When Life Gives you Limes...

Well, oh my goodness.....the summer is flying by!  Here we are at July 2nd already.  We are officially halfway through the year.  Before you know it we will be dragging out holiday decorations and I will be grumbling! Bah Humbug!

I've been so busy lately.  I won't bore you with the details but have been spending lots of time with my grandkids....fun, fun, fun...but they DO wear me out!!!

But what better on a hot summer's eve than a nice cold and icy margarita?  Here is another card made with Unity Stamps and an exclusive card kit from Archiver's that I picked up last week.  I have lots of margarita lovin' girlfriends so this card will come in most handy!

Very simply done...just a bit of stamping, coloring in of the word "LIMES" with some Copic Markers and a bit of clear Stickles on the limes although I don't think you can see that here.  Simple and fast.  Fun.  Happy!  I think I want a margarita!

I'm hoping to get into my craft room this evening for a bit of Project Life fun....

Happy Crafting!

Shall We UnWINEd?

I was at Archiver's the other day...had professed to use some restraint as I was just going to meet up with a friend and NOT shop...yeah, right...but I had a COUPON (read: MUST USE TO SAVE MONEY!) that was for 10 sheets of 8 1/2 by 11 cardstock with the purchase of an exclusive card kit.  Well....duh...that was a no brainer.  Everyone knows that cardstock costs money so if you can get it for free...well, you just gotta do it!
;)
Heheheh....I like the way I think sometimes....
Anyway, this particular card kit had a really cute little set of Unity Stamps in it and here is one of the cards I've made with it.  I have lots of girly friends that I could send this to....let me tell you!
The kit included a paper stack from My Mind's Eye and I just chose some papers from it...stamped the wine bottle and cut it out.  The Unity Stamps are cling and stamp a really nice crisp image.
A simple card but I sure love this sentiment!
A little Pearl Accents for the hearts finished it off!

Hope you all have a great weekend with some time for unWINEding....

I am entering this in the following Challenge:
Simon Says Stamp Challenge: Anything Goes


Happy Crafting!

With Sympathy

I was so happy with the Wedding Wishes card I made the other day which you can see HERE that I made another even simpler version for a sympathy card.

I used the Simon Says Stamp daisy die and Stampin' Up Pool Party Ink and paper.
I just inlaid the flower.
Uh....easy.  Almost embarrassing it's so easy.   I'm hanging my head in shame.  Not.  I love the simplicity of this.  They don't all have to be blinged, layered, ribboned, twined, SUSAN!
*sigh*....

 Here you see the inlay.  The nice thing about using the metal dies as opposed to a machine die cutter at times is that you get that nice rounded edges that only the obsessed notice.
I'm obsessed.  I admit it.

That's it for today!

I'm going to enter this in the following challenges:

Simon Says Stamp Challenge: Anything Goes
A Muse Studio Challenge: Beautiful Blooms
The Craft Place Blog Challenge: FLOWERS

Happy Crafting!

Project Life: Week 25

Well.....myyyyyyy gooooodness!  I am all caught up with Project Life. 

Long post today...with lots of photos!  I'm proud of this week's "share".

I had the best time doing this week's layouts.  I went from last week of basically just ripping out journaling and filler cards from a little tablet I had to making everything on my own.  Sometimes it's fun to go the quick and simple way....and sometimes it's great fun to be a little more creative.

You know I love Hero Arts.  We've been together a long time.  Our love grows stronger.

I am amazed at the new stamps from the Stamp Your Story line and have grabbed up several sets.  They work wonderfully for cards and art journaling....but what really grabbed my eye was how well they would work for Project Life.  And....you can use them over and over again...and, of course, if you change out papers and ink colors...well, you can get a whole new look!  Love it!

So here are my Project Life pages for Week 25.  All Hero Arts with 3 colors of Stampin' Up inks (Calypso Coral, Pool Party, and Wisteria Wonder).  My Wanna Have list has more Hero Arts inks on it and I'm hoping Archiver's will increase their inventory on those!  I used white cardstock from my stash as well as a couple of Stampin' Up colored papers.

Here is the left side:

And here are some details...
I created the background with various ink blot stamps (made me think of the psychological ink blot test!....what do YOU see?) and used my Silhouette Cameo to cut out the word "Week" and the numbers with the Digz Your Hart font.

 And here's a closeup of the little circle stamp that I used for my date.

 Love, love, love this little birdie....and is pop dotted above the month stamp.  I also used some epoxy arrows I had in my stash.

 Here is another little card...I just LOVE those stamps and how well they work to make your OWN journaling cards out of just plain white cardstock!  Too cool!....and so easy!

