Entry #2 for Amy's Super Sketch Sunday

Well, here's card #2 made from my mystery paper for Amy's Super Sketch Sunday challenge. If anyone recognizes any of these papers, or if by chance April reads this and remembers what these papers were, please let me know. I really like them! Edited to add: Amy left me a comment on Splitcoast saying the the paper in the middle is Scenic Route, Laurel Collection - Thanks Amy, you rock!

Recipe:
Stamps: Autumn Leaves Clear Stamps by Tia Bennett
Paper: Old Olive, mystery dp
Ink: Old Olive
Accessories: ribbon from Mike's

Thanks for visiting my blog. I'll have some blog candy up very soon to celebrate 100 posts and I've got another downline meeting coming up next Tuesday so look for a new slideshow of our swaps.

~chris

Amy's Super Sketch Sunday

The ever talented Amy Westerman (Heartfelt Greetings) has reinstated her Super Sketch Sunday challenge and I had to jump in. Since I'm such a dp collector (no giggles from the peanut gallery girls) this is really irresistable. A couple of months ago I bought a couple of large packs of 6x6 paper from April (Artistic Paperie). What a bargain, except I don't know what some of the papers are. I absolutely love them and have managed to track down a couple that I have used and really, really wanted more of. If you recognize the dp in these cards, please let me know what it is. I needed an anniversary card for my ds and ddl in Oregon and this is what I came up with.

Recipe:
Stamps: Favorite Greetings
Paper: Old Olive, unknown dp
Ink: Old Olive, markers
Accessories: ribbons from Mike's

Edited to add: Amy left me a comment on Splitcoast saying the the paper in the middle is Scenic Route, Laurel Collection - Thanks Amy, you rock!

I made another card as well, but blogger isn't cooperating, so I will upload that card later. Thanks for visiting. ~chris

Calling all owl lovers!

For any of you out there in the blogosphere who are like me and just really love birds, you need to check this out. I've been addicted to watching these guys for over a month now. My dh works at NCAR (National Center for Atmospheric Research) in Boulder, CO. A pair of Great Horned Owls have nested on one of their buildings and someone put a webcam on them. Click on the photo, or on this link to check out Harold and Maude and their two young owlets Hedwig and Errol.

It has been amazing to watch these birds - how fast they have grown! I hope you enjoy them as much as I have.

~chris

Fun time was had by all!

We had a wonderful time last night making cards and Dannie's great card organizer boxes!








Here's Megan and Kat showing off their creations.










These are the wonderful creations made by Sally and Jeanne.










And here is my "favorite*" ddl Lorena diligently working on hers. (*All of my ddl's are my "favorite" - I absolutely have the best ones in the world - the biggest advantage to having 5 boys is that when they grow up they bring such wonderful women into your life.)



Thanks again to Dannie for such a wonderful idea, we really had a grand time. I noticed today on her blog she has another great box and that might end up being our June project. In May we are going to make cards to fill the box we made last night!

Thanks for visiting. ~chris

Mother's Day Stamp Camp - Card Box

I used the ever talented Dannie's design with only slight modifications. Check out her super tutorial on how to make these cute card organizer boxes. The only thing that I changed was the side panels. When I showed my first attempt to my dh, his only comment was why pleat the panels if the box doesn't fold up. Maybe I did it wrong, but it got me thinking that it would be easier for a make and take to have the side panels solid. I think it is still a really handsome looking box and next month's Stamp Camp project is going to be making some all occasion cards to fill it with! Be sure to check out Dannie's blog as she always has wonderful cards and ideas and great tutorials.

I am hoping to get some pictures of the gals in action tonight and put them up along with their boxes so check back later. I'm approaching the 100 post mark as well so look for some blog candy to celebrate real soon!

Thanks for visiting. ~chris

Mother's Day Stamp Camp

Here are the projects we will be making at tonight's Mother's Day Stamp Camp. I had to change one from what I had originally planned as I realized I didn't have enough of the dp I wanted to use. I like this one just as well though. I realize looking at this now that I need to work on gettting things lined up a little better!

