It's Friday!  The weather this weekend is supposed to be beautiful.  That's good news--we need to mow the yard.  It is hard to tell the difference between the hayfield and the yard.  I don't mind mowing.  In fact, I would much rather mow than do dishes. The yard takes a week to get long, but there always seems to be dishes. :)

Last night, I started cleaning up my stampin' room. It was such a mess that you couldn't even walk through it.  I have a bad habit of just setting things on the floor once the table is full.  I had a PILE of cardstock and dsp scraps that needed to be filed away.  Once I sat down and started it didn't take me long and it was sure nice to stamp in a cleaner (notice I didn't say clean! LOL) room. I found some retired dsp that was just begging to be made into cards.

Once upon a time long long ago.  I won a sampling of Ski Slope dsp on someone's blog.  I was so excited.  It is such pretty paper.  It was so pretty  in fact,  that I have hoarded it for years.  I used it here w/ the snowman from the Snow Much Fun stamp set. Maybe it's a good thing I am a hoarder, look how nice the look together.

Using a sketch from the CAS blog again, I made a couple more cards.  I have multiple packages of Walk in the Park dsp.  Hmmmm... how did that happen?  LOL 

I love this card!  I brought out my stash of Coral Cameo retired CS. Yep, just as pretty as I remembered and still looks good w/ Basic Gray.

I hope you get some time to stamp today!  :)

Frame It!

It's been awhile.  Sorry about that, but we are in the home stretch.  It is 25 days until Dani leaves for college!  There is so much to do.  I can't believe all those little things that we have neglected until now.  EEK!  For those of you who have sent kids off to college, I would love to hear how you stayed sane. 

I have had this card in my head for days. I finally bought the French Foliage set and I am so stoked. I LOVE IT!  It is a great set that I didn't think I needed when it came out in the holiday mini last fall. I knew I was mistaken when I kept seeing all the beautiful cards made w/ it. :)

This card is 4 1/4" x 4 1/4".  I made a frame the same size as my card front and left a 1" border around the edge. 

I stamped in Early Espresso, More Mustard and (you won't believe this) Lucky Limeade. I used More Mustard and Lucky Limeade Markers and colored directly on my leaf stamp, cut it out and popped it out. 

Happy Stamping!

3 Little Squares

I'm so excited about the Cards & Things Challenge this week. This is probably my favorite sketch so far. I love the 3 little squares. :) Imagine the possibilities.

Here's what I came up w/ for my card.

I really love the new color Marina Mist.
Card Recipe:

Stamp Set: Because I Care

CS: Marina Mist, Whisper White, Basic Black

Ink: Basic Black

Accessories: black brads, paper piercer, mat pack, lattice square embossing folder, dimensionals

Small Card. Big Thank You...

I found a little sentiment yesterday,that was just exactly what I wanted for a thank you card for someone special. However, the stamps used on the card were not SU! What's a girl to do?
Well this girl opened up her My Digital Studio. Voila--SU! card with that same sentiment!
I wanted something clean and simple. The real red border was a last minute change when I realized that when I uploaded the card you wouldn't be able to tell where the background ended and the card started. I think it was an okay addition to the card.
What do you think?