I'm Truly Grateful...

...for Stampin' Up!  Not only has Stampin' Up! helped me create a little extra income (to support my stamping habit!) and allow me to express my creative side, but it has helped me meet some of the MOST AMAZING people and form life long friendships!  For that, I am TRULY GRATEFUL! 

This past week has been a super busy one and I haven't gotten much stamping time in, but I WILL be stamping today and celebrating World Card Making Day!  Here is one card I made early this morning...

Supplies Used:

Paper ~ Crumb Cake, Whisper White, Early Espresso, Sweater Weather DSP

Ink ~ Crushed Curry, Early Espresso, Crumb Cake, Soft Sky

Stamp Sets ~ Truly Grateful

Other Supplies ~ Burlap Ribbon, Stampin' Distress Tool

 

Now lets see if I have enough time to get one more card made before I have to get ready for my fun Holiday Banner Class today.

 

What will YOU create today to celebrate World Card Making Day?

 

Happy Stamping!



Best of Halloween ~ Stylin' Stampin' INKspiration

Good morning and welcome to my spooktabulous Halloween creation for Stylin' Stampin' INKspriation!  I LOVE decorating for Halloween and making fun Halloween creations...even more than Christmas!!!  I was really excited when I saw the Best of Halloween set back in August and was quick to get it.  There are a lot of fun images in the set and some of them were a perfect fit for the Label Card Thinlits...check it out!

 

Simple little card, but still a lot of fun! 

 

Supplies Used:

Paper ~ Basic Black, Very Vanilla, Witches Brew DSP

Ink ~ Jet Black StazOn, Crushed Curry

Stamp Set ~ Best of Halloween

Other Supplies ~ Label Card Thinlits, Rhinestone Basics (colored with black Sharpie)

 

Be sure to check out all of the other INKspiring creations from the rest of the Design team!

 

Happy Stamping!

Merry Monday

Hi friends...it's Monday again!  Not always my favorite day of the week, but if you look at it as a fresh start it doesn't sound so bad....right?!?!?  I hope you all had a great weekend!  I finally had a full weekend at home and spent a whole lot of time doing a whole lot of nothing :-)  There were a ton of things that I should have been doing, but snuggling with my boys and watching movies was way better than any of the things on my to-do list!  Some days you just have to let all of the other things go and just enjoy the moment.  I did sneak in a little stamping time though and have a pretty card to share with you this morning.  It's very similar to one I posted a few days ago, but I changed it up just a bit thanks to some inspiration from the Fab Friday sketch.

 

Supplies Used:

Paper ~ Old Olive, Cherry Cobbler, Whisper White, Gold Foil, Season of Style DSP

Ink ~ VersaMark
Stamp Set ~ Joyful Christmas
Other Supplies ~ Frosted Finishes Embellishments, Expressions Thinlits

Are you loving the gold as much as I am?  I really wasn't a big fan of gold, but I'm starting to have a change of heart and am seeing it in a whole new light.  I think I've gone through 2 packages of the gold foil paper and a whole container of gold embossing powder in the last month! 

Hoping you all have a Merry Monday!

Happy Stamping!

Celebrating my Momma

Today we will celebrate my Momma's birthday...a few days late.  I'm making her favorite dish for dinner...lemon pasta...yum-O!  I will say that the cooler fall weather has inspired me to cook {and eat} more.  Does anyone else feel the need to cook/bake more in the fall and winter months?

Today I'm sharing with you the birthday card I made for my mom for her birthday.  If you saw my Christmas Star card last week for Stylin' Stampin' INKspiration, you'll see that I CASE'd myself.  But I hope you'll also see that you can use a stamp for more than one occasion too :-)

Supplies Used:

 

Paper ~ Basic Black, Real Red, Modern Medley DSP, Silver Foil Sheets, Very Vanilla

Ink ~ Real Red, VersaMark

Stamp Sets ~ Christmas Star Single Stamp, Four You, Gorgeous Grunge

Other Supplies ~ Simply Scored, Silver Embossing Powder, Rhinestone Basics

 

This card is perfect for my mom....the big Christmas Star remind me of the red Macy's star and my mom LOVES shopping there!  There's a good chance she may just get a Macy's gift card inside this card!!!

 

It's another windy and rainy day here today.  I'm headed up to get the house all cleaned so I can take full advantage of some nap time stamping today!

 

Happy Stamping!!!

A hunting he will go

Yep, it's that time of year again...hunting season!  The time of year where I become a hunter's widow and the discussions around the dinner table are all about hunting.  Between now and the end of the year I will see very little of my hubby on his days off...lets just hope he has a successful season and we have a freezer full of meat when it's all over :)

I always try to sneak a card into my hubby's pack on opening day and I was successful in doing so this morning (thanks to our new puppy for getting me up so super early!).  This was a quick card with not much detail, but I'm pretty sure the hubs will still like it!

Supplies Used:

Paper ~ Early Espresso, Pumpkin Pie, Naturals White

Ink ~ Pumpkin pie, Early Espresso, Baked Brown Sugar, Crumb Cake, Sahara Sand, Old Olive, Always Artichoke, Whisper White Craft

Stamp Sets ~ ABC-123 Sketched Alphabet, Remembering Christmas, Gorgeous Grunge

Other Supplies ~ Distressing Tool, Vintage Trinkets, Aqua Painter

 

I tried a new {to me} technique on the deer.  I stamped him in Whisper White Craft in then used my Aqua Painter to give him some color using some different shades of brown.  A fun technique and I really like how this big ol' buck turned out.  Here's to hoping my hubby gets a big ol' buck of his own today!  But considering that it is pouring rain right now, chances are slim.

 

Time to get a little more stamping done before the kiddos wake up!  And I'm really hoping I can sneak in a nap later today when my little one naps...this momma is gonna need one!

 

Happy Stamping!