Craft Room Occupied!

Good Sunday morning! My craft room will be occupied this week by a family friend who is coming for a visit. I haven't been able to catch up and build extra cards to keep the ole blog rolling this week.....so I will be invisible for a few days. I hope you have an awesome week, I'll be back in a few days. Happy Stamping ! God Bless!

Snow Angels

Happy Day! I had fun with this card. The layout is for the Our Creative Corner Challenge this week. It is such a versatile layout, check it out.

Stamps: Snow Angels-Stampin' Up!Card base and Blue Cardstock is SU also. White cardstock and pattern paper-DCWV. Accessories: Metal Rim Tag, Glitter Glue, Brads, Tag Corner Punch.
Thanks for stopping by today! God Bless!

Quietly Masculine

Happy Monday. I hope you had a wonderful weekend. I certainly did. Only got a chance to stamp for awhile. My time has become pretty precious as I have gone back to a 40 hour work week. Today I have a card that would be nice for a male who might need a little encouragement.

Card base is More Mustard (Stampin' Up!). Plaid Pattern paper is from Lasting Impressions. The brown cardstock is from the stash called "nobody knows :>)....... I used my Word Window punch on some cork and anchored it with small, round black brads from JoAnn's. The leaf stamp is from a Martha Stewart Clear Stamp set. Sentiment is from My Sentiments Exactly stamps.
Thanks for stopping by today! God Bless!

More Holiday Fun

Good day to all! Today my cards represent the Jewish Festival of Lights, Hanukkah. Traditionally, blue is in the theme, and like Christmas you can chose whimsy or glitz . Today, I have leaned on the side of whimsy.

Cardstock is from Stampin' Up! Pattern Paper is from a DCWV stack. Stamps are from A Muse Stamps and Hero Arts. I used my Scallop Edge Punch, Oval Punch and my Word Window Punch. Ribbon is from Offray. Black Brads-JoAnn's and Blue Brads- GinaK Designs.

Thanks for stopping by today. God Bless!

Getting Ready for the Holidays!

Are you getting ready for the holidays? I always try to start thinking about things early, but can never seen to reach all the goals I set for myself in that respect? Anyone out there like me.......Today's card is for Thanksgiving.

Cardbase is Pumpkin Pie,basket is stamped on Confetti Cream, both from Stampin' Up!. The Sentiment as well as the basket and fruit are from retired SU sets. Brown cardstock and Pattern Paper are from DCWV. I used both my Scallop Edge (SU) and my Threading Water (Fiskars) edgers on this card. Ribbon is from Offray and Leaf Brad from a package I've had for a while. (someone removed the label :>(......wonder who that could be) Well, thanks so much for looking today. God Bless!!

Success.....?

A fun,quirky card today. The sentiment is from "Smarty Pants". It's Stampin' Up! and I just love the fun sayings in it. Check it out. Cardstock is all SU also and the Patterned Paper is from DCWV. (Love those 12 x 12) packs!) Brads were purchased from GinaK Designs, and ribbon is from Offray.
The entire sentiment says " If at first you don't succeed, find out if the loser gets anything!" It is a quote by Bill Lyons. I think you can't be a loser if you can find chocolate!!

Thanks for stopping by today. I have a busy day. Have a good one....God Bless!!

FORE!

I know its getting to cold to golf in alot of places.......but the golfing guy always appreciates a card that reminds him of his hobby. The image comes from an OLD retired Stampin' Up! set called FORE! Striped DP is also SU. Olive DP is from Lasting Impressions, I've had it in my box for years. I have noticed some cards where the paper crimper is being used again, so I dusted mine off and crimped the brown cardstock the golfing images is stamped on. It is also popped up with dimensionals.
Other accessories include: Oval punch from Fiskars and small brushed gold brads from Joanns.
Thanks for looking today. Have a great weekend! God Bless.

Happy Anniversary!

Today I have a card that I'm sending to my inlaws. They will be celebrating 53 years in a few weeks!!!!! That doesn't happen often these days......I attribute my successful marriage partly to their raising such a wonderful man. Below is the card:

All cardstock is from Stampin' Up! -Glossy White and Bronze (retired) The sentiment is a Stampendous stamp. I used my Swirl EF and my Ticket Corner Punch. Other embellies include: Pearl Dew Drops, Martha Stewart and Stampin' Up! ribbon.

