Hang In There

I had a little time to play this morning. I had to play with this new stamp from Whipper Snapper... This one was fairly easy and quick to make. I used Quickutz leaf die. I had a heck of a time with my Quickutz handheld Squeeze tool... It kept cutting only half of the die. I have several of the die cutting machines/tools.. And I gotta say that the one I use the most is my Cuttlebug. Its compact, and for the most part its the right size for most of the projects I use. I also have a Big Shot that I use for other large projects, but it doesn't get near the use my Cuttlebug does. It's the best!

Here is the recipe:

• SU Certainly Celery, So Saffron, Chocolate, W White , Creamy Caramel, Wasabi CS
• Whipper Snapper Monkey stamp
• SU retired Mini Mates set
• MM brads
• Quickutz leaf die
• Prismacolor pencils and gamsol
• Distressor
• SU Close to Cocoa ink
• Cuttlebug embossing folder
• corner rounder
• dimensionals
  

St Patty's Day box

Ok, this is a first for me! I never EVER make anything for St Patrick's Day... But I found these adorable little body art jewels and thought they would be really fun to play with. I also wanted to do a special fold of some sort so I decided to make this flip lid box... The stamp is another fun Whipper Snapper stamp I just got. I cannot help it! They are the cutest stamps ever! The box is also adorned with stamps from Paper Trey and Studio G. I tried to get a closer look at these sweet little shamrock jewels.. They are very pretty in person. Hope you like!!

Here is the recipe:

• SU Wasabi, W White CS
• DCWV CS
• Whipper Snapper bear
• Prismacolor and Gamsol
• Studio G "kiss me" stamp
• Paper Trey Limitless Labels
• Stickles
• SU ribbon
• Cuttlebug dies
• LI brads
• Shamrock body art jewels found at Joann's
• SU Dimensionals

Bella Bling

Here is another card using the Glittered Cuttlebug Technique. This is a b-day card.. The inside says "just driving by with a birthday hi"... This one is really pretty in person.

Here's the recipe:

• SU Mint Melody, Barely Banana, Pretty in Pink, Whisper White CS
• Prismacolor pencils and gamsol
• Stamp by Stamping Bella
• Stickles--lots of stickles!!
• SU retired glitter pack
• Photo corner punch
• prima flowers
• Lasting Impressions brads
• Cuttlebug embossing folder
• Tsukineko glue pad
  

Tagged again!

My SBS 10 Sistah Amber tagged me with this "Excellent Blogger Award"! Thank you! Thank You! I'm honored to accept this award!


Here are a few other bloggers I have picked!

Rochelle at Impressions by Rochelle. Love this blog! She is the best!

Kristine Reynolds at Stamping and Scrapping In California

Trudi at Made By Me

Amber's The Stamping Scrapbooker (back at ya!)

Samantha Jensen at A Scrap Addicts Blog

Valentine Trip

Well not actually on Valentine's Day.. But its my gift to the family this Valentine's Day.. because I love them so much!! We are going on a 10 day trip to Hawaii in May! For those of you who have been there, you are probably thinking "big deal". But we've never been there! I'm sooo excited! I am and always have been a tropical girl... I love the water! Maybe it's the Pisces in me?!? Well, I'm not going to spill the details.. Just in case my kids decide to visit here.. (*inserting prayer* please, please, don't visit!) LOL. But here are the projects I have been working on for my kids to let them know... They will get these on Valentine's day... The card that goes inside the pocket card is their ticket.. not the real one, but mom's ticket to them.. I tried to make the mail boxes look like huts.. Let me tell ya, trying to come up with some of this was interesting to say the least! And sooooo messy.. I'm surprised they haven't caught on... The mess has been sitting out here on the table for the past month! They probably walk by and think its just mom's craft stuff.... I tried not to be obvious... But here's the funny part... They saw in my bedroom closet that I had some chocolate frogs for them. LOL So they totally think they are getting chocolate frogs!!! Too funny.. Oh boy, I really hope they don't see this!!!

TAGGED!

I was tagged by my online buddy Rochelle.

A: The rules of the game are posted at the beginning.

B: Each player answers the questions about themselves.

C: At the end of the post, the player then tags 3 people and posts their names, then goes to their blogs and leaves them a comment, letting them know that they have been tagged and asking them to read your blog.


10 years ago:
I was a stay-at-home mom with a 1 year old and a 4 year old.. The good ole days!

Things on my to-do list today:

1. stamp (always)
2. clean the house
3. run into town to take my daughter shopping

What would I do if I were suddenly made a billionare:

I would definitely have to buy an island somewhere... somewhere private for my own sanity! Charities are always a must--would donate to them. Would make sure all my friends and family were taken care of... And I think I would have to hire my own private massuer..

