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Merry Christmas everyone! Have a wonderful day with the ones you love! I know I am!!

This is a sign that I made for some close friends and family. I got some wood letters, a chalkboard and then covered them in white paint. I covered the chalkboard part and the letters with paper from the Holiday Treasures designer pack. I printed the words on my computer and add a few embellishments. The hardest part was trying to figure out how to decorate without over doing it! Thanks for stopping by!!

Love

Good evening! I am making a quick post as I almost forgot about it and I need to get to a staff Christmas party!

This card layout comes from the recent Cards Magazine. I really love the way it turned out! Thanks for stopping by and keep warm!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Love You Much; Paper- Very Vanilla, Candy Lane designer paper; Ink- Riding Hood Red; Accessories- Riding Hood Red taffeta ribbon, silver brad, heart punch, corner rounder, dimensionals

New Die!

Good afternoon! It's lunch time and I have all my kiddos in my room with me. Darn!!! After lunch duty I cherish a little quiet time with my own lunch and maybe some grading and catching up. But not today. It's just too cold to take the kids out. Not too cold for the kids but for the poor teachers who have to look after them! Oh well. I just have to make the best of it but I will be grumpy for a little while...

Today's card is a take-off from a card I saw in the recent Cards Magazine. Very simple!! This card uses my new flower layers die. I just had to try it out!! The die makes four different sized flowers and you can layer them together. Like I said, very simple! Thanks for stopping by!

Card Recipe: Stamps- On Your Birthday; Paper- Kraft, Baja Breeze, Ruby Red, Baja Breeze designer paper; Ink- Baja Breeze, Ruby Red, Chocolate Chip; Accessories- Kraft taffeta ribbon, brad, sponges, corner rounder, dimensionals

So Simple!

Good Sunday morning to you! Well, if today was Christmas and you we were 'dreaming of a white Christmas' then your dream would have come true!! Yep! There is snow on the ground!! Not a lot, mind you, but there is snow. I sure hope the mountains got pounded. Powderhorn ski area was supposed to open today and I know that they were counting on this storm really helping them out.

Today's card was copied out of the recent Cards Magazine. I used different paper, colors and stamp but the layout is pretty much the same. Very simple! Not my favorite but it was fun to do. I got the color combo from the In Color color chart. Anyway, I hope that you will be inspired. Thanks for stopping by!

Card Recipe: Stamps- On Your Birthday; Paper- Kraft, So Saffron, Baja Breeze, Chocolate Chip designer paper; Ink- Chocolate Chip; Accessories- So Saffron poly twill, scallop edge border punch

Valentine

Good Saturday morning! I hope your weekend is off to a great start! I think that it is finally going to start looking like Christmas around here! We haven't had any snow to speak of but it looks like it will be moving into this area this week. I have to say, that I do like the snow around Christmas. And, of course, I love it for the skiing. No, I don't ski anymore but I love to watch my son do it. Anyway, the weather is changing and I am going to enjoy it as I go through the last week of school before Christmas break!!! Can you say - When are you going to do all your shopping? YIKES!!! Guess I better get going on that. But I really hate the crowds. My husband has done a lot of it but he needs something, too! And I can't afford most things that he wants. So, I guess I will be fighting crowds to make sure he has something to open. Think of me, please!!

On to the card... I got this layout from the recent Cards Magazine. I believe that Dawn McVey did it. I do love her stuff!! Hers had different colors and a different image but I thought the overall layout was cute! So, I changed it up a bit and here's what mine looks like! Really simple and self explanatory. I got to do some stamping with my friend Becky last night. Tomorrow I will be stamping with Sherry, Emily and Becky! We are doing our annual Christmas party! Can't wait!! Thanks for stopping by!!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Happy Heart; Paper- Riding Hood Red, Whisper White, Chocolate Chip and Candy Lane designer paper; Ink- Riding Hood Red; Accessories- Chocolate Chip wide grosgrain, dimensionals

Green Tea

Good afternoon! It's lunch time here! So, I will hurry and post so that I can eat my lunch, too!! Tomorrow is Friday and I am SOOOO looking forward to the weekend! I hope that your day is going the way you want.

Today's card is a layout that I have used before. But I just love the way it turns out! And it is a super easy way to use up those little scraps of designer paper that we all seem to have left. I cut five pieces of designer paper 1 1/8" square. Then I cut a piece of Whisper White 5 1/2" x 1 3/4". Then I took the strip and glued the squares onto it starting in the middle. Your two end pieces will have a tiny bit hanging off the edge but I just snipped that off. No one can tell that anyway. Of course you will want to scallop your white strip before gluing anything down. It's much easier that way. Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Eastern Blooms, Thank You Kindly; Paper- Whisper White, Green Tea designer paper; Ink- Old Olive, Baja Breeze; Accessories- Old Olive grosgrain, scallop edge border punch, gold brad, dimensionals

Happy Heart!

Good evening everyone! I am so excited that we are on the downhill side of this week! Only one more to go and I will be on Christmas vacation!!!! It is going to be really crazy but that helps the time pass more quickly.

Today's card is one that I did for my stamp club. I really liked the way it turned out and it is so super simple!! I think my club ladies really liked it too. The card is really self explanatory and I have used this layout before. And I probably will again. I hope you don't get too sick of it! I am off to Becky's annual Christmas card class party!! I just love her party!! It is so much fun and she has great projects and awesome food! Yes, I will be pigging out once again. Thanks for stopping by!!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Happy Heart; Paper- Pink Pirouette, Whisper White, Ski Slope designer paper; Ink- Riding Hood Red; Accessories- Riding Hood Red taffeta ribbon, mini library clips, dimensionals

Winter Frost

Good afternoon! I hope that your Tuesday is going great. Mine is flying by! I am very pleased that we are still able to accomplish what we do in class. It is harder to keep them focused but we are getting through!



