The card - Stamp is from Herb Expressions (SU). Colors are olive, chocolate and a touch of bashful blue.

We are playing tourist today and going to Aspen. I haven't been there for several years - should be a fun day.

Enjoy your day!

The card - Razzle Dazzle stamp (SU) with some razzleberry lemonade paper. I inked the stamp with markers (olive, melon, curry). Card is Melon Mambo, center is white with an old olive mat.

Today - the first job is put my house back together. It's amazing what a project in one room leads to. The ceiling is fixed but the rest of the house is still covered with dust from the dry wall so I'm off to get that cleaned up.

It's going to be a great week because my cousin Marleen (from California) and her son, Scott and daughter Alyssa will be here this afternoon. I've cleared my calendar for the week and I'm looking forward to play time for the entire week. Woo hoo!

Have a wonderful day!

The card - stamp is from Thoughts and Prayers (SU) - I inked the stamp with markers (olive & not quite navy) and added a tiny pearl in the center of each flower. Love those pearls. Card and pattern paper is Not Quite Navy.

Grocery shopping today and then cleaning up a mess. Jeff decided it was time to fix the ceiling in the utility room. I had a leak in the roof and it took forever to figure out where it was and get it fixed - so the ceiling has been a mess for a very long time. But now the ceiling will look almost normal again. But, oh my gosh, there is dry wall dust everywhere in the house! I can't really get started on the mess until Jeff is finished sanding and painting, so I will try to get some odds & end done in the mean time.

Hope you are having a fabulous weekend!

The card - medallion stamp (SU) - color is blue bayou.

Not much productivity for me last night. Our trip to Delta was very fun, yummy dinner. I tried to get a card done when we got back, but it just wasn't working. Deb worked on some swaps and Sherry was helping her with that - I think they were much more productive than I was.

I'm going to get out and try to do some yard work this morning before the weather gets bad - they are saying it's going to be windy. It's a little damp, seems it rained during the night. But, I'm going to give it a try.

Enjoy the beginning of your weekend!

The card - a very old stamp from Great Impressions. Kind of fun to dig out the old stuff once in a while! I inked the stamp with markers (dusty durango, olive and black). I added a touch of blue to the jars with chalk. (and I can't tell you how long it's been since I dug those chalks out of the drawer) Card is old olive, mats are kraft and dusty durango.

The rain has kind of put a kink in part of my plan for the day. I intended to get caught up on my yard work this morning - um, guess that will have to wait for another day. I guess I will move on plan B - whatever that is. This afternoon Deb, Sherry & I are going to Delta for a little scrapbooking retail therapy at The Scrappy Moose - then dinner at Davetos (yum), then back here to stamp. OK - do you think we'll actually get anything accomplished when we get back? Stay tuned - I'll let you know how that works out!

Have a wonderful day!

The card - stamps are from Verve. The flowers and flower pot are stamped, cut out and popped up. Colors are Melon Mambo and So Saffron.

Today - chores this morning and then I have to take my car in to be serviced this afternoon. Looking forward to our Shoebox Club this evening. A full day.

Happy stampin'

The card - more Razzle Dazzle. I inked the stamp with markers - colors are olive, razzleberry and crushed curry.

Today - oh, where to start. I have so much I want to get done that I'm overwhelmed and not sure where to begin. I guess I better start with a project for our Shoebox Club which is tomorrow night. Hopefully I can get that done this morning and move on to more things on my list. Class tonight.

Have a wonderful day!

The card - floral stamped image is from Clearly Impressed, script background is from Glitz (stamped with saffron). Colors are kraft, black and saffron.

We had a wonderful time at Stamp Club last night - great cards Deb!

Today - class this morning and another class this evening.

Have a wonderful day!

The card - stamp set is Razzle Dazzle (SU) I copied this card from one that Roni did with us the other night - I loved these colors together (soft suede and bordering blue).

Today - have to get started tearing tiles off the shower walls downstairs today. The walls have to be re-done because the tiles are falling off. My son Jeff is coming out to do that sometime this week and my job is to get all the tiles off - oh fun! I do have Stamp Club with Deb to look forward to tonight though - yea!

Enjoy your day!

The card - stamp set is Herb Expressions (SU) I inked the stamp with markers and then filled them in with a blender pen. Colors are mellow moss and perfect plum.

Today - I'm going to spend some time in my stamp room trying to do a little re-organizing.

Hope you are having a wonderful weekend.

The card - stamped image is the new Medallion stamp from SU. I stamped it with a VersaMark Dazzle pad (champagne). Kind of a cool effect, although the sparkle doesn't show in the photo. Colors are kraft and soft suede.

Today - really have no idea. Have a lot to do, just not sure where to start. I will come up with a plan before the day gets away from me - I hope!

Enjoy your day!

