Clean & Simple FTL #32: Be Hoppy

Happy Wednesday! 3 Days to Go! Whoo! Hooo!

Here's a quicky...no time to stamp last night...but woke up this morning at 4:30 and couldn't fall back asleep, so whipped this one up quickly. I used the Clean and Simple FTL #32 Sketch. (That stands for "fall to layout"...I had to look it up too, hee! hee!

I used some Sassafrass Lass...yup, actually cut into some paper! Even used some precious pink Thickers! The "hoppy" is that Big Shot Billboard strip die...it's turning into a "fall to" item for me too!

Thanks so much for stopping by! Hugs and happy stamping!

Moxie Fab World: For the Birds & some thank yous!

Happy Tuesday! Four days to go! (And yes, I'm going to be annoying like this all week!) I finally got around to making a card for the Moxie Fab World For the Birds challenge last night. You had to use a bird on the card and a *place* the bird would be...like in a cage, tree, etc, and I had trouble coming up with something. This slowly came to me while watching Chuck, Heroes, and Medium...yes, it was a slow process! Here's the inside:

Now, speaking of Moxie Fab World...I was lucky enough to be one of the winners with this card for their last gray and yellow challenge, and look at the awesome prize box I got in the mail last Friday!!! I was ecstatic! Yes, mam, those are Thickers you see, 3 packs!!
Then, getting this package and finishing up on the cleaning/reorganizing of my stamp room, made me realize I had never photographed and shared the fabulous loot that Sankari sent me as the lucky draw winner of one of their Cinema Saturday challenges! I was stunned when this arrived one day with an apology for being late, because Brooke had already sent me a fabulous prize package! They co-host the blog and challenges, and I never dreamed they would both send prizes! I feel almost guilty, but thank you so much Sankari! If you guys haven't particpated in the Cinema Saturday challenges, head on over there...the prizes are great! lol!

Okay, that's it for now! Get out there and stamp and go for some good prizes! hee! hee! Thanks so much for stopping by! Hugs and happy stamping!

Recipe
Stamps: none Cardstock: Kiwi Kiss, Good Morning Sunshine DSP, Walk in the Park DSP. Ink: none Accessories: Circle Punches (1", 1 3/8", 1 3/4"), Word Window Punch, Chocolate Chip Corduroy Brads, Big Shot, Birds & Blooms Die, Billboard Decorative Strip Die, recycled white chipboard.

Kazan's Sketch: Great Friends

Happy Monday! (I can only choke that out because it's 5 days and counting until Spring Break!) I hope everyone had a great weekend! I got a lot done around the house and caught up with two friends who came over Sunday for belated Stamp Club. I always feel better when they come over, thanks, girls!

After my Forest Friends trio from Saturday, this is the only other thing I made. I used a sketch Kazan posted early over at 2 Sketches 4 You. I only glanced at it and then tried to do it from memory, and after looking at it again now, I don't think I got it quite right. I'm not too sure if I like my card...that bottom piece reminds me of having your pants pulled up too high over your waist, like Erkel!


Anywhooo, I used another new Occasions Mini set called Great Friend, as well as some new paper called Walk in the Park and a new Big Shot die called Matchbox Bigz. I'm looking forward to playing with these goodies some more this week!

Okay, that's a ta-ta for now! Thanks so much for stopping by! Hugs and happy stamping!

Recipe
Stamps: Great Friend
Cardstock: Basic Gray, Baja Breeze, Walk in the Park DSP.
Ink: Basic Gray.
Accessories: White Satin Ribbon, Pretties Kit, Big Shot, Matchbox Bigz die, Glue Dots.

Forest Friends Trio

Happy Saturday! I don't think I've done a *trio* back since last summer vacation, so I thought I'd give it a go today with the new Forest Friends set. They are just the cutest little creatures! The set includes the tree, owl, deer, and bunny.

This first one below is very simple, I stamped the bunny with Versamark and heat embossed with Winter White Embossing Powder. I also used the new white satin ribbon from the Occasions Mini Catalog, and it is YUMMY! I almost didn't order it, but am so glad I did! Lastly, I am in love with that big chocolate chip button! It's from the neutral designer button collection in the main catalog. It is the best button ever!

This next one below, I used the deer stamp with Staz-On Brown ink and stamped off for the two lighter deers on the side. The "a little something" is from Matchbox Messages, a new set in the Occasions Mini Catalog, along with a white jumbo grommet too. Isn't that grommet cool?! It has little prongs that you poke through the cardstock and fold over, but here I just folded the prongs over and put the ribbon through it.

