Happy 18th Birthday!

Wow, where did the years go?  My second child is turning 18 today, so Happy Birthday to my son!  

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Stamp Set:  In Wilderness

Card Stock:  Basic Gray, Basic Black & Whisper White

Classic Stampin' Pads:  Basic Gray

StazOn:  Black

Embossing Folder:  Square Lattice

Punches:  Modern Label & Word Window

Black Brads

Birthday Purse

I had a lot of fun making today's card and gift for my niece.  My upline  Glenda  made a purse like this, and I ended up getting one; so I thought it would be the perfect purse to make for my niece this year.  I also made her a little notebook to go in her purse...

and a card that fit perfectly too.  I came up with my own fun saying for her that started on the inside of the card...

then it has to open even more to read the rest.  I also put in a pack of gum (that she has to share with her brothers and sister) and a dollar in change.  I usually hide a dollar bill somewhere in their card, but I just did change in her purse this year. That's a tradition I've done for each of them since their first birthday.  I'm afraid someday a dollar just won't be enough! lol

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Pretty Poinsettia

It's time for another  Red Hot Stampers challenge, so here is my take on this week's sketch.  I also decided to play along with  The Friday Mashup because I haven't done a challenge with them in quite a while.   I thought the sketch and colors from the two different challenges would go great together.  

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Card Stock:  Tempting Turquoise, Early Espresso & Whisper White

Classic Stampin' Pads:  Tempting Turquoise

Embossing Folder:  Petals-a-Plenty

Punch:  Blossom Petals Builder

Shimmer Paint:  Champagne Mist

Smooch Pearlized Accent Ink

In Wilderness Birthday

Well, Thanksgiving is done and the Christmas season has begun and what am I posting?  A masculine birthday card.  It's what I needed to make, so here it is.  I made it for my brother-in-law, and I sure hope he likes it more than butterflies!  Yup, that's an inside joke from when I gave him his card  the other day.  Anyway, I hope he had a great birthday with his family!

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Stamp Sets:  In Wilderness & On Your Birthday

Card Stock:  Basic Black, Basic Gray & Whisper White

Classic Stampin' Pad:  Basic Gray

Ink:  StayzOn Black

Punches:  Modern Label & Word Window

Texturz Plates:  Backgrounds 1
Brads:  Black

Happy Anniversary - SQSC14

Today's card is doing double duty...I needed a fiftieth wedding anniversary card and have been wanting to do a few challenges again.  So I looked thorough the challenges and thought the Stampin Queens sketch challenge was just the one to use for it.  And what did I pull out for a 50th anniversary?  Yup, Whisper White card stock and my gold embossing powder.  I was going to put numbers on the front of the card too, but I have no idea what happened to my numbers set.  Hmm...must have sold it or given it away.  

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Stamp Set:  Stampin' Up! anniversary stamp from 1992

Card Stock:  Whisper White

Versa Mark

Embossing Powder:  Gold

Embossing Folder:  Vintage Wallpaper

Ribbon:  3/8" Taffeta in Whisper White

RHSSC11

As much as I love this time of year coming up ~ the holidays and spending more time with family ~ I sure don't like the bugs that start floating around!  I think our house has had its fair share of it them and it's time for them to move on!  I hope everyone else reading this is managing to stay healthy, especially with Thanksgiving being so close.  With that being said it's time to show you my next Red Hot Stampers sketch challenge, so here's my take on sketch 11.  You can visit the Red Hot Stampers here to see a few more cards.  

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Stamp Sets:  Delightful Decorations & Madonna and Child (retired)

Card Stock:  Rich Razzleberry & Whisper White

Classic Stampin' Pads:  Rich Razzleberry

Punches:  Modern Label & Ornament

Embossing Folder:  Vintage Wallpaper

Shimmer Paint:  Champagne Mist

Just Believe Easel Card

Well, I figured it was time for me to get busy posting again since I missed all last week and part of this week.  This is another one of my stamp a stack cards...from a while ago.  I had never made an easel card, so I thought why not give it a try and have the ladies try it too!  I must admit I have a card or two every month that challenges them a little bit.  They must not be too bad though or they wouldn't keep coming back.  Thanks ladies!

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Stamp Set:  Just Believe

Card Stock:  Rich Razzleberry, Garden Green, Marina Mist & Whisper White

Classic Stampin' Pads:  Rich Razzleberry, Garden Green & Marina Mist

Embossing Folder:  Perfect Polka Dots

Punches:  Boho Blossoms, Modern Label & Word Window

Ribbon:  5/8" Grosgrain in Rich Razzleberry

Jewels:  Basic Rhinestones

It's a Boy!

It's Sunday and time for another Red Hot Stampers challenge which I really enjoyed making this week.  My sister recently had baby number six...yes, number 6!  I don't know how she does it, but she's a great mom...and sister too. :)  Anyway, as soon as I looked at the sketch for this card I knew it had to be a baby card. 

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Stamp Set:  Fox and Friends

Card Stock:  Marina Mist, Wild Wasabi & Whisper White

Classic Stampin' Pads:  Marina Mist & Wild Wasabi

Embossing Folder:  Perfect Polka Dots

Punch:  1 3/8" Circle

RHSSC9 - Lovely as a Tree

Welcome to Sunday!  For me that means it's time for another Red Hot Stamper's sketch challenge.  I took a look at the sketch and thought about what I was going to do...yeah, I had no clue! lol  Well, I had the set Lovely as a Tree sitting on my table because I needed to come up with one more card for my stamp a stack next week and that's the set I was going to use.  I had also just been looking at cards from that set on Splitcoast.  I came across a few cards that had reflections on them and have always wanted to give them a try, so I thought why not.  And for those of you who are planning on coming to my stamp a stack...we will be making this card. :)

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Stamp Set:  Lovely as a Tree

Card Stock:  Basic Black, Soft Suede, Crumb Cake & Very Vanilla

Classic Stampin' Pads:  Soft Suede, Crumb Cake, River Rock & Sahara Sand

Red Hot Stampers Card Swap

Today's card is one I made for a card swap with the Red Hot Stampers.  I love doing these card swaps because I get such a variety of lovely cards.  So for this swap we could use any set from the holiday mini catalog and I chose The Sounding Joy...kinda obvious I guess. ;)  At first I thought I'd never come up with a card, but then decided I wanted to use the seam binding ribbon in Rose Red.  Well, that made my paper choices kind of obvious, so I started playing around from there and this is what I came up with. :)

Because the card is 5 1/4" x 5 1/4" I like to give an envelope with the card in case the ladies don't have that size on hand...and I thought I'd add just a little extra to the envelope with another stamp from the set.

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Stamp Set:  The Sounding Joy

Card Stock:  Rose Red & Whisper White

Classic Stampin' Pad:  Rose Red

Embossing Folder:  Vintage Wallpaper

Ribbon:  Seam Binding in Rose Red

Jewels:  Basic Pearls

Shimmer Paint:  Champagne Mist

Simply Scored for scoring lines

Thinking of You

Wow, where has the time gone?  It's been a few days since I sent out my last post!  Today's card is another one I made for one of my stamp a stacks.  I just love these colors together...can you tell?  If you follow my blog regularly I'm sure you can!  

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Stamp Sets:  Inspired by Nature & Strength & Comfort (retired)

Card Stock:  Soft Suede, Crumb Cake & Very Vanilla

Classic Stampin' Pad:  Soft Suede

Stampin' Markers:  Soft Suede & Crumb Cake

Bigz Die:  Scallop Circle

Shimmer Paint:  Champange Mist