Yummy...Ice Cream

This card was made for a challenge that I did for MFT. We had to represent hot or summer using MFT stamps. I didn't want to be too obvious and use my Hit the Beach stamp set so I used my Here's the Scoop stamp set. The cones were stamped on Kraft paper using chocolate ink and cut out. The ice cream was stamped and then colored with copics with some drops falling down and a puddle of ice cream from the drips was made using an amuse oval stamp. Everything was mounted with foam tape for some dimension. The sentiment is from Hit the Beach and the paper is all Basic Grey Cupcake. I really love this paper pack. Such fun and happy patterns and colors. The ribbon is SU and the layout was from the Verve Stamps Anniversary challenges from last month.

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Stamp Store

The paper is CTMH and the "stamp shop" is from Amuse. The Happy Hellos stamp is SU and it's a little crooked probably because I mounted it that way. Darn! I really need a stamp-a-ma-jig but I have one somewhere in the garage so I don't want to buy another one. When I met my husband, I put a ton of my stamping supplies in storage. When we bought this house, everything went into the garage and after a year and a half of living here, we still haven't cleaned it out. I might have to break down and buy one. Rats, I hate that! I hope that everyone is enjoying their Saturday. I'm beat after my first full week of work!

Don't forget to check out the post below to win a 15 GC to Paper Trey Ink!

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30,000 and more Heart Candy

Well, I passed this milestone who knows when so I'm offering a $15 gift certificate to Paper Trey Ink! To win just leave a comment on this post by Tuesday. I will select a winner on Wednesday.

I have been so busy. I just started back to work. For those that don't know, I am a high school librarian and all last year our library was renovated. We just moved back into our library and I am in the process of unpacking over 1300 boxes of books and supplies. When I get back home it's cooking dinner, doing laundry, washing and feeding babies and getting ready for the next day so there might be a few fast posts in the next couple of weeks until I get back into the groove. Have a great weekend.

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Heart umbrella!

I have had this paper cut up and ready to make into a card since I used a sheetload of cards layout a few months ago. The stamp is a Karen Stolper American Art stamp. She has this whole line of stick ladies, they are really cute, they remind me a little of Rubber Soul. I had bought a bunch of unmounted from a rubber stamp show last year and I am finally inking them up. I used my copics to color her in and the paper is CTMH. The ribbon is May Arts. I thought it might be a fun card to send to one of my SBS 22 girls.

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Really fast post

Today's winner is my blogging friend.... Julie Mutch. Email me (again) with your addy! Taslk to you all soon.

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Back to School...already?

Today is my first official day back at work. I already miss my kids but I miss my paycheck too. This card was made for an MFT challenge. I used my uninked Back to School stamp set. The paper is from Basic Grey's Cupcake paper pad and the "teacher"'s outfit is paperpieced. I wrote on the chalkboard with my ranger white opaque pen and it really looks like chalk! The sentiment was made using my word window punch. The edges have faux stitching using the SU All in a Row stamp set.

Talk to you all soon!

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Foof-a-lah

This is another card that I had made for the Verve stamps anniversary sketch challenge. All the supplies except for the brads is from Foofalah. I used my nestabilities for the circle and scallop circles. The main image is actually a rubon. A very different look for me but I really like how it came out. I think that it helps that the paper is super pretty!

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A tall card & a little late candy

Here's the candy for this week. I didn't get a chance to post it until now. It's this very fun "notes" stamp set, it's acrylic so you'll need a block. All you have to do is leave a comment on this post by next Tuesday and I will post the winner on Wednesday! I'm offically back to work full time next week and they haven't hooked up our data ports yet so no Internet! So I might be late posting but don't worry I'll get to it!!! Enjoy your Labor Day weekend!

Hi everyone. Here is another card using a Verve Visual anniversary sketch. The size of the card is roughly 6x3 and fits in SU's small open end envelopes. I used the stamp set Thankful Blossoms by VV and the cardstock is CTMH Goldrush and Barn Red. The ribbon is from a May Arts share I did awhile ago. This is more of that Paper Loft dp I had. The scallops were made with my slit punch. A fun and easy card!

