Hope everyone is having a nice weekend. Saturday was nice and sunny, I was able to get about 2 1/2 hours in the pool! Today is overcast and we have had a few rain showers, guess that’s what we are in for today. That’s actually ok, I can work on some card designs, Monday my first order from the… Read More: Paper Craft Crew Card Sketch #96 »
Happy Friday, in just a few hours the weekend officially starts. Its been a rough week at work, we switched to the cloud for email and lets just say its been a ‘stormy’ cloud. I am looking forward to spending some time in pool if the weather stays sunny, next week I’ll be crafting since my order from the new… Read More: Endless Birthday Wishes Walt! »
Happy Monday, The day is finally here, the new Stampin’ Up 2014-2015 Annual Catalog goes live at 12PM MDT !! This past month I have enjoyed looking at the catalog and creating a wish list of items I can’t wait to get my hands on, my order will make your head spin! Thought I would start by showing two… Read More: New In-Colors for 2014-2016 »
First let me start by saying Happy Friday, sure do like these short work weeks, even if I get confused on what day it is! Here is my card for this weeks Paper Craft Crew Card Sketch Challenge. This card actually came together rather easy for me. I knew I wanted to use items from my pre-order for the 2014-2015 Stampin’… Read More: Paper Craft Crew #95 »
For a limited time you can join Stampin’ Up! for just $50! This amazing opportunity will only last until June 30, 2014, so take what you already love doing—stamping and crafting—and make a little money while you’re at it! When you join Stampin’ Up! during this limited-time offer, you’ll receive: $55 worth of products A 30% discount on your first… Read More: Join Stampin Up for $50 until June 30, 2014 »
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Happy Memorial Day, let me first thank all the service men and women – past and present who have served our great country – you are reason we have the freedoms we do today! It’s been a busy weekend around here, we opened the pool which is an all day affair and had some great bar-b-q and grilled steak.… Read More: Paper Craft Crew #94 »
Today is a special day, my favorite nephew Jake is 16! Watch out all you drivers in New Jersey! In honor of his birthday, I made a special card and matching envelope for him. What I’m not showing you is the first envelope (made the wrong size) that I filled with lip balm and breath mints for all the… Read More: Happy 16th Birthday Jake! »
Once a month my Sunday Stampers meet and yesterday was the day. Also a pleasure to get together with the ladies. I had a request from Jan, our hostess for the day, for a special baby card and when I saw some samples of a “Building Block Card” I knew this had to be base of my card! I… Read More: Build-a-Block Baby Card »
Happy Saturday, today I decided to try the Paper Craft Crew sketch challenge. Here is a look at the sketch. Here is the card a designed: For my card, I decided to use a card base of Gumball Green(retiring) and Watercolor Wonder Designer Series Paper as my background and tag. I really like the Scalloped… Read More: Paper Craft Crew #93 »
This week, my brother and sister-in-law celebrated their anniversary, thought I would share the card I made for them. The card base and background mat are Whisper White, for a nice clean look. The background is embossed with the Adorning Accents embossing folder (retiring) and highlighted with Watercolor Wonder Washi Tape. Entire background is popped up with dimensionals. I… Read More: Anniversary Card – Mike & Diane »
This and That Epic Day Designer Series paper is featured on the “Tag-A-Bag” Card.
Happy Saturday, today I thought I would share a card make with products from the new catalog, available June 2nd. It’s a simple card using the new Blended Bloom Stamp, Rich Razzleberry and Daffodil Delight Stampin’ Blendabilities Markers. Some fussy cutting and the greeting from Itty Bitty Banners. One tip when “fussy” cutting out a stamped image, run a black… Read More: Sneak Peak! »
Here is a card using the “Tag a Bag” Accessory kit in a different manner, sometime you just need to think outside the box. Gumball green cardstock for card base, equal size pieces of Crushed Curry cardstock and Epic Day Designer Series Paper create the back drop for a tag, label and Bakers Twine from the Tag a Bag Accessory… Read More: Tag a Bag into a Card! »
It’s been a busy weekend and now I am relaxing watching a concert performance of Jason Aldean at the Stagecoach Festival. He’s one of my favorite country singers. Last summer I had the pleasure of meeting him and getting a photo with him, one of the highlights of my summer. One of the other highlights of the Summer of… Read More: Remembering summer of 2013 and Maya’s card design! »
Thought I would share an Easter card with you before all the fun begins today. My husband has not smoked for over three years and we are now finally getting all new carpet in the house (need to get rid of the evidence of a few burn marks, luckily never any fires). So its a pretty big day… Read More: Watercolor Notecards »
Today was my monthly Sunday Stampers club meeting. We made cards using the Chevron Border punch, which I showcased last Sunday as a “preview” of the cards for club. We also used Washi Tape and Gold Embossing on some Whisper White cards. For the Whisper White cards, the first used the Label Love bundle (stamp set with matching punch) to… Read More: Vellum – Washi and Sunday Stampers »
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Today while watching a NCIS Los Angeles marathon on television, I worked on the cards for my Sunday Stamping Club – thought I would share a sneak peek of one of the cards we will making. After watching different video’s on You Tube on how to create a lattice effect with the Chevron Border punch, thought I would… Read More: Chevron & Butterflies »
Happy Friday, it’s has been a busy week at work, and I’m sure glad it’s Friday! Looking forward to Saturday morning and sleeping in just a little. I will be working on crafting cards using the Chevron border punch for an upcoming stamp class, just might post a sneak peak sometime on Sunday, stay tuned! Thought I would… Read More: Birthday Present Card – Quick and Simple »
A little bit for everyone – ribbon, lace tape, dies, punches and MDS!
Happy Monday, today is the last day of Sale-A-Bration, which is free merchandise for every $50 before tax/shipping. Todays card uses the “You’re Lovely” stamp set which coordinates with the Deco Label Framelit Collection. The stamp was stamped in three different colors, Island Indigo, Tangerine Tango and Daffodil Delight – die cut, punched (1 3/4″ circle) and… Read More: Sad day, End of Sale-A-Bration »
This past week I was out of town for a business meeting. The flight home was during sunset. The view out of the plane window was beautiful – the lights of NYC (amazing how straight some of the streets are by the look of the car lights) and the sunset! As I looked at the beautiful colors of the sunset – all… Read More: Sunset Colors = Card »
This past Friday night “Island Hunters” was on while I was doing some chores in preparation for a business trip this week. I was inspired by the birds that I kept seeing. All I could do was think of this card, so I stopped and put it together. It’s very easy card for a beach loving friend! Card base is… Read More: Island Hunters inspired card! »
Happy Friday! It’s been a busy week at work and I am looking forward to relaxing, spending some time crafting and getting a mani/pedi, (a great way to relax). Our anniversary was this week (26 years!). It was a cold, rainy day so we decided to have dinner out Saturday night at a favorite restaurant to celebrate, no… Read More: Clean Simple card for FMS 128 »
Today was the monthly meeting of my Sunday Stamp Club. Thanks to all the ladies that came today (Jamie, Erin, Theresa, Wendy and Hostess Susie), you are the reason I became a demonstrator and enjoy sharing what I learn with you, actually we learn from each other. Now I get to share what we do with the world! One… Read More: Sunday Stamp Club »
If you like using your Big Shot this weeks “Deals” are perfect for you! With the “Dress Form Pop N Cuts” – not only can you do cards with the dress form, but a few snips and its a table for a pot of flowers! Happy Crafting!