Love You Lots

I have to say that I'm not sure when my life will ever get back to "normal"!  Or perhaps the craziness that is currently my life is my new "normal".  My daughter has gone back to school full-time (although she is taking online courses) and I am now a full-time Nana.  I'm so proud of her for going back to school.  It's so important for her to complete her education so she can provide a good life for her daughter.  That being said, I forgot how much time it takes to look after a newborn!  I mean, really, all they do is eat, sleep and poo, right?  Well, our little love bug is awake more often than not these days, which means Nana does not have a lot of time to herself :) 

 

I do make time to participate in my monthly swap, though!  For July, I decided to use as much new product from the 2016-2017 Idea Book & Catalog as I could.  I really love the Exclusive Host set Love You Lots located on Page 199.  It is so cute and whimsical, which is not usually my style, but I guess I've gotten a little "softer" since the birth of my sweet granddaughter.  I used a Mojo Monday Sketch, but wouldn't you know it, I cannot lay my hands on my printout!  If I find it, which I hope I do, I will update you with the sketch number.  Without further adieu: 

 

 



 

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Mojo Monday 400 with Watercolor Wings

I am so enjoying being back in my craft room!  I wish I had more time to go in and create (and you may find some gaps between posts), but between work and my son's travel baseball schedule, my life is crazy!  I wouldn't have it any other way, though! 

I'm sure you don't want to hear about my crazy life, though.  After all, you came here to see something crafty and creative :) 

Today's card features the Mojo Monday 400 sketch and Watercolor Wings stamp set.  I absolutely LOVE this stamp set!  It has so many possibilities. 

This card just makes me happy!  Because the Designer Series Paper has a vanilla background, I sponged the Tea Lace Paper Doily with Crumb Cake ink to soften the starkness of the white doily.  I think it helped. 

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Mojo Monday 241

I know, I know, two posts in one day!  Can you imagine?  I just had to make a card for this weeks Mojo Monday sketch.  I've never used a Mojo sketch in time to link to their blog, but this time I think I'm going to make it in just under the wire! 

Here's the sketch:

And here's my card:

There are A LOT of sneak peaks on this card.  In fact, the only thing here that isn't a sneak peak is the Jewels Basic Pearls. 

It's dark here and the lighting in my room isn't that great, but let me tell you, these colors are DIVINE!  I've used Raspberry Ripple and Midnight Muse, two of our 2012-2014 In Colors as well as the beautiful Patio Party Designer Series Paper.  The stamp sets are Betsy's Blossoms and Itty Bitty Banners.  The banner was cut out with the fabulous new Bitty Banners Framelits! 

June 1 is just around the corner.  You can get all these goodies and more then! 

Thanks for stopping by and until next time ... happy stamping.  

Friend to Friend/Mojo 210

If you have spent any time visiting my blog in the past, then you probably know how much I LOVE to swap!  One of the many fun things to do at UStamp with Dawn and Friends is participate in swaps.  There are usually two per UStamp session.  There is a Group Swap and a Friend to Friend Swap.  For the Group Swap, you create six of the same card to be swapped out with six other stampers.  For the Friend to Friend Swap, you create a card and a small 3D item to swap with the stamper our Swap Skipper pairs you up with.  I'm hoping my swap partner has received her swap already, because I'm going to share it with you here! 

The card was inspired by the Mojo 210 sketch over at Mojo Monday.  If I'm ever in a pinch I go to my store of Mojo Monday sketches for inspiration.

 

I'm pretty happy with how the card turned out.  Especially with my limited supplies on hand.  I am finding it very difficult to do so many things! 

 

I also made a cute little covered notepad to go along with the card. 

 

 

I really hope my new friend likes her gifts! 

Have a great day everyone and as always, happy stamping!

Pennant Parade ... Not Just For Pennants!

I promised to show you another card made with Pennant Parade and then got busy with the upcoming move!  I love the versatility of this stamp set!  Can't say it enough!  This card serves several purposes for me! 

1.  Virtual Convention Swap Card for UStamp with Dawn and Friends Blog Hop
2.  SCS New IB&C WOW Swap for Demonstrators Only
3.  MOJO Monday Sketch Week 183

This card was a lot of fun to make.  And believe it or not, it was fairly quick and easy to reproduce.  I really didn't think I would be able to have hand-made Christmas cards this year with our move and everything else going on, but I may just be able to pull a few out of my hat!  We shall see when we get back to the States and get settled if I can knock some out.

Supplies:
Always Artichoke Classic Ink (105219)
Early Espresso Classic Ink (119670)
Always Artichoke Card Stock (105119)
Early Espresso Card Stock (119686)
Cherry Cobbler Card Stock (119685)
Regals Patterns Designer Series Paper Stack (117154)
Petals-a-Plenty Textured Impressions Embossing Folder (116824)
Doily Triple Layer Punch (122465)
Pennant Parade Stamp Set (Wood Mount 122740; Clear Mount 122742)
Cherry Cobbler Seam Binding Ribbon (120992)
Jewels Basic Rhinestones (119246)
Stampin' Dimensionals (104430)

Project 52 and Mojo 162

Stampin' Up has issued a Project 52:  The One-Page-a-Week Challenge! over at MyDigitalStudio.net and I decided to play long.  One of my goals this year is to scrap more, so this is the perfect challenge for me.  I started late in the game so I did a 2-page layout to cover the first two weeks of the year.  I used the Mojo 162 sketch over at Mojo Monday and turned it into a scrapbook page.  For the second page, I created a mirrored page and then turned it upside down (I had to manually move my elements from the bottom of the page to the top of the page).  I'm really pleased with how the pages turned out and am looking forward to creating more fun pages as the year progresses!   I hope everyone enjoys the rest of their weekend as we head into Week 3 of 2011!

Supplies:
My Digital Studio software (118108)