Missing You...

Hello friends! I hope you are all warm and safe! We, here in the Seattle area, are having CRAZY weather! So, the kid's didn't have school at all this week (well, about 4 hours Tuesday, which my kids didn't attend). The snow finally stopped, and now the rain has begun. They say all our snow will be gone soon, as it's warming up a bit outside. BUT right as we were heading to bed last night, the power went out! And, it's been out all day and might be out for a few more days! Let me tell you how thankful I am today for a fireplace that heats our home well, and a GENERATOR! I am so thankful we went ahead and got our generator, andgot it all ready for "just in case!"

It has kept us warm, the fridge on and running, and our life pretty normal today! Thank goodness for for generators! We've had a long no-power stretch...and thankfully we're all set for this storm!

I just wanted to share this card...I love this map paper from October Afternoon! Isn't that fun paper!? Of course, I love all of their paper...how can you not!?

Hope you are doing well in your little part of the world! Hopefully I'll be able to check in tomorrow...take care and make it great!

Enjoy the ride

Good morning friends! I hope your day is going well! Today is my big (not really so big...but...)long awaited day! Hopefully after today my right hand will be on it's way to feeling better and no more pain! I'm having surgery today...so my posting will be a little less...well, I've scheduled 3 posts a week...for a couple of weeks. I'm hoping it won't be too long before I'm back at it! The Dr. told me to expect a fairly quick recovery...so here's to hoping!

I wanted to share a little something fun today. It's been quite a while since I started making cards--and I love this portion of my day! Today I pulled out some new Echo Park paper...YUMMY! I had so much fun, you'll see a bit of it over the next few posts. I made a set of cards for a sweet friend of mine, so here is the first one!
The colors are bright, bold and so happy...I think I'm ready for summer!! Have a great one..I'll be back to report on how things went and I'll chat later! Take care and make it great!!

And another...

Good morning friends! I hope you are well...did you have a good weekend!? Ours was great...slightly relaxing...slightly stresfull with a little sick peep...but she isn't getting worse, so we're happy about that! Now, if we can just keep those germs away from everyone else...

I meant to post this little moster thanks with the other one, but that didn't happen, so we'll do it today! I've managed to get a few cards itno envelopes, but boy oh boy!! Sitting down and writing is taking more effort than I anticipated!:) As do most things these days!
So, here is a another little sassafras moster card...again, love this paper collection!!

Be sure to leave a comment today, I'll be choosing a comment from the past few days tonoight to win a Basic Grey Ambrosia pad! Thanks a bundle for stopping by! Oh, and just a question, do you read/purchase scrapbook/cardmaking books?

Have a great one...see you tomorrow!!

I Love You!

Hello friends...good morning! I hope you are doing well!! I wanted to pop in and say a quick hello...I am serioulsy loving my baby snuggling moments...and find it difficult to want to put him down...I LOVE the feeling of his little person sleeping in my arms!! And as I've learned the hard way, "babies don't keep"....I'm doing all I can to take advantage of these few fleeting newborn weeks! He's already 4 weeks old today!! He's doing great...eating a ton, sleeping pretty good and proving himself a wonderful addition to our family!


I wanted to share a card I made a few weeks ago...with some fun new products....aren't the colors in this paper divine!? I think so!!

Hope you all are doing well...with the holiday bustle...we drove around looking at Christmas lights tonight...so fun!! Take care and stay tuned for some fun later this week...Cardabilities sketch reveal, LAD Mix blog hop...YEA!! See you soon!!

Thank You

Good morning friends! It's a frosty and cold December 6th morning. St. Nicholas stopped by earlier this morning, leaving our little house full of wonder and excitement!! The kids and I all cozied up in my bed and read the new Christmas books that He left with their shoes on the fireplace...and the Spirit of the season is getting sweeter and sweeter!

Having a new baby this time of year really gives me a different perspective than in years gone by. I find myself thinking about Mary and about how she must have felt as she carried and then gave birth to the Son of God...what a wonderful woman she must have been. I feel very far from being like her...but she is one of those women who I would like to know more about and be more like...just a few thoughts that are swimming around inside my mind right now!

