Sally sells sea shells by the sea shore

Ok, so I'm not done with this set. Here's another card I did many moons ago.

O.o the wonderful brown truck delivered another box from SU! yesterday. Gonna mount me some more new rubbah! Woohoo! Oh wait, now I have to decided which set to use first..and what type of card. Augh!! And which of the new in colors to try out also. Double augh! And I really need to clean my house and make peppermint cheesecake for the company we are having tomorrow night. A moral dilemma: stamp or clean and cook. Wow, this is a toughfie...lol

Yesteryear 2

Here is another fall card that I'm sharing from the mists of time. Back before I had gamsol and a stump, before there was bling to put on everything, back when my collection was in the measly triple digits. Am I stamping now in the present? Yes, since I joined 3 swaps I have been a stamping blur everyday after we finish school. Can I show you? Alas no, excluding the one snowman which I posted 2 days ago, I have not remembered to take a picture of my swap cards, hence the older cards.

Yesteryear

Was looking through some of the cards I have done in years past and found this guy. The purple is deeper in real life. Someday I really need to read the manual for my camera. Anywho, another busy day. I joined another swap. Gads, I'm on a roll! Oh course, I don't join until I just about have the cards finished. The process goes like this: scan the open swaps, find one I like...make a prototype card..decide if I like it or not, if I do, make the others needed for the swap and then join the swap. Silly me.

Finally something to show

Gosh I love Fall! Was playing around with this.. I know, not the best, but it was quick and easy.

So as I was stamping, finally joined a few swaps ( and started a couple too). This is the card I'm sending for a winter swap. I used to swap all the time with a yahoo group I was with, but got out of the habit of doing it. Hm, wonder if I'm getting back in the groove again?

Need a Laugh?

I was looking through the ever growing blogs that I read and found this article that one of the fine ladies had posted. It was a link to an ebay page and after reading the post I laughed and laughed so hard! I so understand what this poor lady has been through. So if you need a good pick me up..read her post..and also check out her blog:http://mom2my6pack.blogspot.com/

And I did stamp this week. Finally did a joined a swap. Spent the week agonizing over it, making it and sent it out...what ? Dang, forgot to take a picture of the card for y'all. Oops.

Rubbah!

New rubbah is in the house! My order came and I spent the evening mounting new sets. I've been such a bad slacker this week with cards. I hope that I can make it up this weekend with a flurry of card making. So stay tuned..we now return you to your normally scheduled program..lol

2-fer

Since I missed posting a card yesterday..ya get a 2-fer the price of one today. I'm still on a fall kick. Wishful thinking on my part to make the triple digit temps more bearable. It's just flat out HOT. I love fall the best of all the seasons. I didn't realize until I started cataloging my stamps how much I do love it. The crisp feeling in the air, the trees putting on their splendid colors, the smell of campfire in the air..whats not to love?

Card info:

left: cardstock- true thyme, chocolate chip, rose red, summer sun, and whisper white

stamps- acorn stamp around, pumpking from Fall for All, saying from A Season of Thanks

etc.- paper pieced, ribbon from Michaels and crystal stickles over the color pencils (gotta have a sparkle somewhere...)

right: cardstock- whisper white, real red, leaf paper from the scrapbook store

stamp-from stampendous

etc.- colored pencil and blended with gamsol, yellow stickles.. (someone stop me before I bling again)

and yes, I know, this one is not finished...still waiting for inspiration to strike

Eep!

Ack! Its monday and I don't have a card to post. I had the best intentions this weekend. Was going to stamp several cards so that I was ready for the week. I kept hoping my order would come from SU, but so far the little brown truck has not stopped at my door. Wah!!! I want new rubbah to play with. I didn't get much done other than the weekend marathon of laundry... I've been fighting a migrane for several days. I'm not fond of maxing out on aspirin. So also..maybe tomorrow I'll have something to share with ya'll. : (

Boo!

