GETTING BACK TO "NORMAL"

Hi Stampers!

I apologize for the lapse in posting....at the beginning of last week my children started feeling a bit sick. Well, that sick feeling turned into pneumonia! I would never have thought that anybody could get pneumonia in the middle of 100 degree temperature! Long story short, they are on some major antibiotics and went back to school yesterday.

So, in the midst of the coughing duets, I haven't had a chance to do a lot of stamping....but a bit. Today's card is one that I think we will be making at my upcoming Stamp Club. I can't seem to get enough of the Awash with Flowers stamp set....I LOVE this set!!!

Card Ingredients:

Stamps: Awash with Flowers, Watercolor Trio (sentiment)

Ink: Chocolate Chip, Regal Rose, Certainly Celery

Paper: Whisper White, Certainly Celery, Chocolate Chip, Regal Rose, Brights DSP, Chocolate Chip DSP (retired)

"Extras": Scallop Circle and 1-3/8" Circle Punches, 5/8" Chocolate Chip Satin Ribbon, Big Shot, Little Leaves Sizzlit, 1/4" Chocolate Chip Epoxy Brads (retired....so sad, I love these little brads)

Well, that's it for me today.....I need to pry those punks of mine out of bed and get them to school. Have a GREAT day!!!

Until next time, find some

time for stamping!!

Blessings......Cindy

ANOTHER AWASH and SCHOOL STARTS TOMORROW!!!

Hi Stampers,

I can hardly believe it!!! School starts TOMORROW!!! Even though summer isn't officially over for awhile.....once school starts, it feels like summer is over. I'm not sure I'm ready for them to start back to school though! I'm gonna really miss those punks of mine!!! Ahhhh....I'm feeling all sentimental again!!

Just so you know....they don't quite share my sentimentality.....they are all pumped and ready to go. Here's a picture of them while we were on vacation this summer......Don't they seem YOUNG!!! Gosh!! 8th graders!!!

What cornballs!!!

This is how they passed the time in the car.....trying to kill one another and

taking TONS of crazy pictures!

OK...enough about them.

The card that I'm going to show you today is another card that we'll be making at my stamp class on Saturday. The card's base is Whisper White and it is topped with a piece of Brights Patterns DSP Stack (Melon Mambo). I used the corner rounder punch on both the card base and the DSP. I stamped on a Top Note (die cut with the "can-a-card-be-made-without-it" Big Shot). I then stamped the 2 big flowers again on Whisper White card stock and cut out the images and adhered them using Stampin' Dimensionals. The sentiment is from a retired set (sorry...the names escapes me at the moment) and punched with the 1" circle punch and layered using the 1-1/4" and 1-3/8" circle punches.

Easy-Peasy!!!

Well, I better go and get those kids of mine to bed so that they will be all rested and ready for their big day tomorrow.

Until next time, find some

time for stamping!!

Blessings......Cindy

Card Ingredients:

Stamps: Awash with Flower

Ink: Basic Black, Melon Mambo, Elegant Eggplant, Daffodil Delight, Cherry Cobbler, Old Olive

Paper: Whisper White, Melon Mambo Patterns DSP, Melon Mambo, Old Olive

"Extras": 1", 1-1/4" and 1-3/4" circle punches, corner rounder punch, top note die, Big Shot, Stampin' Dimenionals

Hi Stampers,

The card that I'm going to share with you today is one that we will be making this Saturday at my "Awash with Flowers" stamp class.

The card's base is Daffodil Delight....which is quickly becoming one of my favorite colors!!! Then I used the always perfect Perfect Polka Dots embossing folder on a piece of Whisper White....around which I tied with 3/8" Daffodil Delight taffeta ribbon (very pretty stuff!!). I accented with Tempting Turquoise cardstock and also stamped the flower outline with Tempting Turquoise ink. The sentiment is from the Define Your Life stamp set and it is stamped with Basic Black. Very simple....and sweet!

Stayed tuned......I will be offering some card kits for sale shortly!!!

I better go....school starts on Thursday, so we are on a count down to get some much needed things done before then.

Until next time, find some

time for stamping!!

Blessings......Cindy

Card Ingredients:

Stamps: Awash with Flower, Define Your Life

Ink: Daffodil Delight, Tempting Turquoise, Basic Black

Paper: Delight, Tempting Turquoise, Whisper White

"Extras": 3/8" Daffodil Delight Taffeta ribbon

ANOTHER AWASH CARD

Hi Stampers!

Hope you're having a good week. Yeah.....We are finally all on the mend from our summer colds. Good thing too, because believe it or not, the kids start back to school NEXT WEEK!! Boy, did the summer fly by!!!

The card I'm sharing with you today is another card that we will be making at my upcoming "Awash With Flowers" Class on August 14th. Click HERE for details on my Stampin' Up! website.

Here are the "ingredients" for this card:

Card stock: Whisper White, Certainly Celery, Regal Rose

Ink: Basic Black, Certainly Celery, Regal Rose

"Extras": 5/8" Certainly Celery Satin Ribbon, Elegant Bouquet Embossing Folder, Big Shot, 1", 1-1/4", and 1-3/8 circle punches, Stampin' Dimensionals

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

Until next time, find some

time for stamping!!

Blessings......Cindy

AWASH WITH FLOWERS

Hi Stampers!

Well....we have been battling summer colds around here. What's maddening about this cold is that it makes you feel crummy and tired, but not crummy and tired enough to stay down.....just enough to make you feel like very move is an effort. But, I think we are all on the mend.

Today I wanted to show you a card that we are going to be making at an

upcoming stamp class that I'm doing on

Saturday, August 14th.

See my Stampin' Up! website for complete information...click HERE.

The card's base is Whisper White, topped with Real Red and another piece of Whisper White that I ran through my Big Shot using the Square Lattice Embossing Folder. On top of that I put another piece of Real Red and then stamped on a piece of Whisper White using Real Red, So Saffron, Pink Pirouette, and Certainly Celery....all the flower outlines are stamped in Basic Black, along with the sentiment....which is from the Because I Care Level 1 Hostess set.

That's all there is to it!!! This is a great card for beginners and advanced stampers alike.

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

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