Petite Pansies

I know, I know- it's been way to long- things have just been crazy busy and haven't had much time to go down to the dungeon and stamp. So my fix for that is to pull out one of my Simply sent card kits....I whipped this one up in a hurry, as I was feeling quite guilty for not posting anything!! It's a quick and easy card, but when you don't have much time and everything is cut for you this is a great solution!!
Still, though I need some new stamps for inspiration...........I might just have to break down and order some new ones :>
Here's the card for the day- or should I say week.......oh gosh I hope not- hopefully I'll be able to find some more time to get to work :>

Supplies:
Stamp set: Petite Pansies Simply Sent Card Kit
Card Stock- Close to Cocoa, Old Olive, Perfect Plum, and Very Vanilla (all which comes in the kit)
Ink: Perfect Plum, Old Olive, and So Saffron.
Accessories: 5/8th Grosgrain Very Vanilla Ribbon, and Big Shot with the Perfect Polka Dot Impression Folder.

Thanks all for stopping by- sorry it took me so long to post- I'll try to be MUCH better :>

Vintage Vogue

Happy Thursday!! I didn't get a chance to post yesterday, it was a crazy day, busy!!. Once again it's rainy here in Utah.....I really need the SUN to stay!

Really quick here is my card for the day using The Vintage Vogue set from the Mini Catalog.


Supplies:
Stamp Set: Vintage Vogue
Card Stock- Bermuda Bay, Certainly Celery, Basic Black, Old Olive and Whisper White.
Ink: Bermuda Bay Certainly Celery, and Old Olive.
Accessories: Big Shot- Top Note Die and Scallop Circle #2 Die (used the negative piece to sponge Certainly Celery in the middle). Old Olive Satin Ribbon, and a Silver Brad.

And one more quick picture- This is what happens when you have too many cats already and graciously agree to take two Kittens from your sister when your unemployed and don't have the $$ to get them fixed before this kind of thing happens............Thanks Jen!!!! and guess what the other one is pregnant too!!!..........sigh............for those that don't know, briefly....I was working for a major corporation for almost 16 years, and had transferred with them 3 times, and my option in 2009 again was to either relocate or to stay here in Utah. I decided to stay and take a severance package and have been out of work since October of 2009, and my unemployment doesn't start until this next week- that's 6 months, yes 6 months without income :<.....so needless to say these two little Kitty's will be taken care of just as soon as I can! (okay one more time..... Thanks Jen!!) :> Love you!!
By the way- anyone in Utah, want a kitten when they're ready?? :>-



Thanks for stopping by- have a great Thursday!!

Happy Birthday to my Youngest Son!!

Happy Tuesday!!
Today is my youngest son's Birthday- he's 15!! Wow- I can't believe it!! He decided to stay home from school to spend time with his Mom- how sweet (or was it how sweet of me to let him??) :>. Since it's so hard to make teenagers cards, I had a bit of problem deciding with stamp set to use. I dug around, and found stamps for little kids, then dug some more and found the frogs- not that this is so appropriate for someone turning 15...but this is what he's getting :> I had originally bought this stamp set for a girl at work (uh......yes when I was working) for her to make her nieces baby shower invites, and I've never used it since.
I first stamped the images and then blended them a bit with a blender pen, then took my versa marker and went over the images then used clear embossing powder and embossed the images. I then sponged some water, and a sky for a little more depth...I think the water looks like mountains, but hey.....I'm pretty sure he won't care (I hope)-... Anyway.........here's the card:

Supplies:
Stamp Set: Hoppy For You, and sentiment from Crazy for Cupcakes.
Card Stock: Old Olive (I know, I know, I'm always using it!), Basic Black, Water coloring paper, and DSP from the Sweet Pea paper pack.
Ink:Black Stazon, Certainly Celery, Creamy Carmel, Old Olive, Chocolate Chip, Baja Breeze (figured it was okay to use since it's coming back in July...YIPPIE)...Apricot appeal, and Not Quite Navy.
Accessories: Basic Black 5/8th Grosgrain Ribbon, Scallop border punch, sponges and Stampin dimensionals

Have a great Tuesday!!

