Monthly Archives: May 2009

Do you like stars? I’ve always been fascinated with them. So beautiful, lighting up the night. We’re out in the country a little so the stars are lovely when I pause to look at them but they are much more brilliant when we get away from the city and off to the cottage.We used to live an hour from the city and some of my favorite moments were sitting in the rocking chair by the window in the middle of the night, feeding my babies, talking to God.

Here’s another sneak peek at the new Reach 4 the Stars stamp set. I love this quote…kind of puts things into perspective doesn’t it with a little encouragement. I paired up this masculine themed design with some Graphic 45 patterned paper. The little stars were colored in with a gold gel pen.

Except for the Night

Supply List:

Stamps: Reach 4 the Stars (The Rummage Bin line) by Cornish Heritage Farms
Ink: Black Memento Ink by Tsukineko, Brushed Corduroy Distress ink by Ranger
Paper: Simply Smooth Vanilla by CHF, black cardstock by Bazzill, patterned paper by Graphic 45
Other: sewing machine, button, ribbon by Creative Impressions, gold gel pen

Have a beautiful Sunday!

I have a VERY simple card to share with you today and it’s also a sneak peek at my latest stamp set. Reach4 the Stars is releasing next Tuesday and I’ve been having fun getting it inky and creating some samples. Today’s design is a simple love card and stamping doesn’t get any simpler than this. I love card designs that you can quickly put together.

{you are my universe}

Quick Tip: Simple cards are best if they feature only one embellishment. This keeps the focus on the design.

Supply List:

Stamps: Reach 4 the Stars (The Rummage Bin line) by Cornish Heritage Farms
Ink: Black & Rosebud Memento Ink by Tsukineko, White craft ink by Clearsnap
Paper: Kraft cardstock by Bazzill
Other: piercing tool, brad by Queen & Co.

Have a Simply Wonderful Saturday!

I have a couple of quick and easy cards to share with you today. When cleaning out my scrap area last week, I came across lots of great scraps. 🙂 Of course, it was just as easy to make some super quick cards than let the scraps get buried into a pile again so this is what I created. These designs use tomorrow’s Mona Lisa Moments release, Encouragement Expressions. I love this set and it’s so easy to use and is perfect for letting someone know you care.

I know you want to find out the winner of the four stamp sets so I’ll skip the how to’s today and get right to it.  I used the random.org number generator to pick number 16 as the winner. Congrats Colleen Kramer…you are number 16. Please e-mail me with your address and I’ll get the parcel out to you. Thanks so much for all the lovely comments. For those of you who didn’t win…stay tuned as I have more giveaways coming up.

 One Day at a Time

Supply List:

Stamps: Inchie style (The Rummage Bin line) by CHF
Encouragement Expressions (MLM line) by CHF
Paper: Simply Smooth White by CHF, mini papers by Jenni Bowlin
other: ribbon by SEI, buttons by Autumn Leaves, flower by Prima, stapler

 Adversity Reveals

Quick Tip: When adding fabric tape that you want to get all in one even length…adhere to a panel the size you want, trim the edges for a clean look and then adhere to the front of your card design.

Stamps:
Encouragement Expressions (Mona Lisa Moments line) by Cornish Heritage Farms
Ink: Black Stazon by Tsukineko
Paper: Black cardstock by Bazzill Basics
Other: Clear Card Sheet by Cornish Heritage Farms, fabric tape by Making Memories, flower by Prima, button by Autumn Leaves, stapler

Have a great day!

We had a lovely long weekend and this morning it’s back to the routine. There’s lots to catch up on to be sure. I love long weekends but the down-side is you always have to scramble to get five days worth of work into four.Yesterday we spent at the lake and got the boat in for the first time this year. Some of us were wearing parkas! LOL It was a rather cold windy day.

There’s a few bizarre things going on with my blog. Not sure if you’ve noticed but the admin is switching servers etc. Right now I have no sidebars but am thrilled to have the blog up and running again. My apologies if you got the Feedblitz notice yesterday with a list of old posts on it. Why that was sent out I have NO idea. Computers… love ’em and hate ’em. 🙂 I’m hoping all the links will work later today.

There’s still a little time to enter my latest rubber giveaway if you’re interested. You have until 9 pm EST tonight (Tuesday) so good luck. Here’s the link.

Just for You

It’s a busy release week at CHF and here’s my favorite card from today’s Saturday Evening Post release.� Puppy with Cap is such a darling image and so easy to color and work with. I stamped him onto a Making Memories journalling sheet and then colored with Copic markers. A little freestyle stitching echoes the bracket shape of them paper.

Quick Tip: Add quick highlights using a white gel pen.

Supply List:

Stamps: Puppy with Cap (Saturday Evening Post line) by Cornish Heritage Farms
Alphanumber Backgrounder by CHF
Paper: kraft cardstock by Prism, patterned paper by Making Memories
Ink: Black & Burnt Umber Memento Ink by Tsukineko
Other: markers by Copic, sewing machine, brad by Imaginesce, twine, white gel pen

Have a great day!