Sweet Stamp Shop Reveal Day

Yeah! So excited...been gearing up for this all month and I am super stoked. It's gonna be SWEEEEEEET!

I got to work with a fun stamp stamp set called "It's a Man World" and since I am surrounded by men ;)

it is just too perfect for me. 

BUT first things first....

Here is the line up:

Sweet Stamp Shop Blog

Emily

Savannah

Ellen {ME YOU ARE HERE}

Kelley

Nicole

So whatcha get for all this hard work?  LOTS!

First up...SALE SALE SALE!

15% off all new sets. Coupon Code: MR15

IFyou hop along *every day* and leave unique comments {no copying and pasting peeps} you will be entered to win one of the new releases. If you  share the release with friends it's an extra entry...for example sharing on Facebook....


So here is the scoop on the layout that I created for this release.  {you have to click on image to make it larger} So this is my dad, Owen 's grandfather, helping him with his tie on Thanksgiving.  Owen went to Virginia with my parents to see my sister all by himself so this was a big weekend for him. Being gone...6 hours away...and he wanted to wear his tie for the big day.


I used the ties in the banner with some Timeless Twine! Make sure you check out their site...they have a special "sweet" pack of twine just for YOU! 

Even better...!!... if you make your way 

to Timeless Twine's blog today... she 

is revealing (a whole *2* days early) the 

'Sweet Spring' set that this twine pack is paired 

with! How exciting is that??

But, wait... there's more... 

If you purchase the special *Sweet Sampler* 

pack today, tomorrow, or Friday. You'll get a coupon 

code for 25% off 'Sweet Spring'!! 

This quote is from a Cocoa Daisy kit. I love the fun details in their kits, especially these cards you get with quotes on the. I use them all the time! I stamped one of the sentiments, "It's a Man's World"

underneath the hand cut banner from the OA papers. 

Have fun!!!!!!

October Afternoon Building Block

Wahoo!

Got some Scrappy time done this weekend. 

Andrea and Joyce came over and I actually got a bunch done :):):)

One thing I worked on is this layout using the OA Building Blog sketch.

When I came across this photo and thought about our family's love of reading, I thought...

why not use these papers?!?! They are just for boys ;)  When you have two boys and a lot of boy themed papers...you tend to think outside the box with them, LOL!

When I started with the Building Block, I really went with the idea of the sketch as just that...a starting point...

I thought the large image would help balance the photo along the very top of the page. I see

this design a lot but sometimes, when I try it, it seems top heave and this seems more balanced for me.

And to "girl it up" I added some tulle ;)

Click on the image to make it larger....

check out these two cute sisters!

Mornin' I am soooooooooooooooooooooooo ready for a nice long weekend. I think we will be doing a lot of grilling, relaxing, swimming and maybe the drive-in again!

When I got these papers from the LBD September kit and saw all the pink goodness in it, I knew I had to document these photos of our friend's bulldogs. Aren't they cute??? They are Laker & Tango. I used the misc. vintage papers and then added the October Afternoon, Core'dinations and Girl's Paperie papers inside so it would be nice and sturdy. Then, I binded it together with one of those office thingies for legal files.

This is Laker...She is sooo sweet! A few weeks ago, she barely made it through the night after getting a nibble of some rat poisoning. They rushed her to Cornell animal hospital and she pulled through! It's a miracle, really.

I used my For the Luv of Art stamp set (didn't come with the kit) on here, too. The rose above in the word "sweet" and in the photo below. LUV this list stamp :) Each of the doggies got one of these for my friend to journal her favorite things about her girls.

Teehee...Laker with her ears back. So cute.

And sweet sweeet Tango! Isn't she adorable??? I just want to squeeze her all day long. She got a rose, too ;)

And her own list stamp for her momma to document...

OH! and a close up of the music note stamps that came in the For the Luv of Art kit.

Have a SAFE and Happy WEEKEND!!!

Be Inspired #90

How's the hump day going for you so far? I love Wednesdays because it's Cuttlebug Be Inspired day!!! This week we are featuring inchies. For my card, I cut inchies with some Spellbinders Dies with my Cuttlebug and then embossed them with various folders. The center image is an OA journal sticker with an SRM Sticker. The sentiments are myStampBOX stamps. Papers are OA and Core'dinations cardstock that I sanded.

Since I am still on cloud 9 from the DT announcement over at For the Luv of Art :0 :) :) :) :) I figured I would run with the color combo from Julie Ann's ad challenge again.

And, I am not sure if you can tell but I used my corner rounder on the right hand side of the card only. AND I even embossed the little sentiments :)

Speaking of cards! Here is another one I made this week with tons of Webster's Pages Seaside Retreat (Papers, Cardstock Stickers and trim are all Websters} with some Core'dinations Vintage Cardstock and SRM stickers over the circles.

And ...how can I forget a myStampBOX stamp on here!!! Love this set to pieces....I stamped it right over the cardstock sticker.

Happy Monday! :) ;) ;)

Happy Monday! Thanks for all the awesome comments for the blog hop! Bettina announced a winner over at the myStampBOX blog so head over there ;)

And it is soooo happy for me today! I am so super excited to be part of Norma's new venture over at For the Luv of Art that I could just scream! Well, I might have a bit when Suzy called me, LOL, I did spill my wine. So, if you haven't check it out over there than please do. You will love it and I got my first kit on Friday and it is really fabulous.

