snowflake card

Then I decided I wanted a snowflake christmas, so I was going to make this card for my christmas card. I burned my fingers and decided against that really fast. I think the stamp set is snowflakes but I can't find it or see it in my stamp index. I will have to look further into it ...

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Did I mention that I got a new heat embosser and I like it a lot?

I made something like ten cards with this thing the first day I got it. Basically they were all the same, just From the garden stamped in versa mark, and heat embossed with either Silver or bridal.
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my dragonfly card

This is one of the few stamps I have ever used that has not been stampin up. I have a thing for dragonflies. They are just sooooo neat. I believe this stamp was a gift to me from my cousin for my 30th birthday. That has been three years and 5 months if you must know. :) This is the first time I have used. it. This was stamped on Stampin up paper.

I made this card and one almost identical to it back in Sept. I gave the other one that said Hello (from simply circles) on it instead of blessed to my parents for their 37th anniversary.

I got a new heat embossing tool the other day. I used natures wonders for the stamp. I stamped it with versa mark and sprinkled it with bridal powder. I heated it up after that and enjoyed the card. It's long been mailed. :)
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my apologies....

To those of you who followed my blog, I am terribly sorry. I have not kept up. I have made feeble attempts at keeping up, but somehow life just got away from me... So today, I am giving you multiple posts..... :) Hope you enjoy.

Sami and I made this card... We used Sassy stems for the stamp, I colored it with my stampin up blender pens.

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Juliana's birthday card # 2

Juliana's birthday card No 1

Ok so tomorrow is not only Lily's dedication, we are aslo celebrating Juliana's 2nd birthday. So here is the card I made for her. The colors are mostly all this years in colors ('08), except for the yellow. I used last years in color Maricold morning. So I have used Groovy Guava, Wild Wasabi, blue Bayou, and chocolate chip. Could you imagine me making a card without chocolate chip? I have two more cards to finsish before I can go to sleep tonight. I think for one I am going to use crab and co so I can use my new wheel. I have no idea what the second card will be made of, it has to be another dedication card.

Lily's Dedication Card

I used the Duckies Wheel with So saffron ink on Whisper white. I used big on spring in Elegant egg plant on whisper white. I colored the CU&E with So saffron in using my Blender Pens. I colored the little onsie wiht Elegant Eggplant. I used The sweet heart Stamp from Bundle of joy with Elegant Eggplant. I used Versatile verses in Elegant eggplant on so saffron paper.

I have made two pocket cards in my life, both of them have been from these colors and for Lily.

Woohoo Three more stamp sets I hadn't documented using before... :)

my newest Sami bag

Girls night out pictures....

This is my friend. She was writing a letter to her hubby who is busy fighting for our country. Thank you for loaning him .
I don't really remember what we were doing....
This was at Denny's... We were having a blast. We were kindof slap happy.
I was taking a self portrait... I think it worked kindof, except I was laughing so hard I couldn't see straight.
This was my first attempt at a self portrait... I like my nose...

scrapbooking at archivers...

My friend that I work with and her daughter in law decided to go scrapbooking at the mall. It was so much fun. The blue page is my very favorite page I have ever scrapbooked I believe. Really, there is no stamping involved in these two pages, but I like them a lot so you get to look at them. The saying on the blue page is The measure of a man's character is not what he gets from his ancestor's but what he leaves to his decendants. I think every person in the room that saw that page cried. It was a very touching page for all of us.
The second page I used a Picture we had taken at Jc Penny's of Sami in her dedication Dress. I believe that most ppl call that a christening dress. Mom and I made the dress 4 her.

the paper is shimmery white, bordering blue, and night of navy, The flower is stamped in Chocolate chip, and colored in night of navy and handsome hunter. The time well spent is stamped in night of navy.

This card is a "standing" invitation for a friend of the family.

Multimedia message

Sami making a card.

Some of the things I am making to sell for autism.

This card is made with Groovy Guava background. Blue Bayou middle layer, and shimmery white SU card stock. The stamp set is sage advice. The flowers and saying are stamped with Chocolate chip. The flowers are colored with Grouvy Guava. This quote is really really neat. I think it is something that I need to be reminded of every once in awhile.

I used wild wasabi for the background of this card. I used blue bayou for the middle layer. shimmery white for the top. The stamps are done in chocolate chip. The stamps are daisy field wheel, and Sage advice. I colored the flowers in the daisy field wheel with groovy Gauava. The Bee in the corner is a brad I picked up today at the local scrapbook store.
sweet dreams
sandy

this card falls under my self imposed challenge to use all the stamp sets I have. I used the stamp Love without end. I used groovy guava, Marigold morning, Blue Bayou, and Wild Wasabi for ink. I used Groovy Guava, Marigold morning, and Blue bayou for paper. The ribbon is double stitched crossgrain groovy Guava.

I added my hello to the card. I think I like it, but I am not sure. The Hello may be to "playful"

I made these cards to celebrate the fourth of July. I used night of navy, real red, and Shimmery white for paper. I used Night of navy and real red for ink. The ribbon is night of navy. The letters are brushstroke alphabet. The star is love it.
I think the second one is going to say hello eventually.