This card layout is one I have done before but I just love it! It is so versatile! I didn't stamp a greeting on this card because I let the paper say it all. I had my stamp club last night with a super bunch of ladies!! And Jeannie makes the BEST peanut butter fudge!! I ate wayyyy too much! But I digress. This is one of the cards we made at stamp club. No stamping at all! The snowflake was cut with my big shot. I really like the way it turned out. I hope that you are inspired! Thanks for stopping by!

Card Recipe: Stamps- None!! Paper- Close To Cocoa, Bashful Blue, Kiwi Kiss, Whisper White, Frosty Day designer paper; Ink- None!! Accessories- vintage brads, snowflake sizzlit, big shot, crafter's tool kit, dimensionals

Hugs & Kisses

Good afternoon! Well, this day sure did fly by! I started this quite a while ago and now it is the end of the day! I hope that your Monday was great! It's pretty gloomy outside. Hope that means there is snow in the mountains as we really need it!

Today's card layout is one that I sketched from somewhere. I really liked it and thought it had so many wonderful possibilities. In fact, I think that I have used it before. Hope you don't get sick of it. This set is the new Love You Much bundle that will be available December 23. I hope that I am enticing you!! The designer paper is also part of the bundle. I think that I am getting tired of my stamps. I will be excited to see the new catalog and order some new ones!! Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Love You Much; Paper- Close To Cocoa, Very Vanilla, Riding Hood Red; Ink- Riding Hood Red, Close To Cocoa; Accessories- Riding Hood Red taffeta, scallop edge border punch, scallop circle punch, dimensionals

Breezy Rose

Hello my faithful blog followers! I am so sorry it has been so long since my last post. We got back from Disneyland late Saturday night (a week ago) safe and sound. Our son had gotten a bad case of allergies while in California and was not feeling well all the way home but he made it. We got home, threw our stuff on the kitchen floor and said good night! We were exhausted!! Two hours later I woke up and started vomiting (among other things) and ended up being sick the entire rest of the weekend! My husband also got sick later on Sunday. It was awful!! I took the day off on Monday and still didn't feel very well on Tuesday but went back to school anyway. Nick is doing much better since being home. People are telling me that his allergies could have been brought on by the poor air quality. Anyway, we are all better but NONE of the things on my "to-do" list got done that I had planned for last Sunday. I did no laundry, we didn't get our Christmas tree put up, I got NO papers graded and fell WAYYY behind (I think that I am finally caught up now), and just a few days ago, we finally put the suitcase away! So, you can see that I haven't had much time for stamping. I did go to my friend Becky's house on Friday and did a little stamping there. It has been hard to re-start my stampin mojo. I hope that it comes back soon!! Tomorrow night I have my stamp club with a super bunch of ladies! I can't wait to see them all again! I will show you all those projects this week as well.

Today's card comes from a layout I found on the Clean and Simple website. I love their layouts for that really "clean" look. And they are really simple but very elegant. The sketch showed an oval for the greeting but an oval just didn't look right on this card so I scrapped that part and made up my own. Actually, I stamped the 'friend' onto the card and it came out really crooked! YIKES! I hate it when that happens! So, I stamped it again on a scrap piece then trimmed it up to glue over my mistake. I don't think it looks too bad. Thanks for stopping by and not giving up on me. It's a crazy time of year and I hope to keep up. So, keep checking back and have a great day!!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Wonderful Favorites, Embrace Life; Paper- Baja Breeze, Not Quite Navy, Basic Grey, Whisper White, Urban Garden designer paper; Ink- Basic Grey, Kiwi Kiss, Baja Breeze; Accessories- vintage brads, blender pen, dimensionals

Love

Hello all! We are on our way home! Tell you more later.

This card layout is one I found in a magazine (I think). I just love this stamp from the new Love You Much set (available December 23). The heart in the middle of the love was stamped and then punched with the new heart punch which is part of this bundle. Too cool!! Another super easy card! Thanks for stopping by!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Love You Much; Paper- Riding Hood Red, Kraft, Candy Lane designer paper; Ink- Riding Hood Red; Accessories- Riding Hood Red taffeta ribbon, silver brad, blender pen, dimensionals

Friend

Happy Friday! It's a big shopping day! I am so glad to not be out there! We are still at Disneyland and will be back tomorrow.

Today's card is a layout that I copied from the most recent Cards Magazine. I also used the new Love You Much stamp set (available December 22) - I think that I had the date wrong in another post. Such a CUTE set and CUTE paper and a super CUTE new punch! Love it!! This is a super simple card and layout. I hope that you are inspired. Thanks for stopping by and have a great weekend!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Love You Much; Paper- Close To Cocoa, Pink Pirouette, Very Vanilla, Candy Lane designer paper; Ink- Close To Cocoa, Riding Hood Red; Accessories- Kraft taffeta ribbon, silver brad, crafter's tool kit, dimensionals

Happy Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! Remember to stop and count your blessings! I know that I am thankful to each of you and all your wonderful comments. I am also thankful for the person I copied this from!! SO cute!! I just couldn't resist! Have a great day and a great weekend! Eat lots and lots!!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Holidays & Wishes; Paper- Kraft, Old Olive, Pumpkin Pie, Frost designer paper; Ink- Pumpkin Pie, Close To Cocoa; Accessories- Chocolate Chip wide grosgrain ribbon, Old Olive grosgrain ribbon, wide oval punch, crafter's tool kit, sponge, dimensionals

Thanksgiving Eve

I am pre-posting these next few days so I probably won't have a lot to say. I'm sure you all probably appreciate that!! Well, I will have a lot to say when I get back! Ha!

Anyway, I couldn't resist another Thanksgiving card. I will have one more tomorrow that I totally copied from someone else. But I just couldn't resist! I had this layout sketched so I decided to use it. I really like the way it turned out and it is super simple! I have really fallen in love with the little library clips! I hope that you all get inspired as well! Thanks for stopping by!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Holiday Blitz, Holidays & Wishes; Paper- Chocolate Chip, Pumpkin Pie, Old Olive, Whisper White, Frosty designer paper; Ink- Chocolate Chip, Pumpkin Pie, Old Olive; Accessories- Old Olive grosgrain, scallop circle punch, circle punches, mini library clips, crafter's tool kit, dimensionals

Happy Together

Good afternoon by blogging friends! Can you hear the proverbial fat lady singing? Well, she is!! The kids are gone and in a few short hours we will be on our way to St. George for the first leg of our trip! So I thought that I had better get a post up before I get too distracted!


