RHSSC14

Well, it's Sunday so anyone who regularly checks out my blog knows I'll at least have something on here for the  Red Hot Stampers sketch challenge.  Anyway, I've been wanting to try this technique after seeing it a couple of times and had to look it up to see what it's called. It's called the spotlight technique...makes sense doesn't it. It was kind of a bugger to get it lined up just right using the oval punch, so next time I do this technique I think I'll make it a square or circle.  I really wanted to use the oval shaped embossing folder though and glad I did because I liked how it turned out. :) 

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Stamp Set:  Beautiful Season

Card Stock:  Whisper White

Classic Stampin' Pads using Blender Pens:  Rose Red, Pacific Point, Wild Wasabi, 

More Mustard, Soft Suede & Daffodil Delight

Embossing Folder:  Designer Frames

Punch:  Extra Large Oval

Ribbon:  1/2" Seam Binding in Rose Red, 1/8" Taffeta in Daffodil Delight

 & 5/8" Satin Ribbon in Daffodil Delight (retired)

RHSSC13

It's Sunday and that means it's time for another Red Hot Stampers sketch challenge so here is my take on it.  I started with my card positioned like the sketch, but when it was time to add the sentiment there wasn't enough room...so I rotated the card and decided I liked it that way. :)  For those of you who are coming to my stamp a stack this week, this is one of the Christmas cards we are making.

Head on over to the Red Hot Stampers to see other demonstrators' cards to go with this sketch.  You can also play along yourself, so why not give it a try!

Just wanted to show a closer view of the snowflake, plus the soft suede in this picture looks a lot better. :)

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Stamp Set:  Snow Swirled

Card Stock:  Soft Suede & Very Vanilla

Classic Stampin' Pad:  Soft Suede

Embossing Folder:  Designer Frames

Sizzlets Decorative Strip Die:  Northern Frost

Punch:  Extra-Large Oval

Ribbon:  1/2" Seam Binding in Very Vanilla

Shimmer Paint:  Champagne Mist

Red Hot Christmas Party and Secret Santa Reveal

Today I'd like to show a few pictures of things I got from my Secret Santa this year.  When we find out who we have, we send out gifts to each other for a few weeks before our Red Hot Stampers Christmas Party.  Always a fun thing to be a part of!  My first gift came in the mail and it was a knitted washcloth.  Love these kind of washcloths!

The next week my son grabbed something off my freezer in the garage and there was a plate with some delicious baked goodies.  I'm not sure what they're called, but they tasted like cinnamon rolls to me...just a smaller version.  If you look close enough you can see one in a baggy.  I took a bite before I took the picture...oops! ;)  But it was yummy!

The third week I got a box in the mail and opened it up. It was kind of bunched up like this and I wasn't sure what it was...  

...so I pulled it out there was a pretty ribbon/lace necklace!

Then we had our party and do you think I had any idea who had me?  No!  Everyone else seemed to know, but not me!  Guess I really need to pay attention to what people say because my Secret Santa is quite the sewer, and apparently she had been talking all about it at an earlier meeting.  Guess my head was in the clouds!  Nothing new there though! lol

She gave me a bag full of goodies...all with cute little sayings on the gift tags.  The gift you can see the most in this picture is the cute apron she sewed for me!

One thing I didn't get a picture of was all of the yummy food everyone brought!  Yeah, I left there full!  Glenda also had some makes and takes for us while we were there, plus we played a funny game passing gifts "left" or "right" and Bingo!  Always a fun time at the Red Hot Stampers Christmas party!

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

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

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.  

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

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