More Craft Kits

You can't tell from this picture .... but this card is REALLY cute. The black and whites in this card are making my camera fit to be tied and well, these are not the best images I've ever taken. Sorry.

The better news is that this is the LAST post I will be making from this computer. I'm saying a not so sad sayonara to the Dell and a happy "hello" to the Mac. I can not say I will miss the sticky keys at ALL!

These cards are two that I made using my kits for Lena's High Hopes Card Kit Swap on Splitcoaststampers. It's not too late to sign up.

My first Valentines of 2011

I have to say that I had a rough time getting back into the crafting saddle. After the craziness of my Christmas crafts I was just plum worn out. My mojo had taken a hike and my crafting area looked like a bomb exploded over it. In fact, it took two entire days just to clean up!

So when I finally sat down ... I decided to go easy on myself and just do a card kit. Dipping my toes in the world of stamping so to speak since I didn't have to think about images, matching paper or even embellishments. This was a great kit. It's from my stamping sister Angela (MonkeyMama). She knew of my love of soft pinks and Mo Manning when she compiled this kit.

My companion as always, was Romy.

She looks slightly annoyed here because I had just moved her rump so she wasn't actually standing ON the card.

Supplies:
Stamps: Mo Manning digi image
All other items by SU: antique brass hardware, Chocolate Chip grosgrain ribbon, flower punches, sewing machine

More Halloween

I'm back with more October holiday cards. If I were only allowed to keep 10 Stampin Up sets (out of the kabillions that I've bought), Best Fiends would make the cut. That's how much I love it. Frank and the witch from this same set are my number one "go-to" Halloween stamps.

And in keeping with the green skull theme I've got going, here is another Halloween card. These little guys are from DRS (except the sentiment which also comes from Best Fiends). The stamps are Ghost Family Portrait and Ghost in Socks. I popped the front ghost with pop dots. How stinking cute are those socks?

Back tomorrow with the last of the Halloweenies

It's November

Can you believe it's here already? And you know what that means ... fruitcake, mistletoe and Christmas are lurking around the corner. And even though snow is predicted this week, I can't really get into the fa-la-la spirit. So, for now, I'm going to share some more Halloween cards.

I bought a ton of new Halloween stamps this year (yikes, don't tell Ken) and this little mummy leapt into my cart as soon as I saw him. I hummed "Walk Like an Egyptian" all the way to the cash register.

This second card's stamps are from Stampin Up. I have a tendency to use the little skeleton and dog from the same set quite a bit but had never inked the bird up. It was the perfect image for a bird loving friend. I like the way it turned out (sorry for the blurry image). I'll be back later with .... yup, more Halloween.

Another 50th Milestone

Guess who ELSE is having a 50th birthday this year? My friend, Janet Jenkins from Janet's Gems. She was my Secret Sister from a swap a few weeks back and I wanted to be sure to wish her a wonderful day!

I used the sketch from the High Hopes blogaversary. First of all, Janet and I are both big High Hopes fans (and I truly do love this little pig) but also the winner could have won 10 new High Hopes stamps. Yowza.

I say "could have" because life got in the way and my card did not get made in time for the contest. BUT, it will make it to your house in time for your birthday Janet (which is kinda a major deal for me ... just ask poor Jessica and Deb who were able to celebrate THEIR birthdays all month long thanks to me!)


I also wanted to show you Fall in Colorado. This first picture is the family and this could be classified as "fall" because we were on the edge of a cliff looking down at the changing leaves. Do you notice the death grip I have on my eldest?

And here is the gorgeous view we could see. The only bad thing about Colorado is that we rarely get any red in our Fall colors ... just vast fields of yellow. It's pretty tho.

Hope your day is fantastic Janet!

Happy Birthday DEB!!!

When I first "met" Deb three years ago we were part of a Splitcoaststampers swap of House Mouse ATC. I was just starting to swap and consulted her about how to improve my stamping. You can imagine that I was delighted to learn that Deb lived a mere 40 minutes from my house ... we could really MEET! Since that time, things have changed. My kids are no longer toddlers (thank god!), I rarely reach for my beloved mice when I stamp and I have FAAAARRR more confidence about the cards I make. But one constant has remained ... Deb. She is my Archiver chick and grunge guru.

As a tribute to you on your birthday Deb ... I decided to once again ink the mice. Instead of House Mouse, I went with the new Henry stamp from Whiff of Joy. I knew that I had to have this guy as soon as I saw his Hawaiian shirt and Margarita glass.

So without further ado, let's get this 50th birthday blog rolling! I send you out to Paris and Heather

Happy Birthday my friend!

Supplies: Whiff of Joy and unknown sentiment stamp, copics, brads, nestibilities, ribbon, crystal effects.

Happy Birthday Steve

What a weekend we had! On Saturday we spent the entire day at UCCS, the local university doing "Cool Science" with the kids. The kids rotated through stations doing all sorts of ... well, cool science stuff. They made flarp (gooey, sticky things) fake snow (fluffy things), and fake worms (er, more gooey, sticky things). They played with electricity, motors and bubbles. They had an absolute blast. In fact, I don't know who had more fun ... the kids or the husband.

On Sunday we went to see the changing Aspens. We had a great time going to the small towns just North of us, hiking and shopping.

By the time Sunday night came, we were all a little tired. My oldest climbed into his dad's lap to watch TV and then slowly ... slid into the position you see ... dead asleep! It was NOT a relaxing weekend, but it was fun!

But in all the craziness, I wanted to post the card I made for my brother-in-law's birthday on Saturday. Hope your day was fabulous Steve!

Supplies: Stamps: Reflections, Dog Unknown phrase
Memento ink, Copics, Nestibilities, brads.