Post It Note holder and Card

Last weekend I participated in a local craft fair and had a few special requests for some items.  One of the requests was the fun Post It Note holder and matching card set.  Here are a couple that I have created...

I was so happy to make this set!  I LOVE the No Peeking set :)

Supplies Used:

Paper ~ Island Indigo, Whisper White, Festival of Prints DSP

Ink ~ Stampin' Write Markers: Basic Black, Island Indigo, Lucky Limeade, Cherry Cobbler

Stamp Sets ~ Distressed Dots, No Peeking

Other Supplies ~ Scallop Circle Punch, Circle Punch, Island Indigo Ruffled Ribbon, Whisper White Stitched Ribbon, Mini Gel Pen (non-SU)

And here is another set...



I forgot that I had some extra Simply Sent kits left over from last year, so I turned them into Christmas Cards!  You can't see it in the picture, but the card has some silver Glimmer Paper that peeks out through the scalloped edges of the card.  Very pretty!

Supplies Used:

Paper ~ Cherry Cobbler, Whisper White, Crumb Cake, Silver Glimmer Paper

Ink ~ Cherry Cobbler

Stamp Set ~ Snowflake Soiree

Other Supplies ~ Simply Sent Everyday Elegance kit (retired), Snow Flurry Die, Finishing Touches Edgelits, Whisper White Stitched Ribbon, Mini Gel Pen (non-SU)

These make a great little gift idea for a teacher, a friend, a carpool buddy...anyone!  I hope the recipients of these enjoy them!

Happy Stamping!

Dynamic Monday

Happy Monday!  This is one of the better Monday's I have had in a long time!  Maybe it was that extra hour of sleep I got this weekend.  Or maybe it's the simple fact that it was just a good day!  And maybe it's because I finally got to get some stamping time in tonight...after I finished cleaning my disaster of a craft room.  YIKES!  I avoided doing any stamping all weekend because it was such a mess from my crafting madness last week.  But now that it's all clean and everything is back in it's place, I can stamp happy again.  And just in time because my good friend Katie over at Sweet n Spiffy had a fun challenge combo for me to play around with this week.

We got to play with a fun sketch and rosette challenge from The Friday Mashup! and a great color combo from The Dynamic Duos. 

I broke out the Happy Hour set for this project.  I forgot how much I loved this set!  And I inked up some of the Glimmer Paper  and my rhinestone with some Gumball Green ink...FUN!

Supplies Used:

Paper ~ Crumb Cake, Very Vanilla, Orchard Harvest DSP, Be of Good Cheer DSP, Silver Glimmer Paper

Ink ~ Gumball Green, Raspberry Ripple

Stamp Set ~ Happy Hour

Other Supplies ~ Scallop Circle Punches, Scallop Trim Border Punch, Snow Flurry Bigz, Basic Rhinestones, Perfect Polka Dot Embossing Folder

Happy Stamping!

Frazzled Friday

What a week this has been!  Super busy at work and even busier at home...I'm feeling a bit frazzled!  I've had a week full of early mornings and late nights trying to prepare for my classes this month AND a holiday bazaar tomorrow.  I don't know about you, but I'm looking forward to that extra hour of sleep tomorrow! 

I did manage to squeeze in a little "just because" stamping time.  I made a card earlier in the week with the same elements, but used the great sketch from Fab Friday for this one.  The color palette came from Color Me Beautiful Color Challenge Blog.  I just recently came across their blog and I'm hooked!  Such great color combos!

 Supplies Used:

Paper ~ Early Espresso, Crumb Cake, Summer Starfruit, Raspberry Ripple, Very Vanilla

Ink ~ Perfect Plum, Crumb Cake, Raspberry Ripple, Summer Starfruit, Early Espresso

Stamp Sets ~ Quint-Essential Flower, Bella Boutique Wheel

Other Supplies ~ Lacy Brocade Embossing Folder, Essentials Paper Piercing Pack, 2 3/8" and 1 3/4" Scallop Circle Punch, 1" and 3/4" Circle Punch, In Color Dahlias

The Lacy Brocade embossing folder is my favorite right now.  I love how it gives a simple card a little extra class :)

Time to wrap things up for the night and get ready for a full day of Holiday Bazaar fun! 

Happy Stamping!

INK-redible November!

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Happy Stamping!

Postage Due - FMS59/PPA146

Hello November and Happy Thursday! 

What a fun Halloween night we all had!  We took the kids to a few houses in the neighborhood, visited the grandparents and were still home well before bedtime.  And we even managed to avoid any candy sampling last night...Halloween success!!! 

My hubby broke away from his hunting camp for the night so he could join us for our Halloween fun.  We are all looking forward to him being back home on Sunday!  I took advantage of him being home this morning and got up at dark o'clock to go for a run and still had some stamping time before my work day started...yay!!!

Cindy over at Freshly Made Sketches has a great sketch for us this week!  I love their clean and simple sketches!  So, I had some ideas in mind for what stamp set(s) to use, but was stumped with my colors.  But Pals Paper Arts came to my rescue with a great Color Challenge! 

I have to say, Riding Hood Red is not a color that I often use, but paired up with Crumb Cake and Very Vanilla, it's beautiful!  I used Early Espresso as my neutral color, which really made the Very Vanilla stand out.

 Supplies Used:

Paper ~ Early Espresso, Very Vanilla, Riding Hood Red, Crumb Cake

Ink ~ Riding Hood Red, Early Espresso

Stamp Sets ~ Postage Due, En Francais, French Foliage

Other Supplies ~ Lacy Brocade Embossing Folder, Postage Stamp Punch, Square Punch, 3/4" Circle Punch, Very Vanilla Satin Ribbon

Crazy how fast this week and this year has gone by!  Time to get things in gear and start getting ready for, gulp...Christmas!  And I've I have a big 7 year old birthday party to plan for my two sweet big boys :)  Angry Birds...time to put my punches to use!

Happy Stamping!!!