Butterfly trio

I was searching through my SCS favorites and came along this super sweet, simple card. Becky Carafa is one of my stamping favorites - she does such clean, simple designs.



Here is my attempt to recreate her card:

I am loving these bright, happy colors together. The white base makes the bermuda bay pop. Again, it's super simple, but I think it works really well.

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Better Late than Never!

Well, I am several days late, but better late than never, right?

I made this for the sketch challenge for Paper Pal Arts.

I was pretty pleased with how it turned out. I used some decorative paper from SU's Ginger Blossom decorative paper pack from last year, along with Certainly Celery. I don't believe that the "hill" design is all that original, but I can't remember where I've seen it before.

I hope you all like it too!

My new favorite things...

Well, this has kept me busy:

Her name is Gabriella and she would like to be played with, held while sleeping, and kept company while eating. I really need a baby carrier if I would ever like to stamp again. :) (And I am writing this now one-handed because the other hand has to hold a chewy!)

But, I did manage to create some stuff. Hopefully I can keep posting them through the new year. Even better than that, I can have some classes to make them! That's even better!

So Jessica Witty is my new found stamping hero. Isn't it funny how our stamping styles change and those we look to change with it? Now, I am not going to say that my cards are nearly as beautiful as Jessica's, but her cards are my new favorites to ooohh and ahh over. And the girl is funny to boot!

Jess makes these 10-minute scrap pile cards that are just gorgeamacious... and, while I tried to make the following card in 10 minutes, I failed. And I didn't use any scraps. So, it really doesn't fit the challenge at all. However, I was inspired by dear Jessica's blog colors: basic gray and bermuda bay. And, my dear friend Jessica (okay, so she isn't actually my friend, but I am going to pretend!? Plus, I live in an entirely different state than her, so it's not technically stalking...) also has a thing for yellow. So I threw a little bit of that in there too!

I am quite pleased with myself, if I do say so myself! :)

I am off to do more stamping, even though I should be working on school stuff. How quickly time flies when you are on vacation and not doing anything you should be! :)

Anyone have any ideas on how to solve this:

My legs are starting to fall asleep! :)

Cupcake Inspiration Challenge

Hello again my friends!

So I started the challenge on Sunday, but didn't get it to come together until last night. I'm liking the cupcake inspiration challenges from Hope Stamps Eternal. Yeah... can't hurt that I was in last week's top 5. :) I'm such a competitor... it's totally the Aries in me.

This guy was our inspiration for the week. Totally cute, but it took me a while to figure out how to put it together. I knew I wanted the colors baja, white, with some black. So this was my first one after about 20 different snowmen didn't work out.

Simple, sweet. But no snowman. And by golly I was bound and determined to use a danged snowman!

Pretty stinkin' happy with the way this card turned out. Not normally colors one would use for a Christmas card, (the base is going gray) but they work. Love those little felt flurries. They are my friends for Christmas cards. Why I didn't use them when they come out is beyond me... I am always inspired by things WAY after the catalog gets rid of them. It's awesome! :)

On a side note - I am thinking about doing another home-sales business (or whatever it's called...). It's called Wildtree and it's food based. Everyone likes food right? And, yes, I may have issues cooking, but I can do the basics of spaghetti and tacos. The Wildtree seasonings for these both are great.

With getting started on another company, I decided to begin my New Year's Resolution early and starting getting classes together for SU. Wish me the bestest of luck.... we all know how resolutions go.... but.... not this time. This time I'm doing it!

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Hugs!

Holiday Happiness

I stamped again! Now, you must be wondering what is wrong with me... well - it is because I got rid of my roommate (and I realize "get rid of" sounds quite mean, but it is the truth!) So - I now have the run of three bedrooms. One is a storage and upstairs the "master" is my stamp room and the other fairly large room is my bedroom. I have never had a place quite this big before so it's fun to be able just to do whatever - which includes stamping my little heart out. :)

I am very pleased with the card I have made this evening. Today I used Mercy's Tuesday Sketch.

For holiday inspiration, I recently raided my aunt's stamp collection. I found this oldie, but goodie - Merry Christmoose. Ever so adorable!

(I'm not sure why the picture isn't showing up that well... I truly did sharpen it up a bit! Cameras... geez!)

Great color combo, yeah? Fun, cheerful, happy! All is well in my stamping world tonight!

Cupcake Inspiration Challenge

Yes... I do exist. And I do still stamp. I just have not blogged. :)

I participated in Rachel Hope's Cupcake Inspiration challenge last night. Love the colors! And it really worked for Christmas cards! (I am totally on a Christmas kick! I can't seem to make any type of cards, although I kind of need too.)

and....

They will look so good on my Christmas tree. Yes, I decorate my Christmas tree with cards that I make. And then I send them all away and my tree is bare. LOL!

Well I am off to make something... Although I need to get with it quick so I can get to bed. More sleep = less cranky teacher. :)

Plus, I still want to read.

Good night!

Mojo 113 - Christmas Cheer

Hello! I thought that I would post my latest creation using the Mojo sketch 113. It took me a while to get this one done - but it all finally came together with the sentiment.... don't you think that it looks like a little present with the ribbon placed on top? :) It's a pretty simple card and not really my favorite of the night, but it will do.

Have a great night!