Friday the 13th

This is not stamping related, well maybe a little. I was on my way to a stamping evening with a group of ladies. I've never had a problem before with Friday the 13th, and have always told everybody it wasn't so bad. My husband and I met on a Friday the 13th, many years back. But now, I'm not sure I'll be so positive! Here is why.

The good news is that I'm OK, just a little stiff and bruised, and so is the young man who hit me. I live in a rural area and was taking a back road to another town. All four corners of the intersection have corn growing on them, probably 7 to 8 feet tall, so neither of us could see the other coming. You can bet I'll be slowing down in the future before entering ANY intersection! This picture was after the tow truck pulled the blazer out of the ditch. We went by the lot where it's sitting today and it really looks bad. We're guessing it's totaled, but we'll see what State Farm says.

I'm taking it easy today and hope to get some stamping done. I did have supplies in the back of the blazer that got tossed around pretty good. I had catalogs back there too which are rather heavy in their boxes, so that probably contributed to the damage of a couple other things. All in all though, I'm just glad to be OK! Sad to see the blazer go, but we had been shopping anyway to replace it. I'll probably be getting a new Buick a little sooner than originally planned.

NEW Catalog items!!

My order arrived today. I'm very excited to have some new items in my possession. I have cleaned & sharpened my scissors and I'm ready to mount stamps. Unfortunately it's already after 10 so I won't be getting much done tonight. Here is a peak at the sets I received with some of the new designer papers in the background.


Here is a picture of one of my Ribbon Keepers that has my current and NEW ribbons in it. Check out the second row: double stitched grosgrain in the new In Color™ colors, new WIDE grosgrain, and on the right top row the new Taffeta in Basic Grey & Bashful Blue.

Lastly, here is the new Stack & Store Caddy filled with eyelets, brads & buttons. Yes, I filled it! I took a sharpie and marked the container of each so I could tell at a glance which container I need.

Wish me luck in mounting sets so I can have some NEW catalog creations very soon!

Modified Baroque

I took a few minutes this afternoon after unpacking my NEW catalog order to revise the Baroque Motifs card I shared last week. I added a couple more flower images, and changed the ribbon. One of the NEW items I received was the Blue Bayou double stitched grosgrain. I tied the black grosgrain around the layer, and added the double stitched blue over it. The color scan is off, IRL it's a perfect match. I like this much better!

New set, New colors!

Finally I had a chance to play last night! I came up with this using the NEW Baroque Motifs set, and the new In Color™ colors Blue Bayou & River Rock. Black is a great accent with them!



I think the card could have used a little something more, but it was late and I gave up! Maybe another flower image or two on the River Rock layer? I hope to stamp more today. We're just hanging out at home and planning to grill later before shooting some fireworks! I like having a day off in the middle of the week! Happy 4th to all of you!

Two for One!

Since it's been SOOOO long since I posted, tonight I have two for one! I did these two cards last night for a workshop, using all retiring sets and several of the In Color™ colors.

The first uses the In Full Bloom and Wonderful Words II sets, Cranberry Crisp Cardstock. It's colored with Marigold Morning, Cranberry Crisp & True Thyme. The border image from In Full Bloom was stamped as the background, above the "smile". The flower image was then stamped with Black Stazon on Shimmery White cardstock. I used the blender pen to pick up ink from the lid of the classic pads. What an EASY way to watercolor!

For this one, I first stamped the Cheesecloth background in Cool Caribbean on Cool Caribbean and sponged the edge. I then randomly stamped flower of the solid image using Petal Prints across a piece of Naturals White Cardstock. I then overstamped the outline image using Basic Black. I tied the ribbon around the Naturals between two flowers, added the Many Thanks and layered it all together. Oh, I did sponge the edge of the white also before layering to the black.

Enjoy! Get the retiring sets, accessories and colors NOW!!! Me, I'm impatiently awaiting the arrival of the new catalog, along with a few thousand other demos across the US and Canada. I bet the UPS website is getting quite the workout with all of us trying to track our orders. I'm also looking forward to a weekend with NOTHING on the agenda! Well, there is yard work and such, but nowhere but home that we have to be. Love it!

Finally-a NEW creation!

I should have been cleaning tonight (company coming this weekend!), but decided I needed a break. I had a bit of a creative block initially (probably in part because I can't see the floor or table in my stamp room!?!), but finally came up with this.


It uses the new In Color™ Print Designer Series Paper, cardstock and ink in the Soft Sky. LOVE IT!!! And notice the BLING!! We now have rhinestone brads- 2 color sets in circle and square. These are the Ice Circles. 3 sizes each color in a set. I used the flower print from the print paper. It's always VERY HARD to make that first cut. The stamp set is a new Level 2 Hostess set called In the Spotlight. It looks very fun and has LOTS of potential! The "Birthday hugs and wishes" is from a new word set, Hugs and Wishes. I hope you've gotten your Fall/Winter Preview so you can check out some of these great new goodies! I'm excited to have them, just wish I had more time to play!

I will try to post more soon, but time is very limited. I don't share tons of personal info here, but know that I am just SWAMPED right now. Baseball, company, a workshop to prep, a son's birthday, etc. UGH! I will need a sanity break now and then.

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you are all having a great summer. Hoping for RAIN in SE Nebraska tomorrow!!!

Office Prints

I made myself stamp something tonight to try and get back in the groove! Here is what I came up with:


My inspiration came from the SCS Card Sketch Challenge 126 and the strips of the Palette O'Prints paper that are still laying on my floor from the swap awhile back! There is a new sketch each week on SCS, so go check them out if you need layout ideas! I thought this was a great layout for all the strips I have. I used the flowers from the Office Accoutrement set in the Spring Mini, along with the dotted flower & thank you verse from Simply Said. I had put that set away since I've used it so much lately, but it made it's way back out! The colors are Elegant Eggplant, Certainly Celery & Apricot Appeal. I LOVE that we have all these GREAT coordinating accessories! It's super easy to put things together!

Thanks for stopping by! I appreciate all of you coming by, even when I go so long without posting! I always have good intentions, but sometimes don't make it happen. I had to go looking for layout inspiration tonight and I feel better now that I've done something. I'm getting NEW RUBBER tomorrow-my preorder goodies will arrive! But, we have baseball so it may be a few days before I post anything. Later!