Spring on the Brain...

Snow is falling now and I am on my Spring Break ~ What is wrong in this picture? Can you tell where my brain is right now? I am ready for spring! All I need is a pedicure and warm weather and I will be good to go But in the meantime this card will have to do. I love this stamp and punch. I found this stamp while visiting my parent's in Albuquerque. We took a day trip up to Santa Fe and I found this great stamp store called Guadalupes Fun Rubber Stamps. Every time I visit I always stop by to see what fun stamps they have. Needless to say I never leave empty handed! The stamp is by deadbeat Designs, the punch is from ek success, the paper is Stampin' Up! Crumb Cake even though I still refer to is as Kraft( I am a big fan of this paper and majority of my cards are from this paper), the patterned paper is also from Stampin' Up! plus the ink which is their Rich Razzleberry. I am a big fan of CAS cards, can you tell?

CAS(E) this sketch #20

This is my first clean and simple card challenge for CAS(E) this sketch! I used Stampin' Up! Crumble Cake for card and punch, which is also Stampin' Up! The camera stamp is from deadbeat designs, which I found in a stamp store in Santa Fe, New Mexico. The smile stamp is from studio g which I found I believe at A.C. Moore. The ink is Riding Hood Red from Stampin' Up! I added some Crafting Tape that I bought today at my local Michael's. I really enjoyed this sketch and I am glad that I ran across this blog!

Note Cards

My sister awhile back asked me to make her some note cards which I had never made before. The picture below is my first attempt. I cut the card at 4 1/4x11 and then and then in half at 10 1/2...I cut the patterned paper at 4x5. I like using the rubber stamp in the corner with the scalloped punches. I found that rubber stamp at Guadalupe's Fun Rubber Stamps in Santa Fe, New Mexico while visiting my parents. If you are ever in that part of the country I highly recommend going there. They have some really fun stamps and a very nice staff.

I would like to know if any of you have made note cards and what dimensions you used! 

Spring Has Sprung...

With Spring like weather we have had in the D.C. Metro area these past few weeks all of the flowers are in bloom around here. With seeing all the beautiful flowers I pulled out my Cricut machine and bright fun colors to make some flower cards...here is the first one that I made...I will be posting more of them...some plain and others on patterned paper like this one!  

Back Up and Running Again...

I am sorry for the long hiatus from this blog...over the next couple of days I plan posting again...thanks for your patience and sticking with me even though I haven't been on in a long time!

flip flops...

If the weather is warm enough I will definitely be wearing flip flops! I actually got this idea from one of the many pictures that I mark off whenever I get a chance to look at some of my card making magazines...I found the stamp while visiting my parent's out in New Mexico at Guadalupe's Fun Rubber Stamps store...the stamp is made by Deadbeat Designs...when I saw that one I couldn't pass it up!...the flip flop punch is made by EK Success and the patterned paper is by MME...hip-hooray...had fun doing this one!

Fall on the Brain

As my summer break comes to end and the start of school is on the horizon I always start thinking about fall even though it is still hot and humid in Northern Virginia...I went through my fall stamps and pulled out my set from Recollections...dusted off my colored pencils and hoped that my blender pen worked...it did! And here is what I came up with...found the fun halloween paper at one of my local craft stores...definitely got me in the fall spirit...I forgot about this set and will be using it more now that I have rediscovered it!