Madison Avenue

Spring Color

2012-02-15T11:42:00.000-08:00

Hi there and Happy Wednesday! One day closer to the weekend-hooray! We have a three day weekend here in the US to celebrate President's Day so it will be extra nice! We got some snow last night and it looks so pretty out there - cold but pretty! Mikey and I cleared off the driveway and then threw snowballs for a while. I made these two cards the other night with some bright colors that remind me of spring, which I welcome when it finally arrives! Both have the same layout and design...used a few Hero Arts sets for the one above - You Are The Best, Floral (Sizzix dies & stamps) and Thinking of You Messages.

The only things different on this card are of course the color and I used PTI's Turning a New Leaf set and matching dies, also a different sentiment but still from the same set. I think I like the flourish on the first one better but the turquoise color combo better.

Thanks for visiting with me today, have a great one!!

Valentine Cards

2012-02-08T11:42:00.000-08:00

Good Morning! I haven't made or shared any cards for quite a while it seems...but last night I made some Valentine cards and had fun with some wonderful Hero Arts stamps! The one above is for a friend, I like to give a few friends little goodies and a card on Valentine's Day. The hearts are from Hero Arts Many Hearts clear set and the sentiment is from their Celebrate Everyday clear set. That lovely script background is an older wood stamp from Hero Arts too, one that I purchased a really long time ago and still love!

This card is for my husband, I just love that background and can't wait to use it more. It is called Watch Gears, the sentiment is from the Many Hearts set too. I love all the glitter I added to this one, not overwhelming but just enough to highlight all the hearts!!

And last but certainly not least today, is a simple card I made for one of my little boys. They appreciate simple cards so I just die cut a heart, added some woodgrain paper and glitter - done!!

Thank you for stopping by today and thank you to everyone who ordered stuff from me this last week! I hope you all enjoy your new stuff!! Have a very Happy Valentine's Day if I don't stop in before then!!

Updated Sale Page

2012-01-31T09:19:00.000-08:00

Hey there! Just quickly letting you all know that I updated my sale page with a whole lot of Papertrey card stock and twill. The card stock is all unopened, 50 sheet packs. If you want any or all of it, please keep in mind that shipping card stock can be expensive so our best bet will probably be priority rate boxes (the larger ones). Also, the twill is all opened and slightly used but there is still a lot on each spool, I can take it off the spools to send it or just send it on the spools (which will cost slightly more to ship). I also have quite a few cute stamp sets left in case you're interested! Please send me an email at geny.cassady@hotmail.com if there is anything you want! Thank you so much!!!

Cool Scoop Birthday

2012-01-23T05:00:00.000-08:00

Hi there! Today I get to share my last Sweet Stamp Shop card as a member of their Design Team. I have really enjoyed working with Nicole and the rest of the DT girls, helping Nicole start this fun new company. Thank you so much Nicole for asking me to be a part of the inaugral team, I loved it!!! I used one of my favorite all time sets, Cool Scoop, to create a sweet birthday card.

I started by creating a background with the cute little spoon and heart images, using some favorite colors - fuschia and turquoise! Them I stamped my sweet ice cream cone and colored it with Prismacolor pencils with a little gamsol blending. I trimmed it out and added it to the embossed panel, before outlining it with glitter. I really like how the ice cream turned out even though I am so not a "colorer" - I will try to do it more often!

Thank you all for stopping by and for supporting me on my little journey with Sweet Stamp Shop! I hope you all have a sweet start to the week!!

Against The Grain

2012-01-18T05:00:00.000-08:00

Good Morning! Today I get to share another fun card I made with the new Against the Grain set from Sweet Stamp Shop! It is such a fun set, full of possibilities, able to be used exclusively or easily combined with other sets.

I took a more masculine approach to this card, using blues and browns and a simple layout. I am sure that men do not appreciate pink or big poofy bows, but usually they are fine with a little twine and more subdued colors. I used the large stamp on the bottom to create a background and then added the little circles along the top, instead of stamping each individually, I lined them up on my block and stamped them all at once. I love that Nicole included 4 separate circles in the set.

Hope you are having a great week! Thanks for visiting today...we are finally getting some weather this week, here comes winter:)!!

Sweet Stamp Shop Scoops

2012-01-13T05:00:00.000-08:00

Today I get to share a fun Sweet Stamp Shop card using the Cool Scoop set, which I love!

I used the individual scoop and paper pieced it with lots of purply, dotty patterned papers! Then I stacked them right up on a kraft piece that had been embossed with a sort of waffle cone type pattern. I added a little light purple strip on the bottom to showcase the sentiments! Perfect little card for a girl's birthday!

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!!!

Sweet Stamp Shop New Release Day 2

2012-01-11T05:00:00.000-08:00

Hello and welcome to the first day of the Sweet Stamp Shop new release blog hop!

If you arrived here from Donna's blog, then you're in the right place. If not, you might want to start at the beginning, Sweet Stamp Shop.

Today we are previewing the swanky new Against the Grain set, it features a really cool woodgrain pattern that you will love! I have a simple card to share today with a great layout. Sometimes time is short but you want a card that packs a punch, well this layout will do it. It works for all kinds of shapes too, definitely will do it with hearts for Valentine's Day!

Now, hop on over to Aga's blog for more inspiration!

Nicole is also offering a great deal if you buy one of the new release sets, you will the get the other for 40% off! The coupon code is JAN40!

One more thing, don't forget that Sweet Stamp Shop is looking for some fresh faces for their next design team, all the details are here! You have until the 17th to apply! Good luck!!

Sweet Stamp Shop Release Hop

2012-01-10T05:00:00.000-08:00

Hello and welcome to the first day of the Sweet Stamp Shop new release blog hop!

If you arrived here from Donna's blog, then you're in the right place. If not, you might want to start at the beginning, Sweet Stamp Shop.

Today we are previewing the new Sentimental Birds set, which I totally love. Some of you lucky folks *might* already have it from last months Scrapbook Steals deal but for the rest of you, it's brand new. It is a set with lots of nice sentiments and some cute birdies hanging out! I am going to share two cards I made with it, the one from last months steal and a new one.

This first card is full of pink and lots of lovey dovey sayings! I just used some Fresh Ink (Fuschia and Slate) to create the background and added a felt heart to the bottom. Easy peasy!!

Now for my second card, I used lots of different inks to create that rainbow bird background, love how it turned out. Then I just glued strips of card stock in a rainbow on a thin piece of card stock before die cutting it and adding the sentiment. At the last minute I decided to add those small glittery hearts, they are my favorite element on this one!

Now, hop on over to Aga's blog for more inspiration!

Nicole is also offering a great deal if you buy one of the new release sets, you will get the other for 40% off! The coupon code is JAN40!

One more thing, don't forget that Sweet Stamp Shop is looking for some fresh faces for their next design team, all the details are here! You have until the 17th to apply! Good luck!!