Thanks for stopping by today. Enjoy the Fall colors......God Bless!

Happy Wednesday!

Just a quick post today......I'm off to an appointment in a few minutes. Today's card is just a quick fun one.

Base is Pacific Point Blue, layered with Tangerine Tango and Confetti White-all from Stampin' UP! The pattern paper is from DCWV. Stamped image is from the good 'ole dollar bin at Michael's. I used my Ticket Corner Punch and Word Window punch. The cute little flower brads are from Making Memories.
Thanks for looking today. God Bless!

Cuttlebug Challenge!

Good Morning! Today's card is for Cuttlebug Challenge. FUN,FUN!!!! You can see it here. The idea with this one is to use 3 Embossing folders on one card. Who'da thought???? It is a fun idea and the looks that the others have come up with are great. Below is my card.

All cardstock is from Stampin' Up!- Whisper White, YoYo Yellow, Lovely Lilac and Pink Passion. The glittery pump is fun sparkly paper from my sis. I used the Stylized Flowers, Swiss Dots and Happy Birthday embossing folders. The pump is a diecut from the Princess die set (CuttleKids). Sentiment is "Happy Everything"- SU. Brads were purchased from GinaK Designs. Pop dots were used to help the "pump" and "Birthday" stand out a bit.

Thanks for looking today! God Bless!

Fishin'

Good Monday to you all! I trust you had a wonderful weekend. We were planning a pretty quiet one here, but things changed for the better. We babysat g-kids on Friday night and spent Saturday with our daughter-in-law. On Sunday evening, our oldest son and his brood came by for dinner and a soak in the hot tub. It was all good. We woke with smiles on our faces this morning. :>)
I was able to squeeze in a few cards this weekend. Below is one of them. The card base is Dark Navy textured stock for Bazzil (what nice paper). Confetti White from Stampin' Up! and Blue Plaid from my stash complete the card. I used my small oval punch from Marvy and my double rectangle punch from SU for the label. Black ribbon is from Making Memories. Image is colored with SU and BIC markers.

Thanks for looking today. Hope your day is good. God Bless!

Simple.....but Elegant

Looking forward to the weekend? We should have a pretty quiet one here. It is supposed to be rainy.......maybe a pot of soup is in order.
Today's card is made from a sketch I used several years ago. The background is done with the "Script" background stamp (Retired Stampin' Up!). I masked the center area with an oval piece of paper so that I could place the tulip bulb image. I used my Scallop Edger on the Navy (Bazzil) and Silver (SU) cardstock and then pierced the scallops with my mat pack and paper piercer. The finishing touch is Navy Organdy ribbon (Retired SU). Flower image is colored with markers.

Thanks for stopping by today. Have a good one. God Bless!

Dragonfly Thank You

Good Thursday Morning! I had great fun making this card. I started with a sketch I saw on Splitcoast, but then changed the layout.....I have been wanting to use this dragonfly stamp for quite some time but hadn't been able to get anything to come together, so I like how this turned out.
The dragonfly and the sentiment stamps are acrylics from Inkadinkado. I chose to mat and mat and mat on this card. When finished the layers amount to 10 when you get to the top of the dragonfly!! Yes Girl, this WILL take extra postage! I stamped everything in Perfect Plum ink from Stampin' Up! The card base and one of the layers is Eggplant Envy, also SU. Confetti Cream is used to layer and on one layer you will see that I used my Textile EF and Cuttlebug. Mustard cardstock and striped DP are from a DCWV mat pack. The square brads are from Joann's. I hope you enjoy this card too and that it inspires you to create!
Thanks for looking today! God Bless!

My Boyfriend FRANK!

Happy October 1 ! Hoping you have a wonderful fall day. Today my card is based on a sketch I saw this week on SCS, you can see it here. I have had this "Frank" stamp for several years and only get to use it occasionally, but I just love the whimsey of it. It comes from Close To My Heart. I think it was one of the first stamps I ever purchased ;0).

The card base and DP are both Stampin' Up! Pumpkin Pie. The speckled black and off white stock is from a pack of paper that I'm not sure about.......but I like it, I'm a paper freak......

Frank is colored with SU and Bic markers. The round black brads come from Joann's, as does the ribbon. Hope you enjoy looking at my boyfriend.....ain't he handsome!!!



Have a great day! Thanks for stopping by. God Bless!