The card - stamp set is Circle Circus (SU) I used two of the new in-colors, dusty durango and crushed curry, on this card. The circles are stamped on white, then punched out and popped up.

We had a wonderful time at a stamp class with Roni last night. Great cards and lots of fun. Thanks Roni!

Today - busy work - water the lawn, do the laundry, get pictures taken of the cards I've made this week, etc. Stamping tonight with friends - yea!

Have a wonderful day!

The card - flower is from In Full Bloom (SU) - stamped with chocolate and colored with baja, cut out and popped up. Colors are chocolate, baja and kraft.

Today - another day of stamping with Deb - yea! I should work on getting class stuff cut, but we'll see - I'm having way more fun just stamping for fun!

Enjoy the day!

The card - I used the circle circus set (SU) for this card. I tried something a little different (for me) and stamped the images with a VersaMark Dazzle pad - frost. It gives it just a bit of shimmer which you can't see in the photo. Kind of cool. The sentiment is from PaperTrey Ink. Colors are Bermuda Bay and kiwi.

Today - Deb will be here again today. More stamping time. I got quite a bit accomplished yesterday so here's hoping for another productive day.

Have a wonderful day!

The card - another watercolor rose. I did this one with real red and pretty in pink. (I played with it a little too much and didn't end up with much pink showing)

Today - Deb will be here to stamp while her son is at soccer. That means I need to get my act together and get the table cleaned off! I'm going to try and get the cards finished for card class.

Enjoy your day!

The card - stamped image is from Herb Expressions (SU) Colors are razzleberry and olive. Sentiment is from Papertrey Ink.

Today - cutting and bagging kits for class tonight.

Enjoy your day!

The card - stamp is from Thoughts and Prayers (SU). I used old olive and dusty durango markers to ink the stamp. After stamping I punched the circles from the image. (I used a 1 1/4" circle punch) The circles are popped up. Background is swiss dots embossing folder from cuttlebug. The card is vanilla and the mat is dusty durango.

Today - I am going to try and get some yard work done this morning. Then if I still have any ambition left I am going to get the kits cut and bagged for class tomorrow night.

Enjoy your day!

The card - stamp is from Hero Arts, embossed in white on razzleberry. Happy Birthday is from Papertrey Ink. Printed paper is SU, Razzleberry Lemonade.

Today - who knows. Have lots to do, just not sure which particular project I am going to tackle.

Enjoy your weekend!

The card - another one with Judy's scallop flourish from Hero Arts. I used Crushed Curry for this one. White piece is embossed with cuttlebug embossing folder, printed paper is from Razzleberry Lemonade (SU). Happy Birthday is from Papertrey Ink.

Today - a little yard work this morning. A couple of errands and cleaning up my stamp room this afternoon. (somehow I made a mess without really accomplishing anything - how did that happen?) Stamping with friends tonight.

Enjoy your day!

The card - stamp is from Clearly Impressed (Stampington & Co). This is another stamp set Judy S brought over for me to play with - love the images in this set. Image is stamped with Bermuda Bay, Dusty Durango and Crushed Curry.

I haven't made much progress on that long list of things I wanted to get done this week. I think my motivation got lost somewhere along the way. I'm going to look for it (my motivation, that is) and maybe I can get something accomplished today. I'm looking forward to dinner out with friends tonight.

Happy stampin'

The card - stamp set is Thoughts and Prayers (SU) I used razzleberry and old olive markers to ink the stamp. A razzleberry mat and ribbon add a bit more color.

Well, finishing card class in the dark last night was a new experience. The electricity went off just before we got to the last card. The class room is in the basement so it was very dark - but we persevered by coming upstairs and finishing at the dining room table which is by the window. Interesting experience.

Today - have to go get a haircut this morning, then lunch with my cousin this afternoon. Kind of a chopped up day, but hopefully I can do some more work on class projects in between.

Have a wonderful day!

The card - my friend Judy S brought this Hero Arts stamp (the scalloped circle) over and wanted me to figure out what to do with it. What??? Now everyone knows I copy things - didn't have anything to copy - oh no! So.......I saw this layout somewhere and thought maybe it might work. I stamped the image with suede and used the suede dsp from SU. Added a cuttlebug butterfly.

Today - back to work on class projects for next week. Class tonight.

Have a wonderful day!

The card - stamp is from Echoes of Kindness (SU). Background on card is a Quick Kutz embossing folder. Colors are black, white and saffron. Colored the stamped image with celery and a touch of lavender. Used the label punch from SU for the sentiment.

Have a long list of things to get done this week, so I need to figure out where to start today. Had sort of planned on working in the yard, but it rained quite a bit here last night, looks like things are pretty wet this morning. (oh yeah, that's a good enough excuse for me to put that off!) Guess I will do some errands and then get to work on class projects.

Enjoy your day!

