Stampin' with Sherry

Happy Birthday

2012-02-10T11:54:00.000-08:00

I'm back with a birthday card I made for a long time friend. The window is a die cut. The flower is made with a long die cut by Cheery Lynn. It is cut out and rolled up to form the flower. The rest are just various punches. I added the stamped sentiment by Papertrey Ink to the sign above the window that is part of the Webster pages DP. There is also a black die cut border along the bottom of the DP that is the same design that I made the flower out of. If you enlarge the photo, you may see it. It's much more visable in real life. The window is also popped up with dimensionals.

Hope you have a nice weekend. I hope to spend more time in my craft room! See ya soon!

Needle book and another valentine for you!

2012-02-09T16:39:00.000-08:00

This is a needle book I made for a dear friend of mine who is an excellent seamstress and papercrafter. The book is made with wool felt. I used some of my floral die cuts for the front cover and added a few embroidery stitches. The inside of the book has felt pages for needles and pins.

I made a few Magnolia Valentine's this year and always enjoy making them. This is actually two images that I have cut out. The DP is by My Mind's Eye and is such a pretty print. The back of the floral paper is the gingham which is what I used for the ribbon backing.

I have some news to share with you in a few weeks. It will involve many projects that I will have to keep undercover for awhile. Until then, I will be busy as a bee! Thanks for dropping by!

Snowy days

2012-02-06T14:06:00.000-08:00

I'm back with a picture of our snowfamily that we made in one of our recent snows. We had 2 feet of snow this weekend but didn't get out to make a snow family so here is a photo from the xmas snows. It's a photo of my husband and I on the right and my daughter and her husband on the left side.

And a fun card I made today! I am busy each week making cards for my sister-in-law that has been in a nursing home or hospital for about the past year. I try to make her day a little happier with a card each week. So, here is another for her. She had a little white Maltese dog that they have had to give away to their house cleaning lady because nobody is ever home to take care of her. So, I had a Westie dog that I put on this card since that is the closest pooch stamp I had to a Maltese. She will like it. The fence is a CC Designs stamp. The sentiment is SU. The grass is Dee Gruenig. And of course the Magnolia stamps that we all love! I got out my air brush and colored the background with the shades of green and the blue sky. The grassy stamp was colored with Marvy markers.

Hope your week is going well. We will be heading up to Denver for the day on Wednesday to see our daughter and then go to lunch in Boulder. We will hit a few shops up that way too. Brittany has been telling me about a wonderful kitchen store there so we will both enjoy that. And I will have to check the internet for a quilting store and a stamping store. I think there is a really good quilting store up there so I will have to do some research on that one. I don't know about the crafting stores but will look and see what I can find. Got to make a day of it - ya know!!!

Batty in love

2012-02-03T13:22:00.000-08:00

Another valentine here! This is another of Paper Smooches' stamps which are so darn cute! It's a very simple card and those are always good when you are making lots of valentines. The papers are from my huge scrap stash.

We are having a blizzard here today. It started snowing yesterday at 4pm and has not stopped yet! We had about 15 inches of the white stuff this morning and expect another 10 inches or more before it quits on Sat morning. We have drifts up to 5 feet and now that the wind has kicked in...there are actually bare spots on our driveway. My hubby blew it off this morning so that helped. It was DEEP DEEP DEEP. He had to go to Chicago this afternoon so had to get out in it. Hopefully the flights will start going this afternoon. SW cancelled all their incoming flights last night and he was the last one in. They didn't want airplanes stuck in Denver last night and this morning. Good planning.

Hope you have a good Superbowl weekend!

Valentine

2012-02-02T15:48:00.000-08:00

Here's a Snoopy Valentine for you! It's a Stampabilies stamp and so easy. The right side DP is My Mind's Eye and the other side is scraps from my stash.

Our snow is finally here. Just started and we could get a foot of the white stuff. I made a HUGE pot of spaghetti sauce, a salad, a Coconut Pie and I have rolls rising in the warm oven. I'm set for a long snowy weekend! Hubby comes in tonight and leaves again in the morning for another trip.

I ordered a bunch of fun card making goodies today. Should be a fun day when they arrive!

Have a great weekend!

Love

2012-02-01T18:50:00.000-08:00

Another valentine today! This is actually am image that had a pumpkin balanced on the dog's nose but I cut it off and added a big heart that has been popped up with dimensionals. I believe it is a Penny Black stamp. The DP is by My Mind's Eye.

We are supposed to get a big snow storm tomorrow night. I am looking forward to that. I have plenty of projects to keep me busy. I've been working on my February block of the month and hope to get that done shortly. Another goal I would like to meet this year is to do seasonal table runners. I have several places for them and would love to get started on them. I did order some valentine fabric today so we'll see if it gets here before Valentine's Day.

Have a good day!

Happy Valentine's Day 3D

2012-01-31T16:38:00.000-08:00

Here is a card I did for a challenge on SCS. I must say it doesn't look as cluttered in real life but I wanted to take the picture at an angle so you could see the 3D effect. I just cut lots of flowers, vines and scrolly things to glue on the different pages of the card. The directions can be found over on SCS under Tuesday's challenge for 1-31-2012. I could not get the link to work or I would have put it here.

It's been a very warm January but I think February will be starting out a little colder. We are expecting some snow on Thursday and maybe a blizzard. We never know what we will get here. It's always different from the city forecast since we are so much higher. But, I must say, I'm ready for a good snowfall!

Love Monster

2012-01-30T14:28:00.000-08:00

It's so great to be back in my craft room today! We had our daughter and hubby over for the weekend so crafting was not on the agenda! Here is a fun card made using Kim's stamps from Paper Smooches. I got to take one of her classes in Phoenix and loved her! Here I stamped the monster directly on the DP and then cut him out. She really has some fun images! The red heart is a felt sticker I had in my stash. The kraft heart cardstock was leftovers from a kit.

Hope you have a fun week! I'll be back tomorrow with some more goodies!

Washi Tape card

2012-01-27T15:12:00.000-08:00

Here is another Washi tape card I made that is very similar to the previous one. I varied the distances between the tapes to make my own paper. The "thanks" is a $1 stamp from the M store. I colored each letter with Marvy markers.

Hope your weekend will be full of crafting! We will have our daughter and son-in-law over tomorrow so that will be nice. Maybe on Sunday we will do something fun since it is supposed to be a nice day. We had snow showers most of the day today but no accumulations much. My hubby is out sweeping the driveway as there is about an inch or so in some places. The snow is so dry that is just brushes right off - gotta love that! Nothing like the east coast snows! Have a great weekend whatever you have planned!

2 Hearts SC369

2012-01-25T15:17:00.000-08:00

I'm really on a roll...2 postings again today! I'll be lucky to post the rest of the week so figured I better take advantage of this!!! Here is another post for a sketch challenge on SCS. I wanted to do another valentine card so this worked out pretty well. The red paper is metallic although it doesn't show that too well. I embossed the red hearts and added the bows. Simple card! Gotta like that!

Happy Valentine's Day

2012-01-25T14:14:00.000-08:00

Another Valentine card. This is one of my favorite valentine stamps maybe because I love fluffy dogs! This doggie reminds me of our neighbor's dog in Arizona and my Muffy dog sent Marley a valentine last year with this image! Muffy has since gone to heaven but our memories of her are never forgotten. I have no idea whose stamp this is as it is unmounted rubber and I don't care to take the time to label all my stamps! Would rather spend the time playing! So there! The DP is by My Mind's Eye.

I guess all of our favorite crafting stores are going to have a great weekend with the big winter CHA show. Don't you just wish you could go to that! What a treat that would be! I look forward to seeing all the new products in the stores in the next few months. And Tim Holtz has some awesome distressing markers coming out. Can't wait to try those!

Have a great day!

CC359

2012-01-24T16:25:00.001-08:00

Nothing like posting 2 cards in one day!!! What an accomplishment for me today! This is the color challenge over on SCS. We had to use poppy, the lime green and black. We could also add dessert by using 2 embossing folders! No problem with that as I have tons of embossing folders that have been rather lonely in their box. I added a paper flower to turn this into a valentine card. It's always great to make a card that I know I can use soon! What a great challenge for today!

Valentine

2012-01-24T15:22:00.000-08:00

Here is a wintery valentine for a cold wintery day in Colorado. The image is by Sugar Nellie. I colored with Copics and added a little Stickles to the centers of the flowers. The top border is cut from Doodlebug Design DP. The polka dot paper is from my stash of scraps. The heart is a MS punch with a red heart bling added to the center.

Stay warm! Have a great day!

A little side track...

2012-01-23T10:14:00.000-08:00

OK ladies...here is a little side track from my stamping to show you what keeps me busy when I'm not stamping. Another of my favorite hobbies is decorating and sewing. So, after the recent move to Colorado, I've had lots and lots of windows to make window treatments for. Here are a few of the ones I have completed. Most of the windows in our house do not need anything for privacy. I am one of those people who HATES having my house closed up. I need the sunshine and brightness in my house. Too depressing without it! So, most of our windows do not have shades or blinds on them. There is one window in the house that looks out to our neighbors back but they can not see in our house because we put up mirror film on the front windows. We can see out, but they can't see in. It also alleviated the need for blinds to shut them out! We have had to put up a few blinds or shades to block out the sun during certain parts of the day. BUT, I promise you...once the sun has ventured on by us...those blinds and shades are WIDE OPEN!!!