Many Thanks

2012-01-07T15:27:00.000-08:00

Weekends make me lazy! Sometimes I just hang out in my jammies all day (today) and read, relax, take care of the kids, and eat! Today I have been working hard on cards though, getting a bunch done for Sweet Stamp Shop and this thank you card. I need a few thank you cards for some Christmas gifts and I just got this super duper cute Hero Arts Many Hearts set from i {heart} papers! I love it!! So I broke it out and layered and stamped and just had fun making a cute card. I think I will make it in a few different colors and maybe leave off the polka dot border or not. That is the fun in just creating, you can totally do whatever.you.want. Like stamp the sentiment slightly crooked but say what the heck, my Grandma will still love it. By the way, that polka paper is from Jillibean Soup, called Soup Staples...it is a very useful collection! Go have a great rest of the weekend, I need to get started on dinner! Thanks for visiting and if you haven't checked it out, go check out my sale page, lots of great stuff!

Stuff for Sale

2012-01-04T16:01:00.000-08:00

Hey there, just letting you know that I updated my sale page with quite a few items yesterday. Zip me an email to geny.cassady@hotmail.com if you're interested in anything and we can work out the details! Hope you are all having a fantastic start to 2012!!!

Happy New Year

2011-12-29T05:00:00.000-08:00

Hello there! How is everyone? How was your Christmas? Our's was fantastic and we have had a week full of fun get togethers. We even get to make a fun little getaway for New Year's! Today I am sharing a great New Year's card using Sweet Stamp Shop sets! I used Sweet Alpha Doodles, Sweet Victoria, and Cool Scoop (for the hearts) to create a sparkly, pretty card!

I had fun incorporating all of these stamp sets into one card and making it sparkly and shine like New Year's should be! I used some dark blue shimmer cardstock and some silver cardstock with silver ink and lots of glitter!! I love how the word background turned out on the bottom, such a fun thing to do with alphabet stamps!

Thank you for stopping by today! Wishing you all a very Happy New Year and a great start to 2012! I'll be back after the holiday, another Sweet Stamp Shop release is on the horizon!

Sweet Christmas

2011-12-22T05:00:00.000-08:00

Hello there!!! Only three more days until Christmas and I have a fun last minute card to share! I used some Sweet Stamp Shop sets to create this super simple card, easily made and completely mailable! I used Sweet Alpha Doodles to create the focal point sentiment strips and Tree Traditions to create the background.

First I created the background with red and green inks using the larger two snowflakes from Tree Traditions on a crisp, white card base. Then I made my banners using Sweet Alpha Doodles, easy peasy!

Thanks so much for stopping by and visiting today and everyday! I wish you and your's a very Merry Christmas!!

Merry Christmas

2011-12-18T19:50:00.000-08:00

Another Christmas card to share with you this week before the big day! I really enjoyed putting all of these elements together - woodgrain stamp from PTI, sentiment and heart from Hero Arts, snowflakes from My Cute Stamps and patterned paper from Echo Park. Just a little homespun looking card made just for a good friend of mine. Well, I'm making this short and sweet tonight and wishing you a great week!!

Reverse Masked Tree

2011-12-14T09:37:00.000-08:00

Happy Wednesday! I have another masked Christmas card for you today. This time I used the reverse mask from the one I shared the other day. Just used Eclipse to create my mask - this stuff is irreplaceable when it comes to masking. Again I used my Mint Motif stamps - Beyond Borders and Very Merry Sentiments - available at i {heart} papers.

Very basic card, I added glitter to outline of the tree again and this time I used gray ink for the sentiment and added one simple pop of red with the rhinestone at the top of the tree. This card is a little flatter than the one I shared the other day and therefore easier to mail. I just might make a couple more of these since I just love how they turned out!! But first I need to make a few gift tags...I am off to work on those now. Have a great day!

Look at them Apples

2011-12-13T05:00:00.000-08:00

It's Tuesday and my day to post a sweet card for you! Today I used the super cute set, "The Core of It" from Sweet Stamp Shops very first release! I can't believe it has almost been 6 months! Nicole has some super cute things coming up in January too, you won't want to miss them! I combined the apples with a partial sentiment from "Hello Beautiful" for a simple card.

I started by simply stamping some of the apple slices on Kraft cardstock and coloring them a bit with green, red, and a white gel pen for the seeds. Then I trimmed them out and decided to overlap and line them up along my card. I used a pretty piece of patterned paper from Echo Park as a background, love those polka dots! Then I punched a fancy label and stamped just the Hello sentiment. I lined it all up and adhered before deciding to add two cute buttons - quick and easy!

So that's it today, a cute card easy to customize for any occasion or with a different color scheme! Thanks for visiting today and I hope your week is going great!

Masked Tree

2011-12-11T19:25:00.000-08:00

Happy {almost} Monday everyone! The beginning of another week, the last week before winter vacation for us and another week closer to Christmas! My children are both so excited about Christmas this year, the youngest (3) is old enough to grasp the concept of the holiday and all the fun that surrounds it. My husband (random side note - I am not saying hubby anymore since apparently there are tons of people who cringe at the word! Are you one of them??) and I successfully completed our holiday shopping goals this weekend and it wasn't even overwhelmingly crowded! Just a few little things to put together and lots of holiday baking (the fun part for me) and I am finished with all my tasks.

So here is another Christmas card I made last week using Mint Motif stamps - Beyond Borders and Very Merry Sentiments; both available exclusively at i {heart} papers! I made the tree mask myself with some paper and a ruler, super simple with a bit of measuring. I then stamped the bubble border (my name for it;)) in alternating colors of green (Shabby Shutters and Peeled Paint Distress inks from Ranger). I thought it needed a little definition from the rest of the card so I quickly added a glitter border (just used a fine tip glue pen to add the glitter) and a shiny red button and sparkly rhinestone at the top. I added the sentiment to the center of the tree, fits perfectly I think. The little scalloped edge on the bottom is actually a piece from Echo Park's Season's Greetings collection that I just punched. What a simple and totally reproducable card right?! And you could definitely leave the button off to accomodate mailing it.

So have a wonderful week, I have another "reverse masked" card like this one to share later in the week! And some Sweet Stamp Shop goodness too!! And by the way, I lowered the price of all the Stampendous and My Time Made Easy stamps on my sale page, email me if you see anything you like! Thanks for visiting!

Sparkly Christmas

2011-12-09T22:13:00.000-08:00

Happy weekend! Can't believe there are only two weeks until Christmas! A perfect time to share this cute, sparkly card I made the other night. I have had this idea for a while and finally made time to create it. I used Echo Park's Season's Greetings collection for the ornaments, I just punched them out using a few different sized circle punches. Then I added some glitter, isn't it so pretty, just like Christmas!

I "hung" each ornament from baker's twine, this is from The Twinery and I love it! The sentiment is from Hero Arts Very Merry Christmas set. This set is full of perfect sentiments for the holidays, I love the combination of fonts used!

So there you have it, a quick and fun Christmas card. If I made all my cards I could definitely see reproducing this one! I did however send out all my photo cards last week, hooray!! Now I will send a few of these handmade cards to some special friends. My husband and I are going to attempt to finish our Christmas shopping this weekend, wish us luck!!

Scrapbook Steals!

2011-12-09T08:00:00.000-08:00

Woohoo, have I got a deal to share with you today....just head on over to Scrapbook Steals to see some super special pricing and bundles of Sweet Stamp Shop sets. One or two just *might* be sets that haven't been released yet, but you can get them first! In fact I can't even share my project with you today (just the teeny tiny peek above) cause I made it with a yet to be released set, but click on over to their blog and you can see it in it's entirety and lots of other great *new* samples by the whole DT! Happy shopping! Have a great weekend! Eeeek, only 16 more days until Christmas!

