MERRY CHRISTMAS MUGS

Here is the second card that we made at Stamp Club on Monday.  We used the Scentsational Season Bundle that is in the current Holiday Mini Catalog.  

That bundle is a bundle of joy to me!!

This is a bright and cheery card....I'm kinda beginning to like the new In Color Gumball Green.  Wasn't too sure at first, but now I'm thinkin' I just might have to get the stamp pad for that one....currently I only have the set of markers.  It's just a cute, fun, and upbeat color!  The red is the always fabulous Cherry Cobbler....a deep, rich color of red!

Also, I'm loving the Be of Good Cheer DSP that's in the big catalog.  

The Gumball Green ribbon used was one that I received for FREE for ordering $40 of SU goodies!  Click HERE for all the details on the "Back to Spool" promotion going on now!

That's all for today.....THANKS for visiting!

Until next time, find some time for stamping!!

Hugs, Cindy

Create of Cupcake

Yesterday was my stamp club and instead of doing this card....we did this one!

It is CASEd from a Founder's Circle make-n-take that I found while snooping around online stalking blogs from some very talented stampers.

I LOVE this card!!! I LOVE LOVE LOVE the stamp set AND the punch!!! It has become one of my favorites!!!

This card was SO EASY to make.....plus, I love the simplicity of this card.....two things that really attract me to certain cards. I don't go in for too busy of a card.....I love how other people can make them look beautiful....but my simple mind just can't take in all the stuff, especially if I try and reproduce it. I'll just have to stick with simple....and just every now and then take the plunge into busy :-)

We have some MAJOR GOOD NEWS today in regards to our remodel.....the county came out today to do their one last final inspection....and we PASSED!!! We don't need to make any revisions or anything.....so hopefully by the end of next week we will be done with all those pesky little details and then we'll move Grandma to her new space and allow the kids to have their rooms back. For the past couple of month or so, Andy has been living in a corner of our family room behind a couple of bookshelves.

My daughter has been home sick today. I can't blog long because I have a few things to get done before she wakes. She says it makes her "feel better" when I just sit by her.....so I try and do my running around the house while she's sleeping and then spend some time on the couch with her watching one of our favorite shows "Monk"....we just LOVE that kooky "Monk"!! She doesn't usually suffer in silence and definitely her misery loves company.....so I've got my work cut out for me when she's sick :-)

Better get going.....

Until next time, find some

time for stamping!!

Blessings......Cindy

CHRISTMAS ROSE ~ EASEL CARD

Hi Stampers,

I'm back today with an easel card that we made at Stamp Club on Monday. Jamie, a very talented stamper in my club, graciously taught how to make the card.....and then also gave us a lesson in watercoloring!! It was quite a treat!!

I should have taken a picture of Jamie's sample.....because it was WAY BETTER than the one I made, which is pictured here.

We stamped the Christmas Rose image on watercolor paper with StazOn ink and then watercolored it....we cut it out using some Nestabilities that she had brought and mounted it on some retired Handsome Hunter cardstock that I had and then used the scallop corner punch to add that "just right" touch.

This is an easel card.....so we put a piece of Handsome Hunter on the inside, along with a sentiment and there's the finished product.....

It turned out really nice!!! The "real life" cards are always so much better than what my camera is capable of portraying....but, gotta work with what I have!

This is the last day of school for the kids before Christmas vacation.....so, with that said.....I may or may not be back before Christmas.

If I'm not....have a

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!

Until next time,

find some time for stamping!!

Blessings......Cindy

CLUB CHRISTMAS CARD

Hi Stampers!

It's me.....and it hasn't been a month since my last post!!! (ha ha) My day today was CRAZY, so this is going to be short and sweet.

I wanted to share with you the other card that we made at last month's Stamp Club....it is another Clean and Simple one. I am IN LOVE with the stamp set Contempo Christmas!!! It is a great little set!!

I jazzed up the ornament with rhinestones....I'm normally not very "blingy", but I really like how this turned out.

Well, that's it for me today......I'll be back SOON!!!!

Until next time, find some

time for stamping!!

Blessings......Cindy

BIG SHOT CARD

Hi Stampers!

Well, I'm back and it didn't take a week ;-)

I'm back sharing the second card that we will be making on Monday.....the one that I cased from Mary Fish. She is a FANTASTIC stamper and one of my favorites.

Anyways.....I pretty much totally cased her card except instead of using So Saffron I used Daffodil Delight.....and I changed a couple of other super small things. So easy and yet so GREAT! I just LOVE cards like this one.....quick, easy, and CUTE!

