one last April post

I have not stamped in what seems like forever. Last Friday I got a headache with some coughing and stuffiness with it. Well today is Wednesday and I still have a headache with some coughing and stuffiness with it. I finally brokedown and made myself a doctor's appointment for this afternoon so hopefully by this weekend I can get to stamping. Next week is Teacher appreciation week and I have a couple of ideas for some little gifts for Kaitlyn and Kyle's teachers. Anyway, all that aside here is a card for today that I made a while back. I rarely use a white base for cards and I don't know why. It is so much easier to write on the inside and more cost effective.



Supplies used: Simply Said stamp set, White, Lovely Liliac, and Green Galore cardstock, Lovely Liliac and Green Galore ink, and green ribbon.

Reunion page

This is a scrapbook page from my ten year reunion. It is a pretty simple page. I tried to match the paper to my sparkly shirt I wore. Now I just have to decide if I want to put these pages at the end of my high school album or in my miscellaneous album that I put things in chronological order. Where would you put it?

More scrapbook pages

Here are some more scrapbook pages I made a while ago at an all day crop. They are nothing special, just thought I would share them with you and I really like the background paper I used for them. ;)

Kaitlyn on Halloween visiting all the characters at a festival party.


Kaitlyn playing the rockband game at my BIL's.


The whole family going to a UT game in Knoxville.

Thanks Angie

Angie Juda (from chic n scratch) sent me this cute card. I had guessed a question on her blog correctly.

Pocket Card

I made this pocket card a while ago. I like this style of card but for some reason don't make it very often. They work really well for invitations.






Supplies used: In Full Bloom and Wonderful Words stamp set; Bravo Burgandy, So Saffron, Always Artichoke cardstock; Basic Black and versamark ink; gold brads, Stampin' Pastels.

Post-it keychains

I saw these keychain post-it holders on Angie Juda's blog (chic n scratch on the blogroll) and had to make some. I looked everywhere for the square 2x2 post-its and finally found them at Kroger of all places. Then of course the next time I went to Wal-mart there were some there. I made several but these I used chocolate and turquoise colors. I made these for some friends of mine who went out to say farewell to a friend who is moving. I hope that when they use these it will remind them of our nights out together. I used the scallop punch, circle punch, Antique alphabet, Chocolate and Turquoise ink and Chocolate and Turquoise ribbon.

Two similar cards

Here are two similar cards I made using the set Simply Said. I used Bold Brights and used the markers to color the image. Simply and quick!

Decorating with dice

April was my month to hostess for bunco and I am always looking for cute decorating stuff to use. I found this dice stamp and immediately bought it, I don't even remember how much it was. I got white cups and napkins and stamped pink and purple dice on them (we have decided pink and purple are our official colors).





I also made these giant paper clip bookmarks for everyone.



And I made these little boxes that I got from dollar tree for us to use to keep score. We added a plain m&m for each bunco win and a peanut butter m&m for each big bunco.



I used Pink Passion and Lovely Liliac cardstock and ink for all these bunco creations.

If at first you don't succeed...

Those of you who read my blog often know that I am in love with the new rub-ons from Stampin' Up. I went to Dollar Tree and just wondered around looking for stuff I could use the rub-ons on. I found this picture frame and thought I could spice it up a little. I tried the black rub-ons on the white mat but when I pulled the film off part of the rub-on that I didn't want to come off did.

Here is the mistake:


So I took a piece of Certainly Celery and traced that mat to make a new mat for the frame. Then I used the brown rub-ons and tried again, this time I cut out the part I needed. I usually do that but for some reason didn't the first try. Here is the second attempt, I turned out better than the white anyway.

My Journal

A friend of mine at church, Jane, recently received a gift from a friend of hers. She showed me her gift which was the cutest journal someone had made for her. I took that idea and made 3 journals to be used for part of my bunco prizes last night. They were fairly easy to make but did take several sheets of paper. I put paper on 3 of the pages and used the round tab punch on the inside to make a divider of sorts. I also put a pocket on the middle divider and included a bookmark. I need to find a printable 2008 calendar because I would really like to include that on the inside cover in a similar way. Anyway here they are.

Coffee anyone?

Here are a couple more cards I made over the weekend. I recently got the Earth Element watercolor crayons. Before I only had the Rich Regals and I love using those to color my images in. Now I just need the other two sets. This set just begged to be colored in EE colors (even though it is retired) so I used it for a couple of cards.



Supplies used: Espress Yourself stamp set; Creamy Caramel, More Mustard and Garden Green cardstock, Chocolate Chip ink, and ribbon.



I also recently got some of the wide Chocolate ribbon. I didn't think I would like the wider ribbon but boy was I wrong. I have got to get some of that in the other colors.



Supplies used: Espress Yourself stamp set, Ruby Red, Cameo Coral, and Chocolate Chip cardstock, Chocolate Chip ink, Wide Chocolate ribbon, watercolor crayons and aquapainter.

Watercoloring

I made several cards last Friday night while watching the Memphis game at my BIL's. We usually go out there about once a week and this is where I get the majority of my stamping done during the school year. I just don't have time or motivation to stamp at home. My house is always a mess and my kids are around so there is never a moment. I find the occasional stamp moment at home but most times I just pack up some stuff and stamp at my BIL's. I have thought about leaving some of my stuff in a corner over there, but he probably wouldn't like that too much.

Anyway here is one of the cards I made the other night. I have really gotten into watercoloring lately. I did finally get some watercolor paper. Archiver's gives out a free cardstock coupon about once a month so I will use that to get my watercolor paper. It works so much better. My favorite method is using the watercolor crayons and my aquapainter, although I also enjoy just using the ink pads and the aquapainter, that is just not as portable.



Supplies used: Because of You stamp set; Bravo Burgundy, So Saffron, and Always Artichoke cardstock and crayons, Basic Black ink, and ribbon.

I have a really cute journal that I am working on to show you later in the week so stay tuned for that. Thanks for visiting!