Happy Monday!!!!

This doesn't really have anything to do with card making, but I want to show off the new floor I the kids and I laid in our living room. We have been walking on the sub floor for 3 or 4 years and I have been wanting to get this floor down since then. Ex-DH was having a hard time finding time so the kids and I started this on Thanksgiving 2009...and had it done and our tree up by the Saturday after. I am so proud of myself for doing this, I give all the credit to God for giving my the mental and physical strenght to lay this floor.

Desk Top Photo Book

Hi all - 3 days of posting...Oh My!! First of all I hope everyone is having a blessed day! I'm so excited to go to church this morning and find out what our first sermon of the new year will be... I have scheduled this to post while I'm at church today, who knows what will be going on once I get home ;)

I made this a few months ago, I just never felt like publishing it. You will notice that the pictures displayed have my soon to be ex in them and i am talking about being happily married. I am still proud of the album.

Another Razzle Dazzle Card

Hi all ~ now don't die of shock ~ I'm also going to try to update my blog on a more regular basis...


Here are two more cards I made using the Razzle Dazzle set...these cards also finish my 5 card challenge for this set...Woo Hoo!!


The first one didn't quite turn out how I expected but I don't think it is bad by any means...my stamp-a-ma-jig would have been very useful if I had remembered to use it ;)


I tried ghosting the image with Versamark and brayering color over it. I wanted to create a shadow look when I stamped it again but I got my main image off center...good reason to always use a stamp-a-ma-jig!!


Stamps: Razzle Dazzle (p94)
Papers: Crushed Curry, Dusty Durango, Whisper White, Rich Razzleberry, Razzleberry Lemonade DS
Inks: Versamark, Crushed Curry
Accessories: Brayer, Brads, Modern Label Punch


For the second card I wanted something simle yet fun so this is what I came up with...
Stamps: Razzle Dazzle (p94), Hope Happens (p141)
Papers: Rich Razzleberry, Whisper White, Razzleberry Lemonade DS
Inks: Melon Mambo Marker, Rich Razzleberry
Accessories: Melon Mambo Polka Dot Ribbon, Horizontal Slot Punch

Happy 2010!!

My goodness how the time flies!! Seems like just yesterday we were ringing in 2009...alot has changed in this past year, some good and some bad. I know that everyone I know has gone through their ups and downs and mine are no different. The divorce seems to be going well, we still are able to be civil to each other. The kids are enjoying time with dad and time with me. I made two simple resolutions for this year first to find time every day to study my bible and two to work on being a better person all around be it as a mother, friend, employee, church member ~ what ever the case may be.

I have been getting back into my craft room and re-finding my mojo, so I hope to have some new cards to start posting again. Here is my first one for 2010...appropriately titled Hope Happens. This card is much more vibrant in real life. I am so loving these in colors (of course I tend to say that every year ;) like everyone else...) One of my favorite things that Stampin' Up! has offered us this year is the matching markers and who wouldn't love this polka dotted ribbon???

Stamps: Razzle Dazzle (p 94), Hope Happens (p141)

Papers: Soft Suede, Dusty Durango, Whisper White, Razzleberry Lemonade DS

Inks: Crushed Curry, Dusty Durango, Basic Black

Accessories: Crushed Curry Polka Dot ribbon

New Cards to Share...

Hi everyone - I have slowly been working on stamping and creating new projects. I am in a great need to re-discover my mojo. These cards were all made using the set Razzle Dazzle and the coordinating paper Razzleberry Lemonade.

This was my first attempt using this stamp set. My base is Crushed Curry and a is accented with Rich Razzleberry and Dusty Mango. I also got to use my new In Color Stampin' Write markers. I do really like how this card came out.

I'll be back tomorrow to show some more cards from this same set.

Sorry for being MIA

Hi everyone - I'm so sorry to have just dropped off the face of the earth for a few months. My husband & I decided to seperate just days after my last post and have since filed for divorce. Needless to say I haven't been crafting much or felt like doing anything really. I'm so very thankful for the Lord's guiding hand during this difficult time...there is no way I would have made it without Him or my dear friends. I hope to have some projects going and new pictures and ideas soon. I hope everyone has a blessed day!!

Totally Tools Challenge

Hi everyone! Things have been going really well here. Work is great - we are getting a little busier so I am having a little less time to play in my room.

This is a card I CASE'd entirely from the Spring/Summer book on page 47. When I first saw this card in the catty I knew I wanted this set. I love this specialty designer paper called To the Nines. This paper is just too yummy!

Kat made a card using the same papers and stamps and this is what she came up with...she placed her DS paper lower and put her image on the opposite side.

I really do think that both of these cards turned out very nice. This set is just too fun and perfect for masculine cards. I really love how the image and saying are far enough apart to be able to use them together or apart.

I hope everyone has a great day!!