Happy Tuesday! Hope your week is off to a great start! I stayed home yesterday, still recuperating, can't imagine how behind I am now when I get to work, sigh. But it is the 100th day of school, so we'll have lots of fun things to do and it should go by fast!This is, gasp, the last of my SU Leadership samples to share! Some little girl needs to get to her stamp room pronto! lol! I have one small SU order arriving today, so that's good timing for some new inspiration. I was in pending in January and was saved by two of my long-time customers who placed large SAB orders, schwooo! I better get some camps or something planned soon! And just imagine, I thought getting into teaching was perfect because I would have more time with *nights and weekends off* to devote to my SU business. HA! Live and learn! =)Thanks to all of you who stop by and for your sweet comments! You lift me up everyday! Hugs and happy stamping!RecipeFinished size: 5 1/4" x 5 1/4"
Stamps: Happy Moments
Cardstock: Certainly Celery, Whisper White, Basic Gray, Pink Flamingo & Tall Tales DSP.
Ink: Staz-On Black, Tempting Turqoise & So Saffron markers.
Accessories: Aquapainter, Scallop Edge Punch, Certainly Celery 5/8" Grosgrain Ribbon, Tempting Turqoise Designer Button, Janome Sew Mini.
Happy Saturday! Blogging from the sofa, recuperating from some nasty infection, yuck. At least I'm sitting up now, so that's a huge improvement. Off to check up on my Google Reader next, it's piled up over 600 again, doh!This is the first card I made when I started my Leadership samples, it's pretty simple. Don't know if you're like me, but when you haven't stamped or scrapped for awhile, it always takes awhile to find your mojo again and get back into it. Guess it would be better if you never had to stop, but somehow life gets in the way! lol!Okay, off to Google Reader and see if I can find something else to watch on the tv. Cant' believe I'm admitting it here, but I just watched (and half slept through) The Hannah Montana movie. And no, I didn't have a 6 year old little girl here with me to make it justifiable! Thanks so much for stopping by! Hugs and happy stamping!RecipeStamps: Happy Moments
Cardstock: Basic Gray, Whisper White, Summer Sun, Pink Flamingo DSP.
Ink: Staz-on Black, Summer Sun marker.
Accessories: Big Shot, Top Note Die, Whisper White Designer Button, Paper Piercer, Black Twine, Corner Rounder Dimensionals.
Happy Thursday! Yay, it's almost Friday! Are you with me?! Yesterday was a good day, no need to get out Ms. Swamp after all, lol! We did make new pledges to each other...theirs on behavior and following rules, etc...mine on making fun lessons and activities for them and getting enough sleep! I made good on the second part so far, went to bed at 6:30 pm (with a migraine, blah, I think it was a weather front) and woke up at 5:00 am, wow! This may be the first day I don't absolutely *need* Starbucks, but I hate to risk it, ha!Here's a simple little card, but the photo didn't turn out great, and I only seemed to take one for some crazy reason. I love the Basic Gray cardstock too, but he seems to get forgotten a lot since he's competing with Kraft, and now Soft Suede too!Adios for now! Hope you have a great Thursday! Hugs and happy stamping!RecipeFinished Size: 6 1/2" x 3 1/4"
Stamps: Whimsical Words.
Cardstock: Basic Gray, Almost Amethyst, Tall Tales DSP.
Ink: Basic Gray.
Accessories: Pretty in Pink Designer Buttons, white thread, Certainly Celery 5/8" Grosgrain Ribbon, Full Heart Punch, Whisper White Fleurette, Dimensionals, Janome Sew Mini.
Happy Wednesday! Welcome, hump day, and give me strength to make it until Friday. Goodness, those kids were wound up yesterday! Miss Viola Swamp may be subbing for me tomorrow!To share today, yes, it's another SU Leadership sample. Yikes, I'm getting dangerously low on these samples! Must find more time to stamp, ha! I used With All My Heart and clear embossed with Versamark ink. Don't look too close, it's a little splotchy, so embarrassed, but not too embarrassed to re-do it! ha! Note to self, next time use that Embossing Buddy! You might recognize this color scheme from here and here. Can you tell I like it?! I cut the scallops by hand, go me!, and used my favorite background stamp, Woodgrain, sigh. Ta ta for now! Thanks so much for stopping by! Hugs and happy stamping!RecipeStamps: With All My Heart, Woodgrain.
Cardstock: Bermuda Bay, Crushed Curry.
Ink: Versamark, Real Red.
Accessories: Real Red Polka Dot Ribbon, Real Red Designer Button, Linen Thread, Clear Embossing Powder, Heat Tool, Mini Glue Dot, Modern Label Punch, Dimensionals.
