Cherry Celebrate

I've had this paper for a while, and haven't used it until now. I'm such a horder! I just love this Tart & Tangy stamp set. I've used it soooo much! I layered the DSP on Old Olive layered on Whisper White. I used my SU! markers to color the cherry stamp. I used my Scallop Circle punch and used my paper piercer to punch the holes and then used my white gel pen to accent the holes. I stamped the Celebrate stamp from the Wonderful Words stamp set in Real Red and I used Real Red striped ribbon to finish off the top of the card. Nice and cheery. This card make me smile.

Celebrate with Celery DSP

I'm kind of a paper junkie, along with a ribbon junkie, embellishment junkie, etc. I just can't get enough!!! I have just about every color of the Stampin' Up! designer series papers, but rarely use them. So I made this card to show how easy you can create a card. I didn't do much embellishing to this card. I created it in about 10 minutes or less.

I used Certainly Celery designer series paper, layered on top of Certainly Celery card stock, layered on top of Whisper White cardstock. I stamped "Celebrate" in Certainly Celery and used my photo corner punch and paper piercer to embellish the front. When you don't have a lot of time to make a card, this one is simple and quick to do. Thank for stopping by!

Celebrate the Moment with Au Chocolate

Sorry I have fallen off the face of the earth!! I have been spending every spare moment getting ready for my first craft show this Saturday and my DD (4 yo) just had her tonsils out today. She did well, but boy am I exhausted. I'm sure that's how the rest of the week will go too. I just hope she has a good recovery.....I think I should buy some stock in popsicles!

I never ever use this paper because I like it too much!! Doesn't make much sense, does it?? Well, I only have limited space in my craft room, so I'm trying really hard to use what I have before I go out and get more. I just love this card. It think it looks so elegant. The Au Chocolate DSP is retired from SU!, ribbon is from a ribbon share I did and the sentiment is from GinaK Designs. Those sentiments fit perfectly into the SU! Window Word punch. My mom asked for cards for her birthday and this is one of them. I hope she likes it! Enjoy your day!

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!

Friends - Warm Up Card

Here is another warm up card. As you can see from the previous post, I was in a green & black mood that day. The green is one of the new In Colors - Kiwi Kiss- from Stampin' Up! I just love this color! Doing these warm-up cards definitely get the crafty juices flowing. Stay tuned...more stuff to follow!

Stationary Box

Yep, I jumped on the Stationary Box bandwagon. When I first saw this on Nancy Riley's blog, iSTAMP, I thought "How cool! I can do that!" The directions for the box are here. I absolutely love the new Bella Rose DS paper from SU! I just couldn't decide which combination I wanted to use to do the box. I think it turned out okay.

Here is the inside of the box.

Here is a view of the tags and 3 x 3 note cards outside of the box.

Here is the larger sized cards that I put in the box. I have no idea who this box is going to, but for now I made the cards and put my initial for my last name on there. I love the new Just Rite Monogram stamps that are out there, but just can't take that plunge yet, so this is my version on the monogram card. I used SU!'s scallop circle punch and the 1 1/4" circle punch and the retired set, Whimsical Alpha Upper for the letter "H".

If you make one of these boxes, I'd love to see it. Leave a comment with a link to your box. Hope you enjoyed this.

New In-Color Comparison Chart

WOW! Can you believe I'm actually blogging? I haven't stamped since the end of May, well, except for the occasional birthday cards that needed to go into the mail. I finally dedicated some time to the craft room the other night. These girls of mine have been wearing me out this summer....I'm lucky if I'm awake past 9pm! Camryn isn't walking quite yet, but she sure can scale every object in the house. Needless to say, she is keeping my on my toes!

Here is my rendition of the new 08-09 In-Color comparison chart.

The new In-Colors are: Comparisons:

Riding Hood Red Ruby Red & Real Red

Pink Pirouette Blush Blossom & Pretty In Pink

Kiwi Kiss Certainly Celery & Old Olive

Baja Breeze Bashful Blue & Bordering Blue

Tangerine Tango Only Orange & Pumpkin Pie

Pacific Point Ballet Blue & Brilliant Blue

I love the new Bella Rose designer series paper that has the colors Riding Hood Red, Kiwi Kiss & Pink Pirouette in it. I'm in the process of making a Stationary Box, that so many other have made, with this paper, but I'm slow in the process. I'll get it done one of these days!

