Stampin' Sunday

Well, it's Sunday and I have a few hours to myself right now. Chris took Noah with him to the airport to pick up his mom. So I think I'll take advantage of the quiet time and get some stamping done. Yippee!

This is a square card that measures 5" x 5". I actually made this for my SIL's birthday. Here's a little tip on mailing these cards...don't mail them in the square envelopes, they are extra postage. If you put them in a 5 x7 envelope you can put regular postage on it. The set I used is Double Line Doodles again. I can't get enough of that set for some reason. I used my prismacolor pencils to color and blended with gamsol and a stump. There are twinkle stickers for the centers of the flowers, which are from Amuse. I used one of my cuttlebug embossing folders for the Wild Wasabi background. Here's the complete recipe:

Stamp sets: double line doodles, it's your birthday
paper: basic black, purely pomegranate, wild wasabi, whisper white, DS rose red prints
ink: basic black, prismacolor pencils
accessories: black gingham, twinkle stickers, gamsol, blending stumps, cuttlebug, black eyelets, cropadile

By the way

I just wanted to mention that if you ever need a better view of any of the photos on my page, just click directly on the photo and it will enlarge it so it's easier to see. Not sure if you all knew that or not. Take care..

"Big Fix It" and "Little Fix It"

I hope everyone had a happy 4th! We spent the day relaxing at the house. Noah played outside in his pool before the storms started to roll in. Mimi and Granddaddy came over for burgers and fries and Mr. Fix It had a few projects to work on so I couldn't resist sharing these pictures with everyone. My dad is Mr. Fix It. Yes, he can fix just about anything. You name it, he has probably figured out a way to fix it. He is the family handyman. It seems that things are getting put into the "shop" weekly for him to work on. Well, our dining room table has had a problem for quite awhile. It has been a bit wobbly, okay so more than a bit. You couldn't even sit at it and eat without it rocking back and forth. So everytime my dad would come over he would comment that he needed to fix it. So this was one of his projects yesterday. And of course, he had a little helper..."Little Fix it". It was hilarious to watch him take it all in. He was very curious about every move that "Big Fix it" made. He even got out his Little Tikes tools and "shared" them with "Big Fix it" in case he needed more advanced tools than what he had to work with. Notice in the picture how "Little Fix it" is reaching for his bright orange wrench.

In this next picture, take a close look at "Little Fix it". He appears to be making some precise measurements and following up on "Big Fix it's" work. I think he is double checking to make sure the leg is attached securely enough. I wonder if "Big Fix it's" work was up to par according to "Little Fix it's" standards??

It appears that all went well because "Little Fix it" proceeded to play in mommy's shoes. He has a thing for shoes, I tell ya. After all was said and done I think he put his stamp of approval on the job. We now have a table that doesn't feel like it's going to fall over at any minute. This is a good thing considering I have a stampin' party next weekend and I'd be in trouble without my table.

This last picture was just taken today. This is my little cookie monster. We went by my old office today to drop off some stamping stuff for some of the gals. One of the secretaries gave him some oreo cookies for the ride home and this is what he looked like after the fact. He was talking about those cookies all afternoon! This kid is a piece of work! I hope you enjoyed my little story. Sorry no card for you today. I had a card for you, but apparently I never took a picture of it. I went to look for it on my computer and it wasn't there. So I will hopefully take a picture of it tomorrow. Thanks for reading and don't forget to subscribe to my blog so you can get email updates. That way you don't have to check back all of the time if I haven't posted anything. As always, happy stamping!

Simplicity

I love the simplicity of this card. I used my coluzzle circle template to cut the half circles. The color combo is purely pomegranate and groovy guava. I used blender pens and my ink pads to color the flowers and stems and then put some stickles over the flowers for some *sparkle*. The polka dotted paper is the DS rose red paper from the new cattie. I drew polka dots with my white gel pen on the pomegranate half circle and sponged the edges of the white circle with groovy guava. The ribbon is from Target. Here's the recipe:

Stamps: both way blossoms, hugs & wishes
Ink: basic black, purely pomegranate, groovy guava, wild wasabi
paper: groovy guava, purely pomegranate, whisper white, DS rose red
accessories: blender pens, white gel pen, stickles, ribbon from target