Happy Tuesday! I should title this post: better late than never! I started this card Saturday night for Kazan's Sketch #44, trying to make it before the midnight deadline. Obviously, it didn't happen! ha! My mojo was gone...I wanted the card to say "What's up?" (like the toast, get it?!), but I was obsessing on how to get the apostrophe in there with those brown sticker letters. After several hours (did I mention I was obsessing?!), I finally went to bed and read a book, then woke up Sunday morning and thought, "Oh, just draw an apostrophe with your brown marker." Time and perspective...that's all it takes sometimes! ;-)Well, anxious to get back to class after being out at my writing workshop yesterday and see if the kids missed me! That's the best part about coming back. Last time after I had been out for a day, a little boy walked in and said, "Good! You're back!" Ahhh, love the love!Thanks so much for stopping by! Hugs and happy stamping!
Happy Sunday! Yes, it's a scrapbook page! I thought I would *try* to revive my Scrapbook Sunday posts because I am getting way behind in my scrapping! I'm starting here with one of my pages from the Leadership Conference and hopefully this will motivate me to get busy again with my own pages!Aren't these kids beautiful?! My friend Beverly so graciously let me *borrow* them for the page! You might remember them from the beach page here. And they are as sweet as they are cute!Are you having a good weeekend? I'm afraid I lazed away yesterday so will pay for it today, sigh. I started reading Uglies over Christmas break on a friend's recommendation, not realizing it was a 4-book series. Doh! I started the last one Friday night...I didn't dare pick it up from the library until then! It's a really good series, futuristic, but you don't have to be a sci-fi head to like it. The hardest part was getting past that it was in the *young adult* section. I guess I am young at heart...ha!Better dash, still have to go back to school to get some stuff done. I stayed until 5:45 Friday night, at the risk of serious censure from dh (can't work past dark in that neighborhood, especially not alone), but I still didn't manage to get everything done for the coming week and the sub on Monday, sigh. Oh well, once Monday comes, it will be an easy day! Have a super Sunday! Thanks so much for stopping by! Hugs and happy stamping!RecipeStamps: With All My Heart
Cardstock: Soft Suede, Not Quite Navy, Sage Shadown, The Write Stuff DSP.
Accessories: Big Shot, Simple Alphabet die, Perfect Details Texturz Plate, Very Vanilla 5/8" Grosgrain Ribbon, Very Vanilla Jumbo Brads.
Happy Friday! We made it! I'm afraid I stayed up too late last night, so wish me luck today! ha! I have a teacher workshop on Monday, which I'm looking forward to, but that means having special plans and everything ready to go for a sub on Monday...not so easy, unless I want to go in over the weekend, and I don't! =)This card uses the With All My Heart set (Spring Occasions Mini Catalog), but it only uses one of the word stamps, so I did feel a little bad neglecting the other poor little stamps in the set. I also used another one of the journaling pieces from The Write Stuff dsp, can you tell I like those?! The little hearts on the circle I punched with the Heart to Heart punch and then attached them to the circle punch with mini glue dots for a little lift. Okay, guess I better get moving, it's definitely going to be a Starbucks morning. Thanks so much for stopping by! Hugs and happy stamping!RecipeFinished Size: 6 1/2" x 3 1/4"
Stamps: With All My Heart.
Cardstock: Bashful Blue Textured, So Saffron, Old Olive, Ruby Red, The Write Stuff & Tall Tales DSP.
Ink: Ruby Red.
Accessories: Heart to Heart Punch, Circle Punches, Big Shot, Pennant Die, Filigree Brad, Bashful Blue Designer Button, Linen Thread, Mini Glue Dots, Stampin' Dimensionals.
Happy Thursday! We are close to Friday, my friends! Yippee!Thought I'd share a 3-D project for a change and this one seemed like a good choice since it matched the colors from yesterday's card. It's a gift bag I created from Soft Suede 12x12 carstock. To reinforce the sides and make it stronger, I glued a sheet of chipboard to the inside (like the white chipboard pieces that come in the Stampin' Up! designer series paper packages) and then glued a sheet of patterned paper on top of the chipboard so it would look pretty. The last letter "t" has a little banner sticking out saying "wishes" but it's hard to see in the photo. I made the rosettes like this and to make the paper ruffle, I softened a strip of cardstock by rubbing it over and over with my bone folder, then pulled it apart so you can see the texture of the inside of the paper. Last step, I made the little pleat folds randomly and glued them down. Let me know if you have any other questions!Well, duty calls...school duty that is! Thanks so much for stopping by! Hugs and happy stamping!RecipeStamps: Medallion, Vintage Labels.
Cardstock: Soft Suede, Rich Razzleberry, Certainly Celery, The Write Stuff & Thoroughly Modern DSP.
Ink: Soft Suede, Rich Razzleberry, and Taken With Teal.
Accessories: Rich Razzleberry Polka Dot Ribbon, 1 3/4" Circle Punch, Chipboard letters, 2-way Glue Pen, Dazzling Diamonds Glitter.
Happy Tuesday! Hope your week is off to a great start! I stayed home yesterday, still recuperating, can't imagine how behind I am now when I get to work, sigh. But it is the 100th day of school, so we'll have lots of fun things to do and it should go by fast!
