Christmas in July!

I know, I am behind...what can I say I have a 3 month old! ha ha Our challenge for card club for July was Christmas in July, so at least I did get a tiny head start on making my Christmas cards! :) There were 2 versions to my card, I ended up going w/ the so saffron base - although after I made them all I think I like the rose red one better??? I don't know. I had this stamp set from CTMH that had never seen ink along w/ the matching paper, so guess what?? I had to ink it up! So, with those 2 things in mind, I set off to create my masterpiece. ;) Anyone else start making Christmas cards yet?

Toilet paper roll mini album

I got this idea from one of the nurses when I was in the hospital after having the baby. It is so easy to do & was so much fun so I decided to make a few more. Our friends got married at the end of June & my cousin got married in July. I didn't know the colors of my cousins wedding so I stuck with some basic grey paper that I thought was fitting. Our friends wedding was lime green & teal so I custom made theirs to match their colors. The front "Happily ever after" is from the Cricut Storybook cartridge. I don't have any of the love/wedding themed cartridges so I made it work & think it looks nice. I also decorated the inside of the little pull out tabs with their new last names, etc - all they have to do is add pictures. The tabs are made with the Cricut Bags Tags & Boxes cartridge & are 4". This is a super easy project!

Punch art

Our challenge at card club was to create a card using punches. I freaked out!! ha ha I wanted to use my ornament punch since I have not used it since I got it last year! Sad huh?! I bought this ribbon at Michael's & liked the colors in it so decided to make my card around it. It is a simple card for me, usually my cards have lots of layers & take forever to make. The flower itself was a little hard to layout to make the "perfect" flower shape, it took me a few tries to get it just right. Once I started to mass produce it didn't take me long at all to make 5 of them.

Hubby's 1st Father's Day

My MIL came over & it gave me some time to get into my scrap room to make a few cards. I wanted to make something special for my husband for his 1st Father's Day. I just got this MFT die while shopping w/ the girls & I wanted to try it out! I absolutely love it & I am so glad I ended up buying both the scalloped dies. The paper is from The Guys stack I got at J's. It had been out of stock forever but I was lucky enough to find ONE left on the shelf during my last trip there so I had to buy it. I just love it! The fishing stamps are from The Angel Company & the sentiment is from PTI. I sooo love PTI sentiments, they think of everything! I am very happy with the way it turned out & he loved it. :)

Black & White

I love the clean look for black & white, and our challenge for card club was to use B&W. I added the red to make it pop! I used my long rectangle nestabilities for the front & then just cut the card to make it the size I wanted that way it would be a little bigger than if I let the nestie overlap in order to make the seam of the card. The "enjoy" sentiment makes it a pretty generic card - you can use it for retirement, birthday, etc all you need to do is add a more specific sentiment inside. I don't know about you, but I do this a lot with my cards because that way I can just stamp it as I need it for whichever occasion arises. Hope you are enjoying your weekend!

Long time, no post!

I haven't posted in a while because our baby boy was born 5/8! :) Life as we knew it has changed drastically so I haven't had much time to play. Today my MIL came & I got to make 6 cards - this is only the 2nd time I have stamped since he was born.

The card I am showcasing I made for our friend's bridal shower. Her colors are teal & lime green so I decided to stick with those colors for her card. I made the cake using my Sweet Treats Cricut cartridge. The cake was a birthday cake but I made it into an elegant wedding cake by using a Cuttlebug embossing folder & some spritz I made from the SU powder in the last mini. I just mixed it w/ alcohol & viola! I took some pictures so you can (hopefully) see the sheen to the cake & also the fact that I popped it up giving it a layered look. Hope you like it

Final take on white card

I finally found out what I was going to do for my white card. I used my new SU SAB punch as well as my Blossom nestabilities. My sentiment is from PTI's Wishing You set. I am happy with the way it turned out.

I am not sure when I will be able to post again (hope soon) but I am due with our baby boy tomorrow. Hope he gets here soon!!!

All White challenge take 1

Our challenge for card club this month was to make a white card. I love the look of all white - so simple yet so elegant! Well, it wasn't so easy to come up with an idea. I loved this sketch off of Taylor's blog but once I put it all together I just wasn't happy enough with the outcome to make 6 of them & give them to all my stampin friends.

My 2nd project

This was originally going to be the whole project, but when it was done I decided that it just wasn't enough. I thought it would be fun since Easter was coming up. The sentiment is computer generated. I made the "carrot" using my Cricut Bags Tags Boxes and More cartridge at the 6.5 setting. The stem is made from 3 scalloped oval punches from SU. I still think it's missing something but everyone seemed to like it.

my 1st project

Since Easter is around the corner I decided to make an Easter card for one of my project this month. It all started with the blossom nestie & I went from there. I always love shaped cards but I always don't get around to making them. I used confetti white cs for the base & then used dp out of my new Flower Shower Spring Stack. I thought the colors were perfect for Easter! The stamp is from JustRite. The ribbon I had in my stash. What do you think? Are you ready for Easter? We still aren't sure which relatives house we will be going to for dinner. I would just be happy staying at home for once! (Our families do not live close to us so we always end up traveling on holidays)

March card club

This months card club I had the projects as well as the theme for the month - since I am due here very soon I went with a baby theme! I wanted to use this stamp I bought for next to nothing at Hobby Lobby. I think he is just too cute! I used neutral colors so it could be used for a boy or girl, even a surprise! I also used my deckle rectangle nesties for the 1st time (here we go again w/ this stuff I had to have but haven't used yet!) LOL ;) Stay tuned for the projects I took for everyone to create.
Sorry for my lack of posting lately, I have been busy trying to get the nursery ready. It is never ending. Things are moving along now & I just have 2 more loads of laundry - thank god! I also have to put the stickers up on the nursery wall but I am waiting a little while longer since it's newly painted. Once it is all done I will post some pics. Hope you are enjoying the nicer than normal temperatures, at least in Ohio!

