A Two-fer...

Back again! :) I'm really excited about my post for today. My project is not only for Sharon's Stamp Simply challenge but for the sweet Taylor Van Bruggen's store. Both challenges worked perfectly for me today. For Taylor's challenge it's to alter one of her fabulous Perfect Package Card Boxes. These are AMAZING! I really LOVE them and they have so many uses. Since Sharon's challenge is to create a 'quickie' Christmas card or one that can be mass produced I opted to use my Card Box for Christmas cards.

Here is a picture of the whole enchilada....and I say that because as I am typing we are just getting back from my favorite Mexican restaurant, Chuy's. YUM!....

Notice the little gems on the sentiments......

These little cuties are from Taylor's store as well. You can find them here. I really love these. They come with tons of different colors and are easy to apply to any project. I used some of my new Crate Paper for the package and cards. To keep the cards EPLS (easy, peasy, lemon squeezy) I used the stickers that came in the package.

Check out Taylor's blog for more ideas on the Perfect Package Card Boxes and lots of fun Black Friday deals.

Check out the rest of Sharon's team and Sharon's blog for more quick Christmas card ideas.

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

Hope you are all doing well and that you have a great day! I will post you soon! :)

Unity Thursday!

Happy Thanksgiving to all my friends in the states!

I hope that everyone is enjoying this day. I feel so very blessed to be sharing this wonderful day with my family. There are truly so many things for us to be thankful for!

This weeks Unity project for me is a layout using the Scrapbook kit. This is such a beautiful kit! I really love the versatility and the size of the stamps. These stamps are perfect for layouts! I used a favorite snapshot of my oldest for this one.

I really love this shot. He looks so very serious as he 'studies' the ball prior to the kick. ;) Football was really fun this year and he had such great coaches that taught him so much about the game. He is really developing such a love for the game.

Be sure and check out the rest of the team and the Unity site for all of this weeks goodies. I'm off for a bit more dressing and another piece of pie. Yum!

Have a good one! :)

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! :)

A Bit Rusty

Happy, happy Thursday! Remember me? It's been such a long time since I've posted I will totally understand if you don't! ;) First, I want to apologize for my abrupt and lengthy absence. Things have been so totally crazy here. Thank you so much for all of your kind words and well wishes. I'm so very sorry for not responding to everyone. I will confess to not actually checking my email until this week. I've been trying to wade through the thousands of emails...seriously, is that even possible? Most is junk mail. But, man, there is a TON!.... Thank you so much! You all do not have any idea just how special you are to me. This has been a really crazy time for us and it's been wonderful reading all of your uplifting words and messages. I really am so very lucky to have such wonderful, caring friends. :) Thank you!

On to a bit of Unity! It's been a really long time since I've stamped so I was really feeling rusty when I sat down at my desk to start working. I wasn't even sure where to start. So I pulled out one of my favorite pictures and decided to put together a quickie layout with this months KOTM. You can see the whole kit at Unity. Here's my layout.....



Sorry, this is just a wee bit crooked. It's been rainy and overcast the last few days here...it's that time of year in Indy! We may not see the sun for another six more months! Yikes! I have issues trying to photograph these in my light tent....but you get the idea. I really, really love the block stamps with the sentiments and so was inspired by them for this layout. 'Simply*be*who*you*are'. Perfect!


Thanks for stopping by! It's really good to be back to creating. I will catch up with 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!

Unity KOTM! {Post #1}

Happy 1st! It's time, it's time, it's time!!!! ;) Time for the new Unity KOTM! :) I really love this months kit and am so excited to have my very own copy in my hot little hands to play with! You guys are gonna LOVE this one!

I always love the sayings that Angela chooses for our kits. They are always so motivating and uplifting. This is one of my favorites!

This paper and the embelli's are from Eclectic Paperie LOVE this stuff. It was perfect for this stamp.

Be sure and check out the rest of the team for more Unity goodness!

• AJ Otto
• Amber Height
• Brooke Lien
• Christi Snow
• Jeanne Streiff
• Jennifer Buck
• Jimmi Mayo
• Julie Campbell
• Kimber McGray
• Laura Williams
• Maren Benedict
• Natalie Dever
• Robyn Weatherspoon
• Wendy Chang
• Hope you are all doing well and that you have a wonderful Thursday! Back in a bit for more! :)

Simply Step Away From the Kraft

It's time to Stamp Simply! This challenge is super fun and so Simple. ;) Sorry...couldn't resist. This week we need to create a card with a leaf image but you also have to sponge as well. You can get all of the deets overe at Sharon's fantabulous blog while you are checking out her amazing sample.



