Hey There (Sunshine)

Hi stampy friends! 

Well, my latest Paper Smooches stamps arrived Monday and I've been dying to ink up this rainbow ever since it arrived!  The rainbow is from Paper Smooches Little Lady.  

You know what I realized as I was looking through all of my Paper Smooches stamps...  

Since the addition of Paper Smooches background stamps, 

I might never have to buy patterned paper again!  

Yup.  

I said that.  

I will eat that in a few days since I just ordered another 6x6 pad but honestly, with all the great background stamps out now, I'm loving creating my own patterned paper. 

I find it so much easier to use and I can create exactly the pattern I want and in the color I want. I also feel like I am getting way more use out of my stamps & inks!

It doesn't get better than that!

The kraft star background is from Primary.

The blue hexagon background is from Geo-Graphic

The yellow gingham background is from Debonair.

The sentiment is from Sentiment Sampler. 

Alright friends, that's it for now!  

Be back soon! 

:) More to share...

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

A Cut Above, Day 4

Can you tell I've been having fun with my dies? 

Oh my gosh, so much fun.  

I'm a little (ok, a lot) behind in my A Cut Above class homework... 

However, ever since my Papertrey Ink ordered arrived on Saturday I have been inspired by the new Winter Wisteria color!

(OH MY GOODNESS I'M OBSESSED WITH THAT COLOR!)  

I was determined to make something with it ASAP!  

I didn't intend on making this card for this class, which is all about partial die cutting until I realized what I wanted was the banner from the PTI tag #5 die, but longer... and then it occurred to me to just partially die cut it and ta-da!  Perfect-o - exactly what I needed!   

Side note: I cut the polaroid using my Silhouette.

I love how easy it is to create whatever I want whenever I need it and until that Lawn Fawn Say Cheese arrives at my doorstep, this will have to do!  PS- it is on it's way. :)

I also used the world's greatest stamp set Paper Smooches Party Posse and some wonderful patterned papers.   The sentiment is from Paper Smooches too... but I'm ready for bed so I'm not looking that one up right now. 

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!  

Happy Birthday Hamster

Hello all!  

I'm taking a break from the A Cut Above class (even though I did use my Silhouette) to create a birthday card for a my friend's daughter who is turning 3 this weekend.  

My husband thinks we are ridiculous...  

that my friend & I are essentially making cards for each other.  

Well, he might be right but I'm hoping Rachel will like it!  

Oh my gosh, every time I stamp with this little Paper Smooches Hamster, I get giddy.  

Honestly, I don't know if a cuter stamp even exists!  He is SO stinkin' cute!  

I used my Silhouette to cut the polaroid window and then masked the background to stamp the dots (Paper Smooches Primary) and the clouds (Hero Arts).  I also added the Hero Arts Enelope pattern to the grass just to fill in the blank spaces.  

I love the way the masking in the polaroid turned out!  

I'm actually finding myself really enjoying masking. 

:)  

The hamster is from Paper Smooches Party Posse and the pennants are from Paper Smooches Hang Ups.  

I went to the Paper Smooches Sparks inspiration photos and found this Sparks challenge that I somehow never played in.... WHAT? How did I miss one?!?!

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!  

A Cut Above, Day 3

It's time to share the card I made for today's Online Card Class.

Day 3 is creating shaped cards with dies.  
 
I used my Spellbinders Wonky Rectangles to create this shaped card. 

 I used my new favorite stamp set, Paper Smooches Reflections, Paper Smooches Sentiment Sampler and this Paper Smooches Sparks inspiration photo, as I am entering it into the Paper Smooches Sparks Design Team call.   To enter, you can find more information here. 

Here's a close up of the card, as I did something I rarely do... I added texture!  

A while ago, my mother-in-law asked me to create some sympathy cards for her.  In general, this is just something I don't do... I dread them, in fact... 

...but my father actually passed away 1 year ago later this week so it's something that's been weighing on my mind.  My father and I weren't that close but I still think about him often.  He was a good man, close to nature so this card really speaks to me and reminds me of him.  It would have been a beautiful wedding or bridal shower card but my heart is absolutely elsewhere this week.  

Don't get too sad though...

Next week will be all about birthdays!  

I turn 31 next week!!!!  Ack!  

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!