Silhouette Thank You

Good morning, Friends! I hope your week is going super! It seems to be going really fast anyway!! I do need it to slow down just a bit - lol! Let me catch up! It looks like it might rain today. That would be nice. Keep the temperatures down and give us a little moisture. We will see. I think it will just blow and give us a lot of dust - ugh!

Today's card was another that we did at club earlier this week. I just love the look of Blackberry Bliss! Such a rich color. This is a pretty simple card!

• Card base is Whisper White
• Use the corner rounder to round the top left hand corner of the card base
• Adhere a strip of Moonlight designer paper to the left side of a piece of Blackberry Bliss card stock
• Round the top left hand corner of the Blackberry Bliss with the corner rounder and adhere to card base
• Stamp the branch from Serene Silhouettes in Basic Grey onto a piece of Whisper White and round the top left hand corner with the corner rounder
• Flag one end of a strip of Hello Honey card stock and adhere to stamped panel then adhere to card with dimensionals
• Stamp the sentiment from Something to Say in Blackberry Bliss and punch out with the oval punch
• Adhere greeting to a piece of Basic Grey that was punched with the scalloped oval punch ten adhere to card
• Punch a flower from Hello Honey card stock using the itty bitty accents punches, adhere to card and add a rhinestone

There you have it! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Serene Silhouettes, Something to Say; Paper- Whisper White, Blackberry Bliss, Hello Honey, Basic Grey, Moonlight designer paper; Ink- Basic Grey, Blackberry Bliss; Accessories- corner rounder, oval punch, scallop oval punch, itty bitty accents punch pack, rhinestone, dimensionals

Serene Scene

Good morning, Friends! It's going to be another hot and busy day around here! The weatherman is forecasting that the monsoons should start tomorrow. And I hope he's right!! So dry. So hot. But with the monsoons then it will be so hot and so humid!! Lol!! But we do need the moisture! I still need to get some laundry done but it is hard to get motivated when my dryer will be adding heat to the house. I also need to stamp. And then there's Nick who has another meet up with a friend at the pool. And I finally get a hair cut! So we will see how much gets done!

Today's card was inspired by Michelle Zindorf. In fact I copied her card (for the most part) and used her tutorial. I will never be as good as Michelle but I tried and it was fun and not as hard as I had been making it out to be! You see, a couple of weeks ago, my father-in-law turned 80! And I needed a card as we had a birthday party for him. So I went searching for card ideas for him that would "fit" him. And I came across this one! Perfect! Be sure to check out Michelle's tutorial on making this one! Here are the card details:

• Card base is Old Olive
• Layer of Old Olive with sentiment from Four You stamped in black StazOn and three mini brads then popped up onto card base
• Follow Michelle's tutorial for the Whisper White panel. I made it exactly the same but I used Island Indigo and Pool Party for my blues.
• Whisper White panel is adhered to Basic Black panel and then popped up onto card

Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Serene Silhouettes, Four You; Paper- Old Olive, Basic Black, Whisper White; Ink- black StazOn, Old Olive, Pool Party, Island Indigo, So Saffron; Accessories- mini brads, sponges, dimensionals

CCMC 215

Good morning, Friends! I'm excited to bring you this week's challenge from the ladies at Create with Connie and Mary! This week they are providing us with a sketch. Take a look!

I am loving this sketch!!! So clean. So simple. So my style - lol!! And here is what I came up with!

I took a piece of Soft Suede card stock and rounded the top left hand corner with the 1" circle punch. I like how you can round the corners with circle punches to give a different look! This is adhered to the card base of Pool Party. Then I took a piece of Calypso Coral designer paper and flagged the bottom before adhering it to the card. I rounded the bottom right hand corner of a piece of Very Vanilla with the 1" circle punch and stamped the sentiment from Sweet Essentials in Soft  Suede. Then I popped it up on the card. I punched a 2 3/8" scallop circle from Pool Party and pierced each scallop before popping this up on the card. Then I stamped the image from Serene Silhouettes in Pool Party and cut it out. I adhered this to a circle of Calypso Coral that was punched with the 1 3/4" circle punch. This is popped up onto the scallop circle. Then I added small pearls to the flower centers. 