Another water color rose. I think this eggplant one is my favorite.

Yesterday turned into a real 'do nothing' kind of day. So, I need to be motivated today and get some things done - sounds good anyway!

Hope you are enjoying your weekend!

A scrapbook page today. This is one of the layouts we did in Scrap Class this month - I just added the pictures.

Today - um, not sure yet what I'm going to do. I may work on class projects.

Have a great weekend.

This is probably my favorite card I have done over the last few days. Not sure why - I just liked it a lot. Colors are vanilla, cocoa and black. The leaves are from Verve and the butterflies are Hero Arts. The cocoa strip is embossed with a cuttlebug embossing folder.

Today - a little more yard work this morning. Laundry this afternoon and stamping with friends this evening.

Enjoy your day!

The card - SU's Circle Circus set - color is Razzleberry. Super simple - the circles are stamped on white, punched out and added to razzleberry piece.

How can it be Thursday already? The week is getting away from me. I've spent most of it in my stamp room and have to say I have been fairly productive. But........not much else has gotten done. So, today I am going to get some yard work done and try to get caught up on some household chores that I keep putting off. Looking forward to dinner out with some friends tonight!

Happy stampin'

Anyone remember this set? A very old SU set - In Full Bloom. I saw a card done with this set and decided I might as well dig it out and give it a try. The flowers are stamped with black, colored with Baja, cut out and popped up. Leaves are stamped and colored with celery. Background shape is from nestabilities.

Today - my friend Judy S is coming to stamp this afternoon, so I must get the table cleaned off. I made quite the mess yesterday, but I did get several cards done. Hopefully I will be productive today too.

Happy stampin'

I decided to try the watercolor roses I have seen all over the internet lately. They really are a lot of fun to do and I ended up doing several in different colors. I need to practice though - I tend to 'over blend' and end up with not enough difference in color. This is one I did with Blue Bayou and baja. It doesn't show in the photo, but I sprayed the rose with Glimmer Mist - it also looks darker in real life.

Today - household chores and a trip to the bank. Nothing very exciting - but hopefully some stamping time thrown in there somewhere too.

Enjoy your day.

Something a little different today - I made these inchies into a 6 x 6 card. The inchies were stamped on different colors of paper, layered on black and pale plum, then added to the card front. The stamps are from Inkadinkado.

Not sure what my plan is for today. Have some paper work to do, laundry and ............... Guess I will go with the flow. Class tonight, so need to get things set up for that.

Have a great day!

The card - stamps are from CTMH. Colors are eggplant, plum and mellow moss. I got this layout idea from a new CTMH book called Wishes - it's a great book filled with tons of card ideas.

Need to get some chores done this morning but I'm looking forward to an afternoon of stamping with Deb and Sherry.

Hope you are having a wonderful weekend.

This card was done with Herb Expressions - one of the new sets I got from the new SU catalog. It has some really nice flower stamps and a lot of really nice sayings. I inked the stamp with markers (melon mambo and celery). Ribbon and aceent piece are melon mambo.

We had a bit of a surprise birthday dinner for Sherry last night. I made chicken and noodles for dinner and Emily brought a Cold Stone Creamery ice cream cake - oh boy, that was yummy! After a fun dinner I even managed to get my July 4th pictures scrapbooked. Yea! It was a great evening.

I think I'm going to take an r & r day today. It's been a busy week and I haven't had any stamping time. So I may do a little stamping, a little reading, maybe even a little napping. But definitely a "do whatever I feel like" day.

Enjoy your weekend!

The card - stamps are from Verve. Paper is SU - colors are basic grey and kiwi.

I am taking a break from yard work today - yea! Deb and I are going to Delta this afternoon for a little retail therapy at The Scrappy Moose. Then we'll be stamping/scrapping tonight. A fun day!

Have a great day!

The card - swirl stamp is from Paper Trey Ink - I embossed it with white. Butterfly is a SU die. (I used the swiss dots embossing folder after I cut the butterfly) Colors are baja and white.

Judy D and I went to see the movie The Proposal yesterday afternoon. That was the funniest movie I have ever seen - if you haven't seen it, go - you will love it!

More yard work this morning, errands this afternoon and class tonight.

Enjoy your day (and go see The Proposal!)

The card - super simple - the white piece is done with one of the quick kutz embossing folders. I just added the sentiment and some prima flowers. Colors are kraft and baja.

Yard work this morning. Going to a movie with my friend Judy D this afternoon.

Enjoy your day.

The card - the background on this card is done with the new embossing folder from SU. Stamp set is Great Friend (SU) - colors are Old Olive, Celery and Razzleberry.

Today - have to get things together for my class this morning, clean up my stamp room this afternoon and then class again tonight.

Have a great day!

