A fun card! This is a SU set - Big Birthday Candle. My friend Judy S was kind enough to loan me this set to play with. I used the outline part of the set and stamped on printed paper (Sweet Slumber) and then cut the candle out. Added some glitter to the flames. (hint - don't use glitter under a fan!)

We're off this morning to Indiana. We are taking my Mom's car to my daughter Tracy. Then we will be flying home. I am looking forward to this trip - I haven't driven any further east than McPherson, KS, so we will be seeing some new country.

Have a wonderful day!

I just got my order from our Stamp Club so had to play with this new set - Sense of Time (SU). I think this one is going to be a lot of fun. The minute part of the clock is cut out, sponged on the edge and popped up. Used a grommet on the right hand side, punched a hole in the center and tied some string through that. Added some brads and there you have it. The Celebrate is from Celebrate Everything (SU) Colors are Kraft and chocolate.

Today - laundry and packing! We're leaving bright and early in the morning. I will schedule posts for the days I am gone, so you will have something new to see each day while I am gone.

Have a great day!

Love the colors in this Walk in the Park paper from SU. I used cameo coral, basic grey and baja for this card. Butterfly is from SU's Great Friend set.

More yard work today - hopefully I will be able to finish it this morning. Have a lot to get done today and tomorrow - we leave on Wednesday, so I'm getting down to the wire. Class tonight.

Happy stampin'

This is a card Roni did at stamp club last week. I did one a while ago like this, but I loved the color Roni used on this one. (baja) The Manhattan Flower embossing folder from SU was used on vellum.

Whew - I am finally finished with the rose bushes! Oh yea! I still have some bushes to trim and some weeds to get rid of, but it is such a relief to have all those rose bushes done! I am taking a break from 'hard labor' today - Deb is going to come stamp for a bit and I am going to enjoy some play time.

Hope you are having a great weekend.

It's pink! Yep, a little out of my usual color zone, but what the heck, it's pretty! Stamp is SU's pocket silhouettes, butterfly punch is Martha Stewart, scalloped rectangle is nestabilities, patterned paper is SU. Colors are Pretty in Pink and Pirouette Pink.

More yard work today. Oh boy!

Have a wonderful weekend.

Used some inchies for this card I gave to Jeff for his birthday. Paper is from SU (thanks Sherry!).

Back to the yard work today. Still have lots to get done before we leave for Indiana next week!

Happy stampin'

Found a couple of new stamps when I was at Hobby Lobby last week - this is one of them. It's called Waving Wheat and is from Stampabilities. Printed paper is from SU (Parisian Breeze) and I used one of SU's new jumbo grommets. Happy Birthday is from Hero Arts.

Tomorrow is my son Jeff's birthday, but since he is going to be out of town we're doing dinner tonight. So.......today is a cooking and cleaning day.

Have a wonderful day.

No stamping! Thought this was kind of fun and could be done with a variety of colors and paper. The flower is a die cut from Sizzix (Flower Layers). I sponged the edge of each flower, curled the edges up a bit and layered them. Fun and easy. Colors are celery, saffron and bashful blue.

Back to the yard work today. More rose bushes to trim. Class tonight.

Have a great day!

Simple, but elegant. Stamp is Soft Summer from SU's mini catalog. I used the outline stamp and colored it with a blender pen. Happy Birthday stamp is CTMH. Background is cuttlebug embossing folder.

Class this morning, errands this afternoon and class again tonight. Full day.

Enjoy your day!

SU's Great Friend & On Your Birthday. Colors are Regal Rose & Basic Grey. I used a light grey from Bazzill for the card.

Yard work today - I've put it off far too long - it's time to get the rose bushes trimmed.

Have a great day!

Happy

Mother's

Day

Today's card is done with stamps from Papertrey Ink. I really like the images in this set (Life). Colors are baja and Artichoke.


Have some chores to do this morning, but looking forward to this afternoon - Kris and Darilyn are coming to crop. I am hoping to finish up my pictures from Yosemite.


Have a great weekend!

Pocket Silhouettes (SU) - Going grey, basic grey and regal rose. Pretty simple, but I liked these colors together.

Got all my flowers planted yesterday - whew! Took longer than I thought - I think the older I get, the slower I get! Now it's time to start trimming the rose bushes (past time, actually), so I will get started on that this morning.

Have a wonderful day!

White on white with a touch of color. Stamp is from SU, Cuttlebug butterfly.

Planting flowers today - the day got away from me yesterday and I didn't get to the planting part. Looking foward to Stamp Club with Roni tonight!

Happy stampin'

Another card with SU's Touch of Nature. Background is a Cuttlebug embossing folder.

Have to go get a haricut this morning, then I am going to go get flowers and hopefully get them all planted this afternoon.

Enjoy your day!

I dug out a very old SU set for this card - Touch of Nature. The images are all stamped in black and colored with Baja. The background image is stamped with baja on baja paper. Sentiment is from Papertrey Ink, embossed with white.