Please visit the Create with Connie and Mary website for more inspiration from the other talented designers! I hope that you will be able to play along with us this week! Be sure to upload your creation to the site so that we can all see what you did! While you are there, check out the upcoming Create with Connie and Mary Holiday Edition! Their early bird pricing is going on right now! Don't miss out on a great opportunity to get some awesome ideas for the upcoming holiday season!! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Serene Silhouettes, Sweet Essentials; Paper- Pool Party, Very Vanilla, Soft Suede, In Color designer paper stack; Ink- Pool Party, Soft Suede; Accessories- 1 3/4" circle punch, 2 3/8" scallop circle punch, 1" circle punch, pearls, dimensionals

FTL 203

Good morning, Friends! Another week seems to be flying by! Here we are halfway through the last week of our summer! I know I keep repeating that but it's mainly because I need to remember that I will need to start getting the boy up and getting him ready for school! While it's been nice just being lazy and leisure, it will be nice to have a regular routine once again. 

Today's card is #2 that my stamp club did on Monday night. This card was inspired by my friend Mary Brown. She used these same colors, stamp set and technique last week on a card she did. I used the sketch at Clean&Simple to help me put this card together. And I quite like how it all turned out! I think the ladies did, too! And the best part is, it is really simple!! I took a piece of Daffodil Delight to the Big Shot and ran it through with the Fancy Fan embossing folder. This is adhered to a piece of Basic Grey and then adhered to the card base of Whisper White. Then I took a piece of Whisper White and a piece of Basic Grey card stock to the Big Shot and ran them through with the Apothecary Accents framelit dies. I stamped the image from Serene Silhouettes in Basic Grey and sponged Daffodil ink just on top of the flowers. I cut the Basic Grey piece because I wanted just the bottom portion. This is adhered to the Whisper White piece. I tied a piece of ribbon around this and then popped it up onto the card. Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Serene Silhouettes; Paper- Whisper White, Basic Grey, Daffodil Delight; Ink- Basic Grey, Daffodil Delight; Accessories- Basic Grey stitched grosgrain ribbon, Apothecary Accents framelit dies, Fancy Fan embossing folder, sponge, dimensionals

CCMC 211

Good morning, Friends! I hope your week is going just super! I can't believe we are at the end of July already! Where did it go?? And here we are at another Thursday challenge from the ladies at Create with Connie and Mary! This week we have a sketch challenge. Check it out!

So I stuck pretty much to the sketch and came up with this.

I stamped the silhouette image from Serene Silhouettes in Soft Suede onto a 3" Very Vanilla circle. I sponged the edges in Soft Suede and then popped it up onto a doily that was cut with the Delicate Doilies from Soft Suede card stock. This is popped up onto a piece of Pool Party. I stamped the greeting from Made for You in Soft Suede. Then I punched two strips of Soft Suede with the dotted ribbon scallop punch and adhered this behind the Pool Party panel. This is popped up onto a card base of Very Vanilla. To finish it off, I added a vanilla button with a bit of Pool Party ruffled ribbon.


I hope you will play along with us this week and use your Stampin' Up! products to make a project using the sketch provided. Be sure to upload your creation to the Create with Connie and Mary site so that we can all take a look! We just love to see what you do! While you're there, be sure to check out what the rest of the design team did with this sketch. Thanks for stopping and have a super day!


Card Recipe: Stamps- Serene Silhouettes, Made for You; Paper- Very Vanilla, Pool Party, Soft Suede; Ink- Soft Suede; Accessories- Pool Party ruffled ribbon, neutrals buttons, Delicate Doilies sizzlet, 3" circle die, dotted ribbon scallop punch, sponge, dimensionals

Control Freaks Blog Tour - Freakin' Out About the New Catalog!

Hello everyone!! It's that time of the month again - lol! It's the Control Freaks blog tour! And this month, the Freaks are showing you all some really cool stuff from the brand new Stampin' Up! catalog!! You probably came from LeeAnn Greff's blog. I just love all her work! She is SO talented!! If you got here another way, don't worry. If you click on the button at the bottom of this post, you will be directed to the next blog in the tour. And eventually you should end up right back where you started! Cool, huh!! (please note that if you are visiting this before the 20th, not all the links may be working. so be sure to come back on the 20th for a flawless tour!)