Hope you enjoyed my side track. I'll be back tomorrow for some stamping fun! See you!

Be Mine

2012-01-22T10:53:00.000-08:00

Isn't she just the cutest cow??? Yes, this city girl has begun to love the country life - kind of hard not to when you have cows visiting occasionally in the summer months. When I saw this stamp, I fell in love with it! I've used it a few other times but thought it would be so cute for Valentine's Day too! It's an easy peasy stamp too so that makes it even better!!! It's by Great Impressions. I added a few MS punches on the bottom of the card to bring out the black. The candy heart is by MSE.

I got my window treatments up and love how they turned out. Maybe I will get some photos of some of my creations when I get ambitious enough to do a little cleaning! I had such a hard time finding trim and then I ran across a wonderful place online with really good deals on trims. I was so pleased with my purchase. If you are interested, let me know and I will post the info. I don't remember it right now!!!

Have a wonderful week of crafting, sewing or whatever tickles your fancy!

Congrats card

2012-01-16T13:48:00.000-08:00

I had so much fun making this card! My daughter-in-law is having lasik surgery on her eyes today. Her vision is pretty bad without glasses or contacts. So, I was trying to think of a good card to make for her. I found a scrapbook store with lots of discontinued things in it and came upon this PERFECT stamp for her! I was jumping for joy when I found it!!! It has the eye chart on it in the form of Congratulations. The stamp doesn't have the manufacturer on it so I have no clue who made it. The other sentiment is by Hero Arts and the inside sentiment is by the Stamp Pad. It was a stamp I usually use for graduation cards but thought it was fitting for this card too! Her world will be so much brighter with new eyes. I'm pretty excited for her! The papers are by Cosmo Cricket. The big edge bracket is by Tim Holtz.

Enjoy your day!

Valentine Mailbox

2012-01-15T17:22:00.000-08:00

I made this Valentine card from some leftover mailbox stamps I made for our change of address cards. I added the red heart to the envelope for the valentine and of course used different background papers for the card. The DP is from My Mind's Eye. I punched the lacy hearts with a MS punch. The "for you" was popped up with dimensionals as well as the red letter.

I finished my window treatments for another room. I just have to wait until Thursday for my hubby to get home and put up the brackets to mount them. It's always a long wait when you are anxiously awaiting to get something like this put up!

The first half of the year is full of birthdays so I'm busy working on cards and a few projects for gifts. When I have a few spare moments I try to work on my next quilting project. Never a dull moment around here!!! Thanks for dropping by...come back again for some more goodies!

McDonald's memories

2012-01-13T14:42:00.000-08:00

This is a book that I made for my brother for Christmas. He recently demolished one of his McDonald's stores and rebuilt a beautiful new store in it's place. I made a book to capture the memories of this remarkable event in his life. I purchased a cook book kit and used the papers, bags and some of the embellishments to make my book. He had a VIP open house for the big whigs in the city and used many of McDonald's products to make appetizers and desserts for this occasion. It was truly amazing to see all the things you could make from McDonald's ingredients they use everyday. The book is made from black paperbags. Inside each bag there are recipe cards that come out to show the foods they had at the open house. I got a hold of the special menu they had for the first week - and I shrunk it to fit my book. I also had a copy of the invitation - and shrunk it too. I had all my photos made at Sam's in a wallet size so that I could put many photos in a small space. For most of the books that I make...I use wallet photos. They are very cheap at Costco and Sam's. I also printed up some clip art Ronald McDonald figures to embellish the pages. I did add lots of cut ribbons to the binder rings but I guess I didn't get those on until after the picture. It did add so much more to the look of the book! All in all, it turned out really cute and he loved it. I can not get the photos to publish on my blog in the correct order - I'm still working on that one!!!

Have a great weekend!

2012-01-12T12:45:00.000-08:00

Another Valentine's Day card for you today! I do like my jar stamps! This has a different top than the previous post but it's from the same stamp set by Papertrey Ink. Again, these are all papers from my HUGE scrap files. Got to use those up so I can have more room for more!

I'm working on some window treatments for another room in our house. These windows have stumped me for awhile so I have decided to bite the bullet and just do something and be done. We had to order honeycomb shades to block out the sun that beats in the windows in the winter and I will be putting a top treatment above. There is an eyebrow shaped window and then doors on each side with windows above them. So, it's kind of a challenge to find something that will work for all. We'll see how it goes! Colorado Springs is not the best place for finding fabric and trims so I'm having to order most of my fabric online. Sometimes I get surprises when I open up the packages and find the fabric isn't exactly what I had envisioned or the fabric was NOT the fabric as described. I have found that the people that label the fabrics have absolutely NO clue about fabric.

SO...hope you have a great weekend! GO BRONCOS!!!

Thank you

2012-01-11T11:43:00.000-08:00

This is a card I made using my new Tim Holtz bird cage die. I think I will find lots of uses for this die! Love it. I added a Dee Gruenig stamped flower that I colored with Marvy markers. I also tied a tag on the cage for the thank you. The top border is a MS punch. The papers are from my scrap stash.

I'm still fighting my blog and Photo Shop Elements program. I'm figuring out PSE but now my blog is giving me troubles. I don't know why the first letter of my post is a different color but at least I can type on the post. I've been trying for the past hour just to TYPE!!! Computers frustrate me to no end! Hope your day goes better than mine!!!

Washi cards

2012-01-09T13:48:00.001-08:00

I'm so excited about this card. You may ask, "WHY!" Well, my daughter-in-law gave me some "washi tape" last year for Christmas. At the time, I had no idea how to use it. It was a new one for me. Well, then January came and we were starting the house hunting process - seriously - and the next thing you know...we are packing up and moving to Colorado. With 32 years of STUFF, it takes awhile to get settled and find things (and I am still hunting). So, my washi tape kind of got tossed aside until this week when I found it again. So, I did a little brainstorming and decided to make my own paper from it since they were all such pretty colors. So, that is what I did. The tape has a smooth satiny feel and it tears easily. I just started putting strips on my paper and loved the results! I didn't want to put anything fancy on top of it because then you wouldn't see the washi tape! So, this is a simple card but a fun card! I had so much fun that I made a few more but I won't post those until later. I've seen a few rolls of washi tape in Archiver's but it's not as nice as this. And Martha Stewart now has some but hers aren't that nice either. This is in a box called "happytape" and I have no idea where you get it but you can probably google it and find it somewhere. I have 10 beautiful rolls in my box and they are all my favorite colors! There is TONS of tape on each roll too so it should last me the rest of my life unless I keep making cards like I have been today! (I got a little carried away!!!)

Feb 14 is coming soon!

2012-01-08T15:29:00.000-08:00

Yes, the day is approaching faster than I want it to. So, here is my first V-day card. I have had this jar stamp for quite some time and it has never been used. I had some candy hearts that I stamped and then cut out to put inside the jar. The stamp set also has the jar lid and different fabric trimmings to add to the cute jar. So, I stamped each individually and then cut them out and taped together. The stamp set is by Papertrey Ink. The DP is by My Mind's Eyes. The pink cardstock is embossed with a Sizzix folder and the heart punch is by Martha Stewart.

It's kind of frustrating to me to have to figure out all the strange changes since my computer was attacked last week. I had planned to do more work on my blog but now I am terrified to even touch anything! So hopefully I can live with the colors and design for awhile! Hope you can too! Have a great week!

Back again...

2012-01-07T15:19:00.001-08:00

Wow! It's been awhile. The last time I was on my blog, I was making some changes to the appearance. That's when everything came to a screeching halt!!! I got a virus that wiped me out. I had to wait until my husband got home from his trip to do anything. And it was major! So, we are back up and running but it's slow going. The slate is clean and I am starting all over. Lost everything but that is ok. My PSE program is all different now -guess there were lots of updates that I never bothered to do over the years and now it's like learning it all over again. The first time around was horrible. Now I get to do it again - HORRORS! So, things will be slow for awhile.

It's snowing here so I decided to post my Penguin quilt block that I made for January. I had a better photo but had trouble working on PSE with it so gave up and used this one. Hope things go better next time around! This is a block of the month program for calender blocks to put on a hanger. They are fairly quick and easy, especially for a self-taught, new quilter. I look forward to each one that I get and it's a change of pace from stamping. I'm starting a lap quilt that I purchased the kit for several months ago. I have everything ready to go...just need some thread, and that is on order. Tired of paying Joann's high prices so ordered some online.

Hope you have a fun week. I have quite a few projects planned so we'll see how things go!

A little recipe book

2012-01-01T15:08:00.001-08:00

Happy New Year! This is a little recipe book I made to go with a mini cheesecake pan. I found about 5 recipes specifically for these pans and then one with "stir-ins" for a basic recipe. So, I think this should be enough to satisfy most cheesecake lovers! The recipes were printed on the computer and mounted on cardstock. The cover was made with a scrap of DP that has been in my stash a few years. I love the bright bold colors. I added a folded strip at the top to act as a binding for the book. Then I used my Bind-it-all to pull it all together. Tons of ribbons were tied around the top coils.
I hope to find time tomorrow to do a little quilt block for my block-of-the-month hanger. It's January and I don't have my penguin done! It's really tough staying on top of these with the holidays but I WILL get it done before my February kit arrives in the mail!
Have a great week!