The card is all Whisper White, except for the flower which was die cut using the Big Shot and the Flower Folds Bigz xl die with Tempting Turquoise, Old Olive, and Daffodil Delight card stock. The button is from the Designer Buttons Brights....these buttons are a WONDERFUL bargain!!! I threaded a very thin piece of card stock through the holes of the button and adhered it using mini glue dots.....instead of tying a knot.

The sentiment is from the Teeny Tiny Wishes stamp set.....and I used the Stamp-a-ma-jig to make sure it was placed properly.

Well, that's it for me today.....I'll be back soon to show you the swap I made for Monday.

Until next time, find some

time for stamping!!

Blessings......Cindy

GETTING READY FOR CLUB ~ SPOOKY!!!

Hi Stampers!

It seems like just yesterday that I posted, but alas, it's been a WEEK! I think things are beginning to settle down around here....although Steve has been working like crazy trying to clear a space for his new garage that should be being built in about a month or so. Here he is whackin' away our shrubs that line the front part of our property....

It looks pretty bare now.....I'm so use to seeing the shrubs and the tree......and not the ugly propane tank....it was hidden behind some shrubs. Apparently it is also slated to be moved.

I never considered myself a "tree hugger", but I did get a bit sad when he had to chop down one of our trees :-( But he told me it would be hard to park the cars in the new garage if that tree was right in the middle of it....so here is all that is left......poor ol' stumpy!

Now really!!! Who doesn't LOVE a workin' man??!!.....I know that I do!!!

OK, well enough drooling over rugged workin' men.....let's get down to some stampin'!! :-)

This coming Monday is my monthly stamp club.....and since October is right around the corner, I thought I would make a Halloween card. I recently bought the Greeting Card Kids stamp set....which I must say is ABSOLUTELY ADORABLE!!!!.....and had to use it because I LOVE it so much. The kids are so cute!!! So, here is the card that we will be making this coming Monday....

Isn't she adorable?!

I started with a Tangerine Tango base and layered that with a piece of Certainly Celery DSP and Elegant Eggplant card stock that I embossed with the Big Shot using the Perfect Polka Dot embossing folder. I watercolored her by using my Aqua Painter and reinkers, but I also used markers for the small areas....and a Blush Blossom marker for her skin.

I also used the stamp set Wicked Cool for the spider web and the "Spooky".....this is another set that I can't wait to use again!!! It's very cute!!!

I finished it off by using 5/8" Black satin ribbon and the new Dotted Scallop Ribbon border punch to add a layer at the bottom of the card....which I apologize didn't photograph very well.

Tomorrow I will share a card that I totally cased from Mary Fish :-) It will be the other card that we will make on Monday.....it is a Big Shot creation!

Until next time, find some

time for stamping!!

Blessings......Cindy

OWL PUNCH ~ CLUB CARD

Hi Stampers!

I have had every intention of being a more consistent blogger....but life just seems to keep getting in the way....darn it!! Oh well....I do need to keep my priorities straight though.

This week Madison has been bugged by an ear infection....so today I took her in to see her pediatrician. She not only has an ear infection, but blisters on her eardrums (OUCH!!!). She is on the road to recovery with antibiotics.....so by the time school starts next Thursday she should be 100% and ready for the school year.

Also, this week Andy was away at camp and came home today.....he was EXHAUSTED!!! But he had a WONDERFUL time....we sure missed him though!! I wish I had taken a picture of him when he arrived home....he was COVERED in dirt, along with ALL his belongings!! But I still had to give his dirty face a big kiss!!!

This coming Monday evening is my monthly stamp club.....so I spent some fun time designing a card for them to do. I just LOVE LOVE LOVE the new Owl Punch.....there are ENDLESS possibilities!!!

This card was SO EASY to make......I just love how it turned out!

I also have to show you what the inside looks like.....thought it turned out pretty cute too!

All I did was cut a circle out of scrap and place it over my inside piece and stamp it using the Woodgrain background stamp.

Card Ingredients:

Stamps: Curly Cute, Woodgrain Background

Paper: Chocolate Chip, Daffodil Delight, Old Olive, Whisper White, Brights Patterns DSP

Ink: Chocolate Chip

"Extras": 2-Step Owl Punch, 2-Step Bird Punch, Big Shot, Scallop Circles #2, Nestabilities: Standard Small Circle

Well, that's it for me today. I need to go and get my sleepy kids into bed!! It is so nice to have them BOTH home!!!

