A little blue for a birthday?

So how about some blue for a birthday?  For this card I went semi-small 4-3/8" square and choose to break the seal on my Blueberry Crisp DSP by Stampin' UP!  I really love this paper although the patterns are not new and appeared previously under the name Razzleberry Lemonade.  A first for me was using Night of Navy, I had previously believed this color was far too dark for my tastes.  Who knew?

BTW, is anyone else thinking about fall?  We had a very nice day yesterday (no air conditioning) and this AM it was still quite pleasant and I found myself thinking about fall and pumpkin spice coffee.  Summer has been nice, rather hot this year.  However, fall is one of my favorite seasons.  The falls in New England are gorgeous, something to behold, so many colors, that nip in the air ... it's a wonderful time of year.  Or maybe I am being influenced by the many fall stamp sets I am seeing!

Blue Birthday

Supplies:
Stamps: Stampin' UP!  Happy Moments
Ink:  Stampin' UP! Classic Basic Black
Paper:  Stampin' UP! Blueberry Crisp, Very Vanilla, Sahara Sand
Accessories/Tools:  Punches (several), Stampin' UP! Ticket Corner Punch,  Stampin' UP! Very Vanilla button, Close to my Heart Black Waxy Flax,  Stampin' UP! 3/4" Twill Tape, Making Memories Slice, Studio Essentials Design Card
Design:  Splitcoaststampers.com Clean and Simple Challenge:  CAS76


As always, thanks for looking and yes HE stamps!

Simple birthday card?

Well, this one started out to be just a simple little Mojo Monday inspired card and somewhere along the path things took a turn.  I started punching flower pieces and something took over and the next thing I knew the bottom of the card was covered ... this is definitely NOT my style but nonetheless here it is.  The colors and papers are awesome and from Close to my Heart.

Speaking of card styles I hoped everyone has picked up a copy of PaperCrafts special issue Card Style .  I so highly recommend this issue.  Naturally, it has wonderful cards completely worthy of CASing and reinterpreting!  However, beyond that it totally enabled me to pinpoint my personal card style.  The issue is laid out in sections such as Fun & Cute, Clean & Graphic (my personal favorite), Classy & Elegant (second favorite), and Shabby Chic & Vintage (absolute least favorite!) My hope is that with the halves of my brain in agreement I will begin to choose card designs (and eventually creating my own) that reflect the styles I am drawn to and be able to identify  a challenging style beforehand.  I confess that often times this was certainly not the case.  Take my word check out this great special issue!

A little birthday card?

As I said earlier this card was suppose to be of one of the Mojo Monday challenges.  I used a bunch of punches and a lot of CTMH's Emporium My Reflections paper pack.  Sorry for the awful picture - I'll need to find another special issue of a magazine to improve my photography skills! :-P

Supplies:
Stamps: Close to my Heart Piece of Cake, 7gypsies Grunge interchangeable certifiable stamp
Ink:  Stampin' UP! Classic Basic Black
Paper:  Close to my Heart Emporium, Twilight, Crystal Blue, Colonial White, Stampin' UP!  Purely Pomegrante
Accessories/Tools:  Punches (lots of punches), Brads (lots of manufacturers)

As always, thanks for looking and yes HE stamps!

Heart 2 Heart Challenge: Wishes - CityScape (Take #2)

Okay, so I liked the Heart 2 Heart Challenge Wishes - CityScape sketch so much I decided to try it again.  Here's what I came up with it.

CityScape Take #2

So for the second try I decided to maintain my previous card size of 3-1/4" x 6-1/2".  Paper and color changes occurred as well with the exception of Sweet Leaf, I'm really feeling this color right now.

Supplies:
Stamps: Close to my Heart Always in my Heart
Ink:  Stampin' UP! Chocolate Chip Craft Ink 
Paper:  Close to my Heart Emporium Level II, Crystal Blue, Chocolate, and Sweet Leaf
Accessories/Tools:  Close to my Heart Sparkles, Michaels store brand 1/8' White Organdy Ribbon and Recollections Metal Photo Corners


As always, thanks for looking and yes HE stamps!