Recipe:
Stamps: unknown clear stamp (from Archiver's I think but can't remember)
Paper: ruby red, so saffron, mellow moss, very vanilla, Bo Bunny dp
Ink: mellow moss, markers
Accessories: mike's floral dept bling

One of the Michael's that I frequent had new colors of the little resin type bling - yellow, purple and a dazzling clear - all on sale for $2 bag, can't go wrong there.


Here's our next card:

This is just a slight variation on the original I had planned. I widened the dp strip and eliminated the vellum on the sentiment. I think it looks a little better.

Recipe:
Stamps: Oh So Lovely
Paper: soft sky, whisper white, pretty in pink, afternoon tea cp
Ink: basic black, close to cocoa, markers
Accessories: brads, ribbon, ticket corner punch

Blogger appears to be having some issues this morning, so I am going to get this posted before it quits on me altogether. I will post the card box later in the day.

Thanks for visiting! ~chris

Stamp Simply Challenge - black accents

Still playing with my border punches! Such fun. This is for Sharon Johnson's (No Time To Stamp) stamp simply challenge to use black as an accent.

Recipe
Stamps: PTI Women of Life
Paper: Ruby Red, black, unknown dp
Ink: Versamark
Accessories: very old black organza embroidery ribbon, misc gold scrap ribbon, gold cord, punches - su ovals and Martha Stewart's edge punch, gold ep

This was fun and it was good to break out some of that really old emroidery ribbon I have had forever and never used. I am going to put up tomorrow night's stamp camp projects a little later today so be sure to come back and check them out. I am hoping to get some pictures of everyone's card boxes before they take them away. I think I have put together some nice color combinations for them to choose from.

Thanks for visiting! ~chris

This needs something ...

This card needs something. I found the ribbon at Mike's in the Sweet Treat Ribbon section and could not resist it (especially not for $1 a roll). I love the colors and it paired well with the tempting turquoise and the whisper white strip. I thought about adding a sentiment, but .... where?

Recipe:
Stamps: Oh So Lovely
Paper: tempting turquoise, cameo coral, so saffron, gable green, whisper white
Ink: basic black, markers
Accessories: punches, ribbon

Any suggestions from the blogosphere would be welcomed. I'm getting ready for my Mother's Day Stamp Camp. Hopefully, I will remember to take some pictures to share with you.

Thanks for visiting! ~chris

Mother's Day Stamp Camp Card #2

This is my second card design for my Monday Night Stamp Camp for Mother's Day. I've been playing with my edge punches and I like the lacy look with this dp.

Recipe:
Stamps: clear acrylic from Archiver's - sorry don't remember who makes it
Paper: PTI Berry Sorbet, Basic Grey dp, Soft Sky, Whisper White, Ruby Red, Tempting Turquoise
Ink: Blue Bayou, markers
Accessories: punches, brads

Thanks for visiting. ~chris

SFYTT - April 13, 2008

Here's my card for Jen's Sketch for You to Try this week. IRL the ribbon is closer to close to cocoa that it looks in this picture. I'm still struggling with my new camera. I'll get there - eventually.

Recipe:
Stamps: Seeing Spots
Paper: cameo coral, ruby red, close to cocoa, groovy guava, basic grey dp
Ink: close to cocoa
Accessories: punches, cb, ribbon, brads

Thanks for visiting! ~chris

April 10, 2008 Downline Meeting

I promised some links to the sneak peaks I have been finding on the web, so here are three links to Patty's Stamping Spot and her photos and fun descriptions of the Bermuda Cruise:

Bermuda Cruise - our cabin, gifts from SU! and the NEW IN COLORS!
Bermuda Cruise - Swaps, samples, new sets
Bermuda Cruise - New Owl Set & "Wheel" Portraits

Patty has a wonderful blog and if you click on the banner at the top of her blog you can view all of her fun entries! You can also click on the link to her blog on the list on the right side of my blog.

Here is the slideshow of the swaps from our downline meeting on April 10, 2008 (Autumn, I apologize for not grabbing one of yours! Yikes!). Thanks to everyone for the wonderful make and takes (photos to follow once I finish coloring my pirate!) and to our always delightful hostess, Kathy Peterson!

