HSS 143

Hi stampers!  Happy Tuesday and happy election day!  Don't forget to get out and VOTE!  Your vote counts!!!   And be an informed voter!  Don't go off of what you've seen on the internet or others have told you!  I'm so tired of seeing the garbage on facebook that just flat out isn't true!!!  Anyway.....I won't be getting political on my blog although I do have strong opinions but I have to say I will be so happy to not have to listen to the trash talking political ads!  Can we get a candidate for ANYTHING that doesn't smack talk the other guy and just focuses on what THEY believe and stand for????  Geez!!!!

Anyway, I have to tell on myself for todays challenge over at Hand Stamped Sentiments!  As I was downloading the cute little challenge logo last night I realized I did the WRONG challenge...actually I think somehow my brain mushed up TWO color challenges, lol!  AND one of them was an old one.  How didn't I realize it????  I think I must have been having a small stroke this weekend or something!

So, I ended up putting together a very simple card so that I could get one in this round!  It's based on a card I did for the dirty dozen design team over on SCS.  I changed up the layout, die cut, and stamp set.      Guess I'll be reading the challenge a bit more carefully next time:-)

Stampin' Supplies:
Stamps: French foliage, seasonal sayings
Paper:  Very vanilla
Ink:  Early espresso, old olive, more mustard, elegant eggplant
Accessories:  Brads (might be retired, can't remember), apothecary accents framelits

The leaves look a bit brown but they are eggplant and the water spots are espresso stamped off once.
Now head on over and see what everyone else came up with!  And don't forget to play along and link up!

Happy voting and 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!

Getting Inked

Hi stampers!  HOW can it be November already?????  November is going to be INK-redible!  Why you ask?  Not because we are all getting Stampin' Up! tattoos but because between November 1st and December 16th you can get an entire collection (brights, subtles, or regals) of ink pads FREE!  Say what?????  This is a GREAT way to build up your inks if you don't have them all yet or are trying to switch over the to the new firm foam style (which are AH-MAH-ZING).  And what's even better is that there are TWO ways to earn them!  First, host a $450 workshop or place a $450 order via my online store and you'll get your free ink!

Also, if you take advantage of our $99 fully customizable starter kit and join my team you can earn yourself a set of free inkpads!  So, in addition to getting $125 of any supplies you want you get another $49.95 value on TOP of that!  How awesome...it's ink-redible!

Let me know if you have any questions!

And now onto the project for the day!  I've had this card done for a while and totally forgot to share it!  And guess what?  It's NOT a Christmas card, ha!  While I feel less guilty about Christmas stamping now that H-ween is over I still need to make some more fall cards!  Especially since I have a bunch of cute sets like perfectly preserved!

Stampin' Supplies:
Stamps:  Perfectly preserved
Paper:  Very vanilla, crumb cake, orchard harvest DSP
Ink:  More mustard, lucky limeade, raspberry ripple
Accessories:   Naturals buttons, linen thread, island indigo ruffled ribbon, cannery framelits, ribbon slide

I actually made this a while back for a sketch challenge but somehow never got around to posting it.

I also posted some information on my upcoming cyber class on the cyber class page!  Make sure to check it out and I'll have more details and the official announcement sometime next week!

Oh and ONE MORE thing, lol!  The stampin' trimmer is FINALLY available!  Yay!  I have to say it's great!!  So don't forget to add it to your order!  It will get you all that closer to those ink pads, ya know!

Happy stamping!

Happy Halloween!

Hi stampers!  Happy Halloween!  I can't believe it's here already!  I got almost NOTHING done.  I don't have any candy, I didn't make any treats, and I barely made any cards let alone sent any!  And usually I LOVE Halloween but I just wasn't as into it this year.  Oh well.  We did go to our annual party this past weekend though and it was fun!  I was Snow White and hubby was Bane from the newer Batman movie. I think I'll go as an eskimo next year....it's always so cold by the end of October, lol!  I'm probably not going to dress up at work today:(  I'm at a different clinic now on Wednesday's and I don't know if many (if any) people will dress up and I just don't feel comfortable there.  Oh well...

Anyway, I got on a roll yesterday afternoon and cranked out a few more last minute Halloween cards...so I have THREE to share today!  I figured there isn't any point of saving them to share after the fact, ha!  And all three are a bit out of my usual style or comfort zone...at least I think so anyway....what do you think?

The first is using the Colour Q challenge this week.  It actually got me in the mood to do these last minute cards...so thanks!  I did sub the white for very vanilla since it's used in the DSP and I was planning on using some (even though I didn't in the end).

Stampin' Supplies:
Stamps:  Googly ghouls, border banter
Paper:  Very vanilla, basic black, tangerine tango
Ink:  Basic black, tangerine tango, daffodil delight, so saffron
Accessories:  Googlies

Next up is a card I made based of an old sketch from Freshly Made Sketches.  I was on a roll with the googly stamp set and I have a lot of this DSP left that I wanted to use....not to mention the ribbon....