Heart 2 Heart Challenge: Wishes - CityScape

Hello?  Is anybody out there?  After a very long absence from this blog and a nasty old scrapbook page that stalled ALL creativity for over a month I'm finally back to this wonderful but maddening hobby.  I hope someone is out there to take a peek at what I've been up to.

CityScape Take #1

The challenge from the ladies over at the Heart 2 Heart Challenge blog this week, was to use the sketch CityScape from Jeanette Lynton's Wishes book.  I was nicely inspired by the sketch and wanted to take it a step further by reducing it to a 3-1/4" x 6-1/2" card size.  I used the Close To My Heart Smiles stamp set among several others and I think it turned out quite interesting.

Supplies:
Stamps: Close to my Heart Smiles, Close to my Heart Over the Rainbow, Verve stamps Up, Up and Away, and Stampin' UP! Many Happy Returns
Ink:  Sorbet, Crystal Blue, Sweet Leaf, Buttercup, and Basic Black
Paper:  Close to my Heart Caboodle Level II, Buttercup, Crystal Blue and White Daisy
Accessories/Tools:  Sorbet Collection Ribbon, Sweet Leaf Collection Ribbon, and Stampin' UP! Word Window Large Punch


As always, thanks for looking and yes HE still stamps!

A mix of cards

Well, we had a bit of summer here in Connecticut this past weekend and into the early week.  It actually got up into the high 80's early 90's (91 to be precise.)  The kids have been playing outside a good amount, Jase is having a problem with bugs.  He breaks out into screams and cries of terror if any land on him anywhere and he freezes.  His screams make my heart skip a beat.  Not sure what we are gonna do to get him over that -- maybe time will take care of it.

I haven't been creating much but I do have a few cards to show.

Yet another Mother's Day Card

Details
Paper:  Close to my Heart Caboodle Level II Paper Pack
Cardstock:  Close to my Heart White Daisy, Crystal Blue, Stampin' UP! Groovy Guava
Stamps:  Close to my Heart One of a Kind, A Little Everything
Ink:  Close to my Heart Sweet Leaf, Crystal Blue, Chocolate, Stampin' UP! Groovy Guava
Fibers:  Stampin' UP! Whisper White 1/4" Grosgrain Ribbon
Diecuts:  Nestabilities Label 4
Punch:  Stampin' UP! Modern Label Punch
Embellishments:  Recollections Blue Rhinestones
Design:  Splitcoaststampers Card Sketch #278


One last Mother's Day Card

Details
Paper:  Stampin' UP! Rasperry Tart
Cardstock:  Unknown Mfg. Kraft, Stampin' UP! Rose Red
Ink:  Stampin' UP Chocolate
Stamps:  Stampin' UP! Happy Moments
Fibers:  Stampin' UP! Kiwi Kiss Striped 5/8'' Grosgrain Ribbon, Karen Foster Designs Black Scrappers Floss
Diecuts:  Making Memories Slice Fonts:  Essentials
Design:  CASEd but unable to find original source.  If it's yours let me know & I'll give credit!


For You

Details
Paper:  Basic Grey Nook & Pantry Collection
Cardstock:  Stampin' UP! Whisper White
Ink:  Close to my Heart Juniper
Punches:  Stampin' UP! Designer Label, Martha Stewart Classic Butterfly Craft Punch
Embellishments:  Recollections White Pearls, Joann Mini Brass Brads, Staples Standard Sized Staples
Design:  Paper Crafts Magazine, March/April 2010 Issue, Page. 23, Friends Card

As always thanks for looking and yes HE stamps!

In Honor of National Scrapbooking Day 2010

I completed 2 - two page layouts this weekend to celebrate NSD.  Now mind you I purchased a kit entitled Miracle from Close to my Heart that included everything except ink and adhesive.  Boy, what a kit - I really loved this one.  From the beautiful B&T papers to the embellishments it is just so expertly put together!  Actually, it looks so much much more expensive than what I paid.

A week or so ago frequent visitor to this blog Barb of the blog Thought Connection shared a wonderful Heritage layout.  For a few minutes after viewing Barb's beautiful layout (that just happened to be digi btw) I mourned for the loss of my family's history to a freak electrical fire that took everything my grandparents had back in the Spring of 1976.  A few days later I remembered all the pictures my mother passed on to me a couple of years ago and while they are not the best snapshots they would at least let me start constructing something of a Turner Family history.  So here are the first pages of an album dedicated to my family's heritage.  While you can definitely see these designs on any CTMH customer's blog you probably can't know the love and pride I felt creating them and for that I am extremely proud.

