More Flowers - Birthday

I got up really early this morning, so I had time to make a card. It’s another one for 2RedBananas challenge – to use flowers. Not too much of a challenge for me! And it’s another post done while I’m walking on the treadmill. I know – I SHOULD be walking outside on these wonderful days, but then I can’t do computer!! LOL!

I stamped my image on white with Versafine Onyx Black. The stamp is from Door County Rubber Stamps and Scrapbooking. I colored her with Prismacolor pencils and Gamsol, and cut and embossed her with an Oval Nestability. I matted her on a scalloped Oval Nestability, also in white. The background paper is from Die Cuts With a View Citrus matstack. I added a sheer white ribbon. The sentiment is stamped with Versafine, also, and is from Stampin’ Up!’s Sincere Salutations. (Love that set!) AND I added something new to me – Flowersoft. I got mine at A Bit of This N That. I ordered it on Friday night and had it on Tuesday – after a Monday holiday!!

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Wishing You ... a Happy Birthday

I got a new stamp from the dollar section at Michael’s on Monday, and I tried it out almost as soon as I got home. Last night I made it into a card.

I colored it with Stampin’ Up! markers in Mauve Mist, So Saffron and Mellow Moss. I cut it out and embossed it with a Long Rectangle Nestability. I matted it with Mauve Mist and black. The background is Mellow Moss, embossed with a Sizzix folder. I used my Scor-Pal for the lines, and stamped with Versafine Onyx Black using a stamp from Papertrey Ink's “Wishing You ...” set. I added some ribbon and mounted the image panel on Pop Dots.

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SCS Double Challenge Card

Here is a card I made yesterday. It’s for the Clean and Simple challenge on SplitCoastStampers (to re-make one of your cards) and also for the Color Challenge – Bashful Blue, So Saffron and Pumpkin Pie. Here is a link to the card I re-made.

I don't have Bashful Blue, so I used Bliss Blue. I stamped the image with Versafine Vintage Sepia and embossed it with clear embossing powder. Then I colored it with Stampin’ Up! markers – Bliss Blue, So Saffron and Pumpkin Pie. I once again scored around the image, but left off the background scoring and additional layers. The sentiment was also stamped with Vintage Sepia and embossed. I left off the ribbon and the tag.

Sorry so short – I’m on the treadmill right now! Then I have go grab a quick breakfast (and a shower!) and head to the airport to pick up our son and daughter-in-law. I already put the second coat of paint in the bathroom. I think the toilet will go in today – yippee! And the vanity and sink? Hopefully.

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A Papertrey Ink Anniversary

Finally, another card! I miss stamping!

Just a simple anniversary card for today. I got some new stamps from Papertrey Ink and even got a chance to use them. The stamps are from the set called “Wishing You …” It features tulips and sentiments. I stamped them with Papertrey ink, too. The tulip and sentiment are Berry Sorbet and the stem and leaves are New Leaf. The image is mounted on Berry Sorbet cardstock and then on Pop Dots. I don’t have any New Leaf paper, but I had a very small piece of some green that matched exactly. I have no idea where it came from, but I wish I had more! I used a Cuttlebug border folder to emboss the dots and my Scor-Pal to emboss the lines. The ribbon is also Berry Sorbet from Papertrey.

I did get some work done, in place of stamping. I got the floor prepared (scrubbed and painted) and then put down the floor tiles in our downstairs bathroom and furnace room. That was finished on Sunday. Then yesterday we enjoyed the weather with a nice long bike ride. We also decided on a paint color and I will get that today and hopefully it will be painted today or tomorrow. Yippee - little by little! Oh, and I also got the 60th Anniversary invitations finished and they went out in Saturday's mail.

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Cuttlebug Pre-orders!

No card for you today, but some news and a special offer!

The new Cuttlebug folders are available for preorder! You can view them and pre-order them at CropStop.com. Haylie Jo has given me a code you can use for 10% off an order of $29 or more. After you choose which ones you HAVE to have :), go to “Confirm Your Order.” Choose insurance if you want, then “Continue Checkout.” On the next screen, there is a box to enter the Discount Coupon. In that box, enter the Code CB9CB. Your cost will be reduced by 10% - just as easy as that! Shipping is free over $30, too.