Working on class projects today. My goal is to get the rest of my projects done so I can start on yard work tomorrow.

Happy stampin'

More Papertry Ink stamps - colors are riding hood red and kraft. A simple and easy layout.


Lots of chores to get done today, including laundry and cutting and bagging class kits. Class tonight.


Have a great day!

Super simple - stamps are from Papertrey Ink - colors are rust and vanilla.

Have a couple of things to finish up this morning, then Deb is coming to stamp this afternoon. Yea! It will be a good day!

Hope you are enjoying your weekend.

One of SU's new sets in the mini catalog (Soft Summer). This is a two-step stamp - I stamped the outline stamp and colored it with a blending pen, then stamped the solid image with eggplant and cut the flowers out and popped them up. Colors are Old Olive and Eggplant.

Working on class projects today.

Happy stampin'

A touch of spring today. SU's Great Friend set (from the new mini ctalog). Colors are bashful blue and celery. Printed paper is SU's Delicate Dots.

Back to the yard work today - events conspired against me yesterday (totally not my fault) and I didn't get the weeds sprayed. So.......today it is a must because they are predicting rain for the next several days.

Play time tonight though, so I have something fun to look forward to!

Enjoy your day.

One more inchie card. I didn't use actual inchie stamps for this one. I started with a white piece of cardstock - sponged some baja and copper on it - stamped some random seashell images over that with baja and copper - used a small background stamp with writing here and there - punched 1" squares from different sections - sponged the edges of each square with baja and then put it all together and added some copper embellishments. These are really fun to do, I'll be playing with these inchies some more!

Yesterday was great fun and a much needed break. Now today it's back to work - really have to get in the yard and deal with some weeds. I haven't even started trimming the rose bushes yet and they should have been done by now. Oh well, they aren't going anywhere, I'll get to them eventually.

Have a great day!

Another inchie card. This card was done the same way as the one I posted yesterday. Images are from Inkadinkado, stamped with black on shades of red, sponged on the edges with brown. Just a bit of a different layout.

A fun day today (I really need one!) Judy S and I are going to Delta for lunch and shopping. Yea - I'm really feeling the need for a day away.

Happy stampin'

Playing with inchies. (1" squares) Judy, Alison and I stamped a bunch of these images from Inkadinkado one night. Then I needed to figure out what the heck to do with them. This is my first attempt at an inchie card. Each image was stamped in black on different shades of blue, and punched with a 1" square punch. Then each square was sponged with dark brown. I embellished a few of the squares with brads, etc and then just matted them on a black piece of paper and added that to a blue card.

Have chores to get done today and class tonight.

Have a wonderful day.

Went back and dug out this Upsy Daisy (SU) set to play with - hadn't used it in quite a while and it was fun to try and do some new things with it. Colors are kiwi and chocolate.

I'm so glad it finally rained last night. But it's probably too wet to do yard work today (that's my story and I'm sticking to it!) so I think I'll try to work on some class projects for next week.

Enjoy your day.

Photo day - haven't posted a photo for a long time. This was a picture I took at sunset one day last week.

Hope you are having a fabulous weekend.

A new SU set - Soft Summer. I used the outline part of this set and colored it with a blender pen. I stamped it a second time and cut out the flowers, added a brad and popped them up. Colors are chocolate, vanilla, riding hood red and white.

No real plans for today. It's supposed to rain so that gives me an excuse for not doing yard work. Didn't really want to anyway. Guess I will spend the day stamping - and maybe I can get started on some class projects.

Have a great weekend.

Quick & easy today. Cuttlebug embossing folder with a couple of stamped butterflies and a sentiment (Papertrey Ink) Colors are baja and blue bajou.

Today -who knows. I am looking forward to play time tonight though. It will certainly be the bright spot in my week.

Enjoy your day!

Verve stamps - prima flower - SU patterned paper - swirl die cut (sizzix) - scalloped rectangle from nestabilities. Colors are basic grey, kiwi and not quite navy.

Oh what beautiful weather we are having! It's supposed to be in the 80's today. It really is time for me to get out and get some yard work done. Maybe today.

Have a great day!

Verve stamps - SU paper - Martha Stewart butterfly punch. Scalloped rectangel is nestabilities. Colors are baja and kraft.

Linda is coming to make up a class this morning - then I'll see if I can talk myself into going out and getting started on the yard work........or maybe I'll put it off til tomorrow. We'll see.

Happy stampin'

More pink - I ended up doing several cards with these colors (rose romance & sage) since I had them out on my table. Flower stamps are from Gelatins - birthday is from Papertrey Ink. Butterfly is a Martha Stewart punch.

We're celebrating my friend Molly's birthday tonight, so I'm cooking today. It will be a fun evening.

Enjoy your day!

This is an old Penny Black stamp that I played with the other day. Need to dig through my drawers of stamps more often - never know what I'm going to find! Colors are rose romance and sage shadow. Cuttlebug swiss dots on the left, then used the Scor-pal to make the lines in the middle. Happy Birthday is CTMH.

