October 30, 2024

Garden of Thanks Kit

I finished up another kit last night . . . The Garden of Thanks Kit.  You have today and tomorrow to still get this kit on sale.

The Garden Of Thanks Kit creates nine beautiful cards with coordinating envelopes!  They’re so pretty and quick to put together too!

The kit includes everything that you need to put the kit together, including an ink spot, embellishments and adhesives!  And it includes this stamp set.

The large floral image is stunning on this card, such pretty colors!

I love the pretty flowers on the background of this card, the sentiment is so pretty too!

See the gold touches on this card.  I think that is one of my favorite touches on this set of cards.

Be sure to order your kit today!!

Yesterday morning, I had an eye appointment, which was longer than anticipated.  My eyes have shown no internal change since the retina clinic started seeing me, but they were a little concerned about the headaches I have been having.  I just had an MRI that was good three weeks ago, but they wanted to check with my oncologist to make sure he did not want to get another one.  It took a while for the doctors to communicate.  My feeling is that since these started when I had my carcinoma removed, it is still healing from that.  We will watch and see what happens, but it was mid-afternoon till I got home.  Needless to say, I didn't get much crafting done until last evening.  

Today looks to be a typical rainy fall day. I have quite a bit of stuff to get done for another stamping retreat I am going to this weekend so it will be a good day to stay home.

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

Happy Stamping!!

October 28, 2024

Autumn Expressions

The beautiful leaves that I can see when I look out my living room window have inspired me to use the Splendid Autumn Designer Series Paper for this week's Cards in the Mail.  This is the first of them.

Cajun Craze and Crushed Curry are the perfect colors to compliment the paper.  I used a lot of strips of the paper to make it go further and to be able to get more than one card out of the each 6" X 6" sheet of paper.  You will want to get your package of the paper before it either sells out or becomes unavailable for a period of time.

After two months of pretty much non-stop activity I am looking forward to the quietness of this week.  the only thing on the schedule is an eye appointment for me tomorrow.  Other than that I think my recliner and a good book have a date for many of the days.  I know that is what I am doing today!!

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

Happy Stamping!!

October 27, 2024

Circus Celebration Kit

Make magical birthday cards with the Circus Celebrations Kit!

This is another one of the kits I was able to assemble last weekend at Girls' Weekend.  This card making kit has all the pieces you need to create eight birthday cards in two circus-themed designs with adorable animals doing tricks for your audience.  The playful designs are perfect to celebrate birthdays for all ages.

This is a stamp-free kit making it even easier to craft than most so it’s great for beginners!

As you can see it also comes with matching decorated envelopes.

The Kit includes:

• Pre-designed projects
• Step-by-step instructions
• Pre-cut pieces (No prep work!  Get right to crafting)
• 8 pre-printed envelopes
• Printed die cut
• Enough adhesive to complete projects
• Makes 8 cards: 4 each of 2 designs
• Folded card size: 5-1/2″ x 4-1/4″
•  A 9-7/8″ x 6-1/2″ x 2-3/4″ printed designer box for storage or crafting on the go
• Product colors: Copper Clay, Crushed Curry, Granny Apple Green, Night of Navy, Poppy Parade

This kit is on sale until the end of the month for only $12.60.  What a perfect birthday card for any little in your life.  It is also the perfect gift to give them to introduce them to the fun art of cardmaking!! 

What a perfect day yesterday was for the Iowa Homecoming Football game.  The weather was great (although I got pretty chilly when the sun went down!).  The Hawkeyes won by a lot!  And almost all of the scoring was in my end zone so I got to see them up close!!  And best of all . . . I didn't even have to stop and rest on the walk back to the car and wasn't really out of breath when I got there!!

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

Happy Stamping!!

October 26, 2024

Alpine Air Kit

Stampin’ Up! has a new kit this month in their  Kit Collection called Alpine Air and it creates 9 beautiful cards!  Be sure to check out the sale to get up to 30% off ALL off the kits in the Kits Collection through October 31!

Aren’t they so pretty??  And the kit was super quick to put together too!

The kit contains all of the materials needed to create the cards including the Alpine Air photopolymer stamp set, a Misty Moonlight Stampin’ Spot and all of the adhesives too!

I love the Shaded Spruce card base and the meadow scene on this card!  The card base, background panel and envelope area all preprinted so the only stamping is the sentiment!

The layers on this card are a little different and the sentiment is stamped on the preprinted panel.

The pretty mountain scene on this card with the layered sentiment is fantastic too!

Which of these cards is your favorite?

It took me about 45 minutes to stamp and assemble all of these cards.  A great variety that is ready for me to send when I need to!! And they will coordinate with the Stampin' Box kit that I shared on Thursday.

Be sure to get your favorite kits while they are still on sale through the end of!

