Piles & Piles

of laundry, bills and things to put away!  How can so much stuff pile up in only two days!  I am back from Stampin Around Philly and we all had a lot of fun!!!  Tired, but thrilled that I met two of my bloggin' buddies:

Tammy & Kristin!!!

And here we are outside the "Lodge" at our beautiful accommodations at the Glasbern Country Inn:

and here I am with the "famous" Becky Oehlers:

Phew, I have so much I could tell and just not enough time, but I hope to share a little bit each day this week!  Let me just say there were tons of giveaways and happy winners of doorprizes and lots of neat projects to stamp!  Kim & Julie did an awesome job....here they are, giving MORE stuff away:

So that's it for now....off to do all the chores that need to be done and I'll share some more with you tomorrow!

On Last Card Before I Go

Woohoo....I am packed (almost) and ready for Stampin' Around Philly!   And because of that, I had to scramble to make this card, as almost all my essential stampin' supplies are packed away!  But I made it work, especially for such a good cause.  Check out the SCS challenge LSC245 for today, which is to send a Christmas card to Noah, or someone else of your choice.  Warning:  tears may be tempted to fall here!

This is really simple, as the challenge was to only use one DP and no die cuts, keeping embellishments to a minimum.  I saw a really cute card by Julia, using retired rub-ons from SU, so I was inspired by that and just made a simple framed sentiment, added ribbon and my card will go in the mail this morning:

Gotta run---any questions, shoot me an email!!!  Hopefully if I discipline myself, I'll actually USE my camera this weekend to take some pictures!  Have a wonderful one!

Lost but not Forgotten

I made this project a while back and was saving it for a day when I wouldn't have time to stamp anything! This is the day! I am taking my daughter shopping and then tomorrow am off to Allentown, PA for the Stampin'Around Philly event! Can't wait to meet my bloggin' friends! Anyway, here you go: a little pizza box (pattern found on SCS or contact me for more details)

This was made with Rich Razzleberry and Old Olive cardstocks and using Itty Bitty Background and the Christmas Punch stamp set. Then I made some tags:

The great thing about this set is that all the images fit Stampin'Up!'s punches--which makes for quick easy projects! I added some glitter and a couple little embellishments, but for the most part, these did not take long at all! Oh, it is a Hostess Set---so you gotta have a party to get this wonderful set! Anyway, here they are all together:

Cute, huh? The box has a little belly band that just slides off to open the pizza box full of these sweet little tags! Thanks for visiting today - I will try to have some posts over the weekend, but I can't promise a thing!

• Stamps: Christmas Punch, Itty Bitty Backgrounds
• Paper: Whisper White, Old Olive, Rich Razzleberry
• Ink: Old Olive, Rich Razzleberry, Craft White
  
• Acc: Wide Oval Punch, Oval Punch, Scallop Oval Punch, Tag Punch, Square Punch, Circle Punches, Curly Label Punch, 1/16" Punch, Polka Dotted Ribbon, markers, daubers, string, Gelly Roll pen
  

Color Throwdown #67

Today is Tammy's turn to throw down some colors, and the ones she chose really threw me for a loop!  I took some license with the colors and used some BG Marrakesh paper which has the colors (and a couple more---!!!) and then made my stamped image fairly simple.

 

I pulled out my Always set, which is "always" being neglected, and combined it with Circle Circus to make this card, based on the Mojo Monday sketch #111:

Since there is so much activity going on in this beautiful paper, I simply stamped my bird silhouette on a Confetti White panel in Dusty Durango, and made a medallion from various images and the challenge colors.  Sentiment is from MFT Essential Sentiments; ribbon is Dusty Durango Polka Dot.  There is some Jelly Roll glitter on the bird, too!  This card is already long gone; I used it for a birthday card for a friend from church suffering from cancer.  Sadly, this will be her last birthday, I am sure.

