Trying Out A New Set!



I saw this set in the catalogue and figured that it was time that I starting making more Valentine Cards. I haven't really celebrated Valentine's Day for the past few years as it was the day that my Mom passed away five years ago this year. I think that she passed away on that day because she was so loved. I really miss her.

I had a bit of a problem figuring out how to put this card together but I think that it came together well. I am pleased with how it turned out. I always have so much trouble trying to figure out where to place the ribbon. I think that ribbon really sets off cards and gives them that little extra that they so often need.

For the backgrond on the heart embossing folder I tried a new technique that I read about on SCS. You sponge ink on the inside of one side of the embossing folder before you put it in the cuttlebug. I like how it turned out and will definately be using it again.

What do you think??

Recipe:

Stamps: Happy Heart Day
Ink: Black stazon, and real red
Accessories: cuttlebug, heart embossing folder, nestabilities, crystal effects, brads, ribbon, punch, primsacolor pencils, taltine, stumps, two way tape.

Have a great day.

It feels so cold here today. The last time I checked it was -16 celsius. At least the sun is shining and it is not showing. I have enough shovelling for this weekend.

Wow! Three Days In A Row!



Well Kelly's challenge the other day must have motivated me. I am so pleased that this is the third day that I have posted a card. (Pattinig myself on the back)

I made this card for my bil as today was his birthday. He and my sister have a sailboat and love the water so I thought that this set would be quite fitting for him. We have so much fun the summer when we get to go for a saiil.

I don't know why I have always really liked lighthouse for some reason and when I saw this set long ago I just have to have it. I bought this on the BST forum at SCS. It was well worth the money. I definately would never part with this one. It is definately one of my favorites.

Anyway, enough babble. My BIL Dave really like this card so I was pleased.

Happy 51st Birthday Dave!

Recipe:

Stamps: Coast to Coast
Ink: Black stazon
Paper: Real Red, Brilliant Blue, Ballet Blue, Whisper White
Accessories: Cuttlebug and embossing folder, crop-a-dile, eyelets,
word punch, corner rounder, taltine, primsacolor pencils

Maybe I can make it four days in a row... come back tomorrow to see.

Goodnight

Happy Stamping!

Matching Card!



Here is a card that I made to go with the calendar that I posted yesterday. Just scroll down if you want to see it.

I had alot of fun using this set for the first time.

This card and calendar is going to a new friend that I met on SCS. I hope that she likes it as much as I do.

What do you all think about it?

Recipe:

Stamps: True Friend
Ink: Non SU Green
Accessories: SU marker really rust, punch, brad, ribbon, glue dots
Paper: River Rock, Garden Green and Su Dp Apple Cider

Have a nice evening and see you again real soon.

Cheers!

Getting Back Into Stamping Again Now!!



My friend Kelly kinda challenged me today to post something again today because yesterday was the first day that I posted something this year and it was definately too long. I of course, had to rise to this challenge and post something.

This is the first calendar that I have made and I must say that I enjoyed it. I just love this designer paper and of course I had collected it for awhile before I used it but I am working on that too.

I was supposed to get together with Kelly today to do some Valentine stuff but of course the weather around here would not co-operate with use. We are in the middle of a snow storm here now and it is not expected to stop till tomorrow morning and it has snowed since lunch time. Bummer.

Stamps: True Friend
Ink: Non SU Green, su marker used for the rust
Paper: SU designer paper called Apple cider

Thanks for visiting my blog. Come back soon.

Happy Stamping!

I'm Finally Back!



Been awhile since I finally got around to making a card. Between everyday life and a bad back and neck I just haven't been able to do anything.

This is a card that I made for my Sisters Mother In Law as she is having surgery on Monday to remove a lump in her breast. I wanted to bring it up to her this weekend so she would know that I was thinking about her and wished her all the best. I hope that it will make her feel a bit better. I can only image what she must be going through. Being an 86 year old woman and find out that you have breast cancer must be scarey. She is such a sweet woman and I just love her dearly.

Good luck Nanny Keeping, my hopes and prayers are with you.

I was at Michael's last night and saw this ribbon and this card just went on from there. I thought that it was so cute and then I thought about this set. It is not quite a match for the real red but it will do.

Stamps: Best of Cluck, Riveting
Paper: Real red, whisper white
Ink: Stazon black and classic su black
Accessories: punches, cuttlebug, nestabilites, primsacolor pencils, taltine and
a stump, su markers

Hope you all have a great day and thanks so much for dropping by

Take care

Fluffles Christmas



This is the Christmas card that I made for my daughter Staci. She loves the fluffles stamps just about as much as I do I think. She fell in love with this one when she saw it. I gave her one of the ornaments to match it also. I really like how this one turned out. I just love this designer paper from Stampin Up. There are so many things that you can do with this georgeous double sided paper.

