Sassy Stems

I borrowed this set from my friend, Kristi. I didn't realize she had this set and thought it would be perfect to do a little watercoloring. I used So Saffron, Kiwi Kiss & Tangerine Tango. I'm not sure where the striped ribbon came from, but that was the inspiration for my colors. The sentiment is from PaperTrey Ink. Those sentiments are perfect for fitting in my oval punches. Thanks for stopping by. Enjoy your day!

Friend

More Designer Paper!! As I did with the Father's Day card, I kept the same layout, just changed the stamp set to the "Friend" stamp from the For A Friend (Hostess Level 1). You could use just about all of the stamps from this set with this layout, they would fit perfectly. I used the Cuttlebug folder for the background and the So Saffron DP and added a little pearl for some "bling". I really like this layout....and hope you don't get too sick of it. I'll be using it some more :) Enjoy your day! Thanks for stopping by.

Father's Day

We leave for our vacation today, and there's still lots to do, but I thought I would post this real quick. I'm going to try to get some other posts ready and use draft.blogger....we'll see how that goes. Hopefully I'll have more "reading material" for you while I am gone!

Here are a couple of Father's Day cards that I made. I have tons of the DP paper, but never seem to use it. Well, while I was doing my blog surfing one day, I found this card on Nancy Riley's blog. I changed some details on the card a little bit, but pretty much kept the same basic layout. I'll definitely be using this layout some more because I have TONS of paper to use!!

Enjoy your day....thanks for stopping by!

Just Celebrate

I can't believe it's been over a week since I last posted anything! I've been going to bed at 9pm or earlier every night this past week....I feel like I am making up on lost sleep back when everyone else in the house was sick. My mom and I were in our basement ALL DAY on Saturday organizing and getting things ready for our neighborhood garage sales at the end of June. When we moved, I was on bedrest, so unless we needed it immediately, it went into the basement. I figured, if I haven't needed it in the past year, then I don't need it. Actually, it sat in storage for 5-6 months while our house was being built and then in the basement for over a year, so I obviously haven't missed anything! I haven't had much time or energy to stamp lately. This is a card I made a while back. I think I cased this idea from Jen....i{heart}2stamp. (I stamped this card a while ago and just never posted it.) I'm not sure that I really like the color combo, but I had that orange polka dot ribbon and wanted to use it before another layer of dust grew on it :)

I used the stamp set Just Celebrate from the current mini catalog and used my square punches to punch out the parts of the flowers that I wanted. It was a different idea...I never would have thought to just use part of the flowers...my brain doesn't think outside the box very often....I always think I have to use the image as is.

Well, I got the girls to bed early and now I have 3 loads of laundry to fold....see, I put the laundry right in the middle of my bed, that way it has to be folded and put away before my lazy bum tries to slip into the sheets! Have a good night! Thanks for stopping by.

Pear Wishes

I really like this set, I just feel that I don't know what to do with it sometimes. This is another card that I created for my great-uncles 80th birthday. Figured fruit wasn't too girly :)

Quick post today....it's our anniversary....6 years! Wow! Where does the time go? The weather is supposed to be in the high 70's, maybe low 80's today, so we are hoping to take a bike ride with the girls to our quaint downtown and play at a park and get some ice cream. Still haven't been able to stamp lately....2 sick kids, sick hubby, wedding yesterday....I'm trying to catch up on laundry and house cleaning now that DH is home and can help with the girls. Tuesday night is my stamping night.....hopefully it comes to fruition and I can actually stamp! Thanks for stopping by and enjoy your weekend and the extra day off!

Zoofari Baby

Sorry for the lack of posts lately. As I mentioned before, the little one hasn't been sleeping and has been running a fever for the past few days. I have gotten NO SLEEP whatsoever. She will sleep well for the first hour or so that she is down, and then is up EVERY 20 minutes, like clockwork!! Then she'll sleep for an hour or so and then be up every 20 minutes for the next few hours. My DH have been taking 4 hours shifts to get us through the weekend (he's trying to study for his last MBA class) and I'm just so darn exhausted from the past week, that I could fall asleep eating....if I had energy to eat! LOL!

