Gnome Sweet Gnome

I really like this little guy with his lantern. He may be mythical but it makes me happy to see him.

This is another of the cards we made in our March class. So much fun!



Card Recipe:

Stamp set: Gnome Sweet Gnome

Card stock: Chocolate Chip, Melon Mambo DSP, Lucky Limeade, Melon Mambo and Very Vanilla

Ink: Basic Gray

Accessories: Melon Mambo, Chocolate Chip, Lucky Limeade, and Daffodil Delight markers with the Aqua Painter; Small Heart, Designer Label, Modern Label and Boho Blossoms punches; Big Shot with Houndstooth Embossing Folder, Bights and Gold brads, glue dots and dimensionals

Thanks for stoppin in and I'll see you soon.
Happy stamping,
June

'Commit your way to the Lord, trust in Him and He will act' Psalm 37:5

Uncharted Territory

By the Sea, by the sea, by the beautiful sea. You and me, you and me oh how happy we'll be!!! Remember that song, every time I do a card with a boat or lighthouse I think of that song. It is very true, I am happy by the sea even though I am about 15 miles inland from it. I love going down to Shelter Island (in the bay) and watch the boats come and go and have a great lunch at the Red Sail In. What a way to spend the day!!

Now to get on with the job at hand. Here is the next card from January's class. Pretty simple to do but it will make a nice birthday card for one of my sons or brothers. I also have a very good friend who lives on a lake in Michigan and she collects lighthouses, so I am sure she would appreciate this card also.

Card Recipe:

Stamp sets: Uncharted Territory and God's Blessing

Card Stock: Whisper White 4 1/4 x 11, 3 x 4 and a scrap; Marina Mist 4 x 5 1/4; Basic Gray 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 and a scrap;

Ink: Basic Gray

Accessories: Real Red, Marina Mist and Basic Gray Markers; 1/16 hole punch; Modern Label and the Word Punch; Silver brads and dimensionals

Thanks for stoppin' in and I'll see you tomorrow.
Hugs,
June

'Commit your way to the Lord, trust in Him and He will act'  Psalm 37:5

Just Believe

It's a cloudy Sunday morning in Southern California but the temp is in the 60's, so not so bad. Just had a magnificent Belgian Waffle at Ihop.

Sorry I haven't posted the last couple of days but we have a family member who is very sick and I have been spending most of my time on that. My daughter is having to return to Michigan and take care of some things and it's been a pretty dramatic time for both of us.

Here is another of March's card class cards. Hope you like it and use it to inspire you to make your own.

Stamp set: Just Believe

Cardstock: Daffodil Delight, Whisper White and Sunny Garden DSP

Ink: Daffodil Delight and Pear Pizzazz

Accessories: Gold Brads, Daffodil Delight 1/4" Grosgrain Ribbon, the Big Shot, baby, with the Framed Tulip Emboss Folder, and Stampin' Dimensionals

Simple but a nice way to say Thank You.

Thanks for stoppin in and hope to see you again real soon. Have a wonderful Sunday afternoon.

Hugs,

June

'Commit your way to the Lord, trust in Him and He will act' Psalm 37:5

BLOG CANDY!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I never thought that in a million years I would have 1000 hits on my blog. WHOO-HOO. I hit over that today. So I am offering some blog candy. If you leave a comment to this post your name will be put in for the drawing. Drawing ends on Sunday night at midnight, August 8th. You could receive some great retired buttons and brads. Thanks for visiting my blog and I hope you will return often. I will try to have some great card samples for you in the future.

Thanks for stoppin in!

Have a Blessed Night!

June

CONGRATULATIONS

I wish I was at convention this year but it just didn't work out to be possible. Maybe next year, I hope! I have been keeping up with everything on the blogs that I visit. I am so glad people are willing to share their joy with all of us.

I did this card for this weeks sketch challenge on 411. It is a real nice layout and there are some awesome samples on the 411 blog. Thanks for the great sketch.


Card Recipe:

Stamp Sets: Elements of Style, Occasional Quotes, and Vintage Vogue

Cardstock: Regal Rose Textured Cardstock, Baja Breeze, Chocolate Chip, and Very Vanilla

Ink: Chocolate Chip

Accessories: Big Shot with the Square Lattice Embossing Folder, Eyelet Border Punch, Ticket Corner Punch, 5/16 Neutral Brads, Silver Elastic Cord (retired), Mini Glue Dots and Dimensionals.

