I really don't like this set but since in was free -- ya got to give it a try, right? This is my first attempt. I think one of the things I don't like about the samples I have seen with this is the way this stamp looks colored in????? I really have not seen too many samples so that don't mean much, lol. Hence the reason I have NOT colored this in.

Stamp Sets: Merci and Simple Sayings II
Paper: Bashful Blue, Certainly Celery, Rose Red and Whisper White
Ink: Bashful Blue, Certainly Celery and Rose Red
Other: Paper piercer, markers, brads and coluzzle cutting system

I have wanted this set since the new catalog came out and I finally got it. I was actually mounting as I was using -- not that that is uncommon for me, lol. This was for todays CC156 challenge. The colors are Purely Pomegranate, Wild Wasabi and So Saffron. Great combo - give it a try.

This was for the chat and challenge on SUDSOL. I only had 20 minutes from start to finish, you can kind of tell, lol. I do like the card tough. The mouse is holding the balloon from Birthday Whimsy set made to look like a big egg. The little chick is from Nursery Necessities and the words are from the Love and Happiness rub ons. Fun card.

How brilliant is this? The flowers are from the Simply Said Set and they are being used like steam from the coffee cup in the Pun Fun set! Too cute. This card is actually created for the Featured Stampers challenge on SCS. Here is the card that inspired me. I loved her idea with the flowers coming up from the cup. The only other thing I kept from her card was the strip in the middle with the scallop border. I love how this turned out. The colors are super! I used the East Coast Prep designer papers and the coordinating colors of card stock -- Tempting Turquoise, More Mustard, Wild Wasabi and Real Red. The coffee cup has been clear embossed to make it look more like a real cup. And the half pearls are added to the flowers on the bottom that have been cut with the BoHo Blossoms flower punch. I finished it all off with the wide Real Red grosgrain ribbon.

I received this card in the mail a couple of days ago and my jaw actually hit the floor when I opened it. It is just absolutely stunning in real life. I can not believe how absolutely beautiful it is. Look at the shadow and all. The colors are wonderful and she even stamped the flowers again on the inside in a light color and then the greeting over the top. This is a real WOW card. Thank you so much Laura! I just love it. All of the detail are perfect! I wanted this set and talked myself out of it-- now I am confused-- I am not sure I could make a card THIS nice with it so maybe it was a good choice not to get it originally! Thanks again Laura, you are just too sweet.

This is just a quick and simple card. I finally got a couple of the Nestibilities from my hubby for a combined Christmas, Valentines and Birthday gift. I had to see how they worked. Too fun. Stamp set used: A Little Birdie Told Me. Pretty simple so I am leaving it at this. If you have a question feel free to ask.

I am soooo excited about this card. Very seldom do I have a card in my mind and it turns out EXACTALLY like I plan! This one did, yippeeeeeeeeeeeee..........




The best part about this card is that I had this idea right away when I seen this new Pun Fun set but kept putting off ordering it for other things. Well I just got it two days ago and was messing around with it for a swap I need to do. Well the swap had a "bit" of coloring --and I got bored so I decided to take a break and see what the challenge was today on Splitcoaststampers and to my amazement it was a window card! I knew I had to stop everything and make this card. Here is the inside view.



What a fun card! Hope you enjoy it as much as I do.

One of the girls who plays in my sketch challenge has her own stamp line. Of course I had to support her as she does me. So Here Ye go check out the stamps over at Sweet and Sassy Stamps. She has some awesome Christian Sentiments amongst other stuff.

Isn't this set just adorable. I have five boys in my Cub Scout den including my son and all of them will be going to Summer Camp this year -- the theme is Knights at the Round Table. How great will this set be for scrapbook pages, name tags and other such fun items. Love it.

Have you ever been in complete awwwww over the creativity of some people. I often feel this way with my (cyber) friend Lauren. She is so amazing and has come up with some of the most creative things ever! I just fell in love with these little onsies she made last week and I knew I had to find time to try them out. Well I was so excited to remember them this morning as I was preparing for my club tonight. I needed one more project and and honestly I did not feel like thinking too hard (I have been kinda sick AGAIN). So this was perfect. So for you club girls tonight we are gonna learn how to make these awesome cards. For the rest of you that want to know how to make them head on over to Lauren's blog and check out her tutorial!

One more card for todays' FS53 challenge. I love the way this butterfly looks embossed in white Here is the card I used for my inspiration.