Here is a card that I made for friends of ours that had a baby girl. I used the CB Swiss Dots folder on Chocolate Chip. It's layered on Pretty In Pink. This is one of the color combination that was suggested back when I offered the Birthday Candy....thanks for the color suggestion. I like these colors together. I used Zoofari from SU! and the sentiment is from MFT - Essential Sentiments. The border along the pink scalloped oval is from GinaK Designs ( I just now noticed that I forgot to note that on my picture. oops!) Ribbon is from May Arts. No more energy to type....sorry! Thanks for stopping by!

Nestabilities Card

Here is the card that I made for my MIL for Mother's Day. My Nestabilities that I ordered from Cut@Home (http://www.ucutathome.com/index.php) FINALLY arrived in April from being on back order from February. You can sign up for their newsletter and use their 40% off coupon on the Nestabilities. While I'm not a patient person, I don't have an option since I'm a hobby demonstrator. I'm always looking for deals and have enough other stuff in my craft room to keep me busy until they arrive. I haven't had much time to play with them, but as soon as I got them, I made this card.

I used SU!'s Ginger Blossom paper...I can't get enough of this paper! I also made a bookmark for her (we gave her a book along with a nugget tin...I forgot to take a picture of it before I gave it to her...sorry!) I used my Cuttlebug flower die cuts and chipboard to make the bookmark.

I'm off to bed.....Camryn hasn't been sleeping well, which means Mommy hasn't been sleeping well. I'm off to get some sleep while I can! Thanks for stopping by.

Some Ribbon & Women of Life

I'm sure you've all been in the same situation...... you're willing to give your child just about anything so you can get a few minutes of stamping time in, right??? Emerson is gone at my in-laws for a few days, so Camryn has no one to play with, except me :) I thought she was playing well by herself, so I attempted to get a card made using my new Women of Life stamp set. Just as I am into the "thick of things" (Sorry for the Backyardagins pun!), she crawls in and wants some attention. So, I grab one of the first things I see.....my ribbon from Emily's ribbon share. I need to get more clothespins so I can wrap the ribbon around it, but in the mean time, it all still sits in the box. So I grab the box full of ribbon, and give it to Camryn. It kept her occupied for at least another 5+ minutes so I finish up my card!! Hey, sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do, KWIM???

Okay, onto the card. I had been admiring the Women of Life set for awhile now, but when PTI added the Women of Life addition set, I was SOLD! My mom is "Nana" to the girls and the addition set had it in there. I used some birthday money and bought both sets. This is the first time I have had a chance to play with them! When I purchased the stamp sets, I needed to spend a little more to get FREE shipping, so I decided to purchase some of their white cardstock. I'd always been happy with SU!'s white cardstock and never felt the need to switch. Well....now I know why everyone raves about PTI's white cardstock. It's heavier, thicker and not as glossy as SU!'s white cardstock. I'm not going to stop buying SU!'s cardstock, but will definitely keep PTI's in stock.

I used my new Paisley Cuttlebug embossing folder. A LSS was having a huge sale....it was the owners 49th birthday and Cuttlebug items were 49% off! How could I pass that up?? They didn't have much that I didn't already have, but they did have the Paisley folder, which I can't find anywhere else around here, so I snatched it right up! I also used my rectangle Nestabilities to emboss the white cardstock, but it doesn't show up in the picture. I just recently got these, so I haven't had a lot of time to play around with them. I did stamp on the cardstock first, and then carefully taped the Nestie to the cardstock and then cut and embossed the cardstock through my Cuttlebug machine.