April Downline Swap #1

Here is my swap for my first downline meeting in April. The larger group is meeting on the 29th and for that swap we need to use items from the mini. Once again, I'm just loving this dp!

Recipe:

Stamps: Friendship Blooms, Stitched Exotics, Seeing Spots
Paper: Soft Sky, Pretty in Pink, Afternoon Tea dp, Close to Cocoa, Whisper White
Ink: Soft Sky, Not Quite Navy
Accessories: punches, soft sky ribbon, brads

Thanks for visiting my blog!

~chris

Mercy's Sketch Challenge

Mercy Kerin over at Lord Have Mercy! is hosting her first sketch challenge. I really loved her sample and thought I'd give it a try. Here's my entry. I'm thinking about using this layout as one of my cards for my Mother's Day Stamp Camp on April 21st. What do you think?

Recipe:

Stamps: Oh So Lovely, Mike's $1 bin sentiment
Paper: Afternoon Tea dp, Whisper White, Soft Sky, PTI Sweet Blush, vellum
Ink: Soft Sky, markers, StazOn Black
Accessories: Mike's ribbon, brads

I love the Afternoon Tea paper and I think it is perfect for getting a nice soft, elegant look on a card.

Thanks for visiting! ~chris

Layered Ribbon and card folder

Here is the card I made for the try a new technique challenge yesterday on Splitcoast Stampers. The challenge was to layer ribbon on your card.

Recipe:

Stamps: Always, SU sentiment
Paper: pretty in pink, close to cocoa, soft sky, afternoon tea dp, whisper white
Ink: close to cocoa, versamark
Accessories: mm button brads, punches, silver hodgepodge hardware, ribbon from mikes, white ep

I absolutely love the afternoon tea designer paper from SU. I need to use it more often!



I received a wonderful PIF from Denise (see her blog for pictures) and I just had to try making one of these cute card folders. This card has a bunch of different stamped images and some of the cb embossed butterfly die cuts tucked inside. Be the first to leave me a comment on this post and I will send it to you! Congrats to Melissa! Your card folder is on it's way to you.

Recipe:
Stamps: butterfly bg from I Brake for Stamps
Paper: perfect plum, elegant eggplant, basic black, soft sky, groovy guava, barely banana, whisper white
Ink: elegant eggplant
Accessories: cb die cut/embossing set, mike's ribbon, punches

This was a fun card to make and fill. Thanks so much to Denise for her inspiring PIF!

Thanks for visiting my blog and if you want to win this card folder, be sure to leave a comment that gives me a way to contact you (i.e. not anonymous).

~chris

Couple of Cards on a Sunday Afternoon

Here is the card I made for the newest member of my SU family - Megan. Megan signed up on March 17 and we are all so excited to have her. She is so creative and enthusiastic and I am sure she will have lots of fun as an SU demonstrator! Welcome Megan and Happy Birthday!

I don't have the card in front of me anymore and I am not sure of the colors, but I think there's real red, more mustard, bayou blue, whisper white, brushed copper and the dp is by Daisy D. I used my ticket corner punch and cb embossing folder.



Here is my card for Beate's weekend sketch challenge.

Recipe:

Stamps: So Many Scallops
Paper: always artichoke, blue bayou, whisper white, retired su dp and basic grey dp
Ink: blue bayou
Accessories: punches, brads, button, yarn



And last, but definitely not least, I want to share a card that I got today with all of you. My ddl, Autumn, called and asked me if I wanted to go to Archiver's with her. Of course, I said YES! She had called earlier this week and told me she made a really cute card that she was really happy with and wanted to show it to me. She brought me this card. Isn't it cute?



On the inside it says:






and under the flap was the following message:









I'm going to be a grandma again!

I am so excited! We were very happy with four, but one more is definitely welcome! Isabella and Julian will have a new brother or sister and Kael and Natalie will have a new cousin! YAY!

Hope you all had as wonderful a weekend as I did and that your week is equally fulfilling! Thanks for visiting my blog! ~chris

Yes, I'm still alive!

