Life is Beautiful

I made this card with the same basic layout as the one yesterday. And even the same stamp set- because I use it all the time! I LOVE the way this card turned out! It may be my favorite card that I have made. And if you are taking my rub-on class- you will be making one too!!

The base of the card is Kraft. I then took a piece of white and used my corner rounder to make the scallop edge. I added that beautiful old olive patterned paper from the Bali Breeze pack. I stamped the flowers from Embrace Life three times on white cardstock with stazon ink. I used my blender pen with Regal Rose, Rose Red, and Old Olive inks to color the flowers. I matted them each with Regal Rose. I then used the wide old olive ribbon. The sentiment on the ribbon "Life is Beautiful" is from the Eastern Elegance rub-ons. Pretty cool, huh! I stamped the large flower in stazon and colored it with regal rose ink. I cute it out and then I curled the tips of the flower with my fingers. I added a rhinestone brad from the Pretties kit and viola!

I hope you like!

A tragic loss

I have a good friend who is in direct sales. Her upline's husband was tragically killed on Saturday night. Someone came into the store his family owned and shot him in the head. There are no leads or motives. He leaves behind a wife and a 3 year-old daughter. You never think these kinds of things will happen to people you know. Makes you want to hug your hubby. Please keep this family in your prayers.

I made this card for my friend to take to the funeral. I cased the card from one I saw on the stampyourheartout blog. I changed a few things but it still looks similar.

Recipe:

Stamps: Embrace Life, Sincere Salutations

Paper: River Rock, Ruby Red, Whisper White, Ginger Blossom Designer Series Paper

Ink: Black, Ruby Red, Guava (for the flower)

Other: Corner Rounder, Crop-a-dile (for the embossed dots on the scallop), Guava double-stitched ribbon, blender pen, flower and pearl from the pretties kit snd demensionals.

New Dresses!

My aunt brought these beautiful dresses down this weekend for the girls! The girls had fun modeling them for me this morning!

A gift for my hostess

I made these little 3x3 notecards for my hostess at today's workshop. I used the Pun Fun set and scraps of various patterned paper. All the images were stamped on watercolor paper and colored with my ink pads and blender pen. Don't you just love the striped ribbon?!

Loving the little birdie!

I did not originally order this stamp set from the preview catalog. But when I started to see all the sweet cards- I added it to my wish list. But I am really not all that great at watercoloring and so I was still a bit hesitant about the set. But last month I earned it for free!! So yesterday, I got brave and pulled out the auquapainter and the watercolor paper. And I am prod of how it turned out! This will be one of the projects at my card class at the end of the month. Sorry the photo is so dark.

Recipe:

Stamps: A little Birdie Told Me

Paper: Taken with Teal, Tempting Torquoise, Certainly Celery, Whisper White, Watercolor paper

Ink: Black Stazon, Taken with Teal, Certainly Celery, Basic Gray

Other: Auquapainter, Certainly Celery Ribbon, Small Oval Punch (for the shadow), Corner Rounder, Dementionals, paper piercer

Scrappy Chick's Sketch

This is not your traditional "Back to School" scrapbook page. There is no red or blue in it. No "ABC." There are apples though!! In the pictures, the girls were wearing yellow and green dresses so I decided to go with that color scheme. The apple stamps are from the Tart and Tangy set that will be available on Mrach first. I first inked it up in old olive. Then I took my Chocolate Chip marker and colors the stem and then stamped it. The title was printed on my computer and I made the notbook paper myself. I just used my Red and my Bashful Blue Markers and a ruler. Then I took my spiral punch to it. Oh! I almost forgot! Did you see the cute apple dp? It will also be available oln March 1st!

Previews from the Occasions Mini

I was so excited when UPS arrived at 6:30 last night. I put together a few quick cards with my two new stamp sets and my new designer series paper! The stamp sets are die cut so it was so easy and fast to get them put together!

The fruit cards are fromm the set called Tart and Tangy. I LOVE this set!!! It's such a fun summer set! Also- on both of these cards I used the new Summer picnic patterned paper. Isn't it yummy?! The colors are Old Olive, Pumpkin Pie, Real Red and Kraft. I used my markers to color the stamp directly. Oh- and I got the word "Sweet" from the By Ones and By Twos set.

The baby card is from the set By Ones and By Twos. It's so cute and perfect for baby cards. Plus their are sentiments about twins and adoption. This set was a must have for me. I made this card for my downline, Kati, who just found out that she is having twins! The patterned paper is from the hostess pack. I stamped the onsies two times and paper pieced them. The colors are Apricot Appeal, Black, Pretty in Pink, and Bashful Blue.

These stamp sets and many more are available to customers in the Occasions Mini starting on March 1st!

Eggstra Cute- Take 2

This is another version of the Eggstra Cute layout that I posted last month. I like the bright colors on these eggs much better. I am just having fun with this set as I will be using it for a class next month.

This layout was cased from the ScrappyChick's blog. She posts sketches each week and this week she did an Easter sample page. I loved it and had to make one of my own!

Recipe:

Stamps: Good Egg

Paper: Bashful Blue, Certainly Celery, So Safron, Cameo Coral, Whisper White

Ink: Black

Other, Markers, Grosgrain Ribbon, Brads, Ticket Corner Punch, Demensionals (I popped the middle egg up). computer (for the title)

the Guava version!