Thanks

2011-12-31T13:12:00.000-08:00

Just thought I would post a few cards that never got posted so I could wish everyone a Happy New Year! Hope you had a nice xmas and got lots of crafting goodies to add to your stash! I got an I Pad so have been busy trying to figure out how to use it.
These cards were made from Papertrey Ink stamps. I stamped the image and cut them out for more of a 3-D effect. The papers look like they may be Cosmo Cricket but I honestly don't remember as it's been awhile since I made these.
We did have a white Christmas here in beautiful Colorado Springs. We had to teach my daughter and son-in-law how to make snowmen! He is an AZ native and she has never really been in much snow since we lived here 20 years ago and she was just a toddler then. So, it was quite funny experience watching them! I will post a few photos next week.
I have a friend who is selling her Cricut machine. She got it in October and does not like it. It is like new and she is selling it for $85 which include the machine, 2 cartridges, video and new mat. If you are interested, let me know and I will forward the info to her so she can contact you. She lives in the Dallas, Texas area.
That's it for this year! Thank you so much for supporting me this past year and for all the wonderful comments you have posted. Happy New Year!

Thanks

2011-12-22T15:21:00.000-08:00

If your email for yesterday's post was the first you received in quite some time...I'm sorry. It took me awhile to figure out why I wasn't getting the postings. I set the account up at my Arizona home and they had my old email address. Well, when my mastercard expired, they did not know how to get in touch with me to get the new expiration date. So, none of my posts went out for a few months. I had updated my email address on the blogger site but not until I had not been getting postings. Then it dawned on me!!!
So, here is a set of cards I made for my sister-in-law who has been in and out of the hospital for the past 16 months. She is in very very bad shape as I write and will be going in for her 8th hip replacement surgery soon. It's not looking very good for her right now. If you would like to send her a card...she is most appreciative of them. It's the highlight of an otherwise very depressing and painful day for her. Here is her address: (my brother and nephew will deliver to her!)
Regina Link
308 41st Ave Place NW
Hickory, NC 28601
The cards were stamped with some $1 stamps. I then just added a border to the bottom of the card with another of those $1 stamps that says "Thanks". The butterfly border is a punch by MS. It is backed with a colored cardstock backing.
We had another day of heavy snow today and it looks like we got about a foot, minimum. I managed to blow most of it off the driveway with our snowblower but will leave the hill for my hubby to tackle when he gets home on Christmas Day. I don't want to risk falling. SO, it looks like we will most definitely be having a WHITE CHRISTMAS!!! YIPEE!!!

A Christmas Tag!!!

2011-12-21T16:13:00.000-08:00

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas at my house!!! We had a big snow come through on Monday and left us with about 6 or 8 inches of snow! Another big snowstorm is coming though here as I type and is supposed to be much bigger! I think we will have a white Christmas! I'm pretty excited! After living in Arizona for the past 12 years...we were lucky to have the AC off!

Here is a tag I made to go with some Christmas goodies for my neighbor. They have 5 grandkids coming in so I made some cake balls. They are always a big hit with everyone and pretty easy to make. This tag has lots of Tim Holtz inspiration in it. The trees are stamps by Dee Gruenig and are embellished with a snow pen and a glitter pen. The deer and "25" are Tim's diecuts. The background paper is Webster's. The white snowflakes are embossed and the other snowflake is an embellishment I had in my stash. The tag on Rudolph is also by Tim.

Hope you are enjoying your last few days before Christmas and are getting all your crafting projects done! Merry Christmas!

O Christmas Tree!

2011-12-14T19:01:00.000-08:00

Hello friends! The biggest load has been lifted off my shoulders this week! I finally got all my packages together and mailed. I think that is the biggest stress of my holidays each year and I think that may change in the future. Shipping has become way too expensive and we get a 75% discount on Fed Ex which used to be a good deal - not anymore. So, things may change next year.
Here is a card I finished up from a print-out on Aimee Asher's website. You print several pages of images and then just play paper-dolls. Cut and paste. There are some really beautiful cards on her site and I love them all. I added the stamped sentiment and the metallic deer die cut. I used some of the glitter glue for the pink ornaments on the tree too.
Hope you are finishing up your crafting projects and having time to enjoy the holidays. See you soon!

2011-12-10T15:56:00.000-08:00

Here are a few more calender pages. I don't know why blogger doesn't upload things in the order that I submit but that is why they are out of order. It's not my fault!!! As I said in a previous post...these were super simple! Now...just wondering if you are getting updates on my blog. Please let me know. I'm not so not sure what is going on with that. Just hope everyone else gets the updates by email. Enjoy your weekend! I have a friend coming in Sunday that I haven't seen in 32 years so that should be fun!

Calenders

2011-12-09T19:31:00.000-08:00

I'm back for a quick post. I made calenders a few years ago that are put inside of 6 x 6 photo refill pages. These were put on a wood stand and you just flip the pages for each month. Well, my Dad asked me why I didn't do refills for each year. So, guess what my folks will be getting for xmas! These were very quick and simple because I did not have the time to spend on them. I found the calenders on SCS and printed them up and then just mounted them on cardstock. It took me all of a few hours to pull these together and that is truly all the time I had to spend on it with all the other projects in the works. I'm working hard to get all my xmas packages in the mail by Tuesday! We'll see how that goes! Have a great weekend!

Snowmen for a snowy day!

2011-12-03T13:25:00.000-08:00

Wow...it is cold here today and it's been snowing all day. Fed Ex just delivered a package to me and he drove up our steep driveway and slid all the way back down when leaving. It looks like there is about 7 or 8 inches on the driveway where he was but other areas it is bare! The winds have been bad.
This card is perfect for today. Snowmen! Another metallic papers card. They are so elegant even though it's hard to see in these photos.
Hope you have a fun day. I plan to spend mine in the craft room or cooking! Couldn't be better than that!

Snow much fun!

2011-12-02T14:17:00.000-08:00

Hello my friends! I'm back! Thanks for the concerns...nothing wrong...just busy! We had a house full of company for a week and lots of preparation before and lots of cleaning afterwards. Then it was time to pull out xmas decorations...and on and on the story goes!!! We had another snowstorm blow through yesterday. Wednesday I was out and about in shirt sleeves. Yesterday it never got above 14 at my house! Since it was so warm the previous day, the snow melted and then it got really cold and it froze. So, we had very hazardous conditions here and about 4 inches of snow. I'm loving it though! It's quite the change from Arizona!
So, here is a card I made today. I dug out my metallic prints from last year and remembered how much I loved them. So, I made a few more cards with them. I purchased a sheet with 10 or 15 little holiday images on it. I cut them apart and use them for quick cards. They are really hard to photograph with all the glitz but they sure are pretty! The red ribbon is silk ribbon from Sharon at "No Time to Stamp" blog. She has the most beautiful ribbons. I'll see you back here tomorrow for another card! Have a wonderful day!

In Sympathy

2011-11-17T14:07:00.000-08:00

I seem to be making too many of these cards lately. Not much to this one either! I made this a few weeks ago and just never got it posted. I don't remember whose paper this is and I have too many pads to go through to find it and not enough time for that. I think if you need to know you can check back on my blog and find another card made with it too and it may be listed there. The sentiment is by My Sentiments Exactly.
Well, ours winds got up to 115 mph last weekend when the trampoline came and hit my house 2 times. It moved another 30 feet that night but no damage. The neighbors said they would be getting another one in the spring. Guess they haven't learned! The first two blew away and you would think they would figure it out after that. We are expecting 90 mph winds this weekend! I'm truly NOT looking forward to it!
Have a great Friday!

Happy Anniversary

2011-11-12T15:25:00.000-08:00

This is a card I made for my sister-in-law. She is in the nursing home and has been there since August. I'm trying to send a card each week to her. I just can't imagine myself in a nursing home for that long and she is just a few years older than me. She will have her hip put back in whenever her infection heals. It's not healing very fast at all either.
This card was made with a black embossed card stock which you can barely see in the picture. The black and gold DP is also embossed and very beautiful paper. I embossed the sentiment in a metallic gold as well. It seems cards with any shine on them do not photograph well and I'm not a pro at photography so this will have to do!!!
Hope you have a great weekend. I just had a trampoline hit my house in 2 different spots so I'm a bit shaky. The winds are over 40 mph. I will never understand why people don't bolt those things down. The last house we lived in we had the same thing happen. It costs US $2000 because their insurance company said it was and act of God so they wouldn't pay. We had to pay the deductible on our insurance and have them cover the damages. And the redneck neighbors stood over their fence and watched US clean up THEIR mess in our yard. They never offered to come help. SO...we took all the pieces to the trampoline and set them in THEIR front yard. Why should we have to worry with their trash! I have emailed these neighbors and of course they are not home and probably gone for the weekend. I will be on pins and needles all night for fear that thing will blow back up at my house. My hubby is gone so I have nobody to get it away from our house. I did go out and SLASH it. I was pretty angry and I figured that might prevent it from coming back at our house again. It's pretty windy outside and it is just teetering on the fence, tree and my driveway. It will just take one wind to come up underneath it to blow it against my house. UGH...