With temps between the 90's and 100's this week, I took out a few of my halloween stamps thinking of cooler weather. This is a quick (I love quick) 4x4 card. Once again, trying to use a different stamp set and use up stuff I have been hoarding forever. Let me know which one you like better. : )

Recipe:
cardstocks used-pumpkin , lovelylilac, basic black, white, green galore, and a sliver of old halloween paper from last year
Inks- black
etc- colored pencils, yellow stickles,fall ribbon from michaels, black brads and metal letters that I have no clue since I've had them since the dawn of time

Bah, humbug

Nope, its not Christmas and I'm not Scrooge. Just a card that I'm not thrilled with. But, once I start a card , no matter how hideous.. I make myself finish it before I go on to the next. Pure torture. The idea started out sounding fairly good, but the finished product just didn't do it for me. Oh, well, at least it was quick and easy...sorta.. I did kinda drag my feet as I realized it wasn't going to turn out as well as I thought.

I'm dying for my Su order to come in. Finally got a chance to get some of the new stuff....now where is that UPS man? New papers, new colors, new stamp sets....augh!!! On the bright side, I do have a better card to show tomorrow. A cute, quick halloween card that I did last night after we watched "Miss Potter" (which by the way is a cute movie)

Card info: Cardstock- Lovely Lilac, Barely Banana, Whisper White and a sliver of retired vellum with swirls

Sets- Shapes, Flower Factory and saying from a set I forgot, but will look up later

Odds and Ins- diamond stickers from hero arts (hey, its gotta have bling even if it is bad)

Happy Wednesday..half way there

Yes, half way through the first week of school! So far so good. Its always a fun adjustment to see how everything is going to work with everyone's schedules.

I'm still trying to work my way through my stamp sets. This one is an old set from way back. I'm sticking with the easy, fast cards (at least until the weekend,when I can spend a bit more time making harder cards) Enjoy.

just a quickie

I'm getting good at doing quickie cards. Life as usual is moving at speeds that would get me a ticket on the highway. I'm not sure it an be seen, but blingage on the flower center and butterfly. (I'm trying to make a non bling card...its hard!)

Monday, back to school

Its officially the beginning of the new school year. Thought I share this 'book' with you. The first photo is the card closed..ya can't tell it much but there is bling on the one of each spray of flowers and in the center of the medallion. 2nd picture is the card open. I was so fortunate to get to attend an event with several SCS ladies toward the beginning of the year and this card had been one that we made there.

fishy,very fishy

MyBig Sis this round sent me an adorable fish card. I love getting cards that I can can change around a bit . I've been dying to try out the cuttlebug bubble background, so this seemed a perfect time. Actually this was pretty quick to make. Colored the fishy with markers and prisma pencils and then just randomly sparkled him. : )

Simple and Easy part 2

I love paper. Unfortunately I am also a hoarder. That said I finally used some more of my chatterbox rooms paper. Simple, easy and quick. Gotta love fast cards.

Quick and easy

I love cards that can be done quick and fast. And even though the ribbon looks blue..its purple. I don't think I ever have enough thank you cards. My momma raised me to always get them out and get them out quickly. We are out running around today enjoy a tax free day for school supplies and school clothes. I can't believe how fast they have grown up.

Java part 2

Another take on one of Kindra's cards. I actually did a first on this. Paper pieced the dress (finally changed my blade in my xacto after 10 years) and it went quick as a wink. I love just about any stamp set with coffee, I freely admit it.. I'm an addict. I don't want a 12 step program to stop drinking that rich robust flavor. The best part of waking up is coffee in my cup ♫. Ok, so I'm rambling again.

Java!!

I needed a quick thank you card and since the person I'm sending it to is as much a coffee junkie as me, thought this would be just perfect! I am one of those people who stumbles downstairs in the morning and the first thing I do is start the coffee. I had never liked coffee growing up, enjoyed the smell but couldn't stand the beverage. Fast forward to college and found that pop didn't give me as much bang for my buck as coffee did...eureka! cheap study help, the light bulb went off over my poor student head and I was a firm convert to the dastardly elixer. Ah, I'll let you enjoy, while I go pour my cup.

Fall

My favorite season is fall. I love the crisp weather. Humidity finally breathes its last and the trees put on they're best colors. I just had to make this as I dreamed of cooler temperatures. sigh. The tab says, "give thanks", not sure if you can see it in the pic or not.

Eep!

