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I've been bitten. . .

Good morning!  Have you read the Twilight series?  If you haven't, I highly recommend it.  When I first heard about the book Twilight by a family friend, I was thinking that it wasn't really my type of book.  I decided to read it any ways, and boy am I glad I did. It was fantastic and then I had to run out and buy the next three books!  Never in a million years would I have thought I'd like a "teenage vampire love" book!  Then the movie came out. My daughter and I both had to go. It was awesome!  I can hardly wait for the New Moon movie to come out this November. I've seen two trailers for it and it is going to be GOOD!  So anyways,  about this card!  Ha ha ha! I guess I got a bit carried away on my background information!  Our Craft Lounge has a stamp set called For-bitten and it is perfect for making Twilight cards. Seeing as I have a lot of friends that also like Twilight, I am going to have fun with this set. This is my first card that I made with it. I used the new Night & Day Specialty papers by Stampin' Up! They will be available for purchase starting tomorrow, September 1st.  I knew when I started thinking about making Twilight cards that I wanted to use this paper.  I added Stickles glitter glue to the fangs after I colored them. Then I also added Glossy Inksentials to the drip of blood to make it look wet. Ooohhhhhhhhhhhhhh. . . I hope that doesn't creep you out. 

If you follow Twilight, then I thought you'd want to know that, yes, Edward has bitten me.  He is MINE for eternity!  LOL!

Happy Halloweenie!

Good morning and welcome to the Sunday post! Here is another card that I made with Tim Holtz's set called Spooky Stuff.  I also used his mask called Timeworks.  I really like how you get that lighter image on a card. I really think it adds a lot to a card. I used a couple of stamps from the Psychedelic Grunge set (the stars and the dots).  I inked up the stars with a gold paint dauber.  It really gives the stars a raised edge to it. Can you see the scratchings up in the right hand corner? I used my Retractable Craft Scratcher (by Tim Holtz) to add that worn look to my card. The last thing I did was add speckles to my card using Alcohol Ink Metallic Mixatives - Pearl and a speckling brush. It really is a lot of fun getting down and dirty and playing with these other techniques! I'm usually such a clean stamper!

Well we got our daughter off to college yesterday. I think she will do very well on that campus and learn a lot! It will take a little adjusting around here without here, but I'm very excited for her.

The other big news is that I finished my summer exercise biking at 433.19 miles. That is 133.19 miles over my goal. Now that school will be starting I will be figuring out a new goal in the next couple of weeks.  Maybe I should just keep adding my miles to my summertime miles!  I will definitely keep exercising! 

I hope you enjoyed today's post!  Get out there and stamp today!

Ghostly Good Time

Ah heck, I figure I may as well keep the Halloween preview going!  I had so much fun making my Halloween cards this past week! Why not share them with you all!

This is another card that I made with the Our Craft Lounge set called Ghostly Greetings. I don't often make square cards, but whenever I do I think I should make them more!  This card measures 5 1/4" x 5 1/4". I really do like this size. The paper is once again by Bo Bunny. I love how the colors are so bright along with the black. It just pops right out at you!  The little ghosts are so darn cute and make for some easy coloring. I put some Stickles glitter glue around them to make them sparkle! These ghosts are not the SCARY kind!  LOL! I put the whole set on here so you could see.  I adore this set and am very glad I purchased it!  I know I will get a lot of use out of it!  

Today it is a rainy day which is alright with me. My daughter is leaving for college on Saturday.  So this morning we will get the washing machine plugging along and try to get all of her stuff packed.  I thought I was doing okay with this whole thing. I thought I was being very brave. But last night I was grinding my teeth, dreaming about my own college years, and basically didn't sleep the best.  So as much as I like to think I'm doing okay with this, I don't really think I am!  I'm very proud of my daughter and excited for her so I'm going to try to focus on that!   I just can't believe how fast the time goes. It feels like just yesterday that she started Kindergarten!  YIKES!

Have a happy day my friends!

Halloween Kitty

Good morning to my stamping friends!  When a couple of my friends were here in Madison for the night we went over to Archivers and I splurged on this stamp and another! That was all I purchased though!  I was a good girl. This stamp is by Penny Black.  The papers are Bo Bunny and the spider web print is by Making Memories (my stash from last year).  I love that the webs overlap the print.  Just love it! Oh and see the cute little brad? Those are from Imaginisce.  You get a lot of cute brads in the pack.  A lot of the brads match up with other brands of paper too. Ya gotta love that!  This card was so fun to make that I whipped up a bunch of them!  I am going to have plenty of Halloween cards!  Yahoo!

Okay I'm off to hit the shower. I've had my morning walk, my morning coffee, and now it's time to get my day going!  Happy day to all!

Are you ready for some Halloween?

