CPS & The Stamps of Life

I've got one more for you.....and a quick side note.... As I am typing this The Blackeyed Peas are playing in the background. The song is 'I've Got A Feeling'. My youngest two sons are here and we are all singing along....Yeah, be thankful this blog doesn't offer sound.....but the cutest thing, Hayden just started singing 'I got my DS'...as in Nintendo DS instead of 'I got my money'....if you've ever heard the song I've just probably ruined it for you. But for me I will always sing 'I got my DS'. So funny. ;)


Anyway, back to the stamping. ;) Today I've got a little something for this weeks CPS sketch along with one of the new ones from The Stamps of Life {LOVELOVELOVE everything that is TSOL!} Take a peek.....

The papers for this one are from My Minds Eye, the Lush line which I am so very much in love with. They are, well, Lush! ;) The colors are so beautiful and the paper is thick and the embossing is AMAZING...perfect!

You can check out the sketch {which I flipped} at the CPS blog and the entire stamp set at TSOL site.

Thanks so much for stopping by. I hope you all have a wonderful day! :) Post you soon!

So Hard To Say Goodbye

Hey to you all. It's been a little while since my last post. Things have been pretty hard around here. We recently found out that my mother has breast cancer. Many of you know that I am a cancer survivor. My heart is heavy not only with my moms diagnosis but with the knowledge of the road ahead for her. This is such a tough fight.

With that, I am going to lighten my stamping load. I cannot believe that I will have to scale back but I know that with the summer approaching and the need to spend as much time with her as possible something will have to give. Ugh. I've been part of Sharon Johnson's stamping team for such a long time. I have had so much fun working with Sharon and all of the rest of the Stamp Simply team. Sharon has such an amazing challenge each week and I have truly been blessed to be a part of it. A couple of months back Sharon asked for each team member to host the first challenge each month. It's somewhat kismet that my turn up is now. For my last official challenge I am contributing a sketch to keep your stamping simple. It's an EPLS {easy peasy lemon squeezy} to help you whip up a card in no time flat. Here's a shot of the actual sketch.....

My card for this one uses one of my favorite stamps from The Stamps of Life. Take a peek.....

The paper I used for this one is from Jillibean Soup. Head on over to Sharon's fabulous blog for the rest of the link list for the Stamp Simply team and to see Sharon's beautiful sample.

Thank you again, Sharon for asking me to join your team. It's truly been so much fun and such an honor to work with you! :) You are such a sweetie!

I will be back to post you all next week. I hope you all have a wonderful weekend! I am happy to say that I am taking a little break from all that is my 'regular' life to head on over to one of my LSS to see some of my stamping friends! What a welcome trip this is. I will share some pictures once I get back. :)

Take care each of you!

The Stamps of Life

Have you seen the new release yet? I'm loving this months first kit from The Stamps of Life. It's adorable! You can view the whole she-bang over at the site. This week I am sharing one of my favorites for this release. Take a peek.....

The paper for this one is Jillibean Soup. I used my Cuttlebug Swiss Dot folder for the card base.

Thanks for stopping by! Spring break here and luckily the weather is cooperating so far. ;) We are hanging out at home but you know that always keeps you busy with little ones running around. Hope you are all doing well and that you have a wonderful night! :)

Another Thank You Card

Back again with a little more from The Stamps of Life. One more thank you card using this months Thanks 2 You. Take a peek....

The paper for this one is from American Crafts. The chipboard pieces are from Chips. The ribbon is PTI.

Thanks for stopping by! Hope you all have a great one!

From the Bottom of My Heart

Hey Peeps! Back again with a bit more from The Stamps of Life. I'm using another couple of sentiments from this months new release Thanks 2 You. Take a peek....


The paper for this one is from Jillibean Soup. I colored the heart with a little Smooch....LOVE that stuff.

Thanks for stopping by! Back with more later! Have a good one!

You Rock!

Hey Peeps! Back again with a quickie using The Stamps of Life. This one uses the new release Thanks 2 You. This is such a cute set! I LOVE the sentiments and the flowers....ADORABLE! I made my card this week using the current CPS sketch. You can view it over at the CPS blog.



The paper for this one is from Crate Paper. I LOVE this paper! It's one of my favorite lines. I'm sorry but I don't remember where I got the brad. It's one of those things that wound up in a drawer and I have NO clue from where it came. :(

Hope you enjoy. Be sure and check out The Stamps of Life website to see the entire set. It's a cutie!

I will post you soon!

The Stamps of Life Challenge

It's time for a challenge from The Stamps of Life! Our challenge today to combine digital images with stamped images. FUN! I created 'patterned' paper with my digital images and then stamped the sentiment. EPLS. Take a peek....



Be sure and check out the rest of the team.....

Deb Felts, Joana Studer, Vicki Garrett , Laura Williams, Stephanie Barnard, and Jeanne Streiff.

You can check out the rest of the Stamps of Life images at the site here.


Hope you have a great day! Post you soon! :)

Monday Gals ..... Post #1

Happy Monday....or soon to be....I'm going live just a bit early since I've got another post coming as well! I'm so excited to be participating with the Monday Challenge! What a perfect week to jump back in! This weeks challenge is to create a Clean & Simple card. Well, you know that CAS is one of my favorite styles so this week was so much fun for me! I used this weeks Card Positioning Systems sketch for this one. You can view the sketch over at the CPS blog. Here's my little card......


