Days Gone By

Here is another card I made today using Stamp It's background stamp #1. Then I taped the lines off with block-it tape, stamped mostly stamps from Stamping Up's "Days Gone By" and 3 from Nina Brackett's "bug me anytime". Used the KOH-I-NOOR pencils and OMS to color in. Then I rubbed tea distressed ink all over the card. Tamped out "Hi there" cut it out and matted it on black, glued it in place, glued the stamped part on black, glued it on the card and it's all finished! I added stickles in the center of the flowers and 1 yellow bella. Hope you like my card. Thanks for dropping by and yall come back!

A Quiet Life

Well, camp is over, we didn't get to wet this week being it rained everyday, bugs didn't bite to hard, food was good. Ever noticed food is so good out side after a long hard day at work LOL. I did manage to make one card. Took me all week but here it is. I'd do a little each morning before leaving for work and finished it this morning. It's made with all older stamps I have had for awhile. I first stamped the squares with Block #13 from Stamp It co. Then I used block it tape to tape off the lines so when I stamped the other stamp (Small Rose Collage from Paper Inspirations) it wouldn't stamp on the lines. I then sponged different colors in each square. I stamped out the girl from Stamping Up's "A Quiet Life"Used a small amount of chalk to high light a few of the leaves and flowers. I cut her out and glued inside the center block. Added the 4 gold beads, punched out the 4 corners using Cuttlebugs corner die, matted it, added it to the card and here it is! I'm please with how it turned out and hope you like it. Thanks for dropping by and yall come back!

Kreativ Bloggers Award

I am honored to received this award from my blogging friend Selma , http://selmasstampingcorner.blogspot.com & Patti, http://stampersize.blogspot.com

from StampTV. Thank you ladies for nominating me. Here are the instructions in order to

accept this award:

1. Thank the person who nominated you for this award.

2. Copy the logo and place it on your blog.

3. Link the person who nominated you for this award.

4. Name seven things about yourself that people might find interesting.

5. Nominate seven Kreativ Bloggers.

6. Post links to the seven blogs you nominate.

7. Leave comments on all seven blogs letting them know you nominated them.

Name seven things about yourself that people might find interesting:

1. I am a Nascar fan, go Jr. #88

2. Wake Forest & UNC fan

3. Born in Maryland

4. Work for the State of VA for 28 years

5. Love fruit more than sweets

6. Do not like to cook.

7. Love the TV show Ice Road Truckers.

I nominate the following 7 Kreativ Bloggers to receive this award (man this was the hardest part.)

1. Connie Legath http://craftieconnie.blogspot.com

2.Christina Bower http://sunshinespaperobsession.blogspot.com

3.Jimmy Sue http://dayscriber.blogspot.com

4. Linda Funk http://somanycards.blogspot.com

5. Lisa Phillippi http://adornmentsbylisa.blogspot.com

6. Linda Lapotka http://cardsbylinda.blogspot.com

7. Heather http://stampdetails.blogspot.com

Thanks again Selma & Patti

New License

Meet Super Bird Racecar. He's a digi image from Sunshine, http://sunshinespaperobesession.blogspot.com You have just got to go to her blog and check out all the great images her husband Rob comes up with! When I first saw this image I thought of 2 things. The day I finally got my drivers license and Richard Petty's racecar (back in the 70's). So with that in mind I came up with this. Getting that drivers license made me feel like I could take on the world, remember that feeling LOL. I colored it using KOH-I-NOOR pencils and OMS to match the blue in Petty's racecar. I punched out the corners using Sizzix corner die, with Cuttlebug's Spots and Dots I embossed the background. The words I ran off the computer. It doesn't show in the picture but I put Star Dust Stickles on the lights. Paper is from Stamping UP. I do hope you like my card. Thanks so much for dropping by and yall come back.

Hi There

This is a digi image I got free from Wendy Hall. Check her blog out at http://creationsbyloubyloo.blogspot.com

She has gorgeous cards!

I colored with KOH-I-NOOR pencils and OMS. Used Martha Stewart punch for the border and Stamping Up punch for the flowers. Used a nestabilities and a Gina K stamp for the words. I think she is cute as can be.

