The card - I saw this technique called 'brick wall' and thought it looked like it might be fun! This is my attempt - I think the 'bricks' need a little more color, probably should have sponged the edges. I used a piece of Basic grey for the background (bricks) and the stamp is from Hero Arts. I'll try this again, although it's not something I'd make a lot of - it's rather time consuming. If you are interested there is a tutorial on Split Coast Stampers. 
The card - I did a card like this for card class last month using Christmas paper - decided it would be fun to do one for fall. Paper is from Basic Grey Indian Summer. Diamond is a punch from EK Success.
Today - catch up day. Need to get my room and the class area cleaned up. I got quite a stack of cards done yesterday, but made quite the mess in the process. Class tonight.
Happy stampin'
Scrappin' Sunday - photos from our day at the aquarium in Cincinati. This was a layout we did in class and I added the pictures.
Yesterday was great fun! I got a lot accomplished. ate too much (the food was so yummy!) and totally enjoyed the company! Thanks girls, for a great day!
Today I am going to finish up some projects and then I think I will try to get some cards made. I really haven't done much stamping lately so I think that will be my focus for the day!
Hope you are having a wonderful weekend!
Photo Saturday - this picture was taken up on Grand Mesa last year. Just a bit of fall colors.
Today will be fun - the wild and crazy bunch (Sue, Eileen and Kelly) are coming to crop! With any luck I will be much more productive than I was yesterday! I need to focus! focus! focus!
Added note: should have posted a winter picture I guess, since it's snowing this morning. I guess fall is almost over and we're seeing the beginning of winter.
Enjoy your weekend!
The card - leaves are from Falling Leaves (SU) Colors are durango, olive and mustard. The leaves are stamped, cut out and popped up on the squares.
Oh-oh - Friday the 13th! Actually that has always been a 'good luck' day for me, so we'll hope that continues to be the case. It's bound to be a good day because after running some errands this morning I will be stamping with Judy S this afternoon and then Deb, Sherry and Emily tonight! Yea! I should get lots done, right?
Happy stampin'
The card - stamps and paper are from Close to My Heart. Flowers are stamped with sahara sand and black.
Still working on class projects - my goal is to have all (or at least most) of November and December's class projects done before Thanksgiving. For the original procrastinator (that would be me!) that will be a major accomplishment.
Enjoy your day!
The card - I saw this layout on a blog somewhere and not only copied the layout but I copied the colors - thought it was a cool color combination. Colors are eggplant, teal and kiwi. Flower is a die cut.
I'm feeling a little less 'behind' now since I got my Shoebox project done yesterday and got my class project for next week cut and bagged - it was a productive day yesterday! Class this morning and again tonight, so I may just take a break this afternoon.
Have a great day!
The card - stamp is from Thoughts and Prayers (SU). Colors are soft suede, more mustard and dusty durango. Easy!
Card Class kits are ready to go - yea! Now on to my next project - have to get a calendar topper done for our Shoebox Club on Thursday. I have to do August this time, and I'm clueless - have no idea what I'm going to do! So, after I get my other chores done I guess I will try to figure that one out!
Have a wonderful day!
Photo Saturday - took this last week when it snowed. Glad we are enjoying better weather now.
I have a new plan for the blog - I will post cards on Monday thru Friday, a photo on Saturday and a scrapbook page on Sunday. I'm hoping this will motivate me to get more scrapbook pages done, plus give the blog a little more variety.
Today it's back to work on the class projects. I'm not leaving my room until they're done - well, maybe a few short breaks!
Hope you are enjoying the beginning of a wonderful weekend!
The card - leaf stamps are from Hero Arts. Colors are soft suede, dusty durango, olive and razzleberry. Card is soft suede, top note die is vanilla.
The weather has been so nice that I had this fleeting thought that I should be outside doing some yard work - ok, so that thought didn't last long! But I do have a lot I want/need to get done in the next couple of weeks so I need to focus - unlike yesterday which went by without anything constructive being accomplished. I hope to do better today!