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Sage and Dark Purple - A Color Challenge

I took the time to make a card this morning. It’s for a color challenge in my Yahoo! group – to use sage green and dark purple – and for the 2 Red Bananas challenge for this week which is a sketch and you can find it here.

I cut an oval out with a Nestability, then used the outer part of it and sponged the inside of it with Stampin’ Up!’s Sage Shadow on a textured ivory paper. I stamped the flowers with Vintage Violet and added a pearl. The stamp is from Rubbernecker – the Jeanne Streiff collection. I matted this on Vintage Violet cardstock. The strip behind the image is Sage Shadow embossed with a Cuttlebug Texture folder. The sentiment is by Inkadinkado and is stamped with Vintage Violet.

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60th Wedding Anniversary Invitation

A quick post for today. Here is the finished invitation to my parents’ 60th Wedding Anniversary Open House. So far, it’s the ONLY one finished! I have, however, got all the printing done and all the pieces cut. The most time consuming part will be stamping the swirls because I have to use the Stamp-a-ma-jig and make sure to flip it around each time. Oh well. I only have to make 32 – not so bad.

I guess there is really not too much to say about it. I scanned the pictures and printed them and mounted them on Stampin’ Up!’s Ruby Red cardstock. The words are also printed from the computer. The swirls are from a Heidi Grace/Fiskars set and are stamped in Ruby Red. The corners are cut and embossed with a Fiskars punch. On the actual invitation, it has my parents’ names, the location (with the address) and then the names of us kids – LOL!!!

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CAS Challenge #15 - Black, White and Bold!

OK - I can't stay away from stamping for too long! The Clean and Simple Challenge on SplitCoastStampers is just too much fun for me to resist. :)

This card is for the Clean and Simple Challenge #15 - to use black, white and one color from the Bold Brights family. You can find the challenge here. I chose Orchid Opulence as my Bold Bright. The swirly stamp and the flower are from Inkadinkado. The sentiment is from PSX. The sentiment is matted and mounted on Pop Dots. The butterflies are punched with a Martha Stewart punch, embossed with a Swiss Dots Cuttlebug folder, embellished with pearls, and mounted on a tiny strip of Pop Dots.

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Two Simple Cards

Thanks for all of your wonderful comments – I had so many smiles reading them!

I made a couple really quick, simple cards last night so I thought I would upload them. The first one is an image stamped on Papertrey Kraft cardstock and colored with Prismacolor pencils. The stamp is by Stampin’ Up! from the set “Little Hellos” and I stamped it with Versafine Vintage Sepia ink. I mounted it on Pop Dots. The sentiment is from the same set.
The second one uses a sticker I got from a friend in a “Card Parts” swap a couple years ago. It’s maybe not meant to be for a baby, but it just said “baby” to me! The rectangle around it is embossed with a Nestability, and the sentiment is also from “Little Hellos” and is stamped with Stampin’ Up!’s Positively Pink. (I wish I knew why most of the time you can click the picture to view it larger, but sometimes you can't! The sticker says "Precious" on the top, that's why I thought it was great for a baby. Sorry you can't view it larger.)

I made a mock-up of the anniversary invitation on Friday night. It’s not going to be all that special, just functional! I’ll post it when I decide for sure. My husband went fishing with a friend on Friday and will be back today. Normally, that means that I almost don’t leave my stamping area! This time, however, I actually got some things done – mostly on the computer, but also in the bathroom that we are COMPLETELY redoing. I think the walls are all ready to paint now – yippee!! I also did some reading – the fourth book in the Twilight series. Anyone else read them? Today I have to clean the house because some friends are coming over to watch the Season Finale of Survivor. We have been watching the finale with them almost since the beginning – I think since perhaps the second season. We really look forward to it!

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A Change in My Blogging "Habits!"

No card for today. Just a note to my friends and loyal readers.

