Reason to Celebrate

So many reasons to celebrate this week!!  My kiddos are all feeling better and it's a Winter Break at school which means it's time for our annual Mommy/Son beach trip.  Our bags are packed and we are ready to hit the road bright and early in the morning.  We are all pretty excited :)

Have you heard that Stampin' Up! is celebrating their Silver 25th Anniversary this year???  They are celebrating with so many fun and exciting things!!!  Keep watching my blog for all of the latest updates.

Guess who else is celebrating?!?!?  Try Stampin' on Tuesday is celebrating their 2nd Birthday this week!  If you haven't checked out their weekly sketch challenges, you must!  They always have something great to inspire you each and every week.  Here's a look at this weeks sketch:

And here's a look at my take on the sketch:

Supplies Used:

Paper ~ Whisper White, Basic Black, Silver Glimmer Paper, Sycamore Street DSP

Ink ~ Rich Razzleberry

Stamp Set ~ Make a Wish

Other Supplies ~ Ovals Framelits, Adorning Accents Edgelits, Simply Scored Scoring Tool, Basic Rhinestones

Thanks for visiting today and don't forget to check back tomorrow for the Stylin' Stampin' Squad Blog Hop!

Happy Stamping!

Suffering from Craft-somnia...

The craziness of birthday's and Christmas has come to an end for another year...always bitter sweet for me!  I love all of the party planning and time spent with friends and family, but I do always breath a sigh of relief when it is all over.  This also brings an end to my Christmas crafting and lets me get back to all of my new stamps from my Spring Catalog pre-order.  Just a few more days and you will all be able to order all of the FUN new goodies...mark your calendar for January 3rd!

My hubby got called out on Portland transfer just before dinner tonight and won't be home until the wee hours of the morning, so after I got the kiddos into bed and wrapped up my nightly chores, I headed down to my craft room and got to work.  I managed to get 3 cards made tonight...yay!  Craft-somnia has hit again!  I am in love with the new Tea for Two DSP and just had to break it out again tonight, along with a few other new goodies.

This card was designed using the sketch from Try Stampin' On Tuesday.  This is one of my favorite sites for sketch ideas!  Here is what they had for us this week:

And here is my take (and a Spring Catalog sneak peek for you)...I opted not to do a square card, but the sketch idea is still there.  And you might notice that part of this card is CASE'd from the Spring Catalog :)

Supplies Used:

Paper ~ Island Indigo, Very Vanilla, Tea for Two DSP

Ink ~ Island Indigo, So Saffron(inside card)

Stamp Sets ~ Oh, Hello, Papillion Potpourri(inside card), Make a Wish(inside card)

Other Supplies ~ Honeycomb Embossing Folder, Butterfly Punch, Bitty Butterfly Punch, Perfect Pennants Bigz Die, Island Indigo Bakers Twine, Pearl Basic Jewels

Don't you just love that little Bitty Butterfly?!?!?  So cute!  And perfect with this DSP!

Here's the inside of the card:

I'm pretty sure I could keep on stampin' for a few more hours, but I am certain that I would regret it tomorrow morning when my alarm goes off!  I'll have to put the rest of my crafty ideas on hold for a few hours...

Happy Stamping!