an rak

Yay! It is Saturday! I don't know about you but I don't have a whole bunch planned and I like it that way...okay, I like it when it is all easy stuff! Ha!

Guess what I got at the beginning of the week? Yep, I got a pretty RAK from Gerriane. Isn't it just lovely? You can actually see the pretty sparkle on this card and hmmm...don't you love the sentiment on the card?! I sure do!

Anyway, I'm off to do laundry, get some stamping done, and go to a house warming party. I hope you all have a great day too!

the rose garden

Happy Friday! I've got a ton of things planned for today so this will be a short post and then I'm off.

I made this card with a stamp that I got in a trade. It is a Thomas Kinkade from Cornish Heritage Farms and is called The Rose Garden. While the colors in this picture are quite bright I did want to tell you that the card, in real life, is quite soft and lovely.

As you can see inside I made this one as a birthday card. It was easy to make this card with a new clear card product that you can see HERE. I got one clear and one frosted base to try as a former purchaser from Shortcuts. The thing that I liked best about this clear base is that it was scored and easy to fold but I just read that they are not going to be coming scored but we have been assured it will be easy to fold them successfully.

Anyway, I don't want to sound like a commercial for these card bases...just wanted you to know what they are all about!

I hope you have a great Friday! I may or may not have a post for you tomorrow...depend on my day today and if I get time to craft or not. See ya later!

mr. twigster

Good morning everyone! I'm so excited to show you a brand new stamp set coming out in the SU! Holiday Mini. This stamp set and all the rest of the wonderful products (i.e. the beautiful DSP from yesterday and today) will be available Oct 1st - Jan 18th.

Anywho, I got the set, Mr. Twigster, in my pre order and I think he is so cute! This picture does this card absolutely no justice. There is glitter and bling everywhere. The hat, boots, lights, and the red cardstock are all giltter and the snowflake has a very pretty Swarovski crystal in the middle. Oh, and the snowflake is just cut out from the DSP that you see in the background and popped up on dimensionals. The card size is 4 1/4" x 4 1/4".

I hope you like this little preview of the new Holiday Mini! There will be more to come!

Have a super Thursday everyone! Go craft something fun and take a moment or two to remember not only the tragedy of 9-11 but what it did for our country for awhile. It brought us together, made us appreciate each other, and for me it made me appreciate not only the military all that much more but fire fighters and police as well. Remember to put your flag out today!

belli challenge #33

Oh, my goodness! Can you believe it is Wednesday? Wednesday means Belli Challenge Day! Guess what this week Belli is? Can you see it? Yep, it is fibers. I don't love fibers but this week I thought I could use some linen thread and it would work...right?

So, here is my card. It is with the new Sweet N Sassy stamp set that was released on Sept 1st called Happy Harvest. I do love this set and wish I would have had more time to do fun things with it but still...isn't this scarecrow adorable?! I'm not sure you can see it but I used the linen thread to make the straw that is his hands and feet. I wanted to do it around his face too but ran out of thread...darn it! Do you love the patterned paper? Yeah...me too! It is SU!'s Autumn Vine that will be available to purchase in the upcoming Holiday Mini. Bet you wish you could see it, huh? Soon, grasshopper, soon! IRL the edges of the main image are sponged with Sage Shadow and is very soft.

So, are you wondering what the Belli Challenge is? Well, it is where our fearless leader, Chris, challenges us to use items we may have around our stamping area but not use often. Smart girl isn't she? So, this week...make something fabulous with Fibers. It can be sweet and girlie or fallish like my card...it is up to you! Post a link to your card at Chris's blog and you'll be signed up to win a fun prize from Chris!

Okay, because I'm not totally sure who will and will not be participating in this weeks challenge I'm going to refer you to my sidebar to the links of the other Belli Challenge girls and go visit them...they have great stuff!

Oh, and those of you that follow my blog regularly...you should be proud of Kyler for me as he has his scripture verse memorized already! Now...to see if it is short term memory or long term memory...we shall see in the morning...either way...he is doing a GREAT job with it!

Oh, and it is Wednesday so which smiley do you get? Yep....

created by courtney challenge #4

Happy Tuesday! I'm excited to show you my Created by Courtney Challenge for this week! The challenge is to think "inside the box" and either make a box or alter a box. So...

Here is my box. This super cute idea came from Jane at Whoopsie Daisy! and is made with four Big Shot cut scalloped envelopes. Isn't it just a fantastic idea? I LOVE it! These would be great gifts for your kids' teachers, day care providers or even grandparents.

As with the CD holder I made HERE I again used Chocolate Chip card stock and Hawaiian Papaya designer series paper from SU!. I added a couple of flowers I had in my stash and a thinking of you sentiment, filled the box with dark chocolate candy and the gift was all set to go! This was so, so, so easy to make! Thank you, Jane, for your excellent idea!

So...for week four create a box or alter a box and link it up to Courtney's blog HERE. Courtney will choose a winner and send them a little goodie and who doesn't like goodies? Wanna see what the other challenge chicks have for ya? Well, here are the links...

Dani
Sarah
Heidi
Sparkle

So...go, have fun! Play inside the box! I'll be over to Courtney's blog to see what you make!

upsy daisy

Good Monday morning everyone! This is the first full week of school for us so it should be interesting especially by the end of the week! The boys will be tired I bet. I have an incredibly full week this week too so expect my posts to be short and sweet for now.

On to the card...thought I'd show you a really simple card that I made with the new Upsy Daisy set from SU! I also used some of the new paper from the Level One hostess paper pack. The butterfly is from the Dreams du Jour set and adds just a little touch of cuteness (right?).

***edit...I am excited to announce that Susanna has listed this card in Great Ideas Using Stampin' Up! Products list for 9/9/08...exciting!***

Tomorrow is Created by Courtney Challenge day. I've told you previously that I'm excited to show you my project so I hope you'll stop back tomorrow!

Make today the best Monday possible and I'll see you tomorrow! Oh, oh, oh...the Packers play tonight (of which I'll have to miss the last quarter or so) so...GO PACK!!!

Card Deets:
Stamps: Upsy Daisy, Dreams du Jour
Ink: Always Artichoke, Not Quite Navy
Paper: PTI White, Bashful Blue, Always Artichoke, Hostess Paper Pack-Level One
Accessories: White Satin Ribbon, Dimensionals, Air Art Gun w/Always Artichoke Marker

hawaiian papaya cd holder

Good morning everyone! It is going to be a lovely day here today...yay!

I decided to burn some CD's that I downloaded from iTunes and wanted a nice holder to present them in. So, off to SCS I went to find a CD Case and found this one HERE. I did make a little change to the pattern 'cuz I didn't like the way it worked in one spot (e-mail me if you want to know what I did differently). Because I wanted it to match with the box (you'll see the box on Tuesday!) that I presented with this holder I used the Hawaiian Papaya designer series paper to decorate the outside along with a beautiful length of SU!'s retired chocolate chip satin ribbon. I am absolutely thrilled with how beautiful this looks and how simple it was to make! It quite literally took me about 20 minutes from start to finish.

Alright, I'm off to enjoy my day and I hope you all do too! See you all tomorrow!

Deets:
Stamps: None
Cardstock: Chocolate Chip, Kiwi Kiss, Tangerine Tango, Hawaiian Papaya
Accessories: Velcro dots, Chocolate Chip Satin Ribbon
Downloads: That's My King (SM Lockridge) and Natalie Grant Relentless