Inkin' It Up!

Ode to Cammie.......

Happy Friday!!!  It's my favorite day of the week! I plan on getting all my housework and yardwork done this afternoon so that I can finish my doorprize for the Arlington Shoebox Swap that is coming up next weekend.  I am supah excited about going!!!  I get to see all my wonderful stampin' friends!  Jackie and Emily put a lot of work into it so that everybody has a fabulous time!

This little project I put together the night before last to give to the Secretary at the Jr. High for Secretary's Day - she absolutely loved it.   I totally case'd this from my wonderful friend Cammie (carolyn king) who is a rockstar stamper!  *Cammie I got the card you sent me in the mail and it was absolutely adorable!!  I loved it and I loved that you were thinkin' about me - thanks so much for the words inside - they meant alot!!!  love ya and can't wait to see ya next weekend!*   I made the flowers using my SU! Word Window Punch and my 1 1/4" circle punch.   I bought a couple of packs of flower seeds (they are attached to the gardening girl panel) and a pair of gardening gloves (which I rolled up and tied with ribbon).   This was really simple to make and didn't take long at all!  I used the MFT "Can Ya Dig It" set.

I also wanted to say hello and thank you to another dear friend of mine Kimmie aka Kim Reid.   I LOVED the stamp, the saying is fabulous and it couldn't be more true!!!   I also really loved the card and the words inside meant more than you will know!

Have a great rest of the day!   

MFT Day and some Paper Piecing

Yesterday was actually considered "MFT Day", but I didn't get this posted until the wee hours this morning.........All of us at MFT celebrate what we call "MFT Day" on the 20th of every month, you just upload a card or project using your My Favorite Things stamps....It's just a day to have fun and play with those adorable headless images!  The stampset I chose is the mini "Happy Mother's Day".  Check us out in the Splitcoast MFT Forum.

I absolutely love to paper piece and this set is a dream to piece..........I cut out the flowers and the pot and popped them up on dimensionals.  I used Liquid Pearls for the centers of the flowers.  Sure paper piecing is time consuming, but omg the 3-d effect you get is super amazing!  Her dress is American Crafts polka-dot DP I got at Hobby Lobby, everything else is colored using my Copic Markers.   I wanted to use some really rich colors for this card..........the Real Red, Tempting Turquoise and Lovely Lilac combo...........gawwwgeous!! 

I have another card that I have been working on using some supah sweet Gina K. Designs images...........so check back in the next day or two.   I have the day off today, so I am gonna relax! 

Good Friends.........Good Times!

Meet Me at the Cafe is one of my all-time favorite sets from My Favorite Things!!  I haven't used it in forever so I decided to pull it out, dust it off and go to work.   All the images in this set are just fabulous and well, I like a lot of layers and 3-d in my cards (bet you didn't know that! lol) . 

I decided to pair black and Papertrey's new Berry Sorbet Cardstock.  I stamped the awning in Palette Noir ink then grabbed my MFT Behind the Scenes polka dots and stamped on the awning.......I love the look!   I used my copic markers for all the coloring and my Copic Spica Glitter pen for a little bling on the dresses.   The yummy cake was cut out and popped up on a dimensional.   The background polka dots were also made using Behind the Scenes - I just inked up the polka dots with my PTI Berry Sorbet ink, stamped off, then stamped the cardstock - I like the softer look.  The 5/8" Sorbet Grosgrain Ribbon is also from Papertrey Ink - isn't it gawwwgeous??!!

I want to say a huge THANK YOU to all my wonderful family and friends (stamping or otherwise) and also to my MFT DT sistahs who have been so amazingly wonderful and full of wisdom about my most recent unexpected news.........what news you ask.........well, I recently found out that I am going to be a Nana.   It came as quite a shock since I am young and my daughter is young.    I wasn't really sure what to think at first, but all my *fabulous* friends assured me that God doesn't give us more than we can handle and that everything happens for a reason.  I love each of you!  My first priority right now is to get her finished with school and make sure that I am there to support her.  She is doing well and the baby is doing well.  We will make it through this.  :)

I will be back tomorrow with something from Gina K. Designs!

MFTeaser - Can Ya Dig It!