For this tour, I decided to focus on one of my favorite stamp sets - Serene Silhouettes! I LOVE this set!! Great images and silhouettes are so easy to work with! Especially with our brand new ink pads!! My first project is a card.

This is a super simple card but I used a few new products. I took the part of the card stock that was left after cutting the die (I used this for the next project) and used it as a template. I centered it onto a piece of Crumb Cake and sponged Crumb Cake ink to form the shape that you see. Then I stamped the image from Serene Silhouettes and the sentiment from Teeny Tiny Wishes in Basic Black. Then I used the new Essentials Paper-Piercing Pack to pierce the outline of the shape. These new templates coordinate with many of our die and punch shapes! I love these!!! Then I tied a piece of Basic Black taffeta ribbon around this and adhered it to a piece of Basic Black and then popped up the whole thing onto a card base of Crumb Cake. I made this a very mailable card as I will be mailing this today to a young lady who lost her father this past weekend.

My second project is a very simple frame. I really like how this one turned out! I hope you can see all the details on these projects! I used the Apothecary Accents framelits to die cut the shape from Very Vanilla. Then I stamped the image from Serene Silhouettes in Basic Black. I also stamped the words from Sweet Essentials (another new set) in Basic Black. I sponged the edges in Crumb Cake and then used the Essentials Paper-Piercing Pack to pierce the outline of the shape. Then I took the framelit and traced the outline onto Basic Black and cut it out by hand. Then I took a piece of Very Vanilla card stock and ran it through the Big Shot using the new Fancy Fan embossing folder. This is attached to a piece of Basic Black which is attached to the back of the frame. The stamped panel is popped up onto the Basic Black shape and that is popped up onto the embossed piece. I added three rhinestones. I took the glass out of the frame so that you could see all the dimension.


Well, that's it from me! Thank you so much for stopping by! Please continue on with the tour by clicking on the button below to see what Lisa Martz has created. You won't be disappointed! Have a super day!!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Serene Silhouettes, Sweet Essentials, Teeny Tiny Wishes; Paper- Very Vanilla, Crumb Cake, Basic Black; Ink- Crumb Cake, Basic Black; Accessories- Basic Black taffeta ribbon, rhinestones, Fancy Fan embossing folder, Apothecary Accents framelits, Essentials Paper-Piercing Pack, sponge, dimensionals

Especially Serene

Good morning, Friends! Wow! The weekend is coming to a close SO fast! Thankfully we will get to spend all day at Sherry's house and then head home in the morning. Sherry is THE best hostess!! She has shuttled us around each day, made us breakfast and provided us with the most comfortable accommodations! Today we will be spending the day around the house mostly crafting and that is a good thing as I have spent all my money and I am pretty wore out - lol!! And I do need to get some things done.


Today's card is one that I did with my stamp club this month. I got the layout idea from a card at Archiver's. It's different but I really like the way it came together! I took a piece of Pool Party and ran it through the Big Shot with the new Apothecary Accent framelits die. I wrapped a piece of the new Midnight Muse satin stitched ribbon around this and adhered it to a piece of Whisper White. Next to it I stamped the greeting from Made for You in Midnight Muse. Then I took a piece of Midnight Muse card stock to the Big Shot and used the Square Lattice embossing folder to emboss it. I punched a flower from this with the Blossom flower punch. I punched three strips from Summer Starfruit with the Word Window punch and cut them in half. I adhered these to each petal of the flower. Then I stamped the image from Serene Silhouettes in Midnight Muse onto Whisper White and punched it out with the 1 3/4" circle punch. I popped this up onto the flower center and then popped the flower up onto the card. I added three rhinestones to the image and called it done! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!