STAR WARS BIRTHDAY CARD

2011-11-10T17:14:00.000-08:00

Birthdays are sneaking up on me again! I almost forgot this one! My son-in-law is a big Star Wars fan and I found some scrap book paper that was perfect for him. I cut out one of the squares and mounted it on the silver metallic paper and then popped it up. I then embossed HB on black paper and popped it up on top of that. The Star Wars DP has lots of metallic silver on it which is very hard to see here. It's really an awesome card but my photography skills are not the best! He will love it.
Thanksgiving will be here before I know it and I have SO much to do! I will have a house full.
Have a great day!

Let it Snow

2011-11-09T15:43:00.000-08:00

I hope your day is going well! Today I have another xmas card that is very simple. I found these felt reindeer in packages at Michael's and decided to put them on cards. They already have the gold/bronze embellishments on them too! The paper is BoBunny and has lots of snowflake designs on it. I took my Memory Box die and cut some additional snowflakes to put on the paper. The sentiment is also Memory Box. The edging is a punch on metallic gold paper.
Have a wonderful crafting day!!!

Christmas Bells

2011-11-04T15:14:00.000-07:00

This card was made from some papers in my stash and I love how it turned out. Another gold embossed bell image that ties in so well with the bells on the DP. I love my silk ribbon - it makes such gorgeous bows! The cream colored cardstock is pearlized so it's a very elegant touch!
Hope you enjoy your weekend! Another chance of snow here - we are at much higher elevation here in Black Forest so we tend to get all the snows that seem to miss Colorado Springs. I went down there today and it was like it never snowed there (but it did!). Came back home and once I hit Black Forest....everything was white! I love it!

Happy Birthday

2011-11-02T15:38:00.000-07:00

Wow...what a difference a day makes. We were outside on Tuesday enjoying the warm temps and putting xmas lights around all our xmas trees outdoors (since it was so warm and we knew those days were getting limited!!) and today we had a blizzard blow through. The drifts are up to 5 feet deep and we finally got to try out our snowblower and Subaru in the snow. It's very cold - 21 degrees and yesterday it was in the 60's!!!
Here is a card for I made using some of those "Dazzles" that are metallic gold and you peel them off the gold paper and stick them on cardstock. I layered 3 different sizes for the flower on different shades of pink. They are popped up with dimensionals. The sentiment is also embossed in gold to tie it all together.
Hope your day is a warm one!

Gold Christmas Cards

2011-10-31T12:44:00.000-07:00

As promised...a few more Christmas cards! These are simple cards with just one image that is gold embossed. I used gold metallic papers to tie them all together. The cards are a very heavy pearlized cardstock used for wedding invitations. It is gorgeous paper and perfect for holiday cards as well. The gold borders are punched with MS punches. How simple is that!
Hope all the east coast bloggers are digging out from the wet snows. What a mess that was! Hope everything is back to normal soon for you all.
Have a great week! See you again soon with more goodies!

Sending Happy Thoughts

2011-10-29T16:29:00.000-07:00

We have a close friend from our military days who is also now a pilot with SWA. He was riding in a van to the hotel after his flight when it got tee-boned by a stolen Mercedes. The driver and passenger left the scene and they did not find them. Our friend is in intensive care in the hospital with severe injuries. It is so sad. So, here is a card for him. We pray for a speedy recovery.
The Snoopy stamp is an old stand-by stamp I use frequently for our pilot friends and family. It's by Stampabilities. The papers are SU. The sentiment is also Stampabilities.
Hope you enjoy your day!

Quick and easy holiday cards

2011-10-28T15:45:00.000-07:00

Just a few more quick and easy cards for the holiday season! These are all from the Lost and Found Christmas pad by My Mind's Eye. I love this pad of paper and somehow I ended up with 2 pads (guess I really really liked it!) so I'm making lots of cards with these papers. The embellishments are from K & Co. and the ornament is actually a diecut cut from fabric. I whipped up about 5 more easy cards today so I hope to post some more tomorrow. Have a wonderful weekend!

Woof!

2011-10-26T12:51:00.001-07:00

Oh...was this card fun to make!!! It's like cutting out paperdolls again. I found it on Aimee Asher's website (aimeeasher.com) where she has lots of cards and crafts that you just print and put together. There was a lot of cutting on this particular card and lots of dimensionals used to pop it all up. But, it is the absolute cutest card and I had a Westie so this card is extra special to me. I think I can find lots of people to give it to. The print out includes lots of options for various occasions. There is also an envelope as well but didn't get a picture of it.
We are finally getting our big snowstorm today but I must say I'm a bit disappointed! I don't think we got as much as they had thought but then again, it is still snowing so maybe it will accumulate before it is all over. I felt so sorry for all the cows that came by today. We have woods right beside our lot so they were huddling over in the woods to stay warm. And when I went outside they ALL just looked at me with the saddest eyes. So, I had to do something for them. I had some fresh broccoli and a bunch of celery so that was their treat. A few of them ate it but the ones I tossed over the fence went right into the snow and got buried so I don't think they will find it until tomorrow. I thought the ranchers would come take the cows back to the ranch for the winter but it hasn't happened yet. They have no shelter from the cold here or a barn with food for days like this. I'm a city girl so this cow stuff is all new to me!
On another note...I won 21 yards of 1 1/2" silk crinkled ribbon on "No time to Stamp" blog by Sharon Johnson. I am a HUGE fan of hers and love everything she does. I also purchase all my silk ribbons from her so was THRILLED to see that I won some! Thank you Sharon!!!

Blessings

2011-10-24T16:00:00.000-07:00

This may be the only Thanksgiving card I get done this year but I had to try it! This is an Outlines stamp and it is actually all colored in - unlike how it appears. The scarecrow part of the image is actually popped up with dimensionals. There was more coloring than I like to do on this stamp but I think I can just cut the images apart next time for smaller stamps.
Hope your Monday was beautiful like our was. Almost 80 degrees in parts of the Springs but that will end real soon as we are expecting lots of snow on Tues night or Wed. I'm looking forward to it!
Have a fun and crafty week!

Christmas cards

2011-10-23T13:09:00.000-07:00

Hope you are enjoying your day! Here are a few simple cards that look more beautiful in real life. The DP is from My Mind's Eye 6 x 6 pad. These 2 cards were made from a half sheet of this paper. Many of the pages in this pad have borders like this one and make it so easy to put together beautiful cards. I stamped a sentiment. I added a 3D embellishment from K & Co. It just couldn't be simpler!!! More to come!

NAVY Wings Card

2011-10-22T16:40:00.000-07:00

My son is in the NAVY and will get his wings on Friday. It's been a long time coming (25 years!) but the day will finally arrive this week. He has wanted to be a pilot since he was 18 months old when he got to climb the steps up into his Daddy's F-16 in his little pilot suit. So, this is a card I made for him to commemorate the occasion. The NAVY seal is embossed in Navy ink. I cut the wings out from an image I found on the computer. The stars were embossed with a Sizzix folder. The inside of the card has SOLDIER embossed on the navy cardstock with a verse. I think it turned out pretty nice.
I have lots of cards in my stash that I whipped up last week so hopefully I will find time to post them this week. We are in the process of buying a Colorado Snow car so will be doing that this week. We are supposed to get snow on Tues or Wed so hopefully we will be prepared for it. We got our snowblower last week so BRING IT ON!
Have a great weekend!

Oh Christmas Tree!

2011-10-17T12:57:00.000-07:00

Here is another Christmas card for you! I embossed the tree in burgundy and then distressed the edges in green. The xmas presents and Santa area all K & Co 3D embellishments that are all popped out - wish you could see that! It's all mounted on a pearl shimmery cardstock that is so beautiful and many of my cards this year will be made with it.
Well, we had a warm weekend but right now it is snowing! We got our snowblower last week - it's still in the box! We bought a Subaru to get around in the heavy snows that Black Forest seems to get. Now we just need to sell our beautiful, like new, under warranty JEEP! The dealership offered us very little for it and we just laughed because it's a perfect car with absolutely nothing wrong with it. Why would we give it away! So, we will hold on to it until we sell it and if we don't sell it....well, we will just have 3 cars.
Have a great fall day!

A few holiday cards

2011-10-16T16:10:00.000-07:00

I'm afraid this year is disappearing faster than I want it to! It's amazing how much faster the end of the year goes than the beginning of the year! How does that happen! Well, here are a few Christmas cards that I really enjoyed making. The first is just a half sheet of 6 x 6 paper from Lost and Found Christmas by My Mind's Eye. No stamping. I added the K & Co. 3D sticker and a ribbon. I just love how elegant it is with minimal work!!! The second card was embossed with the white and silver snowy glitter. I then colored in the trees. I embossed the cottage in silver and then colored it with Copics and popped it up on the snow scene. The DP is Webster Pages. The stamps are Hero Arts, Waltzingmouse Stamps and Great Impressions.
Hope your weekend was great! Thanks for dropping by!

Holiday Greetings!

2011-10-15T14:36:00.000-07:00

I wanted to do a really simple card with a cute reindeer set I have and this is what I came up with. The reindeer is from Craft Lounge and has a whole set of really cute reindeer. They are all very festive and ready for your holiday cards!
I have lots more of simple cards coming your way. My time is very limited for stamping so cards are getting simpler! I am finding that the beautiful papers really CAN make a card. So, that's what my cards will be this year!
Looks like I will have a house full this Thanksgiving - which is not the norm for us. Usually I'm home alone and we celebrate whenever we have hubby home. But, this year he managed to get Thanksgiving week off so it will be fun having the whole family around and maybe some cold weather too.
See you tomorrow!

