Can't wait to stamp it up this weekend!

Hello everyone! It is 75 degrees here and gorgeous. Perfect weather for TX if I do say so myself. This past week was a little crazy at work so I didn't get too much creative time in. I did hang out with my friend Kim on Wednesday night and do some stamping. Paula Bloom let me borrow her strawberry paper trey (http://www.papertreyink.com/) set to play with. I wanted to make the same card she made (http://www.prbloom.typepad.com/) because I absolutely loved it. So here is my attempt. For some reason Wednesday night I was measurement challenged and could seem to cut a square. I kept having unequal measurements so I handed what I had cut correctly and the stamped images to Kim and let her make them for us both. We made two each of these cards b/c we both wanted one. We had a lot of fun and have since both ordered this stamp set. Thank U Paper Trey for creating this set!!! I love it!

Anyway, on my way home from work today I stopped at my local scrapbook store and picked up the stamping bella! She is so cute. I can't wait to make something with her.

Hope you have a great weekend and I will be posting again soon. I am placing a big stampin up order this weekend for the stamps from the new mini! I can't wait to get them.....

Verve Visual stamps ROCK!

I just got my star stamps from Verve Visual but couldn't play last night b/c I had stamp camp. When I got home tonight I decided to break them out. For some reason I really wanted to do something with the blue bayou paper. So I used my 6X6 pad from Nana's Nursery paper b/c it coordinated and went to work. Wouldn't you know I was about to order a pack of very vanilla cardstock and already had some. Good thing I looked through my stash. That could be a sign that I have too many .... Nah!

Anyway, I want to thank http://motherslittlehelper.typepad.com/ for giving me the idea. I love, love, love the card she made. I would have never thought of layering the card this way. That is why we are so lucky to have a blog land full of wonderful creative stampers to inspire us. Thank You!

I made this card for a real close friend of mine who just got promoted and is moving back to Alabama with her three babies (triplets). I will miss her dearly. She isn't really a pink kind of girl so I thought the blue would suit her perfectly.

Thanks again to Verve Visual (http://www.shopverve.com/) who really makes the best clear stamps I have ever used. I am about to go on and buy another set tonight! Now that is a completely satisfied customer! You should give them a try if you haven't already. They are having a sale right now for 15% off their stamps. But hurry! It won't last much longer.

Hope you all are having a wonderful week!

And...I'm back...with lot's of things to show you

Tonight was my stamp club. We had a really good time and got to make some cool things using the Salebration stamps. I really didn't think I had a need for these sets until Denise started showing us what you could make with them. Now of course I want at least one if not two of them.

Last night, I went to Paula Bloom's for dinner. It was her son's birthday. We had a really good time. I took a picture of the card I made for him. I whipped it up about a half hour before we had to go. I thought I did a pretty good job. I love the color combo in this. I don't want the "in" colors to go away. I love them all!

And last but not least. I have a card I cased from Paula bloom with a borrowed stamp set no less. It isn't as "heavy" as Paula's b/c I am not as good at adding depth but I really love it. I mailed it to a friend of my husband's who just found out they are expecting a baby. I wanted to do it with yellow and green but realized I don't have a good yellow stamp pad. I only had the so saffron.

Hope you like all the postings. Hopefully I will have time create some this week. I just got the star set from Verve Visual and I can't wait to use it! I have to make a promotion card for a friend.

Let me know how your week is going if you get a chance....

The search for an umbrella and pickles for dinner

Hello everyone! Sorry I haven't blogged this week. I have been very tired this past week. So I've pretty much been working and sleeping. I am recovering from mono and it seems like any time you get run down you feel like you are getting it again. But luckily for me ... I think I was just tired from have a sinus infection. Well enough about me.

Last night on the way home from work I stopped by to see my friend Paula. She invited me for dinner. We had fresh deli sandwiches (so yummy) and I ate a ton of these bread and butter pickles that she got from a specialty store. Next...we headed to my favorite room in the house...her stamp room. She has so many stamps I just want to move in there! Last night I was determined to help her find the Umbrella clear stamp to her stamp set from my favorite things. Guess what...we searched everywhere and couldn't find it. Darn it. Those clear stamps could stick to anything. Oh well I guess it will be a good chance for me to go back and search for it again. While on the search I saw so many fun stamps. I'm telling you that her room is addicting. Anyway, I guess I should get up and get going this morning. My friend told me that the new cuttlebug cartridges are at Hobby Lobby so I will have to go and see. I want the pin dot one.

I do plan to post some things this weekend so please come back and visit.

I am looking for the perfect Easter stamps. Leave me a comment and let me know who makes your favorite Easter stamp.....

Talk to you soon!

