October 31, 2015

Six Sayings

Here is an easy card that everyone made last Monday night, but one that is perfect for today!!

Six Sayings has to be one of the best hostess sets they have had for a while.

Stamps:  Six Sayings

Cardstock:  Pumpkin Pie, Basic Black, Very Vanilla, 

Happy Haunting Designer Series Paper

Ink:  Archival Black Ink, Pumpkin Pie Marker

Last night's dinner was interesting to say the least.  It included great food and great company.

It also included a water bath, when the waiter dumped a whole glass of ice water in John's lap and a slight run in with a deer on the way home.  All in all we are all good.  It was only water . . . not hot, not sticky, and the car . . . well it only has a couple of small dents in the hood.  Life is good!!

Every day is a gift . . . make the most of the gift you have been given today!!

Have a Fa-Boo-lous Day!!  Happy Stamping!!

October 30, 2015

Kinda Eclectic

This stamp set which we got at convention a couple of years ago is still a favorite of everyone.  This is one of the cards everyone made featuring a stamp set in the regular catalog.

I have always loved the combination of Elegant Eggplant and Old Olive.  I think Elegant Eggplant and Garden Green rank right up there as well.

Stamps:  Kind Eclectic, Flower Shop, Petite Petals

Cardstock:  Elegant Eggplant, Very Vanilla

Ink:  Elegant Eggplant, Crushed Curry, Garden Green

Accessories:  Pansy Punch, Pearl Basic Jewels, Stampin' Dimensionals

On the agenda for today is to get three birthday cards and one anniversary card designed and made for the kids.  Hanna is coming home tonight and we are going out to eat to celebrate all of their birthdays and an anniversary. There were birthdays on the 16th, 18th, 22nd, and throw in an anniversary on the 20th and we have everything celebrated!!

Every day is a gift . . . make the most of the gift you have been given today!!

Happy Stamping!!

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October 29 2015

Winter Wishes

This is another one of the cards everyone made last Monday night. It could be a Christmas card or it could be just a winter note card.

 I have a ton of Silver glimmer and Dazzling Diamonds glimmer paper so I decided it was time to quit hoarding it and to use it!!

Stamps:  Winter Wishes

Cardstock:  Real Red, Whisper White, Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer Paper

Ink:  Mossy Meadow, Real Red, Soft Suede

Accessories:  Snowflake Elements, Home For Christmas Enamel Dots. Glue Dots

As soon as I am done posting this I am out the door for a volunteer morning at Hospice.  I am helping at a very early morning reception of some sort.  I am thinking that a nap sounds good this afternoon.  Although I am a morning person, 5:00 came very early today!!

Every day is a gift . . . make the most of the gift you have been given today!!

Happy Stamping!!

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October 28, 2015

Wild About Flowers

Even though we are heading into the holiday season, I don't want to forget about all of the great stamp sets that are in the regular catalog, so I am going to try and include at least two of them in all Make-It-Monday night classes.  

This is one of them we made last Monday.  The sentiment from You've Got This is absolutely one of my favorites!!

Stamps:  Wild About Flowers, You've Got This

Cardstock:  Mont Macaron, Whisper White, In Color Envelope Paper

Ink:  Mint Macaron, Watermelon Wonder, Archival Black Ink

Accessories:  Elegant Dots Embossing Folder, Lots of Labels Framelits, 

Big Shot, Rhinestone Basic Jewels, Stampin' Dimensionals

I had a great time out for lunch with a friend yesterday and even have some of my Olive Garden Mac' N' Cheese left for lunch today.  John has an appointment late this afternoon so I think today is going to be a lazy day and I am going to curl up with a good book until we need to leave.  I may even try to convince him to grab some supper on the way home so I can get back to my book!!

Everyday is a gift . . . make the most of the gift you have been given today!!

Happy Stamping!!

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October 27, 2015

Lighthearted Leaves

Here is the card I took to my monthly shoe box swap last week.  This maple leaf from this set is fast becoming my new favorite stamp.  I guess really should try some of the other stamps in this set.  I am sure I would become equally fond of them!!