February card club

Hello! This month our card club started doing something a little different - instead of giving an image to everyone to use we have decided to do a theme instead. This months theme was Birthday. We could create a card using any image as long as it was a Birthday card. I wanted to do something out of the ordinary for me so I decided to do something simple with not as many layers. I also wanted to use calming colors, so I found this color combo on a blog I frequent & thought it was perfect for what I had in mind. I also got to play with my new Quickutz embossing folder (when I say "new" I have had it for a few months LOL.) I am not sure if you can tell by the picture or not but I used stickles on the flowers to add some detail (zoom in for a better view). The dp going through the middle is actually a digi paper I got free off a blog, love it! Thanks for stopping by, and hope you are staying warm! :)

I am back with a challenge!

I finally made it into my room to do some creating. I played along w/ Taylored Expressions 100th Sketch celebration. This is for TESC100, you can find the details on Taylor's blog HERE The image I used is by Karen Lockhart and the paper is a new paper pad I got by My Mind's Eye - lots of sparkles, I love it! I had a 3 hour glucose blood test so I took some images to color. I never usually color my images until I have my layout & papers picked out, then I color it to match so this was a challenge for me! LOL I do love how it turned out though. What do you think? :)

I have been busy!

Sorry for my lack of posting last week, I have been moving my closets around & re-organizing them & I also moved my scrap room to prepare for our baby due May 3rd. I finally finished the closets & my scrap room today! YEAH! Now, my husband just has to clear the furniture out of the room & then we can decorate! I am so tired, & hope to escape to my room tomorrow to create something. Hope you are all warm & not snowed in! We have about a foot of snow here!

January card club

Hope everyone is staying warm!! :) This was our image for January card club, from SU's Happy Heart Day. I have the set but never really use it so it was nice to use it this year. There are 6 of us total so we make 6 cards using the selected image. I knew that I wanted to use hat pins - this is my new thing! I saw on a blog where someone was making their own so I thought hmmmmm I can do that! It just so happened to be J's big jewelry making sale the weekend this great idea popped into my head so off I went! I really like how it turned out, and it was really easy to do! The layout on the card was an idea I got from a swap. I kept the card I received as a rough draft that I could measure, etc to re-create. Here is the entire card. Here you can see the layers to the card. It is a really cool layout!

I used Basic Grey's Bittersweet paper pad and since the pad was only 6x6 I had to make 2 of each designer paper in order to make my 6 cards. Here you can my group of cards. Hope you like them! I think I am going to head to my room & create something! Hope everyone has a great day!

December club card

Hello! I am part of a card club, not your normal card club this one is for actually making cards! We get together the last Tuesday of every month & swap the cards we made with the previous months image & also do a project. We decided to skip our swap in December & swapped them last night. This image is from Whipper Snapper. The embossing folder is one of my new ones from the holiday/winter bundle I got off HSN. This was the first time I used it & am very happy with it. I love that the flakes are bigger than the other folders. I have a question for all you bloggers out there. How do I get a "template" so to speak of the recipes so I can post it at the bottom of each of my entries? Is there a way to save it & then just go in & paste it or?? I am new to this so any help is appreciated! :)

CCEE Stampers challenge

Hi everyone! I don't know about your neck of the woods, but here in Ohio it is raining which makes it a great day to stay in & create! I played along with the CCEE Stampers challenge CCEE1003. I wasn't real excited on this one, I threw away my first attempt & started over w/ new colors. I am loving these button bits stamp sets by PTI! I was in need of some more sympathy cards to add to my stash & this stamp was perfect. The sentiment is from PTI's Wishing You set. I wish their buttons came in a variety of all the colors so I could have a little of each to play with (I know they do have a variety set but it doesn't include ALL the colors). :(

Taylored Expressions Challenge

Here I am with a TE challenge (TESC97). I wanted to ink up this PTI set that I bought back when it came out a few months ago! Sad isn't it??! LOL I even bought this paper specifically to go with it & brought it back on the motorcycle all the way from Pigeon Forge, TN! Even worse huh!! ;) I didn't have any red button that matched so I used some round brads instead, I actually like the look of it with the brads.

I am back!

Hello everyone! Here I am with another project I did for Christmas. I made these for all the girls in my office & also my secret santa in card club. You can find the tutorial on how to make these here I filled them with hot chocolate, marshmallows, a candy cane & little paper shreds as a filler.

I finally did it!

My New Year's resolution was to start a stamping blog, so here I am & it's only Jan 1! :) I have a few projects to share today, all of them I made for Christmas gifts. My 1st project is a card box that I made for my Grandma. Since Grandma's have everything I always try to get/make her something she will use. So, I made 2 of these little boxes & packed them full of all ocassion cards & even a book of stamps! You can find the instructions here
I also made a stocking gift card holder. Instructions here