Miracle Memories

First page is taken in the mid to late 1950's and is my teenaged mother posing with new kitchen appliances.  That stove lasted well into the late 70's.

Second page was taken on my parent's wedding day October 27, 1956.  Sadly, there are no surviving photos of my parents together on their wedding day.  My mother looks like a little girl to me ... times were so different then she was 16 and Dad was 18.  They spent their wedding night at my grandparents house sleeping in a room with 3 other people.  Imagine that in this day of stretch limos for proms!

Miracle Celebration

The first picture is my parents sometime mid to late 1950's.  This is one of my favorite photos of my parents.  They look so happy and my Mom looks quite chic with her blouse collar turned up.  After marrying they moved to Cincinnati, Ohio where my Dad got a job that he worked at until a disability forced him to leave in the mid 1990's

The second picture I would imagine it's the same date frame as the others.  Their look is so 1950's.  My mom tells a story of how every dish they owned would be stored on the kitchen table as they couldn't afford a cabinet and her Daddy was their visiting and knocked the leg out from under the table and they lost everything.  Hard to imagine Dad made $36 a week and Mom babysat for extra money.

As always thanks for looking and yes HE stamps!

Rainy Sundays, a card and toys in great peril! Oh my!

Well, it's a rainy Sunday here in CT.  David got himself a new Xbox360 game and he is way gone.  The kids got themselves some new toys thanks to Mamaw Neda (my mother) and they are way gone as well.  Which adds up to me getting some precious uninterrupted time to do a little paper crafting.  So, here's another pass at a Mother's Day card.  Wait, before I go into all that I have to share something.  As you may know the children came to be with us a year and a half ago and when they often play with their toys there would be great peril for the toys that could only be saved by repeated cries for "Mommy" and  "Daddy".  In the past two weeks that has subsided and Mommy has been replaced by their nickname for me "Bebee."  Now I am not sure what this means and am trying not to read alot into it, but I hope that it means on some level that they feel safe and know that they are and will be protected.  Then again, they could be calling out something all together different ... and I could be hearing what I want OR need to hear.

Okay, back to the project at hand.  This card went much easier than the other I last posted.  I suppose it's more my style or something.  I wonder if that's how one determines their creative style, does the project go easy?  Probably not, life is not suppose to be easy, right?  Anyway, the design is from Mary Fish's Stampin' Pretty blog AGAIN, she really does some wonderful things over there.  I spent far too much time on the ribbon.  The ribbon is SU's Whisper White Satin ribbon that I hand dyed Ruby Red - I wish I could say that it was an easy to do.  But that would be a huge freakin' lie.  This certainly wasn't my first time dying ribbon but I wanted a easier way to accomplish it and  read some obscure blog posting about using a marker instead of a reinker - let me just say that it was blotchy and looked awful.  Luckily I was able to simple wash the ribbon (after heat setting, not sure how that worked) and start over.  Take it from me using a reinker will save yourself a big mess of wasted time.

A Ruby Red Mother's Day

Details
Paper:  Close to my Heart Topstich
Cardstock:  Close to my Heart White Daisy, Chocolate, Stampin' UP! Ruby Red
Stamps:  Close to my Heart Delight in Everything, Stampin' UP! Well Scripted
Ink:  Close to my Heart Chocolate, Stampin' UP! Ruby Red
Fibers:  Stampin' UP! Whisper White Satin Ribbon
Punch:  Stampin' UP! Scallop Edge Punch
Design:  Mary Fish, Stampin Pretty Blog

As always thanks for looking and yes HE stamps!

Wonderful Mother

So, here's my first take at a Mother's Day card.  These cards are never easy for me to make.  While my Mom appreciates handmade cards it ends there, scrapbooks and the like are just not received well by her ... not sure what that's about but I'm working hard to just accept it.  Mom can be a tough egg to crack sometimes, she likes to say one thing but actually feels/thinks a completely different thing.  Anyway, it's hard to do creative things when you worry that it might be unappreciated.  Sorry bout my moment of melancholy there ...