This was my first use of the new corner punch that is in the Holiday catalog.  I don't know why it took me so long to use it.  It will certainly be seeing more use in the near future.

Stamps:  Lighthearted Leaves

Cardstock:  Delightful Dijon, Cajun Craze, Whisper White

Ink:  Tip Top Taupe, Mossy Meadow, Cajun Craze, Delightful Dijon

Accessories:  Sponge Daubers, Curvy Corner Trio Punch, Regals Candy Dots

As soon as I am done posting this I am off to a hair appointment and then to Iowa City to take a friend to an appointment.  My favorite clothing store is having a 40% off sale on everything in the store so I see a trip there before coming home  . . . not that I need anything . . . but it never hurts to look!!

Every day is a gift . . . make the most of the gift you have been given today!!

Happy Stamping!!

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October 26, 2015

 Garden In Bloom

This is one stamp set that I am so glad I purchased after coming home from convention.  I have used it tons!!!

This is one of the cards that everyone will be making tonight at Make-It-Monday.

Stamps:  Garden In Bloom, Build a Birthday

Cardstock: Bermuda Bay, Basic Black, Whisper White

Ink:  Archival Black Ink, Old Olive, Bermuda Bay, Tangelo Twist Marker

Accessories:  Banner Triple Punch, Rhinestone Basic Jewels, Stampin' Dimensionals

It sure is a good thing I already had everything ready for tonight because my internal clock did not work this morning.  It was 8:30 before I woke up and that is unheard of for me.  I guess I must have been tired!!

Every day is a gift . . . make the most of the gift you have been given today!!

Happy Stamping!!

October 25, 2015

Six Sayings

Since retiring I obviously have much more time to blog surf.  I found this card on Mary Fish's website and knew I had to case it for my Christmas card class.

Stampers could choose whichever of the cards they wanted to make.  

I would be hard pressed to say which one I liked the best!!  Very simple to make, yet very elegant!!

  

Stamps:  Six Sayings

Cardstock:  Whisper White Thick, Red Foil, Whisper White

Ink:  Real Red

Accessories:  Delicate Ornament Thinlit Dies, Big Shot, Glue Dots

Yesterday went very well and I think everyone was happy with their 30 Christmas cards.  I had things all picked up and back to normal by about 5:00. We even had our daughter and her husband over for supper because I had so much food left over.  We were more interested in stamping than eating yesterday, I guess.

Today I will be cutting card stock and getting ready for Make-It-Monday tomorrow night.  Good thing I cleaned up my stamp room the other day so I can at least find everything I need and I have a nice big table to work on!!

Every day is a gift . . . make the most of the gift you have been given today!!

Happy Stamping!!

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October 24, 2015

Reason For The Season

I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this poinsettia stamp set.  At first I thought it would be hard to use, but once you get the hang of it, it is a breeze!!!

Again, I cased this card from Pinterest, but could not get back to the original poster!!

Stamps:  Reason For The Season

Cardstock:  Whisper White Thick, Whisper White, Cherry Cobbler

Ink:  Archival Black Ink, Cherry Cobbler, Garden Green, Crushed Curry

Accessories:  Softly Falling Embossing Folder, Circles Collection Framelits, 

Big Shot, Blender Pens, Gold Cording Trim, Stampin' Dimensionals

Everything is set up and ready to go for today!!  It will be a tight fit, but it should work.  The soups are cooked and the dessert is ready . . . now all we need are some stampers!!

Every day is a gift . . . make the most of the gift you have been given today!

Happy Stamping!!

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October 23, 2015

Embellished Ornaments

Today's card is totally cased from Christy Kimball and our Door County trip.  I watched her put together 100 similar cards as we were driving there and back and decided that I needed to make some!!  This was also one of her swaps.

This is one of the cards everybody will be making tomorrow!