This last one below, I used the owl and tree stamp. I stamped the tree in Kiwi Kiss ink, then used a blender pen to take the ink off of the trunk and branches, then colored them in with a Chocolate Chip marker. I wish we could just have markers with the In Colors! The finished size of this card is 3 1/4" x 6 1/2".


Hope your weekend is going well! I'm afraid I haven't accomplished much...except for these cards and a long nap! hee! hee! Thanks so much for stopping by! Hugs and happy stamping!

Mojo Monday #76: An Egg-cellent Easter

Happy Friday! Yay! Found time last night to make a card combining the Mojo Monday #76 sketch challenge and the Kristina Color Inspiration #44 challenge! You know what they say...work smarter, not harder! I've never been very good at that actually...



I used the uber-cute An Egg-cellent Easter set from the upcoming SU Occasions Mini Catalog. You might remember from this post that it's available to everyone right now! I loved it the minute I saw it, and I'm not one who usually buys "animals" or artwork that has to be "colored in"...y'alll know I'm lazy!

I applied the bunny girl piece with Dimensionals placed around the edges, leaving the center empty so you could pull the long piece out and use it as a bookmark. That only came to me after I was trying to figure out how to get the ribbon to work with the very cool new grommet (also from the new Occasions Mini Catalog, available April 1, and you can't even see it now behind the ribbon!). I ended up with the little loop accidentally and thought it was cute, so it became a bookmark. The white bunny part might look a little too plain, do you think?



Do you have any exciting plans for the weekend? Do share! Since I was gone last weekend, I'm hanging out and working on the neglected house and dh. Hmmmm, maybe that didn't come out quite right! lol! Thanks so much for stopping by! Hugs and happy stamping!


Recipe
Stamps: An Egg-cellent Easter
Cardstock: Pink Pirouette, Close to Cocoa, Whisper White, Sweet Always DSP, Bella Rose DSP.
Ink: Staz-On Brown.
Accessories: White Basic Small Grommet, 5/8" Pink Pirouette Striped Ribbon, Designer Button, Eyelet Border Punch, Crop-a-Dile, Pure Color Pencils (retired), Dimensionals, white thread, Janome Sew Mini.

Sketch This #80: Forest Friends

Happy Thursday! That means it's almost Friday, yay! I didn't take a nap last night, which meant I was tired and couldn't come up with much in the stamping department, but I muddled on through to try and make one card with my new Stampin' Up! Occasions Mini Catalog goodies!

I used the Sketch This #80 challenge. I hadn't been there in awhile, and this was a really easy sketch to do! I like their sketches because they have a great design team who shows you scrapbook pages and cards done with the sketch, go check it out!

Anywho, that precious bunny and tree are from the new Forest Friends set and the *hoppy easter* is from An Egg-cellent Easter. The yumm-o paper is the new Walk in the Park collection, and the butterfly was made with the Big Shot and Beautiful Butterflies Bigz die, but I cut it down a little to make it smaller. Last detail, in case you're wondering about the ribbon, it's White Taffeta Ribbon, colored with the Cameo Color marker. (Who knew Cameo Coral would start becoming popular?! I've never used it until lately!) The finished card size is 4 1/4" square. Let me know if you have any other questions!

I was trying to think of some funny school stories, but lately they seem more scary than funny. For example, they pulled a car out of a small lake in a public park a few blocks from the school and are searching for bodies, three cars parked behind the school had their windows broken out last week, a news crew was at some apartments behind the school filming today after lunch (I forgot to watch to see what that was about),...and the kicker...on a practice TAKS passage Monday about fire prevention, no one in my group chose a correct answer choice "call 911" because they said "that doesn't work, you can't get through, so that can't be right."

On a lighter note...did you hear the story about the lady who called 911 from a McDonald's because they were out of chicken nuggets?! Click here for details. Hee! Hee!

Thanks so much for stopping by! Hugs and happy stamping!

Recipe
Stamps: Forest Friends, An Egg-cellent Easter
Cardstock: Basic Gray, Not Quite Navy, Baja Breeze, Cameo Coral, Whisper White, Walk in the Park DSP.
Ink: Basic Gray, Cameo Coral, Chocolate Chip.
Accessories: Eyelet Border Punch, Big Shot, Beautiful Butterflies Bigz Die, 1 1/4" & 1 3/8" Circle Punch, White Taffeta Ribbon, Baja Breeze Felt Flower, Not Quite Navy Brad, Dimensionals, white thread.

