I am on vacation, please enjoy the "oldies but goodies" while I am away.  See ya after Labor Day.

I am on vacation, please enjoy the "oldies but goodies" while I am away.  See ya after Labor Day.

I am on vacation, please enjoy the "oldies but goodies" while I am away.  See ya after Labor Day.

I am on vacation, please enjoy the "oldies but goodies" while I am away.  See ya after Labor Day.

Happy Friday.  I will be on vacation next week, going to our place in Leavenworth, WA and kicking back.  While I am on vacay, I will be posting "Oldies but Goodies" cards with retired sets and/or supplies.  Hope you all have a great weekend, and I will see ya after Labor Day.  Thanks for stopping by. 


Card Recipe:  Stamps ~ Cherish Friendship; ~ Paper ~ River Rock, Very Vanilla; Ink ~ River Rock, various inks; Accessories ~ Blender Pen, 1/8" Very Vanilla Ribbon, 5/8" Very Vanilla Ribon, Neutrials Buttons, Early Espresso Bakers Twine, Pearls

Hi Stampers,

We have been having rain and a bit of wind, made me think of fall, so I thought I would make a fall card.  I used the Well Worn DSP again, I just love it.  Thanks for stopping by. 

Card Recipe:  Stamps ~ Always Thankful; Paper ~ Not Quite Navy, Very Vanilla, Cajun Craze, Well Warn DSP; Ink ~ Cajun Craze, Soft Suede, Basic Gray, So Saffron, Pumpkin Pie, Pool Party, Lucky Limeade, River Rock; Accessories ~ Aqua Paintbrush, Island Indigo Ribbon, Oval Punch, Dimentional Dots

Hi Stampers,  happy hump day.  I didn't think I would like this Design Series Paper, Well Worn, but I love it.  It goes so well  with Not Quite Navy, which I love.  Thanks for stopping by.

Card Recipe:  Stamps ~ Not Quite Navy, River Rock, Very Vanilla, Well Worn DSP; Ink ~ Soft Suede; Accessories ~ Antique Brad, Chantilly Lace, Scallop Trim Punch, Bird Builder Punch

Hi Friends, I have been under the weather for the past few days, hopefully I am on the upswing now.  We had heavy rain today, they say by the weekend we should see clear skys and temps in the high 70's again.  I like the rain, I love to hear the pitter patter on the porch and roof.  Thanks for stopping by today.

Card Recipe:  Stamps ~ Gently Falling, Happy Greeting; Paper ~ Soft Suede, Pear Pizzazz, Very Vanilla, More Mustard, Spice Cake DSP; Ink ~ Soft Suede, Pool Party, Pear Pizzazz, More Mustard; Accessories ~ Early Espresso Quilted Satin Ribbbon, Designer Bright Buttons, Early Espresso Bakers Twine, Scallop Punch

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Hello and welcome to another awesome SUStars Blog Hop.  This month our hop has eleven stops sharing projects with Fabulous Folds.  Get ready to CASE some great ideas!

Each blog should have a link to the next, but if you get lost you can go to SUStars Home Blog. 

If you are following the blog hop from the beginning, then you came from Veronica's Bluegrass Stamper Studio.

I decided I would make a Free Standing Pop-Up card, which I haven't done in ages.  I really like the way the card turned out, love the DSP paper.  Instructions on how to make the Free Standing Pop-Up card is on Split Coast Stampers.

Recipe:  Stamps ~ Always Thankful; Paper ~ Soft Suede, Pool Party, Very Vanilla, Spice Cake DSP; Ink ~ Brown StazOn, Island Indigo, More Mustard, Lucky Limeade, Always Artichoke; Accessories ~ Pool Party Ribbon, 1 ¼ Punch, 1 38 Punch, Boho Blossoms Punch, Itty Bitty Punch Flower, Neutrals Brads, Dimensional Dots

Next blog is Denise's Denise Foor Studio PA what a great project. 


