Another Beautiful Weekend

What a beautiful weekend we had here in wild, wonder West Virginia.  It was a crafting weekend for me - I spent Saturday with my Mom and my cousins working on little projects.  My cousins are both quilters so each are working on quilts and Mom and I are working on rag purses that the squares are done using the Big Shot scallop square.  Once ours are completed, I will put a picture of them on here.

On with the card.  Today's card started out as something totally different, which is how most of them are.  I had called my friend Kathy and asked her how to make the style of card I was going to do (so if she checks the blog out, surprise)!!!!!

The recipe for the card is:  Stamp Set:  Because I Care (Level 1 Hostess Set which you can achieve by having a $150 party - call me for details).  Cardstock:  Chocolate Chip, Wild Wasabi, and Regal Rose.  Ink:  Regal Rose and Wild Wasabi Stampin' Write Markers.  Accessories:  Scallop Oval Punch, 2 x 1 3/8 Oval Punch, Finial Press Embossing Folder and Stampin Dimensionals.

Everything on here looks crooked, but I swear it isn't.  Has to be the way I'm putting it in the scanner or I'm just a little lop-sided myself :-)

Happy Stamping!

Yes, I lost my mind!

When I looked at the post from yesterday, I realized that it was only August and not September so we have FOUR months until Christmas to get our cards done. 


Sorry I didn't get this posted until now - I forgot to do the card last night.  For those that know me you already know that my middle name should be procrastinator (ha! ha!)  Anyway, on with the card.  Today's card is another quick and simple card to make.  The main things that had to be done was the stamping of the card and the running of the cardstock through the Big Shot in the Northern Flurry Embossing Folder.  I did cut the tree out and "pop it up" using a dimensional but this can be strictly optional on your part.

Recipe:  Cardstock:  Garden Green, Cherry Cobbler and Whisper White.  Ink:  Garden Green and Cherry Cobbler.  Stamp Sets:  Paisley Prints (Holiday Mini, #120817 wood mount, #121121 clear mount) and Word Play (Catalog, #120308 wood mount, #120651 clear mount).  Accessories:  Northern Flurry Embossing Folder (Holiday Mini, #120902), and Stampin' Dimensionals

Thanks for looking and Happy Stamping! 

Have a great weekend :-)

Have I Lost My Mind?

The answer is no!  I just realized that Christmas is only three, yes count them, three months away.  So I guess I need to start thinking of what my card will be this year and give you some ideas too.    

The recipe for this card is:  Stamp Set:  Bells and Boughs from the Holiday Mini (#120831 (wood mount) or #121142 (clear mount), pg. 19).  Paper:  Always Artichoke, Crumb Cake, Riding Hood Red,  and Whisper White. Ink:  Black Stazon; Stampin' Write Markers:  Always Artichoke, Riding Hood Red, Crumb Cake, and More Mustard.  Accessories:  Decorative Label Punch (#120907, Holiday Mini), Ticket Corner Punch (#119867, Catalog), Perfect Polka Dots Embossing Folder, (#117335, Catalog) and Northern Flurry Embossing Folder (#120902, Holiday Mini), and Stampin' dimensionals.  If you look closely you will notice that the background piece is "double embossed".  I ran it through the Big Shot first in the Polka Dots Embossing Folder and then again in the Northern Flurry Embossing Folder.

Hope you enjoy your day!

Did I Miss A Day?

Sorry for not posting yesterday. 

This card was very simple.    The card base is Early Espresso and the back ground layer is Marina Mist that I ran through the Big Shot in the Elegant Lines Embossing Folder (#119277).  The stamped image is from the Friends Never Fade Stamp Set (#118750 - woodmount, #120618 - clearmount).  It was stamped using Early Espresso ink on a piece of whisper white cardstock which was layered on to a piece of Greenhouse Gala Designer Paper (#117617) and Early Espresso cardstock.

Thanks for looking!

Hope you have a happy day :-)

Wow, what a weekend!

