Happy Anniversary

Today my husband Jerry and I will celebrate our 11th Wedding Anniversary. Our wedding was a small ceremony at the family cabin surrounded by close friends and family. It's been a great 11 years and I hope we have many more wonderful years ahead!

Here's the card I made for him. I know it's flowery and frilly but I think he'll be ok with that considering it's an anniversary card. I used Basic Grey Sulty papers with a Kraft card base. The stamps and ink are from A Muse Studio, Happy Anniversary is from the Essential Sentiments set and stamped with Slate ink and the LOVE was created using the Fancy Alphabet clear set stamped with Memento Rich Cocoa. I also added some KaiserCraft pearls, misc flowers and a Papertrey Ink felt border for the finishing touches.

We're busy today and tomorrow so the anniversary dinner may get rolled into the father's day celebrations which is fine with me. I think we'll have to visit our favorite local Thai restaurant to celebrate.

Thanks so much for stopping by. I hope you all had a wonderful week. Happy Stamping!

Dress Form and Blush

Today I have a couple more cards using Basic Grey Blush papers to share with you. I also used Papertrey's Signature Series: Dress Form stamp set and die for today's cards. For the first card I added some hand dyed seam binding and small rick rack along with a row of buttons to complete the seamstress feel.

I kept the embellishments to a minimum on the second card adding just a simple bow of seam binding with a button center. I'm really pleased with how different these cards look even though the same basic supplies were used for both.

Thanks so much for stopping. I hope you're having a wonderful week. Happy Stamping!

Colorful Butterflies

I recently challenged myself to use up some paper that I've had for years so I started with a 6x6 pad of Basic Grey Blush papers. I was able to make over 20 cards with the papers that were left in that pad. Here are two of the cards made with papers from that pad. I paired my Blush paper scraps with some graph paper that I picked up at a garage sale. The scraps were great for using with my Amuse Studio Butterfly dies.

I really do love this paper collection. Hopefully you do too 'cause you'll be seeing several more posts using Basic Grey Blush papers. :)


Thanks for stopping by. Happy Stamping!

Supplies
Stamps: Hero Arts
Paper: Stampin Up Choc Chip and Marigold Morning, Basic Grey Blush, Misc Graph paper
Ink: Walnut Stain Distress Ink
Misc: A Muse Studio Butterfly and scalloped edge dies, Stickles, Gemstones

Commencement Tonight

In honor of my nephew's high school commencement tonight I thought I would share a couple of graduation cards. These were made using the Congraduations stamp set, ink, cardstock and Nestabilities dies from A Muse Studio. The designer papers are from My Mind's Eye.

Just a reminder, I'm selling A Muse Studio products so if you're interested in the supplies I used today they're available in my webstore. Thanks for stopping. I hope you're having a wonderful day. Happy Stamping!

Blogger Issues Resolved (I hope)

I'm not sure if anyone is still out there considering how long it's been since my last post but I've been having issues with Blogger. We've not been on friendly terms since I had to convert my email to google services. After many hours and frustrated changes, I was able to get in today! YEAH!

So, in case anyone is still waiting for posts from me let's go ahead and get to some crafty creations. How about some more cards created with Anna Wight's Whipper Snapper Garden Fresh stamp set that I haven't posted photos of yet.

 

For the first card I stamped the strawberry image repeatedly on the rustic cream cardstock to create the background then sewed some circle punches of patterned paper to the bottom. I used Papertrey Ink's spiral notebook page die with strips of patterned paper sewed on to attach my focal image. . . the cute little jar from the set. The lid is paper pieced and the rest of the image is colored with copics plus a little white gel pen for the dots on the scalloped border of the label. The kraft and rustic cream cardstock is from Papertrey and the patterned papers are from My Mind's Eye.

For this card I used the adorable little jar from Garden Fresh again and paired it with the cute bee from the Little Critters set. The papers are from A Muse Studio and the images are colored with Copics.

Thanks so much for stopping by (if in fact anyone does) since it's been so long.  I hope you're having a wonderful week. I'll be back with more cards if Blogger lets me in again.

Happy Stamping!

New Whipper Snapper Cling Sets

It's time for another Whipper Snapper Designs cling set release! There are three new sets releasing today, as well as a recipe card stamp that will come in handy for so many projects!

Garden of Friendship is filled with all kinds of garden themed images and even a few sentiments. For my first card with this set I picked the smiling sunflower trio. I colored them more like daisies and paired them with the Thank You sentiment from the set.

Garden Fresh has the cutest jar image along with all kinds of fun images to add to the label making it super versatile and perfect for any canned goodie. I added a little tag with the hello sentiment from Sweet Expressions.
 

Recipe Card Companions is a set designed to be used with the Recipe Card stamp.  The recipe card was designed to be simple, and easy to use. It tucks nicely into standard sized recipe boxes but I decided to use them to make a birthday card by pairing them with some sentiments from 29 Again.




Don't forget to check out the blogs and galleries of my fellow Featured Designers, as they share projects throughout the month.
 
March/April Featured Designers:
Shellie Daniel
SCS Gallery: http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/go/ShellieD

Dawn Burnworth
SCS Gallery: http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/go/flowergal36
Blog: http://mystampingthyme.blogspot.com

Peggy Marsh
SCS Gallery: http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/go/PMarsh5
Blog: http://thewiredangel.blogspot.com

Shelly Mercado
SCS Gallery: http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/go/3_Little_Love_Bugs
Blog: http://www.shellypop.com

Jennifer Woodward
SCS Gallery: http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/go/Thimbles
Blog: http://thimblesbobbinspaperandink.blogspot.com

Anna Wight
SCS Gallery: http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/go/sweetmissdaisy
Blog: http://sweetmissdaisy.typepad.com

Thanks so much for stopping. I'll have more samples to share tomorrow so please stop back.

You're Amazing

Long time no post. . . so how about another Whipper Snapper card using the All Things With Love set by Anna Wight. I used it for the sentiment and I also stamped the background text stamp on the polka dot paper. The flowers are made with some of the papers from My Mind's Eye Stella and Rose collection.

 

Here is a close-up of the flowers and sentiment. The sheet music is some vintage music I bought at an estate sale.

Thanks so much for stopping by. I hope you're having a wonderful week! Happy Stamping.

Happy April Fool's Day

I recently signed up to be a Creative Consultant with A Muse Studio and I'm so excited for this new venture. This is not an April Fool's Day joke. My NEW A Muse Studio Webpage is LIVE!

Now you can shop for all your A Muse goodies on-line. If you'd rather host a workshop to earn some free stuff, let me know.

Supplies: All products from A Muse Studio 
Paper: White, Orange, Orange gingham, Grass gingham
Stamps: Friends Fur-Ever, Sweet Love
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Copics: RV25, YR14, E33, E57, E59
Misc: Diamond Glitter, Nestabilities Classic Scallop Rectangles Small