Thoughts and Prayers

Happy Monday!! Hope everyone had a great weekend- I did, but it was much to short! The weather was great, got some spring cleaning done, and did some garage selling...(I'm always up for a good deal) :>.
Okay today's card is from the Thoughts and Prayers stamp set, I really like this set, I haven't had to use it for a sympathy card yet, I might have to make some of those up here soon.
Let me know what you think :>

Supplies:
Stamp set: Thoughts and Prayers
Card Stock: Old Olive, Close to Cocoa, Whisper White, and DSP is from the Sweet Pea Paper pack.
Ink: Old Olive, Chocolate Chip, Certainly Celery, Artichoke, Creamy Carmel, and Close to Cocoa.
Accessories: Twill Ribbon- which I lightly sponged some Close to Cocoa on, Hodgepodge ribbon slider and corner dodad, Chocolate mini brads from the Mini catalog, Button from the Button Late, and Linen thread.

Have a great Monday!!

Herb Expression

Happy Friday!!! Yeah, we finally made it to Friday!! Today is going to be a beautiful day here in Utah and I can't wait.. I'm so tired of the rain and snow, I miss the SUN!! So........I had to make a card using some bright Yellow colors, and of course that color Old Olive seems to creep in every time, love that color!! My tulips are FINALLY coming up, so maybe this weekend I'll have to make a card showcasing Tulips...or not, well, we will see what inspires me this weekend :> Today's card is from the stamp set Herb Expressions, I've only dug this out one time, other then today, so I figure it was time to try again...let me know what you think :>

Supplies:
Stamp Set: Herb Expressions
Card Stock: Barely Banana, Basic Black, Very Vanilla, Water Color paper and of course the DP is from my favorite Sweet Pea DS Paper Pack.
Ink: Barely Banana, and Old Olive
Accessories: Basic Black Satin Ribbon, Scallop border Punch, Stampin Dimensionals, Linen thread and buttons from the Button Late set.

Thanks for stopping by and have a GREAT WEEKEND!!!

Country Morning

Is it Thursday?? Ahhh......this week has been a rough one for any type of Inspiration...it's just not happening. The Weather finally was nice enough for the kids to go out and play...(yesterday we woke up to an inch of snow, but today it was in the 60's). I'm just ready for summer, it can't come soon enough!
Today's card is from another hostess set called Country Morning, I've played around with it before, and ended up tossing them...I know, I know, it's the story of my life these days!
However.............I do like how this one came out :> Maybe it's the black that I like??
Anyway here it is...

Supplies:
Stamp Set: Country Morning, and Charming (used for the back ground on the Vanilla CS)
Card Stock: Creamy Carmel, Basic Black, Pumpkin Pie, Vanilla, and Watercolor Paper.
Ink: Creamy Carmel, Pumpkin Pie, Bashful Blue, Bordering Blue, Close to Cocoa, Chocolate Chip, Old Olive and Apricot Appeal.
Accessories: 1 1/4 inch striped Pumpkin Pie Grosgrain Ribbon, and Black mini Library clip.

Have a great Thursday and Thanks for stopping by!

Wedding Sweet

Good Morning!! Two cards this morning using the Wedding Sweet set. I wanted to show you that the Wedding sets don't have to be just for Weddings, they make great cards for any occasions- I left these two blank just in case I wanted to add a Thank you, or Happy Birthday to the inside.

Supplies:
Stamp set: Wedding Sweet
Card Stock: Barely Banana, Tempting Turquoise, Old Olive, Whisper White and DP from the Sweet Pea Set.
Ink: Barely Banana, Tempting Turquoise, and Old Olive.
Accessories: Old Olive 5/8th Grosgrain Ribbon Scallop Punch, 1/2 Circle punch, Boho Blossom Punch, Corner Punch, Horizontal Slot Punch and Circle Fire Rhinestone Brads.

Supplies:
Stamp Set: Wedding Sweet
Card Stock: Regal Rose, Red Rose, Old Olive, and Whisper White
Ink: Regal Rose, Red Rose, and Old Olive
Accessories: Whisper White, Rose Red, and Old Olive 1/4 inch Grosgrain Ribbon, Filigree Brad and Circle Ice Brads.

Enjoy your day and thanks for stopping by!

New Colors in July!!