Where did the summer go? Where did all the wonderful lazy days disappear to? School for us starts up Aug. 6. Back into the fray we go. Ready for another crazy school year. Does anyone else wake up and realize they have been fastforwarded? I keep looking for the pause or rewind button, but so far no luck.

Thought I'd share a card I did Saturday. (before the storm and lightening fried the ethernet) I have long read Kendra Giles blog and decided to make a few cards on it, with what materials I have. She is such a talented person! Here's her link if you are interested:

http://inkinitupwithkendra.blogspot.com/

Enjoy!

Challenge

Wow! We had a serious thunderstorm go over! Fried the internet for a bit. Good news, got it fixed, bad news can't run both computers anymore. Dh trouble-shot the problem and will get the new part soon. So I didn't actually post this to SCS, but this was the acetate challenge and sketch rolled into one. I only had a salad lid that I could cut down (hey, it worked) for the acetate. I'm just glad that we made it threw the storm without anything else getting fried. It really gives you a fright when the house alarm and smoke detectors go off..you know the lightening hit really, really close!! : )

2 more quickies

Ok, I know I should have waited until I colored the main images, but I'm on a roll here! These were 2 quick halloween cards a friend and I made last week. I finally have a stamping buddy!! Its so much nicer to have someone to chat with while stamping. I'm more of a social butterfly in that respect. I'm such a bad hoarder. I've been trying to make myself use different sets and use up what I have. (snort, yah, right, like thats ever going to happen) Hope you enjoy. If I get around to coloring these soon (was waiting till I had a pile of coloring to do and do it in front of the tv) will replace. Hope you enjoy.

A fly by posting

I finally sat down and did something. Ok, so it was a quick easy something..that I cased..but that counts. My Big Sister (from SCS) sent me a beautiful card. I didn't have the set she used so I pulled out my papertrey set and used that instead. Also I love bling..so put some stickles on the dots of the lady bug. I will actually have more posts in the next week. I was home ill yesterday and cranked out a record amount of cards.

See I can stamp

Here are a few things I did before we left for vacation. The butterfly was cased and changed a bit. The fathers day card was never sent (because I realized that I had forgotten to send out mothers day and didn't want anyone's feelings to be hurt.. I did call and talk on both days though). The good friends was an example of a set of 12 I did for a friend for her birthday. 3 different colors and different sayings on each. 2 cards of each type: like happy birthday, good friends, get well, etc.
I was hoping to get some done today, since its the perfect yucky day outside, but alas I woke up with hives. Blah!

Where did the time go?

June whizzed by in a blur of work, camps and trips to far away places . July started off with a family reunion in Oregon. This is a pic of our last night at the beach. Someday I really need to read the camera manual, but for now, I just get by. I haven't gotten the new SU catty, but am being a good little camper and being patient. (I have blantantly cheated and looked online, but its not the same as having in it your hot little hands) I have stamped in the period between the last entry and this, but have not taken any pictures.. shame on me. So hopefully after the laundry is caught up, I can get some stamping done! (and take pics to show) : )

CTMH

Another first. I finally broke down and got a set from Close to my Heart. I'm still a faithful SU person, but dang it...acrylics are so compact. I'm loving those Palette inkpads. They work great on wood and acrylics. I'm so excited that I actually got to stamp for 2 days in a row. Seems like lately thats been a record around this zoo. This was uber easy to do and I just had to add the white diamonds to the large flowers and though you can't tell it, yellow diamonds to the smaller. Someone needs to take those things away from me...I love putting them on anything I can find. (the cat looks really funny with those things on, by the way) jk. Anywho, thanks for looking and I promise to get back to my wonderful wood stamps..as soon as I can wade my way through the laundry that is screaming to get done today.

Papertray stamps

I have finally been snagged on the acrylic stamps...hook, line and sinker. They reeled me in and didn't even know it. I've been watching all those stinking darn cute cards that people are making with Papertray's stamps sets and figured, what the hay, I'll try one set... Famous last words mate. I currently have all their stamp sets and wait with bated breath for the 15th of each month for the next one to be released. There is no 12 step program for this problem... On the bright side...I am finally using up some of the patterned paper that I have been hoarding since the dawn of time. No, really, does anyone else have this problem? Ya walk into the local craft store and see this too cute paper. Hm, you say to yourself, I could use this for _____(insert project here) and so you walk out with said paper. It goes home and get filed into the special paper holder with all those other cool papers...of course then you have to stop and look at all the other papers that you are going to use for ______(again, insert project here) and never did. Its a vicious cycle. When I think back on it, my mother, who is a quilter has the same problem with fabrics. So I guess its a genetic thing... at least that's my story and I'm sticking to it like mono adhesive.