Set of cards

2011-10-14T15:51:00.000-07:00

What a difference a week can make! We had 9" of snow last weekend and this weekend I have my windows open!!! Crazy Colorado weather - but I love it!
So here is a set of cards I cased and just love how they turned out. They were embossed with a SU embossing folder and then the centers of the flowers were dotted with my Copic markers. I stamped a sentiment on the lower right corner and tied a ribbon around the bottom edge. I saw these on Patricia Gorka's blog but somehow lost her blog address. A big thank-you to her for her creative idea! I always like to have sets of cards on hand for quick gifts.
Have a great weekend!

Fun Projects

2011-10-10T16:07:00.000-07:00

Two fun projects here today. I was rummaging through all my stash and ran across one of those cheap $1 wood frames. I decided to decorate it with some of my scraps! My son is completing pilot training in the Navy so I decided to do a frame for one of his photos. It's really just a hodge podge of anything I could find to glue down! It took all of MAYBE and hour to do!

The second photo is made with a Holly Berry Stamp. I stamped the image many times and then embossed it in gold. I then just applied glitter and cut out the various layers and popped them up with dimensionals so it is 3D. It's a little more work than I would spend on an average card but it was fun! I must say I won't be doing these for many people - sorry!!!

Have a great day!

Get Well Card

2011-10-09T12:48:00.000-07:00

Well, the 9" of snow we had yesterday is almost gone today! It has always amazed me how fast snow disappears here in Colorado. The temps never got above 33 yesterday or last night but when I woke up this morning...it was nearly gone. My driveway is bare. We haven't gotten a snowblower yet and I didn't shovel it!
So, I seem to be needing lots of Get Well cards lately. Guess that is a sign of getting old! This was a fun one to make and I liked it so much that I made another one very similar! It's Cosmo Cricket papers and Papertrey Ink stamps. I went down to my TEA stash and found the perfect tea bag to put inside the card! Too cute!
Hope you are enjoying your long weekend! Stop by again!

October Snows!

2011-10-08T14:24:00.000-07:00

This is what I woke up to this morning! We got about 9 inches! It is so beautiful but is disappearing very very fast!

Christmas Card

2011-10-08T14:18:00.000-07:00

This is a quick card made with one pointsettia stamp that has been embossed and cut out a few times for a 3D look. The papers are from my last year's stash. The red is not as shocking as it looks in my photo online...it looks much better in real life.

Halloween Fun!

2011-10-07T12:24:00.000-07:00

This is a little project I've been working on. I'm not a quilter but enjoy doing small projects. I have always loved applique work and did lots and lots of it when my daughter was younger. I decided to do a block of the month programs for these cute little quilts. This is the October quilt. I have since gotten a wire frame to hang it from so it looks much cuter! I got out all my Halloween decorations this week and the weather has gotten much cooler so I'm enjoying the fall season for the first time in 12 years!

Happy Birthday

2011-10-03T16:16:00.000-07:00

I have lots of birthdays coming up in the next few months and this one was definitely a last minute job. With all my tile work I did this past work...other things just got left undone. So, here is a birthday card I made late last night and had in the mail this morning! I seem to be doing lots of these cards where the paper does most of the work. There are just so so many beautiful papers out there that are so well suited to cards like this. I did do a fancy interior but forgot to take a picture of it before mailing it. I believe these are Memory Box papers.
Hope everyone got to take advantage of the big Archiver's sale today (Monday) where all patterned papers were 43% off! I think I bought 9 pads of paper!!! I love paper just like I love fabric!
Hope you have a great day!

Holly Berry Bell

2011-10-02T16:09:00.000-07:00

This is an ornament that was stamped with a Holly Berry Stamp. I stamped it 5 times, then embossed it and applied glue and glitter and then put it all together. There are tabs on the sides to put it together. Yes, it was a bit time consuming mostly because of all the glitter. But it's pretty simple to do. I had no idea when I started what colors I would use as this is my first attempt at her stamps. If you are ever in Colorado Springs...the Holly Berry House stamp shop is worth the trip. They have samples all over the store that will just blow you away. Most of their work is 3D and just out of this world. I could have stayed there for hours but I had my hubby sitting on a bench out front so I had 15 minutes. I have learned not to take him with me when I go again!!!
Have a great day and I have lots of things that I haven't posted and lots in my plans....we'll see how that goes!

Treat Bag

2011-10-01T18:25:00.000-07:00

Hope you are enjoying your weekend. I've spent the last 4 days putting a backsplash in our kitchen. And my hands are paying dearly for it. I have actual holes on the tips of all my fingers from the grouting - and no I didn't use gloves like I should have! My fingers are so so sore and swollen and my hands and arms are raw and rashy! So, typing this is very hard and painful. This is a treat bag I did about a week ago. I found these bags at Target last year and just stamped an image and embellished the bag. The bag is full of goodies so it's a big lopsided!
I will cut this short today as my fingers are killing me! Have a great weekend!

Tim Holtz Halloween Card

2011-09-30T13:34:00.000-07:00

This is a Tim Holtz Halloween Card made with his new designer paper. The sentiment is Tiny Treats by Papertrey Ink - I think. Simple card!
I have a very special request. My sister-in-law is 55 and had breast cancer about 20 years ago. She now has osteoporosis from all the chemo treatments which has caused severe problems with her hips. She fell about a year ago and has had 5 (yes FIVE) hip replacement surgeries in the past year! She just had surgery about a month ago and has developed severe infections. They had to go back in and take out the new hip and clean out all the infection. They sewed her back up and will have to put the hip replacement back in several months down the road. She can not walk. She is in a great deal of pain. She is very depressed. She wants to die. She mentioned to my brother that nobody ever sends her cards. Well, I know I have and my Mom has but maybe nobody else has. This has been going on for quite some time so people just get too busy. I would be most grateful if you would send her a card. I think it would really make her day and she has been in and out of the hospital for about the past 18 months. Please keep her in your prayers as well. Thanks so much!
Here is her address:
Regina Link
308 41st Ave. Place NW
Hickory, NC 28601

Boo

2011-09-29T15:27:00.000-07:00

I have another card with my favorite ghost! Got to get these stamps inky!!! This was rather simple. I just stamped the Boo and embossed with purple powder and added a few rhinestones in orange to match the paper.
I have a few projects that I have been working on and will try to post them soon. We have spent the past 2 days putting in a kitchen backsplash. I just have the grout and sealing left to do so hope to get that done tomorrow. And then it's clean-up time! What a mess! But, it's really beautiful and I love it! Maybe I will get a few pictures to post of it!
Hope you have a great weekend! See you back here soon!

Another Halloween Card

2011-09-25T14:00:00.000-07:00

This card has lots of embossing with black powder. The bottom left corner has a Memory Box stamp embossed on the 2 different papers - kind of hard to see! The ghost is popping up behind a Trick or Treat embossed sign done on Tim Holtz paper. The spider web ribbon is from my stash and I distressed it a bit. The papers are Memory Box and Cosmo Cricket. That furry spider is also from my Halloween stash of last year!
Hope you are enjoying your day! I'm working on a glittery ornament and I think there is glitter from one end of my craft room to the other and all over me. What a mess it can be! But hopefully the project will turn out when I'm finished...not too sure at this point!

Merry Christmas!

2011-09-24T15:32:00.000-07:00

Hope you are enjoying your weekend! It is just absolutely gorgeous here and a great football game day. I could see the Air Force Academy flyover from my house so that's cool! I even saw the parachute jumper who brings the football to the game! Now, if I could just see the football game from my house...I'd be set...but I can't! So, between watching the AFA game, the Texas A &M game and playing in my craft room --- it's been a pretty good day!
Here is one of my accomplishments! I visited my LSS yesterday and of course came home with a few new toys. This is a new sizzix stamp AND embossing folder set. The image is stamped and then just put inside the embossing folder and embossed. I wanted to have the image in 2 colors so I used my Marvy markers. The sentiment (by Hero Arts) is also embossed in red.
Hope you enjoy the rest of your weekend!

Trick or Treat

2011-09-22T18:15:00.000-07:00

It's been a beautiful week here in the Springs with cold mornings and the heat on and warmer afternoons and beautiful blue skies. I must say it is easier to get into the fall spirit with cooler temps. So, here is another Halloween card that is nowhere nearly as bright orange as my monitor shows!!! The witch is DP from Tim Holtz. I have used my various distressing inks on it. The "Eat it" is by Waltzingmouse Stamps. The embossed Halloween words on the black DP is by Memory Box. The spiderweb edging is a punch by Martha Stewart. And the metal disk is by Tim Holtz. Oh...the little bat at the bottom is a stick on diecut from last year.

I am really looking forward to making some Halloween cake pops soon! I made them last year and they were a BIG hit and so simple to do. And boy were they yummy!!! I hope to do a bunch of them for trick-or-treaters this year.

Have a great weekend!

Realtor cards

2011-09-21T17:45:00.000-07:00

Here are a few cards I made for a realtor friend. They are all Stampingbella stamps that have been colored with Copics. I did a set of 6 of them to be packaged in a clear box with a bow.

