Wishing for Spring...

Good Morning,

I have a few more cards to show you today...as soon as I saw this stamp set Trendy Trees(pg 91) I knew I had to have it! These trees can be used in so many ways, for this card I wanted to have green trees, to remember that Spring really is on its way! I stamped the tops in Garden Green, Kiwi Kiss, and Old Olive, then used the Stamp-a-ma-jig to line up the tree trunks, which I stamped in Basic Brown and then layered on Old Olive cardstock. I added a little red sentiment using Real Red, tied a little ribbon on and there you have it~ Thanks for stopping by!

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Trying to find some mojo....

I've been struggling lately trying to come up with some ideas for cards and scrapbook pages....I haven't been 100% happy with anything I've made lately but oh well...I suppose it will get better~at least I hope it does! These are two way simple cards I made a little while ago, I just HAD to have that daisy stamp and the poor thing had yet to see ink...now that I've finally broke it out I can't wait to play with it a little more. I have really been loving kraft cardstock these days, I think most of my projects the last month or so have used it in one way or another! Anyway these cards as I said are pretty simple and straight forward...hope you like them, Thanks for stopping by!

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Hi World...I'm Back

So I have been on a blogging break, while I tried to survive the holidays...but now its a NEW Year, full of NEW opportunities, NEW ideas and best of all a NEW Stampin Up Catalog! Last Thursday was our monthly Stamp Club and I think we made some fun projects. Our hostess for the month, made all the girls these adorable notebooks with the Flower Layers dies, so CUTE!

Our first project used the Mark The Date and Full Calendar stamp sets (found on page 126 of the new catty) We stamped the calendar in Basic Black, and the months in a variety of Stampin Up colors! It was pretty simple to assemble, if you want exact measurements leave me a comment and I'll post them.

The current month hangs with a clip adhered to the front with glue dots, while the months not in use sit in the pocket on the back, I just folded up the Kraft c/s and held it together with the twine from the Holiday Mini (now discontinued).

I thought this was a great way to start off 2009, a little calender perfect for the kitchen counter, next to the computer, or a desk at work!

For our next project I wanted to use the Valentines Bundle, I am loving this cute Valentine set Love You Much (pg27) The bundle includes, the Love You Much stampset, coordinating paper Candy Lane, and cute new punch Heart to Heart...all packaged together at a 20% savings! Contact me to order your bundle!! Anyway onto the project. We started with a Kraft cs base, and layered Riding Hood Red, and Pirouette Pink, on Very Vanilla cs the image was stamped in Basic Brown and colored using the AquaPainters and coordinating inks, to finish it off the ends were sealed using my paper crimper.

As I mentioned our hostess for the month made these adorable books for everyone...I love how great the dies work on such a variety of mediums-fabric, felt, cardboard-so many possibilities!!

Thanks for looking! Have a great day!

Ornament Card

Hi friends...

Kudos to you if you are still stopping by...it has been a crazy couple of months...as I am sure is true for everyone! Keeping a craft blog updated proves to be harder than I originally thought...but heres to tryin'!!

Today I have a quick card I threw together for a gift.. I recently got my first set of Nestibilities..the scallop circles...I LOVE them! It was fun to break them out. I wish the photo showed the embossed edge a little better...I think if you click to make it larger you can see it a little better. The stamp set (Winter Post) and ribbon (Alpine Ribbon Originals) are from the Stampin Up mini catalog (click on my side bar to view it in full) The paper is Real Red, Old Olive, and Very Vanilla... Hope you like it!

This month Stampin Up has some great promotions going on....check out the Retired List and see what stamps are leaving...and as a final wave are being offered at 10% off!! Combine that with another great offer...Free Shipping (on qualifying orders) and it's perfect for a last minute Christmas gift...but hurry quick so you'll have your order by Christmas! Visit my website to order online or drop me an email! Thanks for stopping by!!

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Cards For Heros

I've seen on a couple of different blogs about Cards for Heros, I always think it sounds like such a great and easy way to support our troops but sadly I never get around to actually making and sending the cards...I am glad to have friends that are more motivated then me :) ! A friend decided to collect a bunch of cards and send them in and asked for any donations. She mentioned there was a need for holiday cards, so here was my contribution.

I wanted to make something that would be simple and easy to mass produce. I loved how this card sparkled...oops did I say sparkle....I forgot on my friends blog there was a mention not to use any glitter or rhinestones, or basically any form of holiday "bling" because it can mess with the heat vision goggles, and also make soldiers stand out...so I modified the card and took away the Dazzling Diamond glitter, I liked the original better but I understand the reasons...so here is my non-shiny version

I wish you could see the dimension a little better, the Baja Breeze cs is popped out with dimensionals kindof shadowboxing the snowflake. I used craft cs for my base and embossed my sentiment in Winter White ep. I absolutely LOVE this cute little snowflake punch...I see myself putting that little cutie to work on alot of Christmas cards and tags. Thanks for stopping by!