Be sure to check out all the other CTD creations and get in on the act yourself!  Post your card to your blog or online gallery, then link it back to Mr Linky  at the CTD blog.  You don't have to use the exact colors if you don't have them, just something close, and you could be our Featured Stamper or our Guest Designer!!!  Give it a shot!  And you can see all the other creations here:

• Broni - Splashes of Watercolor
• Tammy - Stamp Happy
• Cathy - Crafty Thoughts
• Barbara - Paper Pursuits
• Danielle – Wild Dragonfly Designs
• and our dear guest stamper, Elise - Mamacow Creations

Thanks for visiting today--have a blessed day!  If you have any questions about anything regarding the card, let me know!

Diva Coffee Break Designs #152

The Divas have a color challenge today and I guess my mojo is missing, because these were a stretch!  I wanted to do something Christmas and vintage, as these seemed good vintage colors....unfortunately, I don't have any stamps to fit that bill!  I did need a hostess thank you, and she ordered Lovely as a Tree, so I decided to make a Christmas card she can use:

I tried to use a sketch from Stamping 411 and got frustrated as my image was too large, so I turned it on its side and made my own sketch!  The base is Creamy Caramel; mat is Bravo Burgundy embossed with the Finial Press embossing folder, then antiqued with BB ink.  The scalloped edge was punched from Creamy Caramel as well, then I split it half and pulled it apart, so it has a sueded feel.  The tree is stamped in Always Artichoke on Confetti Cream, and glittered up with some Dazzling Diamonds glitter.  Here's the inside:

My Kraft taffeta ribbon was not quite the right color, so I dyed it with some Creamy Caramel ink...that is a cool way you can get just about every color of ribbon!!  Keep it in mind the next time you're placing a SU order--white ribbon and reinkers!!!  (And I can help you with that!)

Be sure to stop by the Diva blog to take a peek at all the creations, and play along with us!  Put your creation there with Mr Linky and you might get chosen as our Featured Stamper!  Woohoo!  Thanks for visiting today!

From Our House to Yours

Today's SCS challenge was to use a pop of color with a neutral.  While listening to the Phillies win (and almost lose) their ball game last night, I was playing around with a CHF image from their Night Before Christmas set.  I had also seen this lovely creation by Susan and knew I could combine my image and her style to make a nice card.  It also uses a loose interpretation of the the Fall to Layout #64 sketch as well!

I would have liked to have had the bow over a tiny little bit, but I made a one-hole bow, and once you punch that hole, you're kind of committed!  But once I put the sentiment on, it balanced it a bit!  Thanks for visiting today!

• Stamps:  Night Before Christmas, CHF
• Paper:  Kraft, Shimmery White, Scarlet Jewel, PTI
• Ink:  Sahara Sand, Stazon Black, Chocolate Chip, various reinkers
• Acc:  SAMJ, Nesties, Scarlet Jewel Twill, Aquapainter, Dimensionals, DD Glitter & glue pen

Lovely as a Tree Meets CAS

I have not had much stamping time this weekend, but I did squeeze in a fun mini "class" on watercoloring with my friend Lorraine and her mom Anna.  So when I saw today's Clean & Simple Challenge #39 on SCS, I knew I could incorporate one of my samples into the sketch:

I already had a Sahara Sand base cut;  I added a panel from BG's Ambrosia.  I quickly stamped a little leaf and watercolored it, popped it with a little circle punch, then cut out my tree with a Nestie.  I originally wanted to tie the leaf onto the ribbon (see the little hole?) but couldn't make it look right, so I just tucked it under the ribbon with a dimensional.  I just happen to need a get-well card for a dear friend from church--during the service yesterday, he fell ill and passed out....much to the surprise and dismay of everyone!!  He is fine, but stayed in the hospital overnight and hopefully will be home in a day or so.  So I thought this would be a great card for him!   And I doubt he'll even notice that little hole!   Thanks for visiting today!

• Stamps:  Lovely as a Tree
• Paper:  Sahara Sand, Watercolor, BG Ambrosia
• Ink:  Stazon Black, Earth Elements
• Acc:  Nesties, Circle Punch, misc satin ribbon, dimensionals, aquapainter