HSS 147

Hi stampers!  I hope everyone is doing well.  I've come down with some kind of nasty cold or flu virus since Friday.  Yuck!  I just feel icky and I have a horrible sore throat and cough so this might be short and sweet.

Anyway.....It's Tuesday and time for another challenge at Hand Stamped Sentiments.  This week is a fun theme....monochromatic!

And I actually came up with something other than a Christmas card!  I love pink so this challenge was perfect for that!

Stampin' Supplies:
Stamps:  You are, affection collection
Paper:  Whisper white, pink pirouette, melon mambo, primrose petals
Ink:  Various pinks...I used so many and I've had lots of cold medicine:-)
Accessories:  Circle punch, windows collection framelits, basic rhinestones

Now head on over to the HSS site and see what other lovelies the ladies came up with!  And don't forget to play along!

Happy stamping!

Mailable Monday - Make and Take

Hi stampers!  I hope everyone had a good weekend.  I kind of took yesterday off....at least from stamping/blogging.  I did go to church and still had to do the grocery shopping and laundry so it wasn't a complete waste of the day:-) I have a BUSY week at work coming up but I hope to get some stamping done anyway!

Today's card is actually one of the make and takes from Convention.  Sorry it's taken me so long to share it.  I have to say that really, it's one of the only projects I really liked this year.  Not that they weren't pretty but just not my style but I like this one.  And, I'm not a good convention stamper:-)  I only made a few of the projects AT convention and finished this one at home.  It's just too chaotic for me I guess and I'd rather run around and see my friends and look at all the project displays and stuff, ha!  You would think I'd want to STAMP at a stamping convention but no....not so much, lol!

So I made a few changes to this card after seeing a stepped up version from a friend:

Stampin' Supplies:
Stamps:  Affection collection
Paper:  Whisper white, early espresso, primrose petals
Ink:  Early espresso, Daffodil delight, more mustard, primrose petals, midnight muse
Accessories:  basic rhinestones, small heart punch, scalloped border punch

The staple is actually colored because....well because it's all I have, ha!  Which is why I don't normally use staples on cards but in this case the color worked!  I also sponged the card base because it just needed something.  I wish I done some peircing as well like to the scalloped trim and to the corners of the main panel.  Oh well.  I think the staple and the small rhinestones would fit through the mail just fine.  I kind of forgot about the rhinestones when I started this post, lol!

Happy stamping!

Mailable Monday - Affection Collection

Hi stampers!  Well the weekend's over again and it's Monday.  I finally had the weekend "off" aside from teaching aerobics anyway and I kind of took a blogging break too, sorry!  I've really kind of been struggling lately to find balance in my life with so many things going on so stamping and blogging are sometimes getting pushed back...not away....just back a little so bear with me.  I really wanted to stamp this weekend...I mean stamp a LOT, like lock myself away and stamp but I just couldn't get into it much.  I'm also a little down because we've been trying for almost a year now for a baby and it's just not happened yet and I had a pretty bad day today.  It kind of weighs my stamp mojo down too.  So, if you've got some prayers or positive vibes around maybe you could send some our way.  Not to be depressing on a Monday but I wanted to let you in on what's been going on with me and the stamping and the blog and why I kind of disappear now and then:-)  Oh and we're also having a no-Panera October and I'm also not getting random gas station fountain diet cokes...SO if you see me go completely off the deep end...you'll know why;-)  We really do have an unhealthy addiction to Panera (I'm most sad about my weekend morning oatmeal).

Anyway, on to the good stuff.  I did manage to play in the color challenge over at Create With Connie & Mary.

I immediately thought of affection collection....the stamp set we got for free at convention from the Holiday catalog.  It's kind of edgy and grungy and I like it!  And hey....it's not a fall card but at least it's not Christmas, ha!

Stampin' Supplies:
Stamps:  Affection collection, bitty banners
Paper:  Very vanilla, pink pirouette, baja breeze, cherry cobbler core'dinations, silver glimmer
Ink:  Pink pirouette, baja breeze, cherry cobbler
Accessories:  Lacy brocade embossing folder, sanding block, bitty banners and window frame framelits

I love how it turned out.  This stamp set is kind of a challenge for me.  I was able to make the make and take from convention with it (which I don't think I've shared still, lol) but aside from that I don't have a lot of ideas for it.  Hopefully I'll have more closer to Valentine's day!

Happy stamping!