Retail Therapy

You know what I think is pretty funny? I spend all week thinking about all the things i am going to get accomplished on the weekend and when it gets here I procrastinate by going to my local scrapbook stores and quilt shops and visiting with friends. Shame on me. This weekend I went to Scrapping Bunnies this fabulous little store not too far from where I live. They have great stuff. This past weekend they were having a 50% off sale which of course I had to partake in. So since I didn't do chores this weekend, I decided to make cards. I felt the need to accomplish something and paying bills and balancing the finances isn't too fun. Here is a card that I saw a layout on splitcoast for. I loved it so I tried it myself. Believe it or not I have had my stamps from My Favorite Things and hadn't even broken into the plastic. So today I opened them up and made what I think is a pretty cute card. I am really working on making "heavier" cards. That means more layers and stuff. My friend Paula Bloom (see link on my blog - Love blooms in me) has perfected this art. I really like cards that are either Heavy or very simple. I can't seem to find any middle ground. So for now I will operate on extremes. I really like the way this card turned out...I even stamped the inside with the saying "Good Friends are Priceless" and stamped some shoes and a purse to add a little detail in the purely pomegranate ink on the purely pomegranate paper to give it a little extra added effect.

Card Recipe:

Black card stock 5X5 finished card size

Bali Breeze Card Stock

Purely Pomegranate double stitched ribbon

Black stamp pad

Jewel embellishments

White Gel Pen

I made this card for a good friend of mine. Out of the blue she sent me a valentines package that included "Valentina" the valentines boyd bear and some yummy chocolates. It was very sweet of her to think of me. Especially since I didn't get a chance to get a card out to her for Valentines day. So hopefully this card will make her smile. She and I love to shop together. We have been doing it for years and years! We know every mall in our hometown like the back of our hands and were never afraid to brave the malls the day after Thanksgiving. Hope she likes it!

Talk to you soon!

Rain Rain Go Away....

It has been raining like crazy here in TX. This morning I was awoken by what I thought was my husband dropping things in the next room but instead it was marble sized hail pelting my house and the surrounding areas. I haven't seen hail like that before! Anyway, I promised I would upload my moose cards but got sick yesterday and didn't get out of bed the whole day! I did watch a couple movies though which I never do. I saw "No Reservations" with Catherine Zeta Jones. That is a great movie! I also saw Suburban girl which was suprisingly good as well.

Anyway, today was a great day. I got to spend time with our favorite twin neighbors. Both seven year old adorable girls. They always have so much energy! Tonight, I got to go to dinner with my friend Paula Bloom (http://www.prbloom.typepad.com/) and her husband. Her husband and mine talked the whole time and I admired her beautiful cards and saw in person the new cuttlebug cartridges. Oh my gosh! I have to have them.....Especially the pin dot one. I will have to drop a few hints around the husband. Paula also made this awesome Strawberry card that I love. I will have to try and replicate it! It is so cute. Maybe this will prompt her to post it on her blog for you all to see!!!
Anyway, today I worked on quilting a little so I will try and create some new cards tomorrow. There is a great sketch I saw that I want to try.

Here are the Riley the Moose stamps! They are fantastic! They are even cuter in person if that is possible. You will want the moose in the chair for sure and if you plan on doing anything for St. Patty's day you will want the other one. I also bought Riley with the beer in his hand but I haven't made anything with that one yet. I want to try out the chunky glitter that my friend Kim bought from Stampin up. She used it on a clover and it looked awesome!

Happy Valentine's Day

Hello! Today is Valentines day! Hope everyone is having a good one. It is amazing to me that this Holiday creates such a stir. People really should tell/show each other they love them on an ordinary day. I guess it takes some men getting close to in trouble by their significant others to get out there and buy some flowers. Today when I was driving to work with co-workers, I saw a man with a vase of beautiful flowers in his front seat holding them and checking them over while he drove. He kept checking them to make sure they looked okay it was kind of funny. We honked and gave him the thumbs up and he smiled and gave us the thumbs up.

This crazy day has almost come to an end and I forgot to even write out my husbands valentines day card. It is made though. I will have to go write it out in a minute. My ideal Valentines Day has changed over the years. Now I am just happy to not spend a $100+ dollars on dinner and then have my significant other spend $60 on flowers that probably won't last a week. I have other things I would rather spend the money on...like some new stamps...

Speaking of! I got the two new stamps from Elsybell's. So so so cute. I made a card for my friend Kim (http://www.sewstampscrapbook.blogspot.com/) for Valentines day and gave her the stamp and sentiment along with the bucket (target $1 bins) in the picture below. I used the crimper to give the hearts some texture and painted the coffee stir sticks a robin egg blue. I pulled it all together with some pink and robin egg blue ribbon that I had on hand. I put some Peanut butter hearts to top it off. Her and I always hang out on Wednesday's to stamp so I wanted to do something creative for her. The card above uses the new bali breeze paper from stampin up on a chocolate chip cardstock. This bali paper is so nice. I like all the sheets but thought this one would work best. I used a pink glitter pen on one of the girls dresses but you can't tell in the picture.

Last night Kim, Vanessa, and I hung out and stamped. It was a lot of fun. She played with her new stamps and then we stamped out our Riley the Moose stamps.

By the way, all the co-workers liked the candy bags. I think the guys even liked them too. Well at least the chocolate that was inside. That I am sure of!

Check back tomorrow and I will have three new cards for you that are sure to put you in the St. Patty's day mood.