Stamps, Paper, Scissors

Birthday Hoppin' and Boppin' with the Freaks!

It's that time again, time to freak out with the Freaks on our monthly blog tour! If you've just arrived from Dawn Olchefske's blog, you are in the right spot!

But if you started right here, fear not! You can manage to get all the way around the entire tour just by following the links at the bottom of each post.

This post is going live on the evening of the 19th, so if you find some posts in our tour have not yet posted, please be patient.  The entire tour should be accessible at some point this evening. Keep checking back!

The theme of this tour is Birthday projects. Who doesen't need birthday cards? NOBODY.

For my first project, I have a card using a set that I bought a while back but had not seen ink yet. Heck, it hadn't even SMELLED ink! So I got busy and....lookie:

Ingredients: Stamps - Patterned Party, Beyond Plaid; Paper - Tempting Turquoise, Pumpkin Pie, Melon Mambo, Whisper White; Ink - Tempting Turquoise, Pumpkin Pie, Melon Mambo, Old Olive; Other - Argyle embossing folder, Cupcake Builder punch, Old Olive 3/8" Striped Grosgrain, markers, dimensionals, Basics Jewels Rhinestones.

 GOJUS!!! (YILM!) I love argyle as a pattern, and so I knew I had to team up the Argyle stamp with the Patterned Party set AND the Argyle embossing folder. And if you are wondering, I cut out the flags indvidually and glued them in place for the banners, and the Argyle background was carefully lined up and stamped using the Stamp-A-Ma-Jig, just because I am that kind of crazy!

I decided to do a treat container for my next project. But not just ANY treat container. This is a party in a tiny box, or in this case, milk carton! I also decided it was time to ink up yet another set that was "virgin" rubbah! Lookie:

Ingredients: Stamps - A Fitting Occasion; Paper - Patio Party DSP, Baja Breeze, Summer Starfruit, Midnight Muse, Primrose Petals;Ink - Midnight Muse; Other - Mini Milk Carton Bigz die, Pinwheel Sizzlits die, Bitty Banners framelits, Curly Lable punch, 1-1/4" Scallop Circle punch, 1" circle punch, Bitty Punch pack, Basics Jewels Rhinestones, Summer Starfruit stitched satin ribbon, Primrose Petals stitched satin ribbon, Metallic brads, dimensionals, binder clip, bamboo skewers.

STINKIN CUTE! (YILM!) Fill it with M&M's, and they will love you forever!

I went on to do another card. If you saw my card on my last post, this is the one that inspired it. I used a different color scheme, but the same formula: Light ink + dark ink + Crumb Cake cardstock = GOJUS! Lookie:

Ingredients:  Stamps - Field Flowers, From My Heart, Papillon Potpourri; Paper - Pool Party, Very Vanilla, Midnight Muse, Crumb Cake; Ink - Pool Party, Midnight Muse; Other - Pool Party Seam Binding, Apothecary Accents Framelits, Bitty Butterfly punch, Metallic brads, Essentials Paper Piercing Pack, Paper Piercing Tool, Crumb Cake Marker, Sponge Wedge, Dimensionals, Crumb Cake marker.

Wowie Zowie! (YILM!) I love it when things turn out just about the way I think they will! This is such a bee-ewe-tiful color combination, you really must try it!

Well, it's time for you to head on down the blog tour road. Next stop is my BFF, Wendy Weixler! She's an ARTISAN, so natch, her projects are going to rock your stampin' world! Ta!

The Freaks Say Goodbye to Ole Man Winter!

It's that time again, time to freak out with the Freaks on our monthly blog tour! If you've just arrived from Cindy Elam's blog, you are in the right spot!

But if you started right here, fear not! You can manage to get all the way around the entire tour just by following the links at the bottom of each post.

This post is going live on the evening of the 19th, so if you find some posts in our tour have not yet posted, please be patient.  The entire tour should be accessible at some point this evening. Keep checking back!

The theme of this tour is Easter and Spring projects. I know I am ready for spring...if it ever gets here!!! Let me tell you that when it comes to winter, ain't nobody got time for that!

For my first project, I have a card with a butterfly, because spring is all about butterflies, yes? Yes!