 

Stamps:  Embellished Ornaments

Cardstock:  Smoky Slate, Night of Navy Whisper White, Silver Glimmer Paper

Ink:  Night of Navy

Accessories:  Delicate Ornament Thinlit Dies, Elegant Dots Embossing Folder, Big Shot, Night of Navy Seam Binding, Extra Large Oval Punch, Stampin' Dimensionals

The really weird thing is that I put together this stamp set yesterday, and when I went to use one of the sentiments in it, the stamp had disappeared!!  Now I know I had it about 10 minutes earlier, but I could not find it anywhere!!  I even went through the trash!!  I am hoping it turns up somewhere in the next couple of days!!

Off I go to the grocery store to get food for tomorrow!!

Every day is a gift . . . make the most of the gift you have been given today!!

Happy Stamping

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October 22, 2015

Flurry of Wishes

Flurry of Wishes was one of the first stamp sets I saw in the Holiday catalog and was the first set on my wish list.  And then . . . . I won it at convention in a prize patrol.  They must have know I loved snowflakes.

This is another one of the Christmas cards everyone will be making on Saturday at the Christmas card class.

Stamps:  Flurry Of Wishes, Festival of Trees

Cardstock:  Tip Top Taupe, Very Vanilla

Ink:  Tip Top Taupe

Accessories:  Tree Punch, Itt Bitty Accents Punch Pack, Rhinestone Basic Jewels, Stampin' Dimensionals

I actually got all of the card stock cut yesterday afternoon for the cards on Saturday. So . . . .that leaves me today to work on some other projects. Today is going to be one of those stay at home days, because I have no where I really need to go.  I love days like that!!

Every day is a gift . . . make the most of the gift you have been given today!!

Happy Stamping!!

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October 21, 2015

Wonderland

Here is another one of the Christmas cards everybody will be making Saturday at my Christmas card class.  I didn't think I really needed this set because, after all, I have Lovely as a Tree, and it has a tall pine tree in it. 

But oh my goodness . . . am I glad I did, because it makes awesome Christmas cards!!!  

Stamps:  Wonderland

Cardstock:  Mossy Meadow, Smoky Slate, Very Vanilla

Ink: Mossy meadow, Smoky Slate

Accessories:  Softly Falling Embossing Folder, Big Shotm Iced Rhinestone Embellishments, Basic Rhinestone Jewels, Stampin' Dimensionals

I hope everybody likes it as much as I do!!

Today I hope to finish cutting my card stock for this weekend.  I think that if I get into a groove it could happen.  Tonight I am picking up a friend and we are going to our monthly shoebox swap night.  It is always a fun time!!

Every day is a gift . . . make the most of the gift you have been given today!!  

Happy Stamping!!

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October 20, 2015

Every Blessing

This is one of the cards that I got as a swap at convention in July.  As stampers were looking through my swaps several of them said "If you do a Christmas card class do this card, just like this."  So that is what I am doing.  Everybody that is coming Saturday will get to make this card.

Your embossing buddy is a MUST with this card so that you get a crisp image without stray gold flecks on your card!!

Stamps:  Every Blessing

Cardstock:  Basic Black, Typeset Designer Series Paper

Ink:  Versamark

Accessories:  Gold Embossing Powder, Heat Tool, Envelope Punch Board (For rounding corners)

There have been no blog posts for a couple of days because I was spending every spare moment that I had making muffin tin covers  for an advent calendar order that I had.  After making 20 sets in the last two days, I KNOW I can do them in my sleep.

Today is my Hospice volunteer morning and then I will be in my stamp room cutting card stock for my Christmas card class this Saturday.  I am excited about sharing all of the ideas with you in the next few days!!

Every day is a gift . . . make the most of the gift you have been given today!!

Happy Stamping!!

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October 17, 2015

Lighthearted Leaves

Once again here is the Lighthearted leaves set again . . . only this time in color.  I need to try this stamp set again only coloring it in next time.

This is one of the cards everybody made last week.

