Thankful for Your Support

I'm pretty sure I haven't shown this yet. :) It's one of those weeks...

I ADORE this tree from Blessed By You. There's something so calming about willow trees. I remember as a kid, we had one in our neighborhood and we used to love to try to swing on its branches... never worked well though. :)

The swirl comes from Seasons of Love - Tags. It creates such a fun background don't you think? I only stamped the base to give my card a little grounding.

I added some gems to the tree (yes I know willows don't have fruit but in the stamping world, who cares?) They're red but I can't seem to get that to show in my pic.

Hope everyone's having a good week!


Stamps: (Seasons of Love - Tags, Blessed By You) Waltzingmouse Stamps
Paper: (Avocado, Scarlet Jewel, Dark Chocolate) PTI
Ink: (Dark Chocolate) PTI
Accessories: Border Punch (Fiskars), Hemp, Button (PTI)

Stamping Around PA Photos

This is totally a photo filled blog post. :) I just got back this weekend from Stamping Around PA. :) Highly recommend it if it ever comes into your neck of the woods. I finally got a chance to meet some great people that I've only known online and the location was just diving (I could just stay there forever). I'm just going to show people pics but there's some fun pics floating around of all the projects we made!

Korin is the owner of Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps and it was great to meet her finally! An absolute sweetie and just so much fun. We made a cute and simple card the first night using some SNSS stamps to form a fun Christmas tree -- adorable!!

Kathi was such a sweetheart. It's nice to finally put a face to the name. She taught us a fun class using wax resist... and I needed special lessons... somehow I never learned how to color with crayons. :-P By the end of the class,I had the whole box of crayons all for me!

Here we are with Becky (in perfect height order like some AT&T wireless commercial). She was such a hoot. We loved her class (she didn't even need to bribe us all with a free Autumn Abundance set from PTI and one of Lauren's templates! Although bribing does help... Thanks to PTI and Becky for the fun new stamp set!)

This is Wendy and Erin. I met Wendy on the PTI forum - but I definitely didn't realize we lived so close! Sometimes I think I assume everyone I "meet" in the forums lives far far away in some happy stamp land where deer sing & dance. Yeah....super special. Erin I knew through the MFT forum and it was great to finally meet her as well! Both of them are great stampers and I can't wait to crash their monthly stamping get togethers! :D It's not the last you've seen of me ladies!

My CMU gals! :) I'm so glad that these ladies joined in on the fun and hopefully these n00bs didn't feel too out of place!

Look Ma - I made a card! Ren-Yi was so proud so we had to document it! :) Wish I had the happy pic where she showed off her "buttons"! ;-)

Jenn was my "across the hall" neighbor freshman year in college... one of the first people I met in college. I can't even think of how many hours we spent in her room or vice versa. So thrilled that she came and that we got a chance to catch up. :)

And I have to give a BIG thanks to the hubster who drove me to and from Stamping Around! :) I think it would have been a much rougher driver without him there. And I know it wasn't easy for him... dealing with squealing girls, a car filled with crafty goodies and a wife who just can't stop chatting about stamps.

Crafting with My Gals

So a few of my fellow friends and I decided we'd send each other the same supplies and each make our own spin on the materials. Since we're all far away, it's a fun way to keep in touch with our crafty side. :)

I started the "kit" and I sent out some fun Early Bird Paper from Cosmo Cricket. Also sent some ribbon, fun brads and a punched out star. The challenge was to use as much of it as possible on a card or crafty project.

Be sure to go check out what everyone else did as well!
Laurie
Ren-Yi
Stephanie
I decided to make a fun "boy-ish" card. I use boy lightly. :) The hubs would claim that because I added a touch of glitter with my glitter pen it's not guy enough. Heh.

Anyways, cut out the rocket from Taylored Expressions "The Places You'll Go" set. The sentiment is from the Star Prints set from PTI.

Added some stitching (and then actually went over it with my white gel pen because I felt like it needed to stand out more).

I couldn't figure out the best way to incorporate the brads so I popped mine in the middle of the ribbon... I just wanted to get rid of my brads.... Haha.

Thanks for hopping by everyone and I hope to have some fun pics tomorrow to share of my weekend at Stamping Around PA! :) We had a blast!

A Little Birdie Told Me...

Yay for weekends! I'm off at Stamping Around PA and I'm certain we're all having a grand time. Heehee!

I have another fun Sewing Box Hugs sample from this month's Waltzingmouse Stamp release. This one leverages the little bird stamp. :) I also used the circle stamp for a fun bg paper. Then stitched a florish into the cardstock (this was try 3...I'm not very good at the stitching. Heh)

Very fun set to play with and I'm sure you'll see more of it (and more stitching) to come!

Hope everyone's having a great weekend!

Good for You!

I pulled out Oliva again (for both this card and my name tag for Stamping Around PA!). I'm so excited for this weekend. :-) I've been looking forward to this weekend for a very long time and I can't believe it's almost here! Eeeek! :)

The hubster is driving most of the way. He actually volunteered... somehow he doesn't think I can drive 5 hrs by myself... and he's probably right. :-P Especially after last week when I almost got run off the road by a truck (and cut off a not so nice man in a sports car , I'm kind of scared to drive so I'm glad we planned things this way.