Ingredients: Stamps - Swallowtail, Vintage Verses (SAB), Itty Bitties; Paper - More Amore Specialty DSP, Pool Party, Very Vanilla, Primrose Petals; Ink - Primrose Petals, Pool Party, Versamark; Other - Hearts Aflutter Framelits, Fancy Fan Embossing Folder, Labels Collections Framelits, Pool Party Seam Binding Ribbon, Pool Party EP, dimensionals, sponge wedges, Designer Builder Brads.

GOJUS!!! (YILM!) I just love this big butterfly, which one of my clever friends likes to call "Mothra". This is not Mothra!! It's a beautiful (yes big) flutterby. Not a moth! I had fun with this paper, which has so many of the colors I really love, including Pool Party. You think if I beg really hard, they will keep Pool Party around, just for me? Pwease? Well, we shall see. I am bending all my acquired psychic resonance west to Utah, to influence the powers that be...OHM....wait, that's not...well, anyway...next card!

For my second project, I decided to do an Easter card. But wait! I don't have any Easter-themed stamps or paper! Or do I? I got busy and....

Ingredients: Stamps - Itty Bitties, Delightful Dozen; Paper - Birds of a Feather DSP, Subtles Patterned Paper Stack, Whisper White, Baja Breeze, Pink Pirouette; Ink - Island Indigo, Raspberry Ripple; Other - Apothecary Accents Framelits, Scallop Oval punch, Bitty Punch pack, Designer Builder Brads, Raspberry Ripple stitched satin ribbon, Dotted Scallop ribbon punch, dimensionals, Primrose Petals marker, Signo White gel pen.

GOJUS! (YILM!) The Birds of a Feather DSP made a really great Easter card, don't you think?

I love the Designer Builder Brads, don't you? They make such a wonderful accent to both of these cards.

I also love the sentiment on the butterfly card, which I remind you is part of a set you can get free for Sale-A-Bration, which ends on March 22nd! Be sure to get your orders in before it's over!

Well, it's time for you to head on down the blog tour road. Next stop is a very talented Freak, Barb Mullikin. I know she's got some GOJUS projects to show you! Ta!

Springing ahead with the Freaks!

It's that time again, time to freak out with the Freaks on our monthly blog tour! If you've just arrived from Cindy Elam's blog, you are in the right spot!

But if you started right here, fear not! You can manage to get all the way around the entire tour just by following the links at the bottom of each post.

This post is going live on the evening of the 19th, so if you find some posts in our tour have not yet posted, please be patient.  The entire tour should be accessible at some point this evening. Keep checking back!

The theme of this tour is products from the Spring Catalog. I know when I first saw this catalog, I knew that my bank account was going to be a lot lighter.  I placed a huge order and have not even gotten around to playing with it all, but I've been steadily working at it. 

One thing that I got that waited until now was the Print Poetry Designer Series Paper Stack.  I had used all the designer paper I had ordered but this one, so when I found myself at the All Day Crop at church on Saturday where I had taken a table as a vendor and a cropper, I decided I would spend the day making cards and packed all the ink pads and assorted other clobber that matched this paper.  And I'm glad I did! Lookie:

Ingredients: Stamps - Secret Garden, Feel Goods; Paper - Print Poetry Designer Series Paper Stack, Midnight Muse, Summer Starfruit, Very Vanilla; Ink - Raspberry Ripple, Primrose Petals, Summer Starfruit, Whisper White, Midnight Muse, Gumball Green; Other - Labels Collection Framelits, Ovals Collection Framelits, Essentials Paper Piercing pack, Gumball Green stitched satin ribbon, In Color Dahlias, gold brads, clear EP, sponge wedges, dimensionals, Aquapainter. 

GOJUS!  (YILM!) One thing I love about the new ink pads is how they lay a nice wet and juicy layer of ink which I can emboss if I move quickly enough.  I did this with the greeting and the flowers and foliage, then painted the flowers in with my Aquapainter and ink.

Once I finished that card, I moved on to using more of the Print Poetry DSP Paper Stack and a set I had not played with yet, the All Dressed Up set.  Lookie:

Ingredients: Stamps - All Dressed Up; Paper - Print Poetry Designer Series Paper Stack, Summer Starfruit, Primrose Petals, Midnight Muse, Very Vanilla; Ink -Midnight Muse; Other - Dress Up Framelits, Midnight Muse & Primrose Petals Stitched Satin ribbon, In Color Dahlias, Mightnight Muse marker, 3/16" corner rounding punch, dimensionals. 