Sweet Stamp Shop Release Day

2011-12-02T05:00:00.000-08:00

Welcome to release day for Sweet Stamp Shop!! Hooray, today you can buy any or all of the three new sets! Today we are all showing off the new set, Buddy Bee. It is perfect for all dog owners and lovers. The dog is so cute and all the accessories are perfect! Again, if you made it here from Donna's blog, you are right on track. If not, you might want to start back at the Sweet Stamp Shop blog so you don't miss a thing!!

I immediately thought of Clifford when I saw the cute dog in this set, maybe it's because my three year old watches Clifford almost every morning! At any rate, along that vein, I had to make a red dog! Isn't he cute!! I really like how this tag turned out, perfect for tying around a little treat for your four legged friend!

Anyhow, be sure not to miss any inspiration today and hop on over to Aga's blog next! And just in case you want the whole list in order, here you go:

Aga

So, you know Nicole wouldn't have a hop without some prizes right??!! This time, she is offering a giveaway of each of the new sets. All you have to do is leave a comment on each of the designers blogs. For an additional entry, just "like" Sweet Stamp Shop on FB and follow their blog, and ours too!

And one more bonus entry:
Share our give-a-way and new release blog hop with your friends on facebook, your blog, or just maybe in an email... let us know you did so on our facebook wall... and presto, another entry!
One more thing, on Friday when all the sets will be revealed in their entirety and go on sale, there will also be a new release sale! You can get 25% off any set of your choice, including the new releases! The coupon code is NRD25 and it's good through this Sunday!!

Thank you so much for stopping by today! Have a great weekend!

Sweet Stamp Shop Release Hop Day 2

2011-12-01T05:00:00.000-08:00

Hey there and welcome to the first day of Sweet Stamp Shop's new release hop for December. There are three sets being released on December 2nd - that's Friday!! Today the DT is showing off projects made with the new set Spectacle. This is a cute set with images of glasses, perfect for all of us geeks:)! So if you got here from Donna's blog, then you're right on track. If not, you might want to start at the Sweet Stamp Shop blog so you don't miss a thing!!

So here's my girly, geeky card! I just love the girly colors and the little hearts on all the glasses - which I had to add glitter to, of course! And that patterned paper is so cute, it's from Echo Park, the Springtime collection! I added a little die cut sentiment, nothing fancy just a fun card!

Anyhow, be sure not to miss any inspiration today and hop on over to Aga's blog next! And just in case you want the whole list in order, here you go:

Aga

So, you know Nicole wouldn't have a hop without some prizes right??!! This time, she is offering a giveaway of each of the new sets. All you have to do is leave a comment on each of the designers blogs. And for an additional entry all you have to do is "like" Sweet Stamp Shop on FB and follow their blog!

And for one more bonus entry:
Share our give-a-way and new release blog hop with your friends on facebook, your blog, or just maybe in an email... let us know you did so on our facebook wall... and presto, another entry!

One more thing, on Friday when all the sets will be revealed in their entirety and go on sale, there will also be a new release sale! You can get 25% off any set of your choice, including the new releases! The coupon code is NRD25!

Thank you so much for stopping by today and be sure to come back tomorrow for another sneak peek!!

Sweet Stamp Shop Release Hop

2011-11-30T05:00:00.000-08:00

Hey there and welcome to the first day of Sweet Stamp Shop's new release hop for December. There are three sets being released on December 2nd - that's Friday!! Today the DT is showing off projects made with the new set Sweet Victoria. It is such a pretty set, unlike anything else SSS has released. I really like it! So if you got here from Donna's blog, then you're right on track. If not, you might want to start at the Sweet Stamp Shop blog so you don't miss a thing!!

For my card today, I created a background with the two different sized flowers and the leaves in the set, aren't those pretty? I then added a little half frame and a sweet little border. So easy and pretty, I love the two shades of purple together and the splash of green sets it off so well.
Anyhow, be sure not to miss any inspiration today and hop on over to Aga's blog next! And just in case you want the whole list in order, here you go:

Sweet Stamp Shop

Julie Ranae

Savannah O'Gwynn

Lindsay Amrhein

Donna Mikasa

Geny Cassady

Aga

Leigh Ann Baird

Nicole Rixon

So, you know Nicole wouldn't have a hop without some prizes right??!! This time, she is offering a giveaway of each of the new sets. All you have to do is leave a comment on each of the designers blogs. And if you want an additional entry, just "like" Sweet Stamp Shop on FB and follow their blog!

And for one more bonus entry:
Share our give-a-way and new release blog hop with your friends on facebook, your blog, or just maybe in an email... let us know you did so on our facebook wall... and presto, another entry!

One more thing, on Friday when all the sets will be revealed in their entirety and go on sale, there will also be a new release sale! You can get 25% off any set of your choice, including the new releases! The coupon code is NRD25!

Thank you so much for stopping by today and be sure to come back tomorrow for another sneak peek!!

Happy Holidays

2011-11-29T10:47:00.000-08:00

We are getting into full holiday mode around here, decorated the house and will most likely go get our tree towards the end of the week. We are fortunate to live in an area with A LOT of tree farms so we have a little family adventure and go cut a tree every year. I am also putting together my holiday baking list, I love baking at the holidays. Really I love baking all the time, but the holidays are like an excuse to make lots of delicious stuff. Anyhow today I have another Christmas card to share with you, it is a hybrid of Hero Arts stamps and Mint Motif stamps.

I used the Magic of Christmas set from Hero Arts - I got it at i {heart} papers but I don't think they have it anymore. They do have lots of other great Hero Arts Christmas sets though! I stamped the smaller branch repeatedly around the cardfront to make a sort of frame for the sentiment. Then I added in the little star image randomly (I also added red stickles to the center of each star). Finally I added the sentiment from Mint Motif's Very Merry Sentiments. I love how the sentiments in this set are equally at home on the front of a card and on the inside. The layout was borrowed from a layout Maile Belles did this month, I love it! I think it is equally effective for a horizontal or vertical card.
Okay, that's about it today...have a fabulous day and be sure to check back tomorrow for the start of this months Sweet Stamp Shop release hop!

First Christmas Card

2011-11-26T09:34:00.000-08:00

Good Morning and Happy Saturday! I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving and Black Friday:)! We had a great Thanksgiving, filled with fun, great food, family and lots of laughter. Just a perfect day! I don't do Black Friday shopping unless it's online but I'm sure lots of you out there got great deals! So today I have a my first Christmas card of the season to share. I admit though that I do not send all handmade cards, I do picture cards and guess what? - I already did them!! Yay, first time I have ever done them in November...I used Snapfish this year cause they are having a 50% off sale on all their holiday cards and I like their designs a lot.