Close to my Heart Wonderful Mother

Details

Paper:  Close to my Heart Topstitch

Cardstock:  Stampin' UP! Whisper White, Close to my Heart Vineyard Berry, Colonial White

Stamps:  Close to my Heart Love Is in the Air, Stampin' UP! French Script, Well Scripted

Ink:  Close to my Heart Colonial White, Stampin' UP! Very Vanilla

Embellishments:  Close to my Heart Soft Suede Pinwheels, Mini-Medley Colonial White, Recollections Pink Rhinestones

Fibers:  Offray Organza Pink Ribbon

Punch:  EK Success Oval Punch 1-1/4" x 2"

Diecuts:  Sure Cuts A Lot Software, Cricut, Unknown Maker Scallop Ding-Bat Collection

Design:  PaperCrafts May/June 2010 issue, pg. 45 Sweet, Sweet Flower Card

As always thanks for looking and yes HE stamps.

Heart 2 Heart Challenges: The 1.2.3 Challenge

Well, I found a bit of the old mojo and created this card for the blog Heart 2 Heart Challenges.  This week the ladies at H2H issued  a 1.2.3 challenge.  So your project must break down to use one stamp, two patterned papers, and three embellishments. The sketch is from the Card Sketch Challenge on SCS actually Card Sketch #273 (issued a couple of weeks back) and I found inspiration from a wonderful little card "Birthday Froggie" created by user Cork1035 to CASE.  I did some fussy cutting on the prince frog layering a second belly and head over the bottom which isn't quite visible in this photo.

This card will be the perfect way to remind my grandbaby Caroline that I am thinking about her.  My daughter sent some new pictures last week that I'm holding in my email inbox just waiting to be printed and made into a layout!

Prince Frog Missing You

Details
Paper: Close to my Heart Daydream Paper Packet Level II
Cardstock: Close to my Heart Blush, Sweet Leaf, Stampin' UP! Chocolate Chip
Ink: Close to my Heart Chocolate Chip

Stamps:  Studio G Clear Stamps VS4911 Series 6

Embellishments:  Recollections Clear Rhinestones Pink
Diecuts:  Making Memories Slice Basics 1 Design Disc

Punches:  Stampin' UP! 1-3/4" Circle Punch

Design:  Splitcoast Stampers Card Sketch #273, Birthday Froggie by Cork1035

As always thanks for looking and yes HE stamps!

A little baby chic

This layout was so much fun.  How could it not be with a totally cute picture of my grandbaby and another interesting sketch from one of the Jeanette Lynton books.  Part of me wants to point out the things that didn't work out as well as I hoped but, I'm going to endeavour to stop critiquing my work to death.  It smells of pandering for compliments and I don't want to be quilty of that.  Anyway, I had fun with this picture and making the page.  Caroline definitely looks like she is posing for her mommy, wonder if she knew Audrey Hepburn in another life - definitely has that whole Breakfast at Tiffany's look going on. 

Baby Chic

Details


Paper: Making Memories Animal Crackers Ella
Cardstock: Bazzill Textured Basics Chablis, Unknown Mfg. White
Inks: Close to my Heart Cocoa
Stamps:  Close to my Heart Chocolate Alphabet Small
Embellishments: Making Memories Animal Crackers Ella Pebble Stickers, Stampin' UP! Rub-Ons Lovely Lines
Ribbon:  A.C. Moore Satin White
Diecuts:  Cricut Fabulous Finds Shapes Cartridge
Design: Imagine, Jeanette R. Lynton, Right Layout, Perfect Prelude - pg. 26 - 27

As always thanks for looking and yes HE stamps!

Caprice Thought Away

Well, there's a mixed reaction around here with this card.  Some like and others don't.  So I'll post it and let you dear reader decide.  I used the retired Close to my Heart Caprice Level II paper pack for this one.  I couldn't find this paper anywhere on Ebay and just happen to mention on a forum that I was looking and within days had a full AND a half pack of it.  I really like the distressed Polynesian feel to this pack.

