Buggin' Around

No Stamping to share today. I thought I would share some photos from our little trip on Monday, Labor Day. We went to the Durham Museum of Life and Science and this cute bench was just outside of the bug house.

I had my daughter sit down and the antennae and everything ended up being in the right place. Awesome!
My daughter also likes to dress herself and she found a pair of my maternity pants and decide to see how far she could get them on. Almost over the head!

Golden Snowflake

Wow! I have just surpassed 50 posts! What a fun mile marker. Thank you all for all your wonderful and encouraging comments, I Love them! What will the next 50 posts bring? We will have to see! So this is one of the cards we will be doing for my 10 for $10 class coming up next month. I saw this card on the Internet and I just fell in love with it. When I went to make this card, I did not have gold brads to match the brushed gold card stock so I decided to emboss them with gold embossing powder. It worked great till I went and touched them! The gold came right off, I didn't do any prep to the brad so next time I try it I will make sure I sand the surface. I also have gold brads on my next order so I won't have to make any more of them once they get here. Anyway, enough of my rambling!

Supplies

Stamp Sets: Snowflake Spot, Glad Tidings

Paper: Purely Pomegranate, Always Artichoke, Whisper White, Brushed Gold

Ink: Versa Mark, Purely Pomegranate, Always Artichoke

Accessories: Silver Brads, Gold Embossing Powder, Sponge, 1" Circle punch, 1 1/4" Circle Punch, 1 3/8" Circle Punch, paper piercer, heat embossing tool

Snow Flurries

This is a good card for those of you who do not want to write a lot in your Christmas card. You can write or stamp Merry Christmas Love, the (insert your last name here) and then add a Christmas Letter, that is printed in mass quantities, and your writing is kept to a minimum. When you have a lot of cards to give out it gets hard to write so many personal notes. It takes enough time just to make a card.

Supplies:

Stamp Sets: Snow Flurries, Year After Year

Paper: Shimmery White, Transparency Sheet

Ink: Real Red, Mellow Moss, Summer Sun, Sahara Sand, Stazon Cotton White

Accessories: Red Gingham Ribbon, Moss Gingham Ribbon, Mini Glue Dots

HO HO HO!

Santa Clause is coming to town . . . in a few months but I am still excited! I am so sorry for the delay in blogging, I have just been busy with other things. I know what your thinking, what else is there besides Stamping? There are times when I am thinking the same thing. Ha ha. Well I am starting a new week and I am going to try my hardest to blog more frequently. I made this card yesterday and I had a blast doing it. In my last order I bought the Romantic Red Stampin' Glitter, I absolutely love it. It reminds me of Dorothy's Ruby Slippers! So anyway, I thought it would look really pretty on the red part for my Santa Belt Card.

Supplies:

Stamp Sets: Season of Joy

Paper: Real Red, Whisper White, Basic Black, Brushed Gold

Ink: Versa Mark

Accessories: 3/16" Corner Rounder, Scallop Circle, Heat and Stick Powder, Romantic Red Stampin' Glitter, Coluzzle

New Autumn Harvest!

Would you believe that I mounted this set in less than 10 minutes?!?! I was so excited to find out that all the stamp sets in the Holiday Mini Catty are all die cut so all you have to do is pop them out and mount them, NO SCISSORS! Since I spent such a small anount of time mounting my New Stamp Set I was able to play, and this is a card that I came up with.
Supplies:

Stamp Sets: Autumn Harvest, Holidays & Wishes

Paper: Always Artichoke, More Mustard, DSP Creepy Crawly, DSP Fall Flowers

Ink: Chocolate Chip, Always Artichoke


We went to our friend's birthday last night and had cake and ice cream, Yummy! This is the card that I gave to him. I actually made this card all the way back in January when Balmy Breezes was not retired. This card was a big hit. I think that these colors are very masculine and the layout can be used and just substitute another stamp set.

BOO!

I meant to post this a lot earlier today but for some reason the computer did not want to download my pictures. Anyway, I have been playing with my new Creepy Crawly Paper from SU! I thought I would make a tri-fold card. I had a lot of fun with my punches!

Here is the inside! All stamped!

Supplies:

Stamp Sets: Home is Where the Haunt Is, Party Punch

Paper: DSP Creepy Crawly, Basic Black, Pumpkin Pie

Ink: Basic Black, Whisper White

Accessories: Circle Scalloped Punch, 1 3/8" Circle Punch, Rounded Tab Punch, Slit Punch, Whisper White Grosgrain Ribbon, Staple

Bundle of Joy

I have a shower that is coming up that I am helping put on and I was so excited to make these invitations, I kind of had the idea in my head before I did them. Last night my friend, Sarah, came over and we stamped them all together. It is so much more fun when you stamp with someone else! So my advice to you today is, Always stamp with a Buddy!

Supplies:

Stamp Sets: Bundle of Joy, Bundled in Love

Paper: Certainly Celery, Bashful Blue, Close to Cocoa, Creamy Caramel, Barely Banana, Whisper White

Ink: Stazon Timber Brown, Close to Cocoa, Creamy Caramel, Barely Banana

Accessories: Tab Punch, 1" Circle Punch, Seeing Spots Classy Brass Template, Chocolate Grosgrain Ribbon, Staples, Stampin' Dimensionals, Sponges, Blender Pens