Anyways, card... :) I love the fun Owl Celebrations set from SNSS. You can do so much with the fun accessories to Olivia. Love the fun accessories (although I am attached to the balloon.

Eeek! Ok, off to load the car!


Stamps: Owl Celebrations (Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps)
Paper: Dark Chocolate (PTI), October Afternoon
Ink: Dark Chocolate, Pure Poppy (PTI)
Accessories: Ribbon (PTI), Button (Making Memories), Twine (May Arts)

Homespun Hugs

I know, I know, it's been awhile since I've posted... so sorry! I am always so pooped after coming back from a long trip (especially when its on the other side of the country). It always takes me a second to get back into the gist of things.

We've been living on leftovers or refurbished leftovers for the last few days... pretty sure the hubs is sick of leftovers. I, on the otherhand, LOVE leftovers. I hated them as a kid but now that I know what goes into making dinner after a long day at work.... leftovers all the way!

In case you didn't know, there were some awesome Waltzingmouse Stamp sets released this week! There's a super secret set as well!

I'm showing off Sewing Box Hugs from this month's release. I'll have some more samples this week as well! :) So be sure to stop by for more samples.

I used the vine image to create a fun background (versamark on kraft is so fun!). I stamped some of the flowers on some pp and solid pink papers and cut them out. I adhered the pearls to the middle of the flowers as well. stamped the leaves with cream and cut them out and adhered to the sides. :)

Ok, still slacking on the supply list... gotta get back to some work actually so I can't chat long.

Thinking of You

Haha, I've never had so many people ask about where I go... that is until I put that it's my favorite scrappy shopping location! :) For reference, I'm heading home from Salt Lake City, Utah today. I opted to stay until Friday as I'm not a fan of taking the redeye flights. Somehow, I always end up next to the worst person on the flight...

Once I ended up next to someone who just didn't appreciate flying much and didn't exactly grab the nice white bag they provide in the front seat pocket... there was also the time that the guy next to me decided to light a cigarette and then promptly denied it... ah, I could totally keep going (sadly)

I already got lots of fun goodies -- and perhaps there's more to come! Just don't tell the hubster... he doesn't need to know. :)

Ok, I've babbled enough. You can tell its been a long week -- I don't know when to shut up. :) And I'm ready to talk about anything that's not work related. Hah.

This is a fun card I created before I left using my new Lulu! I had seen her floating around and when we stopped in a scrappy store in Winston-Salem, I just had to have her!

Hope everyone has a great weekend!

Always Remember

The flowers from the Forget Me Not set from Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps are so pretty and elegant! Not to mention lots of fun to color (or emboss). :-)

This was a circle card that I started for the Embellish challenge but I never finished it until now. :) Oh wells. Such is life!

I stamped the flowers and then colored them with my copics. I actually initially intended the flower to be used differently but playing around with it, I decided I liked this formation better.

The ribbon is what I used to hold the front and the back together. The score line is on back piece (not a fan of having the score line on the front).

A few more days until I head home (although not before I do a little shopping in my favorite crafty shopping town first). Hope everyone's having a good week!

Let me know if you have questions on any of the supplies used. Since I'm scheduling these posts and doing them super last minute, I skimped on the supply list. :) Thanks for understanding!

Warmed by Your Friendship

The best thing about fall are the apples! When I was little (ok, even now when I go home...), my mom or dad would peel the apple and cut it into bite size pieces for me. The hubby refuses to do that (sigh... not trained enough huh ;-)... I know, I'm a spoiled brat.

My favorite apple type is the honey crisp but they're always tough to find here. Although Fujis come in at a close second.

Love caramel apples as well... but this season I'm not allowing the hubs to buy me any caramel. We're already getting too much refined sugar in our diet. Sigh... being old and responsible about health sucks.

Anyhoo, fall makes me think of apples and apple pie and so came this card. Probably a little bright for fall but fun none the less. This is a fun little card with Blessed by You
from Waltzingmouse Stamps. I used some buttons for apples. Yum yum!

Stamped the leaves and then did some fussy cutting... notice that I didn't cut one for each button... just a select few.

Now will someone make me some apple pie? :D

Cuppie Birthday

I'm going to apologize in advance... this whole week's worth of posts are probably all going to be short and sweet. If you've been following my little life, I travel lots of business. And sometimes (actually a lot of times), I get last minute notice. So I'm trying to get all the necessary posts up for this week and trying to get everything else wrapped up before I leave on a jet plane. The only consolidation I have this time is that I'm going to my favorite scrappy shopping city ever! :)

This is for the Moxie Fab Challenge -- ruffles and also for the latest LSC243 challenge (no patterned paper and a girly card). Sweet and simple. I made my ruffle relatively simple. Sewed it on and covered my sewing with the gray paper strip.

Ok, that's all the babble I have for now. Hope everyone has a great week!