Until next time, find some

time for stamping!!

Blessings......Cindy

BECAUSE I CARE ~ CLUB CARD

Hi Stampers!

Well, as promised, here is the other card that we will be making on Monday evening. I used the new Level 1 hostess set Because I Care.....I'm already in LOVE with this set!!!...and, I used some leftover card supplies from an open house....which made prep easy peasy!!!

The card's base is Old Olive. I used textured vanilla and a panel of Melon Mambo....ink used was also Melon Mambo and Old Olive. I had it made and realized that it just needed that "something", so I paper pierced around the flower. I think it added just the right amount of accent.

I used all four of the stamps in the set. Gosh!! I LOVE this set!!! (Remember....this set is FREE if you host a qualifying workshop or place an order of $150!!!)

Well, that's it for me......I'm still putting together the details for an online card club, so stayed tuned!

Until next time, find some time for stamping!!

Blessings......Cindy

GETTIN' IT TOGETHER & CLUB PREP

Good Morning Stampers!

I have been a busy bee getting ready for my Stamp Club this coming Monday.....and just getting my stamp room straightened up so that it doesn't look like somebody ransacked it :-)

Yesterday I made some BIG progress! I not only completed my club swaps and all the prep for club, but I organized and packaged up some retired stamp sets and color packets (paper, ink, reinkers) to sell.

(FYI: Some of the colors that I'm selling are Summer Sun, Bordering Blue, Ballet Blue, Close to Cocoa, Brocade Blue, Lovely Lilac and Kiwi Kiss and a couple of miscellaneous Classic Ink Pads that I don't have reinkers for......if anybody is interested in purchasing a certain color contact me and I will let you know what I have in that color and the price.)

Well.....today's card is one that we will be making on Monday evening. I first made this card at my friend Karen's. I LOVE the design of this card! It looks WOW, but is soooo easy to make.....and versatile!! I used the new Awash with Flowers stamp set. The card's base is So Saffron with a Real Red Panel. The Top Notes are in White. I sponged Soft Suede around the outside and used it to stamp the flower outlines......the flowers are stamped in So Saffron and Real red and leaves are Old Olive. The ribbon is now retired.....but I had almost a whole spool so I thought....what the heck! it's cute.

You can't tell from the picture, but there are dots of Dazzling Diamonds on the the "things" (not sure what they are officially called) coming out of the flowers.....adds just the right amount of WOW!

The Top Notes on the inside of this card finish it off just right!

Well, I am off to my Scrapbooking Club this morning......oh! the rigors of my day ;-) I have already taken pictures of the other card we're making on Monday and the swap that I made.....so, I will be posting those in the next couple of days. I REALLY like the other club card!!! Hope you like it too!!

Well, that's it for me today....

Until next time, find some time for stamping!!

Blessings......Cindy

ELEMENTS OF STYLE ~ CLUB CARD

Hi Stampers!

Today's card uses the Elements of Style stamp set from the new Summer Mini. This is a GREAT set.....so pretty!!! I sure hope this set stays around!!!!

This card's inspiration came from the demonstrator only website Stampin' Connection. The demonstrator's name is Kim Ransom. I changed this card up just a bit.....and I LOVE how it turned out!!!

The card is pretty simple.....I used watercoloring to color the flowers and what you can't tell from the photo is that I sprayed the flowers with Vanilla Shimmer Smooch Spritz which is also in the Summer Mini. These Smooch Spritzes are SO COOL!!!! I hope SU carries them over to the new year!!!

This was the second card that we made at my monthly stamp club yesterday evening.

Well, that's all folks!! Until next time, find some time for stamping!!!

Blessings..........Cindy

MY CLUB SWAP CARD

Hi Stampers!! Thanks for stopping by for a visit.

Today, I finished making my card that I will be swapping at my monthly stamp club this coming Monday evening. We decided on a spring theme....and since the weather has been so fantastic lately, it seemed just perfect. I decided to make mine a Mother's Day card.....since that is coming up next month.

The card that I chose to do is cased (copied) from another SU demonstrator named Laurie Zoellmer. I found her card posted on Stampin' Connection...which is a demonstrator only website.....and I loved it. I changed the colors....but other than that the card is pretty much the same as hers. Thanks Laurie for such a great card!!!

The base of the card is Lovely Lilac, and the green layer is Kiwi Kiss (I just LOVE that color!!). I stamped the small flowers with Lovely Lilac and the large flower with Elegant Eggplant. The vine and sentiment are stamped with Kiwi Kiss.

