Messages for Mom

Hey there stampers,

With Mothers Day this weekend I thought I would show you a card I made for my mom!

This stamp set is so versatile, I really like all the sayings in it.

Happy Mother's Day to all of you!

Stamp set: Messages for Mom

paper: pretty in pink, silver, whisper white, basic gray

pinking heart border punch

square punch and scallop square punch

Elements of style

Goodmorning stampers,

Wow...look at all these cards! My upline Michelle Halleen has a wonderful WooHoo (our groups name) event every year and these are my swaps.

I love how my cards came out! They had a very vintage feeling to them which is so popular right now.

Here is a close up of the card. It has lots of sparkle all over it!

Stamp set: Elements of Style

paper: very vanilla and creamy caramel

beautiful butterfly die, beautiful wing embosslit die

oval punch, scallop oval punch

Butterfly

Goodmorning stampers,

The other day I showed you a card with beagles on it. I loved this layout...so I decided to make another card with the same style.

Some of my favorite things right now are birds and butterflies. I can spend hours (though I never really have more than a minute) watching the hummingbirds at the 3 feeders I have in our backyard. I am lucky enough to live in Southern California so they visit me pretty much year round!

I found this stamp set at that lady with a J's store. It is a Inkadinkado clear set. Well there is like over 20 images of all different kind of winged creatures and I just fell in love with it!!

This card just says "Spring!" to me. Hope ya like it!

A Note of Thanks

Hi there stampers,

O.k. so I have a beagle...she is the cutest thing ever....but she is a hound...so that means she eats anything she can get her hands on. Gigi is a big ol' pig!!! She finds the kids socks and eats the toes out o them....she gets ahold of water bottles and chews them to shreds...she has even been known to get ahold of some of my stamping products and eat them. So I had to make an emergency visit to the vet a couple of weeks ago. Gigi got a bottle of my thyroid medicine and ate the whole months supply!!

I know, you are saying how the heck did she do that? Well, its always on my night stand and she has never bothered it before. The only thing I can think of is that the kids knocked it on the ground somehow and she just went to town on the bottle.

So this is a card I made to thank the vets office for their help pumping her stomach and feeding her IV fluids all day.

Now my husband says, "why are you sending them a thank you when we paid them a small fortune?"

True, yes...but the thank you is for the fact that my little mischievous beagle is home safe and sound (until the next emergency!)

Easel card

Goodmorning stampers,

Today's card was made for my friend in Canada who I miss so very much. I try to send her a card every few weeks so she knows I haven't forgotten her.

This is a easel card. I absolutely love this design of card. Its always fun for me to make cards that have different folds or measurements than the standard.

I used a stamp set by There She Goes.

Paper:So saffron, pretty in pink, Sending Love specialty paper, wood sheets,

scallop square die, scallop trim border, pink corduroy brad, watercolor crayons and aqua painter

Three little words

Goodmorning stampers,

My anniversary was last week and this is the card I made for my wonderful husband of 16 years!

I thought this stamp set was so cute with all the critters...and since we like to go camping and hang out in the great outdoors I felt it was appropriate!
This was the inside of the card. Simple but to the point!

Stamp sets: Three Little Words, Love bandit

paper:pacific point whisper white, pretty in pink, real red, welcome neighbor DSP

Garden Whimsy

Goodmorning stampers,

Here is another Easter card that I made.

It also was for another challenge so I apologize if I have posted this card before (but I dont think I have) Sometimes I think I have way to much on my plate...I cant remember anything!

Stamp set: Garden Whimsy

paper: certainly celery, pretty in pink,retired DSP

Easter card

Goodmorning stampers,


Since Easter is upon us I thought I would show you some of the cards I made for my family.

This card was from a sketch challenge a few weeks ago...but I can't remember who's now! I really liked this layout! It ended up being alittle on the heavy side because of all the layers, but thats o.k.!

Stamp set: a Flower for all Seasons
paper: old olive, so saffron, pretty in pink, bashful blue, whisper white, and pawsitively prints DSP.
scallop die, corner rounder, bashful blue ribbon

Awash with Flowers

Goodmorning stampers,

Todays card was fro the stamping 411 color challenge. the challenge was to use old olive, basic black, rose red, and regal rose. I just love this color combination! It makes me feel very springy and the black just makes the colors pop!


We made a card similar to this last weekend at my sideline meeting. Thank you to Tricia Hicks who showed us this wonderful masking/brayering technique. Sometimes I get so caught up in the "new" wows that I forget about the old standbys.

The face of the card was done by stamping the line images in black on white CS. Then stamping the same images onto a post it note (make sure you are stamping where it is sticky) cover the images with the cut out post its and then brayer the whole face of the card. Remove the post its and use the 2nd step of the two step stamp set to fill in the color that you want. I chose to leave some blank because I thought it looked neat with some white too!
I also added some dazzling diamonds because you just gotta have some bling!

Easter Basket

Goodmorning stampers,

I have seen so many really cute baskets made out of this die. And I knew I wanted to make a Easter basket out of felt.

I used brown felt and cute it out with the Baskets and Bloom die. I then used white thread and quick stitched the basket together. I added some of the really cute Sweet Pea stitched felt flowers and some rose red stitched ribbon. Isn't it just darling??!!