I've got a quick little thank you to share...I've got a list of people that are being so kind and giving to me right now...meals being brought to our home, playdates for my girls...so I can rest and rock my new babe...I've got angelic friends.
This will be one of the cards that finds it's way to some dear angel friend's hands...just a simple and heartfelt thank you. I used some fun new Crate Paper and American Crafts stamps...fun, fun, fun.

I pray your holiday season will be filled with joy and peace. Yea for online shopping and not needing to leave my house!! The packages are arriving at my door...love that!! I'll be back tomorrow...see you soon!!

Just For You

Happy Friday friends....where in the world did this week go!? I think this week has passed faster than any week on record in my life! I can't even believe that it's already the weekend again! Wow, how time flies!! We've been enjoying fantastic weather today...sunshine and 45 degrees outside! Perfect fall weather!

I made this card a few weeks ago and wanted to share it before it goes on it's merry way! I had a fun time with my red glitter and double sided sticky sheets!! I believe that this sketch was actually from the PPA challenge a few weeks ago...but I didn't get it uploaded in time to play along, but thought it was a fun sketch to work with!
The paper is from KI Memories, one of my fun Amy Butler patterns. I mounted the patterned paper on Bashful Blue cardstock and put them on a vanilla card. I used my SU butterfly die and my Big Shot to make the fun butterflies...love the glittered effect! I used a double sided sticky sheet, so the glitter isn't going to go anywhere! I used a few MS rhinestones for the body of my butterfly. My ribbon is 5/8" grosgrain and tied up with a vanilla button and a bit of embossing floss. My sentiment is from Teeny Tiny Wishes. I stamped it in Old Olive ink and punched out with my word window punch. I mounted it on a modern label punch that had been punched from the patterned paper. Another little rhinestone made a perfect little detail.

Hope you have a great weekend friends!! Thanks so much for stopping by! I've had some new names coming into the comments sections and I appreciate it so much!! I love hearing what you have to say! Make it a great one!!

Love the Allens

Happy Labor Day friends! I've enjoyed a nice lazy--even get to sleep in a little--morning! Yea for no hurries or schedules on a day off! Yes, we'll have a bit of "labor" inside today, but it feels good to just have a lazy day!

It's time to let you know who won the blog candy that ended Friday. I appreciate you all sharing wiht me...those of you that are first time commenters, I'd love to see you around! I appreciate your sharing with me!! The winner of the blog candy was #7, Penny. So, Penny, if you'd email me with your information I'll get your treats right out! And again, thanks for your sweet comments!
Today I've got another JustRite Christmas card. I think these stamps are super fun! I love that you can do so much personalization by using the alphabet stamps! I think we'll make a bundle of these cards to add to the stack!

My card is a vanilla cardbase. My patterened paper is a piece-the Olive and the Christmas tree-from Senic Route. I used some 5/8" grosgrain chocolate ribbon and my stapler. My stamps were from JustRite and I stamped the with chocolate ink. I used my circle nestabilities to cut the circles and scallop...from olive and soft sky cardstock. My button is a nice shiney red and tied with some gingham ribbon.

Thanks for stopping by today! I think Fall is here...we're all bundling up today...yea for fall!! I'm excited to have some time to play today! See you soon!! Penny, please let me know your infomation! Make it 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!

Thinking of You

Morning friends! I hope you are doing well! We had a great time last night, we went to a performance of High School Musical 2...it was SO fun! My kids were in heaven! Myles and Lucy loved it, but Ruby might have more fun than they did! She was dancing and clapping through it all, a very fun night!


Today I've got a super quick and fast card. Sometimes, you just need a little something to pass along to one of those people that keep coming into your mind, right!? I love the color combination-inspired by some of Ruby's pjs! Crushed Curry, light blue and Melon Mambo.

I layered my Crushed Curry layer on my Whisper White card, then added the textured paper ric-rac from Doodlebug. I stamped my image, from the Trendy Trees stamp set, with Melon Mambo ink. A little band of Melon Mambo ribbon wrapped around and there you have it! It was perfect for a little summer "something"!

Hope you have a great day! Thanks so much for dropping by! Make it a great one!

Thanks!

Hello Friends! First off, thank you for being patient with me! I have appreciated the comments and emails wishing me luck in the move and the unloading of boxes!! The luck has been wonderful! We've been in our house for almost two weeks now, and I'm just about "there". We've been waiting for a few bookshelves--and as of today, the book boxes are mainly the only ones left to unpack!