I also have to thank Laura Brown. She has given me the Kreative Blogger Award! WOW! I have never received an award before! I think that I will need some instruction on what to do next - LOL! But I will wait until I get back from vacation. Thank you Laura! Be sure to check out her blog. Lots of wonderful things to see there!


This is a card that I came up with last Friday evening. My friend, Sherry, brought her new valentine bundle (that will be offered December 1). Love it!! I had to go home and order my very own, too! The greeting comes from the Happy Everything set. I punched out the birds with my scallop punch and then used my Becky's 2" scallop punch to layer with. I think I need that 2" scallop punch as well!! Very simple card. Have a great day and thanks for stopping by!


Card Recipe: Stamps- Love You Much, Happy Everything; Paper- Real Red, Whisper White; Ink- Basic Black, Baja Breeze, So Saffron, Real Red; Accessories- Real Red wide grosgrain, silver brad, word window punch, scallop punches, blender pen, dimensionals

Autumn Vine Patches

Good evening all! I am sorry to post this later but there is so much to do!! And things are kind of crazy at school right now that I didn't find the time to post there either. So, here I am!

This card layout was a sketch that I have had for quite a while. I have always wanted to try it but just hadn't quite figured out how to make it all work. So, yesterday, I sat down and kept trying and then came up with this. I think it turned out pretty nice. It's really easy to do. I think that I made my squares 1 1/8" and then I had to cut off my end pieces just a tad. Not an exact science but it does work and no one knows the difference! Yes, it's another Best Wishes & More card! Hope you aren't sick of them. I don't have anymore planned in the near future but it sure is a great set! Thanks for stopping by!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Best Wishes & More; Paper- Whisper White, Autumn Vine designer paper; Ink- Chocolate Chip, Really Rust; Accessories- Sage Shadow grosgrain, scallop edge border punch, dimensionals

Kind Thanks

Good late morning everyone! I have been up and around for awhile but I forgot that I wanted to post this card until now. So, here I am! My family and I are leaving for Disneyland on Tuesday (right after school) and driving part way. Then we will end up in California on Wednesday. We are going to spend Thursday and Friday in the park and then come home on Saturday. We are so excited!!! This is really the first ever family vacation that we have taken - and Nick is 9! I think that it is time!! Anyway, since we won't be home on Thanksgiving, we are making our big meal today. We weren't going to do anything but we just love the food and the smell and the warm cozy feeling that you are left with (if that makes any sense). So, lots going on today.

This card came from a sketch that I had. I think that this is one of my very favorite cards! I just LOVE how this turned out! I love it when I can find a sketch that really 'works'. So, you will probably see me use it again!! I even pulled out my clips assortment! I tend to buy these things and then never use them. But it looks so great with this layout! Enjoy your day and thanks for stopping by!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Eastern Blooms, Thank You Kindly; Paper- Baja Breeze, Riding Hood Red, Very Vanilla, Old Olive designer paper; Ink- Riding Hood Red, Baja Breeze; Accessories- Riding Hood Red taffeta ribbon, clips assortment, silver brad, scallop edge border punch, dimensionals

Pocket Silhouettes

Good morning! The weekend is finally here!! Last night I got to spend some time stamping with some really good friends, Sherry and Becky! Sherry brought her new stamp set, designer paper and punch. She let me use it, so I have some cards to show that don't use the Best Wishes & More stamp set! Aren't you excited? These cards will be coming this next week. The stamp set, designer paper and punch are bundled as a special from Stampin' Up!. I think that they will be available for customer order after the first of December (need to look that one up). Anyway, it's a bundle that I am going to order this morning! The stamp set is valentine and the punch is a set of three different sized hearts that match a stamp from the set. The paper has reds, pinks and browns in it. LOVE it!!

But now back to the present card... I really love how this card turned out. VERY simple. I found a sketch that I wanted to try and this set seemed to fit just right. I wanted the Not Quite Navy to be my base card but if you know me at all, you know that I don't like my brads (or ribbon) to show on the other side of the card. So, to remedy that I made the inside card a "tad" smaller to cover up the back side of my brads. I'm sure that has been thought up by much more clever people than I but I thought that I was brilliant! Have a great weekend and thanks for stopping by!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Pocket Silhouettes; Paper- Not Quite Navy, Very Vanilla, Urban Garden designer paper; Ink- Not Quite Navy; Accessories- Kiwi Kiss satin ribbon, silver brads, wide oval punch, sponge, dimensionals

Ready For Snow?

Well, maybe not yet. And it doesn't look like there will be any chance of snow here for quite a while. The temperatures are quite pleasant at the moment and it looks like it will stay that way. But I couldn't resist the title.

This card layout is similar to one I have done fairly recently. I really like the simplicity of the layout and that's why I chose to use it again (and possibly and again and again). A very simple layout. The hardest or most tedious part is cutting out the snowflake. But it just looks so much cuter with it cut out. And, I even used Pacific Point! That is a color that is so hard for me to use. Thanks for stopping by and have a great day! It's finally Friday!!!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Best Wishes & More; Paper- Pacific Point, Whisper White, Frosty Day designer paper; Ink- Bashful Blue, Pacific Point; Accessories- Bashful Blue wide ribbon, silver brad, dimensionals

Autumn Vine Hi

Good afternoon! I am posting much later than usual due to the fact that we have had an usual lunch time. We got served a Thanksgiving dinner at lunch. It was so yummy!! I am so full now and could really use a long nap. But no such thing right now as I have to keep these kids going for another hour. Right now they are reading so I thought I would sneak in a post.

