Friday, August 29, 2008

Somebody loves me!

Or at least they love my blog.
Good enough.
I'd like to thank-God first of all, that He helped me get through the past few months when blogging had to come last. It was quality over quantity folks!

I'd also like to thank my husband who couldn't be here tonight as he's helping putting the kids to bed so I could be here to accept this-and also for buying me this dress for this special occasion.
My mom, my friends, my fellow bloggers, my audience-and last but certainly not least-the wonderful lady who gave me this award-Kari.

She makes fantastic cards, (and chicken) and somehow finds more time than me to keep me up to speed on all things web. Thank you Kari! Party at my house!!!!

I am passing this award ( and crown, which wasn't before mentioned) to some of my favorite blogs-those above being at the top of that list;

The Good Life
(newly discovered)
Butternut Sage
(fellow SU demo, and from what I can tell- a great person)
Understand Blue
(a little unorthodox, and more sarcastic than my Italian husband)
Laughing Daisies
(personal stamping friend-great blogger! Wink)

So-that ought to keep ya busy for the next few hours...... Have a great night!

Honorary photo-my new Big Shot samples!!!!!
Aren't these die-cuts adorable!!! I can make them any color I want. Yum.

Wednesday, August 13, 2008

Even a 2 year old can do it!

Just marker over image,

avoid inked finger









Press


Breathe, Press again







Success!


So Easy!

Monday, August 11, 2008

Card Purse and the French

I have been working on making some quick cards, for folks like me who only have about 5 minutes and still want to turn out a great card. This one was a little something I made to go in my "Clearly Creative Purse" I did for a demo swap. The purse is meant to hold a set of cards as a gift, and I couldn't just demonstrate it empty! The trickiest thing was trying to get a picture of the image through the vellum. It was difficult, very,
very,
very difficult!







There. Better. I used Kraft and
Chocolate Chip CS, Whisper White and Vellum. Forever Yours stamp set, and the sentiment from my retiring Carte Postale set (boo hoo!). Au revoir mon Amie, you had that je ne sais quoi! Chocolate Chip and StazOn White ink were used, and markers in Cameo Coral, Pretty in Pink, Old Olive and Certainly Celery for the flowers. A little white gel pen on the scallop punched vellum, some Always Artichoke ribbon, and some nifty ghost stitch dots (?) for little flair. Voila! Simple. Oh yes, and the slit punch for my paper ribbon, and a little eyelet . So easy, just try it. The purse tutorial is here or above. Mine was made with the same materials as the card, along with the Crop-a-Dile and brads to secure the handles. Go try it, its simple and fast-like those American swimmers. Even a little french sentiment won't slow it down!

(Being that there is some French in me, there is no ill intent in my joking)

Do you like the colors I chose for this card? I saved it in my Color Q
and you can see by going to the Search and looking under any of the colors, or labels (such as friend) and click view. It's so fun saving my Color Collections for future reference, and just to share them also! You can create 3 collections for free! Try it out, let me know what you think.

Monday, August 4, 2008

Baby Shower Gift









This was a gift I made for a friend just before I went into labor-all materials SU! except for glassine bag, and Hybrid Inks. I was fresh out of Craft Ink ya'll! (First time in my California girl existence I ever used that Virginian expression! Scary) Anyway, I needed the ink to stick and only had my STaz On, which I also used. Just look at how cute it all turned out. Of course, the Craft inks would have been darker/brighter, but the photos are really light too. Hey, she's lucky my babies' onesies are still plain! Hahahahaha Oh well. I made him too-and just loook how perfect he turned out. That's my happy Father-in-Law in the picture. Haven't uploaded any other pics yet. There were 2,000 to search through! Anyway, there's a simple card, a little scrapbook and a canvas "stuff" bag it was all in. Hope you like it! Sorry to have been out so long, but I'm back. Now, how to juggle 4 kids and stamp somewhere between feedings, etc. This is why I am posting at 2 am!