This card is for my sister-in-law Eileen who is in Florida undergoing chemotherapy treatments for her third bout with leukemia in a little over a year.  Eileen was originally diagnosed with breast cancer and is one of the rare cases who developed leukemia after treatment.  She is a strong woman who has been through a lot in her life and it's tough to know what she's going through.  I know this card won't alleviate much in the big picture but perhaps for one brief moment she will know that we're here in Connecticut thinking about her.

Caprice Thought Away

Details:
Paper: Close to my Heart Caprice
Cardstock:  Close to my Heart Bamboo

Stamps:  Close to my Heart Togetherness, Stampin' UP! Whimsical Words

Ink:  Close to my Heart Chocolate
Embellishments:   Basic Grey Buttons (Unknown Collection), Stampin' UP! Linen Thread

Punches:  Stampin' UP! Scallop Trim Border Punch, Curly Label, Trio Flower

Diecuts:  Making Memories Slide Design Basics 1, Spellbinders Nestabilities Petite Scallop Circles LgDesign:  PaperCrafts magazine, March/April 2010 issue, Go-to Sketches, pg. 20

As always thanks for looking and yes HE stamps!

Swingin'

Here's another page for my grand-baby Caroline.  She is so adorable and looks so bright and awake in these pictures.  After my own heart she is holding on tight to that swing -- swings were never my favorite things growing up, particularly if some jerk got behind me and decided to push.  Unfortunately, I am having a bit of an issue with my Kodak EasyShare printer dock and color selections.  Since these printer docks have disappeared from the Kodak web store I am assuming they have been discontinued so it's day are numbered.  Technology just changes far too fast to keep up.

Just Swingin'

Details
Paper: Making Memories Animal Crackers Ella, Basic Grey Granola Collection
Cardstock: Bazzill Textured Basics Orange, Stampin' UP! Pink Pirouette, Unknown Mfg. White

Inks:  Close to my Heart Colonial White

Embellishments:  Recollections Pearl White
Diecuts: Making Memories Slice Basics 2 Design Disc, Music & Dance Design Disc

Design:  Imagine, Jeanette R. Lynton, Right Layout, Double Take - pg. 102 - 103

As always thanks for looking and yes HE stamps!

Lilac Birthday

Well, we'll see how this goes.  You see, I just wrote up a second posting for A Veranda Thanks thinking it was the card I just finished today.  Need I say things in Jewett City, CT have been difficult this week?  Children are being children I suppose but Uncle Be-bee is whipped out and feeling a bit drug out.  But somehow in the midst of all this I did manage to finish two projects.  The first, which I will post NOW is a card using the current Card Sketch on SCS.  I'm not actually sure about this card as far as the stamping and colors go but it was a bit of a respite from the craziness of this household.  Be kind, tough times are brewing round here.


A Lilac Avenue Birthday

Details:

Paper: KaiserCraft Lilac Avenue Collection
Cardstock: Stampin' UP! Very Vanilla, Perfect Plum, Kiwi Kiss

Stamps:  Close to my Heart One of a Kind (D1410), Piece of Cake (D1407)

Ink:  KaiserCraft Pigment Ink  Amethyst, Splice

Embellishments:   Unknown Mfg Light Green Grosgrain 1/4" ribbon, Stampin' UP! Designer Label Punch, Dimensionals
Design:  SCS, Card Sketch Challenge #272

As always thanks for looking and yes HE stamps!

Another Veranda Card

This card is based on the Card Sketch Challenge #271 from SCS.  I specifically CASEd this card from Life Happens afraid my CAS-ing is spot on.  This time I used more of the Close to my Heart Veranda Paper Packet, I can't recommend these papers enough.  I just bought the Creative Basics set which is an add-on and it has two other awesome papers for the Veranda collection.  Definitely, give it a look and if you need a CTMH consultant drop my friend Denise Ramo a line or visit her CTMH website.

A Veranda Thanks

Details
Paper: Close to my Heart Veranda
Cardstock: Stampin' UP! Mellow Moss, Barely Banana

Stamps:  Basic Grey Pom Stamp, Verve Stamps Thanks

Ink:  Close to my Heart Garden Green, Juniper, Stampin' UP! Bordering Blue
Embellishments:   Stampin' UP! Scallop Trim Border Punch, Round Tab Punch
Design:  SCS, Card Sketch Challenge #271

As always thanks for looking and yes HE stamps!