This is a card layout that I have used before. I just changed the paper and the colors. It's really easy and pretty self-explanatory. I hope that it inspires you! Thanks for stopping by!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Say it With Scallops; Paper- Chocolate Chip, Sage Shadow, Really Rust, Whisper White, Autumn Vine designer paper; Ink- More Mustard, Chocolate Chip; Accessories- Sage Shadow grosgrain ribbon, square scallop punch, circle punch, gold brad, dimensionals

Wishing You...

Good afternoon! I hope that your Wednesday is going great! Mine is going pretty good so far! My son's birthday is today!! I can't believe that it's been nine years!! YIKES! We have a lot of fun stuff planned for this evening. And, he is so excited as he will not have any homework tonight. He was so sweet today. He wanted donuts for his class treat so we got a box of assorted and a box of glazed. He was so excited to give his extras out to the other teachers. So, he came to my room first with my very favorite donut!! Now wasn't that sweet? He saved my favorite donut just for me!!! Sometimes he can be so darn sweet. Don't get me started on the other times!

On to the card... Another Best Wishes & More card! Tired of it yet? I hope not! I still have a few more!! But I am glad that I am getting all this use out of this set. I saw this card layout somewhere and just had to try it out. This was my version. It's a 3 x 6 card. These sizes can be so fun! A pretty simple card... Thanks for stopping by!

Card Recipe: Best Wishes & More, Sanded background; Paper- Really Rust, More Mustard, Sage Shadow, Chocolate Chip, Whisper White, Autumn Vine designer paper; Ink- Chocolate Chip, More Mustard, Really Rust; Accessories- Chocolate Chip grosgrain ribbon, scallop circle punch, dimensionals

Hawaii Best Wishes

Good afternoon! I only have a few minutes but wanted to make sure I got my post in for the day!

I really liked the way this card turned out! I think that I got this card sketch from Splitcoast, but now I can't rightly remember. Anyway, it did come from a sketch. Anytime that I find a card sketch or a card layout that I really like, I sketch it into my sketch pad and try to use it at some point. Again, I was trying to stay away from Christmas so I found myself using the Best Wishes & More set. Love it!! I hope that you are inspired by it as well. Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Best Wishes & More; Paper- Whisper White, Kiwi Kiss, Hawaii Papaya designer paper; Ink- Tangerine Tango, Chocolate Chip; Accessories- silver brad, scallop punch, dimensionals

Autumn Thank You

Good morning! Here I am posting on my blog when I should be grading papers and filing. I kind of got behind so now I am just procrastinating even further. Yeah, not good. So, I guess I will make this short and get back to work!

This layout came from one of Beate's sketches. She had posted it a while ago but I hadn't gotten around to doing anything with it. So, yesterday, while I was at Becky's, I decided to try it. And, here is my result! I rather like it. I hope that you like the Best Wishes & More stamp set because you are going to get a load of this set this week! I love that set! It is so versatile and I guess that's why I used it so much. I was also trying to stay away from Christmas cards for a little while longer. Anyway, I hope that you are inspired to try the layout! Thanks for stopping by!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Cute & Curly, Best Wishes & More; Paper- Chocolate Chip, Sage Shadow, Whisper White, Autumn Vine designer paper; Ink- More Mustard, Chocolate Chip; Accessories- Sage Shadow grosgrain ribbon, curly label punch, mini library clips, dimensionals

Daisy Spotlight

Good Sunday morning! I hope that you all had a great weekend! It sure went by fast!! I will be spending my day doing laundry and then it's off to Becky's to try and get some more cards done!!

I can't remember if I shared this card with you all or not. I have run out of ideas for the moment and then I came across this card. This is one I did at the shoebox club that I am in. I got it from someone else but I loved how it turned out. The flower is one of our new brads. These flowers come with a brad that you put in the center to attach it to the card. But, instead of doing that, I knotted my ribbon and poked both ends down through the center and wrapped that around my card. Just a different way of doing the flowers. I stamped the Upsy Daisy stamp twice - once in Kiwi Kiss and once in Not Quite Navy. I used my large circle punch and punched out the Not Quite Navy one and popped it up on the Kiwi Kiss image. Kind of a spotlight technique. Anyway, I hope that it inspires you! Have a great day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Upsy Daisy; Paper- Kiwi Kiss, Basic Gray, Whisper White, Urban Garden designer paper; Ink- Kiwi Kiss, Not Quite Navy; Accessories- Kiwi Kiss satin ribbon, filigree brads, 1 3/4" circle punch, dimensionals

Valentine's Card

Good morning my friends! I just want to say "Thank You" to everyone for all your wonderful comments! You are the best! I feel so blessed to have many people out there looking at my blog and enjoying what they see. Thank you!!!

This card layout started out to be a copy of a card that I saw in a PaperCrafts magazine. However, not having the same supplies as the card in the magazine, I had to change a few things and the more I changed the more it didn't look like the card that I was copying. Here is my result. I liked the way it turned out. I also really like this stamp. It is in the Holiday mini catalog. On this card I used the greeting 'Happy Valentine's Day' but I think that it could be an anniversary card as well. The dandelion has tiny hearts on it that are blowing away. On this stamp there are the words 'Wishing you a happy heart', but I chose to cover those up and just use the dandelion. Anyway, I did like the simplicity of this card. I hope that it inspires you! Take care and have a great weekend!!

Card Recipe: Stamps- A Happy Heart; Paper- Riding Hood Red, Kraft, Old Olive; Ink- Riding Hood Red, Old Olive; Accessories- Riding Hood Red taffeta ribbon, scallop edge border punch, gold brad, dimensionals

Best Wishes Autumn Vine

Good afternoon! It's finally Friday! This seems like a really long day already and I am only half way through! Just a little further. I know that I can make it. Somebody can shoot me now. I am going to do a craft with the kids this afternoon (after a big test). We are going to make turkey candle holders. No, it's not stamping related but it sure turned out cute! I will post a picture of it early next week. Next Thursday our school makes a Thanksgiving meal for the entire school (FREE). Everything is donated including the help. It's always a fun time and I thought these candle holders would be a great decoration to the tables.