Supplies:

Stamps: Women of Life and Women of Life Addition

Paper: PTI-white cardstock, SU!-Pink Passion, Wild Wasabi

Ink: Pink Passion, Wild Wasabi, Summer Sun

Accessories: Round Tab punch, Rectangle Nestabilities, white ribbon-Michael's

Changito Thank You's

Here are some more of the thank you cards that I made (see last post). As I mentioned before, I didn't have much time to get these done, so my layouts didn't vary too much. I didn't want to create all flowery cards, so since she has 3 kids, I thought these would be a hit. I love the Changito Monkey....I should really ink him up more often!

I used Sahara Sand for the card bases and then layered them with Chocolate Chip and accented with Garden Green. I used my CB Swiss Dots and Traffic Jam embossing folders.....I love how quick and easy the CB folders are to use, yet jazz up the card to make it look like you've spent much more time on it ;) To color in the monkey and vine, I used my ink pads and Aqua Painter.

Okay, time for me to go take a power nap while Camryn is still napping. We went to the Children's Museum today......bad idea.....it's Spring Break and COLD outside. What was I thinking????? I'm whooped! Thanks for stopping...enjoy the rest of your day!

Birth Announcements

First, thank you to Deb & Allison for helping me with my color issues. (see earlier post) I think because I have two girls, I am always leaning towards "girlie" color combinations....teals, pinks, purples, etc. I just blank when I have to come up with a gender neutral card. I have more announcments to make and will take the color advice from Deb & Allison. But in the meantime, I made a couple of these up. I feel like they are a little boring, so I think by adding Bashful Blue and So Saffron (like they suggested), it will liven up the card a little more. I am making these for a surprise for a friend of mine who doesn't know what she is having. I hope she like them!

Camryn is down sleeping and Emerson is playing so quietly, so now is my time to get some cleaning done! Thanks for looking! (sorry the lighting is so bad in the picture...I just couldn't get it to turn out today.)

Supplies:

Paper: SU! Chocolate Chip, Certainly Celery & Whisper White

Stamps: SU! Bundle of Joy, Punchy Words-GinaK Designs

Ink: SU! Chocolate Chip, StazOn Timber Brown

Accessories: Cuttlebug Spots & Dot Embossing Folder, Paper Piercer, Crop-A-Dile, Corner Rounder Punch, Word Window Punch, Marvy Uchida Giga Scalloped Circle Punch & Mega Circle Punch, Brown Watercolor Pencil, gamsol, blending stump, ribbon (from JoAnn's)

Acrylic Post-It Note Holders

Here are some more of the goodies that I have been making for a friend of mine. She ordered 7 post-it note holders to give to special ladies in her life. The initials correlate with their first names. Here are 6 of the 7 that I made. They are really quite easy to make. Some people have asked me what to do when the post-it notes are gone or when 2009 rolls around. Well, the post-it notes and calendar were attached with double sided red sticky tape. Since the last page is attached, just attach the new post-it note pad or calendar on top of the last page. Not perfect, but it does work. I really couldn't figure out a better way. Any suggestions out there???

Supplies: Paper-DCWV stacks, All My Memories, SU!-Blue Bayou, Pixie Pink, River Rock; Accessories: chipboard letters, Cuttlebug Olivia alphabet; SU!'s 1 3/8 & 1 1/4 circle punches, acrylic 4x6 frame, post-it notes, mini calendar.
Supplies: Paper-Flair Designs, SU!-Close to Cocoa, Very Vanilla, DCWV stacks; Ink: Craft Old Olive; Stamps: Canvas Background; Accessories: acrylic 4x6 frame, post-it notes, mini calendar, Super Oval Punch, chipboard letters, Cuttlebug Olivia Alphabet.

Supplies: Paper-Flair Designs, SU! Close to Cocoa, DCWV Stacks; Accessories: acrylic 4x6 frame, post-it notes, mini calendar, chipboard letters, Cuttlebug Olivia Alphabet, SU!'s 1 3/8 & 1 1/4 circle punches.