Happy Birthday, Grandma

Seth's Grandma is going to be 92 on Friday, and we are going to her party on Saturday.  I made this card for her.  I was inspired by the Mojo Monday Sketch here.

I went sledding tonight with the boys.  I love sledding at night, because it is so quiet and no one is there.  We had a lot of fun.  Unfortunately, Seth couldn't go.  He is nursing a cold.

Don't forget that sale-a-bration is on right now.  I placed an order today and received eight, yes "8", free gifts plus hostess gifts.  Yahoo!  I added the sale-a-bration catalog to my left sidebar with the supply list underneath it for your convenience.

I have a busy day tomorrow.  I hope I can create, but might not be able to for a couple of days.  See ya soon!

Materials used are stampin’ up! Unless noted

Stamps: So many scallops (retired)

Paper: thoroughly modern (retired), taken with teal (retired), whisper white

Ink: melon mambo marker, crushed curry marker

Accessories: rose red grosgrain ribbon (retired)

Punches: dotted scallop ribbon border, 1 3/4" scallop circle

Techniques: basic stamping

Notice I am using a lot of my retired supplies to get ready for my new order I placed today.  Can't wait!

Flower Power

I have been wanting to play with my Big Shot lately and what better way than to make a card with the Flower Folds die.  In fact, my mom came this week and saw this lying on a table in my craft room and said, "Oh, I like this one."  YAY!  I like it too, but I am really glad when my family and friends like my creations.

This is the last project we are going to make at club this month.  There is that same flower design in the middle that was on the last card I showed you using the scallop circle die.

Here is the inside:

Materials used are stampin’ up! Unless noted

Stamps: fast flowers wheel, so many scallops

Paper: cottage wall dsp, perfect plum, old olive, whisper white

Ink: concord crush

Accessories: beautiful wings embosslits die, purple bigger brad (other), flower folds XL die

Punches: scallop circle

Techniques: big shot die card

2 out of 3 ain't bad

I have two of the three projects we are making at our card club on Tuesday evening.  The first one is taken from Sophia at Sunny Stampin' Inc.  She has a video to show you how she made her card.  I changed mine a little, but it is the same concept as hers.  Thanks, Sophia!

Materials used -

Stamps: Say It In Style and Speckled Background

Paper: colonial white cs, tulip cs

Ink: blush, bubblegum, hollyhock, tulip

Accessories: Heart to Heart punch (SU), 1" square punch, prisma glitter, baby pink gingham ribbon, pop dots (SU)

Techniques: prisma glitter

This awesome card I received from my friend, Barb at The Buzz.  She is one of my friends I met at CHA last week.  Isn't she a sweetie?  She sent me a thank you card.  The day I received this I sent her one too.  I told her great minds think alike.  Well, I love this!  So I decided to use it as my inspiration to make the one below for club.

Materials used -

Stamps: So Many Scallops (SU)

Paper: heavenly blue textured cs, blush cs, Ticked Pink pattern paper (retired)

Ink: twilight

Accessories: flowered bling, scallop punch (SU), Scallop Trim border punch (SU), bling, blush grosgrain ribbon

Now, I need to work on the third card for Tuesday.  Hmmm!

Happy Stamping!

I'm Dreaming of a...

White Christmas. You see it Bing! Oh, what a great song and movie. This card is for Sankari's Challenge #23 - I'm Dreaming of a White Christmas. This card was fun to make. I added a little silver for accent. The sentiment was embossed in silver and I added silver vellum behind my embossed snowflakes.

Card recipe: Paper - white daisy cs (CTMH), silver vellum (CTMH); Stamp set - So Many Scallops (SU); Ink - versamark; Accessories - silver embossing powder (CTMH); pop dots (SU), scallop punch (SU), white organdy ribbon (Sheer Creations), white brads (Paper Studio), Snowflakes embossing folder (Cuttlebug)

Well, I have been busy taking online classes again at JessicaSprague.com. I am taking two right now. Photo Editing: Frame-ups and Special Effects was a free course Jessica offered, which is really cool. We are on day 9 of this class. Yesterday, I started Oh Shoot! Digital Photography with Candice Stringham. Our first lesson was about shutter speed. I finally took my camera off automatic mode. YAY! Below are the pics I took to put in my book to show the difference in a fast shutter speed and slow shutter speed. I think this class is going to be a good one too. I can't wait to learn more about my SLR. I am ready to switch to manual mode.

Happy Stamping!