As soon as I am done posting this I am out the door for another day of tailgating and Hawkeye football.  I have surely lucked out this year with the weather we have had for home football Saturdays!! 

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

Happy Stamping!!

October 25, 2024

Christmas Wishes Card Kit

I finished up making the cards in the Christmas Wishes card Kit this weekend when I was at Girls' Weekend.

This beautiful kit creates 8 Christmas cards with gold foil touches!  There are also 8 pretty gold envelopes included in the kit as well!

The Christmas Wishes Kit includes the exclusive Christmas Wishes stamp set and a Pretty Peacock Stampin’ Spot.

This card is so pretty and the layering is perfect!  Check out that pretty gold envelope too!

I love the pretty gold banner with the layered greenery on this card!

What a great way to get started on your Christmas cards this year!!  And you have six more days to get this kit on sale!!

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

Happy Stamping!!

October 24, 2024

Card Keeper Kit

I bought the Card Keeper Kit a while ago and finally put it together last night so I’m sharing it with you today. It was so easy to put the cards together. In fact, I made the cards while I was watching a program on my laptop. This kit is on sale this month and it comes with a very pretty box to store your cards in!

You get everything you see below. No need to stamp a thing because the sentiments are preprinted for you!

The kit includes:
* Predesigned projects
* Step-by-step instructions
* Precut pieces (No prep work! Get right to crafting)
* Makes 10 cards: 5 each of 2 designs, and 1 card container (includes lid)
* Folded card size: 5-1/2″ x 4-1/4″ 
* Card container size: Approx. 8-1/4″ x 6-1/4″ x 6″ 
* 10 preprinted envelopes
* Enough adhesive to complete projects
* A 9-1/8″ x 6-3/4″ x 1-7/8″ printed designer box for storage or crafting on the go

Featured colors: Crushed Curry, Flirty Flamingo, Mossy Meadow, Night of Navy, Old Olive, Pool Party

 

Here’s some of the cards I made.

During the month of October, you can save up to 30% off Stampin’ Up! Kits. Each kit comes with everything you need to create an unique paper craft. Each kit is only available while supplies last.  This promotion will end on October 31st. Click here to see all the kits Stampin’ Up! offers. 

We were warm and toasty last night after getting the furnace fixed yesterday.  I worked on stamping things all day yesterday while catching up on my favorite shows and plan to do the same thing today.  It sure is noce to see the bright sunshine coming in the windows.

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

Happy Stamping!!

October 23, 2024

Autumn To Remember

Today's card uses a stamp set and designer series paper from the Scrapbooking Brochure.  You can find this on line here.  I have used many of the products in this catalog in my cardmaking as well as scrapbooking.

This is a super simple layout and doesn't take much time to make but is still pretty cool.  As is the case with many of the Cards in the Mail, the designer series paper does the bulk of the work.  I have primarily used this pattern in most of my cards but there are alo four shaded pages that use Early Espresso, Old Olive, Cajun Craze, and Pecan Pie.

Today looks like it is going to be another gorgeous day.  We have someone coming to do our pre-winter furnace check today.  It is probably a good thing they are coming today because last week when we had some pretty chilly nights it decided it did not want to come on.  It's a good thing that they days have still been warm and sunny.  I may try and get some stamping done this afternoon or I might try to do some organizing in my stamping room.

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

Happy Stamping!!

October 22, 2024

Wildflower Design

Today's card in another Cards in the Mail card from last week.

I had a lot of 1" strips laying around so decided to try one of these cards.  I had seen several examples while I was browsing other ideas and figured it would be a good way to use up some of those strips.  This would be a great way to stamp a bunch of cards and leave the tag blank until you knew what occasion you might need a card for.

I had my first In Person stamp class at the house yesterday.  There were only a couple of ladies that came but I think that time frame and class ideas will work out pretty well.  I am hoping to try to do that twice a month on Monday afternoon and evenings.

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

Happy Stamping!!

October 21, 2024

Everyday Greeting

Today's card is one from last weeks packet of Cards in the Mail.  It uses another of the beautiful scenes in the Autumn Splendor Designer Series Paper.

It doesn't really look like it in the photo but I started with a card base of Crushed Curry and added a layr of Basic White which had been embossed with the Dashing Designs Folder.  From there I just built my card by layering the designer series paper.  The sentiment piece is one I picked up from the clearance rack . . . white die cut word strips.  They were a product that Stampin' Up inherited from Close to My Heart.  I added a couple of embellishments to cover up the holes that were on each side of the strip.

There were no posts since last Thursday as I spent the weekend at a Girls Retreat in Wisconsin.  There were no planned projects . . . everybody worked on whatever they wanted to.  I worked on getting some of my Paper Pumpkin boxes emptied and cross-stitched a little.  It was just a fun relaxing weekend spent with good friends.

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

Happy Stamping!!

