More Thank You Cards

I was able to get into my stamp room and CASE this card.  I just received this new Stampin' Up! set called Mosaic Madness.  LOVE IT!!!  Love how the stamp set, embossing folder and punches coordinate.  

I have been going through quite a few thank you cards since Rich and I are now the chairpersons for the clubhouse at the beach.  Whenever we have an event, which is every month, sometimes biweekly, I send thank you cards to the volunteers for their time.  They are truly wonderful people and the thank you card is the least I can do.

I cased it from http://furrytalecardsandcrafts.blogspot.com.au/2013/06/sneaky-peeks.html .  Thank you for the idea. Love it!!!

Finally Stampin'

FINALLY!!! Getting some stamping time back into my home.

I sure do miss it.  These two I made for a reason.

This one is from Stampin' Up!'s Sprinkled Expressions set. I made it for my young friend, Samantha.  She is a lifeguard at our Berlin, MD place.  She made the Beach Patrol for Ocean City for next year.

This one I made for Taylor, my other lifeguard, young friend.  She broke her elbow playing volleyball. Bless her heart.  Set is by Our Craft Lounge.

I'm thinking of you guys and miss you both!!!

Stamping While Husband Snoozes

Fun! Fun! Fun!  I was watching tv with my hubby, and glanced over to him to see his eyes shut.  So I snuck into my stamping area and made a bunch of Thank You cards.  They can be for anything really, Thank you for being a friend, thank you for being generous, for a gift, just because.  

I love these bright colors.  The flowers is a retired Stampin' Up! set, and all of the greetings are from a Fiskars Thank you set.  Love them!!!

Sorry this isn't the best picture.  I had to take it with my cell phone.  

Yesterday was a very wet day.  Torrential rains from Tropical Storm/Cyclone Andrea visited us along with winds and rain.  The dogs slept the day away, so I made 8 of these cards.  I can not take credit for them. I saw them on Pinterest and cased it. I changed the color and ribbon to use what I have, but it's pretty well cased.  http://pinterest.com/pin/264797653063378666/

Unmounting stamping wheels

Stampers!!! I unmounted my stamping wheels and put them on foam cling. Now I can stamp them straight, and color them in with my markers. 

FYI, you can fit 8 standard wheels in the SU DVD cases, (4 on each side),  and 4 jumbo wheels in one case, (2 on each side).

I couldn't figure out how to stamp them, SU doesn't make a block large enough for them. I tried diagonal on the large background block. Eehh... but my demo, April Prachniak, suggested the extended plate from the Big Kick/Shot.  How ingenious!!! April, Thank you for resolving my dilemma!!!!  

(PS) to unmount them from the wheel, all you need to do is take an exacto knife and break the seam.  Then they peel right off of the wheel.  I kid you not, our little stamping friend, Morgan, who is going to be 3 years old next month, helped peel them from the wheels. She had a blast!!!

Thanks for stopping by!

Rainy Day Stamping

Hello stampers!!!  Well, it has been raining all day here in good ol' Dundalk, Maryland.  What's the best way to pass the time when it's raining??? S T A M P !!!! 

Both of these cards I "cased" from Pinterest.  For those that do not know what "case" means, it is "Cope and Steal Everything". HAHAHAHHA!!!  The great thing with stamping, you can see a card you like and adjust it to what stamps or colors you have.  

The greeting in this set is from a CTMH set;

Thanks for stopping by!

April's cards.

Now I am all caught up.  I will continue the cards as I go along now.  And I will start putting the cards I make at clubs and classes.  

This one I totally cased.  I saw it on Pinterest and loved it. I have the retired Stampin' Up! Doodle This set. I honestly did not know why I bought it.  It's not that "pretty".  But when I saw this card, originally done in Marina Mist, I knew I had to make it. Sorry, I didn't have any Marina Mist ribbon.  

This one, how cute, is a digi image from Meljen.  My friend had hand surgery and I wanted to send a get well card.  LOVE IT!! I'm so addicted to pigs, snails, hedgehogs, etc...

This cutie is another digi image from Meljen.  I did a gate fold with the two layers going in opposite directions.

 

This is another cased card I saw on Pinterest.   Except I put the black bird on this from a die set I had found.  

Another Pinterest cased card.  So easy and cute.

February 2013 cards

Another great month of making cards. As you can see, I was a little busy.  

I made a "magic" card with a Stampin' Up sailboat.  LOVE IT!! So easy!

Then I decided to case a card I had seen.  This is using Stampin' Up! Stippled Blossom and Perfectly Penned.  I made 2 of each, one Get Well and One Birthday.

This is sad.  I found the most adorable little girl digi images and was buying them up left and right! They are from The Digi Garden, https://www.facebook.com/TheDigiGarden

Not too soon after I started buying them, the owner/artist, Jacqui, who lived in England, her and I started chatting.  Just once or twice, she was not feeling too well and was home recovering.  She even made an image of a little girl named after me!!!  Not even a day after my last email with her, we were told she had passed away.  They no longer sell her images.  God Bless you Jacqui !!! You are missed.  

I had purchased this Spellbinders butterfly die.  What a PAIN IN THE A##!!!!  Just saying, have a piercing tool ready. I was also told to use a piece of wax paper in between the die and the paper to help the die come loose from the paper easily.  I will have to try that the next time I make something with a detailed die.

This one... my Mother-In-Law bought me a Hot Off the Press kit with a cd of ideas and directions to make a lot of different things.  One of them was this card-box.  Check out the video.

My friend Lynn started me with this.  She got the Martha Stewart Hydrangea punch.  I JUST LOVE IT!!!  There are two sizes.  The circle behind it is a Spellbinders die.