Emerson finally starts preschool in the fall and that will finally lend more time to stamping....I hope! I hope you are all enjoying your summer.

~Kelley

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!

For You

Here is a card that I made that I cased from the Stampin' Success Catalog a month or two ago (I can't remember!!) These are quick and easy cards to make. You use a 12x12 sheet of paper and cut 3" strips and then score in half to make your card 3 x 6. I used the Tart & Tangy stamp set from the current mini catalog, along with Certainly Celery and Pink Passion. Also used the Scallop punch, scallop scissors and my CAD to make the design at the bottom of the card.

If you make some of these, I'd love to see them!

Forgive Me

Please forgive me for being such a bad blogger lately. We've been soooo busy. We have rehearsal tonight for a wedding on Saturday that Emerson is in, birthday party on Sunday, appointments and Emerson's last day of ballet on Monday and then we leave on Tuesday to go out of town without the girls. It will be a nice break.....but a lot of work before we leave! Both my in-laws and parents are taking shifts watching the girls, so I've been trying to get everything in order, far as the house, food, clothing, etc. goes.

I haven't been able to stamp lately at all! During my dedicated stamp time on Tuesday, I cleaned my room....not fun to do, but I couldn't find anything, so I figured it was time. Plus I bought some more shelves, but before I could those up, I had to take ALL the other ones down in order to put up more supports for the shelves.

Here is a popsicle card that I did have a chance to do recently. I made these for our family picnic this summer as well as our playgroup picnic. I thought the kids would enjoy these. I originally found these on Rochelle's blog (check it out....she has some great ideas!) but also on Patty's Stamping Spot. I got the dimensions of the card from Patty's post, but tweaked them a little to fit what I thought it should look like.

I used the Tart & Tangy stamp set along with the invitation stamp from the Hugs & Wishes stamp set on the inside. Just can't get enough of the scallop punch....I love finding new and fun things to do with it. Hope you enjoys these! I'm hoping to get some more posts prepared so you have something to browse while I am gone. 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!

Embrace Life

Another quick post today. Still not getting any sleep and could fall asleep typing this at any moment!! Camryn's fever is gone, but running nose, coughing all night long from the drainage, etc. Poor girl....I feel so bad for her, especially when there isn't much I can give her.

Anyway, on to the cards. These cards are part of the batch of cards that I made for my MIL a while back (no sleep = no time/energy to stamp). I used River Rock for the card base and of course one of my favs.....Ginger Blossom DS paper. I cut out the flower from the Embrace Life set and colored it in with my Aqua pen. I picked up this ribbon from Hobby Lobby, but I don't like it....it kinda looks like satin, but it's very stiff. I can remedy that situation since I just got in on Emily's satin ribbon share......you can never have enough ribbon!!

Thanks for stopping by. I'm hoping to send Emerson off to a friends to play this morning so I can try to nap while Camryn is napping (crossing my fingers!!)

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!

Autumn Leaves

This is a card I made for my great-uncle's 80th birthday. He refused to have a party, so family and friends inundated him with birthday cards instead. I have a hard time making masculine cards to begin with, and then what do I do for someone who is 80???? I bought this set, but had never even mounted the stamps, so I figured it was time to mount them and get them all inked up! I used Always Artichoke, Baroque Burgundy and So Saffron. I took the leaf stamp and inked it first with So Saffron and then rocked the stamp in Always Artichoke and Baroque Burgundy. I had never tried this technique before, but I think it turned out quite well, if I do say so myself! :) The ribbon is from the ribbon share that Emily Giovanni had from Stamping & Stuff. Not too bad for a card that I had less than 10 minutes to do. I'll have to keep this one in mind for the future.

Hope you are all enjoying your day! Thanks for stopping by.

Oh So Lovely

Here are a couple of cards that I did recently. They are very similar, but the layout are just a little bit different. I used SU!'s watercolor paper. I just love this stuff. I like the "bleeding" look of the ink on the paper. I used Not Quite Navy for the base of the card and then stamped my Canvas background stamp on it. Layered them with River Rock and Purely Pomegranate. I got a little smudge on one of the cards with my adhesive and couldn't get it off, so I covered it up with River Rock DP. Guess I should finally invest in the adhesive remover, huh?? I'd rather spend my money on stamps than adhesive remover, but if the adhesive is ruining my card, I supposed I should just do it :)

Well, I'm off to catch up on my laundry. Enjoy your day...it's cold here, but at least the sun is shining!