I love making cards and sharing them on my blog. And I love getting visitors every day. I’m constantly checking out where you are all coming from. It truly amazes me how many of you faithfully visit me every day. (I don’t know who you are – don’t worry! - although I'd love to! I only know where you are visiting me from, and then only if you actually view my website!) I can not believe I am approaching 30,000 blog “hits” and also coming up on a year of blogging already. Seems not that long ago that I said, “What the heck!” and My Stamping Addiction started.

When I started, my intention was not to blog every day. Then I got caught up in it, thinking that if I didn’t blog every day, some of you would quit checking me out, and I have uploaded something every day for over FOUR MONTHS! I am NOT writing to say that I’m not going to be blogging any more, just to say that I’m going back to blogging when I have a card to post, and not doing cards just for the sake of blogging. I hope that makes sense!

We are working on our house – re-doing some things – and I need to spend more time on that and yard work. (YUCK!) My parents are celebrating their 60th Wedding Anniversary in June, and I have invitations and preparations for that to do. My dad is still dealing with cancer and has decisions to make and that has meant several trips to go to doctors visits with him. Lots of things going on! Plus, my Yahoo! group’s “Group Gathering” is coming up in just over THREE WEEKS! and I need to prepare for that somewhat, too!

So, anyway, that being said – I know it’s going to be very hard for me to stay away from my stamping room and I’m sure I’ll still be posting quite frequently. I hope you will continue to check on me – all nearly 100 of you that are subscribers and followers!!

I’d love it if you would leave me a comment. Thanks so much for stopping by, and I hope you’ll come back and visit again soon!

CAS Challenge - A Sketch

I made this card last week for Clean and Simple Challenge #13, but I guess I didn’t post it here. So, I’ll share it today! You can find the challenge here – it’s a sketch.

Not much to say about this card! The flower punch is by Marvy, the sentiment is by Inkadinkado. The scoring is done with my Scor-Pal. The pearls are from Michael’s. The ink is Printworks Ocean Blue. The cardstock is Papertrey Ink’s Stamper’s Select. That’s about it!

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Dragonfly Thinking of You

I just wanted to let a friend know that I was thinking about her and she loves dragonflies, so here is Terri’s card.

The “Friends” panel is from Die Cuts With a View. I lightly sponged it with Real Red and mounted it on shimmery silver paper. The Thinking of You is from a Stampin’ Up! set called All Year Cheer I. I stamped it with Versamark and embossed it with Detail Silver embossing powder. The dragonflies are punched out of some cardstock by Crayola. It’s VERY reflective and reflects in different colors. Sorry I can’t describe it better! They are mounted on Pop Dots.

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Glittery Thank You

Today's card is for two challenges - Clean and Simple Challenge #14 - using the 'Rock and Roll' technique (you can find the challenge and a link to the technique here) and also for the 2RedBananas challenge - to use glitter. (You can find that challenge here.)

Both stamps I used today are by Inkadinkado. I first inked them up with Summer Sun, then 'rolled' the edges in Tangerine Tango ink by Stampin' Up! They are mounted on Tangerine Tango cardstock. The bottom layer is from Die Cuts With a View Citrus matstack. I used a glue pen to draw over the stamping, then sprinkled with Barbara Trombley's Art Institute ultrafine glitter. The butterflies were 'scraps' on my table from the card I made yesterday using a Tonic punch. I wish the glitter showed up better, instead of just looking like sugar on the card! It's a little hard to tell in the picture what the card really looks like.

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Fall-to Layout - Celebrate

Today’s card was made using Natasha Trupp's Fall-To Layout #41. Her blog is called Clean & Simple Stamping.

I punched the butterflies with a Tonic punch using Stampin’ Up!’s Tangerine Tango cardstock, then cut them out with a Circle Nestability. I mounted them on white, and then on Stampin’ Up! Pacific Point. The ribbon is from Michael's and the sentiment is from JoAnn's - from The Paper Company.

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Black and White - Embossing Paste Thank You

I found myself without a card to post this morning, so darn – I had to make one. What a way to spend part of Mother’s Day morning! :) It did have to be a quick card, though, so here it is.

