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Stamping with Lori

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Lori and I used to get together pretty regularly to stamp together. However, since having Janette, my Sunday afternoons haven’t gelled yet. I have taken Janette with me a few times, but I was never very productive stamping wise. So this time, we got together yesterday night after the girls went to bed. I’m hoping that our stampy get togethers become more regular soon.

I had two cards that I worked on while at Lori’s and finished up this afternoon during nap time, which was actually about an hour.

First up is a card for our good friend Aric’s upcoming birthday. I used The Sweet Stop Sketch Challenge #164 for the card layout. I used a technique called Embossed Embossing for  Hambo Hoedown Challenge #71. I hand wrote the sentiment strips and I am going to stamp the inside with happy birthday. I am also submitting this card for the following challenges: Just Us Girls Challenge #142 which was an inspiration photo of a hot dog barbeque and Your Next Stamp Challenge #3 which is anything goes.

To the King of the Grill

Stamps: Hambo Stamps – Barbecue Man
Cardstock: Stampin’ Up Whisper White, Ballet Blue; silver cardstock from Lori
Designer Paper: Stampin’ Up Summer Picnic
Ink: Stazon Jet Black; Versamark
Embellishments: Stampin’ Up clear embossing powder
Tools: Cuttlebug Diamond Plate and Mosiac embossing folders; Stampin’ Up markers; atYou Spica silver marker

This second card is for our nephew’s 12th birthday in July. I used the June Sketch for You to Try for the card layout. Lori hooked me up with that super cute monster paper. It went perfectly with my stamp set. I am also submitting this card for the following challenges: I was inspired by Disney’s Monster’s Inc for Do You Stack Up Challenge #77.

Happy Birthday Human

Stamps: Technique Tuesday – Monsters Ink
Cardstock: Stampin’ Up Whisper White, Real Red, Pumpkin Pie, Island Indigo
Designer Paper: monster paper
Ink: Stazon Jet Black
Embellishments: The Twinery mandarin; Stampin’ Up Baja Breeze 5/8″ striped grosgrain ribbon
Tools: Martha Stewart Balloon punch; Prismacolor colored pencils; dimensionals

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you have a fabulous week!

Hambo Design Team Call

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Hambo Stamps is having a design team call right now. For details, go here. I’m trying out for the team and these two cards are my submissions.

This first card uses Wee Henrietta Witch. Isn’t she a cutie? I also used SplitcoastStampers Sketch 350. I like the sparkle to the card even if I’m now covered in glitter. I also used my black atYou Spica marker on the embossed spiderweb panel. About halfway through using the marker, I realized I should have just used dazzling Versamark stamp pad to save time, but oh well.

I’m entering this card in this week’s Designed 2 Delight Saturday’s Designer’s Challenge to use a girl and glitter.

Happy Halloween

Stamps: Hambo Stamps Wee Henrietta Witch; Hero Arts ClearDesign October (sentiment)
Cardstock: Stampin’ Up Whisper White, Pumpkin Pie, Basic Black, Lavender Lace
Patterned Paper: Stampin’ Up Creepy Crawly; the Paper Studio Trick or Treat Polka Dots
Ink: Dell laser printer; Stazon Jet Black
Embellishments: Joann’s Paper Craft Glitter Pastel Lilac
Tools: Stampin’ Up markers; atYou Spica markers; Copic markers; quickie glue pen; corner rounder punch; Cuttlebug Spiderweb embossing folder

This next card uses Banana Kid. Initially, I thought I’d do something fun like a treat bag topper or a candy box wrapper using a package of Runts since it has the little candy bananas, but apparently Runts is not made anymore. I checked both Target and Walgreens and then gave up. I used the Sweet Stop Sketch #126, although I forgot to do the starstruck spin, but it was a great sketch anyway. I’m going to be sending this card off to Operation Write Home, a great organization that collects handmade cards for troops to send home. And actually that it what today’s Hambo Hoedown is all about, so get to making a card or two.

I'm Bananas About You!

Stamps: Hambo Stamps Banana Kid
Cardstock: Stampin’ Up Whisper White, Taken with Teal, Kraft
Patterned Paper: Stampin’ Up Sweet Pea
Ink: Dell laser printer
Embellishments: Stampin’ Up white eyeles, 1/4″ chocolate chip grosgrain ribbon
Tools: Stampin’ Up markers; Nesties Classic Ovals Small and Class Scallopped Ovals Small

Have a fabulous day!