October 17, 2024

Changing leaves

Today's card is one of this week's Cards in the Mail.  I have used the Changing Leaves stamp set but had not ever used the dies with the hybrid embossing folder.  It worked like a dream.

For as easy as this card was to make it sure has the WOW factor going for it.  After embossing a piece of white cardstock with the hybrid embossing folder I used it again.  This time with the die attached and a piece of Oxidized Copper Paper.  I love the way the leaf turned out . . . both die cut and embossed.  With a sentiment and a few Sparkle Gems my card was complete.

Today has been a pretty busy day.  The gal that comes and cleans for me came this morning . . . she used to come twice a month . . . now she only comes once a month so we had a lot of catching up to do.  That explains why I am just now getting around to posting today's card!!

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

Happy Stamping!!

October 16, 2024

Frozen Edges

The weather seems about right for this kind of card!!  It is chilly out today!!  This is the winter/holiday card that I took as a swap when I went to a stamping event a month ago.

It doesn't really show up well in the photo but the snowflakes have been embossed with silver embossing powder.  The layer underneath the Night of Navy is silver and there is a silver border on the sheer white ribbon.  This card really sparkles in person.  

I am ready to snuggle up, but not  ready for snow.  The weather 33 years ago on this day got up to 70° believe it or not.  I remember it vividly as today is Hanna's birthday.  She was also born on a Wednesday.  When we took her home from the hospital the following Saturday it was cold and snowy.  I sure hope the same thing doesn't happen this year.

With all of the stamping and embossing on this card I was glad I only had to make 20 of them.  I love heat embossing but it is messy!!!

I am writing today's post as I sit at the car dealership waiting on my Rav 4 to be serviced.  It's been well over a year since it was serviced but then I didn't really drive it for most of that year.

This afternoon I will be back in Iowa City to have the stitches removed from my nose.  I am ready to be done with bandages on face . . . I hope they think so as well.

 

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

Happy Stamping!!

October 14, 2024

Latte Love

Today's card is one I have had for quite some tie that I received from Susie that I have just not shared yet.  It ues another OnLine Exclusive stamo set . . . Latte Love.

This is a fun fold card with the center piece opening to reveal the area for your message.  I used this paper and stamp set quite a bit when it was first released but it has been a long time since it has seen any ink.  It is still one of my favorites however.  It does use a retired punch for the coffee underneath the cup but you could use any circular punch or die and achieve the same look.  The coffee cup is fussy cut out of the a piece of the designer series paper.  There are a lot of cups on the paper so you could get about 40 cards from this one sheet of paper if you were patient enough to fussy cut them all!!

Tonight is Family Zoom Book Club and I have yet to finish the book so my plan is to read most of the day trying to finish it.  We will see how successful I am!!

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

Happy Stamping!!

October 13, 2024

Frosted Forest

Today's card is one I made a while back at an event that Susie hosted and she provided this card for us to make.

Believe it or not the tree is not stamped at all.  It uses the stencils that are in the Frosted Forest Bundle.  This bundle is not in any catalog or brochure . . . it is an online exclusive and can only be seen Online.  I then die-cut the trees with the dies that are in the bundle.  The Birch Wood Embossing Folder can be found in the September-December 2024 Mini Catalog.

This week has not gone at all like I thought it would.  I had an appointment bright and early Wednesday morning to have a basal cell carcinoma removed from my nose and another skin cancer removed from my right arm.  I knew it could be a lengthy appointment and it was but I wasn't expecting it to make me so tired.  Thursday morning I had an Oncology appointment to go over my MRI results which went very well . . . but they wanted me to go back to dermatology because they thought my nose was seeping and bleeding more than it should.  They worked me in right away and cleaned things up and rebandaged my nose and I got home shortly after lunch.  I rested the rest of the day and also on Friday.  Yesterday I was ready to go again and was up bright and early to go tailgate and go to the Iowa Football game.  It was a great game and the walk back and forth to the stadium was easier than it has been in the past.  Today I am hoping to get cardstock cut and things ready for Cards in the Mail tomorrow.

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

Happy Stamping!!

October 8, 2024

Thoughtful Wishes

Good Morning!!  I think I am back and rested after a wonderful 10 New England and Canadian Cruise.  This card was the last card in the Cards in the Mail packet before I left.

This super simple card features the awesome Splendid Autumn Designer Series Paper and a couple of simple embellishments.  I chose the fall tree pattern for this card but there are many other beautiful pages that you could chose from.  The linen thread and gold foil are the perfect complement for this fall designer series paper.

Yesterday was my three month MRI check up and I am happy to say that I am still doing great with no signs of any reoccurence.  With that being said I think I am ready to go back to some In Person stamping events that I will hold in my home.  I am going to spend today planning some of them out so be sure to look for emails to sign up.

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

Happy Stamping!!