Thanks for stopping by and have a great weekend.

Yea, it's Friday!  Doing the happy dance.  I've got a wedding to attend and a dinner to go to this weekend, how about you - anything exciting?  Thanks for stopping by and have a great weekend.

Card Recipe:  Stamps ~ Lean on Me; Paper ~ So Saffron, Peach Parfait, Whisper White, Just Add Cake DSP; Ink ~ Black StazOn, So Saffron, Peach Parfait, Pool Party, Blush Blossom Marker; Accessories ~ So Saffron Ribbon, Sliver Brads, Dimensional Dots, Eyelet Border Punch, Blender Pen

Hi Stampers, hope you are having a good week.  Here is a very easy-peasy card, but simple and stands out.  Thanks for stopping by.



Card Recipe:  Stamps ~ Button Buddies, Perfectle Benned; Paper ~ Whisper White, Basic Black, Frightful Sight; Ink ! Basic Black, Pear Pizzazz; Accessories ~ Designer Regals Buttons, White Baker's Twine

Hi Stampers, Happy Wednesday, and the weather is great.  Should be about 77 degrees today; its top down on the car today - yea!  Thanks for stopping by.

 Card Recipe:  Stamps ~ Cherish Friendship; Paper ~ Crumb Cake, Pool Party, So Saffron, Whisper White, Early Espresso, Domestic Goddess DSP; Ink ~ Stazon, Cherry Cobbler, Pool Party, Garden Green; Accessories ~ Cherry Cobbler Ribbon, Silver Brads, White Gel Pen, Blender Pen

I like this set more and more, and I really like Stampin' Up's colors this year - they are so crisp.  I love putting the card stock, DSP and ribbon together to see what pops.  Thanks for stopping by.

Card Recipe; Stamps ~ Up, Up & Away; Paper~ Whisper White, Marina Mist, Peach Parfait, Just Add Caks DSP; Ink ~ Peach Parfait, Marina Mist, Wild Wasabi; Accessories ~ Island Indigo Ribbon, Ciecle Scissor Plus, Ciecle Scissor Plus Glass Mat; Dimentional Dots

Good morning.  I had a great weekend, nice weather (no rain), how about you?  Boy, it is already the middle of August, can you believe it?  The summer is going so fast.  Hope you have a great week!

Card Recipe ~ Stamps~ Morning Cup, Messages for Mom; Paper ~ Tangerine Tango, Early Espresso, Paisley Petals DSP, First Edition DSP, Whisper White; Ink ~ Tangerine Tango, Early Espresso; Accessories ~ Blender Pen, Designer Buttons Bights, Eyelet Border Punch, Linen Thread, Sponge

VC Rockers Blog Hop

Welcome fellow stampers to VC Rocker Blog Hop, you have arrived at stop #8.  This is my first time participating in a Blog Hop.  I am so excited! 

More than likely you have arrived from stop #7 ~ Stamping Fun with Kim

Our assignment was to use Stampin' Up! punches.  I wasn't sure what I was going to do until I thought about Halloween (my favorite time of the year).  I know it's a bit early, but there's no time like the present to start, right?

Hope that you like what I have created for you to view here...these are very colorful and fun to make.  I used our Stampin' Up! Cellophane Bags that will become available with the upcoming Holiday Mini Catalog.  They are a great size at 1" by 8".  I put Gobstoppers in them and used the stamp set Spooky Bingo Bits.  These will be great for give-aways at my stamp camps.

I have had so much fun this year with the Rockers.  They are a great and very talented bunch of women, and lots of fun!  I learn so much from them.  I can't wait for next year.

Next stop is Nichole's Scrappy Stamps & Ink

Thanks for stopping by, have a great weekend.

Happy Friday everyone.  This weekend VC Rocker Yahoo Group is having their last Blog Hop for the year.  If you have time this weekend come join the fun and see what everyone creates, the theme is Stampin'Up punches.  Have a great weekend.