The big project at the office went out the door yesterday afternoon! Can you say - whew! It has been a really hectic week and I have so been a bad blogger. I promise to have some new stuff to show you tomorrow though! I'm in the planning stages for a Mom's Day stamp camp and can finally put up a picture of the birthday card I made for my newest team member, Megan!

All the blog candy and pif mailings should be arriving soon! Thanks to everyone who played.

Thanks for hanging in there! See you tomorrow. ~chris

April is a busy Birthday Month!

I have alot of friends and family with birthdays this month. I thought I would try to combine some challenges with making cards for all these folks. Here's my first attempt using Julee's Mojo Monday 31 challenge:

Recipe:
Stamps: Stitched background, So Many Scallops
Paper: pretty in pink, certainly celery, lovely lavender, barely banana, whisper shite, basic grey dp
Ink: cameo coral, lovely lavender
Accessories: certainly celery ribbon, dotted ribbon from Taylored Expressions, punches, cb

The second one is just me playing around with this cool ribbon I found at Mike's in the $1 bin:

Recipe:
Stamps: Favorite Greetings
Paper: certainly celery, pixie pink, unknown dp, whisper white
Accessories: punches, baubles from Mike's floral dept, $1 bin ribbon

I haven't heard from the blog candy winner yet. If any of you reading this know Sheila, please have her email me. I will wait till Friday to hear from her and if I don't, then I'll do another drawing via random.org.

Edit: Sheila has contacted me and her blog candy is on it's way - CONGRATS Sheila - I hope you enjoy it!

My oval nesties arrived yesterday and I hope to be able to play with them tonight. If anyone knows of a temporary substance I could use in place of the tan embossing mat, please let me know. I have ordered one, but really want to play with this new toy NOW!

Thanks so much for visiting. I still have one PIF blog candy package that really wants a home .... Edit: last PIF blog candy has been spoken for!

Sheila is the Blog Candy Winner!

Okay here it is - drumroll please ......

Random Integer Generator

Here are your random numbers:

12 

Timestamp: 2008-04-01 14:20:19 UTC

That means the winner is:

sheila said...

Congrat on your hits. Sweet of you to celebrate by sharing. I have the scallop punch so this set would be great for my collection. I'm so sorry I never chose that set because there are some great cards made with it. Thanks again for sharing.

March 29, 2008 9:33 PM

Congratulations Sheila! I need your snail mail address so that I can get this candy off to you. Please email me and I'll get it out right away.

Thanks everyone for all your wonderful comments! Come back and visit later today and I'll have a couple of birthday cards to show you. I'm still fighting with this new camera, but hopefully these will come out okay.

~chris

SFYTT - Happy Sunday!

Happy Sunday everyone!

I have not done many challenges in the last few weeks, work has taken up most of my energy. But gotta pay the bills - and buy the stamps, paper, ink, ribbon, ...

This is for Jen's Sketch for You to Try this weekend. There are lots of wonderful cards in the SCS gallery too, so be sure to check them out.

The cute flower stamp on this card came from the hot stuff bin at Archiver's and the bling was a package of flower sequins, also from Archiver's. The torn strip is paper from my good friend Sabrina and when you tear it, it shows the color from the other side! Very cool stuff - thanks Sabrina!

Here's the recipe:
Stamps: clear stamp from Archiver's; Friendship Blooms
Paper: Basic Grey, Soft Sky, Sabrina's fun stuff, Cameo Coral, Whisper White
Ink: basic black, cameo coral, soft sky, tempting turquoise, markers
Accessories: cb, gel pen, sequin flowers, mini brads, ribbon from Mike's

I used my tempting turquoise spot on the cuttlebugged piece of soft sky to color the dots - first time trying that and it worked much better than I thought. Didn't make nearly the mess I was afraid I would!

I had two gals email me about the pif blog candy that never responded with snail mail addresses, so I am looking for two more folks to step up and claim these packages. If you are interested, please send me an email (see the right hand column) with your address and the first two to respond will get a cool envelope of stuff in the mail. Also, check out my 3000K celebration candy. I'll pick a winner on Tuesday, so get your comments in! Thanks so much everyone who has left comments. Your kind words are much appreciated!