Anyhow, for this simple and colorful card, I used Mint Motif's Beyond Borders to create the red and green chevron pattern on the white card base. I then made a frame using a piece of red polka dotted paper from the Jillibean Soup Blossom Soup collection and Spellbinders circle and labels 1 dies. In the middle I added my sentiment from Very Merry Sentiments and lots of glittery accents, this is Martha Stewart glitter and I just used a glue pen to add it to the card. Remember the only place you can get Mint Motif stamps is at i {heart} papers! And Kate has a great sale that is continuing through the weekend, she is offering 25% off your order of $35 or more! There is so much fun stuff in the store, especially in the paper section, I would buy it all if I could!!
Thanks for stopping by today! Have a fabulous weekend and I'll be back next week, promise:)!

Old School Rock

2011-11-21T05:00:00.000-08:00

Hey there! It's almost Thanksgiving here in the US and my little boy has the week off school. We are really looking forward to a fun Thanksgiving and the start of the Christmas season! Today I get to share a fun card made with one of Sweet Stamp Shop's "originals" - Old School Rock! This is my first time using it and I had some fun with it for sure! I combined it with the border from Sweet Tooth which is one of my favorites, so many uses for those whimsical little circles.

I started this card with the diagonal circle pattern using some Distress inks, then I added the border. I stamped the tape on some Basic Grey manilla paper and then sponged some ink around it. After adhering the tape, I thought it needed a little something so I added the individual dots around it in little clusters. And look at that cute sentiment, Nicole has some of the funnest says in her sets!!

Thanks for stopping by today and have a fabulous week and a Happy Thanksgiving!!

You Are The Best

2011-11-17T16:37:00.000-08:00

Hey there everyone! I am hoping you are having a fantastic week. All is well here, this is such a busy time of year for all of us and time just seems to fly by. I haven't been super crafty lately as reflected in my blog...but I did find time to make a card just for fun last night. Really it has been a while since I just pulled some stamps out and made a card for the heck of it. I had fun and used some favorites...pink, circles, pearls. These are some new Hero Arts/Studio Calico stamps that I got from i {heart} papers the other day, I just love them! I also got some of this pretty Authentique paper, the Uncommon line - love the pinks and greys together.

Supplies: Stamps - You Are The Best (Hero Arts/Studio Calico); Ink - Sugar, Provincial, Strawberry (Fresh Ink), Dark Brown (Clearsnap); Cardstock - SS White, Pink Shimmer, Smokey Shadow (PTI); Patterned Paper - Uncommon (Authentique); Accessories - Upper Crest Border Punch (Fiskars), Pink Pearls (Kaiser Craft)

Thank you all for stopping by! I will be back next week with another fun post for Sweet Stamp Shop - they have their super cute Thanksgiving Owl-fits set on sale for $6 right now too! Have a great weekend, we will be celebrating Madison's birthday tomorrow and just spending time together.

ETA - I added some additional items to my sale page, a few more PTI stamps, buttons and some Marvy punches. Send me an email if you're interested in anything!

Birthday Doodles

2011-11-15T05:00:00.000-08:00

Hello there and happy Tuesday! Today I get the pleasure of sharing a fun card made with one of Sweet Stamp Shop's new releases, Sweet Alpha Doodles! I love this whimsical set of letters, numbers, symbols, and frames; seriously it is jam packed with images! And Nicole was nice enough to include multiples of popular letters to make spelling out names and sentiments even easier!

I decided to make a little number strip and pair it with some happy, colorful patterned paper from My Mind's Eye. Then I spelled out Happy Birthday with the letters and stamped a cute background. I added a cute star with the birthday age highlighted, so so cute!!

Thanks for stopping by today, have a great week!!

Sports Fever

2011-11-10T05:00:00.000-08:00

Today is my day to share a cute Sweet Stamp Shop creation with you, this time using one of the new sets, Sports Fever! I love the cute girlie sports images in this set, they are so fun!

For my card today, I chose the football image cause that's the time of year we are in right?! I created a little background with it and the hearts and also added in the smaller hearts from the Cool Scoop set. I added a little banner type strip with the sentiment stamped all over it in red (tone on tone stamping makes a nice understated impact I think). Then I added the cute heart with the sentiment again and coordinating rhinestones along the bottom. Overall I was satisfied with how this came together and you could totally use the same concept for any of the sports represented!

Thank you for stopping by today, I hope you all have a fabulous weekend! A fabulous LONG weekend if you're in the US! Happy Veteran's Day!

ETA: If you ordered anything from my stamp sale, it has all been mailed out! Thank you for all the orders! There is still lots of stuff over there, just check out the crafty stuff for sale tab at the top!

Updated Sale Page

2011-11-07T20:41:00.000-08:00

Just a heads up that I updated my sales page with lots of stamps and other goodies...take a look if you're interested and send me an email if you see anything you like! Lots of Papertrey, a little Stampendous, My Cute Stamps, Waltzingmouse, and lots of border punches. Thanks!!!

Tree Traditions

2011-11-03T05:00:00.000-07:00

After all the excitement of the new releases from Sweet Stamp Shop, I have a card to share today using a set that was released last month. Tree Traditions is such a fun set, my favorite part is the cute snowflakes!

For my card I used a spectrum of blue cardstock and stamped lots of pretty white snowflakes, then added the sentiment in coordinating colors. I love the simplicity of this card and I guess it is perfect for this time of year, it is starting to get cold here and we just might get some snow this week.

Thank you for stopping by today and I hope you all have a fabulous weekend!!

Sweet Stamp Shop Peek #3

2011-11-02T05:00:00.000-07:00

Welcome to the third and final day of this month's Sweet Stamp Shop sneak peek blog hop! If you arrived here from Donna's blog, you are right on track! All of the great sets are available today at the shop!

We are highlighting the super cute new alphabet set Sweet Alpha Doodles! It is so much more than an alphabet set, full of whimsical frames as well as numbers and symbols. I used it yesterday on my basketball card too! But today I used it to make some simple Thanksgiving place cards. I love the frames so much!

Aren't they so cute, I added those adorable leaves using some Jillibean Soup paper and coordinating cardstock. I Here is a closer look at one of the placecards -

And don't forget that you could win your very own copy of this cute set, all you have to do is hop along and leave comments on all the blogs in the hop. And for an extra entry, share the hop on your Facebook page...but make sure to go to the Sweet Stamp Shop page and let us know! By the way, you have until Friday to comment!

Now, go out and hop, the next stop on the hop is Aga's blog. And in case you get "lost" along the way, here is the whole list:

Sweet Stamp Shop
Julie Ranae
Savannah O'Gwynn
Lindsay Amrhein
Donna Mikasa
Geny Cassady (you are here!)
Aga
Leigh Ann Baird
Nicole Rixon

Thank you so much for stopping by! I hope you have enjoyed all the peeks this week!

SSS Sneak Peek #2

2011-11-01T05:00:00.000-07:00

Welcome to day 2 of this months Sweet Stamp Shop sneak peek blog hop! If you arrived here from Donna's blog, you are right on track! Today we are previewing a set called Sports Fever, it is full of "girly" sports images and sentiments, really cute!

My card uses the basketball image and a couple of other supporting images. I made this for our basketball coach (& good friend) even though we haven't even started the season yet, nothing like getting a jump on stuff right? Anyhow, I was attempting to make it look like the basketball was bouncing across the card, I hope I succeeded. I trimmed out the final basketball )which was embossed with some dots) and popped it up and added a cute little heart.

