Hearts a Flutter LOVE ~ HSS 150

Now that Christmas is over and we've kicked off the New Year, I'm in full on Valentine card creations!  I absolutely love the new Hearts a Flutter bundle in the new Spring Catalog, which by the way goes live tomorrow, January 3rd.  The color challenge over at Hand Stamped Sentiments this week is so perfect for this set!

Don't you love these colors?

 Supplies Used:

Paper ~ Basic Black, Whisper White, Primrose Petals, Pool Party

Ink ~ Black StazOn, Primrose Petals, Pool Party, Whisper White Craft

Stamp Sets ~ Seasonal Sayings (2012 Holiday Catalog), Hearts a Flutter (2013 Spring Catalog), Tiny Tags

Other Supplies ~ Hearts a Flutter Framelits, Jewelry Tag Punch, Small Heart Punch, Owl Punch, Whisper White Bakers Twine, Paper Doilies (2013 Spring Catalog)

I had a lot of fun creating this card!  So much fun that I created a few more using the same supplies and colors...just switched up the layout :)

Happy Stamping!

Bring on 2013!

Happy New Year!  I hope you all had an awesome NYE night and rung in 2013 safely!  My hubby was working so the boys and I headed next door for some snacks and games with the crazy neighbors (AKA my parents!).  There was no way the little man was staying up until midnight, so I got him to bed then crawled in bed with my older boys and watched a movie.  We celebrated the New Year on East coast time and went to bed shortly after...perfect celebration in my eyes! 

I meant to get this post done last night, but my cozy bed and book won over.  Better late than never though, right?

So, here it is...2013.  HAPPY NEW YEAR!

I love this bright, cheerful color combo...perfect for a New Year Celebration card!  This color combo comes from the latest ColourQ Challenge.  I had to substitute a few colors, but they were pretty darn close.

Supplies Used:

Paper ~ Whisper White, Basic Gray, Tempting Turquoise, Real Red, Lucky Limeade

Ink ~ Real Red, Tempting Turquoise, Lucky Limeade

Stamp ~ New Years

Other Supplies ~ Rhinestones

Time for me to take advantage of the little ones nap time and get my supplies all cut out for my classes coming up at the end of this week.  And maybe if I get lucky, I'll have some time to get some more stamping done today.  I hope you do too!

Happy Stamping!

Retro Thank You

Happy New Year's Eve!  I want to take a minute to thank each and everyone of my stamping friends and blog visitors!  All of your kind comments and words of encouragement are what help keep me going.  I never would have thought when I took the step to become a Stampin' Up! demonstrator that I would have such a great first year and successful hobby job...and it's because of all of YOU!  So....THANK YOU!!!  You are all so awesome!

I've been working away on my Christmas thank you cards and the latest sketch over at Retro Sketches caught my eye this morning.  It's a simple sketch, which can make a card come together really quick when you have multiples to do!  I think this card took me less than 5 minutes to put together.

I still had my Feeling Sentimental set out from some other cards I was working on, so I pulled out this fun vintage phone booth stamp and put it to work. You can earn this set for FREE during Sale-A-Bration, which starts on January 22nd!

Supplies Used:

Paper ~ Crumb Cake, Very Vanilla, Print Poetry DSP*

Ink ~ Midnight Muse

Stamp Sets ~ Feeling Sentimental**, Curly Cute

Other Supplies ~ Basics Designer Buttons*, Linen Thread

*Spring Catalog*

**Sale-A-Bration**

Wishing you all a very safe and Happy New Year!  Again, THANK YOU ALL for being such awesome friends :)

Happy Stamping!

Feeling Sentimental meets World Spectacular Suite ~ SAB Sneak Peek

Finally got the chance to sit down and stamp!  I really wanted to hit my craft room early this morning, but my Christmas decorations were crying to be taken down.  As much as I love all of my Christmas decorations, it was time for them to come down.  We wrapped up our Christmas with one last celebration last night, so I had no excuses for leaving things up a day longer.  Tearing down all of the decorations turned into a major cleaning spree, which took up a better part of my day.  I now have a nice clean house and have all day tomorrow to play, which will hopefully include some stamping time too!

When I placed my {huge} Spring Catalog pre-order, I earned just about everything from the Sale-a-Bration catalog!  Shhhh...don't tell my hubby!  Just kidding!  As long as my crafting supplies don't take over any of his hunting room space, everyone is happy :)  One of the sets you can get for FREE with a $50 purchase during Sale-a-Bration is called Feeling Sentimental.  I'll admit, this was not my favorite and I almost didn't select it, but now that I've inked it up, I'm happy I got it!

Isn't that Ferris Wheel fun?  Pair it up with some of the goodies in the World Spectacular Suite and you've got yourself a fun birthday card!

Supplies Used:

Paper ~ Whisper White, Crumb Cake, World Spectacular DSP

Ink~ Island Indigo, Cherry Cobbler

Stamp Sets ~ Feeling Sentimental*, That's the Ticket**, You're Amazing

Other Supplies ~ Ticket Duo Builder Punch

It's hard to see in the picture, but the tickets are adhered with a staple...an embellishment I always forget about!

Better get my crafting space cleaned up and get myself to bed.  Weather pending, I'm planning on a long run in the morning.  I'm training for another half marathon and I've got a ways to go to get back up to speed!

Happy Stamping! 

Freshly Made Friday Mashup!

Say that 3 times fast!  :)  TGIF stampin' friends! It's been super cold and foggy here, but no snow :(  We had a tiny little bit on Christmas night, but it melted as soon as it it hit the ground.  My boys have been pretty bummed that we haven't had any snow during their Christmas break.  Thankfully we are close to the snow covered Blue Mountains and can make a quick trip up there to hit the snow and go sledding. 

When I saw the fun challenge over at The Friday MashUp! I was excited to pull some of my snowflake stamps back out.  My hopes were that maybe if I made a few more "snow" cards then maybe we'll actually get some snow :)  This weeks MashUp challenge is to make a project using Snowflakes and a color combo of Whisper White, Pool Party, Midnight Muse and Black.  I'll be honest...the black threw me off and created quite the challenge for me!  But I stuck with it and with some sketch help from Freshly Made Sketches I came up with this:

Supplies Used:

Paper ~ Pool Party, Basic Black, Whisper White, Midnight Muse, Print Poetry DSP**

Ink ~ Illuminate Glimmer Watermark, Black StazOn

Stamp Sets ~ Snowflake Soriee, En Francais

Other Supplies ~ Window Frames Framelits, Basic Rhinestones (colored with a black Sharpie), White Gel Pen, Basic Black Taffeta Ribbon

**Spring Catalog**

This color combo gives me the feeling snow falling on a cold winter night.  Maybe we'll get a late Christmas wish and wake up to some snow tomorrow morning :)  In the meantime, we'll keep on making some trips up the mountain to have our fun in the snow!

Happy New Year's Weekend and Happy Stamping!