TGI{F}F!

Thank Goodness It's {Fab} Friday!  Mindy Backes (Bada-Bing Paper Crafting) kicked up her new Fab Friday Challenge Blog today with a fun sketch.  If you haven't check out Mindy's blog or the new challenge blog, you mus...She had great stamping style!  The design team over at Fab Friday is awesome too!

Here's the fun sketch for the very first challenge:

And here's my taken on the sketch:

I finally got to play with the new Snow Flurry Bigz Die and I l-o-v-e it!  I see myself using this a lot for the holiday season!  It's hard to tell in the picture, but I embossed the snow flakes using the dazzling diamond technique (check out Splitcoaststampers for a tutorial). 

Supplies Used:

Paper ~ Very Vanilla, Baja Breeze, Floral District DSP

Ink ~ Baja Breeze

Stamp Set ~ Greetings of the Season

Other Supplies ~ Snow Flurry Bigz Die, Vintage Faceted Designer Buttons, Pearl Basic Jewels, Large Pearl Basic Jewels, Finishing Touches Framelits

Whew, made it through the month and I think I completed my own personal challenge of creating a card every day this month using something from the Holiday Catalog!

And with the end of the month brings the end of summer break...hip, hip, hooray!  Don't get my wrong, I love my kids, but sometimes the summers can be long and we are all ready for the break that the school day gives us. 

Wishing you all a great Labor Day weekend!

Happy Stamping!

Sharing in your sorrow

Sympathy cards are always at the bottom of my crafting to-do list, but they are something that, sadly, we all need to have on hand from time to time.  Thoughts & Prayers always seems to be my go-to stamp set when the need for a sympathy card arises...so simple yet very beautiful.

I love all of the different DSP patterns in the Festival of Prints!  The pretty print I used in this card gave it just the right amount of color.

Supplies Used:

Paper ~ Soft Suede, Lucky Limeade, Very Vanilla, Festival of Prints DSP

Ink ~ Soft Suede, Lucky Limeade

Stamp Set ~ Thoughts and Prayers

Other Supplies ~ Labels Collection Framelits, 3/8" Soft Suede Taffeta Ribbon

Sad to say that this will be sent off to someone who recently lost their mother.  I hope this will bring a bit of comfort and healing to her heart.

Happy Stamping!

Fall is in the air

The days are shorter and cooler, the acorns are falling, school is days away, pumpkin spice lattes are calling my name...fall is in the air!  While I love the long, dog days of summer, I always look forward to fall and all of the beautiful colors it brings.

I finally broke out my Wonderfall stamp set and Autumn Accents Bigz Die this morning and put it to work in the Freshly Made Sketches Challenge.  I gave the Pom Pom Challenge over at Hand Stamped Sentiments too.  Not going to lie...this pom pom challenge was not an easy one for me.  Give me some ink and paper and I'm good to go, but give me fabric and ask me to make something with it and I freak out!  But, then I remembered I had pinned a cute wreath on Pinterest a few weeks ago that had a tutorial for a felt flower, so I looked up my pin, substitute the cute Orchard Harvest fabric for the felt and made my flower, which is kind of pom pom-ish :)



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Don't you just love the Orchard Harvest DSP and fabric?  So many great fall colors and so many different projects to use them with!

Supplies Used:

Paper ~ Early Espresso, Very Vanilla, More Mustard, Cajun Craze, Early Espresso Core'dinations

Ink ~ More Mustard, Cajun Craze, Early Espresso

Stamps ~ Wonderfall, Seasonal Sayings

Other Supplies ~ Orchard Harvest Fabric, Woodgrain Embossing Folder, Naturals Designer Buttons, Linen Thread, Autumn Accents Bigz Die

Getting ready to wrap up my work day and head on over to the boys' school for a back to school watermelon feed and meet their teachers.  They have a fun little back to school gift for their teachers...I'll post pics soon :)

Happy Stamping!

Bootiful take two

I had so much fun with my card yesterday and just had to make another one using the fun cowboy boot from the Bootiful Occasions set.  May just have to use this one for my September club...It would make a great "guy card" :)

Pretty close to the same layout as yesterdays, just flipped to the landscape side.  And not quite as many embellishments...a little more clean and simple.

Supplies Used:

Paper ~ Very Vanilla, Early Espresso Core-dinations, Soft Suede, Night of Navy, Festival of Prints DSP

Ink ~ Early Espresso, Night of Navy, Soft Suede

Stamp Sets ~ Bootiful Occasions, Merry Minis

Other Supplies Used ~ Woodgrain Embossing folder, Merry Minis punch, Curly Label punch, Naturals Designer buttons, Linen Thread

I had planned on working on my Regional swap cards tonight, but all 3 of my boys decided to gang up on me and give me a run for my money this afternoon.  (Always seems to work that way when my hubby gets called away to do a patient transfer to Seattle.)  I'm spent!  This momma is going to call it a day and hit the hay :)

Happy Stamping!

Kick off to Fair Week

It's the last week of summer break AND it's Fair Week!!!  My boys are so excited to go to the rodeo and wear their new cowboy boots...they are counting the days!  I woke up at dark o'clock this morning, but forced myself to stay in bed a little while longer.  Of course I couldn't sleep because my mind was brewing up images for a fun fair themed card.  I knew I wanted to use the super cute cowboy boot from the Bootiful Occasions set.  Just wasn't sure about a layout.  Until...I saw a sketch at The Paper Players!  This is the first time I've checked out their site and I am soooo happy I did!  The sketch was perfect for this card!



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Love, love, love the look of the new Core'dinations Card Stock and the Woodgrain Embossing folder together.  Makes me think of the bleacher seats at the rodeo.  Add in a few Antique Brass Brads and some linen thread you've got the look of a saddle and rope! 

Supplies Used:

Paper ~ Very Vanilla, Cherry Cobbler, Soft Suede, Early Espresso Core'dinations Card Stock, Festival of Prints DSP

Ink ~ Cherry Cobbler, Early Espresso

Stamp Sets ~ Bootiful Occasions, Merry Minis

Other Supplies ~ Woodgrain Embossing Folder, Antique Brass Brads, Naturals Designer Buttons, Linen Thread, Merry Minis Punch Pack, Curly Label Punch

Ready to enjoy the last week of summer and have a ton of fun at the fair!

Happy Stamping!