3 of my bad habits:

1. definitely my shopping addiction--mostly stamping
2. my Diet Pepsi habit--wish I could kick it!
3. biting my nails... so bad for the teeth

3 places I have lived:

1. Salem, OR
2. Tualitin, OR
3. Vancouver, WA

5 jobs that I have had:

1. Worked in women's clothing store
2. Worked as a tax agent
3. worked at fabric/craft store (go figure)
4. Worked at a bank as a teller
5. Working as a registered nurse

5 things people don't know about me:

1. I have no full-blood sisters or brothers. They are all half...half from my mom, half from my dad--and I'm the baby..
2. I am related to Samuel B Morse--inventor of the Morse Code
3. My family is spread all over the US--I live in the NW, have family in NY, FL, CO, KS, OR, AK
4. My son has a "spock" ear, and my daughter was born with a 6th toe...I have a distant relative who had webbed fingers--the first two and the last two... I call us the Star Trek generation..
5. My very first concert I have ever been to was when I was about 6 years old.. It was Donnie and Marie (ROFL)..

I am going to tag:

1. Chris SBS 10 sistah
2. Trudi SBS 10 sistah with the best photos!
3. Michele aka Whimsey SBS 10 sistah

Get Better

I finally put together this card! The little bear is so stinkin cute! I used the glittered cuttlebug technique on this one. I have needed alot of Get Well cards lately so I thought it was perfect.

The recipe:

• Stampin Up W White, Bashful Blue, Ballet Blue CS
• Whipper Snapper BooBoo Bear
• Prismacolor and gamsol
• Lasting Impressions buttons-- Boardwalk Blue
• May Arts striped ribbon, SU organdy, irridescent cord
• Word Window Punch
• Cuttlebug embossing folder
• Glitter
• SU retired Simple Sayings stamp set
• Stickles

Here's a tip: In order to create a slit on the crease of the fold for the ribbon I used the Basic Gray Notch supplies. I have never actually purchased the BG Notch tool.. I use the refill blades (sold seperately to refill the tool) and use an eyelet mat and a hammer to cut the notch out. Saves a bunch of money!! I believe the Notch tool is about $25.. This refill set cost about $9-10. Quite a savings!

Glittered Penguin

Here is another attempt at the glittered Cuttlebug. I have several card fronts ready for me to decorate... I just have to find the time! A one day weekend just does not suffice when it comes to wanting to do something for myself. I've been working a 2 on, 1 off schedule lately.. Only having one day breaks makes it hard just to catch up on housework let alone try to craft! Anyway, I decided to use Groovy Guava to try a different color scheme on a winter card. I don't think the picture does this one justice. If it was sunny or I had a nice photo box it would look so much better! It is sooo sparkley (is that a word? LOL).

Here's what I used:

• SU Groovy Guava, Barely Banana, W White CS
• SU Vanilla grosgrain ribbon
• Cuttlebug embossing folder and die
• Whipper Snapper penguin stamp
• Paper Trey's Square Corners and Borders
• Stickles--lots of stickles
• Brayer, SU pastel glitter, Tsukineko glue pad
• SU Groovy Guava ink
• Corner Rounder
• Dimensionals
  

Have I Toad You?

I have had this cute frog all colored and waiting here for me to put together for about a week now! I can't wait to give this one out for Valentines day!! The frog is colored in with Prismacolor pencils and gamsol...





Here are the other supplies:

• Bazzill Criss Cross CS in Pink
• SU Pixie Pink and W White
• SU Unfrogettale set
• Whippersnapper Frog
• Prismacolor pencils
• SU Pixie Pink ink
• Corner rounder and Heart punch
• Word Window Punch
• Rhinestone brads (Making Memories)
• Cuttlebug embossing folder

Glittered Cuttlebug

Ok, so things have been unbelievably hectic! (when is it not??) I'm sorry to keep you all waiting for my tutorial... I am just going to explain it. I know you all are smart enough to figure it out on your own. If you have trouble, just leave me a comment and I'll post the answers...

In order for this to work you need to use a cuttlebug embossing folder that has a design that is fairly close together... so basically the word ones won't work because there is too much negative space on the embossing... if that makes sense. The ones shown are the ones I have used so far and work great...

You need to have the Tsukineko glue pad.. I'm not sure if SU sells it or not. I bought mine at my local craft store. Fill your pad with the glue and then lightly brayer the glue over the top of the embossed areas of the paper. Don't press very hard because you will get glue in the negative spaces. Put your glitter over the top, shake off, turn upside down on scratch paper and press the glitter into the paper. You will probably have some extra glue marks, but if you work quickly you can wipe the glitter and glue off with your fingers. I hope this makes sense. If you have any other questions please leave me a comment.

I would have posted more pictures, but I'm so busy anymore that there is just no time! Enjoy!