Anyway, enough of that. On to the card! This card layout is another of Becky's. Surprised? Thankfully, I will be going to her card class on Monday and getting some more ideas. I am running out. I did like the way it turned out. I hope that it inspires you! Have a great day and thanks for stopping by!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Best Wishes; Paper- Chocolate Chip, More Mustard, Really Rust, Whisper White, Autumn Vine designer paper; Ink- Chocolate Chip, Really Rust, Sage Shadow, More Mustard; Accessories- Sage Shadow grosgrain ribbon, gold brads, dimensionals

Fancy Flower

Hello everyone! Another quick post since I will have recess duty in a few minutes. Oh joy! So I am trying to stuff my lunch down my throat and type at the same time.

Today's card started with a layout that I got from my friend, Becky, at on of her card classes a few months ago. Well, it ended up looking nothing like her card which is fine because I really like this one. It's just funny how that happens sometimes. Anyway, it is a simple card. I purposefully stamped the stem off the cardstock so that I flower would look like more three dimensional. I hope that you are inspired as well! Thanks for stopping by!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Flower Fancy; Paper- Chocolate Chip, Tangerine Tango, Kiwi Kiss, Very Vanilla; Ink- Chocolate Chip, Tangerine Tango, Kiwi Kiss; Accessories- Kiwi Kiss satin ribbon, gold brad, blender pen, scallop edge border punch, dimensionals

Garden Tea

Good afternoon! I am posting really quick. Our class won a contest and so we are going to have an ice cream party right after they get back from recess. So, not much time to eat, set up and post (as I already had to do lunch duty).

This layout was one that my friend, Becky did at one of her classes last month. Of course she used different paper and colors. But the layout is pretty much the same. It's a pretty simple card and self-explanatory. I do hope that it inspires you, too! I do hope to get home early tonight and post a color inspiration challenge card but we will see... Thanks for stopping by!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Thank You Kindly, Eastern Blooms; Paper- Baja Breeze, Certainly Celery, Whisper White, Garden Tea designer paper; Ink- Old Olive, Baja Breeze; Accessories- Old Olive grosgrain ribbon, gold brad, scallop edge border punch, dimensionals

Leafy Thank You

Good morning! I have a bit of time this morning to get a quick post up.

When I was at my friend, Becky's, house on Sunday, I decided to copy some of her card class layouts. This is one of her layouts. I really like this Autumn Vine paper from the Holiday mini catalog. And, since I am trying to stay away from Christmas cards for a while, I wanted to do something that went along with the season. Well, it is a season of giving thanks and that's what I went with. I am sure that I will be back to posting Christmas cards again very soon! But I do want to use up some of this other paper, too. Anyway, it is a pretty simple and self-explanatory card. Not too much to tell. Thanks for stopping by and thanks for all your wonderful comments! You are the best!!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Thank You Kindly, Best Wishes; Paper- Really Rust, Chocolate Chip, Whisper White; Ink- Really Rust; Accessories- Sage Shadow grosgrain ribbon, dimensionals

Eastern Greetings

Good afternoon! It's only Monday and I am already feeling behind the eight ball! But, I did want to get a post up to let you all know that I did find some stamping mojo while at my friend, Becky's, house. It started out kind of slow but then started up and went pretty strong! I got a good week's worth of cards done! And the best part? Well, Becky told me that her daughter was wanting some cards to be able to send to people that she knows. And I said, "Well, count me in!" I was getting concerned about what to do with so many cards.

Today's card is from a sketch that I found on Splitcoast Stampers. This one is not Christmas. I tried really hard to stay away from Christmas and just focus on the season at hand. Christmas will be here soon enough. No need to hurry it along! Anyway, I really like the way it turned out and it was pretty simple! The most tedious part was cutting out the flowers. I do hope that you can find some inspiration from this layout as well. Thanks for stopping by!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Eastern Blooms, On Your Birthday; Paper- Kiwi Kiss, Chocolate Chip, Whisper White, Hawaii Papaya designer paper; Ink- Kiwi Kiss, Tangerine Tango, Chocolate Chip; Accessories- Tangerine Tango striped ribbon, gold brad, dimensionals

A Pretties Card

Good Sunday morning everyone! I was in a panic this morning as I did not have anything to post. And I really want to keep up with this by posting everyday. I know that may seem insane but it does keep me stamping and that is what I love to do! But I think that my stamping mojo is on a temporary vacation as I am having a hard time knowing what to do. I don't even know which stamp set to use or colors or nothing. I am just at a loss! I am going to Becky's later today (after the laundry is done) and, hopefully, I will find my mojo there. We will see. If you don't hear from me for a while it's because I am looking for it!!

This card is a layout that I had done a looooong time ago. I did not like the card but I did like the layout. So, I switched it all up and here is what came up. It's not bad. And, it is very simple! Instead of stamping and cutting out a flower I dusted off my pretties kit and picked some flowers from there. Much simpler!! Well, I hope that you get inspired today! Thanks for stopping by!

Card Recipe: Stamps- On Your Birthday; Paper- Old Olive, Baja Breeze, Garden Tea designer paper; Ink- Old Olive; Accessories- Baja Breeze double stitched ribbon, pretties kit

Calendar Topper

Good Saturday morning to you all! It felt so good to sleep in! And it feels even better to have to not rush off to a soccer game or a volleyball game! I can just relax with my stamps and a cup of coffee! The bad news, well, my hard work of stamping so many cards for the blog has caught up with me. I had nothing for today! So, I went on a hunt. And here's what you all get to see for today. Tomorrow I plan on going to Becky's for the better part of the day and getting more cards done! And I do hope to be able to participate in Kristina's color challenges from now on (but we will see). Thank you all for your wonderful and kind comments! I just love reading them over and over and over... Really, you guys are the best!!

