Beware the Ides of March

Hello everyone. I know it has been a while. I am working on something I cannot show anyone so it does not leave a lot of time for blogging. But today I visited my pretend stamping friend Lauren and I HAD to do her sketch. She has a tutorial on how to make these sweet little umbrella's. I have a baby due in the early fall (well not me my best friend) and a shower to throw so I think this umbrella thing is adorable.

I made mine with pretty in pink and soft sky paper. The dp is from Sassafrass Lass and perfect if you do not know the sex of the baby. The stamp set is from MFT, Shower Time. I colored with copics and used Adirondack Pitch Black Ink. I used some pink gingham ribbon from SU as the handle for the umbrella and a dew drop at the top. Dazzling Diamonds and my quickie glue pen made the glitter application a breeze.

Thanx for looking and let me know what you think. Have a stamp happy day!

Bulk buys are great!

Hello all, how is everyone? I have been missing my mojo but I think that it is slowly coming back home.

I created this card with a couple of the bulk buy items for my club next tuesday nite. Unfortunately the ribbon slides are no longer available. Pooie, cuz they are great. And Patty over at Pattystamps taught us all how to color them in. YOu can check it out here.

The card base is bashful blue, the dp is summer picnic out of the occasions mini and it is yummy. The mat under the dp is pumpkin pie. The flowers are the new die cuts also in the new mini. The ribbon is the new poly twill and it is scrumptious. I used a rub on from the bulk buy A perfect Day. This card is really simple and could be used for many purposes. I stamped a Thank you because you always need one of those. The stamp is from the Much Appreciated set.

I colored the slide with a mixture of crystal effects and reinker and applied with a toothpick. Please check out Patty's site. Thanx for looking and have a stamp happy day!

MIA

MY MOJO! IF FOUND PLEASE RETURN!!!!!

In the meantime here is a card I made a few weeks ago and it never made my blog. Pretty simple but pretty.

Almost Amethyst, barely banana, and certainly celery are my colors and some whisper white. I used Time Well spent and the Polka Dot Bkgd stamp sets. I cut out my flower, butterfly and leaves. I colored in part of my sentiment with a white gel pen and I colored the flower and butterfly with the blending pen and classic ink pads.

As always thanx for looking and if you spot my mojo send it home promptly. Have a stamp happy day!

A little fun in the sun

Hello all I know it has been a week again since I posted. So sorry life has just been crazy and I have been busy with my MFT swap. Can't show you until I get my cards back b/c I want it to be a surprise for everyone in the swap.

I created this little scrap book for my club. They will make them when we meet in March. I used drink coasters for the base. I used retired designer paper from SU called Sarah. My colors are so saffron, certainly celery and buckaroo blue. The pics are of my kids running through the sprinkler at Grandma's. Don't these pics make you long for summer? They make me wish it was here already. I love it when everything is so green and alive.

I used some ribbon and buttons and dew drops for accents and the stamp set I used is All through the year. I am really happy with how this turned out. Let me know what you think and have a stamp happy day!

A little twisted!

Hey all, how is everyone? I can't believe that it has been almost a week since I blogged. Crazy week I had and we are having a snow day today. I have been trying to make this card for a week and it just was not working for me. I made this for friends who just found out they are having a baby. Yeah! A new baby to play with.

I used bazzill smoothie cardstock and papertrey ink stampers select in white. I colored with my copics and stamped in adirondack pitch black. The images are from MFT, Stampingbella, and Viva Las VegaStamps. I used twisted chicks directions for the actual card. The ribbon is may arts. Thanx for looking and let me know what you think.

Have a stamp happy day!

Sale-a-brate good times, Come ON!

I cased a few cards and used some other cards for inspiration but I decided that I needed to use my sale-a-bration sets. I have been finding it very difficult to get motivated with my SU stuff because no one wants to party and my club only meets every other month. I do have one party this month so maybe that will get me rolling again.

The first card I cased from wickedaunt over at SCS. I used textured pretty in pink, black, pretty in pink and whisper white cardstock. I embossed the flowers with versamark and black ep. I them colored them in with a blender pen and classic p in p ink. I used berry bliss designer paper and the rub ons from sale-a-bration. I love pink and black together.

The second card I took inspiration from page 66 in the SU cattie. Taken with teal, pumpkin pie, rose red and old olive are the colors of cardstock and ink. I stamped the butterfly from Merci set in staz on and colored with a blender pen. I also used Bali Breeze dp and pumpkin pie grosgrain ribbon. I made my scalloped edge with SU slit punch.

The third card is cased from Stampin success. I changed the colors around a bit and used the new wild wasabi striped grosgrain ribbon. There are no stamps on this card only rubons from sale-a-bration.

Thanks for visiting today, let me know what you think. Have a stamp happy day!

A little casing going on and the hubbys valentine!

Happy Valentines Day everyone! I have to go to the school today to do crafts with the kindergarten class. Lucky me. I can't wait I love Jaedyns classmates they are so much fun.

I cased these candy boxes from Melanie Muenchinger. She has her own stamps over at Gina K Designs. I used her first set of stamps for my boxes called Just So Hippy. The set is adorable. I just love the giraffe and hippo. The boxes are from PTI. There original purpose is to put handmade cards into for gift giving but like many other things in the crafting world there are many uses.

The card I made for my DH is a funny one. I used Twisted Sentiments and Punny Farm both from MFT. It tis my favorite stamp company. I always love what they come up with and Twisted Sentiments is the greatest. The sentiment on the card is actually a combo of two separate sentiments. I flocked my sheep, you can't really see it in the pic. I colored with copics to make my hay. I hope you enjoy today with your loved ones

Have a stamp happy day!