Simply Adorned locket love!

Hello there!  I had the most fun class ever the other night! We made oodles of  inserts for the Simply Adorned locket necklaces.  I am so sad that these have retired, because I just love them!! Take a look at some of the inserts we made:

These are tiny little 1.5" x 2" masterpieces!  They are so much fun to make!!

Here is the actual locket with an insert tucked neatly inside! :)

These lockets and chains are currently on the Clearance Rack and can be found here if you feel like you cannot live without one of your very own! :)

Hope that you have a wonderful day!  I will be back soonest with more to share!

ABC Challenge!

Why hello there!  It is Monday and Monday means it is time for another ABC Challenge!  Today's challenge is a really awesome one! The challenge is to make your own background paper using a stamp. Here is my card with my stamped background:

I used the flowers and the key from Established Elegance to make the background.  I faux stitched around the edges and sponged everything.  The dress form is stamped with the flourish from the same set.

The sentiment is a combination of Just Believe and Artistic Etchings. I am totally nutty about keys and this key is one of my all time favorite stamps! 

I hope that you will play along with us! Head on over to ABC Challenges and check out the awesome cards the design team has made!

Have a great day!  I will be back soonest with more to share!

Christmas card Sunday #20

Hello!  Time for another Christmas card share!  Today's card is #20 and that means I am almost half way there!  Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the wa.....

Not sure if you can see it, but I used the Illuminate pad to stamp glittery snowflakes in the back ground!  The main image is Baha Breeze which isn't very traditionally Christmas, but makes for a darned pretty snowflake!

Cannot believe we are already this far into May!  Christmas really be here before we know it!!  

Hope you have a wonderful weekend!  I will be back soonest with more to share!

  

Cards from class!

Hello!  I am back to share more of the new In Colors with you!  I had a wonderful card class last night and these are some of the cards we made:

This one uses the new in color called Coastal Cabana.  I embossed the background with the Cloudy day EF and sponged the bottom green..  I used the stamps sets Up, Up and Away and Curly Cute.  I made the banner by hand and sponged the clouds behind the hot air balloons using a scallop punch out as my cloud shape.

This one is Crisp Cantaloupe.  It really looks the the center of a delicious cantaloupe! I used the Tulip EF and the stamp set Stippled Blossoms. This is my favorite Two Step stamp set!

This one uses Coastal Cabana again.  I am super geeked about banners right now so they seem to keep finding their way onto my projects too! All of the banners were made from scraps and I faux stitched the border.  I also used the Stripes EF to emboss the bottom half of the card.

We made two of each of these in different colors!  It was a great class! 

I  hope you are having a wonderful weekend!  I will be back soonest with more to share!

New In Colors are swooooon worthy!

Hello!  Happy Friday!!  Have you seen Stampin' Up!'s new in colors?!   OMGoodness!!!  *swoooons!*  They are wonderful!!! Want to see a sneak-y peek?!   Good, because I have a couple of samples to show you!

This first one is called Pistachio Pudding and it is absolutely beautiful!!  It is a soft green and oh so lovely!!

This one is called Strawberry Slush and I think I may be in love!!  It is a bright, happy vibrant pink! Love, love, love!!

This is also a sneak-y peek of a new stamp set called Birthday Sketches.  

How cute is that image?!  It is a fantastic new set! I love it and cannot wait to play more with it!!

There are so many fun new things in the catalog!!  I cannot wait to start sharing them with you! 

I will be back soonest with some more of the In Colors to share with you!   

Have a wonderful Friday!

Happy birthday to yoooou!

Hello and happy Thursday!  Today two of my very favorite peeps are having birthdays!!  My gma is 96 today and is as young and spunky as they come and my wonderful Mom-in-law is celebrating her big day today too!  Both are amazing women!  My grandma is my hero and I couldn't have chosen a more wonderful Mom-in-law if I had put in a custom order.  She is truly, truly awesome!!  That makes this a most excellent day! Here is one of the birthday cards that I made for the big day:

Happy birthday to two fantastic ladies!  Lots of love!!

Best of...

Hello! I have a card to share with you today that I made using one of the fun new Best of 25 Years stamp sets! Stampin' Up! is doing a fun thing.  Each month of 2013 they are offering a stamp set that contains some of the favorite stamps from years past and one new exclusive stamp.  Every time you buy one you collect the sticker that comes with it and once you have collected 6 stickers you can exchange them for a free stamp set valued at $14.95!!  My card today uses a stamp from the March set called Best of Flowers.

I embossed the background, but used the back side on the card for a softer look.  I faux stitched the middle panel and used markers to color the stamp.  

