Fine Flourish

Good Sunday afternoon to you all! Our morning started with a little snow but the sun keeps peeking through so I am still hopeful. And the temperatures look like they could warm up this week. I am hoping to spend some time in the ol' stamp room to get caught up on some projects. I have a workshop coming up and I need to get myself ready for that. And I just enjoy playing with all my goodies!

Today's card is one that I sort of took from a sketch. I got the new Fine Flourish stamp for my birthday and I am looking forward to figuring out how to best use it. That might be my focus for today - lol! Have a super day and thanks for stopping by!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Fine Flourish; Paper- Real Red, Whisper White, Basic Black, Basic Gray; Ink- Basic Black; Accessories- Basic Black satin ribbon, scalloped heart of hearts embosslit, big shot, dimensionals

Springtime?

Hello everyone! We are now mid way through the week! I am looking forward to a weekend of play. I think that I say this every week and yet, I have yet to REALLY play. It seems that something always gets in the way. If you have been following my blog at all, then you know how much I have been dreaming of more spring like weather. Which is really silly if you think about it because we are still in the middle of winter and I do live in Colorado. But still. I was hoping that the ugly snow from before Christmas would finally melt. And it did a little. But now? Yeah, it is a winter wonderland once again! It has not stopped snowing since 10:30 this morning!!! We have over 3 inches at our house and they say there is a lot more coming! So my students were praying for a snow day. And, secretly, I am too but I don't think that will happen. But then again...

Today's card doesn't describe what the weather is doing here - LOL!! But I like it anyway. I hope it's nicer where you all are. Take care and have a super evening!!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Abundant Hope; Paper- Whisper White, Certainly Celery, So Saffron; Ink- So Saffron, Certainly Celery; Accessories- Whisper White organza ribbon, scallop trim border punch, perfect polka dots embossing folder, big shot, sponge, dimensionals

Embossed Heart

Hello Friends! I hope that you all had a great day! Mine was pretty good! It seems like the week is flying by! Nothing exciting going on right now but that's o.k.

Today's card was made from a sketch that I had. Another super simple card. To do the heart I took the Full Heart punch and punched out a heart from Whisper White cardstock. Then I used my new Scalloped Heart of Hearts embosslit and ran it through the Big Shot. The punched out heart is small enough that only the heart gets embossed. Then I ran a piece of Real Red through the Big Shot using the Scalloped Heart of Hearts embosslit again and this time it cut out and embossed. I had seen this idea used and wanted to give it a try. Too fun!! I also got to use my new Scallop Trim border punch. Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Well Scripted; Paper- Whisper White, Basic Black, Real Red; Ink- Basic Black; Accessories- Whisper White satin ribbon, scallop trim border punch, scalloped heart of hearts embosslit, full heart punch, dimensionals

Crushed Wheat

Good evening everyone! I thought I had better get my post up before I go off to bed. Not much exciting happening around here. Just trying to stay warm.

Today's card started out being something completely different. I know that I am not the only one that this happens to. In the end I suppose it turned out all right. I started with the stamped images and really liked that part. But then I couldn't figure out what to do with it. LOL! I found this sketch and thought I could make it work. I may have to try this one again sometime soon. We will see. Anyway, it is a different direction than all the hearts that I have been posting lately. Sometimes I forget about all the other stamps that I have. Thanks for stopping by and have a super evening!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Whimsical Words, Autumn Days; Paper- Soft Suede, Very Vanilla; Ink- Crushed Curry, Soft Suede; Accessories- perfect polka dots embossing folder, scallop border punch, dimensionals

Easter Blessings

Good Sunday morning, Friends! We are finally seeing some sun today! I do hope it warms up a bit. Our son was invited to spend the night at a friend's last night so my husband I took advantage of that! We went out to a nice dinner and then came home and watched a movie. It was a nice evening! We could actually talk to each other!! But today will be a day of laundry and watching football. I do hope to find some time to stamp. Now that the internet is working I am looking to find some new sketches!

Today's card is more proof of my wishing spring would come. I am sorry that the picture isn't great. I have been noticing that lately. I think I need to finally invest in one of those photo tents. I always thought that I could get by without one but I think it is time. Thanks for stopping by and have a super weekend!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Easter Blessings; Paper- Mellow Moss, Pale Plum, Very Vanilla; Ink- Pale Plum, Mellow Moss; Accessories- Very Vanilla taffeta ribbon, sponges, scallop trim border punch, dimensionals

Thinking Green?

Happy Saturday everyone! I hope your weekend is going just great! I know that the weather is not cooperating with some people but hopefully all is well. I thought that spring might be coming but the weather forecast for this week proved me wrong with the temperatures below freezing for the week. Yuck! At least most of the snow has finally melted! It has been here for more than a month! And it is really looking gross! It can snow in the mountains as they really need it but I am good without it. LOL!! It wasn't a great day for sports around here. Poor Nick. His teams lost their two soccer games, and their basketball game. Bummer. But here's hoping to next week.

