My Top Ten...

Hi everyone! Wow...has it really been almost a month since my last post? December truly got away from me for so many different reasons. I didn't really get back into stamping until March or so of 2010, and since hubby was home it was "easy" for me to just stamp everyday and still feel like the house was running smoothly. After he left, I found it next to impossible to feel like I had the time to stamp because there were other things that needed to get done. Being the only adult in the house meant I needed to be the one to do them..lol. After a week or so, it because more that I didn't have the "spark" to create anything...and fast forward to a month later and here we are. I miss it so much, so I thought I would participate in the Top Ten of 2010's I keep hearing about and hopefully that will spark something in me. I also cleaned my craft room today, so that should help also..lol.

Without further ado, here is my top ten cards of mine from 2010. Oh, and the links take you back to the original posts. :)



Birthday A La Mode

Rustic Peace

So Thoughtful

My Hero

Off The Wall

Hello Sunshine

Make a Wish

Thank You

Babies (ok, there are two here!)

And finally....

It'll Be Okay

I hope you enjoyed my stroll down memory lane. I DO feel like stamping now, so hopefully i'll make some time and get back into the swing of things! Thank you for dropping by!

Welcome..

Hello everyone! Quick post today. Ava is having a sleepover tomorrow and i've got tons to do tonight. We're watching Twilight, then New Moon, and then heading to Walmart to wait in line for Eclipse tomorrow night and taking along a little friend of hers. This makes the third weekend in a row where I have been somewhere at midnight waiting on something to either see or buy! Goodness..when will I get my "in bed with a book by 10" Fridays back??? :)

I used this week's Color Throwdown challenge to make this little baby card. Here are this weeks colors:

And here is my quite simple card:

I just love that Cuttlebug folder with the gift on it..just so perfect for baby cards. I also decided to criss cross my ribbon a bit and see how that looked..I kinda dig it. :)

Well, that's it. The one good thing about the sleepover tomorrow is that with Ava busy with her friend I will have a bit of crafting time! Yay me! Laters!


Stamps: Night, Night, Moon (papertrey)
Card Stock: Dark Chocolate (papertrey); Bashful Blue, Ballet Blue (stampin up)
Ink: Ballet Blue, Chocolate Chip (stampin up)
Extras: Cuttlebug folder; Ribbon (stampin up)

Flowers & Pearls...

I think I am getting a bit too dependent on these felt flowers and pearls..lol. I seem to be using at least one of them on every card lately. Oh well, I do love them! I hope you guys still like to see them.

Today's card is for two challenges. The first is this week Off The Wall Craftiness challenge. I haven't played in a couple of weeks, but I could not stay away from this week's colors. Aren't they pretty?

I'm also using the sketch from Mercy Kerin's blog this  week, seen here:

So, here is what I came up with for today:

I left a ton of vanilla space. I usually don't like to do that, but I just liked it the way it is. I think perhaps a layer of the really rust would have been nice over the vanilla. What do you think? Maybe one embossed with my Square Lattice folder from SU. Hmm, yeah, I think I would have liked that. Oh well, it's done now..haha!

Well, I have to go now. I've got some cleaning to do! Have a wonderful week..
Laters!



Stamps: Kind Words (Verve); Fancy Flourishes (papertrey)
Card Stock: Vintage Vanilla, Scarlet Jewel (papertrey); Earlt Espresso, Really Rust (stampin up)
Ink: Really Rust, Bravo Burgundy (stampin up)
Extras: Scarlet Jewel grosgrain (papertrey); Pearls (stampin up) Flower from Prima

Birthday a la mode!

Hi there. You know, I think I MAY just have my mojo back..or at least my desire to create. :) Yay!

I hope you guys are having a great week...it's inching ever closer to Christmas and I am nowhere near done with my Christmas cards, but I thought I would sneak in a birthday card I made for a friend of mine. I used the colors from this week's Color Throwdown:

and the sketch from this weeks Mojo Monday:

Every time Julee does a round or square option, I SAY I am going to do the round, but always end up with a square..lol. I"m so predictable, no? :) Anyway, here is my card:

I just really love using my MFT Rolled Flower die! I have found that it works best on felt and card stock that has been manipulated somehow. So, if I use my embossing folder on the card stock first, it seems to "roll" better. I haven't been able to make it look pretty with regular card stock (papertrey or stampin up anyway)..so that's just something to think about if you want to buy it (which I would totally suggest!). I also really like these A La Mode stamps from MFT..I cannot wait till my new Copics come in from papertrey so my people will look more natural..any day now!

Ok, well that's all from me. I better get going. Hope your day has gone well. Thanks, as always, for stopping by! Laters..



Stamps: A La Modes Time to Celebrate (My Favorite Things)
Card Stock: Rich Razzleberry, Vanilla, So Saffron, Old Olive, Razzleberry Lemonade (I think) patterned paper in purple (stampin up); Distressed Dots green pp (papertrey)
Ink: Versamark, So Saffron, Creamy Caramel, Black, Ols Olive (stampin up); Vintage Vanilla (papertrey)
Extras: Embossing powder, pearls (stampin up); Rolled Flower die (MFT)

A good friend..

