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Stamp Simply #75 - Black Ink Only

Sharon Johnson has come up with another great Stamp Simply challenge for this week!  The challenge is black ink only!  No colored pencils, no markers, no chalks, no other inks... just black!  Think you can do it?  C'mon... give it a try!

For my card, I pulled out my fun Ducky Days stamps from Our Craft Lounge again to create my sunshine card!  I just love this little half-sun image, and thought a whole row of them would be very cheery!  There's also a whole sun image in the set, and you can see here that I stamped it on my yellow polka dot cardstock to peek out from the inside, too! 

The rest of the Stamp Simply team members have gotten pretty creative with their black ink only cards today, so be sure to check them all out, starting with Sharon's great sample on her blog!

Julie Koerber
Dee Jackson
Jennifer Buck
Janine Orchard
Becky Oehlers
AJ Otto
Heather Telford

I hope you'll make time to join in the challenge!  Remember, if you upload to any online galleries, be sure to tag your upload with ssnotime75 and leave a link to your upload on Sharon's blog!

Happy stamping, and thanks for stopping by!

 

 

Stamps:  Ducky Days (Our Craft Lounge)
Cardstock:  black/white duplex (The Paper Cut), So Saffron (Stampin' Up!), white (Gary Burlin), designer paper (Lasting Impressions)
Inks:  Versafine Onyx Black (Tsukineko
Accessories:  black gingham (May Arts), circle punch (EK Success), black brads (Stampin' Up!)

New Stamps in da' House!

Well, I broke down the other day!  All those new stamp sets that were released by Our Craft Lounge... I just couldn't help it!  This cute ducky was calling my name!  My stamps arrived today, so I got busy and made this card using my new stamps called "Ducky Days."  I paired my ducky with some Hello Sunshine paper from Cosmo Cricket, and some gingham ribbon (GLG!)

If you'll indulge me for a moment, I just have to share!  My daughter Kelsey (who just turned 12 last week!) is working on a project for school.  They had to write poems, and then create ways to display their poems.  Look at what my budding papercrafter did with her poems (after raiding Mom's stamp room, of course!)

 

 

Thanks for stopping by today!  I appreciate your visits and comments so much!

Color Throwdown #30

It's Wednesday again, and that means its time to Throwdown another color challenge!  This week we're back to the top with LeAnne choosing our colors, and I'll tell you what... I love LeAnne dearly but she's trying to kill me with these colors!  LOL  This was such a struggle for me!  Yeah, yeah, yeah... I know!  That's what a challenge is for, right?!  OK, so you all better come up with something, too!  If I did it, then you can also!

I was actually thinking about (and dreading!) these colors while I was at work today and figured the best way to get the mojo going would be to buy new stamps!  So I grabbed Smells Like Cake! from my stamp department and bought it before I headed for home!  (I {heart} my employee discount!)  And here's what I came up with...

The other Throwdown girls came up with FABULOUS designs using these colors, so be sure to stop by their blogs to check them out!

LeAnne Pugliese
Broni Holcombe
Cathy Indelicato
Barbara Anders
Danielle Kennedy

And be sure to stop by the Throwdown blog for all the challenge details, and to link your creation using Mr. Linky!  Remember, you could have a chance at being Featured Stamper next week, which also gives you a chance to be our Guest Designer next month!

I also quickly made up another version of my card when I was done tonight!  Since the first one uses Stampin' Up! products, I can't display it at the store.  So I made another card using things I know I have in stock at the store so I can add it to my displays!

 

Thanks for stopping by today!  I appreciate your visits and comments!

 

 

Stamps:  Smells Like Cake (The Cat's Pajamas)
Cardstock:  Card #1 - Tangerine Tango (Stampin' Up!), designer paper (Bo Bunny); Card #2 - Parakeet (Bazzill), designer paper (Bo Bunny)
Inks:  Momento Tuxedo Black (Tsukineko), markers (Copic)
Accessories: ribbon on card #1 (Stampin' Up!), ribbon on card #2 (Creative Impressions), glitter (Gary Burlin).