Thanks for visiting - have a wonderful week! I'll be back tomorrow with a card for Julee's Mojo Monday challenge - I just love starting the week with that!

~chris

BLOG CANDY - 3000 hits!

I made it to 3000 hits! WOW! Never thought it would happen. To celebrate I am offering the blog candy pictured above. Just leave a comment on this post and on Wednesday, April 2 I will use random.org to pick a winner. Thanks so much for visiting!

~chris

Welcome Wyatt William Pereira!

We have a new family member to celebrate:

Wyatt William Pereira
Born: March 22, 2008
Time: 3:27am
Weight: 6 lbs 6 oz
Length: 19 inches
Proud Parents: Tracy & Steve Pereira




Congratulations Tracy and Steve! Can't wait to see him in August!

~chris

Tuesdays Stamping Gathering

Here are the pictures from Tuesday nights gathering. I am having trouble getting used to my new camera and the pictures aren't what I would ultimately like, but we'll go with them for now. There were two cards that no matter what I did I could not get them to photograph worth a darn, so I didn't and to those gals I apologize for leaving your cards out. We had a great time and it was so much fun to meet all these stampers I had not met before. Thanks so much to everyone.

I noticed that I have gone over the 3000 hits mark, so tomorrow I will be putting up some celebration blog candy, so be sure to come back and visit!

Thanks so much for stopping by! ~chris

Blog Candy - PIF - round two!

While waiting for three folks to sign up for last week's blog candy pif, I got another pif package in the mail. I now have five of the packages pictured above ready and waiting for someone to claim them. Meggie is already in, how about you? The only thing you need to do is make up your own little gift package and either post it on your blog or pick three friends and make them a gift of it with instructions that they are to pass on the creative energy to three more folks. It is so much fun! I got a wonderful package from Mary and another from Denise. Just send me an email at the address on the right side of my blog, or leave me a comment with a way to contact you and your goodies will be on their way!

Thanks so much for visiting my blog. I'm getting close to the 3k hits mark so watch for some more special blog candy coming up soon.

~chris

New Stamping Group

I am meeting with a new group of stampers tomorrow night and needed a quick swap card. I totally CASEd this card from SherryLC05 on SCS. I can't wait to meet these gals. I promise to post my swaps on Wednesday.

Recipe:
Stamps: Pretty Amazing
Paper: lavender lace - cs & dp, whisper white, elegant eggplant
Ink: elegant eggplant
Accessories: punches, brads

Thanks for visiting. ~chris

Easter Cards for the Grandkids

Here's my Easter cards for my grandchildren. We had hoped to have an egg hunt in the yard tomorrow, but the snow kind of put a damper on that idea. We'll hide them around the house and they can stay warm and dry (and so can I)! I hope everyone has a wonderful Easter and thanks so much for visiting. I got a new camera, so hopefully I'll get back on track with putting things up to share. I have some more PIF blog candy that I hope to get posted tomorrow or Monday so be sure to come back and check it out. ~chris

Another Easter card - CC158

Here is another Easter card I made using the colors from this week's color challenge on Splitcoast Stampers - Sage Shadow, Kraft, Orchid Opulence!

Recipe:
Stamps: SU sentiment, Friendship Blooms, One of a Kind
Paper: Sage Shadow, Kraft, Orchid Opulence, Basic Grey DP, Elegant Eggplant
Ink: basic black, orchid opulence, cameo coral
Accessories: punches, brads, ribbon

My camera is acting up but hopefully will get straightened out soon as I hope to have more stuff to post this weekend! We're going to have an egg hunt on Sunday (weather permitting) and maybe I'll get some pix of the grandkids posted.

Thanks for visiting! ~chris

Extra Special deal for Extra Special Hostesses!

From March 18 to April 30, Stampin' Up! hostesses can earn an EXTRA $25 to use toward Stampin' Up! products of their choice when they host a workshop totaling $350 or more!