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Old Guys Rule & the Winner

Have you guys heard of the company "Old Guys Rule"? I wasn't sure if it was a West coast thing or not. Anyway, my dad's friend actually started up this company. He used to be a rep for a surf clothing company and then left and started this company. I actually used to live in his father's tri-plex in Dana Point (tiny beach city right before San Diego) right out of grad school. It's pretty big here in SoCal and Downtown Disney even sells it. My mom asked me to make a card for my Grandma's husband using the "Old Guys Rule" theme. So I went to my local SS looking for some paper and when I walked in they had a whole section of "Old Guys Rule" paper, chipboard, stickers and brads. All by Creative Imaginations which is based in Huntington Beach which is very close to where I live. I bought everything they had because it was like kismet as far as I was concerned. Wow, my dad's friend must be rolling in the dough.

This card is super simple and follows the same type of idea as my Thomas card. I just adhered the background paper to dark blue cardstock and used a chipboard piece. The metal charm is actually a brad.

Well, my little one is surviving her first couple of days in daycare. All of the caregivers love her there. They say she's a really good baby and really sweet, which she is. She did seem to really want her pacifier, which is wierd because she just spits it out at home. It was probably because she missed her mama! Tyler had been going part time all along so he's fine with going back to full time.

Now onto the winner which is NormaJ! I have your addy already so I'm going to go to the post office today because I still have last week's winner to mail! Don't forget to check back on Friday where I will have another heart candy giveaway!

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Blurry? Maybe I need a new camera!

I have no idea why this picture is so blurry! Sorry! But I just love how this card came out. It uses the Verve Visual set Thankful Blossoms and the little flower/bug is from Paper Trey Ink. The paper is from Paper Loft. It was part of the Verve Visual sketch challenge. It's very self-explanatory, except for the flowers which I stamped on a coordinating paper, cut out and used foam tape for dimension. Hopefully, I will take a better picture next time!

I am actually in the market for a new camera. I am looking for a basic SLR camera and have been saving up my credit card points to buy one. I know that everyone loves the Canon Rebel but I would love to find something comparable for less. Any suggestions? Does anyone have the Sony SLR camera? I have a cybershot right now and it would be great to be able to use the same memory sticks!

If you are interested in winning some super fab Magnolia stamps candy, be sure to visit Kreativ Kristin by Sept. 15!

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Tilda card & a couple zoo pics

Here are a couple of pics from my vacation. My son really liked touching the animals at the children's zoo. I hadn't been to the zoo since I was 8 years old and actually had a good time myself. We had yummy carnitas the first night we were there. The second day, our food wasn't as good but they had a couple of mariachis singing - my son thought that was so cool!

I finally got around to ordering some tildas. I ordered them from here. From what I hear, the club is a great value. I ordered the fall club so I'll let you know how many tildas I get!. I colored her in using my copic markers and almost the last of this dp. I have a few small strips left, otherwise I used all of it, yeah, less scraps! The card is very simple, I basically was just trying out coloring my Tilda!

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Cupcake Fun

I couldn't resist showing these photos of Lily I took a couple of weeks ago, lifting her head. She did such a good job of keeping it up!

This was another card using a Verve Visual anniversary sketch. The dp is from American Crafts. I used my Martha Stewart punch and nestabilities. The cupcakes are from my Inkadinkadoo stamp set. The ribbon is May Arts. I just love how it came out. Sometimes I really never know how a card is going to turn out when I follow a sketch.

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Yummy Basic Gray Heart Candy

Today's Heart Candy is super sweet. It's a Basic Gray 6x6 paper pad called Sugared. To win is easy. Leave a comment on this post by next Tuesday and I will select a winner using random.org on Wednesday, August 27. I might be a little late posting the winner because I'm going into work that day. Boo Hoo! But I'm not going to think about it because I still have a few days left!

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More Verve & Mini Sheetload of Cards Sketch

Here is another card that I made using the mini sheetload of cards August issue. I really like this one a lot! I used scraps from the Tie the Knot SU Simply Scrappin' kit. I just love how it came out!

