Let's Meet for Coffee...

I think to date, this is possibly my favorite Hanna set yet! I love the retro feel of this cute chick! This is the new Cafe set & it will be available this Friday, June 6th.

Oh and I can't forget to say ~

Happy Anniversary Sweetie!

It's our 19th wedding anniversary today!



Supplies Used: Stamps ~ Hanna Stamps (Cafe);
Cardstock ~ Stampin' Up!;

Pattern Paper ~ American Crafts; Ink ~ Palette & Copics;
Buttons ~ SEI.

New from Hanna Stamps!

Just in time for the end of the school year ~ it's a new set called Bookworm from Hanna Stamps! This is just one of many cute supporting images in the set.

Today is my kids last day of school & it really seemed to come up on us fast this year. This morning I decided to take a picture of them in the same spot I took a picture on the first day of school back in August. It's amazing how much they have grown in 10 months. On Thursday and Friday of last week, they brought home backpacks full of old papers, reading/writing journals, gym shoes that are now too small (how did they manage to cram their feet in those the last few months). Now they will probably play "school" with those things all summer long.

Supplies Used: Stamps ~ Hanna Stamps (Bookworm & Things Hanna Would Say); Cardstock ~ Papertrey Ink, Stampin' Up!; Pattern Paper ~ Stampin' Up!; Ink ~ Palette & Copics; Punches ~ Stampin' Up!; Nestibilities by Spellbinders; brads ~ KI Memories.

Mini Albums ~ Part 3

OK ~ Last one! I am very happy with this one because it's a great record of a child's school years from Kindergarten through 12th grade. Just slap on the pictures each year & record the year, teacher & school ~ boom, you're done! No scrapbooking skills required!

Supplies Used: Stampin' Up! School Days Kit from the Fall/Winter 2007 Collection.

Mini Books ~ Part 2

So here are the pictures of the wedding albums I put together. I realize they would look so much better with pictures on the pages, but they are for sale, so I really don't think anyone wants to buy one that is used ~ LOL! There are a total of 12 pages (plus the front & back inside cover).

Supplies Used: Stampin' Up! Tie the Knot Scrapbooking Kit.

The real post for today...

LOL! I messed up & originally posted a challenge card for Hanna Stamps. I thought I was so on top of things and the challenge is for next Friday ~ Oops! So some of you might have seen a peek at it before I pulled it (at least I think it's pulled ~we'll see when I publish this).

Anyway, here are a few baby cards I made using leftover pieces from the Baby Girl scrapbook kit. I am putting them with the 6x6 scrapbooks.

Happy Friday!

Mini Books ~ Part 1

I've been busy working on 6x6 mini scrapbook gift albums over the last few weeks. Stampin' Up! sells these wonderful kits with their gorgeous textured paper, 2-sided pattern paper, and heavy-weight stickers. And the great part is ~ you can get 2 complete 6x6 albums from each kit with a total of 12 different pages (4 of the 12 pages are shown). I also made a matching gift card so it's an easy gift to give the mom-to-be (or new mom) and she can just add her own pictures.

A few months ago I made one with the Summer Days album as a class and then I made the baby girl album and posted that last week. So now I have made a baby boy album, a wedding album and a School Days album ~ I love how they all turned out. I have 8 albums ready for my sale this weekend & whatever doesn't sell will go into my new Etsy store when I get home from vacation.

I'll share the next two albums over the next few days.

Supplies Used: Special Delivery Boy scrapbook kit, Scallop punch & Ribbon all by Stampin' Up!; poster board for the cover.

More Summer Fun...

Just having a little more fun with my Lizzie Anne Design stamps. This is one of my new favorite color combinations ~ Guava, Brocade Blue, Celery & Saffron. It feels so fresh to me.

I've been working very hard to make sure you have lots of eye candy to view while I'm gone on vacation. More to do today so let's hope I can get back into my groove ~ I've been in a bit of a creative slump the last few days.

Supplies Used: Stamps ~ Lizzie Anne Designs (By the Sea); Cardstock ~ Stampin' Up!; Pattern Paper ~ Three Bugs in a Rug; Ink ~ Stampin' Up!; Ribbon ~ Stampin' Up!