And don't forget that you could win your very own copy of this cute set, all you have to do is hop along and leave comments on all the blogs in the hop. And for an extra entry, share the hop on your Facebook page...but make sure to go to the Sweet Stamp Shop page and let us know!

Now, go out and hop, the next stop on the hop is Aga's blog. And in case you get "lost" along the way, here is the whole list:

Sweet Stamp Shop
Julie Ranae
Savannah O'Gwynn
Lindsay Amrhein
Donna Mikasa
Geny Cassady (you are here!)
Aga
Leigh Ann Baird
Nicole Rixon

Thank you so much for stopping by! I'll be back tomorrow for one more sneak peek before the sets are released!!

Sweet Stamp Shop Sneak Peek

2011-10-31T05:00:00.000-07:00

Hello there and welcome to another Sweet Stamp Shop sneak peek blog hop! If you arrived here from Donna's blog you are in the right spot! There are three new sets being released November 2nd and I am sure you will love them!

Today we all get to share projects made with the Furry Friends Forever set! It is cute and has lots of little woodsy images to make your cards extra special! I chose to make a quick background with the acorn images and one of the sentiments. Then I stamped the log image (probably my favorite image in the set), trimmed it out and added a whole bunch of pretty patterned butterflies around it.

And don't forget that you could win your very own copy of this cute set, all you have to do is hop along and leave comments on all the blogs in the hop. And for an extra entry, share the hop on your Facebook page...but make sure to go to the Sweet Stamp Shop page and let us know!

Now, go out and hop, the next stop on the hop is Aga's blog. And in case you get "lost" along the way, here is the whole list:
Sweet Stamp Shop
Julie Ranae
Savannah O'Gwynn
Lindsay Amrhein
Donna Mikasa
Geny Cassady (you are here!)
Aga
Leigh Ann Baird
Nicole Rixon

Thank you so much for stopping by! I'll be back tomorrow for more sneak peeks of the new sets!!

Sweet Stamp Shop Watchin' TV

2011-10-26T07:00:00.000-07:00

Well hey there everyone, I am lucky enough to get to share a Sweet Stamp Shop card with your today using the super fun Watchin' TV set.

I hadn't gotten a chance to use that cutie TV image yet so I thought I would make a simple card showing it off! I embossed it and trimmed it out before adding those little TV lines, cute! The patterned paper is from Echo Park, the Splash collection, it has such great colors and some super cute patterns!

I hope you are having a wonderful week! Thank you for stopping by today! And if I'm not back before, have a Happy Halloween!!

Sweet Stamp Shop Thanksgiving

2011-10-22T07:00:00.000-07:00

Today I have a fun Sweet Stamp Shop card to share using the new Melvin & Vernie set, Thanksgiving Owl-fits, full of cute images.

I just love all of the cute things Nicole included, pies, turkey legs, pilgrim owl...such adorableness! I used the one of the leaves to create a little background and added Melvin and some simple accents. I embossed Melvin on dark brown cardstock, doesn't that look cool?

I hope you've enjoyed this little weekend post, I know it's still a week from Halloween but I'm already thinking about Thanksgiving. It's such a yummy holiday:)! Have a great weekend!

Swimming For Katie

2011-10-11T21:01:00.001-07:00

From October 10-12 some of the best stampers are joining together to support and encourage our friend and fellow stamper, Katie Renz, who is currently battling inoperable gastric cancer. If you're not familiar with her, Katie’s cancer story started just before Christmas last year. This young, beautiful, healthy, vibrant mother of 3 with her infectious smile was suddenly diagnosed with an inoperable cancer, virtually overnight. A few tummy aches and then stage 4 gastric cancer. Her first post about it is here. The idea of “Swimming for Katie” came from her recent post here.

This exclusive stamp used in my sample, designed by Becky Oehlers is available as a clear stamp, as well as a digis or a dig and SVG cut file. 100% of the profits go to Katie's fund to help her and her young family. Her husband Kevin and her three young children need our help and support. In addition to the Keep Swimming Octopus, Marianne Walker and True =D Doodle Designs both also donated digis that are for sale. Direct donations are also being accepted. Information central is HERE. This is a permanent page that will stay active at i {heart} papers with current information and the full 3 day blog hop listing, as well as the donation button.

I have been so touched by Katie's strength, grace, and character through this horrible event in her life. I am so happy to be able to do one small thing to help her and her wonderful family. I so wish we could all do more to take away this terrible illness from their lives. I hope all of these posts help Katie to keep swimming and keep fighting for more time!

I used the cute octopus stamp that Becky designed, it is just so so cute! I did some paper piecing and added lots of glitter to create this simple and cute card. All of the images available can be found here at i {heart} papers. If you do get one of these images, please consider sending a card to Katie using it, I know it will help lift her spirits! Her address is:

Katie Renz
PO Box 5913
Bellingham, WA 98227-5913

The following list is all of the bloggers participating today, please be inspired by their beautiful creations and hearts.

Amy Heller

Jackie Pedro

Julie Masse

Kecia Waters

Sandie Dunne

Susan Liles

Latisha Yoast

Laurie Schmidlin

Lisa Arana

Lisa Henke

Lisa Silver

Lydia Fiedler

Lyn Bernatovich

Lynette

Maria Gurnsey

Meg Craig

Melissa Bickford

Michelle Woerner

Mona Pendleton

Niki Estes

Robyn Weatherspoon

Sarah Jay

Sarah Martina Parker

Savannah O'Gwynn

Stephanie Washburn

Susanna Boyd

Tobi Crawford

Julie Lacey

Kim Kesti

Shemaine Smith

Danielle Lounds

Debbie Carriere

DoBea A.

Fran Gumprecht

Geny Cassady

Gina K.

Holly McMillen

Jak Heath

Javablustamper/Jacquie

Kimberly Crawford

Jeanne Streiff

Trudy Sjolander

Operation Julie's Smile

2011-10-07T05:00:00.000-07:00

Welcome to the amazing blog hop for Operation Julie's Smile! If you came here from Agnieszka Malyszek’s blog, then you are in the right spot. If not, you may want to start from the beginning at the Sweet Stamp Shop’s blog and take your time. You have ALL WEEKEND to hop with us and win prizes!

First a little background information about Julie and her story:

“The creative blogging community is coming together this weekend to help one of our friends, Julie Ranae. You may know her as the Design Team Coordinator for many wonderful companies from bakers twine, die cuts, rubber stamps and more. What many people don’t know about Julie Ranae is that she has had some pretty major dental surgeries in her lifetime due to medication she had to take as a child. It was in her plans to think about having all of her teeth replaced at some point in the next 5 years, a decision that was pretty easy to plan out. But then it happened…she chipped her front teeth on a weekend a month ago. The dentist told her there was no way to save them & that it was his recommendation that she give in and have them all her teeth removed soon, but for that day, they needed to get her front teeth done so her gums could begin to heal. He said he would 'work out payments with her to have ALL this work done...but when she called to make her appt for the first step of impressions, they told her the amount of money that was needed and that the 'payments' applied only to the two teeth that were extracted that day. Her husband Paul was with her & that too, was his understanding as well. So this is how she has found herself in this situation…Needing at least $4000 to get started and another $3000 to finish the process…a total of $7000.

Nicole Rixon, owner of Sweet Stamp Shop put together this benefit after finding out about this situation and before Julie Ranae knew it, it took flight!