Stamps ~ Morning Cup; Paper ~ Whisper White, Wisteria Wonder, Lucky Limeade; Ink ~ Basic Black, Wisteria Wonder, Lucky Limeade, Daffodil Delight; Accessories ~ Aqua Painter, Designer Brads Printer Brads, Big Shot, Perfect Pennants Bigz L Die, Circle Punches, Modern Label Punch, Petite Pennants Builder Punch, White Ribbon, Dimensionals

I had a wonderful time last night at Les Miserables, wow what a fantastic musical!  The music was amazing, the actors were stupendous, and the orchestra was tremendous.  I would love to see it again and again and again!  Hee Hee.  If you get a chance, go see it, it is well worth it.

How do you like my new background?  I am going to work on a new header with MDS (My Digital Studio) this weekend; hopefully I will be able to figure it out. 

Card Receipt:  Stamps ~ Field Flowers; Paper ~ Basic Black, Daffodil Delight, Whisper White; Ink ~ Basic Black, Pear Pizzazz, Daffodil Delight Marker; Accessories ~ Black Ribbon, Bright Designer Buttons, Rhinestones, Black Brads, Big Shot, Square Lattice Emboss Envelope

I am so excited, I am going to Les Miserables at the 5th Avenue Theature in Seattle tonight, so this card should say so happy for me!  I can't wait, I have never seen Les Mis, I love and know the music, so this will be a very fun experience.  Thanks for stopping by...

Card Recipe:  Stamps ~ Delicate Doilies; Paper ~ Whisper White, Melo Mambo, Flirtrtious Specialty DSP; Ink ~ Melo Mambo; Accessories ~ Big Shot, Perfect Pennants Bigz L Die, Circle Punch, Pearls

Good morning.  I love this retired Design Series Paper – To the Nines.  I have some left over so I thought I would play with it yesterday.  What do you think?  Thanks for stopping by.

Card Recipe:  Stamps ~ Growing Green, Sincere Salutations; Paper ~ Choc Chip,  Very Vanilla, Mellow Moss (retired), DSP  To The Nines (retired); Ink ~ Choc Chip, Mellow Moss (retired), Choc Chip Craft, Cherry Cobbler; Accessories ~ Clear Emboss Powder, Blender Pen, Aqua Pen, Choc Chip Ribbon, Dimensionals

Hope you had a great weekend, I certainly did.  I saw some hot air balloons in Everett and thought of this new set.  I love the colors together; I think they are so soothing.  For the clouds, I rain Whisper White through the Big Shot using the Perfect Polka Dots Embossing Folder, punched them out using the  Cupcake Punch, then I sponged some Baja Breeze around them so they would show up. 

Card recipe:  Stamps ~ Up, Up & Away; Paper ~ Night of Navy, Wild Wasabi, Baja Breeze, Whisper White, Pocketful of Posies DSP; Ink ~ Wild Wasabi, Baja Breeze, Night of Navy, So Saffron; Accessories ~ Pear Pizzazz Ribbon, Designer Printer Brads, Dimensionals

Here is a card I had a lot of fun making, not much actual stamping but an eye catching card.  I love black and yellow together, don't you?  The flowers are rolled roses, I got the dies from MTF (My Favorite Things) here, and these dies work in the Big Shot.  Hope you are having a great weekend and thanks for stopping by.

Card Recipe:  Stamps ~ Thank You Kindly; Paper ~ Basic Black, Daffodil Delight, Whisper White, Night and Day DSP (retired); Ink ~ Basic Black; Accessories ~ Big Shot, Perfect Polka Dots Embossing Folder, Scallop Edge Border Punch, Pearls, Ribbon, Bird Builder Punch, Black Brads, Multipurpose Liquid Glue

We all have our talents, right?  One of mine is making toast.  Wow, Janice, how special, I imagine you're saying.  How long did it take to master that one?  Please.  Save your sarcasm until you've had a piece of toast buttered by this half-German hand.  See, butter is one of the main food groups for my people.  We like our food simple and perfect.  Standing by the toaster is the only way to make toast, a fact that drives my husband up the wall.  "There's a setting, you know.  You don't have to stand there on guard."  He's so naive.  Of course I do!  I have to flip the toast midway through to ensure perfect toasting symmetry.  I have to make sure it doesn't get too dark or come out too early, a pale, floppy imitation of true toast.  And then, the very second it's done, I have to slather it with perfectly softened butter, from corner to corner, end to end.  No molecule of bread is left unattended.  

