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!

Sketchy Monday

Whew...what a Monday!  I started on this card early this morning before the rest of the house woke up and my work day started.  I've just now finished it because my day totally got away from me!  Work was just plain CRAZY today.  The end of the year rush has hit and patients are wanting surgeries done before their deductible starts over again.  I lost track of how many authorizations I processed today!  Hoping tomorrow is a little less crazy and I can get caught back up.  I'm feeling a little guilty for not putting in some extra hours tonight...but not too guilty!  The kiddos are in bed and my hubby is still away on his hunting trip so I have nothing but me and my little rubber {stamping} room to help me unwind.  And on a really good note, I had some people take advantage of the awesome 15% off sale today.  All of the great promotions offered this month helped me to have biggest month yet in sales.  Hooray!!!

The Paper Players have a fun sketch this week, so I decided to give it a shot.  I found a beautiful color combo over at Color Me Beautiful!  This is the first time I've visited their challenge blog, but you can bet I'll be back.  Love these colors! 

 

As soon as I saw these colors, I new the Quint-Essential Flower would be perfect.  Here's how I put it to work:

Supplies Used:

Paper ~ Chocolate Chip, Crumb Cake, Very Vanilla, Summer Starfruit, Raspberry Ripple

Stamp Set ~ Quint-Essential Flower

Ink ~ Perfect Plum, Crumb Cake, Raspberry Ripple, Chocolate Chip, Summer Starfruit

Other Supplies ~ Finishing Touches Edgelits, Lacy Brocade Embossing Folder, 2 3/8" & 1 3/4" Scallop Circle Punches, 1" and 3/4" Circle Punch, Basic Pearls

These colors are just so warm and inviting...perfect for fall!  Think I'll go create another project using them :)

Happy Stamping!