I used the stamp set Polka-dot Posies purely pomegranted paper and ink. river rock paper and ink. chocolate chip ink in the center and true thyme for the leaves. the ribbon is apricot crossgrain ribbon.

stamp set. Tart and tangy and smile.

paper: gable green and Yoyo yellow and shimmery white

ink colors: gable green and Yoyo yellow

ribbon cheap stuff from target.

I stamped happy birthday from the Smile set inside the card.

I saw this card on scs. http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/gallery/photo/965323

this has been a good day. two new cards and posts in one day hurray.

I may have more time to stamp soon, but of course I won't be able to afford it then. oh well that is the way life goes.

sweet dreams

sandy

Happy birthday Uncle Dave.

The card is glorious green and shimmer white. The ink is basic black and only orange. Sami helped me stamp this card, her Uncle is having a birthday so I had to make a brand new card. I really wanted to just use one I had already made but noooooo. Now We get to make another one for her other Aunt. I am so glad she has a large family so I can make lots of cards. It seems I am making one a week for her.
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Sami's Aunt's Puppy dog is having his first birthday, so Sami and I made this card today. The baby is baby hannah and her puppy muffin. The big girl is Sami and "her" puppy Doc. Doc is the birthday dog... I sure hope they enjoyed the party as much as I enjoyed spending some stamp time with my angel.

I used all in the family and Simple sayings II for the stamps. YoYo yellow and perfect plum for the paper, and perfect plum ink.

Ok, so there is no stamping to it but I did use stampin' up paper and ribbon. This is a smaller notebook. you can't really tell it but the white paper is embossed with a straight line of hearts across it. I would take the picture again but I mailed it to a friend. She just had a baby and I think this will slide down in a diaper bag.

I made this little notebook for myself. It was really really easy. I may trim the ribbon a little more, but other wise I am thinking it is a great project.

I cannot seem to get everything back into my desk that came out of it. Hopefully tomorrow the guys will put up my shelves so I can reorganize things. :) I am thinking of making these little notebooks to sell to raise money for autism. It takes me about 5 to 10 min apiece and one sheet of paper if I don't go into as much detail as I did here. If you know of any other really cute really fast projects please let me know.


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This is my desk with the top rolled up. I put my stamp pads and refills back in the desk along with the 48 cards I am making for my friends baby announcements.
This is the drawer of scraps of paper, large stickers, and templates. I figure they will be totally scattered if Sami sees them.
This is tub one of the stuff I took out of my desk.
This sat on the CPU shelf under the desk.
The rest of this stuff all came out of the desk somehow. Not really sure how I had room to stamp in the desk, but I did it somehow.

My desk is a source of "pride" in my life. I have always wanted a nice roll top desk for as long as I could remember. I have always said think of all the stuff I could hide in one of those desks if I had one.... Well I was right about one thing I can hide a lot of stuff in one. I finally finished my scrapbook room and so I cleaned out my desk so I could move it into the room. WOW. I have a lot of stuff. And that isn't near all of it. That is only the stampin up stuff not the creative memories or random things I have bought over the years. :) It is amazing, anyway my room is done, and I am waiting on my dad to recover from minor surgery so I can move the desk from the basement to my room. I'm thinkin maybe I need to call some guys over to help him. ;) anyway. This is the current state of my stamp life. Hopefully soon it will get fixed up again. I need some serious stress relief.

sweet dreams

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I wanted this stamp set a long long time before I actually bought it. I don't know if I really will ever give a sympathy card, maybe I will. I really like the saying in this stamp set, " your loved one will always be as close as a memory, and the God of all comfort as close as a prayer". I used the rich regals family for this card. I know the blue is night of navy, and the other color is bordering blue. I used apricot for the ribbon. The dragonfly is just one I bought off of ebay. I also used crystal effects, in the middle of the flowers.

This card was made from the bold brights family, except for the words, I used chocolate chip on them. I used two stamps that I have never used before in this one. Big blossoms and full of life. The flower is lovely lilac, the card stock is glorious green and green galore.

The plywood is finally moved. Thanks Dad. I told him that was what I wanted for mother's day and that is all I got. :) Anyway. I made 4 cards today, packed up the stuff to mail my PIF. And filled in the nail holes around my doors and windows in the stamp room and my new bedroom. As soon as we can figure out why it is leaking and lay the carpet we can get it all done. If I recall right, the goal this year is to use stamp sets I have not used before, so for my first two cards today, I used two old standby's, wings and things and all year cheer II. All of the stamps and the card stock are from Stampin up's soft subtles line, except for the chocolate chip stamp of the butterfly and the words.

I won a pay it forward a few weeks ago. I was wondering when

I was going to get the stuff. Yesterday, my mom says did you get that box that came in the mail for you the other day? I said no what box? She said, I don't know it came the day your Uncle was here. I said no I haven't gotten anything for awhile. So after much digging, we found the box. In it was my PIF gift. I love it. It is so amazing! Not only is the gift a great gift, but I love the card also. Thank you http://blog.michellescrapbooking.com/ I realized belatedly that I should have kept your address to send you a thank you card. I am so sorry it took such a long time to thank you, but I truly do love it. It will match my new stamp room perfectly.