Out of Commission

Looks like I won't be posting any time soon. On Tuesday we had tornadoes go through our area. My house had some damage: trees down in the woods, one on our dog kennel, and one on my husband's truck. Everyone was okay though. We were without electricity for a couple of days. Then, on Saturday, we had a lightning strike VERY close that ran in our house. Again, everyone was okay, but this time more damage. No phones, no TV, no Internet, etc. So.......looks like I won't be posting any projects for a little while. Hope to be back SOON!

Blog Award

I just realized that I received my first blog award from Margaret at Black Shadow Creations! How exciting! Thanks Margaret!

The Liebster Blog Award is given to bring new blogs to light. It's a great way to share blogs that might not otherwise be seen or ones you want to share with others.




As a recipient of this award I must share the love and pay it forward by:



1-Creating a post where I blog about the Liebster award & reveal my 3-5 blog picks

2-Let the honorees know that I selected them

3-Copy & paste the blog award on my blog



Now I have the huge task of narrowing down my favorite blogs that I love to visit and gain inspiration from so I can share them with you.

**These blogs are not new, as in just created, but I get a ton of inspiration from these super talented ladies!



New blogs that you must visit are...

Heather Summers

Kimberly Van Diepen

Robin Merriman

MDS - Finally!

I have been trying to get my MDS pages posted to my blog but have been having problems. UGH! I have done it before, but for some reason, this time has been a challenge. User error no doubt! Anyway, I finally purchased some new digital downloads and I LOVE them! Now, I will never run out of these DSPs! How cool is that? Once you have purchase them, they are yours forever. Let me know if you would like more information on My Digital Studio or you can shop my online store.

On to the page!

This page uses Crumb Cake as the base, Love Letter DSP, and the Winter Post snowflake in Basic Black, Cherry Cobbler, and Very Vanilla. Thanks for looking!

Exciting News!!

While supplies last, Stampin' Up! is offering special 'grab bags' of discontinued product that could include: ribbons, accents & elements, chipboard, Designer Series Papers, and Simply Sent kit components. WHOO HOO! There is no limit to the number of bags a customer may purchase!

Item                       Description


125873                 $5 Grab Bag (containing at least $20 worth of products!)


125874                 $10 Grab Bag (containing at least $40 worth of products!)


125875                 $15 Grab Bag (containing at least $60 worth of products!)

Head on over to my online store and get yours while supplies last!

Clean and Simple

This card is one of my favorites! It is clean and simple and very easy to mass produce. I saw this card somewhere over a year ago, so I don't know who to give credit to. Sorry! I have re-made this card for various occasions. It has been a sympathy card, a manly birthday card, a thank you card, etc. 

The base of the card is Sahara Sand. Layered on top of that is Basic Black and then Very Vanilla. I stamped the Medallion image using Sahara Sand ink. I used a small black brad in the center and the Level 1 Hostess stamp set Afterthoughts. I think this card would be very pretty in many different color combinations also. TFL!

On a side note: Way to go Butler Bulldogs!! Great game tonight!  :)

Posting Problems

I have been wanting to post a couple of MDS pages that I have done, but for some reason, I cannot get them to upload.  :(  I will continue to work on that. Looks like we'll be spending a lot of time indoors again!  :(  We are forecast to get 1 - 3 inches of snow tomorrow night! UGH! Earlier in the week it was sunny and in the upper 70's! I want that weather back! 

Since it is SO cold again, here is a Valentine card that I made.

I used scraps again of Real Red and Pretty In Pink. Most of the paper is from the Filled With Love bundle that was available in February. I also used: Heart to Heart punch, Jewelry Tag punch, Tiny Tags stamp set, hemp twine, and the Tasteful Trim die (was available in the Holiday Mini, but has been carried over!). I LOVE this die!

Stamping 411 Sketches

Happy Tuesday all! My up-up line holds a monthly downline meeting that is always full of fun and information. Every month we are presented with a challenge to help us stretch our creativity and/or promote our business. This month our challenge was to participate in two creative challenges. I just LOVE sketches, so I decided to follow a couple of sketches posted on the Stamping 411 blog.

Here is the first sketch that I used:

And........here is the card I created:

The second sketch I used also came from the Stamping 411 blog. Here is the sketch:

Here is the card I created from this sketch:



I hope you like my interpretation of these sketches! Thanks for looking!