My space is quite a bit different than my set-up in Germany. I've had a few daunting days of trying to figure out how it will all work the best way...but I think I'm there. I can sit down and have great desk space and a home for mostly everything! I had to make room as soon as I could...my new sneek peeks from the Stampin' Up! catalog are on their way!! I was a bit slower to order my new fun--but I'm happy that it's on it's way! I'll be ready to tear it open and get playing as soon as it arrives!!

My card to share today is made from the DCWV Recycled paper and some brown AC thickers.

**Edited, Chirstybug yes, Thickers are great stickers by American Crafts. They are delicious, they come in several different forms...here is a link to some of them! They are great to use, fun to look and and feel so wonderful!!**

I hope you all had a wonderful day! I'll be back soon! With some blog candy too!:)

Core-dinations and a bit of Ruby

Good morning friends! I hope that you're having a great Thursday! Today is one of the most wonderful Thursdays on record for the Allen family! Our shipment from Germany is being delivered and unloaded to our house as I type! We have been in the States since April 6th, and w/o our stuff for a few days before that....I'm so excited for more options in my wardrobe!! Living out of suitcases has been...exciting:).

I'm not sure if you are all signed up to get the SCS weekly inkling? If not, you can go to the home page and sign up for a weekly inkling newsletter. It's a fun load of info that comes to your inbox every Wednesday. Yesterday the product focus team did a review on Core-dinations paper(did I share the excitement that I was asked to be part of that team? If not, I was and it is SO fun!). It is super cool paper! If you'd like to read what the team had to say you can go here and read all about this great paper product!

This little box set is one of the projects I added to the gallery to show how fun this paper is! I made this set for a girlfriend that has been so supportive and helpful in our stressful last month or so! I used the core-dinations vintage paper-isn't it fun!? I used my Big Shot to make the Box #2. The inside of the box is a beautiful green--and as you sand the textured side of the paper, the green core comes through...LOVE it! I added some chocolate covered cinnimon bears--one of her favorites! I added a band of chocolate chip cardstock to the box and then tied a pretty bow and attached the ribbon to the cardstock strip

For the little 3x3 card, I used the vintage paper also. A strip of chocolate chip cardstock made a perfect home for my little sweet sentiment! It is a rub-on from the Chit Chat rub-on set. I made a home for my little button ensamble with a 1" circle punch of the vintage paper. I chose the smooth darker green side and attache it to my chocolate chip strip. I added a couple of buttons, one clear circle and a chocolate chip flower from the coco-latte button dish.

It was a fun and quick little "something" to share with my friend who just made my days easier! Isn't it a blessing to have friends like that!?

Ok, I have to tell share so funny things my baby did today.--Thank you in advance for indulging me! My baby Ruby, who is already 15 months old(how dare she grow up!), is so funny! For starters she is the best sleeper! She sleeps from 7-7 and just rocks at the bed time stuff. So, I was a little surprised when she woke up at 12:30 this am and wouldn't stop crying. I went in her room to see what was the matter. She was looking at her shoes--and wanted me to put them on her! So, I put her shoes on, gave her a bottle, and she went back to sleep. She was so happy to wake up with her shoes on! She LOVES them! I love her shoes too...her very frist pair of Chucks!

Aren't they cute!? She won't let me take them off...and now she even sleeps in them!

This morning I wasn't running like crazy (yea) and had time to make a myself a yummy breakfast-satued red pepper, tomoto, black beans and egg whites. Now, she does love eating red peppers, cucumber, and the like. However, I was laughing as I sat down to eat, she climbed right up on my lap and started eating my eggs! She couldn't get enough beans or peppers! It cracked me up!! She is a great eater--but my food is no longer just "my" food! I guess my other kids help themselves to my plate--but only very rarely. I just thought I was safe eating alone at the table today!:) Not so!

Hope you have a wonderful day! Thanks so much for stopping by!

Love You!

Hello friends! I hope your day is as bright and sunny as it is here in Seattle! Yep, it's bright and sunny in May in Seattle! What a beautful thing! I'm just stopping by for a quickie...wanted to say hey before I'll be gone for a few days! Do you know what today is? The day before the movers bring the sea container to our house...so almost like Christmas Eve! My kids were SO excited to make that connection this morning, they'll get all their toys tomorrow...we are all so excited!

