Mailable Monday - Not the end

Hi stampers!  Well it's Monday which means my work schedule is changing yet again!  School starts today so that means I'm back in the clinic for half days and then spending my afternoons and evenings at the school.  At least two a day's are over...but that also means later hours with games and what not.  Oh well...I'll have to squeeze stamping in where I can!  I am looking forward to seeing my football kids play.  I sure hope we are little better than last year!

Anyway....I've got a mailable card today!  Haven't made very many of those lately it seems.  But I got the idea for this one late one night and it felt great to quickly create something when I hadn't seemed to be able to create all day long!

Stampin' Supplies:
Stamps: Blooming with kindness, pursuit of happiness
Paper:  Whisper white, sahara sand, pool party
Ink: Calypso coral, basic black
Accessories:  Apothecary accents framelits, argyle embossing folder

I got the color combo for this card off of something I'd pinned on Pinterest.  I had quit wasting time....I mean hanging out on Pinterest for quite a while but I'm back now...and pinning way too much stuff, lol!  But it's really helping me when I'm in a slump.  I can go find inspiration in a sketch, or a card, or a color combo.  It's super simple but I love it.  It's also a sympathy card and I prefer them to be on the simple side!

And please excuse my ugly watermark....I'm messing around with editing photos on my Mac and don't have a cute watermark yet.  I've been editing photos on my old laptop all last week because I'm still not really set up to do it on the Mac yet but I tried:-)  I'm SLOWLY figuring it out...but when I have time to figure stuff out I'd rather stamp, ha!

Happy stamping!

Thank you!

Hi stampers!  Sorry I've been quiet!  I'm still not caught up from my two weeks of travel and I'm way behind on my swaps and other projects I have to get done both stamping (I have some fun and exciting things to share soon) and otherwise before convention which is...EEEK....only a week away!  So, I haven't had much time to stamp for fun and show you what I made! Which is really a shame since I got a HUGE box of goodies last week from the upcoming Holiday Seasonal Catalog!!!!

 I'm also getting closer to FINALLY being able to reveal my stamp studio.  It's been a long time in the works, I know!  But with a recent trip to Ikea it's getting there.  My wonderful hubby put together my new stuff today.  Now, I just need a bookshelf or two and I'll be all set!  I couldn't get them last time because my SUV wasn't long enough for them, ha!  I've had a few questions about it and just wanted to let you know I haven't forgotten....I'm just slow:-)

And finally I just wanted to say thank you to everyone who reads my blog and or leaves me comments here or on Splitcoast or emails me!  I read every message/comment I get and they truly make my day:-)  Stamping is fun but the stampers are the best part of this hobby!  And thank you all for the kind comments about the Artisan Award contest!  I really appreciated all of your congratulations even though I STILL can't believe I made it and I'm in a group of such amazing artists!  And now we are doing a swap with each other and with SHELLIE!  OMG!!!  The founder of SU!  No pressure there, right?  LOL!  It's a bit over a week away and I STILL have no clue what I'm going to make, eek!!!!!

Anyway, I didn't stamp much last week as I was tired most of the time but I did manage to get this one done so here is my thank you to all of you!

Stamps:  Blooming with kindness, perfectly penned
Paper:  Very vanilla, summer starfruit, midnight muse, first edition DSP
Ink:  Summer starfruit, midnight muse
Accessories:  Apothecary accents framelits, midnight muse stitched satin ribbon, faceted vintage buttons, linen thread

I really love the color combo here!  It's so rich!  And those faceted buttons are just my favorite thing ever I think!  So sparkly and pretty!!!!

If you're a demo make sure to look me up in SLC at convention next week!  And for those of you not going demos or otherwise I will TRY really hard to do some updates both here and on my facebook page so you can get in on some of the crazy...I mean excitement:-)  And I'll have lots to post when I come back with swaps and my AA entries and samples and what not!

Happy stamping!

Back at it

Hi stampers!  I'm finally back in town for more than a few days:-)  I've been gone for almost two weeks!  We were in Vegas for about 5 days and then I was home for the weekend and off to St. Louis for a work conference!  I missed lots of things including my puppy and stamping:-)  I've had a hard time getting back to stamping though!

Maybe it's because I've been preoccupied with the new holiday seasonal catalog pre-order!  I always have a hard time stamping when I have new stuff on the brain!  I could place my order today so I was making my list yesterday and today...I finally placed my order an hour or two ago and totally messed up and short changed myself on my free hostess dollars!  Ugh!  I'm going to try to call SU tomorrow and see if they can fix it...if I have time...silly lunch meeting at work:-)

If you'd like a copy of the seasonal catalog please let me know!  They aren't calling them minis anymore because they aren't! They are BIG...the same size as the annual catalog at 8.5 x 11!!!!  And it's full of awesome stuff of course....but anyway....onto the topic at hand....

I decided to play in the challenge over at Create With Connie & Mary in their new catalog challenge!  I needed a sketch or something to get me started!!!  You can still sign up for the New Catalog edition and get tons of great projects...including mine...which is coming up in July!  And you can enter the challenges each week too...and make fun cards like this!

Stampin' Supplies:
Stamps:  Blooming with kindness
Paper:  Very vanilla, summer starfruit, midnight muse, comfort cafe DSP
Ink:  Summer starfruit, midnight muse
Accessories:  2.5" circle punch, chevron embossing folder

Of course I love any type of banner so I loved this sketch.  I'd been thinking about blooming with kindness all week when I was away so I knew I wanted to use it!  I love all the different patterns and the texture of the embossing folder.  It felt good to get back to stamping!

I wish I was going to be able to stamp tomorrow night but I have a date with my BFF to see Magic Mike....I guess that's a pretty good reason so not stamp, lol! ;-)

Happy stamping!

Blooming with kindess

Hi stampers!  Darn this stamp set!   Darn blooming with kindness!!!!  I TRIED....tried SO HARD to resist this stamp set but alas I just couldn't!!!!!  I told myself I didn't need another flower stamp.....but I did!  I did need this set!  There was just something about it:-)  It kept finding it's way onto my wish list and ack....made it in the box for my first order;-)

I am glad I got it because I came up with this card!

Stampin' Supplies:
Stamps:  Blooming with kindness
Paper:  Very vanilla, soft suede, midnight muse, summer starfruit
Ink:  Midnight muse, summer starfruit
Accessories:  Finishing touches edgelits, midnight muse stitched satin ribbon, vintage faceted designer buttons, linen thread

OMG!  So many things on this card I just LOVE!!!  First off the stamp set of course but I finally broke into my comfort cafe DSP, it's soooo pretty!  I love the patterns and colors!  I also used the new edgelits that are totally cute too!  And I love the satin ribbon....especially in the midnight color.  I never use much navy/dark blue but that's changing!  This color is so rich and pretty!  My favorite thing on the whole card is that little button!  I was so excited to get the faceted vintage buttons.  They are SO pretty!  I want to put them on everything!  They kind of look like old fashioned door handles....love, love, love!

Happy stamping!