Super Simple Monday

This is a card I made quite a while back. It fits today's theme though, of Super Simple.
For my card, I had added 2 strips of colored cardstock, one that I had stamped with white craft ink, but you can use a patterned paper instead. I stamped the image and the sentiment in the same color, then gave a light wash of color to the wings, and added glitter to them. All done! Super fast, super simple!

Let it Snow! (Any Time But Tonight!)

Gosh, the day is almost 'over' and I realized I haven't posted a picture yet today! I have been frantically preparing for my big event tomorrow, because I have more people coming that I initially thought, so I am rearranging my stamp room to accommodate them all! But it's a good thing!

Today's card is timely, because I hear we are expecting snow tonight! I normally LOVE snow, but I kind of wish it would hold off one more night! I want everyone to have a safe drive over here for the event! Fingers crossed!

Next week I should have one or two Thanksgiving cards to post, so you don't get sick of seeing my Christmas cards!
Have beautiful weekends, and I hope to 'see' you here again on Monday!

Bits'n'Pieces

I think today's card is a happy one! I decided on this one 'cause it's been kind of gloomy here the last few days, and I wanted to see something bright and cheerful!

My dear blogging buddy Julie asked me how many Christmas cards I had done so far.....well, I think I have around 250 give or take a few...
Let me explain why so many!
I have a lot of people who buy cards from me, and I also participate in a craft bazaar where my main item is Christmas cards. So I will usually just offer what I have, and whatever is left over I will use for my personal use. I have been thinking about possibly trying my hand at Etsy too....still on the fence about that one.

I would like to take a few minutes to give a great big SHOUT OUT to another blogging buddy of mine that I had the privilege of "meeting" (via internet!) last week, Brandi Wiggins-Côté!!! You simply MUST go visit her blog, she is just FAB-OOO!

It's Three, Three, Three Cards In One!!!

I figured since I didn't get a chance to post yesterday, I would make it up by posting not 2, but 3 cards today!
Well, ok, that's kinda true. I'm also posting these 3 because they are so similar, I figure I might as well show you all at once. It is a good way again to see how you can take a basic layout, add your imagination, and come up with 3 similar but unique cards!

Good news! (for me anyway!) We have been in practically constant contact with the wonderful people over at Stampin Up regarding my Digital Studio dilemma, and it seems that they have recently had a breakthrough as far as possibly fixing the problem! Apparently, I was not the only one who had this particular issue with it, and so they said they should have a resolution sometime this week! I hope so, cause I was about to jump out of my skin because I've been wanting to use it so bad! I will let you know when we are up and running!!!!!

I have to tell you that the customer/demonstrator service at Stampin Up is so consistently stellar! Even through all of this and all my frustration, they have been completely helpful, pleasant, and all around wonderful! A round of applause for Stampin Up customer service!

Super Simple Monday

Ok! So this card was really easy. Not the quickest card, but there really isn't anything tricky to it. The hardest part is getting the stamps straight! But if you have a Stampamajig, It should make for easy stamping!


There is a bow on the front that is kind of hard to see, cause the picture is a little washed out.
I apologize for my experimental photographs.......This one was done in direct sunlght (note the lovely shadow on the card from the ornament!)
I will eventually make time to go search my garage for a nice box to make a lightbox out of. I'll put it on my list!

Every card deserves a chance!

I was contemplating on not posting this card today, but I told myself even not so great cards need love too!

So.........um.......here it is. I do like the way the tree turned out!

I actually stamped and colored the tree on Going Gray paper, then highlighted it with white gel pen and glitter. Notice how I put darker green on one side for the shadow....just a little coloring tip.

I also used the dotted circle from the delightful decorations set for the background. It really makes a great background stamp! its a happy and fun shape!

Weird Wednesday

Today is a weird day. Maybe cause it's Wednesday. Weird Wednesday. Hmmm.

My post will be short, but will have several cards! I'm sure you don't want to read through a unch of ramblings anyway :)

Today's cards are just a couple random cards that have been waiting to be posted.

Snowy Landscape

Ok, it's card time again!
This one was done with a gold panel stamped in black, then highlighted with a white gel pen.
The colors are very non traditional, but still very rich.
this one takes a couple of minutes only because of the coloring of the snow, but beyond that, it is really pretty easy! So if you have a lot of cards you want to get done, this is a good design for that.

Stamp Room and Fall Class

You may have noticed a few changes on my blog....I was playing around a little bit last night with it. It is by no means awe-inspiring, but I thought it was kinda cute...for my first attempt at it! Of course the super cute background came from The Cutest Blog on the Block, (Thank you!) but I made the banner all by my little self! I also added a new picture of myself.

Well, I don't have a super simple card for today, but I do have pictures! We did end up going to the pumpkin patch Friday, but I have to upload the pictures from that. So I thought I would show you pictures of my stamp room and a couple from the class I had a few weeks ago! This was my first class in the room, and it sure was great to have all that space for everything!