Stamps:  Lighthearted Leaves, For All Things

Cardstock:  Cajun Craze, Delightful Dijon, Very Vanilla

Ink:  Cajun Craze, Delightful Dijon, Pear Pizazz, Soft Suede

Accessories:  None . . . believe it or not!!

Today I am working on an order of 20 sets of muffin covers for an advent calendar that came in yesterday.  Luckily they are easy enough to do in front of the TV so I can still watch the Hawks play today!!

Later we are going out to eat with some friends this evening.

Every day is a gift . . . make the most of the gift you have been given today!!

Happy Stamping!!

October 16, 2015

Garden In Bloom

I was tasked with making program books and welcome cards for a community group of which I am a member.

Our colors are blue and white, so I thought this would make a perfect program cover.

We are always looking for new members and are going to send out cards inviting people to our next meeting so they can see what we are all about.

I love when I can share my love of stamping and my cards with people that wouldn't usually stamp or craft.

Stamps:  Garden In Bloom

Cardstock:  Island Indigo, Basic Black, Thick Whisper White , Whisper White

Ink:  Island Indigo, Basic Black, Old Olive, Crushed Curry

Accessories:  Decorative Dots, Big Shot, 

2 3/8" Scalloped Circle Punch, 2" Circle Punch, 

Stampin' Dimensionals

It is very hard to believe, but my baby is 24 years old today!!

She will always be this little girl who loved hats and had a special way of looking at the world!!

She has grown into an amazing young woman who still looks at the world in a special way and still enjoys doing little girl things . . . like going to Harry Potter world and drinking Butter Beer!!  Happy Birthday, Hanna!!

Every day is a gift . . . make the most of the gift you have been given today!!

Happy Stamping!!

October 15, 2015

Your Presents

Even though this set is supposed to be a Christmas set, I love the fact that it can be used for more occasions.  This was another one of the cards everyone got to make this week.

It is perfect for using the kissing technique!!  Just make sure you use the sound effects as well!!

Stamps:  Your Presents, Happy Birthday, Everyone

Cardstock:  Hello Honey, Night of Navy, Whisper White

Ink:Hello Honey, Night of Navy

Accessories:  Paper Snips, Stampin' Dimensionals

Today is going to be another day of total rest for me . . . for some reason I am having a hard time getting my legs back under me from the weekend and also the flu shot, I suspect.  Ten hours of sleep last night was not even enough!!

Every day is a gift . . . make the most of the gift you have been given today!!

Happy Stamping!!

October 14, 2015

Cottage Greetings

There is something about all of the butterflies that are available right now that is really appealing to me.  I just can't seem to stop with the butterflies!!

This is another one of the cards everyone is making this week.

Stamps: Cottage Greetings, Gorgeous Grunge 

Cardstock:  Cucumber Crush, Rich Razzleberry, Whisper White

Ink:  Cucumber Crush, Rich Razzleberry

Accessories:  Bold Butterfly Framelits, Big Shot, 

Glue Dots, Basic Rhinestone Jewels

When I took John to the doctor on Monday, I noticed there was a clinic for flu shots so I went ahead and got one.  I think today is going to be a day of rest and napping because I have been feeling very tired since receiving it.   A day of rest and I should be good to go for the rest of the week!!

Every day is a gift . . . make the most of the gift you have been given today!!  

Happy Stamping!!

October 13, 2015

Six Sayings

I decided to try the same layout with two different stamp sets at stamp night last night and see if anyone would notice it was the same layout.  Nobody noticed they were the same so it just goes to show that the stamp set really does make a difference.  You can see the other card with this layout here.

This card is actually made with a hostess set and also the stamps that came in my September Paper Pumpkin kit.

Stamps:  Six Sayings, September Paper Pumpkin Stamps

Cardstock:  Cajun Craze, Hello Honey, Very Vanilla

Ink:  Cajun Craze, Hello Honey, Garden Green

Accessories:  Boho Chic Embossing Folder, 

Lots of Labels Framelits, Big Shot, 

Regals Candy Dots, Stampin Dimensionals 

Today is my volunteer day at Hospice and then I will be making the yearly program books for a community group I belong to in town.  After that I think rest and relaxation are on the agenda!!