STINKIN' CUTE! (YILM!) I don't know what took me so long!  I love this paper with the illustrations from sewing patterns.  It reminds me of the time I spent with my mom in Compère Fabrics in Kalamazoo when I was just a girl, looking at fabric, patterns, and planning what we would sew next.  Good times, good times... 

Well, it's time for you to head on down the blog tour road. Next stop is my BFF, Wendy Weixler. I know she's got some GOJUS projects to show you! Ta!

A Freaky Sale-A-Bration!

It's that time again, time to freak out with the Freaks on our monthly blog tour! If you've just arrived from Wendy Weixler's blog, you are in the right spot!

But if you started right here, fear not! You can manage to get all the way around the entire tour just by following the links at the bottom of each post.

This post is going live on the evening of the 19th, so if you find some posts in our tour have not yet posted, please be patient.  The entire tour should be accessible at some point this evening. Keep checking back!

The theme of this tour is Sale-A-Bration. If you have never heard of our big sale of the year, you are in for a treat! For every $50 you order (before tax and shipping), you can pick something out of our Sale-A-Bration product brochure for absolutely free!

I always enjoy this time of year, not only because I get free schtuff, but also because it's so exciting to get new products to play with. Lookie:

Stamps - Madison Avenue, Pretty Petites; Paper - Sycamore Street DSP, Vellum Cardstock, Pool Party, Island Indigo, Whisper White, Calypso Coral; Ink - Rich Razzlebury, Lucky Limeade, Island Indigo; Other - Vine Street Embossing Folder, Petite Curly Label punch, 1/2" circle punch, Itty Bitty Shapes Punch pack, Basic Jewels Rhinestones, Sycamore Street Ribbon & Button pack, dimensionals.

GOJUS!!! (YILM!) I love the bright colors in this years SAB Sycamore Street DSP, and the new embossing folder, Vine Street, available from the SAB is awesome, and the Petite Curly Label punch, also SAB, OH MY!

Ingredients: Stamps - Patterned Occasions; Paper - Sycamore Street DSP, Island Indigo, Pool Party, Calypso Coral, Sahara Sand, Lucky Limade, Whisper White; Ink - Island Indigo, Sahara Sand; Other - Ovals Collection Framelits, Labels Collection Framelits; Sycamore Street Ribbon & Button pack, Island Indigo Bakers Twine, Calypso Coral Bakers Twine, Island Indigo marker, dimensionals, Chevron Embossing folder, clear EP, dimensionals, sponge wedge.

GOJUS! (YILM!) When I saw this jeans stamp in Patterned Occasions, I just HAD to have it! But there are other stamps in the set that are just as stinkin' cute! Lookie:

Ingredients: Stamps - Patterned Occasions; Paper - Sycamore Street DSP, Pool Party; Ink - Rich Razzleberry; Other - Labels Collection Framelits, Petite Pocket Bigz XL die, Sycamore Street button and ribbon pack, Signo white gel pen, Basics Jewels Rhinestones, dimensionals, Rich Razzleberry marker, sponge wedge.

GOJUS! (YILM!) I have had this Petite Pocket Bigz XL die for a while now but had not even used it yet. Then I had a brilliant idea for what would fit inside it! Lookie:

A packet-worth of Starbucks Via pouches fit nicely inside! And this clever little coffee cup stamp in Patterned Occasions is the perfect thing to dress it up with! Sliding the belly band down allows you to open the flap, and sliding it up allows you to tuck the flap behind the coffee cup piece.

Well, it's time for you to head on down the blog tour road. Next stop is Connie Babbert. I know she's got some beautiful projects to show you! Ta!

Walkin' in a Freaky Winterland!

It's that time again, time to freak out with the Freaks on our monthly blog tour! If you've just arrived from Robin Spinner's blog, you are in the right spot!

But if you started right here, fear not! You can manage to get all the way around the entire tour just by following the links at the bottom of each post.

This post is going live on the evening of the 19th, so if you find some posts in our tour have not yet posted, please be patient.  The entire tour should be accessible at some point this evening. Keep checking back!