Impression Obsession Lilacs

I recently got some new stamps from Impression Obsession to use for a class at the store, so I used this pretty lilac and sentiment for a card today.  The design for this card is CASE'd from another card I made last summer.  I'm not usually one to use much purple, but I really love how this turned out.  I hope you like it, too!

Thanks for visiting today, and have a great Tuesday!  Think Spring!

 

 

Stamps:  lilac, sentiment (Impression Obsession)
Cardstock:  Forget-Me-Not, Pickle (Bazzill), white (The Paper Cut)
Inks:  Versafine Onyx Black (Tsukineko), markers (Tombow)
Accessories:  Cuttlebug embossing folders (ProvoCraft), Nestabilities (Spellbinders), ribbon (craft supply).

Kitchen Sink Monday - 02/16/09

It's Monday again, and you know what that means... more creations from the Kitchen Sink Crew!  This week we don't have a specific challenge, but just want to show you more of what you can do with these fabulous stamps!

For my project today, I turned to one of my most favorite sets, the 3-Step Butterfly!  I just love how beautiful those butterflies turn out after being stamped 1-2-3 times!  I also went with what is currently one of my favorite color combinations for my project!

Seeing "Fireproof" on Saturday night, our pastor's great sermon yesterday, and my weekly Bible studies have really got my mind spinning!  There are so many things I need to do differently in my life!  Do you ever feel that way?  Sometimes I think Jesus must just be shaking his head in wonder at the things I do.  So I decided that Jeremiah 29:11 is a verse I need to remember often!  I need to remember that God has a plan for my life, and I should work harder not to screw it up!

So, this frame will be prominently displayed on the dresser in my bedroom (just as soon as I give it a good dusting!) as a daily reminder to let God take the lead!

Check out some more awesome creations from the rest of the Kitchen Sink Crew members!

Dee Jackson
Lynn McAuley
Julie Masse
Nicole Cooke
Lori Tecler
Angela Knopf
Maria Colosimo

Thanks for stopping by, and have a beautiful day!

 

Stamps:  3-Step Butterfly (Kitchen Sink Stamps), sentiment (computer generated)
Inks:  Blush Blossom, Cameo Coral, Ruby Red (Stampin' Up!)
Cardstock:  Very Vanilla, Kraft (Stampin' Up!), Ruby Red (Bazzill), designer paper (Bo Bunny)
Accessories:  ribbon (Creative Impressions), Nestabilities (Spellbinders), frame (craft supply).

Happy Valentine's Day!

(Google image) 

I hope you have a wonderful Valentine's Day!  I am off to another round of the Stamp Buffet at the store today (Hi Marian... see you soon!) then off to dinner at church with my hubby, and then we get to see the movie Fireproof!  And I put in a mile on the treadmill this morning, so it's all good!

Thanks for stopping by!

Stamp Simply #74 - Monograms

Today's Stamp Simply challenge from Sharon Johnson is to make anything with a monogram on it.  Card, 3-D items, altered project — anything — let’s just get a monogram included.  Monogram stampers are perfect for this challenge, but if you don’t have one you can make a monogram in any fashion — with regular font or alphabet stamps, with punchout letters or stickers, by making a computer generated monogram — anything at all — just monogram something!! I LOVE monograms and find them to be so fun and so personalized — always a hit!!!  Can’t wait to see what all of you do!!!

My daughter Kelsey was in my studio last evening, and noticed a scrap of this cool, dotted paper from We R Memory Keepers and remarked about how much she liked the colors.  Since her birthday was last week, she needs to get busy on some thank you notes to her friends, grandparents, and Godparents for the nice gifts she received, so for this challenge I decided to make Kelsey a set of monogram thank you notes!  I would have decked these out a little more... maybe a scalloped edge at the bottom, or some bling but I've got a lot on my plate right now, and am still concentrating on getting some exercise everyday (a mile on the treadmill for 3 days in a row now!) so these are super-simple!  But hey, that's that name of the challenge, right?  :)

Be sure to check out Sharon's DIVINE sample on her blog, and these awesome samples from the rest of the Stamp Simply team!  (Julie's taking this week off!)