Get the kraft out! ;)



Seriously! I realized as I was snapping a shot of this weeks card that I have been OD'ing on the stuff lately! EPLS...CAS (clean & simple)....and kraft. Lately I am just loving it and just can't seem to pull myself away! I think I need a mini challenge for myself. You know, to create something bright and a wee bit wild! ;) I will work on that this weekend. lol.



Ok...back to this FUN challenge! Here's what I came up with.....

LOVE this leaf! This is from Unity Stamp Co. I used a sentiment from PTI. Uh, yeah....just used this one. It was still sitting on my acrylic block and looked perfect for this one. I sponged the leaf first with ink then covered it with a little glossy accents. It needed to shine a bit. Added a few holes and a bit of stitching...easy.

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

Charlene, September Guest Designer

Janine

Julie

AJ

Tammy

Deb

Barbara

Jenny

Hope you all get the chance to play. Be sure and upload your creations to SCS using the keyword ssnotime106.

Post you all soon! :)

A Paper Posies Challenge...Finally Home

Hey Peeps!

So sorry for the delay. I was fortunate enough to head down to Miami this past weekend for the Colts game. FUN! I had the best time at the game. What a blast! Those Miami fans know how to have a good time! I LOVED all of the music...the game was EXCITING! Super fun stuff! Thankfully, Michele from Paper Posies posted the challenge I am hosting for this week. Phew! Thank you so much, Michele!

Now on to this weeks Paper Posies challenge.....

This weeks challenge will be a 'limited supply' challenge of sorts with one restriction....jewels. You must use jewels. I was so inspired by the beautiful jewel Basic Grey flower from this months kit that I just had to incorporate that somehow!

Soooo.....please create a project using....

1.) ....one, and only one patterned paper. Yup, if you were to get really creative and it was one of this months double sided sheets you could use both sides on your project.

2.) ....two sheets of card stock. You may use two different colored pieces but only two.

3.) ....gems, jewels! ...It's gotta have BLING!

4.) .....NO ribbon! Yikes! You know I LOVE ribbon but not today! Today we are leaving the ribbon on the spool and working without it!

Here is my creation for todays challenge.....

EPLS baby. ;) Now it's your turn. Please be sure and link you beautiful creations here.

Hope you all get a chance to play! I will post you all soon!

Happy Friday! Are you enjoying this fabulous Just Rite blog hop? I absolutely LOVE this product and how versatile it is. This is day two of this fabulous fun time. This hop is dedicated to the fabulous monograms.

I decided to get a jump on my Christmas cards by creating one using my Just Rite fonts. Take a look....

The paper is Making Memories. I used the Special Occassions and Brayton Fonts for this one.

Be sure and check out the rest of the fabulous projects for todays portion of the hop....

Debbie Olson http://debbiedesigns.typepad.com
Jerri Kay Jimenez http://jerrikay.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com
Taylor Van Bruggen http://tayloredexpressions.blogspot.com
Holly Simoni http://www.hollysimoni.typepad.com/
Barb Schram http://barbschram.blogspot.com
Terre Frye http://terresscraptherapy.blogspot.com/
Michelle Kovack http://chelemom.blogspot.com
Kim Moreno www.livingthecircuslife.blogspot.com
Catherine Doucette www.thedancingpear.blogspot.com
Kellie Fortin http://www.murdocks.typepad.com
Kimberly Crawford http://www.kimberly-crawford.blogspot.com/
Kathy Jones http://inspiredtostamp.blogspot.com
Michelle Giraud www.twisted-chick.blogspot.com
Angela Barkhouse http://snippetsofpaper.blogspot.com
Heather Pulvirenti http://heatherpulvirenti.blogspot.com
Tami Mayberry http://tamimayberry.blogspot.com
Jennifer Buck http://thebuckstampshere.blogspot.com {that's me...you are here} ;)
Keri Lee Sereika http://pinklemonade.typepad.com
Jami Bova http://www.sgtstamper.com/blog/
Laura Davis http://resumeofthepaperpoppy.blogspot.com/
Stacey Kingman http://staceykingman.blogspot.com/
Bonnie Sharp http://theluckyclucker.blogspot.com
Stephanie Severin http://ingeniousinkling.typepad.com/
Janine Rich http://2bkrafty.blogspot.com/
Debbie Seyer http://www.debbieseyer.com/
Margie Higuchi http://margieh.blogspot.com/
Lauren Bergold http://llaurenb.blogspot.com/
Anja Curvers http://www.scrappietoo.blogspot.com
AJ Otto http://thewillowgarden.blogspot.com/