Talk about a crazy weekend.  It seemed like when my feet hit the floor Saturday morning they didn't stop!  I only seemed to sit down long enough to finish the card that I'm posting.  I CASEd it from Stamp Camp last month (so thank you Kathy Hamrick for the design).

Recipe:  Stamp Set:  Crazy for Cupcakes (Pg. 56).  Cardstock:  Whisper White, Riding Hood Red, Pretty In Pink and Early Espresso.  Stampin' Write Markers:  Crumb Cake, Pretty in Pink and Riding Hood Red.  Accessories:  Word Window Punch, Eyelet Border Punch, and Square Lattice Embossing Folder.

Remember:  A homemade card is a hug with a fold in the middle!

Thanks for stopping by and happy stamping!

Happy Together

I really had to dig down deep for this card; however, as I reminisced about this past weekend it seemed appropriate.  My brother, Rick, came in from North Carolina to surprise our Mother and what a surprise it was!  Therefore, her three little "chicks" were all together this weekend.

Recipe:  Stamp Set:  Happy Together (Pg. 75).  Cardstock:  Cherry Cobbler (Pg. 168), Daffodil Delight (Pg. 167), Marina Mist (Pg. 167) and Whisper White (Pg. 169).  Ink :  Cherry Cobbler Classic Stampin Pad (Pg. 168).  Punches (Pg 202):  Word Window Large and Modern Label Extra Large.  Accessories:  Stampin' Dimensionals (Pg. 197) and Texture Plates Kit #4 (Pg. 215)


Have a good day!

It's A New Day

Hello, one and all.  It was a beautiful day in West Virginia once again.  I'm just loving the evenings as they start to cool down.  It was a busy day for me but I was able to fit some stamping in.  I used a new set that I just purchased (I wanted to get it last year and for some reason, I did not.  So for that reason it was one of my first purchases this year!)

I took the design from the Stamping 411 blog site.  I've mentioned before that if you're having trouble coming up with an idea, that's the place to go to just to get a pattern for a card.  It really helps me out!

The recipe for this card is:  Stamp Sets:  Flores Suaves and Afterthoughts.  Cardstock:  Bravo Burgundy, Wild Wasabi, Whisper White and Basic Black.  Stampin' Write Markers:  Wild Wasabi, Pretty in Pink, Daffodil Delight, Perfect Plum and Bravo Burgundy.  Accessories:  Petals A Plenty Embossing Folder, Large Oval Punch, and Scallop Oval Extra Large Punch.

Thanks for stopping by and happy stamping!

It's Been A "Thinking of You" Day

Love this new Level 1 Hostess set, Cute by the Inch, and it coordinates perfectly with our new Petal Card Extra Large Double Punch. 

Recipe:

Cardstock:  Early Espresso, Tangerine Tango, Daffodil Delight, Wild Wasabi and Whisper White.  Designer Paper:  Greenhouse Gala (a favorite of mine)  Stampin' Write Markers:  Tangerine Tango, Marina Mist, Wild Wasabi and Early Espresso.  Embossing Folder:  Square Lattice  Punches:  Scallop Square Extra Large, 1 1/4" Square and Scallop Trim Border.

That's all for today. 

Thanks for stopping by!

Relay of Life

Recently, I went to a fundraiser for the Marshville Relay for Life team and decided I would make a card for them to sell.  This is what I came up with:

I used the Ribbon of Hope stamp and punched it out with the large oval punch - notice it fits perfectly.  The cardstocks I used were Basic Black and Perfect Plum.  I also used the Dotted Swiss Embossing Folder for the Perfect Plum background piece and ran it through the Big Shot. 

I forgot to make a copy of the inside greeting.  However, it was computer generated and was from a retired set.  It said, "Hope is... believing in a brighter tomorrow."

This was a very quick and easy card.

Note:  The reason I used Perfect Plum for the Ribbon of Hope is because the color lavender represents all forms of cancer.

Thanks for looking