I am in a shoebox club. We are a group of 6 ladies that like to get together once a month and stamp. Each of us makes one project (card or some small item) and then cuts and provides the supplies to make that card or item for all the other ladies to make. There are no rules as to what you have to use so I get a lot of variety of items. I just love that! Anyway, on of the ladies had these calendars made for something else but she had some extra for us and asked if we wanted to do calendar toppers. What a great idea!! We each drew for our months and I got June and December. I wasn't too worried about December but what to do with June? So, I just got out my most favorite stamp set and came up with this. Everyone seemed to really like it. I hope you do to. When I get December's done I will post that one, too. Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Calendar Topper Recipe: Stamps- Upsy Daisy; Paper- Baja Breeze, Basic Grey, Not Quite Navy, Whisper White, Urban Garden designer paper; Ink- Not Quite Navy; Accessories- Baja Breeze double stitched ribbon, linen thread, slot punch, scallop edge border punch, dimensionals

Merry Christmas Label

Hello everyone! I do have to make this one quick as the kiddos will be coming in from recess any second.

Today's card is a big possibility for my Christmas card! I found this layout somewhere and adapted it to this. I do love the way it turned out! And it is really simple! I think I am going to try a variety of ways to make up this card and with different colors. Thanks for stopping by and thank you all for your wonderful comments about my color challenge card. You are the best!!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Curly Label; Paper- Chocolate Chip, Old Olive, Holiday Treasures designer paper, Whisper White, Ruby Red; Ink- Old Olive, Ruby Red; Accessories- Chocolate Chip taffeta ribbon, corner rounder, dimensionals

Ski Slope Snowflake

Hello everyone! I hope that you are all having a great day so far! The air is crisp here and the kids are coming in from being outside with rosy cheeks. I have a little bit of time before my rosy-cheeked kiddos come in. So, here I am posting!

This card's layout was copied from somewhere. I can't remember exactly but I really liked the card that I saw. Mine, well, not so much. It's o.k. and it'll do for the blog but it's not my favorite. This is really simple and I do love the colors from the Ski Slope designer paper (found in the Holiday mini catalog). Nothing much to have to explain so enjoy your day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Snow Swirled; Paper- Chocolate Chip, Whisper White, Bashful Blue, Ski Slope designer paper; Ink- Chocolate Chip, Bashful Blue; Accessories- Chocolate Chip wide grosgrain, wide oval punch, gold brad, Big Shot and snowflake dies, dimensionals

Color Inspiration #29

Hello again! I have really missed being able to participate in Kristina's color challenge each week. But today I found some time to quickly put together this card for this challenge. This one was really hard for me but this is what I came up with. These bright colors are out of my comfort zone. So, I took a layout that I have already done before and switched the colors around. I am always glad to get some ideas for the Pacific Point color as that is a tough one for me to use. Check out what others have done with the colors here.

Card Recipe: Stamps- Flight of the Butterfly; Paper- Taken With Teal, Elegant Eggplant, Pumpkin Pie, Whisper White; Ink- Pacific Point, Pumpkin Pie, Elegant Eggplant; Accessories- Pacific Point striped ribbon, silver brads, 1" circle punch, dimensionals

Kiwi Christmas

Hello everyone! Sorry about the 'cheesy' title but I am running out of things to say! Did you know that today is Donut Day? Neither did I. Our second grade teacher, and a good friend of mine, told that to us today in staff meeting. And she was nice enough to bring donuts in to help celebrate! So, that's what I am doing right now. The kids are in music and I am breathing!

Today's card is a BIG possibility for my Christmas card. I really like how this turned out and this could work for so many different patterned papers!. I just chose to use the new Frosty paper from the mini catalog. I really like the paper because it is so different but it is hard to find uses for the tangerine color during the holiday season. But this is what I came up with. Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!! Weekend is almost here!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Snow Swirled; Paper- Chocolate Chip, Whisper White, Frosty designer paper, Bashful Blue; Ink- Kiwi Kiss; Accessories- Bashful Blue double stitched wide ribbon, silver brad, Big Shot and snowflake dies, dimensionals

Happy Election Day!

Good evening fellow bloggers! I have to make this short. So much to do!! I hope that you all got out and voted today! This is a very important day for all of America!

I was going through some of my old cards the other day when I stumbled upon a card with this layout. I really liked the card and thought that I could re-use the layout using different papers, colors, embellishments, etc. And here is what happened! I really like the way it turned out! I like the different colors. Not the traditional Christmas colors. Another possibility for my Christmas card... Thanks for stopping by!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Snow Swirled; Paper- Chocolate Chip, Kraft, Baja Breeze, Holiday Treasures designer paper; Ink- Chocolate Chip; Accessories- Kraft taffeta ribbon, scallop edge punch, Big Shot and snowflake dies, silver brad, dimensionals

A Happy Heart

Good afternoon everyone! I hope that your November is off to a great start. I think that I heard on the radio this morning that there is 51 more days till Christmas? Is that right? Oh my! I guess I had better get to thinking about what I need to do before then! I guess it's so hard for me to believe because the weather has been so incredibly warm!

Today's card is a real switch from what I have been doing and showing. This set, A Happy Heart, is from the Holiday mini catalog which you can order from until January. I really like this set. You can use it for Valentine's Day or make anniversary cards with it or just to say I (heart) U. In this card I paired the set up with the Bella Rose designer paper. I got the layout idea from a book from Close To My Heart. It's different and I think that I like the way it turned out. I made this card so long ago that I hope I give you all the right ingredients. Thanks for stopping by!