Have a wonderful day! :)

A CAS Stamp Simply Challenge

Today will be a busy one for me. It's Thursday night which means it's Stamp Simply time and in just a bit marks another Just Rite blog hop. I so love a good challenge so you know it's been a fun week of stamping here!



This week Sharon's challenge is to create not only a Clean and Simple card but to only use black or brown ink. I pulled this one out for this weeks challenge....

Now head on over to the rest of the Stamp Simply team and be sure and check out Sharon's fantabulous sample! :)

Charlene, September Guest Designer
Janine
Julie
AJ
Tammy
Deb
Barbara
Jenny

Post you soon! :)

Who Does That?

...why Unity of course! ;)

I love how Angela is always changing things to make everything 'fresh'. There is always something fun, new, and exciting! This week marks our first new blog hop, 'Who Does That?'. There are so many new stamps. There are so many beautiful samples. So much to do and see! You can find all of the news at the Unity blog.

I'm using one of my favorite new releases for today. I had such a hard time choosing which one to show you today! I opted for a layout that I created using Simple Blessings. Take a look....

That's my youngest from last Halloween. The force was with us that year. We had Anikan, Obi-Won (sp), and Yoda. Obviously Hayden was Yoda. He really wasn't loving the hat. This is one of the few pictures I have of him with a smile while wearing it. He wanted that thing off pronto! We are now trying to choose costumes for this year. Unfortunately for me the Grim Reaper is high on one of my boys lists. Yikes! I'm guessing my next Halloween layouts won't be so much fun! ;)

Hope you all enjoy the rest of your hop! Thanks for stopping by!

Have a great day! :)

Simply Halloween Flair

Happy Day! :)

Today's challenge is a bit of a combo for me. Today is one of my favorite challenges....Stamp Simply....and it's also Unity's Friends With Flair day. You can find all of the Stamp Simply deets at Sharon's blog while you are checking out her fantabulous creation. All of the Friends With Flair over at the Unity blog.

We are making Halloween cards today. I absolutely love making things for Halloween. I used one of my favorite Unity Halloween images for this one. Take a look....

I really love those little spiders.

Now check out the rest of the Stamp Simply team.....

Charlene, September Guest Designer
Janine
Julie - Julie is taking the night off tonight!
AJ
Tammy
Deb
Barbara
Jenny

Enjoy the rest of Friends With Flair and if you get the chance to play with this weeks Stamp Simply challenge be sure to upload your creations to SCS using the keyword ssnotime104.

Have a great day! :)

Paper Posies

Happy Tuesday! Hope you all had a wonderful weekend! Ours was pretty relaxing which is always a good thing. I took the boys to lunch yesterday which was lots of fun and then a little of this and that.


Now on to scrapbooking. :) I really love this layout I created with my Paper Posies kit. It's been such a fun month guesting for this kit club. I LOVE this months kit. I used one of my photos from Florida this summer.



This is one of my favorite photos. I really loved the evenings when we would go shelling. The boys really enjoyed this and had such a great time. This months kit was perfect for this photo.

You can get more information about the Paper Posies kit here.

Hope you all have a great day! I will post you soon!

Over Stamped!

;) Happy Friday! :) It's Stamp Simply time! :)

This weeks challenge is to stamp a sentiment over your stamped image. You can find all of the deets over at the fabulous Sharon Johnson's blog. This is ssnotime103.

I pulled out some new Unity for this one. This set is actually not available just yet but will be soon.

I stamped the ornament and then overstamped the sentiment. I also added a little Glossy Accents from Ranger. The paper is Papertrey Ink.

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

Charlene, September Guest Designer
Janine
Julie
AJ
Tammy
Deb
Barbara
Jenny

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

Post #5 ... Paper Posies

Ok...final one of the day. Phew! It's been a busy day! ;) Next up....

