Simply Spectacular Snowman...

I adore snowmen ~ but this simple little guy is one of my favorites!  This great image is part of the November Diner's Club set by Gourmet Rubber Stamps called Season's Greetings. 

I also love this pattern paper from Echo Park (also called Season's Greetings) ~ you'll be seeing more of this stuff FOR SURE!

I'll be back with all kinds of fun for tomorrow with TWO design team challenges! 

just because {18}...

happiness is...
whatever you choose

choose to be happy.

too many people choose not to be.

life it too short for that... find your happy place

Stamp-A-Stack Card...

Hello Peeps ~  Hope you have a fun weekend planned.  I'll be teaching a Stamp-A-Stack today at my local scrapbook store in New Paris, IN.  Each class participant will make a total of 16 cards (4 designs).   Here is one of the four cards we'll be making using the Winter Wishes stamp set.

I'll share the other three cards in the upcoming days.  Have a fun weekend!

OCL Challenge #91...Once Upon a Time

Once upon a time...there was a stamp company named Our Craft Lounge and they had challenges each and every Friday on the OCL Blog!  LOL!  Guess what our challenge is this week?  We are being inspired by fairy tales and fables...

The story I was inspired by is a Christmas Classic that comes on TV every year ~ "Frosty the Snowman" & I used our Mr Frosty and Frosty Flakes stamp sets! 

This card started out as a possible sample for a class I'm doing this weekend, but it quickly became too complicated so I added some extra embellishments and here we are!

Now it's your turn ~ can you think of a fable or fairy tale that would inspire a card?  OCL has TONS of great sets that will inspire you ~ anything from the Tooth Fairy (Tooth Fairy Fun) and Tinkerbell (Fairy Dust is a Must) to Hansel and Gretel (Sweet Holiday) and Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer (Reindeer Kisses or Reindeer Games).  The options are ENDLESS ~ can't wait to see what you come up with.

Swanky Snowdudes...

Hi Peeps ~ I was just having some fun with a new Paper Smooches set yesterday called Swanky Snowdudes.  Such a cute little set and very fun to paper piece!

Supplies from i{heart}papers:
Stamps ~ Paper Smooches (Swanky Snowdudes)
Pattern Paper ~ LilyBee Designs (Jingle)
Copic Markers ~ YR09, W7, R27, YG95
Ink ~ Palette (Burnt Umber)
Crochet Trim ~ May Arts

Merry & Bright

Today's creation is another sample I made for store display boards.  I used the set called Merry & Bright along with the snowflakes from Parka Penguins.

I added some Rockstar Red & Cotton Candy Sparkly Fluff on the trees for some extra sparkle!

Krafty Christmas...

I was playing with some fun stamps from the newest Diners Club set (Season's Greetings) yesterday by Gourmet Rubber Stamps.  It was fun doing a little more paper piecing with the ornament stamp this time.  I paired up this set with the fantastic paper paper from Echo Park & this embossing folder from Quickuts.  Added in is also a little multi-colored twine from Divine Twine.

Have a great Tuesday!

Supplies from i{heart}paper & GRS:
Stamps ~ Diners Club set (Season's Greetings) (Gourmet Rubber Stamps) 
Pattern paper: Echo Park 

Embossing Folder: Quickuts

Twine: Divine Twine
Ink: Palette
Gems: Kaiser

Snowman Ornament

Monday, Monday!  I love the fresh beginning of a new week.  Today's project is a fun little ornament I made for some store samples.  I used the new singles from Our Craft Lounge called Mr Frosty and Frosty Flakes (both are now available directly from the OCL Website).  I also used some Sugar Sparkly Fluff on Mr Frosty too.  I really love how this turned out ~ I may have to make one for my Christmas Tree.

I'll have a few more coordinating samples to share in the upcoming weeks.

Supplies:
Stamps ~ Our Craft Lounge (Mr Frosty and Frosty Flakes )
Sparkly Fluff ~ Sugar Sparkly Fluff
Ink ~ Palette
Copic Markers
Nestabilities
Pattern Paper ~ Basic Grey
Cardstock & Button ~ Bazzill
Ribbon & Twine ~ May Arts

A Closer Look...

I didn't get a chance to upload photos of the State Finals last weekend, so I wanted to get some up here today.  Marching Band is a HUGE deal here in Indiana!  There are four classes that are based on the population of the school district.  Concord High School (in North Central Indiana) is in Class B ~ one of the most competitive of the four.   So here we go...

