A FeW SiMpLe CaRdS!

I love simple, however find myself never doing simple. This past week I was busy stamping for an upcoming craft show (more on that in a bit) and I did a few easy peezy cards I wanted to share with you. These are just 3x3 Whisper White cards made using a few Die Cut flowers found in our Mini Occassions and beautiful Rub On's. I added our Felt Fusion and a Rhinestone brad in the middle and Viola, they are DONE! The sentiment on each of the cards was used from Just Celebrate. This is another mini catalog stamp I just LOVE! If you are looking for a great starter stamp set, this is the one to have. Lovely stamps with every sentiment you really need. Email me on how to purchase this great stamp set!

Now, as for the craft show... it was a big one. They estimated over 100,000 people would be attending. I am not sure of the exact number, but there were a ton of people there. I did this with a few other demonstrators and we had a blast doing it together. Saturday was a very slow day but Sunday we were really busy! All in all it was a great weekend. We enjoyed watching our creations fly off the table. :)

Keep your eyeballs peeled on my blog tomorrow. I will be showcasing the Stitched Exotics stamp set. I hope to inspire you with this lovely stamp set.

A True Stamper

Here is Lex in her TRUE stamping spirits! I was laughing so hard listening to her sing!

If you don't have it...

You will want it! I *love* the Forever Together stamp set. It is so elegant and so fun to play with. Last night I really had glitter everywhere. I love playing with Irridescent Ice! It always adds such elegance to any thing you do with it. It was perfect to use with the Forever Together stamp. My arm almost hurts from all the stamping I have been doing. I have a huge craft fair in the next couple of days and I am trying to get ready for it. Here is a card made with the Forever Together Stamp. Oh so pretty!

Then for another project...I used the Wild Rose stamp set and stamped the big rose with Pale Plum and Elegant Eggplant and stamped a Versamark Pad over the entire image and embossed it with Irridescent Ice to make this pretty memo pad holder. I cut out the roses and adhered it to the Whisper White cardstock. I used our Rub ons for the sentiment.


The last picture is Lex being the TRUE stamper! She is stamping and listening to my iPod. She was having a blast today just stamping away with mommy! I love times like this together.

Fresh Cuts

Happy Tuesday! I've finally been able to play with my cute new stamp set Fresh Cuts. I how elegant this stamp is. The 4x4 cards are adorable and so many fun things you can do with them. Let me take you on a tour of what I have done with them so far. The top right card I used Brocade Blue craft ink and embossed with Irridescent Ice. I left the laser cut flower intact and just embossed the entire thing. The second one above, I took the laser cut flower out and placed a piece of cardstock vellum inside that was embossed with again... Irridescent Ice. Ohh la la. Love that embossing powder. So glittery!!! Now, below you will find some random cards made with the same stamp set. This time I took Rose Red Craft Ink and embossed again with Irridescent Ice EP. So pretty. Then, the last card I punched out three flowers using the 5 Petal punch and put then placed a piece of CS Vellum behind them. The Vellum was once again embossed with the same stuff and this really made a pretty SIMPLE card. I likey! Hope you likey too!

UR Fantastic

That is what I think of my husband. Life is a little busy lately! Russ has finals and seems to have his nose in a book more than I would like. He warned me this week would be tough. Boy oh boy! It's all good... just a few days left. Since we are like two ships passing in the wind, I thought a little card may cheer him up and let him know I really do appreciate the sacrifices he's making by getting educated. Okay, so that is a lie... I have been cranky so I am making up for it. There ya have it. So this is a super duper easy peazy card. Now I gotta tell ya... I have a new favorite thing! This card uses the Messenger Accents & Elements Tin and I just L*O*V*E it! I love the colors and I love all the little sayings. If it wasn't so late, I would crank out a few more of these. Maybe tomorrow. I also used the Notebook designer series paper along with my all time favorite cardstock, KRAFT! Lastly, I used some chipboard... NAKED, NAKED, NAKED!!! I know so many friends that just hoard this stuff because they are so unsure what to do with it. Just slap it on a card... It really is fun stuff!!! This card only took a few minutes to make and I love it!!



So, the last bloggy entry I made said I would have a scrapbook page for you. Ummm... I do have it, but I can't post it for a bit. I will post it this weekend. I am so sad to say I only have one layout done. INSANE! Good news though. I just picked up a bunch of new photos and I plan to put them on paper this week. I have tons of ideas floating in my head just waiting to be put to paper.

***ETA: I really do appreciate my sweet husband! :)

HaPpY ScRaPbOoKiNg DaY!

Happy Saturday! I wanted to share two very fun cards made this week. The Happy Birthday card uses that adorable Pun Fun stamp set. This is such a great stamp set to use for "kiddo" cards. One of my favorite techniques is to watercolor. I used my Blender Pen on the rocket to watercolor. Then on my very patriotic card, I actually did a color wash using my watercolor crayons. I just scribbled on the watercolor paper and blended the color. I loved using the Jumbo Outline Alphabet on this card. This Alphabet set is so versitle and perfect for the scrapbooker. I colored my star chipboard using a sponge and ink and then stamped over it using the small star with Whisper White Craft Ink.

I know it's National Scrapbook Weekend and I haven't shared a scrapbook page. However, guess what I am doing tonight? You guessed it. SCRAPBOOKING!!! I hope you will join me. I can't wait to share my scrapbook layouts with you! I challenge you to pull out your pictures and start scrapbooking those great memories!

Hope you enjoy the cards!

Craft Show Stamping

I am getting ready for a craft show this weekend. Luckily for me, my craft show partner is the BOMB when it comes to mass stamping. I have a terrible time making the same project a dozen times. It's kinda like swaps... I love to get them, just hate making them. I think it has to do with repetitive stamping? I don't know, but regardless... I get bored quickly. Today I spent a little time working on a few projects that I will add to the mix of our craft show. I thought I would share one of my favorites for the day. I love making decorative tiles. You really cannot screw them up and they always turn out beautiful. Since they are more for decorative use, I thought I would add a little pizazz to a few of them using one of my favorite stamp sets, Fabulous Flowers. I just love this flower.


Here you can see a close up of both the tiles. I stamped the Fabulous Flower many (TOO many) times and then used my Iridescent Ice to emboss each of the layers of the flower. Once they were stacked together with dimensionals I added a half back pearl to the center and it just added such elegance to the entire tile. Yes, a few retired materials such as Chocolate Chip ribbon and the sentiment on the blue tile were used. Couldn't help it!

Have a GREAT day!