I used the digital kit Daisies 4 You from The Stamps of Life for this one. This is such a fun kit! The patterned paper, ribbon, and buttons are from PTI. I added some of the NEW....ok....soon to be released....Ultra Fine Flower Soft for the inside of the buttons. I LOVE the new Ultra Fine FS! It's so delicate. This will be available on Feb 1.

Be sure and check out the rest of the gals.....(Of course, if you are getting this prior to midnight you may need to check back in a bit).....

Brooke Lien

Maren Benedict

AJ Otto

Jimmi Mayo

Jeanne Streiff

I'll be back in a bit with a bit more Flower Soft. We are sneaking some peeks of the upcoming release. Be sure and check out the Flower Soft blog for more.


Post you soon!

All Digi

It's a first for me! I'm getting pretty accustomed to combining both digital and 'true' elements in my work. I actually really love working with digital images but have yet to actually create something completely digital. Well, today marks a first! An all digital layout! Wowzers, jump back! ;) While playing with some of my Stamps of Life images I just sort of let go and the next thing, it's an all digital layout! Take a peek....

I really had so much fun creating this! It was really easy! Hope you enjoy! I'm off! I will be back for more tomorrow! Hope you all enjoy your day!

Big hugs!

Wrap It Simply

Back again for this weeks Stamp Simply challenge. I popped back in just in time for some super fun holiday challenges. Sharon always has such great challenges that really help to get us ready for the holidays. I really love that! For more on the challenge and a super BEAUTIFUL sample from our fearless leader you can check out Sharon's blog.

This weeks challenge is 'All Wrapped Up'. Create a little 'somethin', somethin'' that's wrapped. Love it! To keep it simple I pulled out a window bag and filled it with some yummy brownies. Then I created a hand made ornament for the bag tap that can easily be removed and then hung on a Christmas tree. Take a peek.....

Here's a closeup of the tag on the ornament....

The stamp is from The Stamps of Life. This is the November release set. This set is one of my favorites. The glitter is from Martha Stewart. This is the tinsel glitter. I feel in love at first site. How fun is that sparkle!

Be sure and check out the rest of the Stamp Simply team:

Bethany, November Guest Designer
Janine
Julie
AJ
Tammy
Deb
Barbara
Jenny
Barb Schram

Hope you all have a great weekend! I will post you all soon! :)

Flower Soft & The Stamps Of Life {Post 2}

Back again! I wanted to share one more with you today. Today is the release of the new TSOL {The Stamps Of Life} kit and our Flower Soft challenge. I combined my card for this one. I couldn't resist. The stamps fit perfectly with our challenge!

The challenge: create a Halloween project using Flower Soft. You know how much I LOVE Flower Soft! The stuff is AMAZING! I couldn't wait to get to work for this one! When I was at CHA this past season, Noreen, one of the talented gals 'across the pond' with Flower Soft shared a card that she made with Flower Soft. She created a spider with the wires for this one. I had to make a version of my own.

Ok...where to begin! LOVE this new stamp kit! LOVE that you can get a digital version and resize, recolor, re...whatever...with the images! LOVE fest! Total LOVE fest!

The spider is so much fun!

I created him using some rubber bumpers {these little 1/2" stickers that I got from Canvas Corp} I layered each bumer with a couple of Flower Soft wires and then added the Flower Soft glue to the whole thing, added the black FS and some jiggle eyes. How fun is he!

Be sure and check out the rest of the Flower Soft team to see there fabulous creations:

Deb Saaranen
Charmaine Ikach
Niki Estes
Carole Burrage
AJ Otto
Sharon Johnson

and our October guest designer: Jeanne Streiff

And check out the rest of The Stamps Of Life team:

Julie Griffith

Wendy Hansen

Beverly Sizemore

Joana Studer

Vicki Garrett

Jeanne Streiff

Hope you are all doing well! I will post you soon!

Post # 4 ... The Stamps of Life

The Stamps of Life!

I'm so excited about this one! Stephanie Barnard has started a new stamp company called The Stamps of Life. Today marks the day of her first release and can I tell you how incredibly CUTE it is! LOVE it! One of the amazing things about her new company is that she is not only offering these super cute stamps in some of the best acrylic I have ever had the pleasure of using but she is also offering digital downloads of these same images. How many ways do I love that! Digital images offer you so many creative options for the stamps. I love being able to color them, resize them, add them to pictures. It's such a fun way to 'stamp'.

I'm so honored to be part of her new design team and I am here to share with you a couple of my digital creations. I have to CAS cards for you today.

First up, I played with the 'thanks' sentiment from the kit. I changed the color of the flower in Photoshop and printed it on white paper. Take a look...

How cute is that font! I LOVE the this!

Next up I took one of the circles and changed the color of the background, resized them, added the same 'thanks' sentiment as above (removing the flower) and printed it on a little kraft card stock....

I truly love how EPLS digital designs are. I love the freedom that they give you and I am so in LOVE with this new stamp company. I look forward to seeing what else Stephanie has in store for us! Be sure and check out her new store here.

...and check out the rest of the design team....

Julie Griffith

Jeanne Streiff

Post you soon....I've got another post on the way....and if you are looking for my other posts from today you can find them here:

Jacksonbelle

Unity Stamp Co.

Flower Soft

Back in a bit. :)