Because she is an event organizer by trade, she has taken on the job of organizing all of the blogs in this hop as her way of ‘working overtime’ for what she needs, the same as if she were able to work overtime at an outside job to pay for the work to be done.

It is the goal of all of these generous friends & sponsors to help make this situation more do-able for our friend so that she can share a brand new smile with all of us soon."

For the hop today, I made a sweet little card using two Sweet Stamp Shop sets, Cool Scoop and Sweet Tooth. I just love the cherry image in the Cool Scoop set and realized I hadn't even used it for a card yet! So I inked it up right away and created this little card! The patterned paper is from the Echo Park Springtime collection, which I got at my favorite store, i {heart} papers!!

I hope you enjoyed your stop here on the hop! The next stop is Nicole’s blog. Make sure you leave a comment here before you go so that you can have a chance at the amazing prizes up for grabs and if you can, please make a donation so we can help bring back a new smile for our friend. Thank you so much for stopping by to support Julie. Don't forget that all comments and donations are in the running for the amazing prizes!! If you would like to see a list of the prize sponsors, just visit the Sweet Stamp Shop blog!

ETA: I apologize for the missing information this morning on my blog, no idea what happened, it was all there last night! Should all be fine now:)!

Tree Traditions Sneak Peek

2011-10-06T07:00:00.000-07:00

Welcome to the final day of the Sweet Stamp Shop new release blog hop! The sets are available TODAY, so hurry over and take a look! They have some 'sweet' deals today too (I'll list them at the end of this post). Onto the hop...

You should have arrived here from Nicole's blog.

I have a wintery wonderland card to share today, I embossed the tree image in white and added a glittered, white, oval frame around it. Then I sponged white ink around it and added the snowflake images. As a final touch, I added the red stickles to the tree and the little red sparkly oval with the sentiment. I love simple holiday cards, I mean let's face it we are all busy. And the holidays are usually the busiest, who has time to add so many layers and take hours to create a card...NOT me!!

Now, head to Leigh Ann's blog for more inspiration! I hope you have enjoyed the previews this week and that you get a chance to visit Sweet Stamp Shop and take a look at those new sets! Also leave a comment here and on all the DT's blogs for a chance to win this set!

Now, the deals' good through October 13th...Buy 3 of the new sets and get 1 set (old or new) free or take 15% off your purchase if you buy less than three sets (code: OCT15). Cool, huh??

Thanksgiving "Owl"fits Sneak Peek

2011-10-05T07:00:00.000-07:00

Welcome to day three of the Sweet Stamp Shop blog hop previewing the upcoming release (tomorrow!!).

You should have arrived here from Aga's blog.

We are previewing a fun Thanksgiving set today, it features Melvin & Vernie dressed up for Thanksgiving, but also has lots of wonderful supporting images.

I chose to use the leaf images and stamp them in all kinds of fall colors (with different Distress inks), then I used Antique Linen Distress Ink on the edges and a little sponged inside. I punched corresponding cardstock with a scalloped punch a layered them. Then I added those little leaves and cute button as a final touch.

Now head on over to Nicole's blog for another preview of this cute set! And don't forget to comment on ALL the blogs for a chance to WIN one of these sets for yourself!! Thanks so much for visiting, come back tomorrow for more inspiration!

Watching TV Sneak Peek

2011-10-04T07:00:00.000-07:00

Welcome to day two of the Sweet Stamp Shop new release sneak peeks! Today we are showing off projects made with the new "Watching TV" set, a super cute line up of TV & movie themed images and sentiments.

You should have arrived here from Aga's blog.

I personally LOVE the popcorn border, my family eats a lot of the stuff and I can see making some cute cards with it.

I used that border to create my background, alternating yellow and red (aren't those the colors you think of for popcorn themed stuff?). I then added my sentiment in black ink and that adorable remote. I just stamped it with red ink on yellow paper, then added a little glue (with a glue pen) and some Martha Stewart red glitter.

Your next stop on the hop today is the queen sweetie, Nicole! She is sure to have some fabulous inspiration over there! And remember you can WIN a copy of this set for yourself, just leave a comment here and on all the designer's blogs for your chance! Thank you so much for visiting!!

Owlloween Outfits

2011-10-03T07:00:00.000-07:00

Today the Sweet Stamp Shop DT is sharing sneak peeks of one of the sets being released this week, "Hal'owl'oween Outfits" which uses the same cute owls from the Melvin & Vernie sets and dresses them up plus there are lots of other cute Halloween images included. You should have arrived here from Aga's blog...

My card obviously uses some of the Halloween images to create a little scene. I love those cute little bats! This card will be perfect to add to a little treat for one of my boys. I can even add their names later!

Your next stop on the hop is Nicole's blog! She has some fabulous prizes lined up this week for all the blog hopping fun! Today you can win this Halloween set but only if you comment on EACH of the designers blogs! So get hopping, there is lots of inspiration to be had! We will be back tomorrow for another great peek!

All Dolled Up

2011-09-28T06:00:00.000-07:00

Hello there! Today is my day to "doll up" my blog with a cute Sweet Stamp Shop card! I used the cutie set, Hello Beautiful, and put a few images to use creating a background. I love using unexpected images to create a background and I love the colors I used for these, pinks and green, perfect!

I used the fun sentiment "Let's Get Dolled Up and Go Out" to create this card, perfect to sent to a girlfriend inviting them out on the town. I stamped it out some glittery, shiny pink cardstock and diecut it with a label die. I added a cute felt heart and button for a simple embellishment!

Here's my card in it's entirety, such a fun and simple card to make, I just love it!!!

Thanks for stopping by today! Sweet Stamp Shop has some fabulous new releases coming soon so stay tuned for that!!

Plum Flowers

2011-09-20T22:31:00.000-07:00

Hi there, hope you are all having a great week. I am enjoying a little TV tonight, my favorite show is on...Parenthood. It is on so late here but I stay up for it cause it's so good!! Anyhow, not much else going on outside of the usual. I made this cute card the other day using Hero Arts/Basic Grey's Luscious Bold Flowers set and PTI's Turning a New Leaf, Text Style, and Botanical Silhouettes. I used Plum embossing powder from Michael's/Recollections for that pretty flower, I love this color, it is perfect and looks so good with PTI's Simply Chartruese.

Thanks for stopping by today! I hope you all have a great rest of the week!!

Scootin' By

2011-09-19T07:00:00.000-07:00

I have another little card I whipped up for Sweet Stamp Shop, this time using the Scootin' By set, which features just the cutest scooter image and accompanying "accessories" - like a flag, presents and balloons! Cute right!

My card features A LOT of paper piecing, using the Blossom Soup collection from Jillibean Soup, such a cute collection of papers. I added a coordinating strip of flowered paper and some Divine Twine to the edge. I also used that cute little sign image to frame a portion of the sentiment.

I hope you have all seen the details about the upcoming Sweet Stamp Shop blog hop, Operation Julie's Smile, organized to help our amazing DT Coordinator, Julie Renae, get her smile back. It is on October 7th and will definitely have lots of fabulous prizes!

Thanks for stopping by and for all the nice comments about my last blog hop card, it is so great to hear from all of you out there! Have a wonderful start to the week, can you believe it is over halfway through September??

