Sympathy Card

I know it is unusual for me to post this late in the day, but our school had a track meet all day. The 1st through 4th grades of all the private schools and home schoolers competed today. So, it's not my grade but my son competed with the 3rd and 4th grades. And I got to go and be a 'parent' this time!! I just love to watch him!! He ran in the 1/2 mile race and took third! And he also competed in the running long jump and took 1st! We got a LOT of sun today! Now I go back tomorrow and watch my class compete. Tomorrow's track meet will be with the 5th through 8th grades. And the weather will be just as wonderful!

The reason our main secretary was gone (a continuation of yesterday), was because she had a death in the family and had to travel. So, I was also in charge of making her a sympathy card. I just LOVE this set for those kind of cards! You can make it more masculine as well! Anyway, I think it turned out quite nice! Thanks for stopping by!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Thoughts & Prayers; Paper- Kraft, Perfect Plum, Whisper White, Chocolate Chip, Old Olive designer paper; Ink- Perfect Plum, Chocolate Chip and Old Olive markers; Accessories- silver brad, Trio Flower punch, dimensionals

Office Administrator Day Thank You!!

Happy Wednesday everyone! We are halfway to the weekend!! Yea!! I am just so excited to have nothing to do when I get home tonight. I am so tired and am looking forward to planting myself in front of the tv in my pj's!

The teachers at our school are losers! We missed the all important Secretary Day! Yikes!! But our main secretary was gone so we decided to wait till she got back. Anyway, I was in charge of cards so here is one that I came up with. I will post the other one later. Thanks for stopping by!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Very Versatile; Paper- Kraft, Whisper White, Chocolate Chip, Baja Breeze, Parisian Breeze designer paper; Ink- Chocolate Chip; Accessories- Chocolate Chip corduroy button, My Way punch, dimensionals

Garden Greetings

Good morning everyone! I think that I am ready for another day. I am just so stinkin' tired! I can't seem to catch up on my rest.

This is the set that I chose for my 'freebie' from Stampin' Up! During Sale-A-Bration (February and March), I was earning points toward free stamps! I earned one and this is the one that I chose. I had my eye on it since the catalog came out. I have only made this one card with it but I am hoping to have some more time to do other samples with it. I wanted to make the flower look more 3-dimensional without having to cut it all out. So, I tried the VersaMarker on the outline of each layer. I think it did the trick! Enjoy!



Card Recipe: Stamps- Garden Greetings; Paper- Whisper White, Almost Amethyst, Old Olive, Basic Black, So Saffron, Tea Party designer paper; Ink- Basic Black, VersaMarker; Accessories- basic small grommets, scallop border punch, My way punch, dimensionals

Sweet Sunday Sketch #14

Good Monday morning everyone! I hope that you had a fabulous weekend. One of the other teachers came in this morning and informed me that we only have 3 more Mondays of school left!!! Isn't that great! I love looking at it that way! I just hope I can get these guys to figure out how to find adjectives and adverbs. Yikes!

This is my version of the Sweet Sunday Sketch #14. This sketch was featured a few weeks ago. I made this card for it but forgot to post it when I did it so here it is now! I had a hard time deciding what stamps to use for this sketch. Too many choices but I definitely don't have enough stamps!! Ha!! Anyway, I hope that you are inspired. Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Fifth Avenue Floral, Very Versatile; Paper- Kraft, Basic Black, Whisper White, Urban Oasis designer paper; Ink- Black StazOn, Kiwi Kiss, Baja Breeze; Accessories- black brads, blender pens, dimensionals

My Wonderful Friend

Good Sunday morning friends! I have to tell you that it was perfectly dry yesterday during the soccer game! Yea!! A little breezy which made it cooler than I wanted but I couldn't complain. And they won!! Then I went to a fabulous team meeting that hosted by my awesome friend and downline, Sherry!! You are the best, Sherry! Another friend and downline shared some great ideas and tips about the Big Shot. And then Sherry's team helped us do our make-n-takes. Can't have a meeting without make-n-takes! The food was fabulous as well!! Anyway, it was fun to see everyone and get a chance to catch up. Thank you, Sherry!!

This card was inspired by a few I have seen while 'blurfing'. The idea to stamp directly onto designer paper is relatively new for me. I think that I have done it before but I have forgotten how much I like the effect. The words alone were too 'blah' so I added the flower from Fifth Avenue Floral to help out with a focal point. This is a very simple card!