Have a wonderful day!
The card - this is another very old stamp I found in a drawer the other day. I don't think it had ever been used. Shame! I stamped it with black and colored it with a blender pen - used olive, curry, suede and a touch of durango. The stamp is from Stampendous.
Today it's back to work on class projects. I at least have a few ideas I want to try. Hopefully it will be productive day.
Happy stampin'
The card - Stamp set is Live Like You Mean It (SU) Colors are dusty durango and artichoke.
Jeff and Sara are coming for dinner tonight, so that means a trip to the grocery store sometime today. The class projects are not coming together liked I hoped, so I may take a break from that and hope that creativity strikes tomorrow.
Enjoy your day!
The card - image is from Wandering Words (SU) - inked with markers, chocolate, durango and curry. Leaf is a die cut, embossed and sponged with chocolate. Card is kraft, with Sanded (SU) background stamped in chocolate. I used a distressing tool on the edges of the vanilla piece.
Working on class projects today (and probably the rest of the week!) Too many things to get done in the next couple of weeks.
Have a great day!
Scrappin' Sunday - The layout is one we did in Scrap class a while back. I just added the pictures. Printed paper is from Basic Grey.
Some happy news - Tracy (my daughter) is engaged! Woo hoo! The wedding will be next October in Kentucky. Pretty exciting.
Hoping to spend some time in my stamp room today. I should at least be able to get some cards done while watching the football game! Go Broncos!
Hope you are having a wonderful weekend.
The card - stamp is from Inkadinkado. Colors are kraft and black.
Brrrr- it's cold! But I have to say I'm glad I'm on the western side of Colorado - at least we didn't get 15 inches of snow like they did in Denver - yuk!
Not sure what I'm working on today, but I am looking forward to 'play time' with Sherry & Emily tonight!
Stay warm - and enjoy your day!
A little bit of Halloween today - stamp is from SU - printed paper is from Basic Grey.
More snow? Geez, you'd think it was winter around here. Looking at the weather though, it is supposed to be nice and in the 60's again next week - thank goodness.
Went to the grocery store yesterday, so today I can stay home and be creative. Need to get to work on layouts for scrap class next week.
Have a wonderful day!
Good snowy morning! Yep, that is snow you see falling in the light. Couldn't resist trying a 'night' picture. (although it is morning) What's up with the snow? I'm not ready for winter yet. But, I guess I'm never ready for winter when it comes right down to it. When I win the lottery I'm going to have a condo on the beach in California for my 'winter home'. Yeah, nice thought anyway!!
The card - images are from Autumn Days (SU) Colors are rust, chocolate, mustard. Printed paper is from Autumn Meadows (SU). The large scallops at the bottom are made with a new punch I got in Delta - love it!
Didn't get much done yesterday, so I need to get back in the groove today. Good day to stay indoors anyway - although I really need to go to the grocery store.
Have a great day!
The card - I was digging around in a drawer with some very old stamps in it and found this stamp from Magenta. Thought I would ink it up and see what I could do with it. A simple card, but it was fun. I stamped the image in black and colored it with a blender pen - used soft suede, dusty durango and olive.
Have a lot of odds and ends to get done today - finish the laundry, clean up my stamp room,and get the class area cleaned up for class tonight.
Have a wonderful day!
The card - images are from Trendy Trees (SU) Card is kraft with strips of chocolate, mustard, olive and rust. Fall saying is from CTMH.
It's feeling more like winter outside this morning than fall......brrrr. But it's supposed to be a sunny day, just on the cool side.
I felt like a hermit this weekend - holed up in my work room. But I got a lot accomplished and that feels good. I'm on a roll, so maybe it will carry over for a few more days.
Enjoy your day!
Scrapping Sunday - these are pictures from our trip to the Gateway car museum in August.