Hi there! Thanks for stopping by. Today I am playing along with the wonderful Curtain Call Challenge. I decided to use a bit of my Pretties kit from Stampin Up finally.I have seen people use the hat pins before, but I never really hat a card that I felt comfortable putting them on..until now. Here are the challenge colors:

And here is my card:

As you can see, the flourish is embossed with black embossing powder and the white card stock is actually Papertrey's shimmer card stock. The flower is another of the flowers I picked up in Gatlinburg at the scrapbook store. How do you think the hat pin looks there? Ok? I think I like it... :)

Well, I must get back to work! Thanks for stopping by!

PDCC Peace...

Happy Sunday everyone! I hope you've had a wonderful day. :)

Today's card uses the colors from this week's The Play Date Cafe Challenge. Here are the challenge colors:

Brown, grey, and silver. I was stumped on the silver part! I thought about everything from metal brads to Reynold's Wrap..lol. Finally, I decided to steal an ornament off of the tree and go with that. I give you my Robin Hood card (you know, steal from the tree that is "rich" with ornaments and give to my "poor" little card..lol...I crack myself up sometimes!!):

 And here is a closeup of the ornament:

It's really very glittery IRL. I really like the brown and grey combo. I don't think I have ever used it before today...isn't it a great combination??

I hope you'll head over to The Play Date Cafe and play along this week. I'm headed to the grocery store now. I never grocery shop (hubby does that), so I am armed with two whole coupons and a list...and i'm not hungry, so hopefully this goes well. :)  Laters!



Stamps: Snowflake Serenade (papertrey)
Card Stock: Basic Grey (stampin up)
Ink: Chocolate Chip (stampin up)
Extras: Snowflake (ornament from Target), button (papertrey)

Magic Wand....

Hi guys! I SO wish I had a magic wand to get me out of this little creative and overall funk. It took me ALL dang day to make this card. Ok, so I stopped for a while to take Ava to Hollister, but other than that..ok, and did some laundry..but other than THOSE things (lol), I have been trying to create ONE card that I was happy with. If you're a facebook friend of mine, you'll remember that my plan today was to get out of this and create one card. Well, I suppose I met that goal. It was hard, though! Normally I post everyday, but I haven't done anything since Tuesday..ugh, this stinks! :(

Anyhow, you didn't come here to be Dr. Banner to my Fifty (um, never mind..it's a piece of fanfic..lol), so on with the card! I used this weeks Waltzingmouse Sketch

and the colors are from the Cupcake's Creations Color Challenge.

This is my first time playing along with the Cupcake Creations challenges..I really like this weeks colors, don't you? There is still another week to play on this one, so head over there and check it out.

Ok, so here is my card:

I used my new My Favorite Things Rolled Flower die with my Papertrey felt..it was heavenly to quickly diecut and roll up that little ditty...really cute, eh? Gosh, actually I used a few different brands this week. The background stamped image is by Skipping Stones..the sentiment is Papertrey..the little squigglies under and over the sentiment are Waltzingmouse! Neat..

WEll, I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving if you're in the States and a great weekend overall whether you are or not. I really miss stamping, but i'm just not sure HOW to get back into the swing of things. For those interested, i've talked to hubby a few times since he has been gone and we've Facetimed which is so cool! :)


OK, well that's it from me today. Hopefully, i'll be back tomorrow! (Cross your fingers on that one) Laters!



Stamps: Timeless Textures (skipping stones); Inside Out: Holidays (papertrey); Holiday Labels 14 (waltzingmouse)
Card Stock: Kraft (papertrey); Early Espresso (stampin up)
Ink: Versamark, Chocolate Chip (stampin up)
Extras: Red ribbon from walmart; Vanilla felt, twine,& buttons (papertrey); White embossing powder (stampin up)

Frosty Friends

Hi everyone. I made this card last week for the Play Date Cafe challenge. Here are this weeks colors:

I was browsing the other cards on the challenge site and saw that mine wasn't there...I obviously forgot to post it, so here you go:

I'm still down in the dumps about hubby being gone, so i'm not too talkative, creative, or happy these days. I tried to stamp tonight and nothing...ugh. Please keep us in your thoughts. Hopefully, I will feel like stamping over the holiday weekend and will get my overall mojo back. Thx

Laters..



Stamps: Frosty Friends (Tweeny Tween from MFT)
Card Stock: White, Distressed dot pp (papertrey); Cherry Cobbler, Old Olive (stampin up)
Ink: Black, Tempting Turquoise, Creamy Caramel, Close to Cocoa, Old Olive (stampin up)
Extras: Stickles; Twine (The Twinery); buttons (papertrey)

Believe in the Magic..