Good morning! It's raining here this morning with a storm moving out. Lets hope for sunshine now LOL.

This is a Flip Card . I got the kit at Sat. Stamp show. I purchased it from http://www.repeatimpressions.com/

they had such beautiful cards. Check out their web page.I also purchased several of their stamps because they build on each other which is great for this card. You can make one by starting with your card base which measures 5 1/2" x 4 1/4". next piece is 5 1/4" x 4" ; 1-strip 2" x 8 1/4" ; score this at 4 1/2" ; 5 1/8" ; 5 3/4 " ; and 6 7/8" . You will need 4 squares at 1 7/8" of white ; 4 squares at 1 1/2" and then 4 at 1 1/4" that you will stamp on. All the squares are then layered on top of each other and glue on the strip at the score lines. Beginning with the last stamp going on first and working up. After attaching all the squares to the strip, you will need one more strip measuring 4"x1". this is attached behind and at the bottom of the first square you attached. The sentiment is stamped about 1/2 way in the middle of the longest end of the long strip. To apply this you can either use scor tape (which I did ) or brads, eyelets, this part is up to you. Punch a small hole at the bottom and add ribbon, I used a Cuttlebug folder and die cut to the front of mine, and added 2 white pearls. I hope all this makes sense and you try one. They are a cute card. Check out the web site for stamp sets and other great projects that they offer. Hope you like my card, thanks for dropping by and yall come back!

Wild Flowers

I'm back! Can you believe I had to do some silly things around here like, straighten the house, some laundry, get groceries, cook, and then eat! Oh yeah, dishes. It's those silly things that keep me from playing! LOL

This is another unmounted stamp I got yesterday. I clear embossed it, rubbed Not quite Navy from SU all over it, then wiped it back off the flowers. Cut it out using another thing I got yesterday,the small deckled mega rectangle. Love those Nestabilities! Then I inked up the Cuttlebug embossing folder (Textile), ran white CS through and look what I got! Great way to make dp. Mounted them on Not Quite Navy from SU, put a ribbon around it and there it is.

Hope you like my card and thanks for dropping by. Yall come back!

White butterflies

Well, I got up this morning and started playing........ I stamped this image on white using white color box. Then I heat embossed it using white embossing powder. I rubbed blue and green ink from stamping up around the whole card. Stamped a few swirls here and there, attached a ribbon and it's finished. This is one of the unmounted stamps I got at the stamping show yesterday. Sorry I don't remember which vendor I got it from....

Hope you like my card and thanks for dropping by, yall come back.

Blog candy

You have just got to go visit Linda Payne's blog, not only is she great at making gorgeous cards, now she's gonna give candy! This is to begin Monday, June 27 so don't miss it! Here's her link.http://paynehollercards.blogspot.com

Hi, I just had to play and make a card tonight with 2 I got today. These 2 stamps are form Inky Antics. Aren't they cute as can be! Their web site is www.inkyantics,com

They have a bunch of cute stamps. I used a cuttle bug folder, Spots & Dots at the bottom. Paper is from SU, ribbon is some I had and I'm not sure where I got it. Hope you like the card. Thanks for dropping by and yall come back!

Stampers meet

Well I made it home with change in my pocket LOL. It was a great day.......One high light was meeting Jennie Harper & Linda Payne whom I have got to know on Stamp TV. They are as special in person. Here is a picture Becky took of us. Now don't the 3 of us look happy! I'll try and make some thing later and post it, right now the dog wants my attention and I want a tall glass of ice tea. Thanks for dropping by and yall come back!

Stella & Alex

Got these 2 pictures tonight from Shelly my daughter in law.

These 2 kids are growing like weeds!

I really miss them and would love to see them. Okay, gotta get to bed so I can get up early in the morning and head down to Winston Salem for the Stamp Expo. Hopefully I will come back with some great ideas to share. Thanks for dropping by and yall come back.

I received my very first blog award today from Sue (tillymint) Walsh http://Acomsumingpassion.blogspot.com. Now I get to pass it on to 5 of my favorites, so here they are, ........all they have to do is pass it on to 5 of their favorites.