This was a fun layout and one I am sure I will use again and again. I hope you are having a great day and can get some time to stamp.

Thanks for stoppin in!

Have a Blessed Day!

June

Digital Card

Well, guess it's time I got back to normal, whatever that is. The time change between Michigan and California has me really not wanting to do much, except maybe nap a lot.

I had planned to create something today but just don't seem to be able to get the old mind going, so here is the digital card I made and printed through Stampin Up's print system. Pretty neat card I think. I had to do a card to get certified in My Digital Studio after I did the Webinars. I also did a scrapbook album and a calendar. That program is so much fun and I suggest you all purchase it. You can really do some cool things and still can ad embellishments after you print it off.

I can't remember the stamp sets I used or the DSP but you can find it all in My Digital Studio.

I put white brads in the small flowers at the top just to add a little something. Now I may ad some more embellishments before I'm finished with it. If I do I will put the card on again so you can see what can be done.

O.K. Here is the revised digital card. I added the photo corners to give some layers and I added gold elastic cord bows to the buttons to dress them up a little. I like it better now, hope you do to. It just shows that after you do your card in My Digital Studio you can add embellishments to dress it up more and give some layers to it also.

Hope you all have a great night!

Thanks for stoppin in!

June

Happy Birthday

We got back from 2 1/2 hours at the neurologist this afternoon and I needed to be in my room. The stimulator is now activated and working well. We still have a little fine tuning to do yet and they said it may take a couple more sessions and we are fine with that. At least we now know the final results will be what he hoped for. I have to say for a man, he has been very patient through all this process and I am very proud of him. He has had a great attitude and not one word of complaint against anyone or anything in the past 6 weeks of doctors, hospitals and pain. I must have married a saint(lol).

I have been inspired again by Always Playing With Paper, this is color challenge #1. Again I probably would not have used these colors on my own but I am so pleased with my project once it is done, that I don't understand why I never used these colors before. Hope you like it as well as I do.

Color challenge was for Brilliant or Pacific Point Blue, Old Olive, Bashful Blue and Whisper White.

I stamped the sentiment from the Well Scripted stamp set in Brilliant Blue and the vines from Elements of Style in Old Olive ink.

Accessories are: 1/2 inch circle punch, Ex-large Flower Punch, Finial Press, Polka Dot and Vintage Wallpaper Embossing Folders with the Big Shot, White brads from the 5 1/16 Neutral brads, 1 pink brad from the soft subtle brads, mini glue dots and dimensionals.
After I took the picture I decided to sponge around the white card with Bashful Blue and Old Olive. Awesome looking! I'll take another picture and add it later.

Thanks for stoppin in!

Have a Blessed night!

June

SECOND POST

I don't usually post twice in one day, however, there were two challenges that are due today or early tomorrow so here I am at it again.
I am killing two birds with one stone so to speak, by doing two challenges to one card. First is a color challenge with Kristi, and the second is the card sketch by jugs36. You can check these out at by clicking on each one.

I love the colors together. I will really miss Pale Plum. I started with a base card of Chocolate Chip and layered it with a piece of "Enchante' " dsp (retired) then layered with Old Olive punched with the Scallop Border Trim Punch. Next layer is Pale Plum layered with Whisper White stamped in Pale Plum and Old Olive with the branch and sentiment from Vintage Vogue. (I love that set) I then took three pieces of White 3/8 inch Taffeta Ribbon and colored them with my markers to match my card stock and put them on the card with Old Olive brads from the Earth Elements collection. (retiring soon) That completes these challenges. It is so much fun to do these you really need to get creative and get involved.

Thanks for stoppin again!

Have a Blessed Night!

June

THANKS SO MUCH

I want to thank all of you who are visiting my blog. I really enjoy sharing my creations with you and hope I inspire some of you to do your own creating. The layout came from Mojo Monday. It is so much fun and I send so many more cards than I ever would if I had to pay $5 per card when buying them. They also would not have as many embellishments as those I create. So anyway this card is for all of you visitors, Thanks So Much!