I spent all day in my work room yesterday and got two 6 x 6 books done for class projects - wow! That doesn't happpen often (actaully I don't think it's ever happened before!) Today I am going to try and get some chores done and maybe work on some more class projects.
Karen asked what my favorite thing was that I got from my retail therapy on Friday - man, that's a hard one! I can't pick just one, but my favorite two things are probably the photo display stand from 7 gypsies and the printers tray (also from 7 gypsies) I can hardly wait to do something with them. There's also some new embellishments from Tim Holtz (I seem to collect that stuff - really need to start using it!) And of course paper - and it goes on and on!
Hope you are having a fabulous weekend!
A photo today - haven't really had a chance to go anywhere to take fall pictures, so decided I'd have to make do with something from my back yard. It's amazing that I still have roses that are blooming! So, I caught a bit of summer and fall together.
I kind of over did it on the 'retail therapy' yesterday. Judy was much more restrained than I was! But I do have an abundance of new stuff to play with!
Hope your weekend is off to a grand start!
The card - just got this tree stamp from Just for Fun and had to play with it. Background on vanilla piece is script stamp from Glitz. Trees are stamped with soft suede. Card is kraft. Happy Birthday is from Papertrey.
I think Judy S and I are going to Delta this morning - at least we talked about it earlier in the week. I hope that is still the plan - shopping at The Scrappy Moose and lunch sounds good to me! Then stamping with Deb, Sherry and Emily tonight. A fun-filled day for me! Yea!
Happy stampin'
The card - used an 'oldie, but goodie' stamp for this one - Lovely as a Tree (SU) Image is stamped with soft suede on vanilla top note die. Card is kraft.Think I will try to get a little clean-up work done in the yard this afternoon. One more watering before my sprinklers are winterized and then I will be pretty much be finished with yard work for the year - oh yea!
Here is where I found the instructions for the side-step card from yesterday. If you put 'side-step card' in the search box on the left it will take you to the instructions.
Have a wonderful day.
The card - decided I'd try one of these 'side step cards'. Kind of fun! The flower pot was made from an oval, leaves are a die cut (SU). Stamp is Inkadinkado.
Have to go get a hair cut today, then do a few errands. I'm hoping I will be motivated to get started on some class projects this afternoon.
Enjoy your day!
Here's another layout I did during my scrapping spree this last week.
The birthday party yesterday was great fun - saw most of Chuck's family that I hadn't seen in a long time. And it was a great day to be outside enjoying the beautiful fall weather!
Today I will be at Kim's helping her with some last minute packing for her move to Oregon.
Happy scrappin'
The card - leaves are from Autumn Splendor (SU) - stamped and embossed with gold on chocolate. Background is chocolate with mustard accent.
Jeff & I are going to a 90th birthday celebration this afternoon - my late husband's brother-in-law. Amazing guy - still does more at 90 than I did at 50! It will be fun!
Have a wonderful weekend!
The card - this layout is one Dorene did with us at a recent Close to My Heart get together. I was trying to copy her card, but that didn't work out so well. ( I didn't have the same stuff) This is what I ended up with. Swirl stamp is from Papertrey. Give thanks is CTMH. Colors are durango, soft suede and kraft.
I am taking a 'fun day' today! Yea! Judy S and I are going to breakfast (a treat for me - I hardly ever go out for breakfast!) Then back here for some stamping fun! Then tonight dinner with Deb, Sherry and Kim and more stamping! Now, does that sound like a fun day or what? But I have to get in gear and get my room cleaned up - it's a bit of a mess from my 2-day scrapping spree.
Happy stampin'
Wow - a scrapbook page today! Yep, I spent the day scrapbooking yesterday. This is a layout we did in scrap class a while back - I just added the photos. The background paper is from 7 Gypsies.
Since I still have photos all over the table, I think I will try to get a few more pages done today.
Happy scrappin'
The card - clean & simple for sure! The leaf is from Autumn Splendor (SU) Stamped with versamark, embossed with gold on rust paper. Sentiment is from CTMH. Colors are rust, chocolate and vanilla.
