Wild Chocolate!

Happy Monday!

I was feeling like chocolate today, but of course we didn't have any in the house, so I had to settle for chocolate paper! Not as tasty, but still yummy!

I made this card using more of my Close To My Heart stamps. Seeing as I have to wait until August for new Stampin' Up! stuff, I went and splurged on some other new things instead. I used Emily's sketch from a previous STAMP SOMETHING challenge, love this layout.

The papers are Chocolate Chip, Close to Cocoa, and Creamy Caramel. I stamped the bear in Staz-On ink on watercolor paper and watercolored him with markers. I added a piece of wide Chocolate Chip grosgrain ribbon and made a tag for the sentiment.

Thanks for looking! Hope your week is off to a good start. Happy Stamping! :)

All images are Close To My Heart. All other supplies are Stampin' Up!

An Award!

Hi All!

Hope everyone had a wonderful weekend! The weather has been beautiful here so we spent a lot of time outside. We had a family cookout on the 4th to celebrate the holiday and then relaxed as a family for the past two days!

I wanted to share this award, which I received from my terrifically talented friend Jo! Thanks so much Jo, it means a lot coming from you. :) Please hop on over to Jo's blog and see all of her fantastic creations. She's also a member of the STAMP SOMETHING design team, we are very lucky to have her!

The rule for this award is to pass it on to seven people with brilliant blogs. Wow, that's a hard one...here goes...these are just a few of the ladies who inspire me to create!

Andrea, Cassie, Janna, Laura, Lauren, Lynn W, and Vicki

I hope you stop by and check these blogs out! Have a great Sunday night! Happy Stamping!! :)

Dazzling Somethings!

Happy Friday and 4th of July!

Hope you all have a marvelous holiday and a great weekend!

Today, over at STAMP SOMETHING, our challenge is all that "dazzles, sparkles, shimmers, and shines!" Make us a project that brings on the bling!

My card is pretty simple! I haven't had a lot of time this week for stamping because we are on vacation.

I just got some new stamps from Close To My Heart. I know, big time cheating on Stampin' Up!, but these were so cute that I had to have them! I started with Sahara Sand, layered on Soft Sky, and then used Mellow Moss and Ivory cardstock for the image. My bling is two strips of sticky tape with glitter and crystal effects with glitter on the flowers. The sentiment is from the same new stamp set and it's been framed with a styled silver piece of hodgepodge. (all products except stamps are Stampin' Up!)

Thanks for taking a look! Enjoy the weekend, hope you all have great BBQs and get to see lots of fireworks.

Hop on over to STAMP SOMETHING and check out the dazzling design team samples, then dazzle us with your creations! Happy Stamping! :)

June Stamp Club Projects

Hi All!

Sorry that I've been MIA all week, we are having family vacation time. We've been in and out, taking day trips and having fun together.

So, this is just a quick post to say hello and share the projects we made at stamp club last week.

We did four cards, mostly using up the In Colors before they retire with the current catalog in August.

The crab card was inspired by Cindy's fabulous sketch challenge card, the acetate card uses rub-ons and the Pick a Petal set, then we made a Fresh Cuts card using the new stamps and note cards, and the last card was a simple Pun Fun card using some Wild Wasabi paper. I'm sure going to miss those In Colors, but the new ones look fantastic too! :)

I'll be back on Friday with a new project for the STAMP SOMETHING challenge! Hope you're all having a great week! Happy Stamping! :)