Extreme!!

Good evening everyone! I am ready for bed but I wanted to get a post up. This sinus thing is really kicking my butt! Just when I think that I am getting over it, I feel awful all over again. And it's mainly in the form of a headache. I am hoping a little sleep will help a lot! And, thankfully, we have a long weekend! Yea!! I am finding stamping to be a huge stress reliever right now! I had a GREAT time with my stamp club ladies last night!! They were great and we got done with projects in record time! And Cinder's cookies were awesome!! YUM!

So tonight's card is one that I gleaned from an old inspiration sheet. I decided to pull out the Extreme Dirt Bike and Extreme Elements for this one. And I like the way it turned out. It was super simple! Thanks for stopping by and have a super evening!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Extreme Dirt Bike, Extreme Elements, Teeny Tiny Wishes; Paper- Basic Black, Going Gray, Crushed Curry; Ink- Basic Gray, Going Gray, Crushed Curry, VersaMark; Accessories- black brads, black embossing powder, sponge, dimensionals

Heart Squared

Happy Monday everyone! I am glad that mine is over! It's always good to get Monday out of the way. And we only have a four day week this week! Yea!! It was great fun to watch the Superbowl yesterday! I need to make this one quick as I am out the door for a workshop this evening. It's my stamp club ladies! They are so much fun and I am looking forward to seeing them again. I am hoping that the sinus medicine that I took won't interfere with a great evening.

So, today's card is a layout from the Clean & Simple blog. I LOVED this layout! It's just my style and I couldn't wait to get to work with this one! I also used the color combination from Pals Paper Arts. I already love Melon Mambo and Pretty In Pink together so it was pretty easy to add some black as well. The only thing that made me curse was that the greeting didn't stamp as well as I would have liked. And wouldn't you know it? It was the last thing that I stamped. UGH!! Anyway, I look forward to using this layout again. Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- I {Heart} Hearts, Well Scripted; Paper- Melon Mambo, Pretty In Pink, Whisper White; Ink- Basic Black, Melon Mambo; Accessories- Basic Black satin ribbon, perfect polka dots embossing folder, big shot, dimensionals

Anniversary Hearts

Good Sunday morning everyone! And it's another fabulous day for snow! The weather does promise not as much as in the southern part of Colorado and warmer temperatures this week. I really hope so! Recess duty is not much fun in the cold! Thankfully I do not seem to have a headache. I do know that my sinuses have been giving me fits so my husband got me some medicine for that and it helped a ton yesterday. I will be taking more today. But our son got sick in the night last night. So I really hope that doesn't go around to the rest of us. He says he feels better now but we will still be taking it easy today. I am just glad my husband found out about it first (he he)!

Today's card is another of my inspiration sheet comebacks. I have always liked this layout. The hardest part is getting the brad around the ribbon because it doesn't go through the card. The ribbon I used was probably a little too wide for this particular technique but I made it work. And I did try to use some different colors. This is actually Certainly Celery, Cameo Coral and Bermuda Bay. It really isn't this bright. Have a super day!!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Teeny Tiny Wishes, I {Heart} Hearts; Paper- Certainly Celery, Cameo Coral, Bermuda Bay, Whisper White; Ink- Bermuda Bay, Cameo Coral; Accessories- Bermuda Bay polka dot ribbon, corner rounder, silver brad, dimensionals

Fairytale

Good morning everyone! I woke up early to another headache (which I think that I caught early enough) and to more snow!! UGH! I really do like the snow but it has been nearly three months since I have seen the ground! And I really don't want to complain about it because it is really good for our water supply come this summer. So, I digress... In other news, my son's indoor soccer team won their game last night which means they are now in the tournament! They are really excited. We have a basketball game later today but other than that I plan to have some fun in my stamp room!!

Today's card is another from an old inspiration sheet. I am loving the heart stamps! They can be used for so much more than just Valentine's cards. I have also used them for anniversary and wedding cards, too. And I am trying to use up the In Color colors before they retire! I hope you all have a super weekend and stay warm!

Card Recipe: Stamps- I {Heart} Hearts, Full of Life; Paper- Melon Mambo, Bermuda Bay, Pretty In Pink, Whisper White; Ink- Melon Mambo, Bermuda Bay; Accessories- Pretty In Pink taffeta ribbon, silver brad, perfect details texturz plate, big shot, dimensionals

Love

Hello everyone! I am so glad to be back posting. Yesterday I came home with a splitting headache (which I had all day long) and it quickly turned into a full blown migraine. I was in a lot of pain. I went to bed at 6:30 and woke up to some pain this morning but after taking some pills it did finally go away. I really hate it when that happens! I had one on Monday as well but it wasn't as bad as this last one. I will be glad to get back into the routine of having massages. That does seem to help quite a bit. And I do hope to be stamping this weekend! Yea!!