My good friend, Cyndi, who is a faithful blog reader just learned she will be a grandmother again and I snagged this photo that she'd sent to my iPhone of her granddaughter, Kendall.  I just stamped the heart and cut it out and popped it with some foam tape. 

Here is the right side:

I used Tracy Larsen and the Lily Pad templates for all my photo collages.
I added a bit of washi tape and a few Hero Arts flowers and gem to these photos.

And another card....love the pen and ink bottle which I stamped and then cut out.

 

I did all the journaling I was going to do so just created this little filler card with stamps from several of the sets.

 

I was able to get a rare photo of my daughter and her family and I used a Becky Higgins 5x7 insert page to stick it in.  On the back I did a little background paper with a stamp from the Brush Strokes set and journaled on it.

Here are the journaling cards all together:

And here it is all together:

 

I am going to enter this in the Stamp Your Story contest at  Hero Arts.  Most of the entries seem to be cards but I thought it would be fun to show a different take on the stamps!

I used the following sets from the Stamp Your Story line:

Notebook Essentials

Remember

Brush Strokes

My Favorite

Sketchbook Letters

Well, whew....I was certainly long winded today...but I do hope you enjoyed!

Happy Crafting!

Wedding Wishes

I needed a card for a dear friend's granddaughter who just got married over the weekend.  I wanted something classy and elegant...but not too stuffy...and wanted it flat so that it would easily mail.  This is what I came up with and I was soooo happy with it!  I will definitely be making a few more of these!

Oh so clean...oh so simple...oh so much white space (which is usually tough for me!...I usually have to stick a ribbon or a flower or a gem or a button when I see oodles of white space....but NOT THIS TIME!)

I basically cut out the daisy flower with a Simon Says Die on the white cardstock and then cut it out again with the blue paper and DRUM ROLL PLEASE....inlaid the flower!  I just loved it! Woohoo...so cool!!!

See?

I used a Lawn Fawn sentiment which I stamped with the same color ink as the paper (Stampin' Up's Island Indigo)....matted it on some more blue and put it on a white card base.  HOW EASY WAS THAT?!

This card literally took me less than 10 minutes to make...which included finding where I put that die! LOL!

But I was so happy with it when I was done.

Don't you just love when things work for you sometimes!  All the time?

:)

I'm entering this in the following challenges (thanks Sunshine Honeybee for the info on the challenges!):
Entering this into the following challenges:

6/28 Hiding In My Craft Room HIMCR#103 Wedding 
 
6/28 That Craft Place Flowers 

6/29 A Muse Studio Beautiful Blooms

6/30 DLART Thankful Thurs Linky Ch : June Anything Goes

7/7 Creative Card Crew Ch39 No Designer Paper 

Happy Crafting! 

Back to March....Just Because

A quick post today....off to play a tennis match shortly.  It's sort of gray out....hoping the rain holds off.  Scheduling makeups is always a nightmare!  I've still got to finish a match I started 2 weeks ago but it has rained on the rescheduled nights!  Crazy weather!  But I'm not complaining...summer is here and I like warm weather (and air conditioning!).

I'm still on my mission to use up the supplies in my Simon Says Stamp Card Kit of the Month boxes!  July's will be here before I know it.  I really loved March's kit...loved the bright and cheerful colors.

I saw this card on the Eterno-ly Yours blog which I found inspiring and changed it up for my own version here:

 

I used some paper strips and washi tape at the top as well as some baker's wine and then just stamped some random images on the bottom of the card with mostly Stampin' Up inks. 

Didn't take too long and it's pretty much flat which is always a challenge for me!

I think I'll make a few little envelopes with the rest of the kit and toss that box and make room for more! ;)

Happy Crafting!

 

 

Be Yourself

I written several times how I enjoy being a part of the Simon Says Stamp Monthly Card Kit club. 
The kits are just jam packed with fun things to try out.  My July kit will be here shortly. 

I worked on a few cards with the March card kit as I'm working on using up those supplies.
:) 
The kit came with a couple of little kraft bags which are just so cute.  I stamped them with the stamps in the stamp set (and how many times can you use the word "stamp" in a sentence??!) and then added a little die cut with the Simon Says Stamp "Be" metal die.  That die comes with some sentiments that work so well in cardmaking (or PROJECT LIFE!).

I wrapped a little twine around and added a little card for the inside which I stamped with a sentiment and used a cute little paper clip that also came with the kit.

QSD!  (Quick, simple & done!)

Off to meet up with my friend, Christine, today at Archiver's.  I will use restraint though....and not buy!  Maybe....

Also Simon Says Stamp has a 20% off your purchase through the weekend with coupon code SUMMER20! 

Happy Crafting!