Who is up for some relaxing????

Things have been crazy here. Trying to get the kids ready for school, last minute Dr.s appointments, eye doctor visits, shopping trips. I also have to clean up the yard, winterize the pool, pack for my weekend away, do some last minute shopping for my weekend away. And I have already done 12 loads of wash, cleaned and organized the basement, cleaned and organized the two out of the three kids bedrooms. I am so tired I don't know how much more I can do!LOL
I am going to take total advantage of my weekend away. Four days of nothing to do but what I want. I am taking some scrapbooking/stamping supplies, some reading material, and my bathing suit to sit in the lake! Keep your fingers crossed its a nice weekend.
So on to my card-
I had colored this image awhile ago. It is from the Wish RAK forum over at SCS. I totally LOVE that group! This image is totally out of my comfort zone, I am more of a cutesy kind of girl. I think I did pretty good!LOL

*Supplies- Lockhart image, prisma colored pencils and gamosol, summer picnic DP, kiwi kiss cs, riding hood red cs, bashful blue cs, cherries from the tart and tangy set.

Color Inspiration Challenge

WOW!!!I am so excited that I got another challenge finished! Don't you just love when things fall into place??!! This challenge is from Kristina's Blog. I believe she does these every week. Although this is the first one I have participated in! It was alittle harder then I thought. You were supposed to use black, grey, white and an accent color of your choice. My color choice was Summer Sun! Not sure yet if I like it or not!
I used Baroque Motifs, the border scallop punch, circle scallop punch, ribbon, a brad, summer sun ink, and clear embossing powder!
Enjoy

Scrappy Chick Sketch #24

I finally jumped in and played along with Cyndi over at Scrappy Chick.
I have always checked out her sketches but never posted a page.


So I think this is not that bad for a first timer!LOL
I love to scrapbook and I don't think I do it enough!


I had a hard time because I didn't have any Tiger or baseball embellishments but I am happy with how I pulled it off!!Thanks so much for looking!
Enjoy

Won't you be my Sweetheart?

I just love these adorable stamps from All That Scraps!! This set is called Love Ya Much!!! Aren't these birds the cutest ever! I don't have any idea who I would send these to so they are going into my "For Sale" card boxes. Alot of family tend to purchase cards from me, so I am always thinking of new ideas to fill my boxes.
I found these color combos in the new Fall and Winter Idea Book/Catalog from Stampin Up. This color combo is Night of Navy, Kiwi Kiss,Baja Breeze.
I wanted to show you how you can use the same things but make a different card all together. The next card color combo is Tangerine Tango, Old Olive and So Saffron.

*Supplies-love ya much set, itty bitty backgrounds set, sponges, canvas bg stamp, ribbon, paper piercer, pop dots, markers, blender pen.I hope you enjoyed my take on this adorable set!
Enjoy!

Its a beautiful day in the neighborhood!!

I did get to stamp tonight, and I was very excited since I got a two new wishes from the Wish RAK over at SCS in my mailbox today! I love this image and have added it to my "wish list"!! My wish list is as long as my arm now!LOL

I used the Color Challenge 180 on SCS. I love these colors together! Blush blossom, Ruby red, Close to cocoa. I used the new border scallop punch, and then I used my whole punch to make it look old fashioned. I stamped flowers from the sprinkles set on the close to cocoa card base. I colored my image with Stampin Up markers. I love how the card turned out!

This other card is for a friend that recently had a accidental death happen to someone very close to her. These images are the cutest ever! I finally got to put some ink on this Sweet Ebony stamp! So I thought I would send it to her because she has been on my mind alot lately even before this tragic accident happened.

The colors I used for this card are cameo coral, bashful blue, and summer sun. I also incorporated last weeks Sketch Challenge 189 from SCS. I love how it turned out and I hope she likes it!
Enjoy

Just something I thought was cute!!

The Recipe For Dawn Marie

3 parts Moxie 2 parts Fascination 1 part Instinct Splash of Wisdom Sip slowly on the beach

What's the Recipe for Your Personality?

What a wonderful Stamp Club!

We had alot of fun and laughs at our first stamp club!
The ladies got their FREE new Fall and Winter Catalog/Idea Book!
There was so many decisions to be made. So many new things to look at and wish for!
So here is the project we made tonight, and then we have open stamping!


Its a card holder, or you could use it for recipes, coupons, or stamped images. To keep everything neat and organized. Isn't it cute?
You can find some instructions over at Craft TV Weekly.
Enjoy


*Supplies-- Riding hood red cs, Bella Rose DP, Kiwi kiss cs, chocolate chip ribbon, circle punches, scallop circle punch, ABC Alphabet upper stamp set, tab punch, pop dots, sticky strip.

Look What I Got!!

This lovely award from Monique at Self Expressions.

