My Stamp HAVEN!!!!

The pictures here are of my stamp room!! It took a LONG time to complete. This is in my basement. My Grandfather built my house - so he did the knotty pine paneling and built-ins. The rest my AWESOME hubby did for me. I got a LOT of stuff at IKEA (all the metal wire baskets holding the ribbon on the walls - $1.99 each - YEAH BABY). A lot of bargains were found to put this room together. I have been holding classes since April of this year and LOVING it!!!!

A bunch of girls have asked that I post pics of my room here so that their hubbies can see (and realize that NOBODY has as much of a "problem" as I do - snort). I've already made a few little changes since I took these pics - mostly adding more art, etc.

I loooooooooooooooooove going down to my stamp HAVEN and just creating!!!! Thanks for looking and have a FAB day!

Changito Love

I absolutely ADORE Changito, don't you??? He's IRRESISTIBLE!! OMG - those *three hairs* make me laugh! That swirly tail! I'm in love! *snort* OK - I'll calm down now.

This Changito image, the vine, and the sentiment come in a clear acrylic set called "Changito Dos" by Stampendous, and you can find it at Eclectic Paperie!! Joy and Daisy are FANTASTIC women, friends, and business women!! And they just happen to carry the cutest stamps, best papers, and most incredible accessories!!!

The brown (Chocolate Chip) and green (Garden Green) cardstock are Stampin' Up!, the blush and white cardstock are Bazzill. I used my Air Art Spritzer tool by Stampin' Up! to squirt some Blush Blossom marker on to the white heart, to give it some additional color and punch. I watercolored my Changito image using my Aqua pen and Stampin' Write markers from SU!

The ribbon I bought at the store I was "cropping" at, so I don't recall who it was made by.

It's FRIDAY!!!! My hubby has been away on business - he'll be home tonight! The kids and I are very excited to see him. We'll have a great family weekend. Hope you have a great weekend, too!!

Sparkling Summer

Hey there! I'm still alive. I haven't stamped for FUN in a loooong time. So last night I went down to the stamp room and just let myself have fun. I am NOT showing you how the area looks after my whirlwind - let's just say that I think I ended up working in a space about 4"x4". *snort* I had a great time, though!

Today I decided to follow in my friend Lana's footsteps and post an oldie but goodie. I am using Stampin' Up! stamp set Sparkling Summer. I just love it still!!

I found this patterned paper seen in this first card - it is Die Cuts With a View - Summer Pack. The paper itself FORCED me to pull out Sparkling Summer. Oh - and STICKLES!!!! Oh - how I love love love my Stickles!!!

The baubles I actually found at Michael's - but they are now discontinued. However you can get baubles from Ellen's store!! I also used my Nesties that I got from Ellen - oh how I *heart* my Nesties!

All cardstock is Stampin' Up! Black ink used to stamp images is Palette Noir. Markers are Copics (forgot to write down the numbers) - they closely match SU cardstock colors. Ribbon is May Arts that I bought from Cindy.

OK - now I have to find something to do with the kids! LOL Hope you have a great day!

Happy Day!

Good day! Ah yes - I'm still alive! LOL I promise I will get better at this blogging.

I love my friend HB's style. So I CASEd a layout of hers to make this card. She has such a sense for style, color, design - AMAZING!

I had this stamp set sitting collecting dust. But NO WAY, I totally don't have too much stuff!! *snort* Now don't go down to my stamp room to try to refute my claim. I'm stickin' to it! I decided to pull it out and play - and boy was I happy that I did that!!!! Pick some fun colors, some ribbon, a clear button and GLITTAH - and I had a great time!!!

All supplies Stampin' Up!. I hope you are able to play and enjoy yourself today - and hey - pull out some glitter - it always makes me smile! :)

Fresh Cuts swap

Hi again - it's been a while!

Since I last posted, I went to CKC, had 2 sick kids, a brother who had emergency surgery, a husband who had surgery, and a kiddo birthday party - YIKES we've been busy!

I joined a swap with some friends using the stamp set Fresh Cuts from Stampin' Up! I love the 4.25 x 4.25 card size - it is just so cute!

Happy 2nd Birthday (yesterday) to my baby Caden! I can't believe how fast these 2 years have gone by! He had a BLAST at his party - what more can a Mom ask for?!?!

Stamps - Fresh Cuts, Twill
Cardstock - Old Olive, Soft Sky, Groovy Guava, River Rock
Ink - Old Olive Craft, Groovy Guava, Soft Sky
Accessories - SU! distressing blade, SU! flower punch, clear embossing powder, SU! vintage brads, twill

Sure hope you had a FANTASTIC Memorial Day weekend and have a WONDERFUL week!

Welcome!!!

Hi there! :)

have a class coming up on Tuesday. I finally got the sample done (nothing like last minute, baby)! My FANTASTIC friend Cami helped me with some suggestions with ribbon placement - THANK YOU CAMI!!!! So here it is!

The alphabet stamp set and the "always" stamp are Stampin' Up! All cardstock, paper, ribbon, and hardware are also Stampin' Up! The flowers are Prima. The dragonfly stamp is Technique Tuesday. The frame is from Wal-Mart. I hope the girls like it!!!!

I am leaving in 15 mintues for Creating Keepsakes Convention in Manchester, NH. I am signed up for 9 classes - am I crazy???? I can't wait!!

Have a great day!

My Girl Scouts Project

Is there much better than FRIENDS?????? That is what I thought when I was asked by a friend to design a project for her Girl Scout (Brownies) troop. I kept thinking that I wanted to do a mini book. The subject FRIENDS just kept coming to mind - so I went with it.

This was a group of 6-9 year old girls. It had to be cute and cool, too! So I decided to start with patterned paper. The paper I ended up choosing is Stampin' Up!'s "Cutie Pie". So that dictated the colors. All supplies used are Stampin' Up! (punches, cardstock, patterned paper, ink, stamps, brads, ribbon).

We made the book with the Girl Scouts last night - and they had an ABSOLUTE BLAST!!! They managed to finish the whole book in 1.5 hours and even stamp in their book for fun! They did a fantastic job!!!!