Today's card is one of several that I made using my new Go Green stamp from the Occasions mini catalog. I LOVE this stamp! You might think that there isn't much to do with just one stamp but I came up with a few more ideas. I stuck with the Artichoke and Kraft color combination to stick with the whole 'green' theme. You know. Environmentally friendly. Well, I thought it work (lol). I wasn't sure if I wanted to post a St. Patrick's Day card right now but, hey, why not? I will try to spread the others out. Like I said, I am ready for spring!! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Go Green; Paper- Kraft, Always Artichoke; Ink- Always Artichoke; Accessories- Kraft taffeta ribbon, wide oval punch, sponge, perfect polka dots embossing folder, dimensionals

Fancy Flower

Good afternoon everyone! I hope you are ready for a great weekend! I know that I sure am!! I can't wait to sleep in a bit. But wait... That's right. I can't this weekend!! UGH! Nope. Nick has a soccer tournament this weekend. And, while it may be fun, we have to be there at 7:30 a.m.!!! Yikes! Not looking forward to that. And Nick was not that happy either. But we will persevere. Tonight, my friend Becky is making Sherri and Emily and I dinner! YUM!! I think that I have told you all before that she makes THE BEST chicken and noodles EVER!! And somehow, it has become a tradition for her to make them for every body's birthday. Well, I LOVE this tradition!! Can't wait!

Today's card is made from a sketch that I found. It didn't turn out quite the way I saw it in my mind but it wasn't terrible. I got my new flower punch and wanted to try it out. I also used the new Pretty In Pink corduroy button. Not much else to say about it. Thanks for stopping by!

Card Recipe: Stamps- With All My Heart; Paper- Real Red, Very Vanilla, Chocolate Chip, Sending Love designer paper; Ink- Real Red, Pretty In Pink; Accessories- Real Red satin ribbon, Pretty In Pink corduroy brad, extra large fancy flower punch, word window punch, sponge, perfect polka dots embossing folder, dimensionals

Back On-Line!

Hi Friends! I am back on-line! Yea!! The internet guy wasn't supposed to come until Friday and he came today! Looks like everything is working great! I am so excited about that! I have really missed surfing all the super cool blogs and gathering ideas. I am looking forward to another great weekend of playing!

Today's card is a version of one I saw while blurfing. I added a few things here and there and came up with this. It's o.k. Not my favorite but it works. I do like the way it shows off the designer paper. Gotta go! Dinner with Becky and then card class! Yea! Some more ideas to use!! Thanks for stopping by!

Card Recipe: Stamper- Vintage Vogue; Paper- Whisper White, Sweet Pea designer paper; Ink- Chocolate Chip; Accessories- Chocolate Chip taffeta ribbon, Perfect polka dots embossing folder, scallop border punch, dimensionals

Triple Heart

Hello, Friends! Did you miss me yesterday? Well, our internet decided to blink out on us and so we have NO internet access and it is very frustrating! There is a guy who will be coming out to check out what's wrong but that won't be till Friday! Yikes!! I do have more cards to show you all but I wanted to wait and show those till after Valentine's Day as they are for St. Patrick's Day. I might give you a peek at one of them. So, if I am sporadic in my postings this week, at least you will know why.

Today's card is a favorite of mine. I know that there really isn't that much to it but that's what I like. Simple, quick and easy! I stamped the hearts stamp onto Kraft and then used the three heart punch to punch them all out at once. The punch does not allow for a border but I thought that was o.k. in this case. I glued two of the hearts down onto the card itself and the third got a brad with a dimensional. Too fun!

Card Recipe: Stamps- I {Heart} Hearts, Well Scripted; Paper- Kraft; Ink- Chocolate Chip, Real Red; Accessories- vintage brad, dimensionals

Heart to Heart Friend

Good Sunday morning, everyone! I hope your weekend is going great! Yesterday Nick had his first basketball game and it went really well! We don't keep score but I bet we won or came really close! They played great!! Then he played an indoor soccer game in the evening and they did win that one! So, I told him that was a great birthday present for me. In a short while we will be going out for breakfast. Yum!!

Today's card is one that I took from Karen Giron's Sweet Sunday Sketch. This sketch is actually last week's sketch and I did it a while ago but I am just now getting it put up. I really liked the way it turned out and it is super easy! Thanks for stopping by and have a relaxing day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- I {Heart} Hearts; Paper- Pretty In Pink, Very Vanilla, Sending Love designer paper; Ink- Melon Mambo; Accessories- Very Vanilla satin ribbon, perfect polka dots embossing folder, scallop border punch, movers and shapers die, Big Shot, dimensionals

Mambo Heart

Good morning, Friends! Ahhhh! It's the weekend! Last night I went out with several of my friends that I work with and we went to Olive Garden for dinner. We got there at 6:00 but had to wait for a table for about 40 minutes. I tell you this because we didn't leave until close to 10:30!! Did we have a great time or what??? We laughed and cried and laughed a whole lot more! I ate my entire plate and then had dessert. It was so much fun! And, yes, today is my birthday. My mom made me the most beautiful card! Love it, Mom, thanks! So what am I doing today? Well, Nick has a basketball game at 12:30 and then an indoor soccer game this evening. My husband said we could go eat after that. I am also thinking that breakfast tomorrow morning would be super! So a while back I said something about how I might like to have an iPod touch. Well, my husband remembered that and guess what I got for my birthday? Yep! My son is SOOOO jealous!! He has been working to get one of his own but he tried to convince me that daddy bought this so we could "share". Yeah, right! I don't think so!! Above all, I just hope I get time to play in my stamp room!