Sweet Stamp Shop Blog Hop

2011-09-14T21:01:00.000-07:00

Hello there! Welcome to a very special Sweet Stamp Shop Blog Hop (that's a mouthful right?!) in honor of Nicole's father, whose birthday is today. Isn't that super sweet of Nicole to organize this for her dad? Anyhow, you should have arrived here from Leigh Ann's blog, if not you might want to back track and start at the beginning at the SSS blog. I get to use the pretty set, Hello Beautiful, for my card today. Isn't this set full of great stuff for girly cards!? I just love it all!I went in a little different direction color wise with this card, thinking about more of a vintage, pin up girl type vibe instead of the traditional pinks that I think this set was made for. Anyhow, I used Echo Park's For the Record collection and just placed some circles on my card for a fun layout. I also distressed everything with Old Paper Distress ink by Ranger, love the effect this leaves. I stamped the mirror, added the sentiment and cut it out. I added a the "You're Beautiful" part as an afterthought and I like it!
Anyhow, be sure to visit the rest of the girls today...your next stop is Julie. And here's the list just in case you need it!

Sweet Stamp Shop Blog
Lindsay

Donna
Savannah

Agnieszka
Leigh Ann

Geny (that's me)

Julie

Nicole

Now you didn't think Nicole would have a blog hop without some special's right...

Free shipping from 9/15 - 9/18 (US & Canada only)
AND
20% off TOTAL order from 9/15 - 9/18 (include CODE: DAD20)
AND
Leave me a comment and comments on the other girls blogs for a chance to win a stamp set of your choice! There will be two lucky winners announced on Monday!

Thanks for stopping by and have a great rest of the week!!

Sweet Tooth

2011-09-13T05:00:00.000-07:00

Hi there! Today I get to share a Sweet Stamp Shop creation with you, hooray! This one uses the fabulous, adorable set, Sweet Tooth! It is full of all kinds of deliciousness and I love the way Nicole wrote all the sentiments! Isn't it so cool that she hand writes all of those scripty swirly words for all of the sets?! I used the cute border image, the sweet little candies and the friend sentiment! I paper pieced those little candies with some Echo Park paper, from the Splash 6x6 pad, then added some glitter! Who wouldn't want to eat sparkly candy!

Stay tuned this week for a special fun blog hop from all the SSS designers, it's sure to be great fun!

Hello Birdy

2011-09-07T13:41:00.000-07:00

Happy mid-week to you! Thank you for the sweet comments on my sketch card over the weekend. I had fun making it and think I will use that sketch again for sure! How was everyone's weekend? Ours was great, a little BBQ with friends, time with my sweet pregnant sister and just relaxing! I really haven't been stamping too much lately, but I did make some cute Stampendous cards the other day. I used the Feather Points and Frilly Bird Cage stamps for this one, embossing the birdcage in Sapphire. For the sentiment I used Happy Messages Perfectly Clear set and curved the sentiment around the edge of my circular frame. I love that you can do that with clear stamps! Anhow, I hope you all have a great rest of the week, maybe I will find some time to stamp:)!

Stampendous Sketch Challenge

2011-09-03T08:51:00.000-07:00

Good Morning! I hope you are all enjoying a nice long weekend (if you're in the US) or just a nice weekend! Stampendous is so excited to be starting Saturday Challenges and I am so excited to join in the fun. The first challenge is a sketch by Wendy Price and I just love it! This month Stampendous is giving away a Cling Jumbo Romantic Border to one lucky participant. This fun challenge goes on all month long, all you have to do it create a card using this sketch and upload it to your blog or another online gallery, then go to the Stampendous blog and add a link to this post. You have until Thursday, September 29th at 11pm PST to play along. I hope you all get a chance to play, it's such a great sketch and a wonderful prize! So without further ado, here is my card:

I used the Foliate Quad Cube (which you just might be able to find at Michael's ;)) to create those pretty circles. Using the emboss resist technique, I stamped the images I wanted to use with Versamark, then embossed them with Pearl White embossing powder before punching out the circles (they are 1") and adding Distress inks. I used the Dream Text Background and a fun sentiment from the Happy Messages Perfectly Clear set to finish off the card - oh ya and some twine! Here's a little closer look at those circles, I matted each on with a coordinating color of cardstock:

There are a bunch of other talented DT ladies from Stampendous playing along today, so be sure to stop by and see all the inspiration and leave them some blog love!!

Wendy Price
Suzanne Czosek
Pam Hornschu
Kristine Reynolds
Lynn Mercurio
Taylor Usry
Piali Biswas
Wendy Jordan
Laura Davis
Cyndi Bundy
Krissy Fossmeyer

Thank you so much for stopping by, now go stamp something pretty:)!

Quick Card

2011-08-25T20:30:00.000-07:00

Hi there, how can it be Friday tomorrow? This week has been busy, lots of work around here. We are all adjusting to the new school year, it is good though, Jacob likes his new class. Although I don't think he is a fan of having homework every night...more than last year for sure. Oh, well we will adjust. I thought I would quickly share a card I haven't shared yet that I made a while ago. I have hardly been creating this past week, working on a few things for my sister's baby shower but that's all. I need to get back into crafting but it is hard to find the time right now. Anyhow, my sweet friend Nerina gifted me with this years PTI anniversary set which I just love. Here is the first card I created with it...simple and pretty. I actually used my Nestabilities to create that little label reminiscent of PTI's new Half & Half set. I added just a little glitter to my flowers which I think is the perfect touch! Have a great weekend!! Thanks for visiting today!

Cool Scoop

2011-08-23T07:00:00.000-07:00

Today I get the pleasure of sharing a new Sweet Stamp Shop creation, it is also featured over on their blog. I used the super cute Cool Scoop set to create a fun card with what I think is an unexpected color combo. I tend to see lots of ice cream themed cards in pastel colors - duh, like ice cream, right?! I thought it would be fun to create a card I could give to one of my boys and they wouldn't think it was too girly. I chose the background paper first, from My Mind's Eye (Lime Twist Fly a Kite collection) and then chose my scoop colors, nice and bright! I clear embossed everything to make it standout and make it easier to trim. I love how these images can be colored and used by people who don't really "color" like myself. Thanks for visiting today and checking out this "cool" card - have a great day!!

So Many Birthdays!

2011-08-16T10:18:00.000-07:00

This month is full of birthdays for our family...this past weekend we celebrated Jacob's 8th birthday and my hubby's 36th. Yep, Jacob was born on daddy's birthday and it was the best present ever for my hubby! Anyhow, thought I would share the cards I made them this year...first up is Jacob's, a cool card for a cool dude!!
Next up is my hubby's card, he likes embossing and dark blue so here we go...nothing earth shattering but I think it turned out fun!

Jacob starts 3rd grade tomorrow and we will get back into a routine, I don't know if I'm ready:)! I have enjoyed this summer so much! Thanks for stopping by as always!!