This layout is one that I used on the wheat card a few days ago. I like how this one turned out. I am really liking the Melon Mambo for Valentine's Day. I do have a few more to show using this color! Thanks for stopping by and have a super weekend!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Love You Much; Paper- Melon Mambo, Very Vanilla, Basic Black, Pretty In Pink; Ink- Black StazOn, Melon Mambo, Old Olive; Accessories- Melon Mambo polka dot ribbon, trio flower punch, black brad, corner rounder, perfect polka dots textured impressions folder, big shot, blender pen, dimensionals

Sending Love

Good afternoon, Friends! I hope that you all are surviving the week so far. I am glad that I am over the 'hump'. It's all downhill to the weekend! Yea!!

Yesterday I told you all that I had pulled out some old inspiration sheets. Well, here is another one that I came up with from those sheets. This layout is one that you can definitely use over and over! I have plans to use it with the Sweet Pea designer paper. A super simple card!! Thanks for stopping by!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Well Scripted; Paper- Real Red, Pretty In Pink, Very Vanilla, Sending Love designer paper; Ink- Real Red; Accessories- Pretty In Pink taffeta ribbon, heart to heart punch, silver brad, dimensionals

Old Inspiration

Good afternoon everyone! I am glad to have Tuesday over with! I thought that once January was done that my winter 'blahs' would go away with it. But today was just very 'blah'! Even some of the other teachers were feeling that way, too. It might be time for a party in my classroom to get things going again. I'll have to think about that...

So over the weekend I started going through some old inspiration sheets. Remember those? It's been a while!! It was just thing to inspire me! I made up quite a few cards and found some to use in my workshop next week. I was really excited! Can't wait to try more ideas. And this card came from one of those sheets. I don't really like the way it turned out. It's not bad but just not what I had envisioned. So I made up a few other cards with this same layout that you will be seeing in the next couple of weeks. I hope you are inspired to look through some old inspiration sheets, too! Thanks for stopping by!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Autumn Days, Teeny Tiny Wishes; Paper- Old Olive, Chocolate Chip, Dusty Durango; Ink- Chocolate Chip, Crushed Curry; Accessories- Chocolate Chip taffeta ribbon, corner rounder, spritzer, dimensionals

Fine Flourish

Good Sunday afternoon to you all! Our morning started with a little snow but the sun keeps peeking through so I am still hopeful. And the temperatures look like they could warm up this week. I am hoping to spend some time in the ol' stamp room to get caught up on some projects. I have a workshop coming up and I need to get myself ready for that. And I just enjoy playing with all my goodies!

Today's card is one that I sort of took from a sketch. I got the new Fine Flourish stamp for my birthday and I am looking forward to figuring out how to best use it. That might be my focus for today - lol! Have a super day and thanks for stopping by!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Fine Flourish; Paper- Real Red, Whisper White, Basic Black, Basic Gray; Ink- Basic Black; Accessories- Basic Black satin ribbon, scalloped heart of hearts embosslit, big shot, dimensionals

Springtime?

Hello everyone! We are now mid way through the week! I am looking forward to a weekend of play. I think that I say this every week and yet, I have yet to REALLY play. It seems that something always gets in the way. If you have been following my blog at all, then you know how much I have been dreaming of more spring like weather. Which is really silly if you think about it because we are still in the middle of winter and I do live in Colorado. But still. I was hoping that the ugly snow from before Christmas would finally melt. And it did a little. But now? Yeah, it is a winter wonderland once again! It has not stopped snowing since 10:30 this morning!!! We have over 3 inches at our house and they say there is a lot more coming! So my students were praying for a snow day. And, secretly, I am too but I don't think that will happen. But then again...

Today's card doesn't describe what the weather is doing here - LOL!! But I like it anyway. I hope it's nicer where you all are. Take care and have a super evening!!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Abundant Hope; Paper- Whisper White, Certainly Celery, So Saffron; Ink- So Saffron, Certainly Celery; Accessories- Whisper White organza ribbon, scallop trim border punch, perfect polka dots embossing folder, big shot, sponge, dimensionals

Embossed Heart

Hello Friends! I hope that you all had a great day! Mine was pretty good! It seems like the week is flying by! Nothing exciting going on right now but that's o.k.

Today's card was made from a sketch that I had. Another super simple card. To do the heart I took the Full Heart punch and punched out a heart from Whisper White cardstock. Then I used my new Scalloped Heart of Hearts embosslit and ran it through the Big Shot. The punched out heart is small enough that only the heart gets embossed. Then I ran a piece of Real Red through the Big Shot using the Scalloped Heart of Hearts embosslit again and this time it cut out and embossed. I had seen this idea used and wanted to give it a try. Too fun!! I also got to use my new Scallop Trim border punch. Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Well Scripted; Paper- Whisper White, Basic Black, Real Red; Ink- Basic Black; Accessories- Whisper White satin ribbon, scallop trim border punch, scalloped heart of hearts embosslit, full heart punch, dimensionals

Crushed Wheat

Good evening everyone! I thought I had better get my post up before I go off to bed. Not much exciting happening around here. Just trying to stay warm.