Jennie Harper - http://stampawaytheday.blogspot.com/

Geri - http://geriscards.blogspot.com/

Linda Payne - http://paynehollercards.blogspot.com/

Jimmye Sue - http://dayscriber.blogspot.com/

Patti - http://stampersize.blogspot.com/

Okay ladies, go pass it!

Flowers for You

Here's another card keeping the center smooth and embossing all the way around it. Since I found out from Selma from Stamp TV how to do this it's so simple! I punch the corners out using cuttle bug die, stamped the image from a stamp I have had for ever LOL, added flower soft which by the way I love, and the card is done. Hope you like the card and thanks for dropping by, yall come back!

A Stitch In Time

I'm back! This will be my last post for today. This is a large card measuring 5 x 6 3/4. I don't usually make cards this large but sometime it just calls for a large one. I started out cutting lime , lavender and turquoise into strips. (They measure 1-1/2 x 3;1-3/4x2; 1x3; 1-3/4 x 1; 4-1/2x1-1/2; 2-1/2 x 1-3/4; 2 x 1-3/4. I trimmed the sides to even it up. Then I stamped using staz-on. Glued them onto card stock. Using my stamping up mat pack, punched holes along and then sewed them by hand with gold thread. Glued buttons here and there. Attached that to black card stock then attached that to the card. Hope you like my card, it's some thing different I haven't done in awhile. Thanks for dropping by and yall come back!

Glitter on Acetate

I'm not at work today so I'm here playing.......I made this card using acetate then glittering it. I stamped the image (Northwoods Rubber Stamps) then working form the back side applied glue to center spots, added glitter, more glue, more glitter, you get the picture. Then I stamped the sentiment fro Impression Obsession onto the card stock. After waiting a few hours for the glue to dry really good, placed the acetate on top of the card stock, used brads to hold it in place and then attached it to the card. This is time consuming but I like the final results. It takes a glue that will dry clear. Hope you can see how it glitters, of course the picture is not as good as live. Thanks for dropping by and yall come back!

Center Square

Good Morning. My card today is inspired by Selma over at Stamp TV. Go check her out, she makes the most gorgeous cards. The layout is the same, although I didn't use the very same tools, she explained how to emboss in the middle and then leaving it smooth emboss around the sides. Well I just had to try it and here it is. Doing it the way she said is so easy! Anyway, then I stamped the little butterflies in the center, punched out the corner thingies, and it's done. Hope you like my card and go visit Selma. Thanks for dropping in and yall come back.

My girl

Good morning......hope all is fine and happy. I woke up to lots and lots of fog this morning. But hopefully it will clear and be half way pretty today. I'll be taking 2 from my scrapbook club to Winston Salem NC today for a special trip, lunch and shopping at a few stamping stores. It's gonna be fun no matter what the weather is. I made this card Sunday using a print I had purchased off EBay. I used my Martha Stewart pencils and OMS to color her in. I used several pieces of scrap paper to mat and added Bella's. I added glitter to her wings but it doesn't show up very good in this picture. It was a very fast and easy card. Well, lets finish getting ready for work today. Thanks for dropping by and yall come back!

Good morning! I woke up to rain and low temps this morning. Those that know me know I don't get warm until it in the 80's LOL. This is a card I finished last night . I'm into this white on white. Kym sent me the image and I colored it in using my Martha Stewart pencils and OMS. Yes Martha Stewart and they are good! I used a bit of Glitter in the center of the flowers to make em pop a little. I used my scor-pal and outlined the print. Embossed the sides using cuttlebug folders With Love border. Outlined both pieces using Martha Stewart's yellow glitter pen and it's done. I liked the way it turned out and hope you do too. Thanks for dropping by and yall come back!

A Happy Hello

Good morning, hope yall are doing great this bright and sunny morning. I made this card this morning and I really like the way it turned out. I colored the tulips using KOH-I-NOOR pencils and OMS. Then I cut them out. Punched out some leaves using my latest punch from McGill called pine. I used 3 different embossing folders Argyle,Just my type and Distressed Stripes. I also used my Scor-Pal. I cut the label out using Spellbinders nestabilities Labels Four. The stamp is from Stamping up. Punched the corners off using stamping up's ticket punch and added the bling. Hope you enjoy my card and thanks for dropping in, yall come back!

