Sometimes, you just sit.....

Ever have those days, you want to do so much but find yourself to tired to follow through?  Seems like every once in a while, we all get this way. Those are the days I like to just surf the internet and get some inspiration.
Yesterday, here in Texas, it was 80 degrees. Wonderful! But we knew that storm was coming our way and Sunday our temps would  21 or lower. We have had sleet and Thunder along with it. YUCK!! So I want to share some things I have seen on Connie Stewarts site Simply Simple stamping. This is what she called a tea bag box.

It is like the 2-4-6-8 box. You use the Deco label framelit folded over and two holes punched and tied with the awsome silver ribbon that was carried over. You fill it from the bottom. I cant find the video but it is on her You Tube channel, you must find it and watch it.
Now that Valentines is over, I participated in an out of state organized swap. Our theme was Easter.
It is not until April 20th so there is lots of time to do a class or a workshop.
Here is my swap-

Watercolored using the stamp called Blessed Easter (w) only 11.95
 I almost mailed them and forgot to get a photo- sorry about the glare from the translucent envelope.
This was a little tight making it landscape. So I was thinking about it after I mailed the cards and came up with this version the next week-

 Instead of the label framelits, this version is the Deco label framelits. I also turned it landscape style.

Here is a close up of the embossing on the Very Vintage buttons with gold emboss powder. Have you done that before? It is so fun. Just pressed my button on the Versamark pad, carefully dipped into the gold emboss powder and tap off the excess. Placed on a teflon sheet and held it with a Skewer so I could not burn my fingers and heated with my gun. Let cool completely before touching it.

I have decided to do a Class By Mail for this card. You will get the stamp, supplies for 4 cards for $23.
Add postage (5.85) if I have to mail to you. If you are interested, please contact me as I am already placing orders for some customers.
Hope you enjoyed and got some inspiration today. Be sure to check out Connie Stewart on her site and view her videos. She is very inspiring!
Happy Stampin!
C

Happy Watercolor Swap

When I was in Houston at Leadership, I got 50 swap cards and about 40 3D swaps. I ran across this cute one from Diane Squires made with the new Happy Watercolor stamp set out of the Celebrate the Everyday catalog.

The simplicity of this card is just beautiful. Crisp cantaloupe card base, whisper white mat using the SAB Decorative Dots embossing folder. She used crisp cantaloupe ink and the flower and sentiment is stamped in Always Artichoke. There is one large pearl in the center of the flower and then three tiny ones scattered on the background. 

So simple and so elegant. Hope this inspired you today.

Go play and create something that makes you feel good.

Happy Stamping!

Valentines Day

I am trying to get caught up this weekend and realized I did not share my Valentines with you.
Awhile back, at Christmas, I saw a beautiful plate done with chalk board in the center as a Decor item. LOVED IT!! So, I thought how cute it would be if it was done on a red charger for Valentines.

My Sweet husband got me some roses and a bear with chocloates so I made a little display to enjoy for the weekend- here is a closer look

I think I am going to try this on a silver charger plate too. It should be beautiful too.
For work, I made some roses with dum-dum suckers in the center-

And this cute treat holder and card is CASED from Connie Stewart-loved her 5 ways to use the Sweetheart Treat Bags

Thank you for stopping by today! Hope you had a nice Valentines too.
Happy Stamping-

Sharing some swaps from Leadership

With Valentines Day less than a month away- I wanted to pick through my Leadership swaps and share the ones that I got with Hearts and Valentiney stuff on them.

This cute card was made by Amy Combs. I love it! Crumb cake base with Subtles DSP. Her stamp sets were A Round Array, Hearts a Flutter, Love you to the Moon, Banner Blast and Language of Love-

Here's another one-

This is by Amy Storie at Stamped with Joy.com-
To Cute!!!! Crumb cake base with Coastal cabana  and new Scallop emboss folder.She cut the scallop mat with the banner framelits so the Floral Prints pack DSP paper shows through.. There is a tiny Heart from the owl punch with t Rhinestone on the red print hear.