Card Recipe: Stamps- A Happy Heart; Paper- Creamy Caramel, Whisper White, Bella Rose designer paper; Ink- Pink Pirouette, Riding Hood Red, Creamy Caramel; Accessories- Riding Hood Red taffeta ribbon, sponge, circle punch, dimensionals

Embossing Floders

Good Sunday morning everyone! Well, my volleyball season is officially over!! Ahhhh! Now it's back to the normal kind of crazy. Let me tell you what happened yesterday (so sorry if you don't want to know lol). Our school has two teams. The 'A' team which is made up of 7th and 8th graders who have played for at least one year (most of them two). Then there is the 'B' team which is made up mostly of 6th graders and for most of them it is their first year. So, with two teams there are two coaches (although I do not like being called a coach, I am just a 'helper'). Because of how the two teams placed and and the results of their pre-tournament games, both teams had to play at the same time yesterday. Guess what that meant? Yep! I had to coach. Well, I took over the 'B' team. I cannot even begin to describe how well they played!! It was so exciting!! They beat the top two teams in two games to go to the championship!! That's right! We went undefeated to the last game. Then things turned around. And, while I really hate to lose, I can't complain about how well they did. We ended up taking 2nd in the tournament and third in the season! It was so exciting!!

O.k. enough about that. On to the card. This is a card I did a while ago. In fact, I think that there is another card that is very close to this one. I actually used printed paper from Close To My Heart. I had gotten these really cool embossing folders and wanted to try them out. Now that I have my way cool Big Shot I can use some of these things. It's pretty self-explanatory and simple. I hope that it inspires you! Have a great day!!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Holidays & Wishes; Paper- Whisper White (other paper from Close To My Heart); Ink- Blue Bayou; Accessories- Whisper White taffeta ribbon, Big Shot and snowflakes dies and snowflake embossing folder, silver brad, scallop edge border punch, dimensionals

More Snow Swirled

Happy November everyone! I can't believe how quickly this year is going! Christmas will be here before I know it and I am not sure that I will be ready - YIKES! I have had so much fun making Christmas cards for swaps and for the blog. Maybe by the time Christmas comes I will have enough to mail without having to make new ones! Ha ha!! The only thing about cards like this one is that big knot. I am not sure how that would make it through the mail. But, I do have people that I will probably just give a Christmas card to instead of mailing so maybe I could use it for that instead?

Anyway, it is another snow swirled Christmas card. I really like this set. However, last Sunday I did come up with a few other Christmas ideas that use the Big Shot. I can't wait to show you those! So, stay tuned! Thanks for stopping by and have a great weekend! I am off to Delta for a volleyball tournament - oh joy!! Who knows how late we will be. I just pray that the teams play their best.

Card Recipe: Stamps- Snow Swirled; Paper- Chocolate Chip, Baja Breeze, Ruby Red, Whisper White, Holiday Treasures designer paper; Ink- Ruby Red, Old Olive, Chocolate Chip, Baja Breeze; Accessories- Chocolate Chip wide grosgrain, silver brad, wide oval punch, scallop edge border punch, dazzling diamonds glitter, dimensionals

Be Scary!!

Happy Halloween everyone! The kiddos are sure excited about the day! We are having a "harvest party" this afternoon. We don't celebrate Halloween at our school so we call it a harvest party. So, we will be watching a movie and having all sorts of goodies this afternoon. Then I send them home on a sugar rush!! I'm sure that most of them will be trick-or-treating tonight. They don't need too much more help being excitable!!

This is card layout I got out of a book from Close To My Heart. I made this card for a swap I was in last month but I wanted to wait and post it on Halloween. I really like the way it came out. I also did this card at my club last month. This set can be found in the Holiday mini catalog. The spider had to be colored with a black marker and then stamped four times. One to cut out and the other three to punch out. I did cut out the hat and pop it up and then popped up the spider. I hope that you find some inspiration with this layout! Have a great weekend!

P.S. The 'B' team won their game in another close one yesterday!!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Eat, Drink and Be Scary; Paper- Tangerine Tango, Kiwi Kiss, Whisper White, Basic Black; Ink- Basic Black marker, Tangerine Tango; Accessories- circle punch, silver brads, dimensionals

Urban Daisies

Hello everyone! What a crazy day!! We had an awards ceremony first thing then a little bit of teaching time then we hiked up the hill to a building that houses elderly people. They invited the K-5th grades to come and they wanted to hand out candy to us. The kids love it! We did sing some songs so that they just loved it, too! And then we hiked back and had some time to do another assignment. Now it's lunch time and I am ready for a looooong weekend. I am hoping that the time change will help. But I do have to get through the volleyball tournament. (big breath)

Can you tell that I just love my new Upsy Daisy set? And it pairs so nicely with the Urban Garden designer paper! This set makes for a beautiful yet very simple card. The brad is one of our new filigree brads. Love them!! Anyway, easy peasy!! Hope it inspires you! Have a great day!!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Upsy Daisy; Paper- Baja Breeze, Basic Gray, Not Quite Navy, Whisper White, Urban Garden designer paper; Ink- Not Quite Navy; Accessories- Baja Breeze double stitched ribbon, filigree brad, scallop edge border punch, dimensionals

Designer Paper

Good morning fellow bloggers! I hope that your "hump" day is off to a great start! I think that mine is going rather well!! Another volleyball game tonight and one tomorrow and then the tournament on Saturday. WOW! I think that I will make it?!

Today's card is very similar to yesterday's. It is the same layout (which I did get from one of Becky's card classes). What I really LOVE about this one... It's the designer paper that is doing all of the work!!! Love it! I know that this has been done before but not by me. How fun!! Anyway, I hope that you are inspired! Thanks for stopping by.

Card Recipe: Stamps- Hugs & Wishes; Paper- Basic Gray, Baja Breeze, Urban Garden designer paper; Ink- Basic Gray; Accessories- Baja Breeze striped ribbon, brads, scallop edge border punch

Simple Christmas Card

Good Afternoon! I am on my lunch break and I feel like my head is just going to spin right off my neck! If you don't know, I not only teach 5th graders, but I also coach middle school volleyball. Well, our season has just ended but this week is pre-tournament games and Saturday is tournament games. So, we just found out that we have a game today, one possibly tomorrow (or Thursday) and another one for sure on Thursday. Then there is the worry of what to do with your own kids... Anyway, it is just kind of crazy! I can't wait until Saturday is over and life can be the normal kind of crazy.