Flower

Hi again......thought I would upload another card . this is another print Kym sent me, I love flowers of any kind so yes I love it! I cut it and the mat out with the oval nestabilities, the blue I embossed with my newest folder by Cuttlebug called Textile. The brown is left over I cut 1/4 of an inch and glued down. I put micro beads in the center of the flowers after I colored them with KOH-I-NOOR pencils and OMS. Thanks for stopping by, hope you like my card and yall come back!

Irish Folding

Hello and thanks for dropping in. Been playing with the computer more today than card making. But we downloaded Skype, got our friends listed, and tried it out with 2 so far. It's gonna be a hoot! My card today is one using the Irish Fold. I cut the center out using Spellbinders round nestie and then placed the hole over the pattern. Oh yeah, upside down so I could tape the paper onto the back. I cut 5 different strips of paper 1' and folded them not quite in half. The pattern is numbered so I just kept turning it taping the paper until it was finished. In the center I placed a flower I stamped from Nina Brackett's "bug me anytime" stamp set. Then I stamped out a butterfly from Martha Stewart, glittered it and popped it on, I use more scrap paper and punched the borders out, then placed pearls down them. I hope you like my card and yall come back! A very great web site to get free patterns is www.irisfoldingifcrafters.com Go check them out!

White on black

This is the card I posted at Stamp TV for the color challenge. If you have never been to Stamp TV you gotta drop in. There are a bunch of very talented people there that share ideas and have the greatest challenges where you can win!!!!!!!!!! We love getting free stuff! This is Melanie Muenchinger's "Arranged with Love stamp set. I stamped it using color box, then heat embossed it. Added ribbon I got at Wal Mart and it's all done. Cut the oval out using Spellbinders Nestablities. Very fast and easy. Hope you enjoyed the card and thanks for dropping in. Yall come back now hear!

Red, Black & White

Well I had a big surprise last night, a friend of mine from Canada called last night. We have never met face to face, met on Stamp TV and just hit it off. There is 7 of us that chat and share and just bond. We're the Roses. Anyway, I was cutting this card out when she called. It was gonna be for the challenge over at Stamp TV, but my wish blade didn't do such a good job of cutting it out so I made another one. This is a GSD file I downloaded off the net that was made from einnej, she does the most beautiful work and lets you download them free. The butterfly is a punch I had but there is no name on it so not sure whose it is. Hope you like the card and thanks for dropping in.......

I started this one last night and finished it today right after work......I tell ya I've got it bad LOL. A friend of mine stamped this for me and I used my KOH-I-NOOR pencils and OMS to color the flowers and leaves is. I cut them out using Spellbinders oval nestabilities. I used a EK Success corner punch and Martha Stewart glitter marker for the dots. The Thanks so much is from Stampin Up set Pocket Silhouettes.

Thanks for dropping by and hope you like my card.

Sending Prayers

Came in from work today so tired.......best thing I can think of to do is make a card LOL. But then I make cards when I'm bored, hungry, happy any reason you can think of LOL. I used paper from my scrap basket, used the cuttlebug 's butterflies papillions to cut out and emboss the butter fly, used nestablities to cut out the black and green and oval, stamping up punch to cut the flower out. It's a Martha Stewart punch for the leaves. I used Melanie Muenchinger words sending prayers. I sponged positively pink from SU around the oval and butterfly. Put a few pearls here and there and it's all finished. Hope you like my card and thanks for dropping in.

Let it Snow

Can you tell I am so far behind in my scrap booking......These are more photos of Aiden last winter playing in the snow. I downloaded the GSD file from Yahoo Group "Wish blade"

but I'm not sure who the designer is, sorry. I use Great Impressions stamp of the snowmen and cut them apart, pop dotted them on in the corners, added the large snow flakes and all done.

Thanks for stopping by and looking.