One more new item coming soon-
Personalized Round Monogram address  labels- Just like the ones I saw stamped on some Christmas card envelopes I got in the mail. You can also make these personalized stamps say Thanks, Love. anything you want. They will be available Jan 28th.

Sorry- Thanks is not very clear- they move so fast on the screen!!!!
Lastly- Here is our cute resulable tote and one of the stamp sets we got at our make n takes-
I will show you the make n takes this weekend-

Thats all for tonight! Hope you liked what you saw and come back over the weekend as I post a few more Valentine cards.
Happy Stampin!

Undefined

I was not a fan of the new Undefined stamp carving at first. They let us play with it at convention last summer, but there were so many people crowded around the booth, I just didnt get a chance to see what it was all about. Leadership gave me the opportunity to try my hand at carving. Here is my stamp I made -

The crown in the center was mine...Our Leadership was about Simplifying. So all they did was place a simple crown on our workbook and on the banners around the convention center. This was easier to do than I could ever have imagined. Here are some other stamps made while we were there-

I hope you try it out and you will be surprised at what you can make. Call me if you would like to get together and make something!
Have a creative day today-thanks for stopping by.

Managers Reception

Wanted to share some of the photos from the Managers Reception that I was invited to go to- Thanks to all of you who encourage and support me to continue sharing and helping with your paper crafting.
We spent the evening at the Houston Downtown Aquarium.

Weather was wonderful. They had some Stlt walkers out front to greet us and Lots of waiters walking around trays of appetizers like stuffed shrimp wrapped in bacon, beef wellington, fruit cocktail shooters.

The Buffet was amazing! Oyster bar made out of ice and a shrimp waterfall also made of ice..

We rode on a train that went though an tunnel in the shark tank. It was cool. The sharks were swimming around us and over the top. We saw a saw-tooth shark that is almost extinct.

And these tanks were beautiful! I wish you could have seen them in person with me.They are breath taking!

this tank had a diver in it holding a sign to welcome us to the event.  Can you see him?
The next photo below is the white tigers they have there. We asked why tigers at an aquarium. She said the owner had a couple tigers that were brother and sisters. Of all the tigers. white tigers love the water more than any others. So they made a white palace for them there. They had eaten before we got there so they were sleeping -

And they had a feeding area where we could feed fish to the flounders- they were very entertaining and slash at you to get fish from you!

It was a great night and I really enjoying getting to go. To top off the night, they gave us a T-shirt and a stamp set from the Celebrate the Everyday catalog. A short bus ride home, and we were back at the Hotel and off to bed!

Leadership Swaps

Did not have time to post my Leadership swaps for you before I left last Wednesday night - Sorry about that!

Here is my 3D candy swap I made-I used the new Scallop Tag Topper

This is cut 6 1/2 x 2. Then scored at 3 and at 3 1/2. It holds either a York Peppermint patties or a Ghiredeli Square. ( 1/2" wide) you can use other items I am sure.

I used Lovely Lables and made myself a background stamp and stamped with the Gold pad.

Then, I punched each end with the Tag Topper. The Heart is real red, the banner is Champagne Glimmer paper and it was 1 1/2 with banner end cut. Then I stamped Pool Party on whisper white. using the stamp set Thats the Ticket. Tied it together with the new Gold bakers twine. Lastly, could not resist adding on one little sequin from our new Everyday Catalog.

Here is my swap card-

 SNEAK PEAK for you of some Sale A Bration items that I used!!

Stamp set is See Ya Later and Banner Blast

background is Emboss folder Decorative Dots

Banner punch

ALL ARE FREE 

I items for every $50 you spend starting January 28th til March 31st 2014

The card base is Bermuda Bay, layer is Strawberry Slush. Of course you can tell I used whisper white and basic black.

Inks were smoky slate,crushed curry, basic black and bermuda bay

 

Hope you enjoyed my samples and are looking through your Celebrate the Everyday catalog. There are so many cool and cute things to buy!! Just let me know if you have any questions or if you need to place an order! Thanks for stopping by today.