Back today with another Christmas card. I think I have decided this year to make different designs for all of the "Important" folks on my list. YOu guys have certain people that get "special" cards, don't you? Please tell me I am not the only one that does that..lol.

Anyhow, today's card uses the Color Throwdown colors for this week:

Here is the card I made:

I do not have any Cajun Craze, so I went with Ruby Red. I'm not sure HOW close it is because I have never seen CC in real life..lol. Hopefully, it's close. ;)

The die and stamp for the label are from Verve. Did you guys know they have dies now, also? Yep..they're so cute,too! I love the shape of this one..really cool.

Ok, well i'm off to church now. Have a fabulous day!



Stamps: Inside Out: Holidays (papertrey); Vintage Oval Frame (Verve)
Card Stock: Vanilla (papertrey); Jolly Holiday dsp (stampin up)
Ink: Ruby Red, Old Olive
Extras: bling from want2scrap, Early Espresso satin ribbon (stampin up); Vintage Oval die (Verve)

Prima birthday wishes..

Hi there! I picked up this little flower ( and a few smaller in the same style) at a scrapbook store in Sevierville, TN just outside of Pigeon Forge/Gatlinburg. They had tons of stuff, but it was SO hot in there that I could barely stand it. I think it was me..lol..but whatever. I did manage to pick up a couple of things before it got too unbearable for me!

I used this weeks 2S4Y sketch, seen here:

I love the combination of yellow, brown, and kraft. Such a soothing combo for me.  Here is my card:

The flower is felt and is by Prima. I really need to find a store around here that sells them cause they are adorable. This is the second largest of the 4..so pretty! That's all I have for now..hope you're having a wonderful weekend so far. Laters!



Stamps: Damask Designs (papertrey)
Card Stock: Kraft, Early Espresso (stampin up); Dotty Biscotti pp (papertrey)
Ink: Chocolate Chip (stampin up); Vintage Vanilla (papertrey)
Extras: Early Espresso satin ribbon (stampin up); Prima flower, pearls

Hi there!!

Hello! Gosh, I have missed blogging this week! :)

My husband left yesterday and I was SO sad for a while. It's really lonely when you're used to having another adult in the house. And when I say adult, I mean an actual adult, not a preteen who THINKS she's an adult...LOL.

Anywho, last night Ava and I went to the midnight premier of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows and let me just say I could have sat there another 2.5 hours to see the rest of it (the second half comes out in June 2011). It was SO fabulous...my favorite of the series though Chamber of Secrets is VERY close...haha.  So, we got home at 4 this morning. Needless to say, there was no school or work for us today. I'm still kind of in a fog, but I did manage to get some stamping done.

I started with this weeks' Curtain Call challenge! Here are the colors:

I decided to go with a baby card on this one since I just got my Night, Night Moon set from Papertrey in this week. Here is my card:

The sentiment part of the card is actually a Verve Plain Jane, but the little duck is from Night, Night moon...don't they look so cute together? heehee

I also used this weeks' Mojo Monday sketch, seen here:

Well, that's it for me. I'll leave you with a family photo from the Smokies. I asked this guy to take it and try as he might, he could not get a good picture of us. This one is the best, but it's a tad weird looking..kinda off color or something. Anyway, here ya go:

Stamps: Night, Night Moon (papertrey); Little Star Plain Jane (Verve)
Card Stock: White, So Saffron, Orange, Early Espresso, Certainly Celery, dsp (stampin up)
Ink: Chocolate Chip, So Saffron, Peach Parfait (stampin up)
Extras: Grosgrain and button (papertrey)

Family Time...

Hi everyone! We had an absolutely wonderful weekend in Gatlinburg. I tried to stay tech free, but didn't quite make it..lol. A few of you "caught"me online and steered me back. :)

Anyhow, since my hubby leaves for his 6 month tour on Thursday, i've decided to devote no time to stamping and all of my time to family. It'll be weird, I'm sure, but I think it's a good thing. So, I should be back with new stuff on Saturday! Thanks for dropping in and have a wonderful week!


Laters!

Be grateful . . .

Good morning! Thanks for dropping in! Today's card is one I TRULY struggled to create. I honestly wasn't thrilled with the result, but Ava said she loved it so I will post it. She rarely likes my cards (her style is different from mine), so for her to say that was a treat. A treat I will share with y'all.

I used the Play Date Cafe color challenge for this week. Here is the inspiration photo.

Thud. That was my first response. lol. I had no idea HOW to get this in one card, but here is my creation:

What are your thoughts on it? I heat embossed the background and then sponged the inks over it. It was a mess to create, but ah well.

Well, that's it...hope to see you back soon. I'm still in the mountains hopefully having fun! Laters!


Stamps: Henna Petals (Fiskars); Inside Out: Thank You (papertrey)
Card Stock: Bashful Blue, White (stampin up)
Ink: Ruby Red, Bashful Blue, Pretty in Pink, Brilliant Blue, Bravo Burgundy (stampin up)
Extras: Pearls, Versamark, white embossing powder (stampin up)