Every day is a gift . . . make the most of the gift you have been given today!!

Happy Stamping!!

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October 12, 2015

Acorny Thank You

Here is the second shoebox swap that I took to Door County.  It is also one that we will be doing tonight at Make-It-Monday.

It is very similar to one we made last time, but with different stamp sets and colors.

Stamps:  Acorny Thank You, Among the Branches

Cardstock:  Mossy Meadow, Very Vanilla

Ink:  Delightful Dijon, Early Espresso, Mossy Meadow

Accessories:  Woodland Embossing Folder, Leaflets Framelits, 

 Bitty Banners Framelits Dies, Acorn Builder Punch,

Gold Cording Trim, Stampin' Dimensionals

We ended up leaving Door County about 10:00 yesterday morning and stopped a couple of places along the way home.  I got home last night about 6:30 full of ideas to try for future classes.  It was a great weekend and I can't wait to do it again.

Today we have an appointment in Iowa City this morning and then will come home to finish up all of the last minute things for class tonight.  I am looking forward to Make-It-Monday tonight and sharing my adventures of the weekend.

Every day is a gift . . . make the most of the gift you have been given today!!

Happy Stamping!! 

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October 11, 2015

Reason For The Season

This poinsettia stamp set is so cool.  This is one of the shoebox swaps that is going to Door County.

This two step stamp set is really easy to to use.  I am really beginning to like these photopolymer stamp sets!!

Stamps:  Reason For The Season

Cardstock:  Mossy Meadow, Cherry Cobbler, Very Vanilla

Ink:  Archival Black, Cherry Cobbler, Mossy Meadow

Accessories:  Boughs and Berries Textured Embossing Folder, 

Chalk Talk Framelits, Big Shot, Very Vintage Designer Buttons, 

Gold Metallic Baker's Twine, Stampin' Sponges, 

Glue Dots, Stampin' Dimensionals

We are headed home at some point today.   It has been a great time away with friends!!

Every day is a gift . . . make the most of the gift you have been given today!!

Happy Stamping!!

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October 10, 2015

Reason For The Season

What trip with stampers would be a trip without some swapping???  This is one of the swaps I am taking.  We are actually swapping out four cards.  I will be sharing the rest of them in the coming days.

This poinsettia was really much easier to assemble than I thought perhaps it would be.

This card is actually a gift card holder.  These were really popular at my craft shows last year.

Stamps:  Reason for the Season, Versatile Christmas

Cardstock:  Cherry Cobbler, Mossy Meadow, Whisper White,

Home For Christmas Designer Series Paper

Ink:  Cherry Cobbler

Accessories:  Envelope Punch Board, Festive Flower Builder Punch, 

Large Oval Punch, Scallop Oval Punch, 

Iced Rhinestone Embellishments, Stampin' Dimensionals

Today we are to take a lighthouse tour around Lake Michigan.  It will be interesting to see how these lighthouses differ from the Maine lighthouses.

Every day is a gift . . . make the most of the gift you have been given today!!

Happy Stamping!!

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October 9, 2015

Awesomely Artistic

This is the last of the cards from the last stamp night.  I came across it on Pinterest and I believe the original stamper was Lynn Starzi.

This was a very messy card, but it is really striking in real life.  The picture really doesn't so it justice.

Stamps:  Awesomely Artistic, Remembering Your Birthday

Cardstock:  Sahara Sand, Blackberry Bliss, Very Vanilla

Ink:  Archival Black, Blackberry Bliss

Accessories:  Circles Collection Framelits (for template for circles), 

Big Shot, 2 Way Glue Pen, Dazzling Diamonds, Stampin' Sponges

Every day is a gift . . . make the most of the gift you have been given today!!

Happy Stamping!!

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