Have a long list of things to get done today and then class tonight.

Have a great day!

Verve stamps, SU paper. Colors are not quite navy and kiwi.

I ended up playing in my stamp room all day yesterday. Dug out some old stamps and played with some new ones - had a great time and got lots done. Yea! Today I am going to get some not so fun chores done (like laundry) so I will be ready to conquer the coming week!

Hope you are having a fabulous weekend.

Here's another card done with stamps from Papertrey Ink. (Life) Colors are Mellow Moss and Perfect Plum (haven't used those colors in a very long time)

Have no clue what I'm going to do today. Maybe nothing. I should rest up this weekend because the weather is supposed to be really nice next week and that means I will need to start on yard work. Warm weather sounds really nice - yard work, not so much!

Have a wonderful weekend!

Nice and easy - Verve stamps - riding hood red paper. Scalloped square is made with nestabilities.


Need to get some chores done today. Playtime tonight and I need to figure out what I'm going to work on.


Enjoy your day!

Playing with some new stamps from Papertrey. This set called Life is really a fun one. Colors are kraft and black.

Can you believe that one year ago today is when I started this blog? My how time flies when you're having fun. Do you have any questions for me? What do you enjoy seeing the most? Leave a comment with your questions or tell me what you'd like to see more of.

Have a wonderful day!

No brads - no ribbon - oh my! Just a simple layout using SU's Fifth Avenue Floral stamps and Urban Oasis paper. Images are stamped with baja and kiwi.

Need to do a little paper work this morning, then I think I am going to spend the day stamping - need to get cards done and get started on some class projects.

Happy stampin'

Can't really say this is one of my favorites, but I liked the layout (think it came from the SU catalog). Colors are sahara sand, chocolate and sage shadow. Flower is SU. (Echoes of Kindness)

Class this morning and again tonight. Maybe I can get a little stamping done in between.

Have a wonderful day.

SU's Fifth Avenue Floral in black & white.

Cutting and bagging card class kits today - an all day job. Stamp Club with Deb tonight so I have a fun evening to look forward to.

Enjoy your day!

May your days be sunny

and your heart be light,

May your Easter day

be especially bright.

Happy Easter

More with SU's Great Friends stamp set. Very simple - color is saffron.

Today is house cleaning day. It's past time. If I get myself in gear maybe I can get it done and then have time to stamp later.

Have a great weekend.

Simple layout - Butterfly is from SU's Great Friend - colors are not quite navy with a touch of kiwi. I stamped & embossed the saying in white and then used the swiss dots embossing folder.

Grocery shopping this morning. (not my favorite thing to do) Playtime tonight - maybe I'll dig into my new stuff!

Have a wonderful day!

Tried something a little different with this flower (SU's Fifth Ave Floral) - I stamped the flower three times then cut a section from each one and popped them up to add a little dimension. Kind of a nice effect. Colors are baja and chocolate.

Judy S and I had a great time in Delta yesterday. I went a little overboard on the retail therapy, but I got some great new stuff - now I just need to find the time to play with it all!

Household chores today and then Shoebox Club tonight.

Enjoy your day.

I used one of SU's sets from the new mini catalog for this card. (Great Friends). Colors are celery and pink pirouette.


Taking a play day - Judy S and I are going to Delta for lunch and retail therapy.


Enjoy your day!

A bit of color today - flowers are from SU's Fifth Avenue Floral, saying is from Define Your Life, paper is Urban Garden. Colors are Not Quite Navy, Kiwi, and Baja.

Have a whole list of stuff to get done today - errands, paper work, laundry, and since it's supposed to be nice this afternoon I hope to get some weeds taken of in the yard. Then class tonight. A busy day.

Happy stampin'

I really liked the simplicity of this card. Stamp and paper from SU.

Back to work on class stuff today......

Enjoy your day.

A touch of spring today. Stamp is from SU - colors are celery and saffron.

I got my Easter cards done yesterday - yea! Now it's back to work on class stuff.

Hope you are enjoying your weekend!

Black & white, buttons, brads and flower punch. Pretty darn easy!

Need to get my Easter cards done today and get cards done for class. That should keep me busy.

Happy stampin'

Thought this would make a good "guy card". I used an old background stamp on the panel, then stamped the image (from Verve) and added a couple of brads. Easy!

Looks like my plans for the day may change. Judy S and I were planning on going to Delta for lunch and shopping today - not sure the weather is going to cooperate. Darn!

Play time tonight with Deb, Emily and Sherry. Think I will try and get some more scrapbooking done.

Have a wonderful day!

More with Verve stamps. Colors are amethyst & black. Butterfly punch is from Martha Stewart. Scalloped rectangle is done with nestabilities.

Still more work to do on class projects today............... (not much excitement in my life these days!)

Have a wonderful day.

A simple layout with pictures from our trip to California in January. I always love going to the beach, but it's especially nice at sunset.

Class tonight, so it's time to get the project kits together and get the tables cleaned off.

Enjoy your day!