Speaking of For the Luv of Art....This week's challenge was based on an ad from Anthroplogy {heart} and it had grey in it and you know me with my grey...I had to jump on it.

I made two projects. The first is this card featuring OA Road Trip, Core'dinations and a myStampBOX stamp. Their Road Trip stamp set and the OA papers are perfect for each other:

Next up is a fun little Card Book that I put together for Brain to take with him when he is gone during the week. He started a new job that takes him away M-F so I thought I would make him a little fun card/book to keep with him {yeah, right} when he is on the road. AND...the super cute Henry is modeling it for us today.

Look how cute the Henerator is posing?!!

Don't mind the cheetos infused shirt and fingers, LOL!

Here is the inside of the book...I just put in a few simple things. I didn't want it to be too big and bulky so he could keep it in the pocket of his laptop bag.

Here is the badge for him to where...

And the back has a pin so he can put it on his shirt. what are the chances he wears this? :)

Have a great week!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Good Morning!

Before I share my Cuttlebug Weekly Be Inspired Challenge, I wanted to share an AWESOME contest going on over at Core'dinations!!! Core has teamed up with the Caardvarks challenge blog for a chance to win a 3 month spot on the Core'dinations Design Team. How cool is that? Make sure you check out the Caardvarks Blog or the Core'dinations Blog for more details.

So Today is Wednesday and that means Cuttlebug Be Inspired # 80 at the Cuttlebug Challenge Blog! This week we were challenged to make a Shadow Box/Frame. And you know how I love love to alter...yippee!!! One of the things I love about my Cuttlebug is that you can take ordinary scrapbooking items and make them your own. For example, these October Afternoon die cuts....they were just plain ol' die cuts until I ran them through my Cuttlebug for a little extra pizazz. Then, I just layered them and added some other details to this frame for a fun piece. Also, you can easily rotate the photo, too.

A crop-a-rrific Weekend

is that a word? Probably not but us scrappers like to make up our own words so I think that will work. Serendipity Scrapbooks had it's crop this weekend and a few of us got together and scrapped. It was fun! We all had our laptops out at our desks and were working away, checking challenges, chatting, eating, drinking wine coolers :) Yeah, baby....that's the way I like to work, LOL!

Here is a layout I did for Susan's Chicken challenge. She gave us a template to print and use on a layout. How cuuuute is this little guy?

So City Chicken? what is it? Well, it's not chicken, lmbo! It's a mixture of pork and veal, cubed, on a stick and then breaded and baked. It is quite good, actually. I like mine with hot sauce b/c I am saucey like that. So for this layout, Uncle Dave {who lives in Arkansas} came home for Easter and requested this family favorite so that is what we had last year for Easter dinner. I had to grab photos of it since people don't believe me when I tell them about it! I never had it until we moved here and was just as shocked as you might be right now. BUT if you are adventurous and like meat, this is right up your alley.

How cute is that little chicken on there?

Hope everyone has a great week this week!

October Afternoon and DT CAll

One of my fave scrappy places to hang is HSS aka Happy Scrappin' Scrapbooking. Sharon is the nicest and most generous ladies I know AND HSS has tons of goodies in the store for all you Cricut and Cuttlebug users AND Pageframe lovers ;) So make sure you check out the DT call.

Here are some projects I did for Serendipity Scrapbooks Weekly Review. I got to review Ducks in a Row by October Afternoon {poor me, lol} and some cutie Twitterpated rubons by Imaginisce. Don't forget that Serendipity just loaded OA's roadmap collection! Of course I needed to add some Core'dinations to my projects...whitewash here...it went really well with these soft colors.

Here is the journaling....when i think of grandmas i think of hugs and kisses and unlimited candy in the candy drawer. i think of McDonalds and Soap Operas and playing in the sewing room. i think of laughing and a brilliant sense of humor. I think of what an amazing woman you were and how you taught me that working hard is nothing to be ashamed of...i think of you tickling my back while i sat on the floor putting off riding my bike up that huge hill. i think of sleepovers whem mom and dad went away and birthday parties on your back porch. i think of getting "squinched" b/w you and grandpa when i snuggled in bed with you. when i think of grandmas, i think of unlimted amounts of love and memories that will last a lifetime.

I did a little super secret journaling on here ;)

Tonight is the night for the Webster's Pages chat over at Serendipity! Be there or be square!

Also, we have been posting away over at Forward Progress, not long 'til our first prompt!

Can we please talk about polkas? my favorite? i wish creative cafe would just send some of these my way!?



Just wanted to share a lo i did a few weeks ago for a challenge over at Simply Obsessed to stitch on your layout by hand. This must be a fave of mine! I broke out the circle punch and lemme tell you, i haven't put it away yet! and i am diggin' the coredinations papers, they are fun! and i love this blue color i got my hands on, different than i normally use. {sigh} my little henry...cuteness!




hope to see you at the chat! and sorry for being all over the place tonight, lol! that is how the brain works sometimes, at least for me!

owen's stitches came out today! he is pretty much back to normal already. hard to believe he looked like this a week ago.



i am scrapping today, though. i am glad to get over all of this. i guess this is one of those not so fun scrappy moments!

i hope everyone has a great weekend! it is beautiful here in pa!

and take a looky at this pretty kit! october afternoon. ACK! available at Simply Obsessed. too bad the house didn't sell yet, lol.