Card Recipe: Stamps- Wonderful Favorites, Fifth Avenue Floral; Paper- Kraft, Basic Black, Whisper White, Urban Oasis designer paper; Ink- Basic Black, Baja Breeze; Accessories- Kraft taffeta, scallop border punch, blender pen, dimensionals

Little Leaves

Good morning all! I hope that you are having a great start to your weekend! The baseball game last night was super fun to watch. Yes, we lost (again) but just by one run!!! And we had some great "major league" plays going on!! Go Bruins!! That's my son's baseball team :) The wind blew like crazy last night and I feel the dust in my chest. Yuck! It's cloudy right now but no rain. I just hope it stays that way through the soccer game that I am about to leave for.

I found this layout while blurfing last weekend. I just love it! It is so sweet and simple! I used my Big Shot for this one. I die cut the label and the Little Leaves. I did stamp the greeting and added a corduroy brad. Too fun! Enjoy your day!!



Card Recipe: Stamps- Thank You Kindly; Paper- Kraft, Baja Breeze, Parisian Breeze designer paper; Ink- Chocolate Chip; Accessories- Chocolate Chip corduroy brad, Big Shot, Lots of Tags die, Little Leaves die, My Way punch, scallop border punch, dimensionals

Manhattan Flower

Hello everyone! It's finally Friday!!!! Friday's always put me in a better mood (ha, ha). Looks like the weather is starting to take a turn for the worse. Got a baseball game tonight then a soccer game tomorrow morning. I really don't want to sit in the rain. Oh, well. What will be will be.

I found a really cool tutorial on using this embossing folder. I had bought this folder a while back but this is the first time I have used it. I love how this turned out! Check out this blog entry to find out how to do it. It really is super easy! I trimmed away the top excess and put a piece of Walk in the Park designer paper behind it. My greeting was put on as an afterthought but I think it needed it. Have fun trying this technique! Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!





Card Recipe: Stamps- Sweet Little Sentiments (level 1 hostess set); Paper- Whisper White, Basic Gray, Walk in the Park designer paper; Ink- Cameo Coral, Basic Gray; Accessories- Whisper White organza ribbon, silver brad, Big Shot, Manhattan Flower embossing folder, brayer, dimensionals

Ink A Dink A Doo

No, you don't have the hiccups. This is the name of the company where this stamp comes from. Last Saturday, after Nick's soccer game, I talked my husband into driving me to Delta (nearby town) to go to a scrapbook store there. Yeah, I know, can you believe he did it? Well, I did bribe him by saying we could eat at a great Italian restaurant there!! And we did!! Yum!! Anyway, I found a couple of stamp sets there. One was a Heidi Grace set and then this one from Inkadinkadoo. It is full of words in different fonts and styles. Love it!!

This card layout is the third of Kristina's tutorial. So much fun!! And so easy! I thought that this stamp went great with this designer paper, Sweet Slumber. Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- from Inkadinkadoo; Paper- Sahara Sand, Baja Breeze, Sweet Slumber designer paper; Ink- Basic Black; Accessories- So Saffron grosgrain ribbon, dimensionals

Spring Trio

Good morning everyone! I thought I would get my post up quick this morning. Never know what the day will bring. It is supposed to get really warm today but I thought that I would share a spring card with you. Not quite ready for summer yet. Summer break - YES but not the summer time temperatures. Just wanted to clarify!!

Here is another of Kristina's cards. A good friend gave me this pack of designer paper and I have had the hardest time using it! It seemed that everything I made with this paper didn't set well with me. Then this card came along. I really like how this all turned out! I was so excited to have something come together for me! Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Best Wishes & More; Paper- So Saffron, Almost Amythest, Whisper White, Old Olive, Pretty In Pink, Tea Party designer paper; Ink- Pretty In Pink, Old Olive, So Saffron, Basic Gray; Accessories- gold brad, scallop border punch, dimensionals

It's Hip to be Square

So that title probably will date me!! I hope that you are having an awesome day! It's hard not to be happy when it is so sunny and gorgeous outside! I can wear my capris and chacos!!! Had a late post today because I was visiting with a prospective family at lunch time (didn't get time to eat) and then I had recess duty. We stayed outside for a whole hour!! The kids were great! Anyway, I am just now finding time to post.