Today I don't have to work until 11 and Noah is already headed over to Mimi's for the day. It looks like I'll have a few quiet hours to myself. What on earth should I do....hmmm, maybe stamp? Actually, I have a report to work on so I'll probably do that. I've been learning some really interesting stuff at work. Well, it's interesting to me anyway. Today I'm going in to learn to give an EEG. I saw one done on Friday. If your not familiar with EEG, it's basically looking at someone's brainwaves. We are mainly doing them with children for diagnosing ADHD and ruling out other disorders. Cool, huh? Well, hope you all have a wonderful day!

Catties are in route

Just wanted to let you know that if you preordered an SU catalog from me then it is on its way to you. I took my little helper, Noah, with me to the post office this morning and we mailed them out. Depending on where you live they should be in your hands by Thursday. After you get your copy I'd love to hear from you and let me know what ya' think. Also, if you didn't preorder you are still able to get a copy if you'd like. If you live nearby and don't want to pay shipping just let me know and we can set a time to meet up. If you just can't wait to see the catalog in person you can follow the link on my sidebar to Stampin' Up catalogs and you can view it online. Hope everyone is pleased with all of the new products. I placed my first order yesterday so hopefully I will get it in time for my Catalog Kick Off event on the 14th. Have a great day!

Altered frame

Good morning stampers! So here's something a little different. I've been wanting to alter one of these frames for awhile and I finally got around to it. This is just a wood frame that I bought at Michael's for $1, I think. I used some retired SU paper and used decopauge to adhered it to the frame. I put 2 coats over the top to seal it. I put the apricot ribbon on with sticky strip. I tied the blue ribbon in knots and adhered them with glue dots. The flower and the letter are both chipboard. I used patterned paper to cover the flower and used a rhinestone brad for the center. I covered the letters in so saffron craft ink. I used irredescent ice embossing powder to emboss, which gave it the sparkly look. The letters are glued on with craft glue. I'm not sure what I will do with the frame. It matches the colors of my family room so maybe I'll put it there.

I sure am tired. We stayed up a little late last night watching a movie. We watched Blood Diamond with Leonardo Dicaprio. It was very disturbing to me. I had a hard time watching some of the scenes, not because some of it was gory. I think it was because I know that this stuff really happens. If your not familiar with the movie, it's about the diamond mines in Africa and how they are killing each other over there for the diamonds and training young children to be killers. I won't give the movie away if you haven't seen it, but the one thing it said at the end is that if you are buying diamonds it is up to you to find out if they are conflict free diamonds.

Well, enough of that. I am off today so I'll be hanging out with the big guy. We will probably go to the gym so he can play. Hope you all have a wonderful day.

Cool color combo

I am really enjoying the new In Colors. There are so many different combos you can make with these. I think this is one of my favorite cards that I've made lately. The stamp set is double line doodles, which is in the new catalog. I got it for free when I went to Stampin' Up regionals in Tampa...one of the wonderful perks of being a demo (free stamps)! Anyway, back to the card. The color combination is soft sky, blue bayou, and wil wasabi. The soft sky paper on the base of the card is from the designer paper series. I stamped on the blue bayou base with one of the flowers in whisper white craft pad and clear embossed. For the main image, I stamped the stems in wild wasabi and colored with a blender pen and ink pad. The flowers are stamped with soft sky and blue bayou and colored with blender pen and ink pads. I outlined the flowers with a glitter pen, which is hard to tell in the pictures. Then I used some cute little rhinestone gems for the centers of the flowers. These are self-adhesive and are made by Amuse. I bought mine from http://www.ellenhutson.com. They come in different colors and sizes and are easy to use. And to finish off the card I stamped my greeting on a silver metal tag and tied with a green ribbon. This was such a fun card to make.

I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend. Ours was pretty low key. Noah had gym class yesterday, which is great because when he comes home he is soooo ready for a nap. Then I spent yesterday afternoon cleaning and organizing my office/stamp room. Today we just relaxed at home and I put lots of stamping time in. Thanks for checking in.