Thanks to a comment left by Jennifer, reminding me about these coasters, here they are.  (See, I really do read and love to get your comments!!)  I finished them a couple weeks ago but totally forgot to show you.  I finally colored the butterfly using Pumpkin Pie and Summer Sun Stampin' Write Markers. The flowers are from the Inspired by Nature stamp set and the butterfly from the God's Beauty stamp set.  For more information you can visit my original post on Handstamped Coasters. Most likely this set of tiles will either go to the Pretty Pickin's booth at the Markets at Shrewsbury or Continue reading

I had some time today so I sat down to make this little box.  I wanted to try and incorporate the new Soft Suede in-color and Medallion stamp set.  This is what I came up with. The Designer Series Paper (DSP) you see here is retired but everything else is very much current.  I really like the medallion stamp set, I stamped it here with our Encore Gold Ink, it's great!  Unfortunately you can't see the shine here but perhaps you'll get to see it in real life soon. Here is the box I got my inspiration from.  I made this box at a special event offered by one of my upline members last year.  On Continue reading

I'm sorry I have not been able to post in a while.   We've had all kinds of experiences around here from a funeral to a flat tire, an ER visit, and a household of sick people.  It sure has been an interesting week. I have some guest artists who are willing to share their artwork with you today.  I hope you will enjoy their artwork using the Flower Fancy stamp set and the Snow Swirled stamp set.  Thank you Caitlyn and Cailey for sharing with us! Continue reading

I had a chance to try out a pattern I've had for a little while.  This is a cute little organizer for on top of a desk to hold scratch paper.  I stamped each of the pieces of paper in the organizer with "wishing you happiness today & always" from the Heard from the Heart stamp set. The butterfly was cut out using the Beautiful Butterflies Stampin' Up! exclusive die and the Big Shot.  I cut one butterfly out of the retired Taste of Textiles cardstock and the other out of the new Melon Mambo.  A little Organza ribbon and it's finished. Thank you for stopping by my blog.  I hope you will Continue reading

Today you get to see my work in progress.  I sat down to make a set of tile coasters using the Inspired by Nature and God's Beauty stamp sets.  All was going well until I realized I don't have YoYo Yellow, Summer Sun, Only Orange or Pumpkin Pie Stampin' Write Markers for the butterfly.  Oops!  I guess I'm going to have to halt my work until I get them.  I want the butterfly to stand out!  I look forward to seeing the final product in the end.  I'll be sure to post a picture but it might be a while until I get the markers ordered. For the flowers I used Elegant Eggplant, Always Artichoke and Continue reading

I decorated a couple more jars today.  The tall skinny jar has little spools of ribbon that I use as prizes.  These spool are the plastic middle part of the Stampin' Up! spools and then I put approx. 2-3 feet of ribbon on there depending on the thickness of the ribbon. The square jar has all of my Sizzlet and Embosslit Dies in it.  I was very excited to find I could fit them in there so nicely and still be able to sort through them. Once again, these are jars I've picked up at Yard Sales for a quarter a piece.  I think they make neat storage and I'm excited to add them to my collection.  I Continue reading

I picked this jar, and one just like it, up at a yard sale this past weekend.  I'm not sure why, but I've been excited to find some fun looking jars lately.  I decided to take this jar and use it to store small stamps I'm planning to give away as prizes. I used some Double-Stitched Chocolate Chip Grosgrain Ribbon and On Board Lots of Letters Chipboard.  I designed this jar to match two others I have had for a while, perhaps you've seen them before.  For those of you who havent' seen them though, I'll share a picture. I hope have a few other jars I've acquired lately so I look forward to Continue reading

Yes, you read that right, Christmas Presents!  I've already started working on Christmas presents.  Are you impressed?    I'd bet you'd be more impressed if it was actually a present I was giving!  I'd be very impressed then too! No, I was commissioned to make this gift and I don't think my friend will mind if I share it.  The cardinal stamp you see is the retired Christmas Cardinal stamp set.  Inside the stationary box I also used the Warm Words stamp set and Echoes of Kindness stamp set(a retiring hostess set.) You know, while we're on the topic of Christmas presents, if you get started on Continue reading

Here is a special project I will be doing with the children participating in the the Kids Stampin' Camp tomorrow.  I think the kids are going to like these.  They're little scrapbooks made from lunch bags! Inside these little books are some pull-out pages with ribbon attached to add some extra place for pictures.  Check out the pictures below to see a couple of the inside pages. Continue reading

I spent some time this afternoon working on some little banks for my sons.  We are trying to teach the boys to put some money in the bank, give some to Jesus and have some to spend for themselves.   To do that, they each (well, the older two) needed 2 extra banks.  They have one for saving already so they needed something to keep their tithe in and a special place to keep their "spending" money. Now, for those of you who might be wondering what  a 3 and 5 year old are doing with spending money, Mommy and Daddy are setting up a store where the boys can spend their money.  They are being Continue reading

I made this yesterday.  It's hard to tell in the picture but the majority of the blue you see is actually done with glitter and cosmo.  The letters were cut out of cardstock using the Serif Essentials Alphabet dies and the Big Shot.  This would look really nice with a black frame, however, I have been having trouble finding the black frames I usually use. The largest piece of Ballet Blue cardstock is stamped with the swirly from the To Have and To Hold stamp set, and embossed with Iridescent Ice Embossing Powder.  The cardstock seen in the letters and the smaller blue rectangle were covered Continue reading