Award

I got this cool award from Stacy! Now, I have to nominate at least seven people for this, too.

The rules for this award:

1. The winner can put the logo on her blog.
2. Link the person you received your award from.
3. Nominate at least 7 other blogs.
4. Put links of those blogs on yours.
5. Leave a message on the blogs of the girls you've nominated.

The 7 I am going to nominate are:

1. Jenn
2. Stacy
3. Chris
4. Stephanie
5. Poulsen
6. Debbie
7. Barb

These ladies are very talented! Check them out!

Happy Stamping!

From Your Side of the Table

One of the best things about blogging is connecting with people I wouldn't get to know due to distance. I have met some very talented people, since I have started blogging and here is one of them....Barb!

She made a front flip card and a no waste criss cross graduation card from the video tutorials I had a while ago. She was nice enough to share them with me. Aren't they awesome?! I check out her site all the time. She is a fellow CTMH consultant and I always find inspiration in her work. Thanks for sharing these with me Barb and letting me share them with my fellow bloggers.

Happy Stamping!

Tutorial Time - Spring Card

HAPPY FOURTH OF JULY!

YAY! I got time to play. These instructions are from SplitCoast and came out in their Weekly Inkling this week. I like this one, because you don't need a lot of materials to make it. Enjoy!




Recipe:

Paper: Life Delights 5 1/4 x 10 1/2, Lilac Mist 3 x 3, Colonial White 2 3/4 x 2 3/4

Stamp sets: Treasures of the Heart, Delight in Everything

Ink: Lilac Mist, Blush

Embellishments: Key Lime bigger brad, flower (non-CTMH)

Happy Stamping!

Emboss Baby Cards

Have you ever had one of those weeks where you feel like you haven't gotten anything done? Well, this describes my week. I still haven't stamped and we are still working on cleaning up tree limbs for pick-up tomorrow. I am hoping to get to my video tomorrow. I have picked the project. Now, I just need to sit at my desk and create. I have already warned my boys that I will be creating, so they know to give me some alone time (crossing my fingers).

I have some more cards from The Stamp Garden, owned by Val, in Sioux Falls, SD. I just love embossing stencils. I even have some and never use them. Maybe these will inspired me and you to get them out and play. Here are a couple of cute baby cards:





Aren't these the cutest?

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Congratulations

I have not stamped for four days now...BUMMER! Omaha was hit by 115 mph winds last Friday around 4:45 pm, which was classified as a stage one hurricane. Can you believe it? We are in the middle of the states and we get hurricane winds. It was amazing! I have never seen anything like it. Along with the winds came hail, which damaged roofs, cars, etc. SOOOO...we have been busy (like the rest of the folks in Omaha) cleaning up. We had a big limb from one of our trees land on our house and puncture a hole in our roof and water in the basement. We were one of the lucky ones. Many, many people had much worse experiences and damage. This is the biggest reason my stamping was put on hold. I hope to resume on Wednesday.

Tomorrow, I will be getting ready for my stamp club meeting. We are making the big buckle card I posted a little while ago.

I was pleasantly surprised, when I got my mail on Saturday. Chris, my upline, sent me this gorgeous congratulations card for my sales. Isn't it beautiful? I am going to cardlift this one and luckily I have all the materials to do so...YAY!

Chris used the following products:

Paper: Silhouette Level 2 paper pack, gold cs, colonial white cs, black cs

Stamps: Gracious Greetings

Ink: black

Accessories: Black Collection designer ribbon rounds, red sparkles (bling)

Happy Stamping!

Tutorial Time - Suspension Card

This card was fun to make; however, you will see in the video I had to do a second take. I wasn't paying close attention and put the circle images upside down....LOL! Don't make the same mistake. I decided to put the measurements in this post instead of at the end of the video. Oh..don't fret....the measurements are throughout the video too.

Measurements:

Card - once scored 4 1/4 x 11, score at 5 1/2
Key Lime cs - 3 x 4, 2 1/8 x 3
Sunkiss Yellow cs - 2 3/4 x 3 3/4
Heavenly Blue cs - 2 x 2 7/8
White Daisy cs - 1 3/4 x 2 5/8, 1 1/4" circles (2)

Edited to add: I forgot to mention on my video that I used vanilla cream CTMH marker for the baby's skin.



Happy Stamping!

Kim

FAMILY - TOGETHER

I am trying to get my sister to come over and see me...SOOOO I made her a two page layout to entice her to my house. She has to come visit me to get it. Do you think it will work?

I used the new Sasparilla Level 2 paper pack with coordinating cardstock...twilight, barn red, desert sand and black. The title is done with the "E" sized Rustic Alphabet. I stamped them and then cut them out. I distressed the cardstock with black chalk ink and added black accessories. I finally used the clear buttons I have and I really like them. I punched a 3/4 inch circle and ran those through my Xyron and then attached them to the buttons. Of course, I used the wonderful waxy flax. I would never thread buttons without that wonderful product.

I stamped on the twill with black ink. I used the solo alphabets and choose words that fit the theme. I used solo c, solo l and solo m. These stamp sets are great for adding a variety of stamped images or words to your layouts and cards.





Connie....when are you coming? LOL!

Jeanne, since you asked I took a picture of the deck we just finished. Now, we are tearing up the deck right outside our back door. I hope this one is done by the 4th of July. We'll see!

I took this picture from the deep end of the pool. We just placed our chairs and tables on this side, so we could get everything off the old deck to tear it up, so it isn't the nicest set-up right now. I spend most of my time in the white lounge chairs. LOL!



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Best Fishes

Here is a card I made for the color challenge on Mommy Scraps. I took her theme and "awesome" birthday sentiment and made one of my own. In addition, I had inspiration from Jeanne's front flip card she made using the D'Vine Swirl cuttlebug and fish theme. This one is a little different than the usual card I make. It took me a little out of my comfort zone, which (I guess) is a good thing.

I mainly used the following CTMH colors: breeze, ocean, orange, citrus leaf. I sponged the bottom part of the card in cocoa, chocolate and desert sand to make the bottom of the ocean or aquarium (whichever you prefer). I used the June stamp of the month, With Love, for the ocean plants, etc. I love how other CTMH consultants use this flower set for other themes. In addition, I sponged the breeze cardstock with breeze and ocean ink for the water. After using the cuttlebug folder, I highlighted some of the waves with my white gel pen. I hope you like this one!

I finished this card with eyelets and orange sassy strands. Wow! I hardly ever use eyelets any more. I had the perfect color to go with the ocean cardstock in my never-ending stash. LOL! AND I got to use my crop-a-dile. YAY!


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Going Vertical

This is the layout I did for Tate's album, which is the same design as I made for Tanner's "Pump It Up" layout. I cannot believe how high Tate swings. It makes me queezy watching him. Click on the layouts to see him flying high and having fun. I really like the chipboard arrow and flourish that seems to fit the theme of this layout.




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