Patrick Police Car

This is the latest from Christine Bower. If you would like Patrick Police Car send her a e-mail at valleysunshine@hotmail.com

or visit her blog at

http://sunshinespaperobsession.blogspot.com

Isn't he great! I colored him in using Koh-I-Noor pencils and OMS. Then I used Crystal Lacquer on the windows and lights. Popped dotted the buttons on and printed out the words on the computer.

Falling Leaves

This is page 2 and another Michelle Searcy file form the Scrappin Path.

Autumn

This is a picture of Aiden helping his dad rake the leaves this past fall. The words are cut out on a wish blade. I got the GSD files from Michelle Searcy of the Design Team at Scrappin Path. I used 2 sets of Stamping Up stamps Lovely As a Tree and Fantastic Foliage. I stamped versa mark around the page. This page I entered on Stamp TV's challenge. I also punched the little leaves out using a EK punch.

I made a wish

This was so much fun to work with. I got this print from a friend of mine today and couldn't wait to color her. I used Stencil Collection chalks and a blender pen. she worked up great! Then I added glitter to the bottom of her dress and the stars above her head. I used yellow Stickles in her wings, grown, and wand. I matted her on glitter paper and then matted that again on glitter paper. I finished off rounding the corners. I think she turned out pretty good.

Stamping on Designer Paper

With this card I used 2 of Melanie Muenchinger's stamp sets " Arranged with Love and A Year of Flowers. The challenge over at Stamp TV was to stamp on DP and then lightly color over it so you could still see the DP. I stamped the images using Color Box black and heat embossed them. I cut the flowers out and popped them up after I used KOH-I-NOOR pencils and OMS to color the leaves. I then used gold micro beads for the center of the pansies and the tips of the lilies.

Purple Flowers

I got this flower print from a friend of mine so I'm not sure of the name of it. I colored it in using KOH-I-NOOR Pencils and OMS. Then I put micro beads in the center. I cut 3 different sizes of the scalloped ovals from Spell binders and 1 oval. I punched 2 of the corners out with a corner punch from EK Success. Glued 6 pearl bellas on and finished.

Basket of Apples

Here is another card I made using the stamp set I got from a yard sell. So, don't know the name but the date on it is 1998. guess Stamping Up has been around for awhile. Stamped using Staz-On then colored in with SU pencils and a blender pen. Topped the flowers off with Flower Soft. Punched the top and bottom using Martha Stewart's border punch. the paper is some I picked up at Wal-Mart. Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Watering Can

Here is another stamp set from Stamping Up "Long Time friend." I stamped it using Staz-On and used the KOH-I-NOOR pencils and OMS to color it in. I added flower soft to the flowers and cut the image out using nestabilities. I attached 2 ribbon holders and ran ribbon I purchased from Wal Mart through and around it. The green paper is some I got out of my scrap basket so I have no idea where it's from, the white is Stamping Up.

Beauty of Life

This is an old set from Stamping Up I got at a yard sell. I don't know the name of it but it's got several pretty stamps in it. I stamped it out using Staz-On then used Stamping Up pencils and a blender pen to color it in. I added flower soft to the flowers to give it some depth. I used Cuttle bug embossing folder dots and added 3 clear bellas to finish it off. This was very fast and easy to make.

here's Liam

Here's Liam. Born 7/05/09 at 11:40AM. 7lb.11 oz. and 20 inches long. That's his mom, Amanda in the background.

He's here.
Liam Nolen, born 11:40AM, 7 pounds 11 oz.
Will share picture when I get one.

Arranged with Love

Here is another card I made using Melanie Muenchinger's stamp set "Arranged with Love". I got the idea from Theresa Momber and Selma Stevenson's cards they had made. I combined the 2 ideas and this is what I came up with. I embossed it with black and colored the flowers using H2O's. I also used Nestabilities to cut the oval shapes out. Added ribbon to finish it off.

Just For Being You

This is a card I made using Melanie Muenchinger's "Arranged with Love" I purchased it at Gina K.'s from stamp tv. You can just do so much with this stamp. I stamped it out on Pure Luxury paper with Staz-On, then used stamping up markers to color it in. There are 10 sentiments that come in the set so there is a lot to choose from. I then mounted it on black and the blue paper. Thanks for looking.