Stamper in Training

A little over a year ago I scrapped these pictures in a 6x6 format, since then I have decided to abandon that size all together -- just too small.  For these pictures I have used the Close to my Heart Topstitch paper packet again, I am really loving this collection.  For my SCS forum friends this layout is almost completely CTMH with the exception of a few embellishments.

lil* stamper

Details
Paper: Close to my Heart Topstitch
Cardstock: Close to my Heart Heavenly Blue, Unknown Mfg White

Stamps:  Close to my Heart Journaling Jots, FAB Starpoint Hello Kitty Mini Stamp Set

Ink:  Hampton Art Ultra Washable Stamp Pad Hot Pink
Embellishments:  Close to my Heart Dimensional Elements Hearts, Soft Suede Pinwheels, Stampin' UP! 1" Double-Stitched Grosgrain Ribbon Bashful Blue, Basic Grey Cupcake Buttons, Making Memories Animal Crackers Ella Buttons
Die Cuts:  Making Memories Slice Design Card Noteworthy

Design:  scrapbooks etc. April 2010, Made in Minutes pg. 98

As always thanks for looking and yes HE stamps!

Inspired Paper Packet

As can be seen this card is a complete repeat of A Thought Away but I just got received another wonderful CTMH paper packet entitled Veranda and I had to try it with this card design. This paper remains me of all things deep south, sweltering hot summer days in big old houses, with thread bare rugs and gently fading wallpaper.    The Juniper and Creme Brulee color combination is so inviting to sit a spell on the porch or more appropriately the Veranda!  LOL

Veranda Birthday Wishes

Details
Paper: Close to my Heart Veranda
Cardstock: Close to my Heart Creme Brulee, Juniper, Stampin' UP! Whisper White

Stamps:  Stampin' UP! French Script, Verve Stamps Circular Sayings

Ink:  Close to my Heart Juniper
Embellishments:  Recollections Pearls, Stampin' UP! 5/8'' Whisper White Satin Ribbon
Die Cuts:  Making Memories Slice Design Card Basics 2

Design:  PaperCrafts Magazine Stamp It! Sweet Baby Girl pg. 28

As always thanks for looking and yes HE stamps!

A first

Well, this is the first card I have ever made from Close to my Heart products.  I have to confess that I was one of those people who simply did not think of CTMH for cards.  But I was wrong.  This card comes from the Topstitch Workshop to Go - which provides the papers and embellishments to make several scrapbooking layouts and numerous cards.  I adjusted the design of the card a bit from the instructions and used my nifty Making Memories Slice machine for the image shape.  I hope you enjoy it as much as I did making it.

Topstitch Happy Birthday




Details
Paper: Close to my Heart Topstitch
Cardstock: Close to my Heart Baby Pink, Colonial White

Stamps:  Close to my Heart My Acrylix Love is in the Air B1339, Hero Arts Clear Birthday Message 

Ink:  Stampin' UP! Classic Ink Close to Cocoa
Embellishments:  Close to my Heart Sparkles, Mini Medley Colonial White Embellishments
Die Cuts:  Close to my Heart Dimensional Elements Hearts, Making Memories Slice Design Card Noteworthy

Design:  Workshop on the Go, Topstitch  Jeanette R. Lynton  card layouts


As always thanks for looking and yes HE stamps!

So what have I been up to?

It's been awhile since I did any blogging.  I've been a bit busy doing some long overdue scrapbooking and along the way met a great bunch of people on SCS in the Close To My Heart forum.  If you've any interest in the products of CTMH I wholeheartedly recommend you check it out - there are some wonderfully knowledgeable CTMH centric people there.  Now for the "stuff" I have been up to. Please do accept my apologies for these pix, capturing scapbook pages is new to me and lighting is yet a mystery!

Welcome Caroline pg. 2

Details
Paper: Making Memories Animal Crackers Ella
Cardstock: Bazzill Chablis

Embellishments:  Various Making Memories Animal Crackers Ella 
Ribbon: Making Memories Animal Crackers Ella Trims

Punch:  Marvy Uchida Circle Punch 2"
Design:  Scrapbooks Etc. 

