Thanks to All of You

I've been on vacation for awhile, but I'm glad to be back home and stampin' again. I want to thank all of you who continue to check out my blog. I especially enjoy the comments that you write to me. I love making cards and scrapbooking. I'm happy to share my work with all of you. I'm finishing up my swap cards for convention, then my next big project is my daughter's scrapbook. Hopefully I'll be able get a lot of it done this summer. I'll post some pages when I get them done. Happy Stampin'!

Stamps: Simply Said, Fun & Fast Notes

Paper: White, Soft Sky, Blue Bayou

Ink: Blue Bayou, Soft Sky

Accessories: Double-Stitched Soft Sky ribbon, corner punch, dimensionals, blender pen

Scrapbook Page with Layers

This scrapbook page is Sherrill's design. It's hard to tell in this picture, but there are five separate 6x6 pages on this 12x12 page. This allows for many more pictures on one page as you can add pictures to both sides of the small pages and flip through them. There is so much that can be done with this page. I can't wait to start adding pictures and embellishments.

Happy Fourth of July

This card was created by Sherrill. Isn't it great?! I don't take any credit for it. I just assembled it. Happy Fourth of July!

Stitched Background 2

I just had to try this background stamp again. It's so much fun.
Stamps: Stitched BG, All Holidays
Paper: White
Ink: Groovy Guava, Soft Sky, Wild Wasabi, River Rock
Accessories: Double Stitched Ribbon, Sponge Dauber, Blender Pen

Just Fabulous

I love this background stamp. I enjoyed using the blender pen to color it.
Stamps: Stitched BG, Just B
Paper: White, Certainly Celery
Ink: Purely Pomegranate, River Rock, Wild Wasabi, Pretty in Pink
Accessories: Blender pen, round corner punch, jewels

Heartfelt Wild Rose

More In Color and Retiring Stamp Sets.
Stamps: Wild Rose, Heartfelt Thanks
Paper: White, Groovy Guava, Chocolate Chip
Ink: Groovy Guava, Chocolate Chip
Accessories: gold brads

In Color Heartfelt Thanks

I needed to use more of my "in color" before it retired, so this is what I came up with.
Stamps: Heartfelt Thanks, Wild Rose
Paper: White, Purely Pomegranate, Wild Wasabi
Ink: Purely Pomegranate, Wild Wasabi
Accessories: Photo Corners Punch, green ribbon, pomegranate ribbon

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A Special Card for a Special Occasion

I made this invitation for my daughter's baptism. I wanted it to look all white and elegant. I think it turned out just perfect. It wasn't too hard to make and I had fun with it. Hope you like it. So here's what I used to make the card.
Stamps: Sprinkles
Paper: White
Ink: Versamark
Accessories: White embossing powder, 1 3/4 circle punch, scallop punch, round corner punch, ribbon

Happy Birthday Grandma!

I made this card for my wonderful grandma. I just want her to know that we are thinking of her and hope she has a great day.
Stamps: Fun & Fast Notes, Short & Sweet
Paper: White, River Rock, Designer Series Paper(retired?)
Ink: Close to Cocoa, Groovy Guava, Soft Sky, Wild Wasabi
Accessories: Hodgepodge Hardwawre, Blender pen, dimensionals, ribbon

Happy Birthday Mom!

I want to wish my wonderful mother a happy, happy birthday. I made this card for her using her favorite color. Here is what else I used.
Stamps: Doodle This, Wonderful You, Garden Annuals (wheel), Fun & Fast Notes
Paper: White, Barely Banana
Ink: Black, So Saffron, Mellow Moss
Accessories: Window Punch, Standard Wheel, Dimensionals, square brads, ribbon

Birthday Swap

I made this card for our shoe box card swap yesterday. I used the stems from the flower stamp in Sweet Dreams to make the bottom of the cupcake. Here's the rest of the card info.
Stamps: Sweet Dreams, Short & Sweet
Paper: White, Pretty in Pink, Prints Pack Designer Series
Ink: Wild Wasabi, Pretty in Pink
Accessories: Scallop Punch, Silver Brads

Technique Swap

Here are a few pictues of techniques I got from our swap. If you have any questions about any of these techniques just let me know. Here is the technique I chose to share with everyone. It's called Faux Linen. I used glossy cardstock (or photo paper) and sanded it with sand paper vertically and then horizontally until all the gloss was gone. Then I rubbed ink on the paper with a sponge. It was just that simple.