Today's Featured Stamper Challenge was a fun one. And just in time. I wanted to do a baby card for tomorrows class and this layout was perfect. Fun Fun Fun.. Here is the card that I chose for inspiration.

The new SAB sets this year really are fun! This is the Birthday Whimsy set that you can earn for free with a $50 order. I was looking for a male card and thought this set would work. The colors are Soft Sky, Blue Bayou, Chocolate Chip and of course Whisper White. Stamp sets used are Birthday Whimsy and It's Your Birthday. I used four punches for the sentiment--the designer label, lg oval, sm oval and word window punches. Since the happy birthday was longer than the regular word window punched size I extended it by stamping on a strip of paper that is just a hair under 1/4 inch wide. Insert the ends into the punch from the bottom and just cut off the end then repeat on other end. Hope this makes sense. Other than this is a pretty easy card. Hope you having a wonderful weekend.

This is another card for Beate's Weekend Sketch challenge and also for the color challenge on SCS. Could not get a clear picture with the clouds in the sky. Fun card though.

I know -- this looks familiar huh. I am back at last weeks sketch again. It is just such a wonderfully easy sketch to work with and I wanted another Valentine card to use at my clubs that are at the beginning of the month. This set really is adorable so I keep coming back to it. Hope you don't mind.

Stamps: Happy Hearts Day
Paper: Berry Bliss dp, Pretty in Pink, Purely Pomegranate, Chocolate Chip and Whisper White
Ink: Purely Pomegranate, Basic Black
Other: markers, circle punch, scallop square punch, watercolor pencils, blender pen, three for you punch box, Target bling.

I just adore how bright this paper is! How fun and EASY this card was. The flower is cut from the Bali Breeze dp and the sentiment is a rub on from the Anchored set! Got to love it. The only thing even remotely difficult was the sewing. The layout is from this week sketch challenge on SCS161.

Here is a really quick and silly card. The inside says, I get by with a little help from my friends. This is another personal challenge to my self -- I have hundreds of Non Stampin Up! stamps that just never ever get used. I have had this silly image from Image Tree for years and it has never even seen ink. I am challenging myself to use some of these stamps that are hidden away in large pizza boxes (22 of them). Hope you don't mind a little Non Stampin Up! once in a while. Maybe one a week???? I hate to have all of these just sitting around and I can not bear to sell them when I have not even used them, lol!

The object of this card -which was a personal challenge to myself-was to make a Easter card with all current SU sets even though I have no current Easter sets! Hmmm, that took some thinking, lol. But I did it and I kind of like it. What do you think?



I know it looks like a simple card but there is really a lot going on with it. The little chick is from the Nursery Necessities set. The grass is from the stem in the Time Well Spent set. The pile of eggs and the main sentiment is from Loads of Love Accessories while Happy Spring is from Everyday Flexible Phrases. The base of the card is Wild Wasabi followed by Barely Banana and then a piece of the Blue Bayou dp. The focal image is done on Whisper White and layered on Barely Banana and Wild Wasabi. The scallops on the bottom were made with the scallop circle punch. Sentiment is stamped on Whisper White and punched out with the circle punch and layered on a Blue Bayou circle and than a Barely banana round tab punch left open. The little flowers and the dots are all free hand. Other supplies used were markers and ribbon. This was fun!

Boy do I feel better today! Thank you Lord. I am happy to say that I had fun stampin this morning and it seems my MoJo was just playing a little game of hide and seek. Well I am very good at the game, ask my son, so I found it! This card is for todays Limited Supply challenge on SCS. The challenge was to use scraps. Unfortunately I could do this every day for weeks on end all day long with no breaks and still not put a dent into my scrap pile! This is also a sneak peek at one of my future sketchs for my Monday Lunchtime Sketch Challenge. (this sketch will be way down the road -- since I could not seem to stamp last night I created a few more sketches) The little flowers are popped up and the saying is a rub on! The squares are one inch.

This is a simple card, designed to show off the Faux Tile Technique. I tried not to take the focus away from the technique by added lots of embellishments and layers. Hope you enjoy!

This is for today's Featured Stamper Challenge. You can see the card I chose to CASE here. I changed the stamp set, colors, ribbon. Hope you enjoy. Also the size of the card is 4 1/4 by 4 1/4 and you can use regular envelopes to send! I like the size you will see more of it from me.