Happy Birthday Cousin!

Time got away from me this week and I almost forgot to get a card made for my cousin's 19th birthday.  Oops!  But, no worries...Fab Friday to the rescue!!!  The fun and simple sketch was perfect for a quick and easy birthday card....Thank You Fab Friday!

Supplies Used:

Paper ~ Crumb Cake, Whisper White, World Spectacular DSP

Ink ~ Island Indigo, Cherry Cobbler, Daffodil Delight, Calypso Coral

Stamp Set ~ You're Amazing

Other Supplies ~ Island Indigo Bakers Twine, Island Indigo Ruffled Ribbon, Brights Collection Buttons, Apothecary Accents Framelits, Brights Glimmer Brads, Color Spritzer Tool

I forgot how much I love all of the colors in the World Spectacular DSP...so bright and colorful! 

Happy Birthday Nicole!

Happy Friday and Happy Stamping!

Thinking of you on the Open Sea

I've needed a few masculine "Thinking of You" cards this week and the Sketch Challenge over at Try Stampin' On Tuesday was great for this card!

It's been a while since I've played with my Open Sea set and I forgot how much I like it. I wasn't sure about stamping the partial images on the squares, but in the end I was pretty happy with how it turned out.  Simple card, but perfect for the friend who will receive it :)

Supplies Used:

Paper ~ Early Espresso, Very Vanilla, Crumb Cake

Ink ~ Crumb Cake, Early Espresso, Cherry Cobbler, Night of Navy

Stamp Sets ~ The Open Sea, Sweet Essentials

Other Supplies ~ Metallic Brads, Cherry Cobbler Bakers Twine, Square Punch

Head on over to TSOT and check out all of the great Design Team projects as well as all of the other entries! 

Happy Stamping!

Bootiful Christmas

Do you ever start working on a card and come up with an idea for a totally different card?  This happens to me all the time, which is why I often have such a mess of a craft desk.  I always seem to have 2 or 3 projects in the works...but at least I finish them and clean my desk off before the day is done.  (Only to mess it up again the next day!)

I was working on a birthday card for my dear friend DeeDee, when the idea struck me to make a Christmas card using the cowboy boot from Bootiful Occasions. Yee Haw!!  Maybe I was still in non-traditional holiday stamp mode from the latest challenge over at The Friday Mashup. :)

I kept this very simple, adding just a bit of sparkle along the stitching on the boot and the brads to give a little extra western touch.

Supplies Used:

Paper ~ Soft Suede, Very Vanilla, Cherry Cobbler, Festival of Prints DSP

Ink ~ Early Espresso, Cherry Cobbler

Stamp Sets ~ Bootiful Occasions, Merry Minis, Sweet Essentials

Other Supplies ~ Simply Scored, Metallic Brads, Merry Minis {star} Punch, Dazzling Details

I think I may have to make a few more of these to send out to all of my horse loving friends this Christmas!

Happy Stamping!

Dynamic Duo First Christmas

The birthday and holiday crunch has hit at our house.  With my twins birthday just 6 days before Christmas, it makes for a BUSY December!  I've got my To-Do list all made out and am checking things off as I go (and adding more each day..gulp!).  This week I am preparing for my December Club Classes with big hopes of getting all of my projects designed and cut out.  Wish me luck!
This card started out as a Club Card based on a sketch my BFF Erica drew up for me.  I just couldn't get all of the pieces to work together so I set it aside and came up with this card instead:

My color inspiration comes from the beautiful color combo over at Dynamic Duos. Their latest color challenge is to use Midnight Muse & Silver...so pretty together!  My apologizes for the poor quality of the photo...my camera has been acting up lately.  Maybe Santa will bring me a new one :)

Supplies Used:
Paper ~ Very Vanilla, Midnight Muse, Silver Glimmer
Ink ~ Midnight Muse, VersaMark
Stamp Set ~ First Christmas
Other Supplies ~ Silver Embossing Powder, Lacy Brocade Embossing Folder

Now, I will get back to my original Club project and hope that the mojo hits so I can complete the card.

Happy Stamping!

Cyber Monday Extravaganza!

Good morning and Happy Cyber Monday!  I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday and survived any Black Friday shopping you may have participated in.  Today, you can shop from the comfort of your own home and get some GREAT deals from Stampin' Up!  Head on over to my On-Line Store and take check out all of the great items on sale...some up to 50% off!  MDS2 is 50% off during this awesome sale...get yours TODAY and create your own Holiday card in just minutes!  Here's an example of just how fun and easy a Holiday card is to make:

This card took me all of about 3 minutes to make!  Send it off to SU and they will print them off for you...easy peasy!  But HURRY!  Wednesday is the last day of this great sale, so don't miss out! 

Anyone who places an order of $40 or more today will receive FREE SHIPPING, NO TAX and a FREE GIFT from me!  Merry Christmas!

Happy Shopping and Happy Stamping!