Fridays are for the birds?

Yep, Fridays when I have to work when I get a box of new SU goodies are for the birds!!!  I meant to post this last night but fell asleep on the couch after work :-)  Ok, hi stampers!!!

Quick post today!  First off don't forget that FREE shipping starts today and runs through Monday!  You can order through my store by clicking the shop 24/7 button to the right or you can email me and I can order for you!  Give me a shout if you have any questions.  And don't forget to stock up on any of the colors you may need that are retiring!  Not sure what that's about?  Make sure to check my post from Thursday...SU is having a small color refresh and updating the colors by retiring some and bringing back some old in colors!  It's a great time to stock up!

And I have a pretty picture but this will be quick as I've got to get to work!  My run took longer than I expected this morning since I had to run home into the wind....ick!  No fun and it slowed me down, lol!  The fun never ends around here...especially when there is a box of new goodies STILL waiting ;-)  Oh and it's got the This & That stuff in it so I'll try to whip something up to show you soon!

Stampin' Supplies:
Stamps:  For the birds
Paper:  Pool party, watercolor paper, 2012-2014 in colors DSP stack
Ink:  staz on, various for water coloring
Accessories:  Doily sizzlit, midnight muse, apothecary accents framelits, in color polka dot brads

Saturdays when you have to work are for the birds too! ;-)

Happy stamping!

Crazy announcements!

Hi stampers!!!  I'm doing the happy dance over here...good thing you can't see me, lol!  BUT there are two BIG announcements today!

First, starting Saturday for three days and three days only you can get FREE shipping on any order (excluding expedited)!  No minimums and no limits!!!!!  So, if there's anything you've been wanting NOW (well Saturday, ha) is the time to get it!!!!!!!  Remember it's only three days!

And what to order?  Well you could stock up on the colors that are retiring!  WHAT???  Yep, that's right, we are doing a little color refresh of our line-up and I have to say I like it!  But the colors that are retiring are on a while supplies last basis so if there's something you want to stock up on I'd do it quickly!

Wanna see the changes?  I know you do!  We are getting one new color and nine old in-colors are returning!  They've also moved a few around a bit.  Here's the list:

I know it's small.  You can click on it to make it bigger!  Feel free to contact me if you have any questions!  And this is one time I'm happy I'm such a....hoarder.....I mean keeper :-)  I think I have some of each of these returning colors!  Now, if you're sad about any of the out going colors I'm sorry (I'm really going to miss more mustard) I'm truly sorry but SU will be changing things every 3-5 years in order to stay fresh, trendy and current as color trends change.  So try not to take it personally if they retire your most favorite color :-)

Ok, I don't have a pretty picture ready for you today...shame on me!  But I think this is enough excitement for now!  I'll try to come back with a card to share at some point today.  I have to confess I haven't stamped all week!  Oops!  And now I have to teach class and have a meeting and work late tonight....but I'll try to come back with a pretty picture.

Now, go make your list of what to order on Saturday for the free shipping;-)

Happy stamping!

Mailable Monday - Colored eggs and clear stamps

Hi stampers!  Another weekend has come and gone!  Hope everyone had a good Easter!  We did!  I ate way too much food of course but at least I went for a run before church...and I got lots of puppy cuddles from my new puppy-in-law...although I did have to share her with my hubby :-)

And we need to talk about something....Pinterest.  Ok, so you all know I love it BUT there are some serious downsides (besides the time sucking and the money it costs me when I find things I HAVE to have, lol)!  For one, I wanted to make lemon cookies that I had seen for Easter....and so did everyone else on the site because Wal Mart was OUT of lemon cake mixes, lol!  And what's even worse the "colored deviled eggs" kept showing up on FB pictures (just looking at them freaks me out) and worse yet my in-laws are on Pinterest (and so is hubby now....eek) and THEY made the cursed colored deviled eggs!!!!  Why you ask is this a problem as I LOVE my FIL's eggs?  Well because I have a phobia about eating things that are abnormal colors!!!!  Remember when they had that green and purple ketchup?  I never even got near it but just seeing the commercials was enough to make me need therapy!!!!!  At least I found this out at church and had some time to come to grips with my fears....and I DID eat the colored eggs because they are so good but I totally closed my eyes!!!  :-)  Anyone else with me in my phobia of not-normal-colored-foods?????

Ok speaking of colors I do love the colors in the sent with love DSP AND I love the new clear or photopolymer stamp set!  I was totally skeptical about these but I love them!  They are super high quality.  I thought they'd be all squishy but they are very firm and stamp really well with our firm foam ink pads.  They are super sticky to the blocks too!

So, here is one of my first attempts with the new set!  Why did I wait so long to get it???

Stampin' Supplies:
Stamps:  Designer typeset
Paper:  Whisper white, island indigo, sent with love DSP
Ink:  Calypso coral, pool party, island indigo
Accessories:  None...other than a colored staple I happened to have

Isn't it cute?  I love that little speech bubble and it's super easy to stamp words since you can see the letters through the stamps!

Happy stamping!

Happy Easter

Hi stampers!  Happy Easter Sunday!  I hope everyone has a wonderful and blessed holiday with friends and family.  Christ our Lord is risen today and it's a time for new beginnings.  I have some things I need to work on personally so it's time to begin anew (after I eat all the yummy food at lunch today including maybe a dozen of my FIL's deviled eggs, hehe).  Obviously one of those things is eating better after my previous statement :-)

I'm a little sad that I'm going to miss my mom's first time hosting a family lunch at her new house but we had already made plans with Jon's family and my mom kind of decided to do it late in the game.  I hope she's not stressing out too much...but I'm sure she is :-)  And I am excited to be able to hang out all afternoon with my in-law's little puppy!