The theme of this tour is Winter Fun. Here in Michigan, we are still waiting for winter to arrive (rumor has it that winter will be visiting soon, but probably will not leave enough of the white stuff behind to remember her by!)

But for me thinking of snow makes me think of Christmas, so that's what I'm a-doin'!  Miss Manners says that the last day to send Christmas cards is on Christmas Eve, so there is still PLENTY of time!  Especially the following cards, which are designed to be able to crank out fairly quickly and still look GOJUS!!!  Lookie:

Ingredients: Stamps - Scentsational Season, More Merry Message; Paper - Snow Festival DSK, Crumb Cake, Cherry Cobbler, Whisper White, Baja Breezee Ink - Whisper White craft, Gumball Green; Other - Cherry Cobbler, Silver, and Dazzling Details Glitter Glue, dimensionals, Cherry Cobbler baker's twine, Medium oval punch, Scallop Oval punch

Stinkin cute! (YILM!) I know you all have this paper, right?  And you have been wondering how you could squeeze a few more cards out of it. Well here ya go! I have saved the day!  I can hear you now, you're saying, "Jan! I have got that paper and now I know what to do with it!" I am so glad to have enabled you!

Now, moving on, I have a card that we actually did at my last class.  Lookie:

Ingredients: Stamps - Watercolor Winter, Heart of Christmas; Paper - Raspberry Ripple, Whisper White; Ink - Raspberry Ripple, Illuminate:  Other - Raspberry Ripple Stitched satin ribbon, Apothecary Accents Framelits, Essential Paper Piercing Pack, Jewels Basic Pearls, sponge wedges, dimensionals. 

GOJUS!  (YILM!) I used the Raspberry Ripple for the base image and the Illuminate pad for the lines of the poinsettias. Lookie:

OOOOOOHHHH! Prettyyyyyy1

Last but not least is one more card, NOT in my usual style, but I like it nonetheless:

Ingredients: Stamps - Heart of Christmas; Paper - Be of Good Cheer DSP, Cherry Cobbler, Gumball Breen, Very Vanilla; Ink - Versamark; Other - Apothecary Accents Framelets, Essentials Paper Piercing Pack, Cherry Cobbler scalloped tulle, gold EP.

GOJUS!  (YILM!)  This is pretty simple, but quite classic looking.

Well, it's time for you to head on down the blog tour road. Next stop is my buddy Wendy Weixler. I know she's got some awesome projects for you to ooh and ah over! Ta!

Festively Freaky!

It's that time again, time to freak out with the Freaks on our monthly blog tour! If you've just arrived from Wendy Weixler's blog, you are in the right spot!

But if you started right here, fear not! You can manage to get all the way around the entire tour just by following the links at the bottom of each post.

This post is going live on the evening of the 20th, so if you find some posts in our tour have not yet posted, please be patient.  The entire tour should be accessible at some point this evening. Keep checking back!

This month's theme is Christmas with dah Freaks! We've got lots of ho, ho, hoing to do with you, showing you awesome Freaky Festiveness!

My first project is a card I actually did at my last class (which you missed)! Lookie:

Ingredients: Stamps - Watercolor Winter, Teeny Tiny Wishes; Paper - Coordinations Gumball Green, Gumball Green, Cherry Cobbler, Very Vanilla; Ink - Gumball Green, Cherry Cobbler, Early Espresso, Soft Suede; Other - Woodgrain Embossing Folder, Brushed Bronze Buttons, Linen thread, dimensionals, sponge wedges, markers.

GOJUS! (YILM!) I saw a similar layout on Pinterest and adapted it to make this beautiful card! My students really enjoyed this one with the extra texture the Woodgrain embossing folder gives it.

My next project is a card I fussed and fussed over. Lookie:

Ingredients: Stamps - Merry Minis, More Merry Messages; Paper - Snow Festival DSP, Baja Breeze, Gumball Green, Cherry Cobbler; Ink - Versamark; Other - Gumball Green, Whisper White, and Cherry Cobbler EPs, Baja Breeze 1/8" taffeta ribbon, Merry Minis punch pack, Decorator Label punch,  dimensionals, white gel pen.

STINKIN' CUTE!!! (YILM!) This one took me two days to figure out. Aren't you glad I did? I knew you would be!