Birthday Lenny

Here is another way you can use Lenny the Loader. I made Aiden's birthday card with him. Colored him in with stamping up markers then sponged all around the card to give it a sun and sky effect. I'm still learning this but I'm better than I was LOL. Head on over to Sunshines blog to get all the details on how you can get Lenny the Loader.

Thanks for looking.

Lenny the Loader

Okay today is the Big Day! Lenny the Loader is released over at Sunshines Stamps. Visit her blog at

http://sunshinespaper obsession.blogspot.com. and get all the details how you can get Lenny the Loader.

this is Aiden my grandson, he's all boy who loves playing with cars and trucks, what boy doesn't. It is hard doing a scrapbook page on boys cause there just isn't that much out there, so when Lenny came along it was perfect! I'll be using him and Augus a lot and can't wait to see what comes next. This is a whole new line they are working on so check it out!

Basket of Flowers

This is the card I made today for Stamp TV's challenge Punchmania. I used punches from Martha Stewart, Stamping Up and Marvy. The stamp set is Bug me Anytime from Gina K. Hope you enjoyed my card and hope you are having a great 4th of July Holiday!

Aiden & his Dad

This is Aiden, my youngest of 4 grandsons. But not for long, he has a little brother due this week. Aiden is all boy, always there to help his Dad in what ever project he's doing. Ever noticed there just aren't that many things to go with a boy's scrapbook page, well Christina Bower from Stamp TV has come out with the greatest for boys! I love them. There is Augus the air plain, and next is Lenny the Loader. Visit her site to learn more about him, I'm working on Aiden anew page now using Lenny. Her blog i at http://sunshinespaperobesession.blogspot.com/.

Stella the Beauty Queen

For those that know me know this is Stella, my only granddaughter. She lives in AL so I don't get to see her as much as I would like but I do talk with her on the phone a lot. This is a picture her Mom sent me after she won a beauty contest that was held in Mississippi. She won Queen in her age division. Adorable Miss Gulf Coast, National Beauty Contest. She's always been my little princess but now shes moved up to Queen.

Seeds of happiness

Been playing again, I love just making cards. Gotta come up with a way to get rid of some of them..........getting over stocked LOL. This is a older stamp set from Stamping Up, "In the Garden". I added a flower from Gina K.'s "Bug me Anytime." I just love that set of stamps, can't ya tell. The paper I used is from Martha Stewart, I used her glitter pen to high light the running vine, Colored every thing in using the Kor-I-Noor pencils and OMS. Added green bellas to finish it off. Hope you like my card and thanks for looking.

Beautiful Friend

I made another card today using Gina K.'s stamp set "Bug me Anytime." The paper is Martha Stewart except for the white and it's Pure Luxury by Gina K. If you have never tried her paper you would love it. It's the best I have ever used. I cut the oval out using Spellbinders nestabilities. I colored it in using Kor-I-Noor pencils and OMS. Added pearl bellas and a little bow to finish it off. Hope you like me card.

Hang in There

Made this card using Gina K.'s stamp set "Bug me Anytime." I just love this set, it's so cute and you can do so much with it! This is my card for Stamp TV's sketch challenge. The paper I used is from stamping up, ivory, glorious green and blue bliss. The white is Gina K's Pure Luxury. I stamped the flowers using Staz-On then colored them in with Koh-I-Noor pencils and OMS. The sentiment is cut out with a oval nestabilities. I used a cuttlebug embossing folder "Divine Swirl". Ribbon is from stamping up, Blue Bleu. Thanks for looking.

Happy Birthday

This is my card I made for Stamp TV's Crayon Resist Challenge this week. I used Gina K. stamp "Arranged with Love. Then colored them in using Koh-I-Noor pencils and OMS. I sponged Stamping Up inks Summer Sun and Blue Bliss around the entire card, then removed the ink from the roses I had colored with the white crayon. I added yellow stickles and blue bellas to top it off. Thanks for looking and hope you enjoyed the card.