The Kiwi Kiss liner is punched with the pinking hearts border punch that is in the Occasions Mini....I didn't care for this punch at first....but now I LOVE it!!! You never can have too many punches :-)

Well...that's it for me today. I will post pictures of all the gals' swaps after our Monday club meeting.

Until next time, find some time for stamping!!!

Blessings..........Cindy

THREE LITTLE WORDS

Hi Stampers....Hope you had a relaxing three day weekend. We did....the weather was PERFECT! It was sunny and warm and just perfect for bike riding and being outside. I know that I should feel a bit guilty since the rest of the country was being pounded with snow.....but the weather is definitely a perk to living in California......I don't think it's the only perk, but not too many more perks are popping into my brain right now.

OK.....on to why I have this blog.

Thought I would post the other card that we made at stamp club last Monday.....I love how this card came together. It wasn't difficult even though it has a few layers.....I think that the dry embossed background really sets the card off nicely. The cut out flowers mounted with dimensionals also gives the card some depth.

Well....that's it for me today. Thanks for taking the time to visit.

Until next time, find some time for stamping.

Blessings.........Cindy

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY

I just want to wish each of you a

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!!!

Here is a valentine that we made at my stamp club last Monday. I cased this card from another demonstrator named Crystal Lenssen....she had posted it on a SU demonstrator only site called Stampin' Connection.

Nothing hard about this card! Just emboss it half way up, stamp and punch hearts and you're done! These are definitely my kind of cards.

Well....hope you have a wonderful Valentine's!!

Until next time, find some time for stamping!!!

Blessings.........Cindy

CLUB SNEAK PEEK - PURSE CARD

Hey there!!! Thanks for poppin' in!!

The following is one of the cards that we will be making this coming Monday at my monthly stamp club. I saw this idea on a blog but unfortunately I can't remember where....it was during one of those blog hopping sessions. The purses are made using the 1-3/8" circle punch, the handle is used punching the large oval and then punching around it with the scallop oval punch. The clasp is made from the modern label punch, topped with a silver brad. They were then mounted using dimensionals. Very clever, quick and CUTE!!!
This is one of the two cards that we will be making on Monday evening.

Tomorrow, Thursday, I go to my scrapbooking class at Gloria's....I always look forward to going....and it's not just because we get to make 2 12x12 scrapbook pages, but because of the ladies that attend. I have really enjoyed getting to know them better.

Until next time....find some time for stamping!!!
Blessings......Cindy

"BERRY" CUTE

Greetings Stampers.....and Happy Friday!!! This is also the beginning of the Labor Day weekend! The last weekend of summer for most, although our children started school almost 3 weeks ago!

Even though my monthly stamp club will be meeting in a little over a week.....I'm showing you one of the cards that we made at our August club.....I'm doing a bit of catch up!

This card was made using the Tart & Tangy stamp set.....a must have for making summery cards....or recipe cards or place cards or you name it!!

I started with a 8-1/2 x 4-1/4 piece of textured Real Red cardstock and layered that with a piece of textured Very Vanilla that was punched using the eyelet border punch. The strawberries were stamped (centered) in Real Red onto a piece of textured very vanilla cardstock. The berry toppers were made by coloring the stamp with Old Olive and Chocolate Chip markers and then cut out, leaving the space that is around the topper, and adhered using a dimensional. The corners were punched using the Ticket Corner and layered onto a piece of Old Olive cardstock. The sentiment is from the Teeny Tiny Wishes set and stamped on a scrap of textured very vanilla, punched out with the word window and layered on a piece of old olive cardstock that was punched with the modern label punch.
I think the card turned out "berry" cute :-) Plus, it was "berry" easy!!! I like that combination "berry" much! Ok....I know, I know, enough with the "berry".....because it's "berry" annoying!

Until next time, find some time for stamping!!!
Blessings to you......Cindy

POCKET SILHOUETTE SYMPATHY

Happy Monday!!! Hope you had a relaxing weekend and are ready for the week ahead.

Tonight is my monthly stamp club.....I always look forward to spending the evening with this group of ladies!!

Below is one of the cards that we will be making. I CASED this card from this entry on Jennifer Buck's blog "The Buck Stamps Here"....I really like her style. I check in with her blog routinely!! I have added her onto my "Blog List" so that it will make it easy for you (and me!) to check in and see what she has been up to.
The card is made from Whisper White and Kraft cardstock. The new InColor "Soft Suede" matches the Kraft cardstock almost perfectly!!!