When I was a kid and spent the night with my best friend their toast was cold.  The butter on top was rock solid and icy.  I took this as a sign that my friends parents hated me and couldn't wait for me to leave, because really, what other reason could there have been to give your guest...that?  It bore no resemblance to the carefully prepared, infused-with-love toast that my family made.  Waffles, pancakes and French toast all get the same attention that a pediatric surgeon might pay to a particularly difficult operation.  It's worth it.  Thanks for stopping by and I hope your toast this morning was perfect!

Card Recipe:  Stamps ~ Fabulous Florets; Paper! Black, Marina Mist, Always Artichoke, Paisley Petals DSP; Ink ~ Marina Mist, Black, Always Artichoke; Accessories ~ Black Ribbon, Bird Builder Punch, Bone Folder for curling the flowers

This little piggy went to market.
This little piggy stayed at home.
This little piggy has roast beef.
This little piggy had none.
And this little piggy cried “Wee! Wee! Wee!” all the way home.

My good friend, Cherry, loves pigs, so with her in mind, I made this piggy card.  

Card Recipe:  Stamps ~ Button Buddies; Paper ~ Whisper White, Blushing Bride, 2011-2013 In Color Assortments DSP;  Accessories ~ Blushing Bride Stitched Poly Ribbon, Subtles Designer Buttons 

Recently, I saw the movie Bridesmaids, and I just loved it.  It was funny, sure--it starred Kristin Wiig from Saturday Night Live, so I was pretty sure I'd laugh.  But I wasn't expecting it to be so touching, too.  Themes of friendship and self-worth, the fear of change and failure and reinvention...all handled beautifully.  I also didn't expect to have that tugging feeling for the somewhat unlikely hero.  He was so likable! The language was foul (which doesn't bother me personally), and there were a couple of uncomfortable scenes, but I haven't enjoyed a ro-co movie this much since Bridget Jones's Diary.

Speaking of Weddings, my good friend, Tina Waddell, daughter is getting married.  Tina made the most beautiful shower invitation, you can't see them in the picture, but there are pearls on the dress.  So cute.  She also made the wedding announcement which is pretty fantastic.  I just love how it turned out; everything fits so perfectly and looks fantastic.  Great job Tina, you are soooo talented!!      

Good Morning.  Well it finally feels like summer here.  The garden is blooming away, the weeds are thriving, the mosquitoes are buzzing around...ah, summer!  I love this time of year...there's a bittersweet edge to knowing that soon, the kids will be back in school, (one of my grandkids starts kindergarten), the leaves will start turning, the humming birds will start their flight south.  But for now...iced coffee on the deck, baseball on the radio, a great book for company, wow...couldn't be better than this.  

Here's a cute card I did for a friend whose son is turning 4 and loves trucks and tractors.  Thanks for stopping by.

Card Recipe:  Stamps ~ I Dig You; Paper ~ Black, Daffodil Delight, Wild Wasabi, Just Add Cake DSP; Ink ~ Poppy Parade, Daffodil Delight, Tangerine Tango, Pumpkin Pie, Chocolate Chip, Black, Wild Wasabi, Pacific Point

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I made these for a fellow Stampin' Up demonstrator, Dawn Hoffman from Kansas.  I used Poppy Parade, Daffodil Delight, Whisper White, Wild Wasabi and Sunny Garden DSP (just retired).  I had a lot of fun making these; I just love the back pack, very cute.  Thanks for stopping by.