Good Morning!!- So......I'm having a rough week....so I decided to pull out the new colors that I received in my Stampin Success Magazine and play around a bit. I wanted to use as little as possible so I would still have some to play with later, so I tried my hand at quilling- which I have NEVER EVER done- but it didn't use up too much of my new precious colors :> I really wanted to just use two of them, the Marina Mist and the Daffodil Delight, but then I added two more as I went.... I'm not 100% sure I like what I came up with, but that's been the story so far this week. I keep trying, then end up tossing what I've done- Do you ever have one of those weeks?? (and...it's ONLY Tuesday!!)
Okay well here it is, let me know what you think...

Supplies
Stamp set: Tiny Tags
Card Stock: Marina Mist, Daffodil Delight, Cherry Cobbler, Early Espresso and Whisper White
Accessories: Silver Brads, Modern Label Punch, Word Window Punch, Crimper and Elegant Bouquet Impression folder used with the Big Shot.
Thanks for stopping by!!
Have a great Tuesday!

Of the Earth

Good Monday!! Today's card is from the Hostess set "Of the Earth"- I've had this set for sometime, but again this poor stamp set has never seen ink- Not sure why I have so many sets that I haven't used....but I'm getting better and pulling out those and dusting them off. I think I have some issues with using the same set over and over...but if you love it- gotta use it!!

You Can't tell very well but I had used the technique "Kissing" on the butterfly with one of the small stamps from the Tiny Tag set in the Mini Catalog, as well as stamped the background with one of the little stamps. Such a cute stamp set!!.

Supplies:
Stamp Set: Of the Earth and Tiny Tags
Card Stock: Close to Cocoa, Cameo Coral, Old Olive, Whisper White, and DS Paper Cottage Wall.
Ink: Close to Cocoa, Cameo Coral, Rose Red and Old Olive.
Accessories: Whisper White Satin Ribbon, and Scallop Edge Punch.

Have a great Week and thanks for stopping by!

Flight of the Butterfly

Happy Saturday!! I think I'm finally settling back in....Today's card is from a stamp set that seems like I have had FOREVER........but...it's never been inked up or put together until now. I felt like I needed to do a springy card, since the weather is getting nicer. These are NOT my typical colors, so I went way out of my comfort zone on this one.
I'm not sure when I'll pull this one back out, but here it is....(I'm thinking I'm ready for the new catalog to come out in July!!)

Supplies:
Stamp Set: Flight of the Butterfly
Card Stock: Whisper White, Pixie Pink, Only Orange, and Gable Green.
Ink: Pixie Pink, Only Orange, Pink Passion and Gable Green.
Accessories: Whisper White Satin Ribbon (love the satin ribbon, can't seem to stop using it!!), Scallop Edge Punch, Perfect Polka Dot Impression folder used with the Big Shot, Dazzling Diamonds and Stampin Dimensionals.

Thanks for stopping by- Have a great day!

Folk Flowers Thank you

Hi today's card is for a special person that I need to Thank~ It took me sometime to get this one right- kept changing the colors, and still I'm not so sure about it- I just haven't got back into the groove from Vacation quite yet...Maybe next week will be better :>
Here's the card for the day:

Supplies:
Stamp Set: Tiny Tiny Wishes
Card Stock: Regal Rose, Soft Suede, and Very Vanilla.
Ink: Regal Rose, Rose Red, Pretty in Pink and Soft Suede.
Accessories: Soft Suede Polka Dot Ribbon, Clear Rhinestone Brads, Rhinestones from the Eggcellent Eggs Kit, Folk Flowers Decor Stencil, Modern label Punch, and Word Window Punch.

Thanks for stopping by! :>

Fifth Avenue Floral

For today's card I used the Fifth Avenue Floral, I had wanted to use the embrace Life Set again, but realized the flower I wanted wasn't in the set that I have (that I borrowed from my mom)- The odd thing is, is her set is only a set of 4-( the sticker shows set of 4) and the new set in the catalog is a set of 5- I don't remember it being different?? Anyway, I'm still struggling to get back on a regular schedule here...so bare with me while my my posts are later then I want :>
Okay back to the card...here it is:

Supplies:
Stamp sets: Fifth Avenue Floral
Card Stock: Whisper White, Basic Black, Pumpkin Pie, Shimmery White, and DSP is again from the Sweat Pea Paper Pack (love that paper pack!)
Ink: Stazon Black Ink, Night of Navy and Taken with Teal.
Accessories: Aqua Painter, Stampin Dimensional, Basic Black satin ribbon, Scallop Edge Punch, Swirls and Scribble Sizzlits Die, Filigree Brad, and Circle Ice Brad in Pumpkin.

