Blog Candy

Sooooo Tisha you were the only one who posted what you liked about Autumn so you get the Sarah Kay card I made. I will bring it to the workshop. :) Thanks for your support girl, you're awesome.

I'm Thankful......

For families around the Thankgiving holiday. I'm sorry I didn't get this posted sooner, I just didn't have a whole lot of "my time" this past weekend. We cooked a turkey and have my whole side of the family (about 15 people) over for the big feast. I really wanted to space things out too so I didn't get stressed on the big day. I baked the pies a day ahead, the buns and did a lot of the prep work for the monday. I have a couple of pictures to share with you. And I have a project that I did as well to use for a centerpiece, save the best for last......

The delicious pies, I also made my husband's favorite....raspberry apple crisp. Yum!

The turkey, my dh bought me a new roasting pan to cook him a turkey in lol.

My girls pullin the wish bone to see who gets to make a wish.

This is the little project I did, I bought these ornamental pumpkins for like a $1 each. I stamped on them using Staz-On. If you plan to try this let me warn you how SLIPPERY Staz-On is. Oh boy I had no idea what I had gotten myself into lol. I think I had to stamp each letter at least twice to get a semi decent looking image. The grooves in the pumpkin weren't very helpful either hehe. Anyways, it can be done, and I was pleased with how they turned out in the end. I did get a "you are just too creative" out of my sister so it was all worth it. :)

Autumn has arrived....

I've been working on autumn themed cards lately. I created this one yesterday, but couldn't post is because my camera was in the van with my husband at work. I used some older paper that I'm trying to use up. I tend to stash paper and don't use it because I don't want to run out. I know it's silly, but that's just the way I am.

The sentiment is from the Autumn Splendor stamp set. Paper flower and leaves are the Just Blooms sunflower and leaves. Cardstock is Autumn Terracotta, and a Barn Red bigger brad to hold the flower in place. (All products are CTMH)

I hope you are enjoying autumn, i'm just really hoping it doesn't snow tomorrow like it's forcasted to do.

500 Hits......some blog candy.

Woohoo, I just hit 500 views of my blog. I know that's not really tons but it's a baby step for me. So I thought to celebrate this little milestone I will give away the Sarah Kay card I just made (you can see it a few posts back) All you have to do is post a comment and let me know what your family traditions are for the fall season. It is hands down my favorite season, and I would like to hear how you celebrate it. The winner will get a bonus little something if they posted about this giveaway on their blog. I will draw a winner on Monday October 13th.

I hope you have a wonderful weekend.

Anniversary Card

I had a request for more anniversary cards, so I put this one together. I struggled with it a little, but i'm pleased with how it eventually came out.

Items Used: Tulip, Col. White, black and white daisy cardstock, patterned paper from the Silhouette kit, Clear sparkles, Say it in Style D1283 Stamp set. (All CTMH) I cut out the circle and scallop circle using my nesties. Inked the edges using a foam sponge as well.

Playin Catch Up

I've been playing catch up lately, trying to get a bunch of cards done before the big holiday card season hits. Which is already knocking on the door. So here is one that I created today.

Items used: Patterned paper from the Silhouette kit, Juniper Cardstock, D1306 Treasure Life Stamp set, Designer Black Ribbon, Black Ink, Edge Distressor. (All items CTMH)

More Time.....Yay!!!

Now that the kiddos are in school, and I've started a carpool with another mom, I have more time to create. Woohoo. Although first I think I need to tidy up my desk. Whenever I start scrappin or baking for that matter, I end up making a huge mess. Does this only happen to me? Or are there others in the same boat as me? It's a good thing I have a maid husband who doesn't mind cleaning, the kitchen that is. He wouldn't dream of touching my paper crafting stuff. I'm so grateful for that cleaning gene he has, couldn't ask for a better husband. Anyways on to the card.

I created this the other day using an image I ordered months ago from Sweet N Sassy Stamps. It's a Sarah Kay image and I love all of her images, they are just beautiful. I colored it in using pencil crayons, I may try using a watercolor technique next time, just wanted to try it out first before I broke out the big guns (aka techniques). I layered the image on some pink carnation cardstock (I know retired, but it matched her little dress perfectly). Then pop dotted on patterned paper from the Sweet Pea kit, on a base of more Pink Carnation. It was missing a little something so I added some buttons to finish it off.

Catalogue Links are Fixed

I noticed that the catalogue links I had posted on the sidebar were not working properly so I've changed them and they all work perfectly now. Whew, I hate it when stuff like that happens. Anyways, now you can view all the catalogues for this year online. Remember, you can order items from any of the catalogues till the end of this year. Then they retire certain items.

Hope you are having a great week.

Trick or Treat

I know it's not quite Halloween yet but, I thought I'd get a jump start on some of my projects. I found these cute little Play-Doh containers at Costco, 80 for like $10 you can't beat that. It gave me a great idea for a fun little item that my girls could give their classmates at school. I found a perfect little stamp set that I ordered from a friend for the tops. I then cut out the layers of circles with my Nesties and covered the outside with a 1"x6" piece of stiped paper out of Last years catty, Enchanted.

I think they turned out really cute, whadya think? Now I can't wait to see the girls give them out in class. It's kind of a nice change for a Halloween treat minus the Sugar content. LOL

Fall Classes Line up

I know it's been a while since I've posted. Now that school is in full swing and things have settled into their routine, I can get back to what I love doing. The open house went well. I did the drawing for the Bag of goodies giveaway from the last catalogue period. Tisha's name was drawn, congrats Tisha, and I hope you like your stuff.