Nothing pressing that just has to be done today so..............I think I'm going to try and get some scrapbooking done.
Enjoy your day!
The card - stamp is from Just for Fun - inked with chocolate and riding hood red markers. Card is chocolate with riding hood red accent, mats behind stamped image are kraft and chocolate.
Sad to see the Rockies lost last night - darn! I don't follow baseball too much until the World Series, but was hoping the Rockies would make it this year!
Off to get things set up for class this morning, then a bit of a break before class again tonight. Busy day.
Happy stampin'
The card - background on panel is a script stamp then I just added some leaves in baja and chocolate. Pretty easy, but a bit of a different look.
The cards for class are done - cut and bagged and ready for class - Whew! Glad that job is done. I think I will try to get a bit of housework done today - I never finished the laundry last week - oops - and the crumbs need to be swept up off the kitchen floor, etc, etc. I do have Stamp Club tonight with Deb to look forward to though.
Have a wonderful day!
How 'bout those Broncos, huh? 5-0 - wow!
The card - image is from Paper Inspirations. I inked the stamp with markers - soft suede and artichoke. Printed paper is soft suede.
I should work on cards for class today, but I may have to take a break - the whole Christmas thing just isn't working for me. I did several cards yesterday, but don't really like any of them. I hate it when that happens! So I may just do some 'stamping for fun' today and hope that the Christmas mood strikes tomorrow.
Enjoy your day!
The card - more Autumn Splendor. These leaves were stamped with chocolate and bermuda on vanilla and then colored a bit with a blender pen and cut out. The chocolate leaf is popped up.
Back to work on cards for class next week. It's been hard to get into the whole Christmas card thing, but I did make some progress yesterday.
Happy stampin'
The card - images are from Falling Leaves (SU) Leaves are stamped with suede, durango, & curry. Card is kraft with suede printed paper and ribbon.
I have to get a project done for our Shoebox Club tomorrow night. We're doing calendars and I have to do February - so far I haven't been able to come up with anything I like. So, back to the drawing board today and hopefully it will all come together!
Enjoy your day.
The card - Emily let me play with her Autumn Splendor (SU) set the other night. Fun! I embossed the leaves with gold, one on rust, one on bermuda and cut them out - bermuda one is popped up. Card is vanilla, mats are bermuda, chocolate and mustard with a strip of printed paper from Autumn Meadows. Birthday sentiment is from Papertrey.
Today I need to finish the chores that I didn't get to yesterday. Not sure what happened, but the day got away from me before I got everything accomplished that I planned.
Have a wonderful day!
The card - stamped circles are from Circle Circus (SU) Colors are melon mambo, razzleberry and crushed curry.
Have to get the class area cleaned up for class tonight, plus cut and bag the kits. Need to clean up my stamp room too - I did get some stamping done yesterday so the table is rather a mess. Think it's time to do laundry since the laundry basket is overflowing. Wow - sounds like a funfilled day for me!
Happy stampin'
The card - stamp is from Inkadinkado - inked with markers (chocolate, bermuda bay and dusty durango). Card front is embossed with cuttlebug embossing folder. Printed paper is from Autumn Meadows (SU) Birthday Sentiment is from My Sentiments Exactly.
I have a lot of odds and ends to do today - hopefully I can get those done this morning and get some stamping time in while watching the football game this afternoon - Go Broncos!
Hope you are having a great weekend!
The card - not much stamping on this one. Printed paper is from Basic Grey Indian Summer - leaf is die cut (Sissix) and embossed with embossing folder- Happy Birthday is from Hero Arts. I used matching cardstock from Bazzill.
Today - yard work - as soon as it warms up! Have to get the bushes trimmed today so they won't look all scraggly (is that a word?) all winter. Hopefully I'll have the energy to work on class projects this evening.
Have a great weekend!