Finally, I made this after seeing some photographs people have been doing for Christmas with candy canes:

Ingredients: Stamps - Seasonal Sayings; Paper - Be of Good Cheer DSP, Gumball Green, Silver Glimmer, Very Vanilla; Ink - Cherry Cobbler, Gumball Green; Other - Fancy Favor Box die, Cherry Cobbler sweater trim, Holiday Collection Framelits dies, Small heart punch, Basic Jewels Rhinestones, Cherry Cobbler Scalloped Tulle ribbon, sponge wedges, DImensionals.

GOJUS! (YILM!) I really love this scalloped tulle ribbon...It makes such elegant bows!

Well, I must let you continue onward You'll be going on on to Robin Spinner's blog. She has really great projects, go check it out! Ta!

Manly Stamping with dah Freaks!

It's that time again, time to freak out with the Freaks on our monthly blog tour! If you've just arrived from Dawn Olchefske's blog, you are in the right spot!

But if you started right here, fear not! You can manage to get all the way around the entire tour just by following the links at the bottom of each post.

This post is going live on the evening of the 19th, so if you find some posts in our tour have not yet posted, please be patient.  The entire tour should be accessible at some point this evening. Keep checking back!

As you might have guessed, our theme this month is Stamping for the Men in Our Lives. I love making masculine cards! For my first card, I decided to do a more masculine Christmas card. Of course, what is more masculine than plaid, right? Lookie:

Ingredients: Stamps - Snowflake Soiree; Paper - Festival of Prints DSP, Crumb Cake, Cherry Cobbler, Very Vanilla, Champagne Glimmer paper; Ink - Cherry Cobbler; Other - Snow Flurry Bigz die, Regals brads, gold brads, Orange Sharpie marker, Very Vanilla seam binding, sponge wedge, dimensionals.

MOJUS! (GOJUS in a manly way!) (YILM!) In order to get those fabulous copper brads on the side, I took some gold brads, put some Orange sharpie marker on each one then quickly blotted most of it off with my finger. It left just enough color behind to make them look like copper.

For my other card, I wanted to do something really cool and I think I achieved it. Lookie:

Ingredients: Stamps - Up, Up, and Away, Pennant Parade, Word Play; Paper - Neutrals Patterns Paper Stack, First Edition DSP, Very Vanilla, Baja Breeze, Cajun Craze, Early Espresso, Crumb Cake; Ink - Baja Breeze, Cajun Craze, Summer Starfruit, Early Espresso; Other - Chevron embossing folder, Apothecary Accents Framelits, Bitty Punch pack, 1/2" circle punch, 2-1/2 circle punch, Summer Starfruit stitched satin ribbon, dimensionals, sponge wedges, Metallic brads, Early Espresso marker.

MOJUS! (YILM!) Sunbursts are everywhere these days, and I wanted to get on the bandwagon! To create this fabulous sunburst, I used one of the stamps from Pennant Parade. Cool eh? I am SO clever (but you knew that) and YILM! (and you knew that too!)

Well it's time for you to move on to my BFF Wendy Weixler's blog. I know she's got some really freaky good projects to show you! Ta!

Fall Controlfreaks Style

Heeeyyyy, stamping ladies (and men!)

Whup whup whup whup

It's Fall Controlfreaks Style!

Heyyyyyy, stamping ladies (and men!)

Whup whup whup whup

It's Fall Controlfreaks Style!

 

 

And if you think I'm doing my own parody of Psy's incredible Gangnum Style, you would be right! And I have to say that I was listening to Psy because of my daughters' obsession with Korean pop music long before it was cool. Word.

It's that time again, time to freak out with the Freaks on our monthly blog tour! If you've just arrived from my BFF Wendy Weixler's blog, you are in the right spot!

But if you started right here, fear not! You can manage to get all the way around the entire tour just by following the links at the bottom of each post.

This post is going live on the evening of the 19th, so if you find some posts in our tour have not yet posted, please be patient.  The entire tour should be accessible at some point this evening. Keep checking back!

Our theme, if you hadn't figured it out yet, is Fall (or Autumn for those who don't go for American terminology). I love the fall!

Cooler weather and pretty leaves!

Cute little munchkins coming to my door asking for....

CANDY!!! And then the next month...