This Fall I'm starting up the Mom & Me classes again the first one will be held this Saturday at 10am. It should take about an hour to complete the project. If you would like to sign up for that class please let me know by Thursday. We are making a teacher's survival kit, filled with some items that they may need in a pinch. Such a fun gift to give your childs teacher.

Here is a sneak peek at next month's Mom & Me class. It is a Autumn Candy Jar. It will be a nice addition to any table.

I got this class inspiration from the PTI challenge a while back. This Thursday we will be making a Thanksgiving Place Setting, Including 1 Candle Centerpiece, 8 invites, 8 place cards, and 8 Thankful pages for people to write down what they are thankful for and take it home. Please Call me for more info on this class.

A look at what's later this month is the scrapbooking workshop which includes 3, 2 page layouts using the perfect day paper. This class will be held on September 25

For more info on these or other workshops just give me a call or send me an email.

Fall / Winter Catalogue

The Fall/Winter Catalogue is out now. It is so full of fun new items including accessories, storage for stamp pads, markers and re-inkers, and lots more. You can check it out online here

Call me to get your hands on your very own copy today.

So Excited.......

To Kick Off the new catty on Saturday. I'm having an open house from 10-2pm to showcase some of the new products. I have been a busy little bee trying to get all the workshop examples done so that people can see and touch them. So I have been creating and I will share soon, I promise. I do however have a card to share with you that I made last week.

I made this using an old kit I had in my stash. I went through and organized things so I knew where everything was again. LOL I cut the flower out of the B&T paper mounted it on Vanilla Cream CS, trimmed around it and popped it out on the Leaf B&T paper. I used the Word Window punch to make a sentiment spot in the leaf B&T. The sentiment is from the Say it in Style Stamp set. Colors are Vanilla Cream, Smokey Plum, and Olive.

I hope you can join me on Saturday, it's going to be lots of fun.

Get Well Card

I made this card using Boom-di-ada papers, designer ribbon in NE Ivy, buttercup brads, and felt flowers that just happened to match pretty darn good. Colors used are Olive, Buttercup, Autumn Terracotta, and Barn Red. The Stamp is Best Wishes C1318. I hope you like it.

Event Calendar

I have been working on some event calendars that I plan on selling. I'll have to set up a tab on my blog. So until I get that done you can view them here. I am selling them for $15

This is what the calendar looks like on the wall. You write peoples birthdays, anniversaries, whatever you want to keep track of and use it again year after year.

This is the actual headers for each month.

If you would like one of these calendars or know someone who would like one just send me an email, and we can chat.

Summer is Killer

I've hit a little bit of a road block with creating lately, it's summer, that's my excuse. It's difficult to find inspiration when the kids are home constantly asking for something to do, LOL. I do have some things that I created a while ago that I will share with you. Hopefully it will spark someone's creativity, cuz mine has gone awol.

This is a mini accordian album that I made up for a workshop a few months back. It uses CTMH's True Fit folios folded in half, and scored to make pockets. The tags are ready for pictures to be added or journaling. It was lots of fun to make. I used the Life Delights Reflections Kit for this one.

I can't remember who had the tutorial for making this cute little basket. But kudos to you because it was wonderful. I decided to try it out because it looked super cute. Paper is Sweet Leaf CS, and Chocolate grosgrain ribbon. Brads are MM.

Congrats

I found some time to create today, so this is what I came up with. I made this card using the With love and Gracious Greetings Stamp sets. I random stamped the flower image on the Chocolate CS do give it a little more interest. I layered the Amy Butler DP over that and then layered the seniment piece on some Sweet leaf CS after inking the edges with Chocolate ink. The little flowers are from the Mini-Medley Chocolate accents from Spring Catty, with a Colonial White brad holding them in place.

Thanks for taking a look,

Feedblitz saves time

I have a few blogs that I like to frequent, however it's hard to find the time to keep checking to see if they have posted anything new. So I subscribe to their blog and get the posts sent directly to my inbox every time they post. What a time saver. I have the application on my blog as well so if you would like to get my posts sent to your email just enter you email addy in the box and follow the directions. Trust me you will love it.

Cottage Floral

I decided to use some new stamps that I got a while back and make some fun cards. The first one is a vertical open card using Boom-Di-Ada paper, Cottage Floral, Spot on Backgrounds, and Gracious Greetings Stamp sets. Colors are Hollyhock, Olive, Sweet Leaf, Buttercup and White.

This card uses the same Boom-Di-Ada paper and the Gracious Greetings stamp set. I also used some dew drops in Lily Pad. The sentiment is popped out, though you can't tell in the picture.

Thanks for stopping by.

Another Layout....Woohoo

I sat down and made another layout yesterday....I may be on to something. That's 2 of my own done in the same month. It feels really good to finally start whittling down the pile of pictures that I want to scrap. I have completed the journaling but I am waiting till I get my Life's a Jungle Stamp set to add something extra to the page. This is a layout of my daughter who is now almost four. So yea i'm a little behind. LOL

Have a wonderful day,

Scrappin Workshop

I have a workshop coming up on July 24th. at 7pm. Visit my CTMH Website for more details. I wanted to share the layout that we will be doing. I have a Soccer stamp set that we can use to dress it up or whatever theme strikes you.