Friendship Medallion

OMG! I am totally in love with this stamp! This is going to be one of those stamps that I will want to pull out every time I make a card! The beautiful "Medallion" stamp from SU! can be use for absolutely any occasion! I have seen countless sample cards that are so gorgeous using this stamp. We will be using this stamp in my upcoming stamp class! For this card, I stamped the image twice and cut out the center of the red image using the 1 3/8 inch circle punch. So simple, so beautiful! Can't wait to show it to you at camp! Happy Stamping!

Pendant Park

Where has this summer gone? I can tell you where mine has gone. Basketball. Loving that my daughter is playing, but it has taken almost our whole summer. I am so proud of my daughter and husband... Their team took 2nd place in at Nationals in Orlando. I love that they are together, spending such quality time together. Picture below...


Okay, now on to the card. This card is from the new stamp set, "Pendant Park". The beautiful brown paper is one of the new in colors, "Soft Suede". I used it with Basic Black, Always Artichoke and Very Vanilla card stock. Simple card, but so lovely. :)


My husband is the coach on the left and my daughter is number 34!! :) Way to go Cager girls!!

Circle Circus

Oh! Sunday is over and Monday is here. What a wonderful morning it was yesterday. Now to the start of the week...... UGH!
In the next few days, I will be making more cards with the new set "Circle Circus". That way you can see as much of the stamp set as possible. There is so much you can do with this set and I really like it. I also used two of the new colors. Bermuda Bay and Soft Suede. I can tell you already that my favorite is Soft Suede. I love using brown and you will probably see me use this one often.

Inspired Style

I love getting inspired from other blogs. I whipped out 4 cards yesterday that were inspired by others. This card from Heather Nichols blog inspired me. I love her blog because she uses the Kraft Cardstock quite a bit with white ink and her cards always look so clean and natural. She is very talented.
For my card, I used two stamp sets; "Simple Friendship" and "Embrace Life". Whisper White craft pad, Kraft, More Mustard and Close to Cocoa card stock. The ribbon is Chocolate Chip taffeta ribbon. Thanks for inspiring me, Heather!

Ocean Commotion

A little "Ocean Commotion" in the summer! Again, I highlighted all the retiring "in - colors". Something to think about getting before they are gone.

Forever Friends

This is one of those stamp sets that I just loved and it retired before I ever got to show it at stamp camp. The "forever friends" is from "Beautiful Borders" and the leaves are from "Finest Flourishes". A beautiful set that retired too quickly for me!! I really like the simplicity of this card. Sometimes, simpler is better. I will be sending this to a dear friend for her birthday!! This next card is completely done with "Beautiful Borders". I like it too, but the dimensions were off for me. I think I should have made it into a 5x7 card. Oh well! Thought I would post it anyway.

It's A Stretch

I sure have had my share of "get well" cards lately!! My sister is in the hospital after having a tumor removed. We are so thankful that it was benign, but she is in for a hard recovery. Here is what I used:

Stamp Sets: It's A Stretch, Sincere Salutations

Card Stock: Very Vanilla, Chocolate Chip, Basic Black, Ruby Red and Cameo Coral

DS Paper: Bella Rose (again)

Photo Corners and Scallop Edge Punch

Get well, Lenora! I love ya!! ;)

Lovin' That Kiwi Kiss!

I just love the way Kiwi Kiss looks! Not to mention that my favorite color is green!! I made the friendship card for my friend in Colorado and the Get Well card is for my father-in-law. I want to start using my Spiral punch more often. I have seen some great cards using it. I just tend to forget that I have it! More to come soon!

Summer Picnic Fun!

I have to say that the Occasions mini catalog has been one of my favorites! I love the Die-Cut Blooms and I love the Designer Series Paper Summer Picnic! Often the pictures in the catalogs do not do the paper justice! Here is what I used for this card...
Card Stock: Bashful Blue, Real Red and Old Olive
Designer Series Paper: Summer Picnic
Die Cut Blooms
Stamp Set: All Holidays
Ink: Old Olive

I love this card... Click here!

I saw this card (click on title) on Jennifer's Sweet Designs blog and I fell in love with it... Here is my version.. I really didn't change much of anything, but I new I had to make one! I love the colors and the layout. I really like how the felt flowers enhanced the card. So easy...so cute! Stay cool...it's HOT out there!

Clean and Simple

While the husband is away, I don't worry, I just stamp and scrap!!! I am working on a small scrapbook that I made for Father's Day for my husband. I can't wait to share it with you!
Since I am not finished with it, I pulled out this card that I made several weeks ago. I still like it! I love the clean and simple look. This is another card with the SU! stamp set All Holiday. I think I will use it next time I scrapbook some pictures of friends. I used Basic Black card stock, ink and grosgrain ribbon coupled with Sahara Sand card stock. I can't wait to continue scrapping tomorrow morning!!

Chalkboard Technique/April Stamp Camp

Splitcoast Stampers sent out a craft tutorial on the "chalkboard" technique. You can see it if you click on the title above.
Splitcoast Stampers a fantastic website http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/ if you need ideas!! I highly suggest signing up for the "Weekly Inkling" and you will get an email once a week with tutorials like this one. You will not get junk mail or any other kind of stuff coming to your computer. It is very safe.

Here is the recipe for this card:
Stamp Set: Fabulous Flowers
Card Stock: Ruby Red, Chocolate Chip and Kraft
Ink Pads: Versa Mark Pad, Chocolate Chip
Chalks: Stampin' Pastels
Extras: Pop Dots and black sticker buds

Always/April Stamp Camp

I love the way the bird from the SU! set Always. Especially on Whisper White. It really shows off whatever ink color you decide to use.
Here is the recipe:
Stamp Set: Always
Card Stock: Blue Bayou, Basic Black and Whisper White
Ink Pad: Blue Bayou
Ribbon: 1/4 Basic Black Grosgrain
Punch: 1" circle