Golf Card Fore Uncle Huey

It seems like most stamping bloggers have 1000s of stamp sets. If you need a card for your great aunt LuLu's frisbee championship, they've got the stamps to make it. I don't. I don't buy tons of stamps, because I like to buy more accessories. I try to buy very versatile sets and am always thinking of new ways to use old stuff. The card at left is a perfect example of using something you have in a new way.

My Uncle Huey has been golfing for about a year. He entered a golf tournament of about 50 people and he won first place. He won a big trophy and we are all really proud of him, so I wanted to send him a congrats card. Now, I don't have any masculine sets and certainly not any golf sets. After brainstorming for a while I decided to make a argyle background and use a circle punch as a golf ball. The card base is certainly celery. I stamped the looks like spring background diamonds in certainly celery and stamped the dotted diamond background in bashful blue on top of that. My friend Kathryn(redfirekat on SCS) sent me some samples of paper she embossed with her cuttlebug. I used a white piece embossed with small circles to punch the circle for my golf ball. Congratulations is from the new hugs and wishes set. This was a fun card to make and its going to make the person who gets it happy- isn't that the whole reason we stamp?

Fabulous!

I finally got some serious stamping done this weekend. First, I organized my stamp room. It will only be clean until the next stampfest! I'm not very good at putting my stuff away when I finish with it. I've got some ideas about what I want to do with the space and I'll post pics if I ever get it done. My dream would be to have a fabulous pink room. Pink, black and white polka dots, perhaps a chandelier. Ok, enough dreaming. This frame was inspired by my dream stamp room. Before I explain the frame, let me make a confession: I haven't memorized all of the Stampin' Up colors. This is the bright pink from the bold family, positively pink- I think :) I stamped the flourish from baroque motifs in white on the pink paper. I used whimsical lower to spell fabulous in black. Very simple, very fabulous!

This little 3x3 card was fun. Bright pink base again. Image from double line doodle is stamped in bright pink on whisper white paper. SU has a new scallop circle punch, but I don't have it yet.Never fear, I do have a pair of scallop scissors from the $ store! Ok, my circle is a lil bit lopsided but I'll get better with practice. The sentiment from double line doodle "I just love you", is stamped inside. Wonder whose husband will be lucky enough to get this card?

Happy 5th!!

Ok, so I'm a day late in making a 4th of July post. We had so much fun yesterday. MK and her girls came over and we made yummy goodies for the day. We made a fruit bowl topped with star pastry puffs and a side of delish cream cheese dip. We also made star shaped cupcakes and blueberry sticks for our drinks. Our family always celebrates the 4th with a few neighbors. We spent the day chasing babies at the pool. Around 7 we had BBQ at the cabin. We ended the night with sparklers this year since fireworks were banned because of the drought. It was a perfect day, and could have only been better if Jamie were home with us.

I got it, I got it, I got it!!!

I got my new catty on Wednesday!! I have finally taken a break from staring at the pages long enough to post a new blog entry. It is be-yoo-tiful!! There are so many must haves, a few that I was able to pre-order as a demo. Baroque motiffs is a new set from the tapestry style. It makes fab cards that work for girls or guys. I don't know about you, but I have a hard time finding masculine style sets that I really like. I made this card for my Dad's 54th birthday. The card base is taken with teal and the baroque flourish is stamped in choc. chip. Baroque's flower/shape thing is stamped on choc. chip in white ink and is also popped up with dimensionals. The sentiment is from the new hugs and wishes stamp set. Simple, easy, and I love it.

8 Days and a Wake Up.....

Until the new Stampin' Up! catalog is in our hands!! I can't wait! The new in-colors are awesome and the new accessories are exactly what I was wishing for. I want everything from the preview catalog, so I can't imagine what the big catty will be like.In the mean time, I've got some stamping to do. I haven't made a card in a week (gasp)!

Weekend Update

We spent last weekend in North Carolina with MK and the girls. It may sound hard to believe considering we had 4 kids in the back, but we had fun in the car. It was a great chance for us to spend 4 hours talking and laughing. While in NC we went mining for gem stones. After collecting a bag full of rubies and other stones, Evan wanted to know how much he was going to be paid for his finds! lol We also spent some time playing in the nearby creeks. The water was freezing, but the kids loved it.

Evan and Sam spent alot of time flirting with Sophie and Lilly. Lilly was fascinated by Evan. Sam caught Sophie's attention- I imagine the 2 of them will be a handful in a year or so! It was a fantastic weekend. I have a Stampin' Up party tomorrow night, so I'll finally have new stamping pics to post. Until then- Happy Stamping!

All Dressed Up!

We made these fun favors at my niece Mallory's birthday party. I pre-stamped the paisley background, but the girls did the rest. The dress and names are stamped in close to cocoa. We used crayola color pencils to shade the dress. Color pencils are an inexpensive choice for kids to use. They save your chalks and the kids can work better with them anyway. The girls tied the bottom of the acrylic frame with chocolate grosgrain and their choice of assorted pink ribbons.

This was a really fun and simple party project. It kept the girls busy and they took home something cute for their rooms. Sure beats the whoopee cushion Evan brought home in his last goody bag :)