I used an Anna Griffin brass stencil for the main image, which was done with Glossy White Dreamweavers Embossing Paste. I mounted it on white. The dotted paper is by Die Cuts With a View. I used a Dreamweavers stencil for the Thank You, directly on the DCWV – again with the embossing paste. That is ALL there is to it!

Happy Mother’s Day to all!! Thanks so much for spending a little bit of it with me, and I hope you’ll come back and visit again soon!

Coral Anniversary

An anniversary card for our niece and her husband. I don’t THINK she’ll see it before she gets it, but if you do, Sue – sorry!

The background was embossed with a Cuttlebug folder called Textile. I lightly sponged it with Cameo Coral ink and mounted it on Papertrey Ink’s Berry Sorbet cardstock. The edges of the card were also sponged with Cameo Coral. The sentiment is a stamp by Stampendous, and it is cut and embossed with a Petite Oval Nestability, as is its scalloped mat. The ribbon (which you can barely see) is from Papertrey, also. The butterflies were punched with a Martha Stewart punch (I am so glad I got that punch!) and embossed with a Swiss Dots Cuttlebug folder. The sentiment and the butterflies are mounted on Pop Dots, and I added pearls to the butterfly bodies.

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Triple Challenge Card

This card is for three challenges - Ways to Use It Challenge #217 - to use Kraft, Sketch Challenge #227, and the 2RedBananas challenge - to do a monochromatic card.

The main image is from Paper Inspirations and I stamped with Stampin’ Up!’s Sahara Sand on a textured paper with a pre-distressed edge. The 'thanks so much' is from Pocket Silhouettes by Stampin’ Up! I used a Cuttlebug border folder for the horizontal layer and I scored it with my Scor-Pal, also. The punched border is done with a Martha Stewart border punch. The 'thanks so much' and its scalloped mat were cut with Petite Oval Nestabilities. The main image panel and the thanks are mounted on Pop Dots.

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A Fun Saturday!

A simple card that reminds me of a fun Saturday! I made it a while ago, but hadn’t put it on my blog, so here it is.

The main embossed panel is done with a Cuttlebug border folder. I embossed it on Stampin’ Up!’s Riding Hood Red and added scored lines above and below it with my trusty Scor-Pal. I also added scored lines directly on the card front, which is Stamper’s Select by Papertrey Ink. The sentiment is by Inkadinkado and is stamped with Riding Hood Red ink. That’s it!

I had received an email in February asking if I did workshops – a mother-in-law/daughter-in-law pair would like to attend. How cool is that! I said no, but they’d be welcome to come and stamp with me some time, if they’d like. So, finally a couple weeks ago we were able to get it scheduled. It was so much fun! We just went from one thing to another and another, and really had no time to stamp. But this was the one card that was “cased” that day. So, Sandee and Wendy, this post is for you!

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Tri-Shutter Card

Today’s card was one I made last week for my good friend, Harriet. She is having hip replacement surgery today. Best of luck to you, Harriet!!! It’s called a Tri-Shutter card (not sure why!) and I found the directions and pictures on this Craftiblog entry by Bonnie. I have included several views.

The base of the card is an olive cardstock. The decorative paper is from Stampin’ Up! The stamp on the front is by Hero Arts and the Thinking of You stamp is from Stampin’ Up!’s All Year Cheer. The flowers are Primas and the center is a brad. The butterflies are punched with a Martha Stewart punch and trimmed with pearls. The flowers on the back are punched, also, and have pearl centers.

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Graduation Card #2

This is sort of a continuation of yesterday’s post, with my second graduation card.

This card is for my niece who is graduating from college. I’m really proud of her! Her college colors are red, black and white. I embossed the bottom of the card with a Cuttlebug Congratulations folder. The top was embossed with a Sizzix triple dot folder. I used my Scor-Pal to add two lines between the embossing, mounted it on red and then onto the card base. I again used my JustRite stamper for the sentiment. I used Versafine Onyx Black ink on a semi-glossy cardstock. The graduation cap is by Hero Arts and is also stamped with Versafine. I embossed them with clear embossing powder. I used a Coluzzle to cut the white circle so that I was able to have the tassel sticking out. The black scalloped circle was cut with a Marvy punch.

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