So, today's card is one that I came up with after looking at many blogs and seeing different ideas I liked. I decided to put some together and here is what was produced! I rather like it and I like the fact that I can use my In Colors. I feel like I haven't used them in quite a while. And with Valentine's coming up, I will be using a lot of hearts!! Thanks for stopping by and have a super weekend!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Well Scripted, I {Heart} Hearts; Paper- Rich Razzleberry, Whisper White, Razzleberry Lemonade designer paper; Ink- Melon Mambo, Pretty In Pink; Accessories- Pretty In Pink taffeta ribbon, silver brad, large oval punch, scallop border punch, corner rounder, dimensionals

Love You Much

Good morning, Friends! I am so glad that it is finally Friday! I am looking forward to a great weekend. And I have some new toys to play with as well. Last night I had a wonderful time with some great stamping friends! We had to postpone our Christmas party because of bad weather last month. So, last night we made up for it with good food and LOTS of fun! We also celebrated my birthday (which is tomorrow). The ladies were so very thoughtful and I got some very nice things!!! But the funniest thing was that we had a white elephant gift exchange. We were supposed to bring the ugliest stamp set we could find and wrap it and bring it to exchange. We each drew numbers and that's what we got. Well, wait till you see the stamp set I got! Oh My!! Yeah! Thanks, Alison!! Then we said that we had to make a card with the set we got for show and tell at our next month's meeting! I will have to work hard to come up with something!! But it was so much fun and I haven't laughed like that in a long time!! Thanks, my shoebox friends, for a wonderful time!!

Today's card comes from a layout that I found in the Wishes book from Close To My Heart. I thought it all turned out pretty cute. And it is easy to do! Thanks for stopping by and have a super Friday!!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Well Scripted, I {Heart} Hearts; Paper- Very Vanilla, Chocolate Chip, Sending Love designer paper; Ink- Pretty In Pink, Chocolate Chip; Accessories- Very Vanilla taffeta ribbon, Perfect Polka Dots embossing folder, sponge, dimensionals

Embossed Butterflies

Good morning, Friends! I hope that your week has gone by wonderfully! I know that many of us are looking forward to the weekend and it's almost here!! I am just excited that the sun is shining for a while and is finally melting some of the snow. I want to get rid of this dirty looking snow! I am starting to get spring fever!! It seems like it will never get here. I know. Be patient. :)

Today's card is another that I copied from the Stampin' Success magazine that demonstrators get. I just got the latest one yesterday and it, too, is filled with many great samples! Can't wait to try some of them out! The card in the magazine was made with the butterfly punch but I wanted to try it with the Beautiful Wings embosslit. I used the same colors but changed the greeting and the ribbon. I really love how it all turned out. And it got me to use my Bermuda Bay cardstock! I haven't used that color in quite a while. I really like it so I need to use it more. Anyway, thanks for stopping by and have a super day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Vintage Vogue; Paper- Pretty In Pink, Old Olive, Bermuda Bay, Soft Suede, Very Vanilla; Ink- Soft Suede; Accessories - Pretty In Pink satin ribbon, Beautiful Wings embosslit, vintage brads, scallop border punch, glue dots

Vintage Vogue

Hello, Friends! We are going to be starting that downhill slide to the weekend! Yea!! I am looking forward to finding some time to play with my new toys. And, now that my computer disk drive is working and I have downloaded My Digital Studio to it, I am looking forward to playing with that, too! And I can do that in front of the t.v. while watching the football game! Sounds like a great weekend!

Today's card is one that I got from the Stampin' Success magazine. This is a magazine that only demonstrators can get. It is filled with great ideas for your business as well as your creativity. In the latest issue I saw this card and just loved the layout and colors. They used an entirely different stamp set so I did change that part of it. I really liked how this turned out. Thanks for stopping by!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Vintage Vogue; Paper- Old Olive, Whisper White, Taken With Teal, Chocolate Chip designer paper; Ink- Pretty In Pink, Old Olive, Chocolate Chip; Accessories- gold brad, corner rounder, Perfect Polka Dots embossing folder, dimensionals

Scripted Hearts

Hello, Friends! I hope your week is going super! Not a whole lot happening right now. I just have a few minutes before lunch to get this post up so I thought I would take advantage.

This card is really super simple! A layout that can be used over and over for many different occasions! You all will probably see it many more times from me, too!! Can you tell that I am in love with the Occasions mini products? And I got some new toys to play with! Can't wait to have some time!! Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Well Scripted, I Hearts; Paper- Real Red, Very Vanilla, Pretty In Pink; Ink- Pretty In Pink, Real Red; Accessories- silver brad, scallop border punch, Perfect Polka Dots embossing folder, dimensionals