I always get a little twitch this time of the year to start working on Halloween cards. I don't know why that is, but when I start working on them, I have a blast.  I think I have a whole week's worth of Halloween cards to share with you.  I feel ahead of the game and seeing as we are going back to school next week, that's a good thing!  This is an Our Craft Lounge set called Ghostly Greetings. It's one of their newer sets.  With this set alone, I have a ton of cards made up!  Not only is it cute as can be, but it's very easy to layout the images.  The paper is from Bo Bunny.  I love it! 

Okay I'm off for a cup of coffee!  Enjoy your Tuesday!

Sunday Post-Tim Holtz

Good morning and welcome to the Sunday post.  I have a card today that I made with one of Tim Holtz's new sets called The French Marketplace. This was my absolute favorite set in this batch of Tim's new sets.  It caught my eye right away and I said: "I need that one!"  I also dug out my grunge for this baby! One of the coolest things to do with these grunge pieces is to take a sponge dauber to them. In this case I used gold and it actually looks like a piece of metal when you are done painting it.  To finish my card I used some of Tim's Foliage Findings. I love these. They are metal flowers that you attach with brads.  As you can see this adds such a cool detail to the corner of the card.  I have a lot of fun getting down and dirty!  It's one of my favorite things to do now! Each card turns out so differently. 

Happy Sunday to you!  It's a cool start to the morning and I'm lovin' it!

Whipper Birthday Turtle!

Good Saturday morning to you all!  I have a fun and easy card to share with you this morning!  When I was at our stamping retreat last weekend, I borrowed this Whipper Snapper stamp from my friend Donna. I stamped a few sheets of him. He is so darn cute and you always need birthday images, right?  Well Donna was on me to finish coloring my sheet!  That goof!  I never did. I think I had 3 left to color!  I put this one to good use!  I pulled out my old Basic Grey paper. By the way, Basic Grey paper NEVER goes out of style!  I kept the layout simple, because the paper is pretty busy and I didn't want to take away from the image itself!  And remember, your cards can be simple! Sometimes I think we forget that! 

Okay folks, I am going to get in the shower and start my day! I hope you have a fantastic Saturday! 

Memory Box. . .

Every year at the retreat we have a 3D swap.  You don't have to participate.  Ifyou bring a 3D gift, you go home with one. It's a fun little event!  This year I pulled out one of my Memory Boxes that I got through a friend years ago (thanks Peggy!).  I decorated it up and added embellishments.  I again used my coasters and cut out the flowers with my Big Shot.  Then I also dug out these Making Memories tiles that I've had in my stash for years.  I really like how it all came together. A photo can be inserted into the frame from the top. Then on the inside you can store pictures or little souvenirs to remember our great time at the retreat!  I've always thought that these would make a great baby gift!  You could stick little notes and memories into the box.  Wouldn't that be a neat idea?

All right! I'm getting myself another cup of jo and going to start my day! Make it a great day everyone!

Grunge Flower Card

Good morning! Today I'm going to share a card with you that I made with Wendy Vecchi's Studio 490 stamps. One of the things I love best about the Studio 490 stamps is that they all coordinate.  The other thing is that I love her background stamps. I don't think there is another company that compares to her backgrounds!  On this card I used a new set called Lower Case Art and an older set called Dreams of Art.  I made the big flower out of Grunge Board, but I would recommend using Grunge Paper now that that is out on the market. The Grunge paper is going to be thinner and easier to send the card.  I stamp the images onto the Grunge paper and color the flower using Distressed Inks and the blending tool. Once I get it as dark as I want it. I cut out the pieces and glue them together with the Glossy Accents.  I love using this as a glue because it is fast drying! 

Did you guys know I like purple now?  LOL!  (That is for my friends that love purple, and I always cringed at that color!  Purple has really grown on me!)

Happy Wednesday to all!

Taylor Boxes. . .

Good morning to all! I am showered and awake!  I just finished my pot of coffee.Life is good! I don't have too much planned for today except some grocery shopping and I'm in no hurry!  I wanted to share a fun little project that I made for a few of my friends that organized the retreat I went on this past weekend!  I ordered the boxes from Taylored Expressions.  They are called Perfect Package Card Boxes.  The quality on these boxes is top notch!  I am definitely going to be ordering more for the Christmas season.  I decorated these with October Afternoon paper. This line is called Hometown Collection and has been one of my favorites! I had a lot of fun working on these boxes. They were easy to make. The flower on the front is a Sizzix die cut that I used with coasters.  I like to use the medium weight coasters best!

The boxes hold regular sized cards perfectly (5 1/2" x 4 1/4" cards) and I know I will probably make some of for Christmas/winter cards.  For these I stuck little Bath & Body works goodies into them. I was short on time and was making a few of them, so I chose to buy a gift for the inside. These boxes will hold a variety of treats which makes them very versatile!  I already used 7 of my boxes, and I just recently ordered them!  They truly make a great gift!

Alrighty then! I better get my tail in gear and go stock up on some food!  My poor family is starving to death!  LOL!  Enjoy your Tuesday!