Precious Little One

Details
Paper: Making Memories Animal Crackers Ella, Basic Grey Granola Collection
Cardstock: Bazzill Chablis
Embellishments:  Various Making Memories Animal Crackers Ella 

Ribbon/Fibers: DMC Craft Thread

Die Cuts:  Making Memories Slice Animal Crackers Design Card,  Stampin' UP! Sizzix Top Note Die

Punch:  Stampin' UP! Scallop Circle
Design:  Scrapbooks Etc. Owl I'll Love You Sketch, February 2010 Issue

Happy Birthday Jasey

Details
Paper: Stampin' UP! Good Morning Sunshine, Basic Grey Urban Prairie Collection
Cardstock: Stampin' UP! Kiwi Kiss, Pacific Point
Stamps:  Close to my Heart My Acrylix It's Your Day D1352 

Embellishments: Paper Reflections Creative Tags, Joann's Pewter Eyelets
Ribbon: Michaaels Christmas Trims

Die Cuts:  Making Memories Slice Music & Dance Design Card

Punch:  Stampin' UP! Word Window Punch, Oval Punch Large
Design:  Reflections Scrapbook Program, Jeanette R. Lynton, Layouts 1e & 8b

Kammie is 4!

Details
Paper: Close to my Heart Topstitch
Cardstock: Close to my Heart Baby Pink, Colonial White, Vineyard Berry

Stamps:  Close to my Heart My Acrylix Love is in the Air B1339, Hampton Art g Studio Unnamed Sentiment 

Embellishments:  Close to my Heart Sparkles, Soft Suede Pinwheels, Mini Medley Colonial White
Ribbon: Close to my Heart Mini Medley

Die Cuts:  Close to my Heart Dimensional Elements Hearts

Design:  Imagine, Jeanette R. Lynton, Layouts Understudy - Left & Right

A Treasures thank you

Awhile back, I decided to give Close To My Heart stamps another try ... you see in the past I bought some USED CTMH stamps on Ebay only to discover they were not properly cared for. I ended up throwing a good portion of the stamps away. Lesson learned do not buy USED clear stamps!

The stamp set used for this card is Treasures (D1375) and I really like this one. Unfortunately, at times some of the images included in CTMH stamp sets are too large for a A4 card and fit better on a scrapbook page so the card making buyer must be conscious of this detail. A detail that I was not thinking about when I bought this particular set. Nonetheless, here's the card I made using other images in the set.

Treasures Thank You



Details:
Paper: Basic Grey Wisteria Collection
Cardstock: Whisper White, Certainly Celery and Elegant Eggplant.
Ink: SU Craft Certainly Celery and Elegant Eggplant, Versamark Pad.
Ribbon: SU Retired Certainly Celery 1/2" Organza
Stamps: Close To My Heart Treasures (D1375)
Miscellaneous: SU Emboss Powder White
Design: PaperCrafts magazine Jan/Feb 2010, Go-To Sketches.

Thanks for looking and yes HE stamps!

Sunday night ramblings

Oh my gawd!  So I decided to get rid of all my non-SU products.  I chose to list my stuff on EBay rather than SCS because I figured I could get a better price.  It has literally been a nightmare ... people want to shop at Macy's and pay dollar store prices.  Almost all of this stuff is being listed at a financial loss to me -- but that really only matters to me. 

EBay has this feature called Make Me An Offer where obviously people make an offer lower than your asking price.  I had a CTMH stamp set BRAND new posted for $14.50 and I was getting offers for $9.00.  This set sells for $22.95.  Eventually, I remembered the reason why I am dumping all this stuff and dropped the price.  But what a pain in the neck.

Onto other news, I received confirmation that my Starter Kit has shipped and will arrive on Friday April 10.  I'm excited to get my hands on all that new gleaming SU product.  I've also decided to have a Virtual Open House for my SU website.  I've used the demonstrator website to create an ecard.  I plan on having a raffle for a free stamp set and some other cool stuff.  Hopefully, it will be successful.  Oh and I have been hitting these EBay folks hard with the invites to the open house.  Please wish me luck.

Thanks for looking and yes HE stamps!