The card - I saw this stamp used in a magazine and thought it was pretty darn cool. (it's from Stampers Anonymous) My friend Judy S just happened to have it and let me borrow it to play with! Thanks Judy! I stamped the image in black, on kraft, then stamped it again on vanilla. I used colored pencils to color a few of the squares on the vanilla piece, then cut out the design and popped it up on top of the kraft piece. Added a small border of vanilla - card is soft suede.


Today - yard work! I've put it off far too long and now the weeds are getting way out of control. So........much as I'd rather spend the day stamping......................


Have a wonderful day!

Another card with Circle Circus. Color is Razzleberry.

Today - cleaning up the mess I made yesterday so I can stamp with friends this afternoon.

Enjoy your day!

This card uses SU's new Circle Circus set. Colors are kraft (the card), Bermuda Bay, Soft Suede and Crushed Curry. I used the solid side of the Bermuda Bay polka dot ribbon.

Today - let's see - I should go out and do some yard work, but I'm not sure I can talk myself into it today. I think spending the day stamping and/or scrapbooking sounds more appealing. We'll see what happens.

Hope you are enjoying your weekend.

The card - a new stamp set from Verve. Colors are chocolate and celery.

Today - errands, stamping and hopefully working on a new class project.

Enjoy your day!

The card - super simple. Stamp is from Echoes of Kindness (SU) Colors are Groovy Guava and River Rock.


Today - we have our monthly Shoebox Club tonight and I don't have my project done yet (not even sure what I'm going to do either) Oops - so, guess that had better be my goal for the day.


Enjoy your day!

The card - stamp is from Asisan Artistry (SU) Colors are chocolate and riding hood red. Red piece is embossed with cuttlebug embossing folder.

I do believe Deb brought her mouse to my house - how nice of her to share! I had one running all over my living room last night - yikes! Scared me to death as the first time I saw it it ran across the top (yep, the top) of the sofa I was sitting on! Holy Cow - aren't those little buggers supposed to at least stay on the floor? I was just thinking about going to bed, so of course after all that excitement it took a couple more hours for me to calm down enough to even think about going to sleep. I put out several traps hoping to catch it during the night - no such luck! Darn.

Today - need to deal with some weeds in the yard and finish bagging class kits. Class tonight.

Have a wonderful day!

The card - Not much stamping on this one. Card is Soft Suede - mat is Crushed Curry - pattern paper is from Razzleberry Lemonade. I added a tiny pearl to each one of the scallops.

It's supposed to get hot today - I guess it's a good day to stay inside. Good thing, because I have to cut and bag card kits today. Class tonight.

Happy stampin'

The card - flower stamp is from Fifth Avenue Floral - paper is Parisian Breeze. (SU) The blue flower is stamped with chocolate, colored with baja and popped up. I also sprayed it with Glimmer Mist, but it doesn't show in the photo. Colors are baja and chocolate.

Today - yard work this morning, errands this afternoon and class tonight.

Happy stampin'

The card - simple and easy. I used two of SU's new colors, Bermuda and Suede for this card. Stamp is from Pocket Silhouettes. Thank you is from Paper Inspirations.

I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday yesterday. We barbecued last night - yummy food, great fun with friends and family. Molly and Judy brought really yummy desserts! It was a very good day.

I am going to take a break from work stuff today and just spend the day in my room doing some 'just for fun' stamping.

Have a wonderful day!

Have a safe, happy,

star spangled day!

Happy

4th of July!

Just a few layers on this one - but I really liked the look. Stamp set is Happy Harmony (SU), colors are riding hood red, black and white.

Had Stamp Club with Sherry last night - woo hoo! It was great fun and she did some awesome cards. Thanks Sherry!

Today - my only 'job' is to go to the grocery store. The rest of the day I am going to spend playing with my stamping friends - yea!

Happy stampin'

A little red, white and blue. I liked the layout on this one. Could be used in a lot of different ways. (the star is an old accu cut die)

I think I am going to try and get my class kits done today. That means a day of cutting and bagging - but if I get it done today I can move on to some fun stuff.

Have a wonderful day!

The card - How easy is this? This is a new quick-kutz embossing folder I got. (they are plastic ones just like the cuttlebug ones) I simply stamped the birthday greeting in the rectangle space in the middle and added some pearls.

I spent all day yesterday working on class projects - they are done! Oh yea! I still have to cut and bag the kits, but the projects are done! Now I want to start on the 7 Gypsies project I have flitting around in my head.

Today I am helping my cousin with a wedding project for her granddaughter. Still have to print one piece, then it's a matter of putting it together.

This is what my table looked liked at the end of the day yesterday - yikes! (that is after 6 cards and 2 2-page layouts) That little bitty space on the right is what I ended up working in. Good thing I started with the 12 x 12 page layouts at the beginning of the day when the table was clean! Why oh why can I not put things away as I go?

Have a wonderful day!