This extra benefit is included along with the standard hostess benefits you receive when you host a workshop. The standard hostess benefits include

• A free Spring-Summer 2008 Collection catalog worth $9.95.
• Free stamp sets only available to hostesses (with qualifying orders; select from the products on pages 19-26 of the Spring-Summer catalog).
• Free Stampin' Up! products of your choice.

Benefit for hosting a workshop during this Extra, Extra special promotion:


This extra hostess benefit is only being offered for a limited time, so contact me TODAY to schedule a workshop! My email address is on the right side of this blog page. Thanks so much for visiting! ~chris

One last possible

One last possible stamp camp card. I wanted a non-easter card and I think this still looks springy.

Recipe:

Stamps: Garden Whimsy, SU loose stamp
Paper: lovely lilac, cameo coral, certainly celery, apricot appeal whisper white
Ink: apricot appeal, cameo coral, lovely lilac, bb
Accessories: punches, brad, ribbon

The ribbon is some that I got from Taylored Expressions and if you have a minute you should really check out her store. Lovely stuff, reasonably priced and great service!

Thanks for visiting! ~chris

Cuttlebug Alert!

Start saving your pennies! Jackie had this link on her blog Just Stamp It on Thursday - click here to see the fall release cb folders and dies - I think I want them ALL! Here's just a peek:

Stamp Camp Possible #2

Here is possibility #2 for tomorrow night's stamp camp gals to make. I am going to try for a bit more sedate and serious card later, but I found this cute $1 bin bunny in my stamp stash and thought he would be fun to try something with.

Recipe:

Stamps: $1 bin image and sentiment
Paper: soft sky, pretty in pink, yoyo yellow, whisper white
Ink: basic black, markers
Accessories: Mike's ribbon, punches, brads

I love SU's combination of One of a Kind stamp set and the boho blossoms punch. I've been stamping and punching and having a ball.

Thanks for visiting my blog. ~chris

Stamp Camp Possible #1

My Monday night stamp camp is getting together and this is the first of 3 possible cards we'll make. I'm thinking about using my little bunny from the other day and one more in the Easter theme. We're also going to make Nancy Morgan's wonderful little baskets.

Recipe:
Stamps: Season by Season, Just for Fun
Paper: lovely lavendar cs and dp, apricot appeal, certainly celery, cameo coral
Ink: c
Accessories: punches, cb, brads, gel pen, and even though you can't see them in this photo, there are little Robin's Nest dd water blingy things on the bottom of the lovely lavender dp

Thanks for visiting my blog. Be sure to check out the pif blog candy I got yesterday! I will be sending out my own version of Mary's great package to three people willing to play along and "pay it forward" to three more folks.
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Blog Candy - PIF!

Okay bloggers ... check out this fantastic package I got in the mail from Mary. Isn't it great. Here's the deal. The first three folks who comment on this blog and let me know that they want to play will get a similar type of package from me. The agreement is that you will then send a package to three other folks. If you don't have a blog and still want to play, you can just pick three folks you want to "pay it forward" to and send them something to spark their creativity and tell them to pass it along to three more folks. This is my first pif challenge and I need your help to keep it going. Just let me know you want to play and send me an email (there's a link in that right hand column down the page aways) and give me your snail mail address and your surprise package will be on it's way to you.

Thanks for playing and for helping me keep this going! ~chris

March Downline Meeting Slideshow

Here are the photos from this month's downline meeting.
A grand time was had by all and a big thank you
to our hostess and fearless leader, Roselyn!

Swaps, Make & Take and goodies!

I think I am getting back on track here. This is kind of a long post tonight. I wanted to feature all the wonderful stuff I have gotten from fellow bloggers as well as my swap and make and take for tomorrow.

Here is my swap for our March downline meeting. I am always so nervous making cards for these super stamping gals in my downline group. I hope to have another slide show of our swaps to put up tomorrow. Everyone enjoyed last month's slide show, so I plan to try it again.

Recipe:
Stamps: So Many Scallops, Curvy Verses, Friendship Blooms
Paper: Pretty in Pink, Regal Rose, Whisper White, Spring Fling DP
Ink: Regal Rose
Accessories: SU Regal Rose ribbon, scallop circle punch, button from my button box

The baskets are from a tutorial by Nancy Morgan (Paper Smiles). They are so cute and so easy and I know the gals are going to have fun making them tomorrow.



