Watercolor Winter kit class

Yesterday was the watercolor winter kit class held at my dear friend JoAnne's home. We had a great time, but must say, it was very intense. You have to paint everything first, then stamp while all the pieces are drying. Then you can put every thing together cause they have to be dry. It is worth it, they are beautiful!

 The tree card is my fave!!! I adore low the triangle shaped tree is so cute on this card. The gold glimmer paper behind it lets a little sparkle show thru-

 Isnt this sleight cute??? Who wouldn't want to jump on a sleigh and play in the snow??? Trust me in Texas, there is not much snow-Lucky if you get one or two dustings is all.

 Photos do not do justice to this card- the vellum holly leaves just make this!!! On the rest of my cards, I am going go sponge the edges of the holly leaves to help set them off so they so a bit more.

I think when I finish the other 4, I am painting the words red or green and do opposite stripes. Love the velum snowflake, but it is lost on here for me. Such a cute set of cards and there is lots of embellishments to add.

It was a fun day and we love to meet and we love to visit. Thats what gathering your friends together is all about-
Happy stamping! See you again soon.
Thanks for stopping by today!
Caren

Remember these?

I was looking in my computer files and found a photo from last Year when I did a Halloween workshop- Since the purse die is still in the catalog, I want to share this idea again as you start thinking about doing some treat holders.

I still giggle when I see these!

Here are the owl cup-cakes I made and took to work-
This is by far starting the best time of the year for me!

A Rare Opportunity for "Girls Weekend"

I had a rare chance to spend the weekend in OKC with my Mother, two sisters, Carol and Charlie to stamp and giggle and just stamp our hearts out.

We had "Totties" but this time instead of cranberry juice, we used Peach Netar and made Belini's!
Mother and Charlie worked on their Paper Pumpkins-

Bonus was I also got to see my son, Brian and one of my Brothers, Roger.

Brian hates "Selfies" but he still smiled for me!

No stamping to share today, but wanted to share my wonderful weekend!
thanks
Caren

Getting ready for Halloween

I have  been having so much fun with some of the new things in the Holiday catalog for this fall-

You saw the cute Curvey box framelit yesterday. The demonstrators and making the cutest things from it!

Here is the Wreath I did-

It is so much cuter in real life, this photo does not do it justice. I am ordering another one to Alter it, but wanted to do one just like they show to let you know how easy it was to make!

Havc a great day and stamp something to make you happy!
thanks- Caren

Amother fun weekend at Mothers

Had a fun time for "Girls Weekend" Both sisters and  Mother and I spent the weekend stamping! Bonus for me too -I got to spend the night with my son and he and one of my brothers came to have dinner with us girls.
So, I played with the curvey box- LOVE it!! Check this out-

It makes such a cute treat holder. There are so many new cute items in the Holiday cataglog!

Summer Vaca is over! Where did the time go????

I can not believe it has been four months since I last posted for you! The Summer retreat was a big success and and everyone loved it.
 Hope you can go to the Christmas Retreat on Oct 18th. Cost is $100 and you will get lunch, door prizes, make a scrapbook, Stamp a Stack of 12 cards and make 4 -yes 4 3D projects!!!!! Just let me know by Oct 4th if you can attend.


I am still doing the monthly swap with the group I started with back in Feb.

This was my June swap for Female Birthdays-
Used the Blended Boom stamp

Here was July's swap-

I used the Autumn Accents die, burlap ribbon, large scallop edgelits new lace and New In Color Blackberry Bliss card stock

Here is August card-

Choose Happiness is the stamp set from the Idea book. Look what you can do just by using Halloween colors!!!!! This is such a  fun set!!!!
Basic Black, very vanilla, basic grey and pumpkin pie

Hope you find a little inspiration and stamp a few cards this week!!!

I am glad to be back and have a lot to share with you!!!