This one is using two Stampin' Up embossing folders.  

Another card I've really been wanting to make.  I had to google the instructions on this, but it is SOOOOO easy!!! I love it.    The paper is a Susan Winget paper pack I purchased from JoAnn Fabrics with my 50% off.  Hey, it was 360 sheets of gorgeous paper!!!!

Thanks again for taking a look!!!!

Apothecary Art

Here we go again with using sets and things I haven't used.  I decided to use this set, one, because I think it's pretty, two because I bought the framelits that went with it.  I cut a bunch of these up and colored them in last night. They are all stamped with Staz-On on watercolor paper.  The embossing folders are from Darice.  

For The Birds!

I have to get better at this.  I have been trying to make at least 1 card a day.  I am typically a "mass producer" when it comes to stamping.  I have always thought, why make one when I can make 8.  This way I can also keep one to never give away.  

Well, that thought has passed now.  Also, I've been trying to live by my new motto of "Use Your Shiznick!"    I have a very bad habit of "hoarding" everything, from background paper to anything and everything else.  If you've noticed, I've been using my stuff.  

Another thing I have to get better at is color combinations.  I decided to use this image to from the Stampin' Up!  For The Birds set.  (LOVE IT!!!).  I used Pacific Point, Crushed Curry, a touch of Tangerine Tango on the underside of the birdie, mellow moss for the grass and Going Gray (so sad this is discontinued. They really do need to bring this back).  Then I was stuck...  what paper am I going to put with this? So I pulled out my hoarded stash of Stampin' Up's! DSP and found the Walk In The Garden series. Just so happens it uses Pacific Point and Tangerine Tango.  The Stamping Gods were smiling on me!!!  

I love the border punch... and wanted to give the Pacific Point a little pop, and again, the Stamping Gods were smiling on me when I found this Sizzix folder that had the same pattern on it that the border punch has.  Who would have thunk it?!?!??!

I do have to admit, I made 2 of these. Some habits are hard to break.

(PS) I used watercolor paper, ink pads and a blender pen.  Love this technique!!!

August 4th Dundalk, MD Shoebox Swap!!!!

I have to give everyone a huge T H A N K   Y O U  for attending and making this such a wonderful swap.  And thank you so much to the Dundalk Moose Lodge for letting us have it at their hall.  

It was really wonderful to see so many old friends and make new ones.  The day started at 9am.  It was nice and relaxing.  There was a lot of space for everyone to spread out. The food that everyone brought was amazing!!!!   I can't wait to do this again in the spring. (Which I've already reserved the hall for May 4th, 2013, Saturday).  I will be posting the swap on Splitcoaststampers website under Get It Together after Christmas.

Take a look at the fun we had;

Lynn talking to Shawna and Laura;

Crystal was stamping her heart out;

Rachel was having a great time. We haven't seen her in quite a while. She has been busy with her three kiddies and going to college;

Lisa, Andrea and Karen;

Lisa and Andrea are so silly!

Loretta having fun!!!

 I don't think Mary likes her picture being taken;

 Mary Helen... good to see you again!!!

 Lynn Hershner;

Tracey came all the way from Alaska!!!! She is in red!

 And her friend Cherie, who drove down from Ft. Drum, NY!!! 

Thank you so much for coming all the way here and enjoying our swap.

 Denise

 Sue Carlton

 Denise

 Lunch Time!!!!

 More stamping;

 Angie, you are amazing. She got home from work at 2am and made the swap at 9am!!

 Amy Green and her daughters. She makes these terrific mug organizers and matching bags.  She can make them in tons of different fabrics. If you have a specific fabric in mind, just let me know and I'll put you in touch with her.  She is a mom of 4, 2 girls and 2 boys.  The daughter on the left has autism.  She does really terrific work and I love her mug organizers!!!

AND ONTO THE CARDS!!!!  

Please forgive me.  I was not able to get the name of who made what card.  I wanted to grab people as they were leaving, but couldn't get everyone.  So if you see your card here, and there is no name, please, please let me know so I can give you the credit for your wonderful card.

Karen Steiner;

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Rose Ambrose

3)  

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Angie Gittles

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Cherie Bristow all of the way from New York!!!

9)  

Crystal Thompson;

10)  

 Shawna Ferguson;

11) 

 Laura Thacker;

12)  

Rachel Ezell;

13) 

 Lynn Haase;

14) 

15) 

 Linda Zaworski;

16) 

Tracy Tripp all the way from Alaska!!

17) 

 Lisa;

18) 

 Lynn Hershner;

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 Sue Carlton;

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 April Prachniak;

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I am missing a few cards. I guess I didn't have an opportunity to make those that are not shown.  For those of you who are not shown, please send me a pic of your card and I will include it here.  

Thank you all again for coming. I had a really fabulous time!!!!  Can't wait until May 4th, 2013!!!

Rachel's carrot recipe;

Penny Carrots

2  pounds carrots, peeled and sliced; cook about 10 minutes.  (You can save some time to use the precut carrots slices which are pretty and evenly sliced.)

Combine the following ingredients, bring to a boil, then add carrots and remove from heat:

• 1 can tomato soup
• 1 onion, sliced*
• 1 tsp. prepared mustard
• 1 Tbsp. Worcestershire sauce
• ¾ cup brown sugar
• ½ cup sugar
• ¾ cup apple cider vinegar
• 1 bell pepper, cut in rings*
• Salt and pepper
• ½ cup oil

Once completed, chill and serve!

*The recipe says sliced or rings but it is easier to eat when they are chopped.