The Jumbo-tron at Lucas Oil Stadium (where the Indianapolis Colts play)
photo by Kendra Wietstock

Megan with her flute buddies before the competition.
photo by Darrell Yoder

Megan holds pinkies with Makayla (so sweet)
photo by Darrell Yoder

The 208 member Marching Minutemen enter the stadium ~ my heart was POUNDING
photo by Tim Wietstock

Ready, Set, GO...(this is their opening formation)
photo by Kendra Wietstock

COOL SHOT taken by the band's photographer, Darrell Yoder

Megan is right in the middle lunging forward.
photo by Tim Wietstock

Megan is second from the left.
photo by Tim Wietstock

I was amazed how many times we actually found her!
photo by Tim Wietstock

Their closing stance.  WOW ~ what a show!
photo by Kendra Wietstock

Getting ready for awards ~ the four drum majors
photo by Tim Wietstock

Anxiously waiting for the results...
photo by Tim Wietstock

REALIZING THEY WON!  Tears of joy and smiles all around ~ Megan is on the far left.
photo by Darrell Yoder

Winners Drink MILK!  The four drum majors with our fabulous Band Director.

photo by Kendra Wietstock

Me and my beautiful champion!
photo by Tim Wietstock

Megan and her best friend Ben back at Concord ~ pure joy even after the 4 hour bus ride home. 
photo by Brian Davis

They arrived at back to town with a police and fire truck escort (with lights and sirens), fireworks, a news crew, and hundreds of parents and supporters.

CONGRATS TO OUR WONDERFUL
CLASS B STATE CHAMPIONS!

Brrrr.....it's cold outside

Parka Penguins Stamp Set by Our Craft Lounge

OCL Challenge #90 ... Stressed OUT!

The week has just flown by and once again Friday is here with another OCL Challenge!  This week it's all about making things look distressed and vintage looking.

So this isn't really my style, so I made a vintage card and just aged the edge of the image and card.  I used the Vintage Traveler set (one of my favorite vintage sets) along with some great paper from Echo Park.

Now lets see what you come up with!  Add your link to the OCL Blog.

Forgotten Class Cards...

I was looking through my cards yesterday and realized I hadn't posted these from my class a few weeks ago.  This Fall Sunflower is such a pretty set ~ I love it!  I paired it up with some pretty paper from Jillibean Soup.

The second card and tag both use the Big Birthday Wishes sentiment set.  I stamped right on the pattern paper for these quick and easy projects.  This is a great way to use up scraps and get lots of cards done SUPER FAST!

Supplies from i{heart}papers: 
Sunflower Card:
Stamps ~ Our Craft Lounge (Fall Sunflower)
Pattern Paper ~ Jillibean Soup
Ink ~ Palette (Burnt Umber)
Sparkly Fluff ~ Our Craft Lounge (Coffee Bean Brown)
Copic Markers
Ribbon ~ May Arts

Birthday Card & Tag:
Stamps ~ Big Birthday Wishes
Ink ~ Palette (Burnt Umber)
Pattern Paper ~ Fancy Pants
Ribbon ~ May Arts
Gems ~ Kaiser

A bit more fun with Happy Days...

Yesterday I pulled out my Echo Park Happy Days paper back and my Paper Smooches Perpetual Bliss stamp set.  These two products couldn't be more perfect together!  I used the journaling blocks that were part of the paper pack.  Then I stamped the images in Palette ink and colored them with my Copic Markers.

In addition, I used some of my Quickuts embossing folders on the 5x4 black card bases. Then as a final touch, I added Glossy Accents to accent some of the images.

Supplies from i{heart}papers:
Stamps: Paper Smooches Perpetual Bliss
Pattern Paper: Echo Park Happy Days
Ink: Palette
Copic Markers: C1, C3, C5, R24, R27, BG10, BG72
Quickuts embossing folders
Glossy Accents

Now shipping...

NOVEMBER?  REALLY????  I don't know how it got here so fast!  Well the start of a new month means that the new Diners Club set called Season's Greetings is now shipping from Gourmet Rubber Stamps.

For my card today, I stamped the cute Christmas Tree from the set 3 times on Kraft cardstock and then again on coordinating pattern paper and trimmed them.  I love how they turned out!  Hmmm....this might be my Christmas card this year...

If you haven't signed up for the Diners Club ~ take a look ~ It's a great deal! 

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