The ones of the room itself were taken while it was still in the stages of being set up for the class. There are still a LOT of things I would like to do with the room, but I can only do so much at a time. I took a picture of the snack table, cause the class was Fall themed, and I had fall themed snacks....carmel and apples, and mini pumpkin cheesecakes! And sandwiches too, but that is an any time of year thing!

All the drawers and things are what I keep my stuff in...papers, tools, things like that. My stamps are actually on the opposite wall, in some misc. shelves and such. That is also where I have my display area. I have improved the display area since this picture was taken. I now use a tablecloth to cover the shelves underneath so it looks a lot cleaner and the mess is less distracting! I'm also now making it up for my next event, which is Christmas themed! Woohoo! My favorite time of year!
You can even see where my computer desk is in the niche, where I do all my computery stuff, and where I happen to be sitting this very moment!

Anyway, I thought I would post some pics, if you wanna see them a little better, I think you can click on them for a bigger picture.
I should be back with another card tomorrow!

Busy As I Am?

Ok, I know this card looks very 'busy' but it really is because the way the light was hitting it! It really made the embossing stand out big time!

Everything on this card was basically a punch or Die cut!
Made for a fairly easy card to make!
If you're wondering where that large snowflake came from, it was from the set that came with the Holiday Collection Kit that was only available through Country Living magazine last winter.

Well, we are going to attempt to go to the pumpkin patch today, even though the weather really isn't ideal.... Maybe I will have a couple good photos....I hope so! If I do, I will share them maybe next week!
Have a lovely weekend, see you in November!

Happy Little Pumpkins!

Once again, I have somehow lost the info on where I got the inspiration for this card! I even spent the last half an hour looking for the original! I saw a card that I absolutely fell in love with, and ran to make a card that second, so I guess I forgot to make note of the link, and now I am linkless!
Again, if this looks like your card, PLEASE let me know so I can direct people to your adorable creation!

I did make mine just a little different. They had a pumpkin stamp they cut out, I used punches and the face from Autumn Harvest. I used wire for the handles, I think they used punches. There are a few slightly different things, but again, I can't remember cause I lost the pic!
Anyway, I hope you enjoy today's card, and a great big THANK YOU to whomever I got the inspiration from!

Still Got Your Gold Gel Pen?

I was able to add a 'subscribe' button on my blog over the weekend! It's over there on the right side and down a bit--------->
Give it a click!

Today's card is one I made back in August but just got to posting it.
For this one, I stamped the images in Close to Cocoa, and then colored the edges of the little flowers with gold gel pen. It has the gold shimmer in person. It's very pretty! I was again able to use scrap strips for the background. (Yay for scraps!)

I'm a Little Batty!

I cannot take an ounce of credit for today's card except the fact I put it together! I got the layout from a card I had seen on someones blog, and I am embarrassed to say, I can't find the blog now and can't give credit where it's due! But if this is your card, please let me know, and I will immediately make sure to fix it!

I am posting it though to show you how I was able to get the look of patterned paper when I actually didn't have any to match.
The Pumpkin Pie piece for the background is just cardstock, stamped with the spiral from the Trendy Trees set in White Craft ink! So if you are inspired by a card you see but don't have a patterned paper that matches, try making your own! Start looking at your stamps 'outside of the box' !

Super Simple Monday

Well, hello everyone! Did you all have nice weekends? Mine was very full!
My poor little girl is home sick today, so it is fitting that I post about a simple and quick card, cause I get the feeling I won't have much stamping time today! My little girl needs me!

I used the Cold & Cuddly set for this one. I started with shimmery white cardstock, then just cut a wavy pattern along a piece of patterned paper and adhered it to the cardbase. I then stamped the bear and iceberg in Bashful blue and cut them out, which really isn't that difficult, and put them on the card. I stamped the sentiment in black, put on a snowflake, and added glitter along the edge of the patterned paper.

I think it looks like he is trying to catch snowflakes! I LOVE polar bears! They are my favorite animal after dogs. Did you know dogs and bears are like cousins? I find that fascinating! I have seen some of the funniest and some of the sweetest pictures of polar bears! They are full of personality!

Ok, go find a few minutes to stamp something!

A Very Merry Birdie

Sorry about the quality of the photo again!
I really like the Season of Friendship set! I like the versatility of it, and the images are really cute! Have you seen some of the ADORABLE valentines cards people have made with this set?? Oh my! If not, be sure to stick with me, I will get there eventually!
But since Valentines is still quite a ways off, here is a winter card. The backgrounds papers are actually scrap strips left over from other cards! That is a good scrapping tip. If you have papers that work together (in this case, they all came from a pad of coordinating papers) layer them in different size strips!

I stamped then cut out the bird so I could put it on dimensionals, then I added glitter to the tree and snowflakes.
Its way cuter in person, and very bright and cheery! I really need to learn to take good pictures! anyone got any photography tips for me?