Stamp set: Kind & Caring Thoughts

Card stock: Basic Black card, Taken with Teal (retiring), Old Olive, Whisper White and Petals and Paisleys DSP (retired)

Ink: Taken with Teal

Accessories: Big Shot with Top Note Die, Finial Press Textured Impressions Folder and Polka Dot Textured Impressions Folder, Linen Thread, and Kiwi Kiss Button (retired), Dimensionals


My second card is also from me to you! This layout also came from Mojo Monday.

Stamp Set: Soft Summer and Best Yet

Card stock: Whisper White card, Basic Black, Cameo Coral and Ruby Red (both retiring)

Ink: Black, Cameo Coral and Ruby Red

Accessories: Big Shot with Finial Press Textured Impressions Folder, 1/2 inch Circle Punch, 1 1/4 inch Circle Punch, Scallop Circle Punch, Earth Elements Brads (retiring), White 3/8 inch Taffeta Ribbon colored with my Black Marker.

We are having an Air Show today at our local airport which is just over the hill from our park, so I can see we will have a noisy week-end. It's amazing how quickly you get used to something when you live with it every day. Usually we don't even hear the planes anymore. However there is a lot more air traffic today than usual.

Hope you are having a great week-end!

Thanks for stoppin in!

Have a Blessed Day!

June

FIRST OF JUNE ALREADY

Wow! This year is certainly moving fast. Maybe it's because I don't move so fast anymore! That's a thought!

Anyway, I did some more creating today and I will share 2 of the cards with you now. No special reason, just some cards that can be used any time. I got this layout from the Sweet Sunday Challenge. SSSC69

Card Recipe:

Stamp set: Forest Friends and Kind and Caring Thoughts

Card stock: Close to Cocoa, Creamy Caramel, and Blush Blossom ( all about to retire)

Ink: Close to Cocoa Marker

Accessories: Sending Love Epoxy Brads and the Coluzzle (retired)



The layout for this card came from Mojo Monday Challenge.



Stamp set: Dear Friends

Cardstock: Taken with Teal, Going Gray, Apricot Appeal (all about to retire) and Whisper White

Ink: Taken with Teal and Going Gray Markers

Accessories: 5/8 inch Whisper White Satin Ribbon, Big Shot with Beautiful Wings Embosslit, Beads from Egg-cellent Egg Kit (retired), and the Scallop Border Punch

That's it for today. See you here tomorrow!

Thanks for stoppin in!

Have a Blessed Day!

June

MORE SCRAPBOOKIN'

Today is another busy day so no time to create! We are going for pre-op work at the hospital and that will take awhile.

Decided to share a few more scrapbook pages with you and here they are.

Hope they inspire you to make some of your own.

Thanks for stoppin in!

Have a Blessed day!

June

STILL SCRAPBOOKIN'

It's a beautiful day in southern California but kind of a sad one too.

I just returned from the Memorial Service for my great-grandchildren's Mother. She had so many loving friends and she was a people's person filled with love and always giving of herself to others. It was a very nice service and a happy one. Music and laughter and sharing with each other, so different than some I have been too.

So, I haven't had time to make any new cards, so thought I would share some more scrapbook pages. The following two are made with Riding Hood Red, Baja Breeze dsp and a strip of paper from the scrapbook kit. The flower is the large one and pearl from the Pretties Kit.

These were easy to do.

The following ones are done with Kiwi Kiss plain cardstock and Kiwi Kiss dsp. Pretties Kit flowers were also used but adhered with brads.

I just love scrapbooking whether it be hands on or through digital scrapbooking. I am really hooked on Stampin Up's Digital Scrapbook program. It is so easy to use and you can put your pictures in so easy. You can always dress the pages up with other emblishments later.

Must get on with creating, so I will see you here tomorrow!

Thanks for stoppin in!

Have a Blessed Day!

June

Fancy Top Note

Happy May Day!
Here it is May 1st already. Seems like the year just started and here it is 1/4 gone already. Summer is on it's way. Have you recieved your new Summer Mini Catalog. If not let me know and I will get you one.
I have already fallen in love with so many items in it. Stampin Up just keeps getting better and my craft room just keeps getting fuller. Oh well, I just see more fun days of creating.