Kazan's Sketch #21: Hoppy Easter

Happy Wednesday! I took a 2 1/2 hour nap last night, so then I thought I was invincible or something and stayed up until 1:00! Not good! lol! I think we all survived the TAKS test yesterday, now we'll just have to wait on the results...Have I mentioned there are only 8 more school days until spring break?!!

Okay, sorry for the ramble! Here's the card I made *late* last night, based on Kazan's Sketch #21 over at 2 Sketches 4 You. I knew I wanted to use that precious bunny from Sassafrass Lass, but I couldn't bear to cut into any of the matching 12x12 paper! lol! It's just so precious, I think I have to save it for "whole sheet" scrapbooking. The finished card size is 5 1/4" square. Be sure and head over to 2 Sketches 4 You and play in this week's sketch challenge because the prize is a Scor-It Mini (I would love to have one of those!) AND a set of Teresa Collins die-cut paper!

That's it for now, peeps! Hope your week is going well! Thanks for stopping by! Hugs and happy stamping!

Recipe
Stamps: none
Cardstock: Certainly Celery, Basic Gray, Delicate Dots SAB DSP, scrap of retired SU ledger DSP.
Ink: none
Accessories: Big Shot, Billboard Alphabet Decorative Strip die, Sprial Punch, Bashful Blue, Double-Stitched Ribbon, Dimensionals, Sassafrass Lass chipboard bunny.

Ready for some cute new stamps?!

Are you ready for some Easter cuteness?! The following products from the new Stampin' Up! Occasions Mini Catalog will be available for customer purchase beginning March 1! (The rest of the mini catalog will be available April 1.) Luckily SU wanted to give customers enough time to create their Easter projects using these adorable new Easter stamp sets and accessories.

Don't forget...during Sale-A-Bration (February 1- March 31), customers who purchase $50 of Stampin' Up! products qualify for a free Sale-A-Bration product. Customers may purchase any Stampin' Up! product to earn Sale-A-Bration rewards, including the sneak peek products from the Occasions Mini Catalog.





If you don't have a demonstrator and are interested in any of these products, feel free to contact me! I'd love to help you! My new pre-order stuff will be arriving Wednesday, so look for some new samples soon! Thanks for stopping by! Hugs and happy stamping!

Scrapbooking Tuesday: Free Stamps!

Happy Tuesday! Here's one of the layouts I made at the retreat last weekend using all SU supplies. I just realized I probably should have stamped on it somewhere, though, since it says "Free Stamps"! doh! It's a very simple layout, done Sunday morning when I was determined I was going home with more than six completed layouts! lol!

Since I've been home, I've been on an organizing and cleaning craze in my stamp room. It needed it badly! Maybe tonight I'll have time to sit down and stamp something and enjoy it. My new Spring Occasions Mini Catalog pre-order stuff arrives tomorrow, yay! It's a really good mini and it was very hard showing restraint...

Well, must finish getting ready for school. Today is the TAKS test for many Texas students, so say a little prayer for those little darling! I'll be administering the test to four 3rd graders, wish me luck! lol!

Thanks for stopping by! Hugs and happy stamping!

Recipe
Stamps: none.
Cardstock: 12x12 Textured Basic Black, Kraft, Pink Flamingo DSP.
Ink: Black journaling marker.
Accessories: Chipboard Heart, Big Shot, Go Go Alphabet, Ruby Red Brads.

Clean and Simple #31 Challenge

Happy Sunday! Here's a card I created and photographed at my scrapbooking retreat at the beautiful Lake Whitney! I even went outside to take the pictuure...and I think we all know I'm not an outside girl! lol!

The design is based on the Clean and Simple layout #31. It's a great layout, you should try it! So easy, yet very striking. I used the new SU Good Morning Sunshine DSP and a Loop to Loop rub-on from the Level 3 hostess set bundle.

Okay, off to more scrapbooking. I've completed six pages and two cards...not the most productive weekend (like Beverly's 29 pages so far, ugh!), but I've had a heck of a good time!

Hope you're having a great weekend! Thanks so much for stopping by! Hugs and happy stamping!

Recipe
Stamps: none.
Cardstock: So Saffron, Chocolate Chip, Whisper White.
Ink: none.
Accessories: Loop to Loop Rub-On, 5/8" So Saffron Grosgrain Ribbon (from SAB catalog), Dimensionals.