This is the wonderful package I got from Chat aka nitestamper on SCS (Me, My Stamps and I) for sending her the pattern for the love notes box. Isn't it spectacular?











This is the blog candy that I got from Cindy Vernon (Creating with the Heart)















This is the blog candy I got from Wanda (My Creative Corner)



Check out these wonderful stamper's blogs, the talent out there is incredible.









Last but not least is the wonderful present I got for my birthday from my ddl Autumn and son Kelly. She knows how organizationally challenged I am and got this to help me be able to put my hands on my paper when I need it. She's the best!




Next week I am going to be paying it forward with some great blog candy, so be sure to come back and check it out. I apologize for the wierd spacing ... I'm still trying to get the hang of this blogging thing.

Thanks for visiting! ~chris

Happy Easter

I think my mojo is slowly coming back. The toe is much better today and things are starting to look up again! Got some wonderful goodies in the mail and hope to have some pix to share with you tomorrow. This card features some new ribbon from Taylored Expressions - for those of you with a similar addiction to ribbon, her shop is a must visit! See the links on the side of my page for a link to her shop. Card base is gable green and accent colors are pretty in pink, soft sky and barely banana. I used my new cuttlebug dotted swiss folder and also one of the small embossing folders for the square around the bunny. I got the bunny in a bulk buy of stamps on ebay - so many pounds for so many dollars. He's a keeper for sure and it says Eureka Stamps on the side of the wood.

Thanks for hanging in there with me as I try to get my priorities straight! Hopefully, I will get back on track now and have somethings to share every day.

Thanks for visiting my blog. ~chris

Goodies from Heaven ...

Well, maybe not that far, but Canada! I got these goodies from Corinne and wanted to share some pix with you. The first is of my gorgeous wood blocks - this is several sets (my ddl needs some too), but you can get all the details and pricing at Stamping with Roxy.


Corinne is an awesome stamper and a total pleasure to deal with. I also got one of her wonderful pull-out scrapbooks. Take a look:


If you want one too, check out this post on her blog.

I also found one of the cards I made for last week's workshop. I got the inspiration from a card on SCS and now cannot find it. Sorry about that.


Well, hopefully this week will work out better than last! The toe is still really painful, but I'm getting around okay. Have lots going this week and hopefully will have lots to share. Thanks for visiting my blog!

~chris

An Update

Well, here I sit surrounded by wonderful stamps sets and great tools, and zip to show for it. I made a bunch of things today, but none of them came out like I think they should and none are good enough to waste a photo - even a digital one - on. This week has been a bad one. I have been totally swamped at work and at a meeting on Thursday (in front of everybody) I tripped, fell and broke my toe (big toe, right foot). I managed to make some projects for my SAB party on Wednesday and took pictures, but can't find them anywhere. I gave the demo cards away too.

Tomorrow is the start of a new week though! I have a downline meeting on Thursday for which I need 16 swaps and at which I am doing a demo. No clue yet what I'm going to do, but some of my best work is still ahead of me ... right?

Anyway, I have been blurfing like crazy and picking up lots of cool inspiration and hopefully, this week will be better than last. Thanks for being patient with me and come back this week and see if I manage to stamp my way out of this creative funk I've gotten myself into. I'm off to RICE (rest, ice, compress and elevate) the stupid toe. I went grocery shopping today (dh hates to grocery shop) and it probably wasn't the smartest thing I've done lately. Thanks so much for visiting! ~chris

Kaput Krafts Blog Candy

Just a note to let you know that Wendi at Kaput Krafts is hosting a great blog candy giveaway to benefit a good cause. Go on over and check it out. Back later with some pix of last night's projects! Thanks for visiting. ~chris

I'm still alive!

I didn't drop off the face of the earth. Have just been so busy I can't see straight. Need to get through today and then maybe I can get back to normal. Thanks for visiting and come back tomorrow and I will have some images from my party tonight! ~chris