Dee Jackson
Jennifer Buck
Janine Orchard
Becky Oehlers
AJ Otto
Heather Telford, Guest Designer

Thanks for stopping by!  I hope that Friday, the 13th goes by smoothly for you!  (I'm always a little jumpy on this day!  LOL)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stamps:  Curlz font, Small Letter set (JustRite Stampers)
Cardstock:  Summer Sunrise (Papertrey Ink), designer paper (We R Memory Keepers)
Ink:  Versamagic Turquoise Gem (Tsukineko)
Accessories:  Nestabilities (Spellbinders), ribbon (Gary Burlin).

50th Anniversary

My Aunt Phyllis and Uncle Gene will celebrate their 50th Wedding Anniversary on Valentine's Day.  My cousins are throwing a surprise party for them on Sunday, but unfortunately I won't be able to attend.  I did however promise my Mom that I'd send a card for her to give, and one from my family so I made these tonight.  I'll have to Priority Mail them in the morning so they get to her on time!

Quick post... I need to get to bed before midnight for a change!  Thanks for stopping by!

 

 

 

Stamps:  Anniversary Birds (Verve)
Cardstock:  Very Vanilla, Chocolate Chip, Kiwi Kiss, Au Chocolat Designer Series Paper (Stampin' Up!)
Ink:  Chocolate Chip (Stampin' Up!)
Accessories:  ribbon (Stampin' Up!), Nestabilities (Spellbinders), Swiss Dots embossing folder (ProvoCraft)

Stamps:  3-Step Bells, 3-Step Love Birds (Kitchen Sink Stamps)
Cardstock:  Pale Plus, Perfect Plus,Very Vanilla (Stampin' Up!), designer paper (Around the Block)
Inks:  Momento Desert Sand, Rich Cocoa, Tuxedo Black, Versamagic Eggplant, Encore Metallic Gold (Tsukineko), More Mustard (Stampin' Up!)
Accessories:  Nestabilities (Spellbinders), ribbon (craft supply).

Color Throwdown #29

This week, the Color Throwdown is being hosted by Danielle, and she picked some fabulous colors!  These were so much fun to work with!  I hope you'll check out the Throwdown blog for all the details, for samples from the Throwdown team members and a rockin' sample from our February Guest Designer, Maria Gurnsey!  You can also check out all their samples by clicking on the links I have below!

This new stamp set from Hero Arts this year, Friend is one of my favorites so I decided to use it for the challenge today!  The Design Team over at Papercraft Planet also has a great album this month with a friendship theme, so this card will also go into that album!  Be sure to stop by the Planet and check out the creations from the whole team!

Here are direct links to the Throwdown team members blogs...

Danielle Kennedy
LeAnne Pugliese
Broni Holcombe
Cathy Indelicato
Barbara Anders
Maria Gurnsey, February Guest Designer

I hope you'll make time to join us in the Throwdown!  It's been awesome each week to see all the fabulous creations, so keep 'em coming!

Have a great day!

 

 

Stamps:  Friend clear set (Hero Arts)
Cardstock:  Regal Rose, Kiwi Kiss, Chocolate Chip, Very Vanilla, Au Chocolat Designer Series Paper (Stampin' Up!)
Inks:  Regal Rose (Stampin' Up!), Versamagic Jumbo Java (Tsukineko)
Accessories:  Cuttlebug Swiss Dots embossing folder (ProvoCraft), Nestabilities (Spellbinders), brads (Gary Burlin), ribbon (Stampin' Up!)

Word Verification

Dontcha' just hate those things?  The Word Verification that you have to type on a lot of blogs before you can post a comment?  I guess hate is a strong word.  I strongly dislike them, but recognize that they are a necessary evil.

Lately it seems that some are easier to type, and some tend to even spell out some funny words!  Like a new "blogger" language!  This one I got the other day when posting a comment on a blog really takes the cake, wouldn't you say?

 

It's like it knew me!

Thought you'd find it amusing!  Have a great day!