Core Of It

2011-08-15T06:00:00.000-07:00

Hey there, hope you all had a great weekend! Today I get to share a Sweet Stamp Shop card with all of you. I used "The Core of It" set to create a card with a slight vintage feel. I actually stamped the apple that is intended to be on the back of the cards, just masked the words. Then I colored my stamped apples with Prismacolor pencils and gamsol and sponged some Distress inks around the edges and interior of the panel. I added a little scalloped border to the bottom and finished it off with some twine. When I put the panel on my brown card base, I thought it was a little boring so I added some apple slices to the right edge in Versamark ink. The sentiment is from the "Scootin' By" set, I wanted something simple to not overshadow the cute apples! Thanks for stopping by today! Have a great week!

Simple Cards

2011-08-11T08:39:00.001-07:00

Good Morning! I recently made a bunch of these simple thank you cards for my sister-in-law. Using Papertrey Ink's Flower Fusion #4, Think Big Favorites #4, and Polka Dot Basics II, I created a cute one layer design. I love that the Think Big series fills up the whole card, it is perfect for simple cards. I used Fresh Ink in Celery, Slate, and Red Currant to stamp everything and a tiny jewel for the center of the flower.
That's about it today, I have lots to get done. My son and hubby's birthdays are tomorrow so we are having a couple of Jacob's little friends over for a sleepover. He is so excited! Then next week school starts for us so I am trying to enjoy this slightly slower pace for a few more days! Thanks for stopping by and for all the nice comments about my Sweet Stamp Shop card last week. I will have another one for you Monday!

Grand Opening Blog Hop

2011-08-05T01:00:00.000-07:00

Hello there and welcome to the Sweet Stamp Shop Grand Opening Blog Hop! It's a big one so settle in and enjoy the projects! Leave comments for chances to win some of these cute stamps sets for yourself. I am so happy for Nicole for getting this great stamp company started, she draws just the cutest images! She has also set up lots of places to follow all things Sweet Stamp Shop in addition to the blog and the shop itself...just take a look at the You Tube channel, Twitter, Facebook and Flickr pages, wow!!!

So before I get to the rest of the announcements and instructions, I would love to share the card I made for the hop. I used the new set Scootin' By which a fun collection of images with the main image being a cute scooter. I chose to use a few of the "supporting" images to create a little scene perfect for a birthday card. I used the My Mind's Eye Lime Twist paper (again;)) to paper piece the balloons and for the strip on the bottom edge, it is just so cute. I stamped the fun whimsical clouds and trimmed them out before adhering them to the sky type background I created. My favorite part though is the sun rays I created behind the main image using the road lines included in the set, I just love how it turned out.

Anyhow, if for some reason you are just starting with my blog...I recommend starting at the beginning:

Sweet Stamp Shop Blog

And if you are right on track, then the next place to visit is:

Tiffany Johnson

Let's see a few more things, you have until Monday to leave comments on all the blogs and winners will be announced on Wednesday, 8/10. Also, there are a few coupon codes sprinkled throughout the hop, mine just might be GOH05 ;) and you can use those for the following discounts in the store - buy 1-3 sets and get 5% off your order... buy 4-7 sets and get 10% off your order... buy all 8 sets and get 15% off your order, great deal! These coupon codes are good August 5th-8th. Thank you for visiting and reading all the way if you did!! Have a great weekend!!

Sweet Tooth

2011-08-02T00:01:00.000-07:00

Have you heard the news?? No, well let me be the first to tell you then that I am a "Sweet Tooth Girl"...meaning that I am on the design team for the new stamp company Sweet Stamp Shop! See the announcement here and take a look at some of the other "sweet" girls I get to work with. I am so lucky and excited about this opportunity!!

And take a look at the card I made to celebrate! I used The "Core" Of It set to create this simple fun card, I love paper piecing (used My Mind's Eye Lime Twist for this one) so I got a little excited about all the possibilities with Nicole's cute cute stamps!

Join me and the entire sweet team on Friday for a fun blog hop and the grand opening of the store!!! Hooray!

Stampendous Princess Crown

2011-07-31T10:19:00.000-07:00

Hi there, Happy Sunday! I thought I would pop in and share some fun news and a pretty card! First the fun news...after my "Blog Star" gig was up for Stampendous, those wonderful folks asked me (and all the other "original" Blog Stars) to stay on and become their Michael's design team. That basically means that we use all the Stampendous product you will find at Michael's to make samples for the Michael's website. Super fun!! The card is one I just made with some recently released Stampendous images, I love them! Especially the postale background stamp, it will work with so many things! And look at that beautiful Princess Crown, perfect!!! Make sure to check out the What's New section on the Stampendous website for all of their newest released products. Have a wonderful day and be sure to come back this week for another fun announcement and project!!

Thinking of You

2011-07-27T20:31:00.001-07:00

Hello there! Hope the week is going great, I am trying to finish up my sister's baby shower invites and it is taking me for.ev.er!! Hopefully tomorrow they will be done, maybe I'll even share one on the blog if I remember to take a picture! Anyhow, here is a card I made a while back for a call - obviously didn't get picked up. The doiles are a My Mind's Eye set designed to coordinate with their Stella & Rose paper. I just love this set of doilies, so so pretty! Anyhow, the frame was made with a couple of PTI dies and the sentiment is from Hero Arts. The pretty crinkly ribbon is some I got from my friend Kate at i {heart} papers!

Thanks for stopping by today, I am off to try and finish these invites!!

Personalized Cards + Sweet Stamp Shop

2011-07-25T16:26:00.000-07:00

Happy Monday to all of you! Thank you for the warm welcome on my new blog, I am happy with it and am finding blogger a little easier from the set up standpoint, especially for a novice like me. Before I share a couple of fun cards today, I wanted to mention a super fun new stamp line coming in August. It's called Sweet Stamp Shop, maybe you've seen it...if not, I'll tell you that Nicole Rixon is the designer behind the incredibly adorable stamps. I think you will like 'em too! And if you "like" them on Facebook you could win all the stamps (8 sets!) that she is releasing in August plus a guest designer spot, awesome!!

Anyhow, today I have some fun cards to share with a concept that is fun to incorporate for a special occasion. Our family welcomed a new little niece to the family at the beginning of the month, and her name is Aubrey. My brother and SIL did not know if the baby would be a boy or a girl until she arrived so I waited to make a card for her. I thought it would be great to incorporate her name in the card, so I used PTI's Fresh Alphabet set to do so, easy and fun...the set works especially well when the name does not have any repeat letters.

I made another card for my brother when he graduated with his teaching credential this past spring, this time I used the computer to make the personalized greeting before stamping the apple and congratulations. I made the rest of the card super simple since it was for my brother! I love how it turned out though!

Thanks for visiting with me today, have a great start to the week!!

Hello and Welcome

2011-07-21T18:41:00.000-07:00

Hi there! Welcome to my new blog! I am finally making the switch to blogger after much deliberation. The only problem is that I have spent far to much time trying to figure out how to import my typepad data to blogger. Frustrating!!! I have far too much data from typepad, it will import easily like 1MB which only represents about 1% of my data. So here I am...I did create a flickr album and have slowly been adding cards to it so anyone can go see that if they want to see some of my older stuff.

Anyhow, I am sharing just a simple little card to say hello and thank you for visiting my corner of the world. This card is a favorite of mine, I love the colors, the white space, the grid pattern and the twine. The stamps are from Papertrey Ink (leaf), Hero Arts (flower), and Technique Tuesday (sentiment).