So I was at Joann's in Bountiful, Utah a few weeks ago and found a GREAT stack of paper! Yes, I am a paper-holic! I freely admit it! Back to my story. I found this great stack of paper from DCWV--it's called Recycled. It's full of great designs/colors/texture...way fun! So, I had a coupon and I'm so happy I picked it up! I've had a great time playing with it!

I loved this woodgrain paper-it feels so good! I wanted to use that as my main layer, so I attached it to a ww cardbase and then looked for some great paper to pair with it! I love these little birds! Yes, I'm a huge bird fan right now too!

I cut my bird strip of paper and then a piece of Ridinghood Red cardstock. I scalloped the Ridinghood Red with my scallop border punch and then attached bird paper to my scallop. Next came my ribbon. I used my Old Olive 5/8" grosgrain. Instead of making the ruffles come "forward" I stapled them "up and down." After attaching my ribbon, I attached the scallop/bird/ribbon panel to my woodgrain paper.

I love this "love you" stamp from Technique Tuesday. It is one of Ali Edwards stamps and it is quickly becoming a favorite! I stamped it with Chocolate Chip ink onto WW cardstock. I used my 1 3/4" circle punch to punch a perfect circle! Next, a scrap of Ridinghood Red cardstock made it's way through the Big Shot, accompanied by a scallop circle nestability. I ran the scallop circle through the Big Shot again with my silicone mat to emboss it. I attache the circle to the scallop circle and attached it to my card with dimensionals.

I wanted few little "interest points" so I punced a few circles out of some coordinating paper-and added them to the card. I also added a Coco Latte button...yum!

Just a quick note to tell my girlfriend that I'm so thankful for all the help she's been during our crazy transition time!:)

Hope you have a great day! Thanks so much for stopping by!:)

Butterflies

I've had this card in my head for months now. I saw a cover of a martha stewart magazine-I believe it was a wedding issue-and I loved it(and if it was one I saw, it has to be a while ago!)! I think it was a white wedding cake with flowers going up the cake...it was beautiful! I had this idea pop into my head and hasn't left since! So, I decided to get the idea on paper...and here it is!
I started by punching a bunch of butterflies from my new Stampin' Up! pink flamingo designer paper. Aren't those colors delicious!? You will soon see how much I LOVE this paper! So, I used my Martha Stewart butterfly punch to punch all these beauties out. I added a little glitter to each one, for more definition of their "body". I used my great new glitters from stampin' up and a two way glue pen for the giltter fun. When I attached them to the card, I used mini glue dots right in the center of them, so their wings could come forward.

My card is tempting turquoise, a layer of basic black, and then a layer of whisper white that had fun running through the Big Shot with my swiss dots embossing folder. The sentiment is from the Note of Thanks mini card set, also Stampin' Up. I stamped the sentiment in black ink and then punched it out with my large oval punch. My wide oval punch went to work with some Basic Black cardstock to make a mat for the sentiment...and there you have it!:)

Thanks so much for stopping by! I'm hoping these little butterflies will help our weather turn more spring-like...are any of you experiencing spring weather?! Have a wonderful day!!

CC181

So, I love the color challenge that was posted on SCS Tuesday; Kraft, Basic Black and Rose Red. How fun! As most of you know Chocolate Chip is my go to color...ok...so I use more of it than I do of any color other that white...I admit it! But, Basic Black get a tad neglected at my stampin' table. I really do love kraft, but as you might guess I don't use it as much as I should! It is such a great soothing color. Anyway, I guess that should help me get to the challenges more regurlarly, and start making myself use things that I'm not always reaching for, right?! Ok, I really do want to do more challenges, this fall...I feel it in the air!!

So this card was super quick and easy. I grabbed a few scraps of paper from by scrap stash, and sat them on my desk! The patterned paper is from the Cutie Pie collection-now a retired SU set of paper-. I used the new scallop edge punch...I LOVE that punch! You know I'm quite dedicated to my punches...WOW...you NEED it. Really, you do. So, I used it on the black bit, then attached the black and polka dot paper, tied the ribbon and added the black rub-ons (American Crafts). The flowers are a little punch I picked up at Target on my shopping spree this summer(I love that store!!) it is an EK success one. The brads are American Crafts too. So, there you have it!