Happy Mothers Day

Hope that y'all had a great Mother's Day! We went out to a Mexican place for lunch and stuffed ourselves on chips and salsa. I had the most fab mushroom quesadilla ever!! I got to stamp for a while without interruption and spent alot of time playing catch up reading blogs. I think I'm officially hooked on reading blogs. There are so many talented people out there!

MIA

Where has the time gone? I've been missing in action here. Haven't had time to stamp or scrap, been trying to get the kids done with the school year. We are at t-minus 3 weeks and counting.

I thought I'd at least leave a card for ya'll to see. Will be back to regular stamping soon. I'm dying to see the new SU catty and am sad that so many sets are being retired this year.

Variations on a theme. Finally got a few cards done. Was thinking spring time. Hope you like.

We came, We saw, We shopped!

This week was Spring Break for the kids and me. Soo, the trip that we had put off 2 months ago finally became a reality! Mall of America here we come! We walked and walked! One of the sales clerks said that if you walk all the way around one level its a mile. I believe it.

But my daughter had a great belated 16th. She and her friend that came shopped until they literally dropped. We got up there and it was snowing! We froze! We had brought warm jackets, but with the wind chill it didn't help us much.
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Ok, so that was soo last weeks news.. Sorry y'all, but I have been battling the mother of all colds. I don't usually get sick ( and this is the first one this year) so when I do succumb, its usually a dozie. Easter came and went with me sleeping most of it away. I'm about at 60% right now..its hard to totally stop and recover when you are a mother. Anywho, have not done any stamping lately (going through major withdrawals). Hope to have stuff up and running again by next week.

No news is good news. At least thats how the saying goes. This past week I haven't been able to get anywhere close to doing any fun stamping. Finished up projects for my secret sister and mailed that out. And this week doesn't look at better, at least at the first part of it. We are, after 10 years tearing up the carpet and putting down hard wood floors. Its going to help so much with everyone's allergies and clean up will be a breeze. I will try to post my stamp camp items tomorrow. It just depends on if I am still able to move my body after moving all our stuff into the garage temporarily. :) Ah life.

I had the most fantastic Saturday! I got to get together with several other stampers from SCS and make so many wonderful projects and cards!! This was my card for the swap. I wanted to do something 'springy.' The 2 sets used are Flower Filled and the saying is from Loads of Love Accessories. The base is Lovely Lilac stamped on the side with versamark and the egg. Then layered with Certainly Celery that was distressed a bit and the main image stamped on white with bashful blue, certainly celery, and real red. The basket was cut out and popped up with dots and tied with a purple hemp. Stickles on the basket and center of flowers. Hope you enjoy.

What a weekend! Had a date night my hubby (for the longest time forgot what that was) enjoyed a fab Italian meal, watched a great hockey game ( not good if you have high blood pressure) and got to sleep in the next morning. YES!! Anywho..was stampin Saturday and came up with this. Used 2 sayings from Small Script and Edgy Eloquence on whisper white and sponged around the edges with bashful blue. Base is chocolate chip. patterned paper is from the local scrapbook store before they went poof. Pierced both the thin white strip and dark brown piece. Had to put stickles on the flower. Someone needs to take that bottle away from me!! I have too much fun with those. Ribbon and clip complete the card. Hope you like it.

I found a great group of ladies on Splitcoaststampers that have a monthly challenge to do 10 Christmas cards each month. That way by the end of the year they have them ready to go and not be caught unawares like I was.. (sorry, folks, I only got to the "L"s in the address book) So I joined them to try to get a head start. This was my March card. Almost Amethyst, Mellow Moss, Vintage Violet and Whisper white paper. The saying is a rub on. Used the square scalloped punch, pierced and then used white gel pen around hole. Stamped snowman with basic black, colored with pencils, blended with stump and gamsol. Used stickles on snowflakes, top of hat and buttons. The matching button is from SU! I think its safe to say I'm enjoying those stickles too much.