Thanks for stopping by, and have a great day!

Embrace Life

I'm back from Oregon, but still feeling like I'm not caught up...It was so good to see my sisters and their kids, but I'm completely exhausted from the drive. (it's a 13+ drive each way)Although the trip was a short one, it was still good to get to see them.
Finally I was able to create a card but I still don't think I've found my Mojo back quite yet...give me a couple of days :>
The Card for today is using the Embrace Life stamp set, that I actually borrowed from my Mom while I was up there, this was a stamp set that I've been wanting, but since she had it I knew I could just borrow it :>

Supplies:
Stamp Set: Embrace Life
Card Stock: Rose Red, Night of Navy, Old Olive, Shimmery White, Whisper White, and DS paper from the Sweet Pea paper pack.
Ink: Rose Red, Night of Navy, Old Olive, and Close to Cocoa.
Accessories: Rose Red 5/8th Grosgrain Ribbon, Aqua Painter, Sponges, 1 inch circle Punch, 1 1/14 circle punch, Boho Blossom Punch and Soft Subtles Pretty in Pink brads.

Have a great day!

Crazy for Cupcakes

Quick post today- I'm on my way to Oregon to visit my sister and kids....
The card for today is using the Crazy for Cupcake set, I love this set, it makes the cutest cards for Birthdays....

Supplies:
Stamp Set: Crazy for Cupcakes
Card Stock: Bermuda Bay, Old Olive, Barely Banana, Shimmery White and DP from the Sweet Pea pack in the Mini Catalog.
Ink: Bermuda Bay, Old Olive, Barely Banana, Going Gray and Close to Cocoa.
Accessories: Chocolate Chip Satin Ribbon, Dazzling Dimonds and Chocolate Chip 1/4 Brads.

Thanks for stopping by- I'll try to post while I'm in Oregon :>

Just Buzzin By

Good Morning!! This stamp set I've only brought out once before, and I figured it was time to dust him off and actually use my poor neglected stamps that have been buried under of a pile of retired stamps :>
This set is too darn cute to not be used!!

Supplies:
Stamp Set: Just Buzzing By
Card Stock: Not Quite Navy, Chocolate Chip, Summer Sun, Watercolor Paper, and DS Paper is from the Sweet Pea pack in the Mini Catalog
Ink: (Stampin Write Markers were used)
Black Staz On, Not Quite Navy, Summer Sun, Creamy Carmel, Close to Cocoa, Barely banana, Going Gray, and Blush Blossom. (oh and Crystal Effects on the flowers, almost forgot)
Accessories: Vanilla Satin Ribbon, Dazzling Diamonds, Chocolate Chip 1/4 brads, and the Scallop Punch from the Sale-A-Bration Catalog.

One Last thing, and it's Important!! Sale-A-Bration Ends Tonight at midnight- if anyone wants to put in one last final order, click to the right on Shop 24/7 and you'll be taken to my StampinUp! website to shop.

Thanks for stopping by :>

Pink and Black

Today's card I wanted to use Pink and Black, but then Old Olive crept in....can't seem to get away from Old Olive- Love the color!! Anyway...I spent the day yesterday going through all of my stamp sets and moving all of the retired ones to two bottom shelf's...and I realized I have more retired sets then I thought. I had them arranged by category, but I decided it was time to take inventory of all of the current ones. Once I was done it was much easier to pick from the pile and grab a set to use to show..Not that retired ones are bad, because there are definite keepers in that pile!! (uh...but no.. I don't need all of them- but then again do we need any of the stamps we have??)My Problem is ribbon........Ohhhh...you can never have too much ribbon. So I thought I would share some pictures of my little area I call my own in the basement, and then I'll show you the card for the day...

This first picture is of two sets of shelf's from Ikea, this is where I keep a lot of my gotta have stuff! :> The Dots on the stamp sets represent which category they belong too.....

The two + bottom shelf's look like this.......which are all retired (all of the Orange dots) I think its time to go through and figure out the gotta have ones and get rid of the other ones to make room for new ones!!