So are you all glad that Christmas is over? I am not because today I am going back to work after being off all last week. Not looking forward to that one at all.

Hope you all have a wonderful New Year and may the new year bring with it a wonderful year for you all.

Thanks so much for visiting my blog over the past year and I look forward to posting more of my projects for you in the new year.

Take Care

Cheers

More Christmas Ornaments!










I hope you are not sick of looking at all the ornaments that I have been making. I made these for my daughter to give to her teachers. I hope they like them.

I always find the images that I one these are not as easy as one may think. I have tried to many images but only a few that I have been happy with. I think Fluffles is my favorite though. I haven't seen a Fluffles stamp yet that hasn't been able to make me smile.

The Flaky friends ornament is my all time favorite so far. The penguin is so cute though too.

Tell me what you have been up to for Christmas and how your plans are coming.
I am on holidays now till the 27th and I am going to sit back and enjoy my family for awhile. I don't think that we ever do enough of that.

Happy Shopping

Take care

Basic Grey Christmas!



I made this card today when I had a bit of free time as it has been too long since I made a card. I bought this tree stamp at Walmart awhile ago. It was in a set. From the minute I saw it I knew that I wanted to use it with the Basic Grey Figgy Pudding paper that I already had. I am pleased with how it turned out.. What do you think.

How are your Christmas preparations coming along? I find this year that I just can't get in the mood for shopping at all. I did enjoy a bit of it today as I got my DH a pre christmas present. I got an acousitc guitar for him. He has been wanting one for years and when the opportunity came along for me to afford this for him I took great pleasure in doing it. He was so pleased with it. The look on his face said it all. It is so nice to give. I felt so good to be able to do that for him. I would not have been able to wait till Christmas without giving it to him anyway.

Happy shopping everyone...

see you soon

come by again real soon.

Been Awhile!

Wow! It been awhile indeed since I got the chance to post. This time of year life is just so busy there aren't enough hours in the day. Between Christmas shopping and everyday life there just hasn't been enought time hardly to even stamp. This card was 3 nights in the making. Way too long to spend on one card for me but I just had to get it done.

I made this card for my sister to give her friend for Christmas. I actually never came up with the idea. I saw this on Splitcoast and it was created by Cammie. I had fun doing this.

It is so nice to get inspiration and ideas from others but for me it is imporant to give them their credit also.

I used this set from MFT called Meet Me at the Cafe. I used bits of rubber to make my own stamp for the bricks. I just attached them to a small acrylic block from the Michael's 1.50 stamps. It worked out well. I used my stamping up marker Really Rust to color the rubber with.

I am pleased with how this turned out and hope that my sister will be also.

In coming days I will be posting more as there are still many projects to make. I just hope that I get the chance to get them all done.

Good night!

See ya soon!

Another Christmas Ornament!






Been busy lately and really never had time to do much stamping or anything but last night I decided to try and find and image that would fit on these tree ornaments. I bought these at Michael's awhile ago but just could not come up with an image that I was happy with on it.

I checked through all my Christmas stamps last night and decided to try and use two of the three ornaments that were on this penguin stamp. Then I used this little snowflake that I had gotten at stampcamp while ago.

I colored the ornmanet with sharpie markers. They are wonderful for this kind of coloring.

This is so cute and makes me smile... what do you think?

Christmas Cardinal Glass Bulb!



Finally got a chance to use this georgous set called Christmas Cardinal. I bought this a few month ago on Splitcoast Buy and Sell. It is a set that I have always regretted not buying when it was out in the Mini last year. I was so pleased to be able to finally get it.

I colored this window sheet again with Sharpie Markers. I am really pleased with how it turned out and think that I will definately be making more of these.

Last year I made alot of bulbs but went through all the trouble or coloring the window sheets with craft paint and it took forever to finish one. This time it took only a few short minutes and it dried instantly so I could do it all in one day. It is so nice to find something that saves you time like the Sharpies did for me.

What do you think of this one.

I am pleased with how it turned out and there will definately be one of these on my tree this year.

Fluffles Ornament!



I got some of these ornaments at Michael's awhile go and finally got some time to play with them. I had to use my Fluffles stamps. I just love these. I think I have said it before but they remind me of my cat Smokey. She is fluffly just like Fluffles.

I colored the Fluffles In Lights Stamp with my Sharpie Markers that I got at Staples yesterday.