A very simple card, also for a verve sketch. It uses the stamp set Thankful Blossoms. The paper is from 7 Gypsies and is quite busy so I kept the stamping to a minimum. You can't really tell but it's layered on orange cardstock.

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Winner & Mini Sheetload Card

Winner is Missatoou. Please email me with your address so I can mail your stamp set to you. I will be having another heart candy on Friday so check back then.

This card was made using the layout found in this month's sheetload of cards mini issue. Please see post below for the link. I used Hero Arts Cup of Tea mini set for this card. The sentiment is from Hero Arts Happy Birthday set. The dp is DCWV spring stack. I used my copics to color in the cups. A really easy and quick card!

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Shout Out to Sheetload!

Have you tried Sheetload to cards? It's a great little zine that takes a card sketch for the month and then gives you all of the cutting directions to make a sheetload of cards or just one card.Here is a link to each issue (Monthly and Mini) and you can win a prize in their Show Us Your SheetLoad contest.

I haven't posted anything since Sunday but I have been busy creating so will get to posting soon! Don't forget you still have time to post a comment below to win a fun stamp set! I choose a winner tomorrow!

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Got verve?

Verve Visuals is celebrating their 1 year anniversary at the Splitcoaststampers forum. This card was made for a sketch challenge. It uses some more of that yummy paper from an earlier post. the stamp set is Fancy Florals. My favorite part of this stamp set is the sentiments. I just love the block print with the cursive.

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Summer album & Today's Heart Candy

This project was cased from http://www.pattystamps.typepad.com/. It uses the SU small open end envelopes, cardstock and summer simply scrapbooking kit. The flap of the envelope is turned in to make a pocket.
I then decorated the envelopes with the simply scrapbooking kit and added my photos.
The whole project is bound with my Bind-it-all.

Here is todays candy. Just leave a comment on this post and I will select a winner next Wednesday. Please check back to see if you've won.

Getting back from vacation is hard work! I've just been handling laundry and trying to get the kids back on their schedules! Talk to you soon!

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More Giftcards & Today's Winner

Here are a couple more purse giftcards. These are for birthday giftcards. The stamps sets used are the SAB scallop stamp set and the retired It's a Birthday.

Sorry the heart candy winner is a day late but I got back a little late from vacation! We had a lot of fun but it was wonderful to sleep in my own bed! The winner is Starqueen (#16), please email me with your details and I'll mail your package to you!

More heart candy tomorrow!!!

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Cutting Instructions for Gift Card

Here is some cutting and scoring information for the purse giftcard. Credit for this goes to my SU demonstrator Terri.

Cut your base cardstock, in this case vanilla, 4x12 and score at 3 3/8, 4 5/8, 5 7/8 and 9 3/8

Also, cut out of vanilla:

1 1/2 x 3 1/2 , 2 7/8 x 3 1/2 and 2 x 4 1/2 - scored at 1/4 on each end.

Choose a coordinating cardstock to your dp and cut 2 pieces: 3 1/8 x 3 3/4 and 1 5/8 x 4.
Cut 2 pieces of DP, 2 1/4 x 3 3/4 scored at 1 1/8, and 1 1/4 x 3 3/4

Cut a different piece of DP, 1 3/4 x 3 3/4
The scored DP is adhered to the mountain fold. The small scored vanilla piece is adhered right above the mountain fold. Place red line tape on the scored parts and the bottom of the vanilla piece so that it creates a pocket. The single DP piece is adhered on top of the vanilla piece and layered with a smaller vanilla piece.

The larger coordinating cardstock, in this case, red is adhered to the bottom of the vanilla base and a vanilla piece is adhered on top.

When folded, the front of the purse has the other piece of cardstock and dp layered on top. The purse is then decorated as shown below.

The sentiment stamps are from Paper Trey Ink and the stocking is from Gina K and is paperpieced.

To finish, the front is kept closed with velcro and the back of the purse is hole punched with the 1/8 hold punch and a 10 inch piece of ribbon is run through and tied off from the inside.

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