I got the idea from Laurie's Rubber Room for the following two cards. I did the bottom one first and then decided to add a flower to the second. Once you get a layout there is so much you can do with embellishments. Just adds pizazz and beauty to each one.

FRIENDSHIP CARD




Card Recipe:

Stamp Set: Best Yet

Cardstock: Perfect Plum, Pretty in Pink, Naturals White, Perfect Plum DSP

Ink: Perfect Plum, Basic Gray and Pretty in Pink

Accessories: Big Shot (you really need this), Top Note Die, Finial Press Embossing Folder,Large Fancy Flower Punch, 1 1/4 inch Circle Punch, Perfect Plum 1/4 inch grosgrain ribbon, Fire Circle Rhinestone Brads, Dimensionals, and Mini Glue Dots, Soft Subtle brad in center of flower.


I now decorate the inside of my cards as well. It just seems to add a special touch for charm. Here is the inside of it. I love the vines from the Vintage Vogue set, they are so dainty and vintage looking.






JUST BECAUSE CARD

I decided to make a card that I could use for any occassion that might spring up on me. Seems like that always happens and I'm never prepared. I just love the Top Note Die and have done so many different things with it. I've made a small picture album, put some on my scrapbook pages and all kinds of things. It is just so neat looking and versatile.



Card Recipe:

Stamp Set: Best Yet, Vintage Vogue

Cardstock: Blush Blossom (soon to be retired), Au Chocolat' DSP, Certainly Celery

Ink: Green Galore(soon to retired), Rose Red

Accessories: Big Shot with Top Note Die, Certainly Celery 1/4 inch grosgrain ribbon. 1 1/4 inch Circle Punch

Inside I left blank so any message could be written in for whatever occassion it is needed for. Just a nice clean card for special people.

I really enjoy card making and scrapbooking. I am making a 60 year scrapbook to give to my family. Starts with the year I married my wonderful husband, Eugene, and continues through 56 years of marriage at this point. Only 4 to go to finish the album. I will be sharing some of the pages here without pictures to give some samples of what can be done in scrapbooking.

Well, enough for today. See you tomorrow.

Thanks for stoppin in!

Have a Blessed Day!

June

EASEL CARDS

It is another beautiful day in Santee, CA. I have been checking out cards I've made and chose the Easel card to show you today. I again got the tutorial from Splitcoast Stampers but have also seen many of these on other blogs. It is such a nice card to display because it sets so nice. My second one is the first one I made and then I decided to do my Easter card the same way. I sent out 18 of these to family and friends. I really love the colors in this one and will hate to see the Pale Plum go but maybe another will take it's place.

Easter Card

Card recipe:

Stamp set: Abundant Hope

Cardstock: Perfect Plum, Pale Plum, Whisper White and Perfect Plum DSP(the paper on the bottom of the card under the oval is really Perfect Plum DSP although it looks almost burgundy in this picture, bad lighting I guess)

Ink: Perfect Plum ink pad, Old Olive and Pale Plum Markers

Accessories: 1/2 inch circle, scallop oval, scallop border trim, scallop border trim corner, and scallop border punches, regal brads, old olive 1/4 inch grosgrain ribbon, mini glue dots and dimensionals.

Thinking of You Card





Card Recipe:

Stamp Set: Kind and Caring Thoughts

Cardstock: Pretty in Pink, Whisper White, Certainly Celery and Sending Love DSP

Ink: Basic Gray

Accessories: Big Shot( you really need this), Bigz Beautiful Butterfly Die, 1/2 inch circle, Wide Oval, Scallop Border Trim and 2-step Bird (for leaves) Punches, 3/8 inch White taffeta ribbon, large pearls from Pretties Kit, beads from Eggcellent Eggs Kit (occassions mini), mini glue dots and dimensionals.

I hope you enjoy these creations and will try some on your own. If you need supplies just let me know. You can e-mail me at anytime with an order. I can have it sent direct to your door. Watch my blog for the list of new colors and the discontinued color list. If you want the colors that are being discontiued you have until June 30th to order them, however supplies will go down fast so order as soon as possible. They will only be available as long as the supply last.

Thanks for stopping in!

Have a Blessed Day!

June