The next pictures is of my ribbon storage, it's from Home Depot and it's used for pantry doors to store food of sorts, but works perfectly to hold a ton of ribbon!!

The next picture is where I store my 8 1/2 x 11 paper and my ink pads...

The Storage for the ink pads was from a school auction, the original purpose was for holding die cuts at a craft store, but works perfectly for the stamp pads, as well as each tray has a matching ink sponge, this way I'm not buying sponges all of the time. Sadly it doesn't hold the re-inkers, but hey it works for me for now! :>

The next two pictures are just misc pictures, it's never ever clean, so I figured I would just snap a couple of pictures anyway...


Okay enough about that, here's the card for the day... It's from the Wedding Set "Together Forever", and you know what, I've never used it for a wedding card, just random cards...Let me know what you think, this was the first time I tired using the ribbon this way, I think I like it, but not sure maybe it's missing something???

Supplies:
Stamp Set: Together Forever
Card Stock: Pretty in Pink, Basic Black Whisper White, Old Olive and DP is from the Sending Love in the mini catalog.
Ink: Pretty in Pink, Old Olive, and Black Staz On
Accessories: Pink Satin Ribbon, Silver Brads, Stick Strip (Red Tape) and glue dots used to hold the ribbon down.

Have a great day and thanks for stopping by!!

Vintage Vogue

Mondays are always difficult days for me, trying to get ready for the week, and just getting moving!! I'm also getting ready to take a short trip to Oregon to see my sister and her kids while the kids are on Spring Break... :>

Two Cards today using the Vintage Vogue set in the Mini Catalog....


Supplies used:
Stamp Set: Vintage Vogue
Card Stock: Cameo Coral, Kraft, Old Olive and Whisper White
Ink: Cameo Coral, Old Olive, Rose Red, and Creamy Carmel.
Accessories: Old Olive Satin Ribbon, Build a Brad, Stampin Dimensionals, and Perfect Polka Dot Impression Folder with Big shot.

This second card I made last week, and I wasn't 100% sure what I thought about it, but decided to post it this morning....


Supplies Used
Stamp Set: Vintage Vogue
Card Stock: Bermuda Bay, Old Olive and Whisper White
Ink: Bermuda Bay, and Old Olive
Accessories: Old Olive Satin Ribbon, Round Ice Rhinestones, Stampin Dimensionals, Corner Rounder punch and the negative piece from the Top Note Die used with the Big Shot.

Have a great day and thanks for stopping by!

Diva Inspiration Challenge #88

I've been trying to get this done for a couple of days, but things around here have been busy....so .this next card is for the Utah Diva's Inspiration Challenge # 88.

Here is the inspiration picture:



And here's what I came up with, and I'll tell you what......I've tried these Roses before and I couldn't get them just right, so I tried again, and again, and again which is the reason it took me so long to complete, and finally got it, but I'm not sure if I'll do another one for awhile! :>


Supplies:
Card Stock: Whisper White, Mellow Mamb0, Bashful Blue, Pretty in Pink, and Orchid Opulence.
Ink: Ballet Blue, Mellow Mambo and Rich Razzlebery.
Accessories: Mellow Mambo Polka dot Ribbon, White Gel Pen, Rub On's from the Eggcellent Kit, sponges, Perfect Polka Dot impression folder and the Beautiful Wings embosslits die used with the Big shot.
Thanks for stopping by!!
Have a great Weekend!!

Wings to Flowers...

I've seen this several times and thought that I needed to try this out....using the Extra Large Two-step bird punch for something other then what the punch is typically used for- and that's a Bird! The Two Step Bird punch can be found on page 10 in the Mini Catalog for $15.95.


and here's my card for the day-

The Flower petals are from the birds wings and are popped up using Stampin Dimensionals, and the Trio Punch was used for the middle of the flower.
Supplies:
Stamps: On Your Birthday
Card Stock: Elegant Eggplant, Perfect Plum, Barely Banana, Old Olive, and Whisper white.
Ink: Elegant Eggplant, Old Olive
Accessories: Scallop Border Punch, Old Olive Ribbon, Sponges, Stampin Dimensionals, Extra Large two step Bird Punch, Trio Punch and 1/2 Circle punch, and Rhinestones from the Eggcellent Kit.

Thanks for stopping by!