Weathered Paper Stamping & Glitter Window Woodgrain & Watercolored Paper

Spotlighting & Reverse Spotlighting

Grid Technique

Wonderful Friends

I wanted to try and make something with this flower stamp that I had previously stamped. So here is what I came up with. This is to all of my wonderful friends.

Stamps: Wonderful Favorites, From the Garden

Paper: White, Black, Almost Amethyst

Ink: Black, White

Accessories: Silver brads, Black grosgrain ribbon

Happy Birthday!!!

Hurray! The birthday party is over. It was a lot of fun, though. Thanks to my sister for choreographing the dance for the girls. They looked adorable as they danced to "Walking on Sunshine" in the skirts we made with matching sparkly scarves.

Birthday Party Invites

I've been busy planning a birthday party for next week. These are the invites I made. I had to simplify as much as possible to save time. And I was very limited on supplies I could use, since I had to make so many invites. But I think it turned out okay.

Card Recipe:

Paper: White, Chocolate Chip, Pretty in Pink

Accessories: Circle punch, Scallop punch, dimensionals, brads

April Workshop

For those of you who missed my workshop last month. Here are the cute projects we made. I can't take any credit for the scrapbook page. That was created by my upline advisor, Sherrill. Isn't it so cute?! We had fun making the card and scrapbook page. Hope to see some of you at my next workshop in June (more details to follow).

Card recipe:
Stamps: One of a Kind, Define Your Life
Paper: White, Groovy Guava, Wild Wasabi, Designer Series (Hostess Level 1)
Ink: Black, Groovy Guava
Accessories: Boho Blossoms punch, Double-stitched Groovy Guava ribbon, black brads


Scrapbook page:
Paper: So Saffron, White, Always Artichoke, Prints Designer Series
Accessories: Colored Buttons, Grosgrain ribbon, Round Tab punch, 5-Petal flower punch, Ring Page Protectors

Thank You

Thank You for visiting my blog. This card shows one of my favorite color combos. Let me know what color combos are your favorites. Have a great day.

Card Recipe

Stamps: Sweet Shapes, Short & Sweet

Paper: White, Elegant Eggplant, River Rock

Ink: Elegant Eggplant, River Rock

Accessories: flower punch (retired I think), gold brads

Teacher Appreciation Week

I put these cute cards in the boxes I made for teachers this past week. They loved them. And we sure had a fun time making them. If you have any question about how I made any of these, just let me know.

First set
Stamps: Tart and Tangy (Mini Catalog), Polka Dot
Paper: White, Wild Wasabi, Designer Series Paper Prints Pack (Hostess Level 1)
Ink: Wild Wasabi, Stampin' Write Markers (Real Red, Green Galore)
Accessories: Scallop punch, circle punch, white brads, red ribbon

Second Set (I used scraps from my swap card)
Stamps: Polka Dot, One of a Kind, Priceless, Big Flowers
Paper: White, Pretty in Pink, River Rock, Designer Series Paper Prints Pack
Ink: River Rock, Pretty in Pink
Accessories: Scallop punch, Boho Blossoms punch, circle punch, white brads, gingham ribbon

First Purse/Bag

This is my first attempt at making a purse/bag. It turned out okay. I will have to keep practicing. I am going to give this to one of my hostesses filled with cards I have made. Hope she enjoys it.
Stamps: Sprinkles
Paper: White, Groovy Guava, Bluch Blossom
Ink: Groovy Guava
Accessories: Scallop punch, 5-Petal Flower punch, Photo Corners punch, Groovy Guava double-stitched ribbon, brads, velcro