Card Recipe: Stamps- Serene Silhouettes, Made for You; Paper- Whisper White, Pool Party, Midnight Muse, Summer Starfruit; Ink- Midnight Muse; Accessories- Midnight Muse stitched satin ribbon, Apothecary Accents framelits die, Blossom punch, Word Window punch, 1 3/4" circle punch, rhinestones, dimensionals

SFF 061512

Good morning everyone! Are you glad it's Friday? I am in a small town named Ault visiting a good friend of mine. Becky and I left yesterday morning and are visiting for an extended weekend. We will be shopping and creating all weekend long! I am happy to bring you the latest challenge from Sketch Frenzy Friday. This week's sketch was created by Tina Munzke. Take a look!

SO many possibilities with this one!! I love the simple design. The hardest part for me was to narrow down all my ideas! So here is what I did come up with:

I was so excited to be able to play with some of my new toys! I stamped the image from Serene Silhouettes in Midnight Muse onto Whisper White and punched it out with the 1 3/4" circle punch. This is layered onto a piece of Midnight Muse that was run through the Big Shot with the Delicate Doilies sizzlet. I popped this up onto a piece of Whisper white That was run through the Big Shot with the same die (there are three very nice doilies on this sizzlet - love it!). Then I popped up the doily panel onto a piece of Whisper White and stamped the sentiment from Sweet Essentials onto Whisper White with Midnight Muse. This panel is popped up onto a card base of Whisper White. My final touch was to add three rhinestones to the flower centers in the image. 


Time to move on through our little tour by clicking 'here' to see what Jennifer did with this sketch. Keep going through the tour to get inspired. Then be sure to create your own project using this sketch and upload it to the Sketch Frenzy Friday blog so that we can all see what you did! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!


Card Recipe: Stamps- Serene Silhouettes, Sweet Essentials; Paper- Whisper White, Midnight Muse; Ink- Midnight Muse; Accessories- Delicate Doilies sizzlet, 1 3/4" circle punch, rhinestones, dimensionals

Serene Birds

Good morning, Friends! This week seems to be flying by! Tomorrow Becky and I are going over to the eastern side of the state where our good friend, Sherry moved to. We will be celebrating Becky's birthday over there by doing some shopping and crafting! I am so excited!! This morning, though, Becky and I are going down to the quilt store to check out their 'Wacky' Wednesday. I hope they have some good stuff on sale!!


Today's card is one that we did in stamp club this month. I love the way this one came together and I think this was a favorite of the group, too. It is a super simple card. I stamped the image from Serene Silhouettes in Basic Black onto Very Vanilla. Then I stamped the sentiment from Sweet Essentials in Basic Black right next to it. I used the scallop edge border punch to punch the edge of a strip of Basic Black card stock. To this I adhered a strip of designer paper from the First Edition pack and then tied a piece of Basic Black taffeta ribbon around it. This is glued to the Very Vanilla panel. I added two black brads and then popped the whole panel up onto the card base of Very Vanilla. Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!


Card Recipe: Stamps- Serene Silhouettes, Sweet Essentials; Paper- Very Vanilla, Basic Black, First Edition designer paper; Ink- Basic Black; Accessories- Basic Black taffeta ribbon, black brads, scallop edge border punch, dimensionals

Serene Thinking

Good Sunday morning everyone! Wow! What a tournament these baseball boys have had! They won all four of their games to put them in the championship. But then lost there. I loved it, though, as they didn't go down without a fight! They gave it their all and we are all SO proud of them! What a totally fun tournament! The only hard thing to happen is that we have a family moving to another state and we had to say goodbye to them as this was their son's last tournament with us :( They will be dearly missed. 


Today's card is one that uses some new stamps. I was messing around with the new Serene Silhouettes stamp set and came up with this one. Not quite what I was going for but I thought it came out fine. It is super simple!! I took some Crumb Cake card stock and stamped the image in Crumb Cake and then a few times more without re-inking. I stamped the sentiment from Sweet Essentials in Basic Black. This is adhered to a piece of Basic Black and then I added three black brads under the sentiment. This panel is popped up onto a card base of Crumb Cake. Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!!


Card Recipe: Stamps- Serene Silhouettes, Sweet Essentials; Paper- Crumb Cake, Basic Black; Ink- Crumb Cake, Basic Black; Accessories- black brads, dimensionals