Speaking of cute and cuddly little creatures.....here's a cute little card I made a while ago for a color challenge that I never got around to posting.  And good news about these bunnies and the other single stamps....you can still get them!  They have extended the promotion!  Yay!

Stampin' Supplies:
Stamps:  Ears to you (single stamp), teeny tiny wishes
Paper:  Whisper white, crumb cake, raspberry ripple, tea for two DSP
Ink:  Crumb cake, calypso coral
Accessories:  Doilies, frames embossing folder, raspberry ripple stitched satin ribbon, basic pearls

I loved the colors of this challenge...too bad I didn't enter it :-)   I also really love those doilies!  My favorite thing to do is cut them down.  I've had some questions about how I do it which kind of makes me giggle.  I don't have any secret tip or trick....I just chop em up with my scissors or my paper trimmer:-)  If I don't like the shape I keep cutting or save it for something else.  Don't be afraid to make mistakes in crafting because most of the time you can either fix it or use it on something else...or mistakes can create GENIUS sometimes totally by accident too!  And by the way, you get a LOT of these doilies in a pack so don't be afraid to cut and experiment!  You've got a lot to work with!

Ok, time to try to motivate myself to run off all the eggs in advance....again Happy Easter my friends!

Happy stamping....and egg hunting!

Fab Fri 15

Hi stampers!  WOW!  Fifteen challenges already!  Thanks to everyone who has made Fab Friday a success!  We love seeing everyone's entries and you all make it really hard to chose our faves!!!  We hope you look forward to the challenges as much as we do!

This week it's time for a sketch and it's pretty clean and simple!

I have to say that I REALLY like....well...more like LOVE the card I came up for this one.  I sort of wanted to save it for the Artisan contest but alas I couldn't wait to share it, hehe!  It's always a nice feeling to love a card you make rather then the usual, "eh, it's ok" feeling I get a lot, lol!

Stampin' Supplies:
Stamps:  March 2013 my paper pumpkin
Paper:  Crumb cake, pool party, first edition DSP, sunshine & sprinkles DSP
Ink:  Crumb cake, so saffron, calypso coral, island indigo
Accessories:  Calypso coral ruffled ribbon, vintage faceted buttons, linen thread, honeycomb embossing folder

You may want to click on it to see it bigger..this small picture doesn't do it justice, lol!  Not to toot my own horn or anything but I REALLY like this card :-D  And I'm SO happy it looks like we are getting to keep pool party!  I won't have to go into mourning after all!!!!

Ok, make sure you stop by the site and check out all the design team cards and then play along!  I'm off to stamp that cute little stamp on anything I can find, hehe!

Happy stamping!

Obsessed

Hi stampers!  Ok, I have a confession!  I'm sort of obsessed with a few things:

1 - The "hey there friend" and splatter stamp from the March My Paper Pumpkin kit!  I LOVE them and can't stop using them on everything...the dog better look out, lol!

2 - The Oh, Hello stamp set.  I seriously can't seem to use any other set the last few days!

3 - The natural ribbon from the spring catalog that looks like burplap.  I mentioned on my FB page the other day that I can't believe I waited so long to get it.  I shied away because while I love burlap it's scratchy and smells funny (lol) but this ribbon is super soft and I LURVE it!

So all these obsessions are leading me to making basically the SAME card over and over, lol!  But as long as I like them I guess that's not so bad, right?  Here's a couple:

Stampin' Supplies:
Stamps: March 2013 my paper pumpkin
Paper:  Very vanilla, crumb cake, island indigo, tea for two DSP
Ink:  Crumb cake, so saffron, island indigo, calypso coral
Accessories:  Flower trim, basic pearls, lace tape, calypso coral and island indigo ruffled ribbon, natural trim, ovals framelits

Ack!  I just love that chevron with that stamp!  I did stamp off once with the coral ink so it's a bit softer.  And you see my nice little flowers?  I colored them with our inks and a dauber.  The lace tape is a bit stark I thought after the fact but I guess it's ok.  I finally broke down and bought some of that too....

Stampin' Supplies:
Stamps:  March 2013 my paper pumpkin, oh hello
Paper:  Very vanilla, crumb cake, sunshine and sprinkles DSP
Ink:  Crumb cake, daffodil delight, calypso coral, island indigo
Accessories:  Pop-up posies kit, ovals framelits, naturals trim

See my pretty little yellow brad?  I colored one of the white ones from the posies kit so it would match. It was easy with a sponge and some ink!  Also, see how my chevron oval looks a little distressed?  It's because I inked it with a sponge and then stamped off a bit for a softer look.

There are more but I'll save them for another day:-)  Tomorrow's Fab Friday post may look oddly similar too, lol!  I don't want to call it a rut because I'm really enjoying using these things and the finished products but does anyone else do this sometimes?  Get kind of stuck on using certain things and making versions of one project???

Happy stamping!

Chirp chirp

Hi stampers!  So I finally broke down and got the animal talk set with my last SAB order and I thought it would be the perfect set to use for this cute sketch at Retro Sketches!   It's such a cute and fun little set.

I kept the colors springy which I think we could all use as I sit here looking out the back sliders at ALL the snow, ugh!

Stampin' Supplies:
Stamps:  Animal talk
Paper:  Whisper white, pool party, lucky limeade, primrose petals coredinations, 2011-2013 in colors DSP stack
Ink:  Pool party, lucky limeade, primrose petals (markers)
Accessories:  Woodgrain embossing folder, perfect pennants die, circle punch, SAB ribbon & button pack (retired), in color daliahs, pool party ruffled ribbon, primrose petals stitched satin ribbon, linen thread

Here's to hoping all the snow melts!

Happy stamping!