Glittered Cuttlebug

I don't have much time to go into details on this project. I will hopefully have a tutorial up soon... In the meantime, Enjoy!

Penguin card

Stretch your dollar...

I thought I'd share this.. I don't know about anyone else, but I use alot of my stampin mist cleaner. I, myself, find that the original bottle of cleaner (while it smells great) makes me sneeze...it's almost too strong. So about 7 years ago I started using a seperate spritzer using 1 part stampin mist, and 3-4 parts water...Since I have done this, I have saved alot of money on cleaner--and my stamps still stay clean! Not only that, I can say that I have had the same original bottle of the mist for about 2 years! It's a way to stretch your dollar and buy more stamps!

Guava thanks

On this one I used the Linen background stamp from Stampin Up (you'll have to click on the picture to see it closer). It was stamped in Guava, stamped off onto other paper once and then stamped onto Vanilla CS. It is layered on Artichoke and Chocolate and then again on Guava. The stamps are from SU's retired Noteworthy and Paper Trey's Faux Ribbon set. Accents are copper and guava ribbon (Martha Stewart)...

Altered Mailbox

Yay!! I finally found some mailboxes at our Target!! They didn't have them at any of the Target's I checked out last year... But they did this year!! This was just a quick project without stamping, but I thought the colors were great! I only bought a couple of pink ones and the rest are all white.
The recipe:

• Target mailbox
• prima flower
• CS by The Studio Barn
• Cuttlebug Dies
• SU W White, Bashful Blue, Gable Green CS
• May Arts striped ribbon, white SU grosgrain
• Lasting Impressions Brads

I took the advice of my buddy Rochelle and used black as the background for taking pictures.. It works great!! Thanks for the GREAT advice Rochelle!!

It moosed get done!

I needed to make a replacement for my last moose refregerator lister. This is what I came up with. Quite a few years back I found these little charm-type stamps at a Stamping convention... They have been sitting in my stash unmounted for a long time! Well just a few months ago I bought 4 sheets of EZ Mount foam and finally mounted them. I thought they made a cute set of charms for this lister or any woodsy card. The lister is made using Jr Legal notepads cut in 1/2. The backside has 2 strips of adhesive magnets one on the top and one on the bottom backside.

Recipe:

Stamps: Inky Antics moose, Yvonne Albrighton stamps, SU antique crackling bkgd stamp Inks: Black, Cocoa. Prismacolor Pencils, Ribbon and SU linen thread. Magnets, Jr Legal Notepads, SU White CS and Bazzill CS

So Kind..

I love this little penguin from Whipper Snapper! Here I mounted him on Blue Bayou and Soft Sky CS. He is colored in with Prismacolor pencils and gamsol. The Blue colored pencil is out of an extended pack of 12 pencils. A newer set-- the pencil color is Muted Turquoise. I added stickles to the outfit and snow. I used SU's Priceless set, and Blue Bayou, Soft Sky and Craft white inks. The brads are from Lasting Impressions... The ribbons come from MayArts and Stampin Up... I really love the color combo on this one! And I really wish SU had a more muted color of Pixie Pink to go with it. Pixie Pink itself is just too loud for this card....

Stampin Up Wheel Tip

One of the things I absolutely hate doing is buying more products than I really need. With my wheels, I typically do not use them for anything more than a card. If this is the way you use your wheels, then this tip is for you! Instead of buying all those cartridges, you can use your ink pads to ink up your wheels. The length of the stamp on the wheel will easily cover a 5.25 inch width. I love this because it also saves some time.... the time it takes to *FIND* the cartridge and put it in the wheel (at least in my organized mess!)... The only downfall is that you have ink your wheel in between uses. This tip works best for the jumbo wheels... only 2 runs through the ink and its done! Try it!

Penguin thanks

I guess I'm still not done with my winter stamps! After all, it's still winter! I love this little penguin from Whipper Snapper. On this one, I used prismacolor pencils to color in with gamsol. The white parts of his outfit have Tulip White puffy paint on them, splashed with some stickles. SU inks and CS used include: Almost Amethyst, Lovely Lilac, Craft White (whisper white). SU stamp sets used are The Snowflake spot, Snow jumbo wheel. Also used is Paper Trey's Faux Ribbon set for the sentiment. Punches: Word Window, corner punch and sizzix snowflake dies. The snowflake on the card is tied onto the ribbon with irridescent cord and is not glued down. Hope you like!

Berry Valentine

Paper Trey has an awesome new valentine set... This card is 4x4 using the mega scalloped punch. The scallops are decorated with another Paper Trey set in SU's Wasabi ink. The background was stamped with SU's Linen background in Pomegranate ink on Pomegranate CS. Also included are SU Wasabi stitched ribbon, irridescent cord, cuttlebug tag dies and Regal Rose ink (for shading)