I've got a few more projects to share so, see you tomorrow! Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Time is flying by!!

Hello friends! I feel like it's been too long since I've had a chance to "chat" with you! Thanks for you well wishes and such..we had a great time, are now all back on German time and getting good sleep! It sure is a hard few days to get there! My kids are in school...and I'm thinking that I'll get a chance to share a little more of what I'm up to...and have a chance to be up to a little more than I have in the past! Here's to hoping that becomes a reality!

I don't know if any of you ever take about a 6 week break from your ink and rubber, but when ever I have, it takes me a little bit of time to get back "into" the creating mindset. Any of you have that happen?! Well, one of my favorite places to lurk is my girlfriends' blog-KWernerDesigns. We have a fun "getting to know you story"...we met at a SU regional in SLC right before I moved to Germany, and we had SUCH a great time together!! Love her to pieces!! Anyway, as you all know (because she is SO famous right now!!), she has "it". I was going through my inbox and came across her latest color challenge, and thought I'd play along!

So, here is the first of my offerings. I the stripe paper is an SEI print that I love! Did you know that there is an SEI outlet in Logan, Utah!? Hello!! Yes, I know they are based there, but I've known that forever and just learned about the outlet while I was in Utah this summer!! I had so much fun!!! So, I cut all pieces 1/4" smaller than the previous layer, and then added a strip of basic gray ribbon. The flowers and brads are both American Crafts and were attached with a dimensional...and the rub-on is from SU! I love rub-ons! Don't you love rub-ons!?

Ok and for my next offering, because I had all those scraps on my desk...I had to do something with them! But instead of the bright pink for my 4th color, I chose to throw in a bit of Kiwi!! I'm really loving the new InColors from Stampin' Up! this year! I always do, but man...LOVE these colors! So, on this card, I used one of my favorite things from the new catalog--the scallop punch! I know, I've had scallops for a while, but this punch ROCKS! It keeps my lines straight...who could ask for more!! I also picked up a couple of new flower punches from EK success...the baby flower was used for the flowers down the left side of the card, and the mommy flower was used for the kiwi flower in the lower right corner. I love the thickers from American Crafts...super fun! And yes, I stocked up on more of them while I was in the states!!

So, hi to all of you that are reading this! I'm back...back to the life of a blogger...hope you'll stop by and say hey! Thanks for being patient and for all your kindess...isn't it wonderful that such a wonderful hobby brings so many people together and helps us have friends all over this wonderful world!!?? Thanks to all you friends!!

Have you seen the new Stampin' Up! catalog!? If not, you can download it from the photo on the right. I've got some new things I can't wait to play with! And of course, I'm working on my new catalog "wish-list"....you know how that goes! I'm also awaiting my new Lizzie Anne Designs stamps...I've got so much fun just waiting for me...I sometimes wish dishes would wash themselves and dust would just go away with a snap of my fingers!!

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!! It's great to be back!

Linda's Birthday Bag

We've got a great friend that works with my husband who recently had a birthday, so here is what we came up with! I was really excited to have a "need" to make something fun for her and she really enjoyed it! Ok, so here goes, the bag was filled with 8 cards and here they are!

The designer paper used throughout is the Ginger Blossom paper from SU. The cardstock, cameo coral, groovy guava, river rock, very vanilla, and ruby red. I got the directions for the bag from Angie Juda, it's super easy and is just a piece of 12x12 paper. I also broke out some of my PTI stamps, the sentiments and the frames around the sentiments are PTI. I used the scallop and 1 3/8" circle punches, double stitched river rock ribbon, and brads from SU. The last card used the Embrace Life stamp set, also SU.
This card is just using the other side of the floral paper, gotta love double sided paper!

So, there is Linda's Birthday Bag! As soon as I get more on my "to do list" finished, I've got an idea for a baby bag in my head. My son's teacher is having a little girl, so I thought it would be fun to make her a little bag of baby thank you cards...so stay tuned!

"J" Notes

The other day I decided that I needed to make a few "j" notes...to have in my collection of cards to share as needed! I LOVE the big deal alphabet from Stampin' Up! It is SO my favorite of the alphabets since it's beginnings in the catalog! I also really love River Rock and like the rest of the "In Colors" I'll miss it! I love it with the Ginger Blossom designer paper! Who knew that paper could bring so much joy!!