Well....I better get going. I've got a full day ahead for me.
Until next time....find some time for stamping!!!
Blessings, Cindy

Card Ingredients
Stamps: Pocket Silhouettes, Teeny Tiny Wishes
Paper: Kraft and Whisper White cardstock
Ink: Soft Suede
Accessories: 5/8" white organza ribbon

TONIGHT'S CLUB CARD

Tonight is my monthly stamp club and so I HAD TO get it together and come up with a card!! I have had the worst time lately in my stamping.....everything I made was ugly and so I just didn't finished them (I should post some of them so that you won't think I'm just being all hard on myself :-D). Well, I took a cyber-friend's advice (Thanks Lisa!!) and spent some time looking on SCS and on some of my favorite blogs and put a few ideas together to create this card.
It's CAS (clean and simple) and kinda masculine too. In looking through my stamp collection, I realized that I don't really have anything manly......no sports, no outdoors stuff, nothin'! So, I am going to wait for the new catalog and then purposely pick a stamp set that will fit the bill for manly....NO flowers, swirls, scallops, etc!!

Tonight we are also going to be stamping on candles....I will show you a picture of that tomorrow.

Well, it's nice to have accomplished something! Now I need to clean things up so I'm ready for some good stampin' fun with some GREAT friends!!!

Until next time,
Find some time for stamping!!!
Blessings, Cindy

Card Ingredients:
Stamps: All Holidays, Bitty Basics Level 1 hostess set (retired)
Ink: Baja Breeze (soon to be retired :-(
Paper: Textured Baja Breeze, Kraft, Kraft DSP, Whisper White
Accessories: Silver brads, 1" & 1-1/4" circle punches

HAPPY EASTER!!!

Hope you all had a most blessed Easter!!! We had a quiet Easter....we went to church, which was GREAT and then came home, relaxed and waited for Steve to get home from work. We all just hung out and talked and then had a nice dinner together. It was all wonderful!!!

The kids head back to school tomorrow....which seems to get us all into a routine and it should get me back to work on making cool stuff to sell at the Flatlanders Craft Fair on May 9th.

We had a FANTASTIC time in San Francisco....it rained on us in the morning, but we spent that morning touring Alcatraz so we were inside most of the time. We had a picnic on Alcatraz before heading back on the ferry. The kids said their favorite part of the trip was taking BART from Pleasanton under the bay to San Francisco and riding the city bus/trolley. I guess simple pleasures are the best!

Tonight is my monthly Stamp Club and we are going to be making a Mother's Day card. Mother's Day comes before we meet again in May.....so now we should all be prepared and not have to panic because it's Saturday night and we don't have a card yet!

The card is an EASY one.....of course, I had to use my Big Shot (I can barely make a card without it now) and I used my new Thoughts & Prayers stamp set....which I LOVE!!! I also used the Happy Mother's Day stamp from the All Holidays stamp set.

I started with a 1/2 sheet of Certainly Celery and topped that with a piece of Pink Pirouette. The top note is cut from a sheet of textured vanilla cardstock. I inked the image with Certainly Celery and then wiped off the flowers using a Q-tip and colored them using a Rose Red marker. The sentiment is stamped with Rose Red also. The ribbon is from JoAnn's.....I just love the sheer colored ribbons.....my wish is that Stampin' Up! would offer sheer ribbon in their colors!!...right now they just offer white. The top note is sponged around the edges with Rose Red and lightly sponged all over and then mounted with dimensionals. I used the double circle punch, which is now retired :-( , and laced the ribbon from the back and tied a bow....Viola!!
We are going to be making another card but I'm going to save that for tomorrow since I know that I won't be making anything new today....so check in tomorrow and see what else we did at Stamp Club!!

Until next time,
Find some time for stamping!!!
Blessings, Cindy

CLUB NIGHT

Tonight was my monthly Stamp Club....a time that I always look forward to. A FUN time of talking and stamping!!

The first card we made was with the Branch Out stamp set....this is just a fantastic set!! It has become one of my new favorites! The card had a very simple layout with no frills, yet when they were done, they all turned out looking anything but simple!

















The second card we did was FUN! The gals actually made a couple of these little cuties (some even more!). Using the Big Shot, we made quick Top Note cards and added a flower with the Build a Flower Bigz die. Some of them we even embossed using the Big Shot and a Cuttlebug embossing folder....these turned out even CUTER!!!







I had a great time too!!!

Until next time.....
Find some time for stamping!!!
Blessings, Cindy