Thank you so much Monique!!I value all your lovely comments and visits to my blog!!
The Rules of this award are as follows
1. Put the logo on your blog.
2. Add a link to the person who awarded it to you.
3. Nominate at least 7 other blogs.
4. Add links to these blogs on your blog.
5. Leave a message for your nominee on their blog.

First person I nominate is Vicki over at Have A Nice Day. She is a good friend and an awesomely creative person!
Next would have to be Jeni over at Paper Runaway. Jeni is an awesome writer that should pursue it professionally but she is also an awesome designer for the Little Scrapbox!
Then there's Emma from Lady and the Stamp. Emma is a very nice person I met through SCS Michigan thread. She is very creative and loves crafting!
Also there's Danni from Danni's Dreams. I love visiting her blog for inspiration!She is very crafty, too.
There's Lisa from Stamped Art by Lisa..Lisa LOVES Bella stamps, I do too but I don't think I do as much as Lisa. LOL. I love looking at her Bella cards for ideas.
Then there's Thea over at Say it with Ink! Thea has alot of scrapbook pages that are very, very lovely!! I visit to see what she is up to with her family.
And last but not least is Brandi at The Square-headed Stamper. I love visiting her blog for SU samples. All her projects are really WOW!!!!

Thank you to all the ladies for posting wonderful things for me to get inspiration from!!I love all your blogs and you are all very talented!!!Enjoy

Today was another day!!

I got to stamp today and I was very excited. Even though I haven't felt good today I pushed myself to get a swap done that's due on the 1st of September. Its a Gruffies/House Mouse Christmas Swap at SCS. I just got my stamp in the mail today and decided to finish it so I could mail it out tomorrow!

*Supplies- Pacific Point CS, Baja Breeze CS and ink, Riding Hood Red CS and ink, Choc chip ink, creamy caramel ink, close to cocoa ink, circle punches, black brad, revolution snowflake, red button.
Enjoy

Its Sunday Already??!!

I cant believe I havent stamped since Wednesday! Time flies when you cant stamp!
I think the weekend flew by too fast, also. Soon the kids will be going back to school and I will have to schedule my stamping time. Things will have to be put in a routine and it seems like my "stuff" (stamping/scrapbooking) comes in last place.
With four kids I am surprised I have enough time to shower! But somehow I do survive!LOL
Here is a project I have been working on for a bit. Now when you look at it you will probably say, "You have?". I don't think it looks like much but it has been hard for me because I didn't know HOW to decorate it!

Actually I didn't know how I WANTED it decorated. I saw these cute little purses in the Oriental Trader Scrapbooking Magazine. So I bought a few and once the new SU Fall Winter Catalog pre-order came out I knew I wanted to use the Bella Rose Designer Series Paper to decorate it!
I think it still needs something. If you have any suggestions please don't hesitate to left me know by leaving a comment. Thanks in advance!
*Supplies- bella rose designer series paper, red riding hood ink, kiwi kiss paper, border scallop punch, sticky letters, chunky red glitter, choc chip ribbon
Also I need to pick someone to send alittle something special to, from my post here. My daughter picked number 8 so,
Congrats to Eve at This is Bliss.
Eve if you could email me your address I will get your goodies out in the mail! Thanks for stopping by my blog and letting me know what you liked/disliked about it!

I have my first club meeting this Friday and am excited to share a great project with them. I am hoping to get into the "cave" tomorrow and finish preparing for it and finish some challenges! Wish me luck!LOL
Enjoy!!!

Its been too long!!!

It has been way too long since I have stamped!!
Tonight I was lucky enough to get down stairs and stamp!!
I decided to make this adorable stationary box that I found on Jackie Topa's Blog.


She has a printable tutorial you should check out here.
I loved making this and have no idea who I will give it to!
I used the new In Color Pink Pirouette, Whisper White, Basic Black cs and ink and Bella Rose Designer Paper. I used the scallop border punch, scallop circle punch, circle punches, and the designer label punch.
Thank you Cards!
Gift Cards
Gift Tags

This is a nice gift that includes an address book, stamp holder, cards, gift cards and gift tags for someone. I made them mainly thank you related with the new stamp set Heard from the Heart, and the thank you stamp from All Holidays!
Hopefully I will get down stairs again tomorrow but don't hold your breath!LOL
Enjoy

3 more projects

I am so loving this new set Deer Friends!!! It is so cute and you can really whip out some simply yet adorable cards pretty fast!!

Another image from Deer Friends!

This is a tin that I have started in hopes to get it finished so I can add some pictures of my dear sassy scrappin stampin sistahs to as a remembrance of all the times we hangout together!!! I love these colors and they kinda match our hot pink/bright green theme! Cheers to my sistahs!
Enjoy