I was blurfing around Two Peas website the other day and found some cards that Kristina Werner had made a tutorial for. I fell in love with all three of them and decided to try my version of them. Here is the first one. After I was finished, I realized that she had popped up the squares. Oh well. I rather liked the way it turned out. Thanks for stopping by!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Great Friend; Paper- Whisper White, Basic Gray, Walk in the Park designer paper; Ink- Basic Gray; Accessories- Whisper White taffeta ribbon, scallop border punch, 1 1/4" square punch, dimensionals

Wonderful Favorites

Good day all! I hope that your week is off to a great start. It is super sunny and perfect temperature wise! Love it!! The allergies are kicking in. Hopefully they won't get in the way for a great weekend!

Well, this card was a result from a sketch I got off of Lauren Meader. My card ended up quite different but the sketch gave me a starting point. I can't seem to find the sketch I used but it did come from her Saturday Sketches. I also decided it was time for me to 'wrestle' this set back from the dust bunnies! I dusted it off and made quite a few cards with it. I knew that I had purchased it for a very good reason!!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Wonderful Favorites; Paper- Whisper White, Not Quite Navy, Baja Breeze, Kiwi Kiss, Urban Garden designer paper; Ink- Not Quite Navy, Basic Gray; Accessories- Basic Gray corduroy buttons, Word Window punch, My Way punch, scallop border punch, dimensionals

Splitcoast Sketch

Good Sunday morning! It is just beautiful outside!!! Yea!! Finally, it is starting to look like spring! This week should put us close to 80 degrees! Yikes! That's a little too warm for me right now but give me 70's and we have a deal! I am just so thankful that the snow will finally say good bye for now. The baseball game and soccer game were awesome! We lost the baseball game but it wasn't a blowout this time. We did win the soccer game and it seemed that the boys were doing much better! They only had one sub so they all had to play quite a long time but they were troopers. My face has quite a nice sunburn to show off.

This card was inspired by a sketch I got off of the Splitcoast Stampers website. I love their sketches and have used many of them. This sketch was featured a few weeks ago. A very simple layout! Thanks for stopping by and enjoy the rest of your weekend!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Very Versatile; Paper- Baja Breeze, Kraft, Chocolate Chip, Whisper White, Parisian Breeze designer paper; Ink- Chocolate Chip; Accessories- Trio Flower punch, vintage brad, cutter kit, Word Window punch, My Way punch, dimensionals

Simple Thanks

Good Saturday morning! I hope your weekend is off to a fabulous start!! Since I was sick all weekend last weekend, I feel like I am really behind in my stamping. I do know that I am extremely behind in my laundry!! So, tomorrow, I hope that I will be able to find time to do a little stamping and find some challenges to catch up on. But the laundry will have to come first :( Our weekend started off early. Nick had a baseball game first thing this morning. No sleeping in for us! Now we will have some lunch and then head back out for an early afternoon soccer game. Poor Nick. He woke up with a bad case of the allergies. I sure hope he can shake it off. Anyway, the sun is shining and it promises to be a week of sun and much warmer temperatures! Yea!!

Today's card was inspired while blurfing. I can't even remember exactly where because I think it came from several different sources. But I really like the simplicity of it! Really easy. Thanks for stopping by and have a great weekend!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Flower Fancy, Thank You Kindly; Paper- Whisper White, Basic Black; Ink- Black StazOn, Mellow Moss, Pretty In Pink; Accessories- Pretty In Pink taffeta ribbon, black brad, blender pens, dimensionals

Top Note Club

Hello everyone! Yikes! The time got away from me today! I will have to make this one quick...

This was the third card we did for club. Very easy! I actually got the idea from last month's Cards magazine. Of course I had to change it up but it is basically the same layout. I love the Big Shot! It makes creating so easy!! I used the Top Note die and the butterfly die. Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Simple Friendship; Paper- Very Vanilla, Pink Pirouette, Bella Bleu designer paper; Ink- Not Quite Navy, Pink Pirouette; Accessories- Kraft taffeta ribbon, vintage brads, Big Shot, Top Note die, butterfly die, My Way punch, sponge, dimensionals

Another Club Card

Good afternoon everyone! The weekend is almost here! I hope that your week is going great.

I wanted to share another one of the cards that I did at my club on Monday. I also made this card for a swap that I was in recently. I really like how this one turned out. And it is fairly easy! The most tedious part was coloring the stamp with the markers. I also got a chance to use the new scallop oval punch from the Occasions mini catalog. Not much else to explain. Thanks for stopping by!!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Thoughts & Prayers; Paper- Kraft, Old Olive, Perfect Plum, Very Vanilla; Ink- Perfect Plum, Old Olive; Accessories- large oval punch, scallop oval punch, scallop border punch, silver brads, dimensionals