Made by *B*

I got the Stitched Exotics set as part of the SU! specia and got the “It’s Beautiful” jumbo wheel for free. This cardis super fast and easy using only 2 main colors and lots of sponging!

The base in naturals ivory cardstock and I rolled it with coral along the bottom. The main panel is chocolate chip and guava layered cardstock and I stamped the small dotted leaf oer the guava leaf in white to give it just a peek of texture (you have to look closely for that one!). I added chocolate chip satin ribbon since the card used a lot of flat finish. I have some satin ribbon from the winter mini, but there is also choc. chip satin ribbon in the Theatre multi-pack of ribbon if you need to get some for your use now.

The sentiment is popped up and heavily sponged for added depth. Thanks for looking!

 *I had some probs with my camera but I should be back in action now!*

This was the masculine card for my B-day palooza event. So easy! I stamped the Print Pattern BG stamp along the edge in Navy, and the chef is stamped onto Naturals White. I spotlighted the cake and colored in with markers.

 Bon Appetite!

We had a wonderful Easter Weekend. We were able to celebrate Saturday at my sister’s house and Sunday here at our house. All yummy food  and happy kids-woohoo!

This little card was made for my hostess club swaps since this month’s theme was embossing or resist techniques.

The background panel started as glossy cardstock, and the eggs from “A Good Egg” were stamped in versamark and embossed in clear. Then I stamped the egg decorations in Versamark into the eggs, and used daubers to add the colors. Finally the whole piece was brayered over in Apricot Appeal. Center image has a raised embossed shell to add a touch of sparkle.

Hope you and yours had a happy intro to Spring!

 My downline alerted me to this idea and I of course CASEd it for my workshops this week! It uses:

tag punch for the hat

word window punch for the black band (trim the ends

oval punch for the  brim

1 3/8″ circle for his face

1/2″ circle for his nose

scallop punch for his beard

The “cheeks” are Blush Blossom ink on the end of an eraser. These can go around a Peppermint Patty, or I am going to attach them to dimensionals and pen caps for Camden’s teachers since I am volunteering on St. Patrick’s Day already!

Here is a cute little leprechaun to get your Irish eyes smiling-or any eyes at all! St. Patrick’s day is NOT a big deal in my house-none of us are even a teeny bit Irish, but I do love all holidays, so we will be having a “green” dinner and hunting for any tricks the leprechauns leave behind. When I taught the leprechauns always played tricks on my class!! They would knowck over chairs, leave green footprints on our chalkboard, and leave a little powdery gift in a bag. When you added milk the powder made green pistachio pudding-woohoo!

 Happy St. Patty’s Day to all my Irish (and not so Irish) friends!

How sweet are these images from the new Occasions Min iCatalog??!!?? I just love them. I made this card for Jami’s swap and was pleased with the results. On the inside I layered a piece of white cardstock and had “enjoy the little things” with the cherry stamped inside. I was happy with how cheery and bright the card ended up!

 This card has the new cosmo fine glitter on the stem of the strawberry-i colored the stamp with my real Red and Green Galore markers to get the 2 colors, and then used Crystal Effects and the green glitter to add the sparkle. The ribbon is Red Striped, Tangerine, and Celery altogether to pull in all the colors from the card. The DSP on the right is from Summer Picnic which coordinates with the Tart & Tangy set.

I have not been able to get my camera to download any pics. It takes the pics just fine, and I have about 6 projects to share, but I cannot get them on my PC. I will keep working on it, but that is why there are no updates-so sorry!

I was awarded this by Debbi Rippentrop-another fabulous and talented stamper.

http://debbisdesignaboutme.blogspot.com/

So now I need to tag some more talented stampers. Please feel free to check out their blogs and enjoy their creativity:

Denise: http://denisesstampingpage.blogspot.com/

Tandra: http://alittleinkalicious.blogspot.com/

Stephanie: http://sluman.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/

Kristilyn: http://stampwithkristilyn.blogspot.com/ 

Tiffany: http://mycraftyworld.blogspot.com/

Enjoy!

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Since I got double tagged this weekend while I was busy doing neighborly stuff, I wanted to let you know about some other wonderful blogsto check out-especially if you like SU! goodies!!

 Here are some Rockin’ Blogger Girls to admire:

Debbi Rippentrop

http://debbirippentrop.blogspot.com/

Debbi is such a wonderful artist and I have admired her and her family for some time. She rocks!

Tandra Boyer:

http://alittleinkalicious.blogspot.com/

Checking out Tandra’s cards are like saying “ooh why didn’t I think of that?” We seem to end up in a lot of the same swaps-and I am guessing if I ever sat her in hair stylist’s chair my hair would end up looking a lot more fabulous!

Amy Mocas:

http://stampitsimply.blogspot.com/

Not only is “AmyLou” adorable-but I love verything she does with SU! The pic Amy has on her blog so looks like my mom when she was younger-my mom was always hip and stylish and had some adorable glasses like Amy does!

and Jovita Kloess:

http://jovikloess.blogspot.com/

Jovi is a  “vroomvroom” motorcycle certified cool chick who makes the cutest little hedgehog cards (among all the other adorable cards she produces). When ever I read Camden a Jan Brett hedgie book I think of Jovi.

 Go check ‘em out!

Thank you to all who played in my Adios Amigos contest.

The highest guess was 215 sets and 20 wheels, and the lowest was 18 (haha Jenn-I don’t trade THAT MUCH!)

The real answer:

57 total!!!

That includes wheels and sets combined. Not too big, but I will absolutely be making room for my next round of sets from the new catalog.

I had 2 answers that were each 2 away-the 1st one (and the winner) was by Susan Liles.

Susan please send me your address and I will get your goodies in the mail to you.  I will post a pic before I head to the P.O.

Thanks for playing and have a good one-make sure you don’t miss out on any “future hard to find” sets!