A blogging break

Hi stampers!  Hope you all had a Merry Christmas!  We had a great holiday but with family and work it was very busy so I haven't done ANY stamping and no blogging.   And to be honest, blogging and stamping have kind of been stressing me out lately sooooo I'm going to try to not put pressure on myself to do either one and if I stamp and or blog then great and if I don't then I'm not going to fret.  Who knows, maybe it will end up pushing me along to stamp and blog more frequently.  I'll blog when I have time or feel like it....sorry if that bums you out if you're a faithful reader:-)  But there are some things I need to work on personally like dropping a couple of extra pounds I seem to have found and getting my house more in order (starting with my messy stamp room, ha).  Anyway, I'm going to be working on some stampy projects today that I HAVE to get done and maybe then I'll have some time to play just for fun!

I'll leave you with a Christmas card that I made rather late in the season and didn't get to share.

As always, thanks for stopping by!

Happy stamping!

A lot going on...

Hi stampers!  Man, there is a lot going on....and I'm NOT just talking about my life (which there is a lot going on as per usual, ha) but about Stampin' Up!  They have bombarded us with crazy fun announcements today!  Yikes!  Now, if you stick with me though all this I promise a pretty picture at the end, ok? :-)

First up, for all of you iPhone users there is a FREE.....did you hear that?  FREE app that's like a mini My Digital Studio and lets you make cute little cards with pictures from your phone to send to your friends!  How fun?!?!?!  And it's free, did I mention that?  You can find it HERE.

Now, it isn't available for android phones yet because I guess those take a lot more time to make but stay tuned, ok!

Next up is a special limited time offer.  We are doing a test run of the Sizzix texture boutique machine.  This machine is super cute and just for embossing.  So, if you've ever wanted to use our folders but don't have a big shot or other die cut and don't need one you can get this machine to emboss!  Did I mention it's cute? :-)  

But, it's a limited offer!  When they are gone they are gone!  If they sell well we may offer them in the future.  Here some details from SU:

Give the gift of texture. The Texture Boutique works with Textured Impressions Embossing Folders to transform ordinary cardstock, paper, metallic foil, or vellum into an embossed, textured masterpiece. This machine embosses only; it does not die cut. We have 4,000 available to be sold only while supplies last. If this product test goes well, we may offer the Texture Boutique again in the future.

To help you with your gift-giving needs, we're offering a special Texture Boutique Bundle (item 132700) that includes the Texture Boutique Embossing Machine and the Flower Garden and Stripes Textured Impressions Embossing Folders for $39.95 (a $45.85 value). Or purchase just the Texture Boutique Embossing Machine (item 132657) for $29.95.

And finally, we are also offering these neat little things called Talking Tags.  

Essentially they are stickers that you can put in a card (or on most anything really) and record a message on your smartphone (works with any smartphone) and then the recipient can use their smart phone to listen to it!  Such a neat idea!  And here's the info you need:  you get 10 tags for $7.95 (item 129723).  And here's a video!

Ok, I know it's a lot of info!  Sorry...they kind of bombarded us today:-)  But that's fun, right???   So here's a pretty card for you!  

Stampin' Supplies:

Stamps:  Watercolor winter, greetings of the season

Paper:  Very vanilla, early espresso, cherry cobbler, lucky limeade, festival of prints DSP

Ink:  Early espresso, cherry cobbler, lucky limeade

Accessories:  Wide oval punch, lots of tags sizzlits, scallop square duo bigz die, basic rhinestones, petals a plenty embossing folder

I've had this made for a while and I used a sketch at Try Stampin' On Tuesday that I didn't get time to play long with. I love the festival of prints paper!  It can make a fun bright card or a very elegant card!  

So there you have it!  Feel free to contact me if you have any questions!  I know there's going to be some:-)  All of these items are available in my online store or directly through me!  I'm going to TRY to post more in the next few weeks but it's crazy here so bear with me!

Happy stamping!

An extra hour

Hi stampers! Even with an extra hour this weekend I still don't have time to get everything done!  Anyone else know that feeling?  But, I've got a few minutes to blog I guess as I sit here with ice on my knee:-/  I had a 50 minute run yesterday and any time I seem to go over 4 miles my right knee doesn't like it very much.  But I made it for the 50 minutes and about 4.7 miles.  So, when I got up today and it didn't hurt I thought I'd be ok to run again....after about 15 minutes I thought wrong!  So, I walked home and here I sit with some ice.  Anyway....

I played along with the Paper Pal Arts color challenge yesterday!  I thought it was really classy and pretty!

Sadly, I wasn't paying attention and I used cherry cobbler instead...oh well...it's still pretty:-)  I also used the sketch from the last Paper Players challenge since I didn't seem to get around to  using it last week.

Stampin' Supplies:
Stamps:  Watercolor winter, greetings of the season
Paper:  Very vanilla, crumb cake, cherry cobbler, festival of prints DSP stack
Ink:  Crumb cake, cherry cobbler
Accessories:  Delicate doilies sizzlit, scalloped border punch

Hope you like it!  I better shower and get some more laundry going before we go meet the in-laws at Panera for lunch.  No-Panera October is over, yay!  We may or may not have been there twice already this weekend;-)

Happy stamping!

Twitterpatted Christmas?

Hi stampers.  This may be a quick one as I'm writing this as I wait for my hubs to get home from a business trip....well I'm trying to wait up that is but I'm fading fast!  He was supposed to be home hours ago but the rainy weather grounded his flight so he is now driving from Chicago...fun times!

Anyway, I saw a card posted by a friend of mine the other day that used the twitterpatted DSP with watercolor winter and it was SO pretty!  And something I'd never thought of on my own I don't think.  So, she inspired this card:

Stampin' Supplies:
Stamps:  Watercolor winter, petite pairs
Paper:  Whisper white, bashful blue, riding hood red, twitterpatted DSP
Ink:  Riding hood red
Accessories:  Basic pearls, window frames framelits, petals-a-plenty embossing folder

I have to say I did fool around with it after I took the picture and added some dazzling details to the flowers and they are way prettier now!  As for the flowers, they were made my stamping off once with the more solid stamp and then full strength for the outline.

Happy stamping!