The card started with a river rock card and then was "dressed" with strips of ginger blossom and river rock designer papers. I stamped the "j" with Ruby Red classic ink, onto very vanilla cardstock, then using one of the circle borders and corners from PTI, inked in river rock ink, I created a great frame for my "j". I whipped out my trusty scallop circle punch from Marvy Uchida and punched the very vanilla scallop. I used the horizontal slot punch to punch a little track in the fold of the card for my double stiched river rock ribbon...and then attached my "j" to the card with dimensionals!

I think I'll make a few different color schemes in this same layout...anyway! Thanks a bundle for stopping by! If you'd like to take advantage of the great items in the Occasions mini and haven't placed your order yet, send me an email and I'll get right on it!:) Have a great day!!

Soft Sky

You all must know by know how I feel about Soft Sky...I love it!! I think it is really one of the most "me" colors that Stampin' Up! has offered. Since they started the "In Colors" I've really loved the "cool blues" and wow...Soft Sky is just 100% LOVE! I'm really going to miss it when it retires, so I'm going to try to keep using it up! Yes, I will stock up on a few "extra" packs of paper before it is gone...it's just such a versatile color! It really can go with just about any color and really rock! Anyway...I love it! I also really love the Prints Designer Series Paper packs! I'm suddenly finally able to cut into all the beautiful paper I am hoarding...and I just love it!! Yes, I'll get a couple of this soft sky designer paper too!!:)
For the card, a soft sky card base. Strips of prints designer series paper in close to cocoa and soft sky, 5/8" chocoalate chip grosgrain, chocolate chip classic ink (all SU), and thank you very much stamp (hero arts). I used the paper pirecing template (SU) for my little row of "detail" above the cocoa. I used the corner rounder punch (SU) on a piece of chocolate chip cardstock to create my scallop edge. I'm really liking the size of the scallop with that punch. I am so happy that scallops are so "in"! I love them and think they really do jazz up a card! (My friend Mary Fish has been using the word "Jazz" lately and it now just describes that little extra 'pa-zaz'! Thanks M!)

I think this card could have a million and one sentiments attached...I think I might use it to fill an order I just received...it would be a great birthday card...mother's day card...you name it!!

Thanks for stopping by! Have a great day!

Dallas

I have a brother named Dallas. He is just two years older than me and is and has always been one of my greatest friends. I love him to flippin' pieces...and it's been so wonderful to watch my kids with him. They love him SO much! They give him credit for teaching him all sorts of things...teaching Myles all about x-men, I learned yesterday that he taught Lucy (my 3 yr. old) how to put her hat on all by herself...and so on. I love that they love him so much. His name is first almost every time I ask them who they'd like to call. They love going to his house and stopping at the bakery...playing with his wonderful cool toys...they just love being with him. It's so fun to see them love him like I do. Anyway, last Sunday we were writing letters and Myles wanted to write Dallas a letter. He proceeed to draw all the characters from Star Wars with their lightsabers...and told us that Dallas taught him how to draw them...so funny. We decided to make a card to put our letters to Dal in, so here it is!


I used some cool designer paper from paper studio. I think it looks masculine and can work for Dal, he is a designer/photographer himself...so I wanted a great paper to use! We just cut a few strips. I used Taken with Teal cardstock(su) to mount the Dal pannel and also the brown paper. I used Thickers (AC) for his name...can I just say how much I love that product! They feel so great! I think Dal will like it...he will be really happy to get little love notes in the mail, who isn't?!
Thanks for stopping by!! Have a great one!

It took a while...

So, I've had these giant Heidi Swapp flowers for over a year now...just staring at me...and since I've decided not to hoard my stuff anymore, I thought it was hight time I get one of these out of the box!! (well,ok, two of them) It's a simple card, and I've seen some others that are similar, but I just got the Well Worn Words background stamp and I LOVE it!! It is stamped in celery on the celery cardstock. I also was reminded at how great a tool the cutting tool is...love that little thing!! So here is my offering on this beautiful saturday morning!!

chocolate chip, almost artichoke, and certainly celery c/s(su), misc. chocolate chip ribbon, well worn words(su), certainly celery classic ink(su), cutting tool(su), flowers(heidi swapp), clelery brad(paper studio).