I showed you this same card a few days ago in blue. I cased the card from fatcatstamper. She has an awesome blog!

Yesterday I decided to make the same card in Guava. I really like this version!

I will have another scrapbook layout to show you later today! tfl

An Arizona Snowman!

We live in the desert. The high for this weekend is 73 degrees. But my kids are obsessed with snowmen!! This morning they stacked their bean bag chairs and then put a "magic" hat on top. They were so excited to show me their snowman! Then they all held hands and danced around the snowman singing Frosty the Snowman. I couldn't stop laughing!

My dummied down version!

Ok I saw Vera's gorgeous card on splitcoast and I fell in love with it! I tried to case it but had to dummy it down a bit. I did not cut out my petals, I took out a layer, did not use the patterned paper, and did not use marker to outline. I also chose not to do 2 step stamping on my flower petals. I think it still turned out pretty cute!

Recipe:

Stamps: Pickm A Petal, Stem Sayings

Paper: Pumpkin Pie, Old Olive, Soft Sky, Whisper White

Ink: Pumpkin Pie, Old Olive

Other: circle punch, dementionals (for the flower center), striped ribbon

My girls!

Doesn't get any cuter than my three girls getting pedicures! Gotta love the "just out of the bath" hair!

A non ribbon, non SU layout!!!

I know it is hard for you to believe- but I do have some supplies left over from before my Stampin' Up! days. I wanted to do the Scrappy Chick's layout challenge and these pics from our trip to San Diego last summer came to mind. I can't believe I hadn't scrapped them yet! I had to make some minor changes to the layout but tried to keep it just about the same. I moved the title, added a pic and moved an embelishment. This page was completed very quickly. Having a sketch really helps to speed up the process!

Bold Birthday Fun

ok I am typing this while holding a sick baby in my lap. So I may be brief!

I made this card yesterday. It is using the Big Bold Birthday set, East Coast Prep Designer Series Paper, Wild Wasabi, Real Red and Whisper White. The "Happy" senitment is from the set "It's all Good." and I stamped it two times. I layered them up and adhered them to a red scallop that I punched out. The new Red Striped ribbon was the perfect finishing touch.

I hope that you like! And I really hope that Laynee starts to feel better. She has been throwing up since yesterday morning. Not sure if I will get to stamp today...

Picture's of my Buddy!

I took Kyler to have these pictures taken to commemorate his 4th birthday. I faithfully take all of my kids for portraits on their birthdays. It's fun to hang them on the way and track their growth through the years.

Kyler waited 2 1/2 hours in line to have these pictures taken. He never once complained and was such an angel. When it was his turn- he smiled and took these handsome pictures. I love them!!!

Awning

My hubby calls the scallop edges "awning." He thinks I am strange with calling it a scallop!

Anyway- this a very simple and straight foward card. I made the awning with my slot punch and then I took my crop-a-dile and embossed little dots on each of the slots. The colors are soft sky and Blue Bayou with Whisper White. The stamp is from Pun Fun (my favorite set at the moment!) I colored the whale with a blender pen and my Blue Bayou ink pad.

I hope you like!

One for my hubby

Scott mentioned that he likes to check out my blog at night when he is at work (he works graveyards at a hospital). So this one is for you, babe! I hope you can read it!

No stamping! I cased the layout from Real Life Scrapbooking by Rebecca Cooper.

Which one do you like better?

I made these 2 cards this morning and asked my hubby which one he liked better. He said the one with the little boy and the balloon. When I asked why- he said because the bug one doesn't have enough color. He must have missed the bright blue, oranges and greens in the patterned paper! As you may have guessed- I like the bug one better! Which one do you like?

Stamps: Bugs and Kisses, All in the Family and Family Accessories

Paper: Jersey Shore, Pumpkin Pie, Brilliant Blue, Wild Wasabi textured, whisper white

Ink: Punpkin Pie, Soft Sky, Brilliant Blue, Black

Other: Pumpkin Pie striped ribbon (isn't it gorgeous?!), brad, various markers

Oh by the way- I cased the layout and color scheme from kwernerdesign blog!

Stamping in the car!

Yes- I made this card in the car today on the way to a Children's Museum. So the kids had a blast playing and I still got my 10 cards done! It was a fun day!! But can you believe that I forgot my camera?! I never do that. So I made Scott promise to take us back because their were tons of good photo ops.

Recipe:

Paper: Whisper White, Black, Barely Banana

Stamps: True Friend

Ink: Black

Other: Black Grosgain ribbon, black brad, demensionals (i popped up the center of the flower)

I hope you like!

A card without ribbon!!

Yes- I can make a card without ribbon! And I even make a scrapbook page this week without ribbon (Cute as a Bug). But don't worry- my love for ribbon has not waned!

This card is sooo simple! The patterned paper is Wild Wasabi and it is from the hostess prints pack. The bird is from my brand new set- A Little Birdie told Me. The sentiment is from Pun Fun. I just stamped the bird on whisper white and took a spong to dab on some wasabi. Then I also stamped the bird once on patterned paper and cut it out. The sentiment was punched out with the word window punch.

Sale-a-bration started today!!! So if you like free stamps- contact me! And if you were thinking about becoming a demonstrator- now is the time. The starter kit has been discounted!