Today's card started out being something completely different. I know that I am not the only one that this happens to. In the end I suppose it turned out all right. I started with the stamped images and really liked that part. But then I couldn't figure out what to do with it. LOL! I found this sketch and thought I could make it work. I may have to try this one again sometime soon. We will see. Anyway, it is a different direction than all the hearts that I have been posting lately. Sometimes I forget about all the other stamps that I have. Thanks for stopping by and have a super evening!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Whimsical Words, Autumn Days; Paper- Soft Suede, Very Vanilla; Ink- Crushed Curry, Soft Suede; Accessories- perfect polka dots embossing folder, scallop border punch, dimensionals

Easter Blessings

Good Sunday morning, Friends! We are finally seeing some sun today! I do hope it warms up a bit. Our son was invited to spend the night at a friend's last night so my husband I took advantage of that! We went out to a nice dinner and then came home and watched a movie. It was a nice evening! We could actually talk to each other!! But today will be a day of laundry and watching football. I do hope to find some time to stamp. Now that the internet is working I am looking to find some new sketches!

Today's card is more proof of my wishing spring would come. I am sorry that the picture isn't great. I have been noticing that lately. I think I need to finally invest in one of those photo tents. I always thought that I could get by without one but I think it is time. Thanks for stopping by and have a super weekend!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Easter Blessings; Paper- Mellow Moss, Pale Plum, Very Vanilla; Ink- Pale Plum, Mellow Moss; Accessories- Very Vanilla taffeta ribbon, sponges, scallop trim border punch, dimensionals

Thinking Green?

Happy Saturday everyone! I hope your weekend is going just great! I know that the weather is not cooperating with some people but hopefully all is well. I thought that spring might be coming but the weather forecast for this week proved me wrong with the temperatures below freezing for the week. Yuck! At least most of the snow has finally melted! It has been here for more than a month! And it is really looking gross! It can snow in the mountains as they really need it but I am good without it. LOL!! It wasn't a great day for sports around here. Poor Nick. His teams lost their two soccer games, and their basketball game. Bummer. But here's hoping to next week.

Today's card is one of several that I made using my new Go Green stamp from the Occasions mini catalog. I LOVE this stamp! You might think that there isn't much to do with just one stamp but I came up with a few more ideas. I stuck with the Artichoke and Kraft color combination to stick with the whole 'green' theme. You know. Environmentally friendly. Well, I thought it work (lol). I wasn't sure if I wanted to post a St. Patrick's Day card right now but, hey, why not? I will try to spread the others out. Like I said, I am ready for spring!! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Go Green; Paper- Kraft, Always Artichoke; Ink- Always Artichoke; Accessories- Kraft taffeta ribbon, wide oval punch, sponge, perfect polka dots embossing folder, dimensionals

Fancy Flower

Good afternoon everyone! I hope you are ready for a great weekend! I know that I sure am!! I can't wait to sleep in a bit. But wait... That's right. I can't this weekend!! UGH! Nope. Nick has a soccer tournament this weekend. And, while it may be fun, we have to be there at 7:30 a.m.!!! Yikes! Not looking forward to that. And Nick was not that happy either. But we will persevere. Tonight, my friend Becky is making Sherri and Emily and I dinner! YUM!! I think that I have told you all before that she makes THE BEST chicken and noodles EVER!! And somehow, it has become a tradition for her to make them for every body's birthday. Well, I LOVE this tradition!! Can't wait!

Today's card is made from a sketch that I found. It didn't turn out quite the way I saw it in my mind but it wasn't terrible. I got my new flower punch and wanted to try it out. I also used the new Pretty In Pink corduroy button. Not much else to say about it. Thanks for stopping by!

Card Recipe: Stamps- With All My Heart; Paper- Real Red, Very Vanilla, Chocolate Chip, Sending Love designer paper; Ink- Real Red, Pretty In Pink; Accessories- Real Red satin ribbon, Pretty In Pink corduroy brad, extra large fancy flower punch, word window punch, sponge, perfect polka dots embossing folder, dimensionals

Back On-Line!

Hi Friends! I am back on-line! Yea!! The internet guy wasn't supposed to come until Friday and he came today! Looks like everything is working great! I am so excited about that! I have really missed surfing all the super cool blogs and gathering ideas. I am looking forward to another great weekend of playing!

Today's card is a version of one I saw while blurfing. I added a few things here and there and came up with this. It's o.k. Not my favorite but it works. I do like the way it shows off the designer paper. Gotta go! Dinner with Becky and then card class! Yea! Some more ideas to use!! Thanks for stopping by!

Card Recipe: Stamper- Vintage Vogue; Paper- Whisper White, Sweet Pea designer paper; Ink- Chocolate Chip; Accessories- Chocolate Chip taffeta ribbon, Perfect polka dots embossing folder, scallop border punch, dimensionals