Stampin' Supplies:
Stamps:  Googly ghouls, border banter, teeny tiny wishes
Paper:  Very vanilla, basic black, basic gray, howlstooth & scaringbone DSP
Ink:  Basic black, tangerine tango
Accessories:  Wide oval punch, googlies, sizzlit die

I really like the way it turned out although it is different for me!

And finally, I was looking over some cards I made last year and I wanted to dig out an old set....out on a limb.  So, I rounded out the night with this card using a sketch from Retrosketches that I couldn't seem to do anything with last week.

Sorry if I overwhelmed you today:-)  I hope you're still with me!  And I hope you have a very Happy Halloween and get lots of candy!  I'm going to try to stay away from the stuff...we'll see!!!

Happy stamping!  And spooking!!!!!

HSS 142

Hi stampers!  It's Tuesday and time for another challenge at Hand Stamped Sentiments!  This week it's a game of TAG!

I went pretty straightforward on this one and made a gift tag for Christmas

Stampin' Supplies:
Stamps:  Make and mitten, more merry messages
Paper:  Whisper white, crumb cake, cherry cobbler, snow festival DSP
Ink:  Crumb cake, baja breeze, cherry cobbler, gumball green, primrose petals
Accessories:  Make a mitten builder punch, circle punch, white taffeta ribbon, two tags die, dazzling details, basic pearls

I usually try to make all my tags for my packages so now I'm ahead one!  I just love the two tags die! It makes perfect tags!  And it's hard to see in the photo but there are pearls across the cherry cobbler part of the mitten and dazzling details over the "cuff".

So tag, you're it!  Got check out the rest of the DT's projects and then make one of your own and link it up!

Happy stamping!

Case of the Mondays?

Hi stampers!  BIG news today!  So, if you're like me and have a bad case of the Monday's (and who doesn't want the weekend to last longer????) then this should help cheer you up a bit!  There's lots of exciting things going on at SU starting today!

First, almost ALL stamps are 15% off!  This includes single stamps and the new clear mount single stamps!  Wheels and stamps in part of a bundle are not eligible however.  But what a great deal!  So, if there are any stamps or sets you've had your eye on now is the time!!!!!

Also, this week kicks off Digital Scrapbooking week and they have some fantastic deals!  You can get any of our MDS kits discounted as well as FREE digital downloads!

Just click the shop 24/7 button to the right or click HERE to visit my store and start shopping!

We were gone out of town for a Halloween party this weekend so I didn't get any stamping done but I hope to have some pretty things for you to look at soon!

Happy shopping :-)

TGIF 05

Hi stampers!  Happy Friday!  Football's finally over which means for the first time in over 9 weeks I have a Friday night to myself!  Woo-hoo!!!!!  Which means Buffalo Wild Wings Friday date nights are back, yay!  We love going to BWW on Friday nights because it's easy to get a seat fast in the bar section (no waiting....did you know that?), I can eat pretty healthy there (IF I so choose, haha), and Jon can have a few frosty beverages.  We like that it's just a casual place that we don't have to wait forever to get in and we can watch sports (as if I don't get enough sports during the work week, ha).  Anyway I'm excited.  Now, in a few weeks I'm sure I'll be tired of it and we'll have to take a break and find a new spot for a bit but it will be nice to not scarf something down in my office or my car after taping a bunch of stinky feet and ankles, lol!

We don't eat there as much as Panera though!  Which no Panera October is still going strong!  I haven't keeled over yet from withdrawal!!!!  But, you can bet where I'll be for breakfast on November 1, lol!  I did have to talk Jon off the ledge the other night.  He wanted to go to dinner there.  He said dinner didn't count, lol!  I said he could go but I wasn't eating.  I said I wasn't going to have it for a month and I meant it:-)

Anyway...onto the good stuff....the new challenge at Fab Friday!  This week is a fun sketch:

I've been excited for this one for a while.  I loved this sketch when I created it and had a lot of ideas for it and I'll probably use it again!  I finally decided to use the holiday collection framelits which have been neglected since the man in brown dropped them off.

Stampin' Supplies:
Stamps:  Teeny tiny wishes
Paper:  Whisper white, early espresso, cherry cobbler, lucky limeade, festival of prints DSP stack
Ink:  Early espresso, cherry cobbler, baja breeze, lucky limeade
Accessories:  Delicate doilies sizzlit, holiday collection framelits, 2.5" circle punch, merry mini punch pack, basic rhinestones

I have to say that this sketch really screams Christmas to me.  What about you?  And I did it again.....used whisper white when I meant to use very vanilla.  Oops!  But I'd already popped my tree up on the DSP so it was too late to fix it....but it looks ok. I'm probably the only one who'd ever notice, right?  And speaking of that tree, I thought it would be fun to use the negative image from the framelit and have some DSP showing through!  I just adhered the cut out on top of a circle punched from the DSP.  There are so many fun options for framelits!  And you all know I LOVE the festival of prints DSP stack!

Now, head on over the the Fab Friday site and check out the other fabulous projects and please play along with us!  We can't wait to see what you create!

Happy stamping!