Paper Posies

I'm really excited to be doing a guest spot with the kit site Paper Posies. I was so excited when my kit arrived. It's full of so many wonderful products! CUTE stuff! My first project is a card that I created using a Lizzie Anne stamp that I picked up at CHA.

(I'm sharing this one 'cause I'm obviously in a 'kraft kind of mood' today. ;) Not sure what is up with me...and it's one of my favs.) ;)

I love the papers and embellis from this months kit. You can find more information at the site.

And if you are looking for some of the other posts from today you can find:

Unity

Flower Soft

The Stamps of Life

Jacksonbelle

I will post more soon! I hope you all have a great day! :)

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. :)

Post #3 ... Flower Soft

Time for another. Here's what I've had so far: Jacksonbelle can be found here. Unity can be found here.

Now on to a little bit of

Flower Soft!

It's time for another Flower Soft challenge and you won't want to miss this one! This months challenge is focusing on the Autumn mix. This is one of my favorite colors. I really love it! I actually used one of Flower Softs stamps for this challenge as well. This one is called Wishing Well.

I really love this image. I colored it with copics and then then added a bit of distressing.

Now be sure to check out the rest of the design team...

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

...and head on over to the Flower Soft blog to check out the give away. You have the chance to win your own Autumn mix! :)

Back in a bit with more for you! :) Post you soon!

Post #2 ... Unity Kit Of the Month Challenge

Time for Post #2!

Unity Stamp Co!

It's the first of the month which means time for another Kit of the Month challenge! In typical Unity style we are ever changing and revamping this challenge.

What are you playing for???

Your very own September Kit of the Month! This is such a CUTE kit!

What do you have to do?

Create a card using the colors green, purple, orange, and black. That's it! EPLS! Any variation of those colors. Could be pastel, bold and bright....your choice!

Here's my little take on this challenge....and shockingly, it's NOT a Halloween card! Now, how the heck did that happen? ;)

Be sure and check out the rest of the designers that are playing along...

AJ Otto

Jeanne Streiff

Jimmi Mayo

Christi Snow

Maren Benedict

Can't wait to see what you all come up with! Be sure and upload your creations to SCS using the keyword USK01 so that you can be entered to win.

Back in a bit with more! :) Post you soon!

Post #1 .... Jacksonbelle

It's going to be a whirl-wind day of posting for me today. I have so many things to share with you! Fun, fun, FUN! :) Lot's of new stuff....lot's of fun stuff....lot's of kraft....kraft? Well, yeah, I got a wee bit crazy with it last night. You'll see. Anyhoo, let's get this party started!

Jacksonbelle!

Woohoo! It's time for another fun challenge. Well, this month in fact will be filled with so many fun challenges! :) You can get all the fun deets over at the Jacksonbelle blog.


Todays challenge is a one layer card. I so love making these! Of course, like everything, I sometimes interpret the rules a bit 'loosely'. ;) Here's what I came up with....



I pulled out a little Cosmo Cricket for this one by applying a little rub-on to the card front. EPLS! Love that!


Be sure and check out what the rest of the designers have in store for you....


AJ Otto
Bethany Paull
Carly Robertson
Dawn Easton
Heather Lee-Reppen
Jennifer Buck
Jill Dunn
Jimmi Mayo
Kristine Breach
Loretta Lock
Lynda Benden
Melissa Bove
Michelle Philippi
Mitzi Koons
Shemaine Smith
Stephanie Hargis
Tobi Crawford


I will be back in a bit with more for you! :)

CPS

Happy Sunday! :)

I'm so excited about today! I'm sponsoring CPS! How fun is that! CPS is such a wonderful site with so many amazing sketches from the talented Tami Mayberry and she has a team of super talented designers. This week they are all using a bit of Stampin' Up! for the cards they are creating with this weeks sketch. Head over to the CPS site to view this weeks sketch and to check out the blog candy I am offering for this one.

I'm playing with this weeks sketch as well. I used some of my favorite SU products for this sort of rustic Christmas card....

The stamp is from A Holly Jolly Christmas. The paper is Soft Suede DSP patterns prints. The ribbon is Sleigh Bells. You can find all the supplies through my SU website.

Hope you get a chance to play and good luck to each of you in the drawing! :)

Post you all soon!