that starts today as part of the "Just for Kids" promotion, when you the NEW Decor Elements Growth Chart, you'll receive a free applicator tool. I love this...and can't wait to get it up on the wall!Have a great day friends! If you need any help with your order, shoot me an email! I'm working on my order to submit today...being a Demonstrator allows me to pre-order items...and the upcoming Mini Catalog is FANTASTIC...want a chance to pre-order and get a discount on your stamps? Join my team...the fun is just beginning!

Make it a good one! See you Monday!