We ventured out today to pick out tile for our kitchen backsplash and made a few stops after that. One stop was to Old Colorado City which I LOVE to go to. With hubby along...it's kind of hard to enjoy all the nice shops but I did tell him there were only 2 stores I HAD to go to. One was the stamp store and the other was the Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory! I just HAD to have a chocolate, pecan and caramel covered apple. YUM YUM! I bought a few FUN Holly Berry Stamps at the stamp store. If you are not familiar with their stamps...they can be made 3 dimensional with just lots of cutting and layering from one stamp. They have lots of stamps to make beautiful ornaments! I could have spent HOURS AND HOURS in that shop but Bill was sitting outside on a bench so I knew I had to be quick. I think I was in there for 15 minutes max and he thought it was hours! I grabbed 2 stamps and was on my merry way. Hopefully I can make time this weekend to play with them but I know they will require lots of time and lots of patience to make something worth posting!!! Have a great day!!!

Trick or treat

2011-09-20T14:24:00.000-07:00

This month is flying by me! I am working on so many projects right now and it's hard to choose between them - as to which I want to work on most!!! But, I know I need to get some Halloween cards done so I have a few to post in the next few days. There are a variety of stamps on this card. The "trick or treat" emblem is a stamp as well as a die cut by Memory Box. They have lots of new things out that are on my wish list! The ghost print is by Northwoods. The BOO is by Waltzingmouse. The dark disk that doesn't show up too well is by Tim Holtz and it's from his Halloween collection. He has lots of great ones to use on cards. The plaid paper also has Halloween words that I stamped on it and then embossed in black. It shows up much better in real life. The papers are all from Cosmo Cricket.

I hope to be back tomorrow with some more goodies! See ya!

Trick or treat

2011-09-12T16:49:00.001-07:00

Another Halloween card for you today. I could not resist Tim Holtz's new Halloween products. I cased his cards with several changes. His new papers are so awesome. They only come in a 12 x 12 pad. They are Kraft Resist papers so when you rub distress ink over them...magic occurs! I just love them! Of course I couldn't pass up all his new trinkets too! I added some krinkles under the skull. The black paper is Black Magic colorcore cardstock by Core'dinations. When you sand it, another color pops through. Unfortunately my sander is well loved so the color didn't come through as well as I had hoped. Guess I will have to hunt for another one! So, the next time you are in your favorite craft store...check out Tim's new goodies.

Hope you have a great week!

Trick or treat

2011-09-11T15:22:00.000-07:00

It's fall here in Colorado which means Halloween is just around the corner. I always enjoy making Halloween cards even though I don't have many little ones to give them to anymore. So, my friends just have to get them cause I really like to make them!

The ghost stamp is by Peachy Keen. I just love the expression! The sentiment is by Memorybox and so is the DP. I had a leftover glittery circle from last year so stuck that on my card. The bat is one of those packaged die cuts with stickers on the back.

My company is gone for now...it's been a long month but hopefully I can get back into my cardmaking fun as the holidays are fast approaching. So...stay tuned and thanks for dropping by!

Just for You

2011-09-03T14:23:00.000-07:00

This is the last in my 4 card series. Once again, I used K & Co papers and a stamped sentiment by SU to make a simple card. These papers are truly more gorgeous in real life and really make beautiful cards. Hope you have enjoyed this set. It's September already and it's cold here in Colorado so I think it's time to start thinking about the fall and winter cards. Christmas will be here before you know it! Have a great Labor Day holiday!

Happy Birthday

2011-09-01T14:12:00.000-07:00

This is the third card in my set of 4. Again, it is K & Co. designer paper with a simple stamped sentiment by Inkadinkado. The ribbon is a silk ribbon made using my Bow Easy maker.
Hope you have a wonderful upcoming holiday weekend!

Birthday Blessings

2011-08-30T13:04:00.000-07:00

It's so good to be back! I have a few days break before my daughter and her husband come in for a few days and then they are off to Hawaii and I'm left with their doggy to take care of. She's a sweetie so it shouldn't be too bad. I just need to do my job and spoil her rotten - that's what grandmas are for, right? Here is another card in a set I recently made for a friend. The designer paper does most of the work. There are 2 different prints with a ribbon between them. The stamp is one of my favorites by Wordsworth. This set has all simple cards that are easy to mail and quick to make.
Hope everyone is safe from all the flooding on the east coast. What a mess but at least it's not as bad as they had predicted.
Happy Stamping!

Thinking of you

2011-08-17T15:47:00.000-07:00

I made a set of 4 cards for a gift. These all went together pretty quickly because the designer paper did most of the work. I just stamped a sentiment and added some ribbon. I will post one a day since I know I won't be doing much stamping this next week with company here. The papers are all from a pad by K & Company. I've had the pad several years so it's been around awhile. The sentiments were just stamped and cut with Spellbinder's dies. The ribbon here is silk ribbon which I love so much. It's so easy to work with and very elegant. I added a scallop-edge border from the reverse side of the paper.
Hope you are enjoying your last days of summer. Some of the districts here in Colorado Springs are already back in school. I don't think our area goes back until the 25th. And they get a whole week of vacation at Thanksgiving! Wow, I think that is awesome! My kids never had a whole week and they were each in 11 or 12 schools as they were growing up! (military loved to move us around!) Have a great day!

Miss you

2011-08-14T14:11:00.000-07:00

I made this card last week and never got it posted. I have a dear friend who sent me a special package this past week. It was a GORGEOUS set of dresser scarves (that's what I call them) that she got from her home town in Greece. They are lavishly embroidered and have beautiful 3D roses on them made with ribbon. I just love them and they go so well in my house. So, this card is for her and I know she will love it. I just wish I had a cute chicken instead of a cow but I don't, so this will have to do. She has chickens and would always give me fresh eggs!
This cow stamp is by Great Impressions and is just so cute! The sentiment is by SU (I think!). The papers are from a pad by My Mind's Eyes called Lime Twist.

CAS130 MERRY MERRY MERRY

2011-08-08T13:43:00.000-07:00

I tried a Clean and Simple Challenge on SCS today. Not too shabby for very few embellishments! The reindeer is by Crafty Clear Stamps and the sentiment is Hero Arts.
If you have an Archiver's near you...hope you took advantage of their 40% off stamps sale (Monday only). We have one here in Colorado Springs so I was thrilled. I think they probably sold out of all their stamps in an hour though!!! They were going fast! I wish they had as many in the store as they do on their website. There are some awesome new ones on there that I would love to get my inky hands on!
To heck with cleaning the house...have a crafty fun day like me! I even have company coming in and crafting is the last thing I should be doing!!! The crafting bug is back in me!

Lighthouse birthday card

2011-08-07T16:49:00.001-07:00

I got some new stamping things and needed a few cards for upcoming birthdays so knew I had to get busy before I have lots of company arriving in the next several weeks. Here is a lighthouse birthday card I made using Webster papers. Their papers are all so gorgeous and really MAKE the card. I just stamped a verse from Verve stamps. The ribbon is from Sharon Johnson - No Time to Stamp blog. Here is a link. She has wonderful collections of papers and ribbons and I get all of my silk ribbons from her. I got my idea for this card from her blog but I made many changes to it. Hope you have a great week!

cc334 Happy Barkday!

2011-08-02T16:22:00.000-07:00

A quick card for todays color sketch challenge on SCS. We were to use turquoise, white and gray and a die cut. So, this is my card using Paper Smooches stamps. The die cut is by Spellbinders and the fence is Martha Stewart. How simple is that and just what I needed to get back into the swing of things!!!

Another Inky Antics card!

2011-08-02T09:25:00.000-07:00

Hope your summer day is going well! I'm back with another Inky Antics card. I seem to need lots of get well cards lately so now that I have one on hand...I won't need them anymore! So, here she is...such a cutie. Some new papers here by Authentique in the Splendid collection! I did do a little machine sewing on the pink border since I have my sewing machine set up for all the window treatments I'm working on. The border punch is by Martha Stewart as well as the white fan punch at the bottom of the card. The inside of the card uses the Honey Pop paper for the flower. I did a bit of airbrushing with a pale green.
Thanks for stopping by! Enjoy your day!

Swan Birthday

2011-07-31T13:16:00.001-07:00

I have been so bad not doing any stamping lately. Once you get out of the routine, it is SO hard to get back in it - especially when there are so many other things to keep me busy! It seems I'm only getting some stamping done when I need a card. I have just about depleted my stash of cards which is so hard to believe with all that I had. So, guess I will have to get busy again. I do have lots of new things I purchased at our LSS that I want to try out. I hope to do that today! But first...this is a card that I made about a week ago for my sister-in-law for her birthday. She loves bright colors and this will be perfect for her. The stamp is by Great Impressions. It's colored with Copics and then a little glitzy highlighting on the flowers with my jelly roll pen. The papers are by KaiserCraft - Tea at Elsie's Collection. I've used these papers so much and just love them. There are a few tiny rows of peachy pearls in the lower right corner.
Hope you have a wonderful week! Maybe I'll get something done today to post again this week!

Thank you

2011-07-09T16:19:00.000-07:00

Hope everyone had a wonderful 4th of July! I sure enjoyed our 2 nights of fabulous firework displays.
I recently found out that my wedding card that I posted on July 2 was selected as a FAVORITE card of the week on SCS. I was amazed. It was a card that I really just printed and put together. But, I must say...it was a really pretty card. I'm sure the recepient will be pleased too since she is a card maker as well. She designed her own wedding invitations and they were pretty impressive.
So...on to my card...this is a Inkadinkado Cling stamp that I recently purchased. You can not tell from the picture but there are 2 flowers that are popped up as well as the hummingbird. All the flowers have sparkle from my Gelly Roll pen. The sentiment is a SU stamp and punch. The DP is from a pad by Nikki Sivils called Blueberry Hill.
Enjoy the rest of your weekend!

