punch owl graduation card

Good Saturday morning everyone! I got to sleep in a little...yay! Now, I'm going to post this card, exercise and get started on my day.

I just wanted to share this cute little punch owl graduation card that we made at stamp club on Wednesday night. I must say right off that this was not my idea. One of the great things about being a SU! demo is that you get a monthly magazine called Stampin' Success and it has all sorts of neat ideas in it...including this fun punch owl. The sample used different colors and a different focal stamp (a grad stamp) but I made it work with what I have and my ladies seemed to enjoy it. You can see the card I copied HERE.

This owl takes about seven different punches to put together. If you click on the link above you'll see the entire listing of punches. I, however, used the Celebrate stamp from the Under $10 page in the back of the IB&C. I figure in the offset part you could add someone's name or the year graduating or just leave it blank. Over all a super cute card...I think!

Alright...I'm off. We are supposed to have super nice temperatures today so I would like to get outside and weed a little. We are going to grill steak for dinner tonight too so I need to run to the store to get a couple of things so...have a super day everyone!

round up time!

Good morning friends! I have another fun card for ya today and being that it is the 15th of the month you know it is a Round Up Card for Sweet N Sassy Stamps.

This month we are featuring the fun stamps that SNSS has for summer. I have used two on my card. Summer Fun and Summer Sentiments. These two sets are made for each other and help you make such cute cards! Although you can't tell the piece of watermelon has glaze and sparkle on it...I mean really...who could leave it just plain? LOL! this will be a super fun card for me to send to my grandparents. We always have the best produce when we go to their house (which isn't very often ) so they will love this one too!

Make sure you check out all of the design team members blogs (links are in my sidebar) to see what other fun ideas everyone has for summer...trust me...you'll love them!

It is Friday...yay...that means my husband and youngest son are home from camp so I'm HAPPY! Have a super day everyone!

limeLIGHT sketch and product challenge

Good Thursday morning, everyone! It's time for another Limelight Sketch and Product Challenge! And this week, the focus is on TULLE! Tulle is not something that I use in card making often...as a matter of fact this is my first time using it! I have a ton of ideas rolling around in my head but I thought I'd share with you this silly card first! Mandy knows that many of you don't have any Tulle at all sooo...she wants to change that by giving away some tulle to one lucky winner! And for this challenge, if you don't have tulle, don't worry! Use another ribbon, lace, cloth....or even a tulle skirt image! OR...skip the tulle all together. We still want to see what you can do with this sketch!

The Details:
**Use the sketch provided on the limeLIGHT blog and think TULLE! You can CERTAINLY be flexible with your interpretation of tulle, and you may definitely skip it if you don't have any!! In fact, we hope you win if you do not have tulle....because we'll get to send you some! :)

**Key word for SCS upload is LLPC021.

**Post a comment with a link to your card on the limeLIGHT blog on THIS post by Sunday, May 17th, at midnight (or before winner is drawn Monday a.m.).

**PRIZE ~ Five yards of tulle of the winner's choice!(Winner is chosen randomly from all participants.)

On another note, ALL ORDERS of $35 or more will receive one jar of Shimmerz for FREE!! Now's the time to shop!

Be sure to hop around to the other DT members blogs...JenMarie, Amy, Ryann, Lisa, Lee and the 7th 6th chick for May Amy. Enjoy!!

Oh, and how would you like to win a Hobby Lobby gift card? Well, head on over to my friend Cristina's blog for a chance. Check it out HERE!

Card deets:
Stamps: Wild & Crazy Bunch
Ink: Palette Burnt Umber
Paper: PTI White, Basic Grey Lime Rickey
Accessories: Tulle, Lime Rickey Glazed Brads

thinking of you

Morning everyone. How was your Monday? I had a busy day but I got a lot accomplished so that is great!

Just a quick Stampin' Up! card for ya. I really like the Scene in a Garden set so I used it again today. I used last week's Mojo sketch and the stamps in this set are perfect for it! The paper is called Walk in the Park and is from the Occasions Mini Catalog. Hmmm...now that I'm looking at it again, I'm not sure the two images really match. Crud! Oh, well, I guess. I did go back and ground the boots with a little color.

I've got tons to get done today so I should start my day but I wish you a wonderful Tuesday. I'll see you soon!

Card deets:
Stamps: Scene in a Garden, Three Little Words
Ink: Basic Black, Kiwi Kiss, Baja Greeze, Basic Grey
Paper: Baja Breeze, Kiwi Kiss, Whisper White, Walk in the Park DP
Accessories: Blender Pen, White Satin Ribbon, White Gel Pen, Scallop Border Punch.

aren't they cute?

Morning everyone! I don't have any crafting for you today but I thought I'd show you a couple of the super fun Mother's Day gifts that I got. First, I have to tell you that Scott got me a very nice candle holder. It holds three tea lights and I've always looked at something like this one but never bought it for myself. What a good boy, huh?

First, the story about the boy garden figure. Last week Todd and I were at the nursery getting some rose plants. We saw these super cute garden figures and I just LOVED the boy. Being that I have three boys and I'm pretty patriotic he was perfect for me. Also, being they were a little more than I wanted to pay so I told Todd I'd like the boy for Mother's Day. So...it came home with us and we put it in my front little garden.

Well, I was chauffeured home this morning from church by Jon and when we turned the corner I immediately saw the girl figure. Aren't they just completely adorable!?!

I think I'm going to move them to the back rose garden as I would hate for them to be stolen by some not nice person. You just never know around here even though we have no less than five police officers in the surrounding about 4 block area.

Anyway, I hope you have a fantastic Monday and that your Mother's Day was just wonderful!

happy mother's day!

A quick good morning to all of my friends to say Happy Mother's Day!

We have invited some friends over for lunch today as their kids will not be visiting this Mother's Day so we invited them to our house. Of course, I thought having a card for her would be most appropriate and like I told you the other day I had to try one of those cute flower pot cards so...here it is!

I was really happy with how easy this was to make. HERE is a link to written and video instruction for you to make your own. My papers are from the Basic Grey paper pack called Wisteria and the flowers/bird are Sixxix dies. The scripture is from Sweet N Sassy Stamp's set called Love of a Friend.

Now, I'm off to enjoy my special caramel coffee and start my day!