Good morning, Friends! I hope that you are all having a fabulous week! We seem to have a little "bug" going around our family the last few days. Nick had it a couple of weeks ago ending with a need for more asthma medicine. Geez that stuff it expensive!! But he is doing so much better now. But now my husband seems to have some chest congestion and I am starting to feel a scratchy throat. Time to get serious and fight back - lol! Sure hope it's minor. Today I am excited to have the second class for hand piecing! Yup! I am making a small wall hanging quilt completely done by hand! It's the way my grandmother did it and I am so excited to learn it! I don't know if I will do a lot like this but it's good to learn and I want to keep trying it!
Today's card was inspired by the sketch at Splitcoast. This is actually last week's sketch but I did this card for a swap, too. I wanted something very masculine. I stamped the coral image from By the Tide in Summer Starfruit (stamping off once before stamping onto the card stock) onto Summer Starfruit and then sponged the edges in Summer Starfruit. Then I adhered a strip of Midnight Muse and wrapped some linen thread around this a few times. I stamped the greeting from Made for You in Soft Suede and then adhered the panel to a card base of Soft Suede. I stamped the coral image again in Soft Suede onto a piece of Very Vanilla and sponged the edges in Soft Suede. This is adhered to a piece of Soft Suede and then popped up onto the card. I stamped the fish in Midnight Muse onto Very Vanilla and cut it out. This is popped up onto the card as well. Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!
Card Recipe: Stamps- By the Tide, Made for You; Paper- Soft Suede, Summer Starfruit, Midnight Muse, Very Vanilla; Ink- Summer Starfruit, Soft Suede, Midnight Muse; Accessories- linen thread, sponge, dimensionals
Good morning, Friends! I hope you are all ready for a super weekend! It was so very nice to sleep in and wake up to a really sun shining day! I do hope it warms up a bit! I can really start to tell that spring is not too far off! Nick has some projects that I hope he finishes off this afternoon. Then there is basketball games to watch on t.v. and then later this evening, Nick has two Futsal games to play. Should be lots of fun!!
Today's card was another one we did at stamp club this month. I used the sketch on Splitcoast to help me with this one. I stamped the coral image from By the Tide on a piece of River Rock designer paper in Always Artichoke and then sponged the edges in River Rock. This is adhered to a piece of Not Quite Navy and then to a card base of Always Artichoke. Then I used the Ovals framelits to cut an oval from Always Artichoke and sponged the edges with Always Artichoke. This is popped up onto the card. I stamped the shell in River Rock onto Very Vanilla and cut it out. This is popped up onto the oval. The little anchor is stamped in Not Quite Navy onto Very Vanilla and punched out with the 1" circle punch. I added a mini brad to it and adhered to to the shell. The greeting is from Teeny Tiny Wishes and is stamped in Always Artichoke onto a strip of Very Vanilla with one end flagged. I tucked this behind the circle. Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!!
Card Recipe: Stamps- By the Tide, Teeny Tiny Wishes; Paper- Always Artichoke, Very Vanilla, Not Quite Navy, Neutrals designer paper stack; Ink- Always Artichoke, River Rock, Not Quite Navy; Accessories- Ovals framelits dies, 1" circle punch, mini brad, sponge, dimensionals
Good Sunday morning, Friends! I got to sleep a little later this morning and it was nice! I am still in Denver but we will be heading home today. Nick got up earlier and headed down to breakfast so that he could get a little more swim time in. I thought I would post this real quick like and then get ready so that I can get me some breakfast, too. Thankfully, Pat will take him swimming! I just cannot stand to be in that pool room! It is SO crazy hot and humid in there!!
Today's card was inspired from the sketch over at Stampin' Addicts. I really liked the simplicity of it and thought that you could use the little scraps of designer paper on this! Very easy!! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!!
Card Recipe: Stamps- Fabulous Florets, Teeny Tiny Wishes; Paper- Soft Suede, Crumb Cake, Whisper White, Pocketful of Posies designer paper; Ink- Rich Razzleberry, Soft Suede, Pear Pizzazz; Accessories- basic rhinestone, corner rounder, sponge, dimensionals
Good Sunday morning everyone! I feel like I am up way too early! Yesterday we had a fundraiser for Nick's baseball team all day! And it was a HOT one! I almost didn't make it! Pat and Nick helped with the car wash part and I helped with the bake sale part. Looks like we made a lot of money! But, boy am I tired! Today we will be going up to see Pat's family on the mountain. And that should be fun, too. Then we start the week all over again...
Today's card meets two challenges. I used the sketch from SplitCoast and the Late Night Stamper's challenge was to make an all white card. The first thing that comes to mind with an all white card is wedding so that is what I did with mine. I do love to make all white cards. They are so elegant and you can use a lot of texture! Thanks for stopping by today!
Card Recipe: Stamps- Word Play; Paper- Whisper White; Ink- Basic Black; Accessories- Whisper White organza ribbon, 2 3/8" scallop circle punch, 1 3/4" circle punch, Perfect Polka Dots embossing folder, basic pearls, dimensionals
Good Sunday morning, Friends! I hope that you all are having a wonderful weekend! Nick was a guest player in a soccer game yesterday and they won! But it was sure miserable out there on the fields! The wind was blowing hard and those poor boys really had to kick the ball hard to against that wind! But it was fun! Today he has baseball practice and if the weather holds out I may go watch him practice. Sometimes it's fun to just get out and be outside! However, I sure am enjoying watching the March Madness basketball tournament! One of my teams lost last night :( Now I can just cheer for KU!!
Today's card was inspired by the sketch from Splitcoast Stampers. I started with my Crumb Cake, Basic Black and Vanilla theme but then I decided to add a little bit of color. And I have to say that I really like how this one turned out! It might be a favorite of mine! I just love this Fun Flowers die! It has so many possibilities and can be used in so many different ways! And I got out my jumbo eyelets (had to dust them off first - lol). But I need to get the instructions on how to use my crop-a-dile. I totally forgot!! Anyway, thank you so much for stopping by and have a wonderful day!
Card Recipe: Stamps- Bring on the Cake; Paper- Cherry Cobbler, Very Vanilla, Basic Black, Crumb Cake, First Edition designer paper; Ink- Basic Black, Crumb Cake; Accessories- Fun Flowers die, jumbo eyelets, rhinestone brads, Vintage Wallpaper embossing folder, sponge, dimensionals