Butterfly die

Goodmorning stampers,

This is a card I made for my sideline meeting last weekend. The theme was a spring card with no sentiment. That way it can become just about any kind of card we wanted! I cased it from

Carrie Hunt. so I must give her credit for this beautiful card!

I did change up the color and add a few more butterflies but for the most part this is her work.

Stamp Set: Thoughts and Prayers

paper: whisper white, melon mambo

old olive and melon mambo markers

beautiful butterflies die, perfect polka dots embossing folder, beautiful wings embosslit and melon mambo polka dot ribbon

definitely decorative

Goodmorning stampers,

Today I wanted to show you a sample of our definitely decorative line. I received this vinyl piece at Leadership for a door prize. Isn't it cute?

It is called Blossom Tile.

This line of vinyl is so easy to work with and looks gorgeous on just about anything! I put this on a 6x6 tile and added some chocolate chip stripped ribbon. This makes a very cute gift!

Flower Fold Die

Goodmorning stampers,

todays card was a sample I used to show a customer the flower fold die. I just love that die!! It is so versatile, you can use paper, cloth, felt, tin foil and more with this die and they all come out very cute!

After I made the flower I couldn't just leave it by itself so this is what I came up with.

I used a retired DSP paper, but it was one of my favorites. I love these colors!!!

Stamp set: well scripted

paper: (all retired) groovy guava, river rock, ginger blossom DSP

groovy guava ribbon, kraft corduroy button and some linen thread

St. Patty's day

Goodmorning stampers,

Today I thought I would show you the St. Patty's Day cards I made. My husbands side of the family has the luck of the Irish so I always send my mother and sister in laws cards! I found this great stamp set from There She Goes.

So even if you are not Irish....May the luck of the Irish be with you and a pot of gold be waiting at the end of your rainbow!!

Stamp set: Blessings
paper: Handsome Hunter, old olive, very vanilla
scallop trim border punch, big shot top note die, backgrounds 1 texture plate, very vanilla taffeta ribbon

Bird punch

Goodmorning stampers,

Here is a simple card but it has a very nice look.

I like all the different textures that the card has.

Stamp set: retired mixed greeting set

paper: going grey, blush blossom

extra large two step bird punch, pinking heart border punch, scalloped heart of heart embosslit and a cuttlebug embossing folder

grey taffeta ribbon

Extreme Dirt Bike

Goodmorning stampers,

Todays card is for another birthday. Happy birthday Garrett! I love how this card came out. I seem to have a harder time coming up with masculine cards but these extreme sports stamps make it much easier!

Stamp sets: Extreme dirt bike, Four Square
paper: brilliant blue, basic black, whisper white, Welcome Neighbor DSP
I embossed the motorcross image with black and irredescent ice EP so it has alittle sparkle to it.

This is the inside of the card..very cute card!

Happy birthday

Good Morning stampers,

Todays card is for my cousin who is turning 40 today! Happy Birthday Trina!!

This was a sketch from a mojo monday a few weeks ago but I didn't have time to get to it until now.

Stamp sets:On your Birthday, On a Pedestal,Whimsical Words
paper: so saffron, melon mambo, whisper white and tall tales DSP

Happy birthday cards

Goodmorning stampers,

Today I wanted to show you the cards I made for my sideline meeting last weekend. This is a very fun fold to use! It is called a Joy fold card. I made two different color shcemes and then had my girls choose the final one. They chose the pink one!

Stamp set: With all my Heart, Well Scripted
paper: ballet blue, pretty in pink, whisper white, and Pawsitively Prints DSP
ticket corner punch, extra large fancy flower punch
pretty in pink brads and grosgrain ribbon. I also embossed the birthday image and the flower with irredescent ice EP.

To do that: stamp image in color wanted then stamp image with versamark ink, stamp paper, add EP and heat set. The original stamped color will show through the irredescent ice!


Paper: old olive, almost amethist, whisper white, and Tea Party DSP

crazy for challenges

Goodmorning stampers,

Here is a card I made for a couple of challenges. The Crazy for Challenges blog and the Pals Paper Arts

The Crazy for Challenges blog was to use at least 3 different textures. I think I accomplished that! And the Pals Paper Arts was a series of pictures all showing different birds and we were to make a card using those images as inspiration....so since I just love birds, and especially hummingbirds, this set fit perfect!

Stamp Set: Spring Song

paper:rich razzleberry, orchid opulence,chocolate chip, whisper white, cottage wall DSP

scallop die #2, circle scissors plus, large oval and scallop oval punch

I used my watercolor pencils to color the image and then used a blender pen to blend the colors out.

Stamping 411

Goodmorning stampers,

Today I wanted to show you not one but two samples that I submitted for the Stamping 411 Challenge this week! Woo Hoo for me! The sketch was so simple, I had so much fun making these cards!

The first card used:

Stamp set: Well Scripted

paper: whisper white, rose red, sweet pea DSP

rose red ribbon, and sweet pea stitched felt flowers

The second card used:

Stamp set: Messages for Mom

paper: pretty in pink, so saffron, sweet pea DSP, chocolate chip

extra large two step bird punch (for leaves) simple flower embosslit die and some clear brads