Merry Freaky Christmas!

Hi stampers!  It's time for the Control Freaks blog hop!

If things aren't working quite right on Saturday evening, make sure to come back Sunday morning!  You may have just from from Melissa's blog and her amazing projects but don't fret if you made it here another way.  We make an endless loop so just keep clicking and you'll see everything!

You'll also notice some more changes on my blog.  I got some new backdrops for my photos so I'm trying those out.  I hope you like them!  I'm also experimenting with my photo editing and edges of my photos.  If you have a minute, let me know what you think, ok?

This month's theme is my favorite, the holidays!

My first card it's really a tradition Christmas card but I kind of love it! And this is my kind of water coloring....no worries about inside the lines, haha!  I embossed the stars from the forever evergreen set and combined it with the sentiment from wonderful wreath!

And now for a more traditional card using holly berry happiness.  And look, more watercoloring!  I told you that you'd see more since I'm still practicing ;-)  I love how simple this card is yet it's pretty stunning if you ask me!

Now you're off to see my stampy bestie, Wendy.  I know you're going to LOVE what she has to show you!

Happy stamping!

Grateful Freaks!

Hi stampers!  How can it be time for a Control Freaks blog hop already?

Wasn't it just September????  Anyway, this month's theme is gratitude and I'm so grateful for all my stamping friends and my little hobby!  Speaking of great stamping friends, you may have just come from Cindy's blog where you saw her awesome projects!  Don't worry if you didn't, we make an endless loop so just keep clicking and you'll get all the way around!

My first project uses acorny thank you, which tends to get overlooked since it's in the main catalog.  I combined it with the sweater DSP because it's awesome and I love cozy sweaters in the fall!  The top of the acorn is also embossed in copper.  I pressed the whole thing into my versa mark pad and then heat set it.

I also made a Thanksgiving card.  I love Thanksgiving!  Who doesn't love family and food????  I recently bought some felt balls to make a garland for November and thought the colors were perfect for a card!  I used cherry cobbler, cajun craze, pumpkin pie, tangerine tango, and delightful dijon.

You may need to click and enlarge this one.  I used an embossed a strip of vanilla CS with the woodland folder so it's tone on tone and hard to see here but it looks cool!  I also totally forgot about Teeny Tiny Wishes still being current, ha!  So after using it for some Halloween cards I kept it out for the sentiment here!

And now it's time to keep hopping.  You're off to Amy's blog to see her fabulous projects!

Happy stamping!

Freaky Friends Jar

Hi stampers.  Things have been quiet around here after a week of posting.  Long story short is my mom was supposed to come visit then got really sick (which is rare for her), so sick that she couldn't come until almost a week later.  So, instead of stamping or blogging last week, I sat around being sad.  But, she's here now (although still not at 100%) so there's still not a lot of that stuff happening since we have been hanging out.  Please keep her in your thoughts though.  I don't ever remember her being sick for this long and I know she's really tired of feeling puney as she would say!  She's always on the go so it's tough for her to rest!

Anyway, I at least have this to share!  It's my new catalog swap for the Control Freaks.  I made about 1000 die cuts I think, haha!  But seriously, this set and framelits are just too cute!  The lid is embossed with copper and the new doilies are super cute!

I hope all the swappers liked it!  Hopefully we are off to Six Flags today if "Mamaw" feels up to it so there won't be much stamping around here again.  AND I need to figure out what I'm going to order out of the new Holiday Catalog (and maybe get up at 1am to do so since I'm crazy ha).  I can't wait to share all the fabulous new stuff with you guys.

Oh, and a certain someone around here turns TWO on Friday so I suppose I should stamp a birthday card!  I'm totally the mom who would forget to do that, lol!

Happy stamping!

February Freakiness

Hi stampers!  Whoo-hoo...February is quickly coming to an end and that means it's time for the Control Freaks monthly blog hop!  While February is my birthday month it's COLD and long even though it's a short month and really, after 25, who needs birthday's anymore???  Ok, maybe for the cake and presents but that's about it ;-)  But seriously, I kind of hate January and February!  All the fun of the holidays is over and then I'm totally over cold and snow and just wish we could spring forward so to speak!  Anyway, welcome to the hop for this month!

You may have come from Julie's blog and her adorable projects, but if you didn't, don't fret since we make an endless loop!  Just keep clicking the links and you'll make your way around!

The theme this month is all things SAB.  I mean, who doesn't love sale a bration and FREE stuff?????  My very favorite SAB set is the hello set but since it was a limited time deal, I passed on using it for the hop even though I just love it!  I figured I'd break out this little chickie instead.  I'm not a great watercolorer but I'm working on it and I think he turned out ok!  The little honey combs are fun and I spritzed it down with some hello honey.  The easiest way to do that is punch out a circle then open it up an adhere it to the circle.  Then, you can put glue on the punched circle and adhere it!  The sentiment didn't turn out well on the photo but it's cute in person!

Stampin' Supplies:
Stamps:  Honeycomb happiness (SAB), greatest greetings
Paper:  Whisper white, soft sky, shine on DSP, kraft yardstick
Ink:  Staz on, pumpkin pie, soft sky, hello honey
Accessories:  2.5 inch circle punch, metallic foil doilies, honeycomb embellishments, very vanilla satin ribbon

So, I'm really happy with my projects and with my stamping in general lately after struggling for a while and something that I'm trying to do, is use things or do things that aren't really "me".  I think this card is a bit out of my usual comfort zone with both the black and the other darker colors.  I think I've mentioned it recently but I'm really trying to use more black as an accent color so I tried that here and I think worked.

Stampin' Supplies:
Stamps:  Botanicals for you (SAB)
Paper:  Very vanilla, basic black, typeset specialty DSP
Ink:  Basic black, hello honey, blackberry bliss, mossy meadow
Accessories:  None!

I hope you enjoyed the projects as much as I did making them.  It's nice to actually LIKE what you stamp, hehe!  Speaking of things you'll like, head on over to Mary's page because I know you're going to love what she has for you!

Thanks for joining us and we'll see you again on the 20th of next month...hooray for March :-)

Happy stamping!