I tried to color Fluffles but it just never looked right so I just erased it and of course started over.

I am pleased with how this turned out though.

What do you think?

Simple and Fun!



This card was so easy to make. I am having so much fun using my cuttlebug snowflake embossing folder. It goes with so many stamps and wheels that I have.

I am still working on cards to give my sister to see if she can sell them for me at her work. I thought this one would add nicely to the collection.

Working on some more Christmas decorations that hopefully I will get finished today and then post to show you later today or tomorrow.

Have a great day

Come back soon!!

Christmas Snowglobe!



I finally got this snowflake embossing folder in the mail today. I saw so many beautiful things done with it that I just had to have one. I also got this set last weekend at Michael's for 1/2 price. Gotta love those coupons.

I haven't posted before this as I have been sick with the flu once again. I don't think that I had the flu so often as I have this year. In our household we just can't seem to get past it for some reason.

I am feeling much better now though. Hopefully this time it will be gone for awhile.

I think this card is cute... what do you think?

Good night... sleep tight..don't let the bedbugs bight.

Karen

This Week's Sketch Challenge!



Made this card for the weekly card sketch on Splitcoast found here

This one came together quickly and it was fun making it. These stamps I got last year at Wal-Mart. They were great set. You get three stamps for $4.96. One 3 X 3 and 2 1.5 x 1.5. Great price don't you think. I have been at Wal-Mart a couple of times this year and still haven't found any new ones but I will keep checking.

I used patterned paper that I bought last year at Wal-Mart too. Love the patterned paper. It makes everything so easy.

Snowmen have to be my favorite stamps to work with for Christmas. There is just something about them that make me smile.

What do you think of this one??

On A Roll!



Wow here I am again. I can't believe that I am posting another card. I must be on a roll lately or something because I have sat down every single night and made a card. That is the first time in a long time for me. I must say that I am really enjoying it too. Hopefully I can keep it up.

I made this card using the Crayon Resist Technique and used one of my favorite sets, Lovely as a Tree. There is just something about the stamp used on this card that makes me happy. I looks like a happy tree. Yes I know that is strange but true.

I used glossy paper to stamp the tree so I could use the white crayon. I always like how these turn out.

Thanks so much for dropping by.

Have a good night

Sleep Tight.

Another Thomas Kinkade!



Here is another Thomas Kinkade card that I made. I am going to have to make more as I think that I am going to try and sell some of these for sure. My younger sister is going to try and sell some of these at her work for me and I am hoping that this will be a good seller. I think that it will.

What do you think??

I was having alot of trouble with these Kinkade images as I was never satisfied with the detail on it. I asked the great people on Splitcoast Stampers what they thought that I could do and I had so many excellent ideas but in the end the one that worked for me was to lightly sand the rubber a bit and dada.... it worked. I was so relieved. I just had to make another one right away.

I colored it with my primsacolor pencils and used my taltine to blend the colors. Used my corner punch to add a bit of detail. Put some glitter on the snow to add some great sparkle and then I put a page protector over the image. to stay away from bows should it could be a bit masculine maybe. Anyway I am pleased with how it turned out.

Another Fluffles!



I thought that after I posted my last card that I was getting ready to go to bed but I couldn't. I had this idea is my head and I just had to see it through tonight. I remember having a 1.50 stamp from Michael's with tree lights on it and immediately I thought of using it with this Fluffles. My daughter Staci pointed this Fluffles out to me one night when we were at Michael's. Of course I just had to have it.

Used a bit of crystal effects on the lights on the card and used my good old giga rectangle punch. I just love those.

Anyway I am off to bed now for real

Sleep tight. I should now

Good Night

Retro Fluffles



Another Christmas card. Anytime I can use a Fluffles I will because they have to be one of my favorites. I am a big lover of cats and the Fluffles Stamps remind me so much of my cat Smokey. Smokey looks round like Fluffles but it is definately not a weight problem. She is just very fluffy.

I am not used to using colors like this for Christmas but I guess they will grow on me. I am more of a traditional person.

What do you think.

Good night.

Finally Starting Work On Christmas!



I bought this stamp while ago at Michael's and finally decided to dust it off this morning and see what I could come up with. I made one of these glitter windows at stamp class a few months ago and when we did I thought that it would be perfect for Christmas cards. I am pleased with how this came out.

The dp I bought last year at Michael's but do find that it is hard to match as it is such an off color blue. I managed to match it with this paper but it is not really what I wanted but I will do.

I am going to start to make some Christmas cards this year to sell. I have a couple of people are willing to take them to their work for me.

Do you think this one will be a good seller???

Have a great Sunday!!