Giving thanks for the bounty that we have and eating...

Pumpkin pie! Yum, yum, yum!

Not to mention that fall also means

Heheheh...which means a nice quiet house for me!

So I have some GOJUS projects for you! Lookie:

Ingredients: Stamps - Spooky Bingo Bits; Paper - Summer Smooches DSP, Lucky Limeade, Tangerine Tango, Rich Razzleberry, Basic Black; Ink - Craft Basic Black, Craft Whisper White, Tangerine Tango, Lucky Limeade, Rich Razzleberry; Other - Basic Black marker, Signo White Gel Pen, Lucky Limeade ruffled ribbon, Bright Designer Series Buttons, dimensionals, sponge wedges.

STINKIN' CUTE!!! (YILM!) I originally did this back in May to submit to Papercrafts using one of their sketches. It didn't get accepted, so I just set it aside thinking it would get put up on the blog sooner or later and then I totally forgot about it until now!

For the next card, I actually got busy last night (yeah, I'm a last-minute stamper and proud of it!) Lookie:

Ingredients: Stamps - Jack of All Trades, Teeny Tiny Wishes; Paper - Orchard Harvest DSP, Core'dinations Early Espresso, Lucky Limeade, Very Vanilla, Raspberry Ripple; Ink - Pumpkin Pie, Cajun Craze, Early Espresso, Lucky Limeade; Other - Woodgrain Embossing Folder, Stampin' Sanding System, Word Window punch, Brushed Bronze Designer Buttons, linen thread, Island Indigo ruffled ribbon, sponge wedge, dimensionals, Essentials Paper Piercing Pack.

GOJUS!!! (YILM!) I'm happy to say I finally got around to using some of the Core'dinations cardstock with the sanding system and Woodgrain folder. What fun and what rich texture it gives! And what a mess it makes! LOL!

My final project utilizes a TIN. It's practically an antique, having been purchased something like 4 years ago from that place that starts with an "M". And yes, I still have all my tins! Other people said, "Why don't you just get rid of all that STUFF?!?!" Because OBVIOUSLY, this stuff comes in handy for this sort of thing, right? So...

Oh, yeah, I should actually show it to you, right? Here it is:

Ingredients: Stamps - Toxic Treats; Paper - Howlstooth & Scaringbone DSP, Very Vanilla, Lucky Limeade; Ink - Craft Basic Black, Classic Basic Black, Lucky Limeade; Other - Basic Black EP, Labels Collection Framelits, sponge wedge, 1" circle punch, Lucky Limeade ruffled ribbon.

 

Stinkin' CAYUTE!!! (YILM!) The perfect container for CHOCOLATE, EH?

Well it's time for you to move on to Dawn Olchefske's blog. I know she's got some really freaky good projects to show you! Ta!

Hooray for the Holidays (and for Convention!) Freak Tour

It's that time again, time to freak out with the freaks on our monthly blog tour! If you've just arrived from Gretchen Barron's blog, this is the beginning of the tour. You can keep going if you haven't gotten all the way round, but if you started right here, fear not! You can manage to get all the way around the entire tour just by following the links at the bottom of each post.

This post is going live on the evening of the 26th, so if you find some posts in our tour have not yet posted, please be patient.  The entire tour should be accessible at some point this evening. Keep checking back!

The theme this month is Convention Controlfreak Swaps or Holiday Mini Preorder. And it so happens that MY projects fit both! Lookie:

Ingredients: Stamps - Perfectly Preserved; Paper - Orchard Harvest DSP, Lucky Limeade, Raspberry Ripple, Early Espresso, Very Vanilla, Mores Mustard; Ink - Raspberry Ripple, Lucky Limeade, Early Espresso; Other - Bitty Banners Framelits, Curly Label punch, Finishing Touches Edgelits, Early Espresso Marker, Brushed Bronze Designer Series buttons, More Mustard dotted scallop ribbon

GOJUS!!! (YILM) This paper is SO SCRUMPTIOUS I would eat it except it doesn't taste that good. It's much better for making cards with, dontcha think?