A Quickie

Do I have your attention now?? LOL! Quickie post and a quickie gift. Emerson has a party at her friends today, then another birthday party after that for my nieces and then an engagement party after that (Emerson is in the wedding.) Busy day!

I picked up this mug at the Dollar Tree and used my rub-ons from the Sale-A-Bration catalog. I think it turned out quite cute. You could use it to puts pens, markers, etc. in it. Not sure who it will go to.....maybe I'll keep it for myself :) Thanks for stopping by.....off to the first party!

MOM....Don't Look!!!

Mom, I'm not kidding.....don't look, unless you want to see part of your Mother's Day gift!

Okay, now that we have that part over with (LOL!). I have a TV update and a Mother's Day gift to show you today.

First, the TV passes have been working quite well. For the last two days, all 4 passes have been used up by 1:00pm, but that is her choice. It's actually quite nice to have the TV off in the afternoon without having to argue with her about it. When I was at IKEA, I got some Tupperware-like storage containers for odds-n-ends. So, I used a 3M plastic hook and attached it to the outside of the container and made a slit in the top large enough for the passes to fit through. The passes hang on the hook until she decides to use them, that way she knows how many she has left. When she chooses to watch a show, she takes a pass off the hook and puts it into the container. So far, so good!!

Now onto the Mother's Day gift. This is part of the gift for my mother for Mother's Day. I absolutely love this Berry Bliss paper. Well, I love all paper, but I really like the colors of this paper, so much so, that I had a hard time cutting it!! LOL! I used the Limitless Labels stamp set from PTI. I actually bought the stamp set from Christie Ortman from Paper Pretties. She accidentally purchased two of them, not realizing she already had one, so she was selling the 2nd one. I had been wanting this stamp set for quite some time and I thought this was "my sign" to get it. (Yeah, I know......just let me keep telling myself that....it's my way of justifying the money to buy it!!)

I stamped on three rows of the nuggets and used the Berry Bliss DP to wrap around another row (hidden underneath the band). I made a card for my Mom that coordinates with the nuggets, using more of the DP paper and of course my favorite CB folder, Swiss Dots.

Well, I have to go and get my laundry ready. Our washing machine has been on the fritz lately. We've had Sears out here twice, replacing parts, etc. and a plumber out here to make sure it wasn't our plumbing for some reason. Well, no one can figure out what is going on. Sears will be out here again on Monday. So in the mean time, I am doing laundry over at my neighbors house. I'm sure after Sears is out here again on Monday, we will be out buying a new washing machine Monday night!! With all the money we have spent on repairs, plumbers, etc. we could have paid for 1/2 a washing machine already!

Supplies:

Stamps: Taggers Dozen, All Year Cheer II, Limitless Labels (PTI)

Ink: Close to Cocoa, Purely Pomegranate, Pretty In Pink

Paper: Berry Bliss DP, Purely Pomegranate, Close to Cocoa, Pretty in Pink

Accessories: nugget tin (PTI), Chocolate Chip grosgrain ribbon, ticket corner punch, Purely Pomegranate double-stitch ribbon, Scallop punch, 1 3/8 & 1 1/4 circle punch, CB Swiss Dots folder

5 Minute Card

Along with the dinosaur card that I made (from the last post) I also made this card. I had about 10 minutes to get 2 cards done.....not a lot of time!! I made this card for my nephew. It's not some of my finest works, but I whipped it up quick and it's made totally from scraps! Not too shabby!

I used my Just Celebrate set from the Occasions Mini Catalog. I stamped the image and colored it in with my markers and then I used the backing that you peel off the stamp to put it on the wood block to create a masking effect. I put the backing over the image and sponged it with Wild Wasabi. I've also heard of people keeping the rubber portion of the die-cut stamp sets and placing that over your image and sponging on top of the image. I kept my rubber scraps, but haven't tried that technique yet.

I probably won't get any stamping in during the next several days....my DH will be gone at a conference today and tomorrow. Saturday we have 2 birthday parties and an engagement party to go to and Sunday we'll be out at my in-laws for the day visiting them for the first time since they have returned from Florida. Emerson is pretty excited....she hasn't seen them since Christmas. It will be a LONG weekend! Thanks for stopping by!