 It is absolutely beautiful outside today!! I keep finding excuses to wander out and enjoy the warm sunshine! Hope that you have a chance to get outside and enjoy the pretty day!  I will be back soonest with more to share!

Christmas card Sunday on a Tuesday! #19

Hello!  I have my weekly Christmas card to share with you today! :)  I do know it is Tuesday, but since Mother's Day was on Sunday I decided to wait until today to post my Christmas card! It's all good!   This one makes #19 (bouncing!!!) and here it is:

I used the Everything Eleanor stamp set and the Joyous Celebrations set for the sentiment.  I fussy cut and added the flowers on dimensionals.

I used Old Olive and Cherry Cobbler ink and Whisper White and Old Olive card stock.  I like the simple uncluttered look it has.  I normally add and add and add, but was happy with the less is more approach today!  

Oodles to do today so I am off!  Hope you have a wonderful day!  I will be back soonest with more to share!

ABC Challenge!

Hello!  Monday means it is time for another ABC Challenge! Today's challenge is to make a wedding or an anniversary card!  I chose wedding and here is the card that I made:

I just love this bride and groom stamp!  It is originally from the To Have and To Hold stamp set, but retired, I am so excited to say though that Stampin' Up! has brought it back as one of the Best of May stamp set!  Have you seen it yet?

It includes 4 stamps from past sets and a new exclusive stamp!   If you are interested in ordering this cute set you can order it here using item # 133482. Remember if you order 6 of the Best of sets and save the stickers that come with the sets you can choose a free stamp set! Wooohooo!

Ok, your turn!  Time to make either a wedding or an anniversary card!  Be sure to head on over to ABC Challenges and link up your creation and check out the awesome cards made by the other design team members!

Have a great day!  I will be back soonest with more to share!

  

Happy Mother's Day!

Hello and Happy Mother's Day! :)  Today is a very special day for so many reasons!  Although I am keenly aware of and count my many, many blessings every day today is the day to be extra thankful for some things!  I am thankful that my wonderful grandma is still here with us and will be 96 in a week!!!  I am thankful that my most amazing mother is strong and in good health today.  She gave us a bit of a scare this time last year. I am also unbelievably thankful for my children!  The sun rises and sets around those guys in my world!  So, to all of those peeps I say happy, happy day and thank you for making me the luckiest person around!

This is my beautiful Mom and I taken a few years back when we road tripped and went to Nashville!

This is my adorable Grandma!  Love, love, love her!!

These are my amazing kiddos and I:

They seriously make my heart sing! :)

Take a look at the wonderful breakfast in bed I got this morning:

Home made chocolate waffles with extra chocolate and chocolate whipped cream topped with strawberries and bananas!!  Plus orange juice and coffee!!  Yummmmm-o!!

...and for the paper eye candy:

Happy Mother's Day! 

I will be posting this week's Christmas card on Tuesday! 

See you soon!

Mom and Me Class!!

Hello!  I had the most fun class ever last night!!  It was a Mom and Me class. Little people are just so much fun!!  They got glue and cupcake crumbs everywhere, but I didn't care!!  They were all so cute!  Here are some pictures from the class:

I like to make little treats for my class attendees so I thought I would do the same for the kids last night!  I made each of them a little truck! 

I tucked a stamp, a stamping spot (mini ink pad) and a mini candy bar inside each one!

Here are the goodies before I assembled them.

Traffic jam!

Here are all of the trucks together!

These were really easy to make! 

To make Cab:

 I cut a piece of card stock  2" x 4 1/2" and scored it at 1/2" on the 4 1/2" side. Then I turned it and scored it at 1/2", 1 1/2", 3" and 4".  I cut the small tabs below the 1/2" up to the score line so that when I folded it in I could glue them in place to create the box/cab shape. I cut and sponged small pieces of scrap to make the front window and two side window. I drew lines across the front to resemble the grill.

Truck bed:

I cut out a 5" x 5" square and scored it a 1 1/2", turned it and repeated at 1 1/2" and so on until all four sides were scored at 1 1/2".   I cut two of the score lines on each side and folded all of the pieces in to make a box shape.

Wheels:

I punched out  six 3/4" circles in Basic Black and layered the small circle in Whisper White from the 3 punch pack on top!  

These little guys could hold all sorts of things!

Then the kids made these projects:

Saw this cute idea on Pinterest!  

This adorable lion was originally created by the amazing Jackie Topa!!  She is a paper genius!!

We added him to a box front and added a tail!

We made these using the Petal Cone die!

We had a great class!  Hope those little guys and gals had as much fun as I did! :)

Have a wonderful day!  I will be back soonest with more to share!