I have been working like a crazy woman the last several days trying to get caught up with my DT duties that I have been missing over the last two weeks while I was out of commission.   This supah darling set is called "Can Ya Dig It" - It's from My Favorite Things and will be available tomorrow night.  Isn't it just the cutest??  I especially love the seed packets.  There will also be another set that will debut tomorrow night and it is just as sweet............it's called Happy Mother's Day.  Both of these sets are definite must haves. 

My Favorite Things (www.mftstamps.com) is having a New Release Cocktail Party on Wednesday, April 2 from 9-11 p.m. Eastern time. Lots of fun is planned including finding out how YOU can be the next MFT Guest Designer. Head over to the MFT forum on www.splitcoaststampers.com to find out all the details and we hope to see you there on Wednesday night.

Recipe:  Stampsets:  Can Ya Dig It, Happy Mother's Day    Cardstock:  WW, Taken With Teal, Cool Caribbean, Apricot Appeal    Ink:  Palette Noir, Wild Wasabi     Accessories:  Copic Markers, Dimensionals, Striped Grosgrain Ribbon, White Gel Pen, Gemstones, Prima Flowers, Liquid Pearls

MFTeaser Day 2 - Punch a Bunch

Well this is Day 2 of the My Favorite Things MFTeaser..............this set is called Punch a Bunch and works with your Marvy Oval Punches or your Nestabilities.   I love this new scallop stamp...........when I designed this card I couldn't find my oval punch and had to hand cut the scallop - I've really got to find my punch, I know it's around here somewhere.  :)

I stamped the scallop in Purely Pomegranate - then stamped the flower images on another piece of white cardstock, colored them with my Copics then handcut them and popped them up on dimensionals.    The flowers and the Scallop Frame have bling - I used my Spica Glitter pen all around the edges and they are supah sparkly!  On the centers of the flowers I used my Liquid Pearls.  The So Saffron background is stamped with the flowers and then I used my white gel pen to color in the centers.  I think the Purely Pomegranate satin ribbon really polished off the card!

My Favorite Things will be hosting a New Release Cocktail Party on Wednesday night (March 5) from 9-11 p.m. EASTERN time. A fun evening is planned including mfteasers of the newest sets and a chance to become MFT’s next Guest Designer. Head over to the SCS MFT forum for more details.

Recipe:  Stamps:  Punch a Bunch from MFT    Ink:  Tempting Turquoise, Palette Noir, Purely Pomegranate    Cardstock:  WW, Tempting Turquoise, Purely Pomegranate, So Saffron    Accessories:  Purely Pomegranate Satin Ribbon, Dimensionals, Gemstones, Photo Corner Punch, Spica Glitter Pen, White Gel Pen, Copic Markers, Liquid Pearls.

Sickness and a Baby Shower Invitation

*ETA* My Feedblitz URL has been corrected and you shouldn't be receiving anymore those annoying emails.  You do not have to unsubscribe and resubscribe to receive emails when I have a new post here on typepad.

There has been so much sickness in my house the last two weeks it's driving me crazy!  We just can't seem to get well and have made about 6 visits to the doctor in the last two weeks!  I haven't been able to get much of anything done including my DT stuff.   

I have been working on Kelsey's baby shower invites for a couple of weeks now and finally decided on the one I wanted to use - then had to make fifty invitations - since I have been sick, it has taken forever!  I finally finished them up this morning and they are being mailed out.   I just love this elephant from MFT - he looks so cute colored blue.

I have been having issues with my Feedblitz and we are trying to get that corrected - I have contacted customer support and they are helping me resolve the problem.  My blog address has been changed on feedblitz and hopefully the problem will be fixed soon.

I am going to try to rest today and see if I can start feeling better.  I hope you all have a fabulous weekend!

Recipe:  Stamps:  MFT, Lizzie Anne Designs, PTI    Ink:  Palette Noir, Ballet Blue, Bashful Blue    Cardstock:  WW, Brilliant Blue, Ballet Blue, Bashful Blue    Accessories:  Copic Markers, White Gel Pen, Paper Piercer, Dimensionals, Brads, Grosgrain Ribbon, Cuttlebug, Baubles from Robin's Nest, Scallop Circle Punch, Circle Punch, Word Window Punch