Happy Birthday

2011-07-06T17:46:00.000-07:00

I had several requests for a link to the website for printing the wedding card I made in the last posting. Here it is. It is really an awesome site.
So, here is another Inky Antics card! Yes, I'm loving their stamps and I've heard there are lots of new ones coming out very soon so I'm real excited about that. I have one more set that hasn't seen ink yet so you will see that someday soon too. Anyways...this is made with all of their stamps and the Honey Pop paper. My papers are all from my HUGE scrap box! It's nice to use those once in awhile too!
Hope you have a fun day!

Wedding Card

2011-07-02T12:54:00.001-07:00

Hope you are having a wonderful 4th of July weekend! I am really excited about our 4th. It's the first time in many many many years that my hubby has been home for the 4th. We will go to my daughter's house for the festivities there on the 3rd. Then we will come back here to go to the Air Force Academy's celebration --- and it's a BIGGY. They will have the Colorado Springs Symphony doing a concert for 1 1/2 hours and then the Air Force Academy Band doing another concert for 1 1/2 hours. Then fireworks will follow. What a wonderful way to celebrate! I'm so excited! I can't remember the last time I went to fireworks or even had a 4th of July picnic! It was always too hot in Phoenix to step outside.
SO...I needed a wedding card. I found this awesome site where you download the graphics and then just put the cards together. How easy is that! And the cards are really nice. So, I made this wedding card. It is also in the colors of the wedding so that makes it extra special. There is lots of layering so you need lots of foam tape pads. I added pink ribbon to the lights. The envelope was also printed on the computer and embellished. The name of the company is Aimee Asher Crafting.
Happy 4th!!!

Happy 4th of July!

2011-06-23T15:33:00.000-07:00

I'm having so much fun with my Honey Pop paper. I got brave and cut out a star for the inside of my card! Not too shabby! You'll see the same stamps once again - got to try to use these stamps more than once - by Stampendous. The pennants are Hero Arts. Those stars are Martha's punches that I got quite some time ago. The DP on the front of the card was from my scrap stash.
Hope you have a wonderful weekend!

4th of July Slider Card

2011-06-22T10:04:00.000-07:00

Another 4th of July card here! This is a slider card - my first. I purchased a kit of the Kraft body parts for the slider card at my LSS. The company is Pine Cone Press. It was simple to put together. After that it was just a matter of embellishing the cards that slide out and the outside covering. My stamps are by Stampendous for Archiver's. All of the papers are from a patriotic pad by We R Memory Keepers. The pad even has small cut outs to use and I did use one.
Have a great summer day!

Toads

2011-06-21T09:13:00.000-07:00

When I saw these stamps, I had to get them. We have been hearing a big toad in our backyard in the evenings but just can't seem to find him. The landscapers are here today so he better find a new home for awhile while they are digging up our yard.
These stamps are more of the Inky Antics collection that I have fallen in love with. I have 3 sets of them and luv'em!!! The inside of the card uses the HoneyPop paper for the mushroom. All of the stamps used are in the set. The DP is by My Mind's Eye - Lime Twist. The white lattice work is a Martha Stewart punch.
Have a great week!

Holy Cow!

2011-06-17T13:46:00.000-07:00

Well guess what? That cow you see up there was right next to the fence in my yard! Yes, A COW! What a surprise! Yes, we do live out in the country but our development does not allow "large animals". I knew that we were on the outside border of our development but I didn't know there was a ranch beside us! I guess it is actually further up the hill but the cows seem to be wandering down this way lately. That's mighty fine as long as they don't start stinking. When we lived in Germany, our village smelled of cow manure all day everyday and summers were brutal! I pray that doesn't happen here. I don't think it will. They are pretty cute cows!

So, the card is one I made for my nephew who has a 4th of July birthday and the red hair that goes with it. He's a firecracker! I saw the stamps and knew I had to make him a card. It's just so perfect for a birthday on the 4th. It's by Stampendous (for Archiver's). I added the "birthday" on the inside from another stamp. The pennants are by Hero Arts. I wanted to put some sparkle on the icing but was afraid that would girly it up too much and he is going to be 28 so he might not like that. The papers are by We R Memory Keepers.
Hope you have a great weekend! My daughter and her husband are coming down and we will venture up to the mountains for some fun!

Inchworm

2011-06-10T18:56:00.001-07:00

Today I ventured out to a scrapbook/stamping store that I have not been to yet since our recent move to Colorado Springs. Simple Pleasures was heaven on earth! I only had about 30 minutes to spend there but I somehow managed to spend about $70 in that short time. This is a card made with some of my goodies! The stamps are by Inky Antics and are just too cute! The inside of the card was made with honeycomb paper!!! It is called HoneyPop and is also by Inky Antics. I don't know who came up with this idea for cards...but I love it! My only problem with making this card was that my white cardstock needed to be heavier so that my markers didn't bleed through to the front of the card. My solution to that little problem was to mount the inside of the card on the yellow cardstock used for the outside of the card.
It was in the high 50's, low 60's today! This is my kind of summer!!!
Have a great weekend!

Realtor Card

2011-06-06T12:52:00.000-07:00

Hope your day is going well! I'm SO enjoying the cooler temps here in Colorado. If I were still in Arizona I know it would be miserable about now but it's heavenly here in Colorado. There has been some record heat in Colorado Springs but we are usually about 10 degrees cooler up here in Black Forest so it's perfect summer weather! Our neighbors have never used their AC units so I'm looking forward to that!
So...here is a card for my AZ realtor who did a fine job for us even though it was a horrible roller coaster ride for several months. The market in our area is horrible and still getting worse so we were glad to depart. This is a Stampin Bella stamp and I just fell in love with it. I'm going to send a set of these to Barb as a thank-you from us. She did so much for us. It was a pretty simple card with a little Copic coloring and a few Nesties. I think the papers are SU.
Enjoy your day!

Another Happy Father's Day Card!

2011-06-05T14:59:00.001-07:00

As promised...here is another Father's Day card. The colors show up poorly as the base cardstock is the Kraft paper cardstock (I think that is what it is called!). It's all in khaki tones but it appears more gray. The stamp is an older SU stamp. The DP is a Father's Day paper by TPC Studio. The twine gives it a masculine touch.
Busy day so this will be it for today. I do have another card I will post as time permits. Stay tuned!!! Have a great week!

Happy Father's Day!

2011-06-02T14:18:00.000-07:00

Hello my friends! I know it's been a long time since I last posted. I have been so busy with our new house and trying to get window treatments sewn up. It's a very time consuming task and our odd shaped "eyebrow" windows make it difficult as well. I have finished one window but it's a big window so that is good. It was very difficult too so I am glad to have it behind me. When my hubby comes home tomorrow we will work on mounting my next window treatment. I had to take a break from my sewing and brainstorming to do a few Father's Day cards. So, here is the first one! The cute guy is by Paper Smooches - a new company by Kim Hughes. She does some really cute stamps too! The papers are by KaiserCraft. I have my sewing machine set up so I zig-zagged the edges of the one cardstock piece! The sentiment is by Hero Arts. That's a big toothpick holding the banner! When I get the next card made, I'll be back! Thanks for dropping by!

Another Kleenex Box Cover!

2011-05-10T12:23:00.001-07:00

I'm so sorry it has taken me so long to get back here again! It's just been one thing after another trying to get moved in. We have sold our home 5 times in the past 2 months and 4 deals have fallen through for one reason or another. Appraisals are a nightmare in Arizona. It is a unreal what we have been through with the sale of our home there - and it's not over yet! We have tons of buyers and lots of decent offers...we just don't have good appraisers. I guess most of it has to be that 45 out of 60 homes in the Phoenix area are foreclosures so when you have a beautiful home in mint conditions...the lenders are very leary of it and are all over the appraisers to not appraise the homes for too high. It's crazy! We are now having to get a second appraisal on the last offer because the lender is suspicious! So, we live on pins and needles!
So, here is the other cover I made. These are just so easy and with lots of room for creativity - which you won't see here!!! You could really do some fancy embellishments and stamping on them but I was short on time so this is what I did. I just took some fancy papers with lots of glitz on them and cut them to fit. I added some rick rack trim and a ribbon. That's it! It is really pretty in real life but I used my old camera so it's not the best picture.
I have lots and lots of sewing projects coming up with a new house full of TONS of windows so that is where my time will be spent in the near future. Maybe I will post some of that when I get to that point! Hope you had a wonderful Mom's Day!

Mother's Day Gifts

2011-05-03T14:04:00.001-07:00

Just found out on Sunday that Mother's Day is next week. I have not had time to keep up with those things lately so this one caught me by surprise - especially since I have to mail mine to the east coast. So, I quickly scrambled to find something to make and came up with these cute tissue box covers. I didn't do any stamping on them...just covered them with designer papers. The directions can be found in the resources section on Splitcoaststampers. They go together rather quickly too so that's always a plus for me! I will show you another one tomorrow - hopefully!

I'm Stylish!!!

