And, FINALLY, some stamping!!!!

They gave us some beautiful stamps at convention. Yesterday I was able to spend a few minutes stamping and pulled together this VERY simple card.Recipe:
Stamps: Inspired by Nature (available on August 11th)
Paper: Pumpkin Pie, Basic Black, Whisper White
Ink: Pumpkin Pie, Basic Black

This next card is the swap card that I brought to share with the Great Swaps girls and my Uplines.

Dying the ribbon and cutting all those flowers took quite some time! But it was so worth it!

Recipe:

Stamps: Doodle This, Always

Paper: Bella Rose DSP, Kiwi Kiss, Baja Breeze, Pumpkin Pie, Whisper White

Ink: Kiwi Kiss, Baja Breeze, Pumpkin Pie

Other: White Taffeta Ribbon, sponge dauber, white gel pen, NEW buttons

And the next card is my favorite card that I received in a swap. I got it fro Theresa Arnold. Isn't it a beauty?!

She used three different stamp sets from the catalog coming out next week!!!

Wild about Ribbon!

It is only 1PM and yet it has already been a busy day! I actually forgot to take my son to a doctor appointment!! Oops!!! I figured that I would take a moment and post this card before I have to start picking kids up. Maybe I will even get a shower..... Moms- you know what I am talking about!!!

Anyway, this is the card that I made for my first swap with the Great Swaps Girls. I was in awe with some of the cards I got back!!!



Don't you just love ribbon?!!!! I am hoping for some more colors of striped ribbon and maybe some polka dot ribbon in the new catty!!! And maybe some satin ribbon too!!! I think that I will flip right to the ribbon when I first get the catty at convention instead of the stamps!!! Crazy, huh?

I am off again!!! I have some more scrappin to show you tomorrow and I already have my Christmas card ready to show on Friday!!!

Recipe:
Stamps: Wild About You
Paper: Jersey Shore, Bashful Blue, Wild Wasabi, Whisper White
Ink: Bashful Blue, Wild Wasabi
Other: Striped Ribbon, Gingham Ribbon, Silver Brads, Large Oval Punch

2 for 1!

I was so excited last night to get 2 challenges done in just 30 minutes and 1 card! First challenge is the Great Swap Girl Sketch challenge.And the 2nd challenge is Beate's Be Inspired Challenge.

From this picture, I took the colors Soft Sky, Whisper White, Pumpkin Pie and Rose Red. And I decided to add Old Olive for fun! What I was inspired most by was the soft colors and then the unexpected bright flowers. So that's what I did on my card!

This card size is 6x3.

Recipe:

Stamps: Fresh Cuts

Paper: Fall Flowers DSP, Textured Soft Sky, Whisper White, Old Olive

Ink: Soft Sky, Old Olive

Other: Flower Fusion, Silver Brads, Soft Sky Ribbon, Oval Nestabilities, white gel pen

I will be back later tonight to give away the blog candy. All you have to do to be entered is subscribe to my blog's feedblitz!

Challenges and some candy!!!!

I had a very successful stamping weekend and so I have several things to show you. And then I have the blog candy announcement that I promised!

The first card is for a GSG challenge. The challenge was to CASE a layout from the Occasions mini. I CASED the card on page 8.
The DSP is from Bali Breeze. The sentiment comes from an Occasion Mini set called Sassy Suzi. I also used Die Cut Blooms from the mini paired with Flower Fusion and a clear Rhinestone brad from the Pretties kit.

I inked up the Die Cut blooms to give them a little more dimension. I also added some white polka dots with a gel pen.

This next card is for Beate's weekend sketch challenge. I especially loved the challenge this week. As soon as I looked at the sketch, I knew that I wanted to use the new Fresh Cuts stamps. Beate used the same stamp set- but I think I made mine look much different that her beautiful card.

I just has to use the Afternoon Tea DSP AGAIN! I love that stuff and I figure I best use it all I can before it retires at the end of this month. I am also on a soft Sky kick so that is the color I chose for the base and for the ribbon. I had trouble tying that bow- but I think I worked it out! And isn't this silver hodgepodge awesome?!! I hope it makes it to the new catty!

The next card is for SCS featured stamper challenge. As soon as I saw that the featured stamper was Maren Zany not Crazy blog- I knew I needed to participate. I have been stalking her blog since the fall. I am always amazed at how much stamping she is able to do while taking care of three young boys! I chose to CASE this card:

Since I still had the supplies on my desk from the last card- I used them again! I just switched the Soft Sky Ribbon for Groovy Guava.

I kept Maren's layout and just changes the stamps, ribbon, colors, and DSP. I liked how both of these Fresh Cuts cards turned out! It is quickly becoming my favorite stamp set. I will give you more details about my Fresh Cuts class tomorrow. This post is just too long!

Next I want to show you the scrapbook page that I made on Saturday morning. I took the pictures of my son at the pool on Saturday afternoon.

I CASED this particular layout from Jana Wilson. The DSP is Spring Break and I am just loving it! The colors are sooo yummy! I stamped the word "waves" with the Best Friends Lower Alphabet. The journaling is computer generated. I cut the huge circle with my Curvy Cutter. I love that thing! And I used some more of that silver hodgepodge to include the date.

So are you impressed that pictures from this weekend are already in my scrapbook?!

On to the candy:

I am giving away the retired Double Line Doodles stamp set (minus the heart stamp that went missing at some point) a retired Daisy punch and 2 classic ink spots: Purely Pomegranate and Wild Wasabi. All you have to do to win is sign up to receive my blog updates through email. My Feed blitz sign up is on the top left of my blog. I will choose a random winner on Wednesday night from the list of my subscribers!