Today's card is one of my favorites. I have been making quite a batch of Christmas cards lately because I am trying to find one that I can mass produce in a little amount of time and with little effort and will look amazing. This could be 'the' one! It's all pretty self explanatory. Thanks for stopping by and enjoy your day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Holiday's & Wishes; Paper- Baja Breeze, Ski Slope designer paper, Whisper White; Ink- Baja Breeze; Accessories- Whisper White taffeta ribbon, silver brads, scallop edge border punch, big shot and snowflake sizzlet die, dimensionals

Big Shot Birthday

Good morning! I have a break and thought I would make a quick post this morning. It seems as the day goes on, I have less and less time to do the things I want to do! So, here I am!

I really liked how this card turned out. One of the cards we did at Becky's card class this month used this same layout. That's where I got the idea. I also liked how the colors all came together. I used the Hawaii Papaya designer paper. The flower is a die that I got with my Big Shot bundle. I believe this particular die was in the Birds and Blooms. So easy! I just die cut the flowers in the colors I wanted and then sponged them a little. Then I pieced them all together and put a brad in the middle! I also added a little tangerine ribbon and there you go!! Thanks for stopping by!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Hugs and Wishes; Paper- Kiwi Kiss, Chocolate Chip, Tangerine Tango, Hawaii Papaya designer paper; Ink- Tangerine Tango, Kiwi Kiss, Chocolate Chip; Accessories- Tangerine Tango striped ribbon, brad, dimensionals, big shot and die

Holiday Treasures

Good Sunday Morning! What a great Halloween party my friend Coleen put on! She has three kids, the second one is in my class last year - I had the oldest one last year, and her youngest (my son's good friend) is in the second grade. Anyway, each of them got to invite a certain number of friends, so I got to see a lot of former and current students having the time of their life!! I really can't wait to scrap those pictures!! There were no scary costumes; just really FUN ones! And, I did not dress up. There was just no time for it. Oh well! It was all about the kids anyway! Nick came home just exhausted!

Today's card is a layout I found in a magazine (I think). Nothing could be more simple. It is two pieces of designer paper (Holiday Treasures), glued to a Kraft card. But don't forget the beautiful ribbon tied around the seam. Then I stamped Merry Christmas. I did this to show off the beautiful paper but it could use something else. I don't hate it but it's not my favorite either. I might work with this layout, though, for my own personal Christmas cards. Thanks for stopping by!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Holidays and Wishes; Paper- Kraft, Holiday Treasures designer paper; Ink- Chocolate Chip; Accessories- Riding Hood Red taffeta ribbon

Birthday Copy

Good Saturday morning! What a week it has been! I have been so busy and that helps the week fly by. And today is no exception. In a while we will be off to the first of two soccer games today (the last ones of this season), then it's off to church, then we have a Halloween party that we are going to. So, please ask me if I have bought the Halloween costume? No. I am hoping to do that in between the soccer games. Will that work. Better! The costume is for my son. But if I don't come dressed for the party my friend, Coleen, will kill me!! We want to go as a family of ninjas. Simple and fun!

Enough about me. Let's get on to the card. So, I was browsing through the latest issue of the Cards Magazine, and I saw this card. You should be able to find it pretty easily by looking at mine. I copied it pretty much like it is in the magazine. The colors are changed up slightly and my greeting is different. I think the ribbon is a little different, too. But, I just love the way it turned out! I have been wanting to use more of the Pacific Point cardstock but I am having a hard time using it, especially at this time of year. This was a pretty easy card. Thanks for stopping by and have a great weekend!

Card Recipe: Stamps- On Your Birthday; Paper- Bashful Blue, Pacific Point, Old Olive, Hawaii Papaya designer paper; Ink- Basic Black; Accessories- Bashful Blue double stitched ribbon, silver brads, corner rounder, tab punch, dimensionals

More Snow Swirled

Good Morning! I am at school early and have some time before my first conference to post. I have seven more then I am done for the day! Hopefully I will still be alive by the end! Actually, everything has been going very well and it has been great to talk to the parents.

Well, I hope that you are not too sick of this set. I got it when it was on special back in September. I really like the elegance of this set. This is a card that I came up with by combining a couple of layouts together. I made this card for a couple of swaps that I was in and it was also make-n-take for my club members. I think that they all liked it. You might not be able to tell from the photo but I did use dazzling diamonds glitter on the tree. I highlighted the snowflakes in the tree with my glue pen and then the glitter. I also cut out the 'star' for the top of the tree. That may seem a little tedious but it just looked better cut out. And, of course, it needed a gold brad. Thanks for stopping by and have a great weekend!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Snow Swirled; Paper- Baja Breeze, Real Red, Chocolate Chip, Old Olive, Whisper White, Ski Slope designer paper; Ink- Old Olive, Real Red, Chocolate Chip, Baja Breeze; Accessories- Chocolate Chip wide grosgrain ribbon, gold brad, dazzling diamonds glitter, wide oval punch, scallop edge border punch, sponge, dimensionals

Scalloped Hi

Good early evening - or maybe it should be late afternoon. I have a little break in my conferences here at school and thought I would quickly post my card for the day. I am anxiously and not so patiently waiting for our dinner from Olive Garden!!



My card today is one that I did with my club members this month. It's a super easy card and not much to explain. The stamp is from the Say It With Scallops set which happens to be the new Ronald McDonald set. When you purchase this set, Stampin' Up! gives part of the proceeds to the Ronald McDonald House charities. It's a great cause!! Anyway, the set goes just perfectly with our new scallop square punch! The designer paper is from the new Autumn Vine collection from the Holiday mini catalog. Thanks for stopping by!



Card Recipe: Stamps- Say It With Scallops; Paper- More Mustard, Really Rust, Sage Shadow, Chocolate Chip, Whisper White, Autumn Vine designer paper; Ink- More Mustard, Chocolate Chip; Accessories- Sage Shadow grosgrain ribbon, scallop square punch, scallop edge border punch, 3/4" circle punch, dimensionals