2011-04-30T18:02:00.000-07:00

2 posts in one day after ZERO posts in 2 months - pretty awesome, don't you think!!! I just realized I got an award for my blog while I have been away! Thank you, Kate! You are wonderful! I need to disclose 8 things about me that you probably don't know! HMMM...that is a tough one but here I go:
1. I DO NOT like moving! This was my 18th move and it doesn't get any easier with experience!!!
2. I love to cook! Baking is one of my passions but spending time in the kitchen is as enjoyable as spending time in my craftroom!
3. I love dogs but I HATE dogs that shed hair all over my house!!! Both of my kids have dogs that shed hair and it drives me crazy when they are here. I spend HOURS cleaning my house when they leave! I guess that is one way to get my house clean!!!
4. I love to spend time in craft stores, fabric stores and cooking stores. I would rather do that than shop for clothing!!! Maybe it has something to do with the fact that my body isn't as easy to fit as it used to be!!! My tall and slender days are gone!!!
5. My favorite color is purple. I even had a purple room when I was young - and LOVED it!
6. I am not a computer geek!!! I can do "MY" basic things on the computer and that is it.
7. I grew up in NC and don't really miss it! I never knew how bad the humidity was there until I left. I don't miss it at all!!!
8. My favorite food is PASTA! I could eat it everyday. I like it served most any way possible!!! I love pasta casseroles and pasta salads. Yum, yum!!! I've even made a pasta dessert!!!

The second part of this award is to pass it on to 8 other blogs. I will have to do that another time since this is really taking a lot of time that I don't have right now! But, thanks again to Kate for her thoughfulness!

I'M BACK!!!

2011-04-30T17:49:00.000-07:00

Can you believe it!!! It's been over 2 months since I last posted. We moved to Colorado and it has taken much longer for me to unpack than I ever dreamed. I must say that my craft room has been the toughest part. I still have several boxes left but considering there were over 50 boxes...that's not too bad. My craft room is in the attic over a 2 car garage. The walls go up to a point so it makes it hard to put furniture against the walls since you lose so much of it by being tall and bumping your head on the ceiling all the time. There are no closets or any storage space so it has been a HUGE challenge for me. My work is cut out for me for a LONG TIME! My hubby built me several cabinets and a HUGE table for the center of the room with lots of storage beneath so that has been a big help. BUT, I just have too much stuff! I'm SLOWLY getting there. I get frustrated with it very quickly so can't work on it more than a few hours at a time.

SO>>>>here is a card I made before we moved. The stamp is a Unity Stamp. I printed our new address for the inside. It was rather quick and easy. I hope to get back into the swing of things soon so stay tuned!

Armadillo Birthday

2011-02-19T08:15:00.001-08:00

Wow...what a crazy few weeks it has been! We found a home in Colorado that we are in the process of buying. We absolutely love it. We are beginning the stressful task of the loan process and it can be very tough when your hubby is a pilot in the sky! Papers can't get signed as fast as they like. So, you can imagine the stress it puts on me when the bank wants something they should have sent us 2 days ago (when he was home) and they want it now. We managed to get through this week and get all the contract paperwork signed and delivered. Now we have to wait for them to sign and deliver to our bank to start the loan processing. As they take their good ole time...interest rates rise. So, that doesn't make us too happy. And Monday is a holiday. So, we will start all over on Tuesday and pray they have signed and delivered or we will start dealing with timeline issues for closing. What a nightmare but I hear it's the norm these days so we just have to accept it and pray for the best outcome.
So, this is a card I made a few weeks ago while I had time and knew it needed to get done. It's the cutest stamp and perfect for the recipient! It's a Dead Beat Designs stamp and it's colored with Copics. It is framed with a Nestie and distressed around the edges. I added a snip of twine to jazz it up a bit. The paper is a bandanna print and I couldn't tell you who makes it. I used my Home Pro to attach the stars in the corners - too cute!
I'm not sure how many more postings I will be doing before I close shop until after the move. I don't think I will be packing until Mid-March but time will tell. I will not have any desks for awhile after we move - until my hubby can make them for me. So, life will be at a standstill for awhile but I promise I will be back so hang in there!

Happy Valentine's Day!

2011-02-13T16:57:00.000-08:00

I wish everyone a HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY! It is always a fun time to make cards and I know when I was a little girl that I always looked forward to V-day and choosing the perfect valentine for each of my classmates. It's even more fun when you can make that special card for each of your friends. So, this is another that I made for a special crafting friend. The image is not especially Valentinesy (my word!) but it works for me. The adorable little doggie looks just like my Muffy did and my friend also has a dog that looks like this so it was perfect for her as well. It's a Stampavie stamp and is colored with Copics. The sentiment is another $1 Michael's stamp. The white trim under that is a Bazzill trim that you can purchase in a package of many different designs. The image is cut with a Nestie.
Hope you have a wonderful day. We don't usually go out on Valentine's Day but I usually cook a special dinner for my hubby. I made a Coconut Cream Pound cake for dessert tomorrow and it's killing me to have to smell it while it bakes!!! I will serve strawberries with it. Got to get that touch of Valentine Red in the meal!

Lacy Hearts

2011-02-06T17:14:00.000-08:00

It's Superbowl Sunday and I really have no interest in either team this year so I thought I would try to post another card I made. This is about as easy as it gets!!! I punched three hearts and mounted them on cardstock! There are some cute glittery pearls between and checked ribbon bows on the ends!
We are on our way back to Colorado tomorrow to look at a home. We hope to put an offer on it and be the lucky winners. It's a beautiful foreclosure home that was recently listed and I'm hoping we will be the owners of it! Keep your fingers crossed for me!!!
Have a great week! I hope to have a few postings here and there as time permits!

LOVE

2011-02-03T15:59:00.001-08:00

I'm sneaking in here to post another valentine I made several days ago when I had more time. This was made with the Rubber Tapestry stamps. The "LOVE" was stamped and then all the various flowers and hearts were stamped with peg stamps. I really love my peg stamps but just don't use them as often as I would like. They really make quick and beautiful images. That's it!
Hope you are staying warm. We had horribly cold weather here in the Phoenix area yesterday. The winds were about 40 mph and the temps were about 40 so with the wind chill...it made for a frigid day for us. We had to harvest our citrus fruit trees to save them from the freeze we had last night. I thought my hands were frozen solid when we were done. We made OJ today! We are just waiting for all the trees in the city to turn brown from the hard freeze. It will not be a pretty scene around here for quite some time.

3 Hearts

2011-01-27T20:53:00.000-08:00

This was a quick and easy valentine to make and that's exactly what I like! The red cardstock was embossed for added dimension. The red hearts were just stamped with MSE stamp. The white border at the bottom is a Bazzill trim that has been embellished with red rhinestones and ribbon. How simple is that!

Happy Valentine's Day!

2011-01-26T18:55:00.000-08:00

Hope your day is going well! I spent my day working on insurance claims for my hubby's recent hospital visit. What a mess! I am constantly amazed at how many errors I find. There is no end to it. And I think most of them are intentional - to see if they can try to get more money from us. I will fight every last one of those darn claims and they aren't getting an extra penny from me either!
So here is another V-day card. The papers are actually scraps from my V-day stash. The three hearts stamp is by My Sentiments Exactly and the other is a $1 stamp from a year or two ago.
Have a great day!

Be My Valentine

2011-01-25T16:29:00.000-08:00

Here is the first of my valentines and I hope I get quite a few more done before long! Time is flying by me way too fast!!! My crafting time is limited so we'll see what happens! This is an old stamp by Penny Black that I use quite often for many occasions. The papers are by Pebbles - that's a new one for me but I just recently found it at my LSS and love it! The sentiment is by Inkadinkado - another old stamp! Hope you have a fun day!!!

Pretty in pink

2011-01-22T15:15:00.000-08:00

It's so great to be back in my craft room! We spent the past few weeks in Colorado house hunting and also helping my daughter out with her hip surgery. No, we have not found our dream house yet but saw lots of beautiful homes and lots of snow! We have a realtor working for us so hopefully between her and my hours spent on the computer...we will come up with something. My daughter is doing very well. She came out of the surgery with no pain in her hips where she had it for the past 4 months - but new pain from the incisions. But, she had no pain meds after her first day and says the pain is gone! Her doctor and the hospital were outstanding. So...I'm back again but my time will be limited with all the work we have to do to clean out the house and get ready for a move. What a job! Today I made 4 cards. Unbelievable! I will post one today and share the others another time.
This card was made with all new fun things I got today. The stamps and die cuts are by Prickley Pear. The flourish is a Bazzill die cut that comes precut in a package of about 20 or so. The paper is Cosmo Cricket - DeLovely. The bottom bracket edge is also a die by My Favorite Things. I just trimmed the white part with scissors but the pink paper was done with the die. The pearly center of the flower is a button.
Thanks for dropping by. Hope to post some valentines in the next few postings! Have a great day!

The cutest little house!

2011-01-07T19:13:00.001-08:00

I was going through my craft cabinets and I found this chipboard house to decorate. I was so excited because it would be so perfect to give to our realtor full of candy. So, I got busy and covered it in papers to match the cards I made her. I absolutely love this pad of paper by Kaisercraft! It has some punch outs in the back too! Anyways, I added a little Tim Holtz door knob to it and put one of his "LIFE" keys on the top of the roof. I had so much fun decorating this! And I filled it up with Reese's miniature peanut butter cups.
Hope you have a great weekend! This may be my last post for a few weeks. I'm heading to Colorado so won't be crafting for awhile! Take care!