Howdy Partner!!

Note: If you have been to the KL Stampin N Scrappin DT blog . . . sorry for the re-run. :)

Howdy Partner! High Hopes are HERE!! :)

and I will be adding more Christmas and winter ones very soon.

(so if there is one you really want, please let me know so I can add it to my order).

Okay, so the BasicGrey paper and Magnolias also came, and I had so many new things to play with, I didn't know where to start. I really wanted to dive into the new BasicGrey paper -- Eskimo Kisses, Indian Summer or Nook and Pantry, but I didnt' have much time this morning. You see I stayed up until about 3 a.m. getting envelopes ready to ship out this morning,

and then got back up at 7:30 to get my son around

(should be busy typing right now . . . shhh don't tell on me).

If you were waiting on an order, the shipments all arrived yesterday and they were on their way to you 8 a.m. EST this morning! Wooohooo! So, I had a card kit already to go with this cute Clarabelle and Riley stamp from a swap I had participated in, but I hadn't gotten a chance to make a sample card

like I usually do with the contents before sending it out.

So, here he is all decked out in green and blue (and yellow) with his favorite little calf.

I was so nervous about getting it done in time that I forgot the stars until I had it all together, so a little added distressing (me and the paper) trying to get those puppies only through one layer as they wouldn't push through all 3 layers. In case you are wondering, they aren't brads. I picked up some of the stars and hearts a while back when they were on clearance. They have prongs on the back like the items you would use in a Be-Dazzler (?sp). They work great when you remember them on the first layer. LOL Just pop them through the paper and fold over the prongs and you are set. They stay rather flat then too.

These are all of the Copic colors I used
(need some more shades of blue to add to my Copic collection though).

Thanks for stopping by and Happy Stampin N Scrappin!

Hugs,

Glowbug Inspired Scoops

. . . Two Scoops that is. :)

I was looking through Glowbug (aka Chris Olsen's) gallery yesterday, as she was SCS's featured stamper this past Saturday, and I fell in love with this beautiful card, so I CASED it . . . well, kinda. *wink* Then I went to post to the featured stampers challenge page, I realized that I cased a sketch challenge. Well . . .you can imagine my disappointment . . . but hey, it's still a cute card, and . . . I need to get moving on some Christmas cards, so I just might CASE this one again. :) Thanks, Chris, for the inspiration!!

I didn't cut my front layer rectangle quite as long as Chris did, and then when I went to center it, my ribbons were in the way . . . so I attached it a little more to the right. I used a snowman from Great Impressions, used faux stitching because I am still fighting the tension settings on my sewing machine to get it to sew paper properly (its as old as me and kinda stubborn too -- ohh, that part is not at all like me! *wink*) But I used that lovely Two Scoops, which we still have a KL Stampin N Scrappin (see the quilt-like pattern? Pretty huh?! I think so) and some cuttlebug folders, D'vine Swirls and Snowflakes, punched the SU sentiment from All Year Cheer out with my small and then large oval and adhered them with pop dots on top of pop dots under the image. The image was stamped with Momento ink and colored with prismacolor pencils, gamsol and some stickles for the fuzzy parts of his mittens and earmuffs.

It was dreary and cold here yesterday, so . . . I sure hope your days are Merry and Bright where ever you may be!

By the way, before I go . . . if you are waiting on an order, the following are on the way:
1. The 2008 Halloween stamps and the Yummy collection of Magnolia stamps should be here any day, as they shipped the end of September.
2. BasicGrey papers shipped out today (all the papers will be in stock very soon)
3. High Hopes stamps are shipping out on Wednesday, and Bethany tells me it should only take a couple of days shipping!

Woohoo, I am so excited to get them all -- of course they will probably come the same day ;) which makes for a busy day, but that's okay. I love to get them right back in the mail to you all either that afternoon or the next morning if it is late in the day. That way I know you aren't waiting on me.

Hugs,

Halloween cards . . . but Not?

This cute little rockin' bear was created for the Saturday Spotlight with Hidden Potential challenge blog. He is from the Rockin Out C.C. Designs stamp set, and i thought what little boy doesn't want to be a rock star at least one halloween in his life, right?! The DP is called Witch's Brew from Reminisce, and I tried to keep with the circle theme going on in the paper.

If you are interested in playing along The Challenge is called Halloween, but NOT!You will need to make a creation with a Halloween theme using NO Halloween images! Get creative and think of using Halloween colors and any images you can "turn into" something for Halloween!

To get into the mood to create a Halloween creation prior to the card, I grabbed some halloween rub ons, my Martha Stewart fence punch, and some other goodies that my friend, Deb C, sent to me last year with some pretty ribbon and web like orange wide ribbon (I cut off in the photo) and created this fun tag. Now I have to get a gift together for someone for Halloween to be able to add this to it. :) lol

Thanks for stoppin' by, and please let me know what you think.
Hugs,

God Is Good!

Not quite positive this is what the girls had in mind at Stampin Sisters in Christ Challenge for this week's challenge, but I am going to try and submit it anyway. :)
We were to show the world rejoicing in the Lord in our cards. Although I didn't use the visual image as my center point -- I have flowers blooming in the background in the DP (Bella Rose from Stampin Up), and I think my sentiment with "God is Good" shows that we are rejoicing in the Lord. This card was given to our pastor today for pastor's appreciation (its the month of October in case you weren't aware so you have the entire month to prepare). The sentiments on the front of this card are from Sweet and Sassy stamps.
The inside was decorated with the same paper, but the sentiment is from Stampin' Up. I had to change it a little bit since it is from "us" and not me. The sentiment reads Blessings brighten when we count them! Thank You for blessing my life (changed to our lives) in such a wonderful way!" I used my marker to ink up the words I wanted to use and tried my best to keep my printing small like the font size to add the "our lives" part. The cs colors are ruby red and chocolate chip although I think it looks black in this last photo.

Thanks for stopping by! Please, let me know what you think!

Hugs,

WOJ blog candy giveaway

Katharina is celebrating the release of a great stamp kit with blog candy. She is offering 2 Winter stamp kits plus some metal embellishments (which you can now also purchase via Whiff of Joy).What do you have to do to qualify for the draw?

• Grab the above logo and put it on your sidebar with a link to the Whiff of Joy webstore (I know a lot of you already did this, thanks a lot and even better :)
  
• Write a post on your blog letting people know about my candy.
  Leave a link to your post in the Mr. Linky Widget on her site. The candy is open until October 22nd.

Thanks so much and good luck!!

Thinking of You (new beginnings)

I am thrilled to be a guest designer on Stampin Sisters in Christ Challenge blog today!! I don't think I gave them my best card ever, but I DO like it. The challenge for this week is to create a card in which you are "thinking of someone" or "praying for someone," and my Edwin card was created with a friend and his granddaughter in mind. You see we were all baptized together last month, and I thought the egg represents "new life and/or a new beginning" so I am sending this one out to Jim and Kylee this week. You can find all the other details about the card on the SSCC blog, so stop on by there and say "Hello" to the gals at SSCC.

Thanks for stoppin' by and Inky Hugs,