Ingredients: Stamps - Wonderful Winterland, More Merry Messages; Paper - Festival of Prints DSP Paper Stack, Crumb Cake, Very Vanilla, Cherry Cobbler, Shimmery White; Ink - Cherry Cobbler, Stazon Jet Black, Bashful Blue, Cherry Cobbler, Early Espresso, Blush Blossom marker, Calypso Coral; Other - Early Espresso 1/8" taffeta ribbon, Window Frames Framelits, silver brads, Argyle Embossing folder, Festive Paper Piercing pack, Aquapainter, dimensionals, Signo white gel pen

STINKIN' CUTE! (YILM!) This is a fun set to watercolor on Shimmery White.

And finally, here's a little recipe book:

Ingredients: Friendship Preserves, Perfectly Preserved; Paper - Orchard Harvest DSP, Island Indigo, Lucky Limeade, More Mustard, Raspberry Ripple, Very Vanilla; Ink - Versamark, Lucky Limeade, More Mustard; Other - Black EP, Window Frame Framelits, Cannery Set Framelits set, Basic Black marker, More Mustard & Basic Black Scallop Dotted ribbon, Lucky Limeade & Island Indigo Ruffled ribbon, Raspberry Ripple stitched satin ribbon, 2-1/2 circle punch, 2-3/8" scallop circle punch, dimensionals

STINKIN' CUTE! (YILM!) This would make a great gift for a bride-to-be, filled with your favorite recipes with room left to add her own.

Well, it's time to send you on your way to Sandy Mathis' blog, where I am sure you'll find some really great projects. Ta!

It's a New Freaky Day!

It's that time again, time to freak out with the freaks on our monthly blog tour! If you've just arrived from Barb Mullikin's blog, you have made it all the way to the end of the tour and can stop if you started at the beginning of the tour.

However, if you started right here, fear not! You can manage to get all the way around the entire tour just by following the links at the bottom of each post.

This post is going live on the evening of the 19th, so if you find some posts in our tour have not yet posted, please be patient.  The entire tour should be accessible at some point this evening. Keep checking back!

The theme is New Catalog Creations and features new stamps and accessories from the 2012-2013 Catalog.

I really enjoyed this theme, since I had so much new stuff to play with that it wasn't hard to come up with some GOJUS creations! Lookie:

Ingredients: Stamps - Blooming with Kindness; Paper - 2012-2014 In Color Print Patterns, Crumb Cake, Early Espresso, Pink Pirouette; Ink - Pink Pirouette, Primrose Petals, Early Espresso; Other - Adorning Accents Edgelits, Delicate Designs embossing folders, Jewels Basic Rhinestones, Primrose Petals Stitched Satin Ribbon, Essentials Paper-Piercing Pack, Paper Piercing Tool.

GOJUS!!! (YILM!) Can I tell you how much I LOVE Summer Starfruit?!?! Initially, I thought it was kind of YUCK when I first saw it, but it is quickly becoming my favorite of all the new InColors! It is just the right color to spark so many other ones.

I used it again on this card. Lookie:

Ingredients: Stamps - Serene Silhouettes, Trust God, En Francaise, Netting; Paper - Midnight Muse, Summer Starfruit, Calypso Coral, Whisper White; Ink - Midnight Muse, Calypso Coral, Summer Starfruit, Wisteria Wonder; Other - Midnight Muse stitched satin ribbon, sponge wedges, Jewels Basics rhinestones.

GOJUS AGAIN!!! (YILM!) I think Midnight Muse is my second favorite color so far. Much more saturated than Not Quite Navy and Night of Navy.

Finally, lets not forget that not only does the new catalog bring new stamps and accessories, it also brings new digital downloads:

Ingredients: Fanfare Collection DVD, Cherry Cobbler seam binding, Antique Brads, font - LD Wedding, and LD Shelly Script.

GOJUS!!! (YILM!) These are my grandparents and I have to thank Facebook and my cousin Terri for providing me with this photo. I originally got on Facebook to keep in touch with my many, many cousins. It's been wonderful because we have started posting all our old photographs, so the ones I have may not be the same as the ones my cousins have. I love the Fanfare Collection DVD, there are so many wonderful vintagey things in it to use for those vintage photos or for just those layouts you want to have a vintage flare.

Well, there it is, time for you to move on to the next blog, which is my BFF Wendy, queen of waiting until the last minute to stamp! I don't know how she does it, but she always pulls so many faboo projects out of the hat whenever she stamps! Ta!