Happy Thursday!

Good morning everybody! I'm up bright and early (ok for me this is early) and I'm ready to take on the day.

I'm sorry for the lack of posting ~ I've got company here from out of state, well she's more like family. She's been a part of the family as long as I have we could say. So I've been spending time with her. But we have been crafty together.

First thing that I want to show you is a RAK card that I received from Kemi over at KSSdesigns. She's my uplines upline - or as we like to call it my grandma :)

She a talented lady I might add. And isn't that ribbon yummy???

I also made a card - yes it was a little late - for Patty over at Patty's Stamping Spot. I knew that I was not going to make the deadline she had, but I still wanted to send her a card.

Have you ever had something in your head that you wanted to create but it just does not come out that way with paper? Well, this was it. This is not what I wanted to make, but this is what came out.

I used Pixie Pink for the base card. I layered that with Close to Cocoa and then a piece of pink polka dot paper that I got years ago at a show. I wanted to add a length of ribbon but my first mistake was adhering it to the base card before I did so. I like to keep my ribbon tucked under the layers, not around the card so you see it when you open the card. Some people do that, and that's fine - I just like mine hidden.

I then stamped the cow from my TAC™ set An Udder Birthday and colored it with pencils and gamsol. I punched it out with my mega scallop punch and sponged some Pink Passion ink around that panel. I then punched a piece of Chocolate Chip paper with my Giga oval punch and layered the image on to that. I took my white gel pen and doodled around the Chocolate Chip layer.

I took my designer label punch and punched out a piece of Close to Cocoa cs and layered a punched piece of Chocolate chip with my 1 3/8" circle punch. I then stamped the words "an udder birthday?" with Pink Passion ink and punched that out with my word window punch.

Once all those layers were put together and adhered down I took the white pen and doodled around those layers. I added some primas and blingy brads to the card. But it still looked a little plain. So I took my Close to Cocoa pen and doodled around the outer edge.

Even though it was not what was in my head, it still worked out ok.

I wanted to show you a quick sneek peek at something that I'm making for my stampers 6 group. I like to include little things in with their orders, just to thank them for ordering. This set is from theangelcompany™ and is called Auld Lang Syne.

I made this little gift card holder out of an envelope. Neat, huh?? And all those credit card offers that you get in the mail - I seem to get them DAILY. Well, I save the "sample" cards that they give you. You know the ones that say "Joe Cardholder". Save them and you can use them in the gift holders as an example.

Well I hope that you have a great day ~ I think that our last few days of tornado watches are all called off. Today seems to be a good day - except for the humidity! But you make it as good or as bad as you want it to be, that's our choice.

Good Morning everyone!

I thought I'd post a quick card or two before I get my day started! So much to do, so little time.




I made this card the other day using my TAC™ set Spring Dream T2688. This set is so cute with the funky doodling. And with the bright orange color it just jumps at you!


The base card is Apricot Appeal. I layered it with some DP from our Brighten my Day collection. I stamped the image twice and colored it in with my pencils. I used pop dots to add the 2nd layer of the flower and the butterfly to the card for some dimension. I sponged some Pumpkin Pie ink around the edges and layered it on to a piece of Pumpkin Pie cs that I cut using my Coluzzle.


I then stamped some swirls from the same set with Apricot Appeal ink on to a piece of Apricot Appeal cs, inked the edges with Pumpkin Pie and layered it on to a piece of Pumpkin Pie cs. I stamped the saying "just a note" from the Trendy Greetings set T2144 in the corner in Pumpkin Pie ink. Once everything was layered on the card I then took my orange stickles and went over the dots in the swirl pattern. It's hard to tell in the picture, but IRL it looks great.





This card I made is using theangelcompany™ set An Udder Birthday T2642. I just love the little cow images and this one is no exception. There's lot's of colors on this card, but I wanted it that way.



The base card is Basic Black. I layered a piece of Apricot Appeal and then a piece of Purely Pomegranate that I ran across my Scor-Pal first. I then took a piece of Basic Black, layered a piece of Eggplant Envy to that and ran a length of ribbon over the top of those layers. I added the sentiment in the square of the hardware then added it all the the card.



I stamped the cow and colored it in with pencils and Gamsol then sponged some Eggplant Envy around that layer. That panel I layered on to Eggplant Envy and Basic Black before adhering to the card. Once it was on the card I added the stickles to the water to give it some punch.



I hope that you enjoyed these two cards, I have more to come. But not now. Come back maybe tomorrow and I'll show you some more... have a great day!

Gloomy Friday

Today's a gloomy day. As I am writing this I am looking out the window it's gloomy, rainy and dreary.....

But what else brightens my day but talking to you all and stamping!! So on to the cards :)

I can't get enough of the little cow set's that theangelcompany™ has right now!! They are so adorable.

This card was pretty much a quick and simple one.

The base card is Real Red. I stamped the card with the cow print from An Udder Birthday with my Versamark pad. Then I took a piece of Basic Black, layered the cow print paper that I got years ago from Darcie's, added the red polka dot ribbon and adhered it to the card. I then stamped the little cow and colored it in with pencils. I sponged some Real Red around the edges, layered that on to a piece of Basic Black and glued that to the card. Lastly I stamped the words "an udder birthday" in black ink on the lower right corner and I was finished! See, told you quick and easy...

Here's another card that I've made with my new stamps. This is the Spring Dream set. Kinda funky flowers with that cool paisley print and some awesome swirls!!

The base card is Apricot Appeal. I layered a piece of DP from the Rustic Chic pad that I sponged Chocolate Chip ink around the edges. I then took another piece of DP from the same collection, sponged around the edges and layered on to a piece of Chocolate Chip cs. Before I added that to the card I added the little tag that say's 'happy birthday' from the Everyday Events set. I used my word window punch to cut out the saying, sponged Only Orange ink around the edges, added an eyelet and threaded some black hemp to attach it to the card. I then stamped the flower, colored it with pencils and sponged around the edges. I layered that on to a piece of Chocolate Chip cs and added it to the card. It was a little different at first, but the more I look at it I think that I like it.

I'm sorry that the word window punch was turned in the picture ~ I actually just noticed that.


I also wanted to share a RAK card that I received from a blogging friend in the Netherlands! You know how cool it is to get mail from far away. I just love to see things that others are doing.

This is from Joan over at Scrapmum. If you have a second take a peek at her blog. It's kinda cool! And it's neat to see how she has it in two different languages!

Thanks a lot Joan, it made my day!!!

OH! And one more thing. You may notice a little box at the bottom of my posts. Well that is something new that I thought I'd try. It's called click comments. You can run your mouse over the icons and click on what you think. It's something faster if you are not feeling like leaving a comment. Just something that I'm trying for now. Just enlighten me :)

Well, I'm off for now. Gonna go play with some stamps and then head off to the doctor ~ Mom's got another appointment. She's got arthritis in her hand and really does not know how much longer she may stamp with me ;(

Have a super day! It is what you make it!!!