Teacher Appreciation Gifts

It's that time of year to show my kids teachers and the office staff how much we appreciate everything they have done for our kids during the school year. I have many friends who are teachers or work in the schools and I know it can be a very thankless job some times. This year I decided to make a little summer fun for them. Included inside the cup is a gift certificate to Coldstone, a Take 5 candy bar, a few tubs of Crystal Light and some Life Saver candy.

I made a total of 10 cups in less than 2 hours ~ so they were not only cute, but they were fast and easy too.

Supplies Used: Stamps ~ Lizzie Anne Designs (By the Sea) & Stampin' Up! (Aloha flowers); Cardstock & Ribbon ~ Stampin' Up!; Ink ~ Palette & Copics.

Little Fishy...

I love this little fish! This is another image from the By the Sea set from Lizzie Anne Designs. Cute, cute, cute!

Happy Memorial Day! Now I'm off to stamp! I have tons to do before we leave on vacation.

Supplies Used: Stamps ~ Lizzie Anne Designs (By the Sea); Cardstock ~ Papertrey & Stampin' Up!; Ink ~ Palette, Copics; Nestabilities; Cuttlebug Embossing Dies & Ribbon ~ Stampin' Up!

Weekend Challenge...

My friend Bev Barton (also known as Bevie Pearl), loves to come up with little challenges. This weekend it was that we had to use Red and Flowers on the same card ~ here ya go Bevie!

Supplies Used: Stamps ~ Lizzie Anne Designs (Le Jardin); Ink ~ Palette, Copics; Cardstock & Pattern Paper ~ Stampin' Up!; Brads ~ American Crafts; Punches ~ Stampin' Up!; Ribbon ~ Bo Bunny.

Birthday Party Time...

Matt's friend across that street had a birthday a few days ago & tonight was the Monkey party. I found out she got an iPod from her parents so Matt & I decided she needed an iTunes gift card so she could load it up. But you just have to figure out a way to jazz up those boring gift cards. So while I was at Target yesterday, I found this cute cup and the decals for the gift bag and card. Volia ~ an easy but very cute gift!

Happy Saturday!

Ready for a swim?

Isn't she fun? We are ready for the pools to open around here, now we just need the tempratures to get back up so we can actually get in the water. At least we can tell that summer is almost here. It's so wonderful to see green grass and flowers. We have several bird feeders in the yard and today I noticed a gorgeous Blue Bird ~ it was the most brilliant blue (actually Tempting Turquoise) and some amazing Gold Finch. I love to watch them.

Have a delighful Friday!

Supplies Used: Stamps ~ Lizzie Anne Designs (By the Sea, In the Background); Cardstock ~ Stampin' Up!; Ink ~ Palette & Copics

New from Lizzie Anne Designs...

I am loving how this card turned out using the new Le Jardin set by Lizzie Anne Designs. There are gorgeous detailed images in all sizes. It's very fun to play with. The layout for this card was inspired by the 2008 Hero Arts Catalog ~ love that thing! The designers in that catalog are amazing.

Supplies Used: Stamps ~ Lizzie Anne Designs (Le Jardin); Cardstock ~ Stampin' Up! & Papertrey Ink; Ink ~ Versamark, Palette & Copics; Nestibilities dies; Pearls ~ Pretties Kit by Stampin' Up!.

Create your own background...

I saw this idea in the Hero Arts catalog and couldn't wait to try it with my Lizzie Anne stamps. I looked through all of my LAD sets and found six Thank You sentiments. I stamped them randomly on vanilla cardstock in Creamy Caramel ink ~ voila ~ I have the perfect pattern paper.

Supplies Used: Stamps ~ Lizzie Anne Designs (In the Tree Top, Sketched Sentiments, Funky Floral, Simply Sentiments, Fun to be Floral); Cardstock ~ Bazzill & Stampin' Up!; Ink ~ Stampin' Up!; Punches ~ Stampin' Up!; Flowers ~ Prima; Brad ~ Stampin' Up!