First Day Survival Kits

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On Saturday, I shared the cards I made for Jessica’s two teachers. Today, I am sharing the little survival kits that included the cards. I also included a travel-size hand sanitizer, a travel pack of Kleenexes, a little tin of Altoids (not the full-size tin), some lip balm, and some Hershey’s chocolate nuggets. If I had all my crafty stuff completely unpacked, I might have made something more elaborate than a bag topper for these survival kits. But, hey now that I’m getting eight hours of week of me time while Jessica is at Mother’s Day Out, maybe I’ll get finished unpacking stuff.

First Day Survival Kits

I used the pencil digi-stamp I received for participating in last week’s Hambo Hoedown. That is the great thing about digi-stamps, you can use them in multiple sizes. I’m entering these kits in this week’s Hambo Hoedown Challenge #30, which is to make a school-themed creation using primary colors of red, yellow and blue. Unfortunately, I forgot about the primary colors part of the challenge when coloring it up last night, but the survival kit for Ms. Lacy is close enough to primary, I think it will count. I’m also entering the kits in the following challenges: Stamp Something to make a back to school something; Just Us Girls Challenge #99 to make a 3-D back to school project; and Paper Pretties Monday Challenge #6 to make a back to school project.

First Day Survival Kit for Ms. Lacy

First Day Survival Kit for Ms. Karen

Stamps: Hambo Stamps Pencil
Cardstock: Stampin’ Up Whisper White
Ink: Dell printer
Tools: Prismacolor colored pencils
Fonts: DriftType, CatholicSchoolGirls BB

Have a fabulous day!

Thank You Berry Much

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Yesterday afternoon, I went over to my friend Lori‘s to stamp. We try to get together once a month or so. I worked on three cards while there and will share one of them today. I need to add some finishing touches to the other two before I can share them. I actually added the finishing touch, the strawberry embellishment, to this card today. I made the strawberry embellishment out of some red felt and black and green embroidery floss. I wish I had some green felt to use for the leaves instead of the floss, but alas I did not. I think I might have made it a tad big, but oh well.

The sketch is The Sweet Stop Sketch Challenge #122, which also added a spin of fabulous fibers. I think my felt strawberry counts as fabulous fibers. I’m also entering this card in the Hambo Hoedown Challenge #29 to use scoring. I scored the blue circle panel with a graph paper like look; although the cross scores are faint in the picture. In addition, there is the Simon Says Stamp Challenge to make a food & drink creation, which I think strawberries count as edible, except to maybe those poor people who are allergic to strawberries. One last challenge: Stamp Something‘s challenge this week is something to say thank you.

Thank You 'Berry' Much! Card

Stamps: Hambo Stamps Strawberry Kid
Cardstock: Stampin’ Up Very Vanilla, Real Red, Tempting Turquoise
Patterned Paper: Stampin’ Up Play Date
Ink: Dell printer
Embellishments: Stampin’ Up 3/4″ Real Red polka dot grosgrain ribbon; homemade felt strawberry
Markers: Stampin’ Up Real Red, Chocolate Chip, Crumb Cake, Old Olive
Tools: Scor-pal; Nestabilities Standard Small & Large Circles

Special thanks to Lori for letting me mooch patterned paper and ribbon.

Have a fabulous day!

Happy Birthday Mom!

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Today is my mother-in-law’s 60th birthday. We had a little surprise party for her yesterday to celebrate. Here is the card I made for her. Now, all my crafty stuff is still in boxes, so my supplies were limited. Fortunately, my rolling 12×12 craft drawer tower had a bin with pre-stamped pre-colored images. It also had the black and white PP. This was great, because who knows where the box with my nesties as well as the box of patterned paper are hiding. The cardstock box happened to be on top. The sentiment is handwritten. I think I would prefered some matting, but without nesties (the pre-stamped pre-colored elephant happened to already be cut in a circle), I thought it would be weird to have matted background panels, but no matted image panel.

I used Jen del Muro’s May Sketch for You to Try. I’m now 5 of 5 for the year’s sketches. I am also trying to play along with the current Hambo Hoedown challenge to use texture. Hopefully, the felt curlicues, the crocheted flower and the 3D paper flower provide enough texture to meet the challenge.

Olivia's Birthday Card

Stamps: Hambo Stamps Elephant
Cardstock: Stampin’ Up Whisper White, Pretty in Pink, Lavender Lace
Designer Paper: DCWV All-Occasion Ultimate Stack
Ink: Stazon Jet Black
Embellishments: crochet flower, paper flower, felt curlicue
Tools: colored pencils