Further Inspiration from Captain Crafter

Stamp Set : Bloomin Beautiful
Card Stock : Old Olive, River Rock, Whisper White, Bashful Blue(CS and DS)
White Grosgrain Ribbon, although you can't see it - dazzling diamonds on some of the flowers






















Stamp Sets : Tart & Tangy, Birthday Whimsy
Card Stock - Real Red, Old Olive, DS Bashful Blue
Dazzling Diamonds, Red striped grosgrain ribbon and rub ons from Occasions mini.

Captain Crafter Challenge

It has been a while since I posted here - but I am back now!!

Captain Crafter has put out another sketch challenge - click here to see sketch

My card uses the Tart and Tangy, and stamp set from the up coming Occasions Mini and the Birthday Whimsy from the Sale-A-Bration mini.

Card stock here is Real Red, Whisper White, Old Olive and DS paper in Bashful Blue(from the hostess DS pack)

The ribbon is the striped grosgrain in red.

I've got four more cards to post here in the next few days So come on back!

Sooo excited!

Stampin Up has announced that there will be 7% off the prices printed in the new catalogue(not the starter kit though)! Prices printed in the Spring/Summer were already lower than the Fall/Winter but thanks to our strong dollar they have dropped them even more. Yippee!

Having viewed the new catty I can say - LOVE IT! I have also seen the Sell-a-bration sets - love them too!

Merry Christmas Everyone

PS : Hostess benefits will start at $200 (rather than $225) starting January 2!!

Jingle Jingle

I have been a busy stamper this last week - trying to get my Christmas cards done. I still have a few to go but below are some of the ones I have made.

Marie's Challenge #8

It only took me a week to make and post one card! Who knew a new baby could take up so much time ;-)

CS - Non SU! Red, Very Vanilla, Certainly Celery, Dashing Designer series
Ink - Black Stazon, Real. Markers - Certainly Celery, Real Red
Embellishments: Crystal Effects, Rhinestone Brad, Certainly Celery Ribbon

The scan showed up a bit blurry - I may try to rescan but time is running short at the moment so it will have to wait!

I'm a winner!

In two ways - first I won Marie's prize this last week for participating in her challenge and second I had my baby!

Here she is - cute as a button! Baby G was born Tuesday - and we are all doing really well!

I don't know if I'll get any cards done this week but I do need to finish her birth announcements - so if I get that done I'll post that this week.

Marie's Card Sketch #7

Ho Ho Ho! 58 Days till Christmas and Marie is getting us ready! First one follows all rules and the second one I dropped the holiday business but kept the very cool layout.

Since I haven't invested in chipboard yet I used some cardboard packaging - so the mitts are chipboard - with some micro beads for bling. I looked in my drawers for some fibers that would mimic fur but didn't have anything.

Captain Crafter is BACK!

I don't know what number this is - I think #26!

Details for the challenge are here.

Info about card -

CS: Certainly Celery, non -SU! paper in Red and White - although the red matches Real Red. The non SU! CS also is a linen paper aka texture!
Ink - Real Red, Black Stazon
Markers : Certainly Celery, Real Red
Stamps ; Circus Train, LOL accessories set, All Holidays
Other stuff - Build a Brad - finally off the back order list! Glitter and Crystal Effects - to make it sparkle.

Ready to Go

Still here , still pregnant ;-) Tomorrow night I have a card class so I have been spending all my spare time working on the cards for that - once it is over I'll post the last 2 cards.

I have also been trying to make baby announcements but so far have cut up a lot of paper and come up with nothing good! My office is in complete shambles as we haven't moved the office yet so there is a crib behind my desk now and piles of paper and supplies all over! I need a bit of mess to be creative but right now it is a little too much mess and kind of overwhelming! Hopefully I'll get another nesty afternoon this weekend and blitz through some of my supplies! Then get back here and post!

Works in progress

I have a card class coming up and am trying to come up with some cards that are easy to prep and make.

This is what I did today - I went through the catalogue and sketched some of the cards I liked. One is in the same colours, and the rest are similar in layout but different colours. None of them use the stamp sets in the catty.

Love this one

Like this one(scanned really dark - it is Kraft, Chocolate Chip, and Blue Bayou)

This one is not working for me...yet .