Yes, 2 more sets to cross off. Used the Favorite Friends (the warm weather has me thinking about hanging out at the pool) and Fun with Shapes. I used so saffron, cool caribbean, basic black and a bazzil red papers. Stamped the image in basic black and colored and used gamsol and stump. Then stickles on the sea grass, starfish on his swimming trunks and bubbles, and black gingham ribbon. I really need to learn how to do more close up with my camera.. oh well.

What a day! My eldest daughter came over and we stamped 24 cards for her to use for thank you and birthday. After she left I decided to play a bit more and actually came up with original works... Shock! The card on the left if using the retired set Country Vine and Cute Converse. Paper: whispers white, yellow brazzil, regal rose, and certainly celery. Inks: certainly celery, regal rose, yoyo yellow. Also stickles on the flowers, ribbon, piercing with white get faux stitiching, and frame from Queen & Co. (Frame-Girl set).

The 2nd card was one that she took, simple birthday or thank you on the bottom. Uses the Let's Party set and Simple Sayings II, Ink: Bashful Blue. Paper: bashful blue, whisper white, and pool party paper. Stickles on the candles and matching brads.

I hope that you enjoy these. I crossed out 20 sets on my list today. I was so excited. Whew..only 257 more to go.

A new week, a new chance to stamp. Got several projects done over the weekend. Dh got sick this weekend, so was trying to stamp in between work and making him feel better. Decided to use up some of the old forest foliage paper. Card uses FF, Close to Cocoa and confetti cream. I pierced the edges and faux stitched with a brown pen. The stamped images are sponged and bottom corner turned up and black brads with hemp string added. Woohoo, with this set and the ones I used this weekend I can add 6 more sets to my "stamp all sets at least once" challenge. To see the original card that I cased from check out:http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=454050

Where I have I been all week? No blogs, no new cards. Well, when I made the challenge to myself to stamp something from each stamp set that I had, I didn't realize I didn't know how many I had. So this week in the evenings when I usually have time to unwind and stamp I have been...but cataloging stamp sets and not making cards. These are just a few of the sets I stamped and orginized in catagories. I think its safe to say I have taken this craft to an unhealthy level...lol. I also have a stamp cabinet full also. I'm beginning to wonder if I have bitten off more than I can chew with this stamp from each set. Oh, well, I did find stuff that I had been looking for, for many years. I wonder if there is a 12 step program out there for stampers? Anyway, hopefully now, I will be stampin up a storm since I can find everything and know what I have. (hm, the new spring catalog came out...)

My sister asked for some thank you cards... and I had some more new ribbon laying around calling to me...so. No case here...an actual original...gasp. Ballet blue card with 2 red eyelets. Old olive pierced and saying from Little Boys set. Yea! Another set checked off my list. Main figure stamped in basic black, colored and blended with gamsol and stump. Layered with Bazzill blue and red. Matching envie stamped in old olive.

A new week has begun. Nice and sunny and cold. I had bought some ribbon at Michaels over the weekend and wanted to use it somehow. Was looking over ideas at SCS and ran across this. Chocolate chip base with mellow moss stamped with leaves from Best Blossoms ,masked and pierced down the sides. Saying from Friend to Friend set. Bird (from Natural Beauty) stamped on white and colored with pencils. Layer with artichoke, moss, then chocolate chip. Ribbon of course michaels. Yes, 3 more sets to add to my "use each stamp set at least once this year" The link to the case is: http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=479734

From bad to worse...

Yesterday was a yucky, yucky day weather wise. Rain and thunder all day. Had all afternoon to stamp. I thought, "I'll get a bunch done." Yeah, right. I just couldn't get in the groove and everytime I tried to stamp, it just didn't come out the way I wanted. This was my first attempt at SC113. Oh, well...pressing onward, now that I've shown my junk cards, maybe my muse will return and I can get in the groove again. lol

Ever have one of those great ideas for a card, but when its made doesn't come close to what you had in your head? Combined 2 challenges (wed and thurs) from SCS using the sketch and non SU products. Blah. Oh, well, success with failure must be taken in small doses.