Summer time fun

This was a card that I sent to my Sister.  I don't know why I picked this stamp set but for some reason it just reminded me of her and I when we were younger.

Although, after she received the card, we both realized that we never remembered her pulling me in a wagon.  Oh well, it was the thought, right??

Now to think of someone else I can send a card like this to!!
Have a Great Day!!!
Char

Spring time RAK

I received this happy card last week and it just makes me think of SPRING...which is exactly what it was supposed to do.

You can't really see it too well, but the black layer is embossed with an embossing folder.




Just love the tree and birds!!!

Have a Great day!!!

Anything Goes Swap

 I joined an Anything Goes swap on one of my Yahoo Groups and this is the darling card that I received.

It is just so bright and cheerful that I have it sitting near me when I am on the computer.  I love the crystal flowers and she carried them onto the inside of the card, as well.

Isn't this just GREAT???   Love it!!!

Have a Great day!!!!

Pink and blue butterflies

I found this little unmounted stamp, an old TAC stamp, the other day and decided to make a card with it.  I stamped it three times, once with pink ink and twice with blue.

Then layered it onto a piece of  blue cardstock and then layered that onto a piece of pink card stock that had been embossed with the S. U. Cloudy Day embossing folder.

I attached a blue piece of ribbon and added a bow.

I already sent off the card and forgot to write down the colors I used that day.  :-(

I need to be more mindful to do that, at least before putting it in an envelope and sending it on it's way.

Have a great day!!!
Char

Perfect as you are!

Came across this dark brown and gold colored designer paper and decided it was perfect for a stamp set I had recently purchased from S.U.

I used Crumb Cake card stock and Whisper White card stock.

I used the Marvy Giga Scalloped punch and the Mega Marvy Scalloped punch.

Then the Modern label punch and Word Window punches for my verse.

Quick card but thinking I'll try different papers and colors of card stock and create some more easy cards like this.

Have a great day!!!
Char

Umbrella Card

I made this card for a challenge on a stamping list I am on.  The criteria was something pink, an umbrella, glitter and a border punch of some kind.

This is what I came up with.

I had just recently purchased a stamp set from Amuse from a friend of mine and the name of the stamp set "Day's Like This" and this was one of the images and the verse that went with it.

I used S.U. card stock and glitter paper and ink.  The background paper, I am not sure where it came from.  It might have been some TAC designer paper that I still had left.

You can barely see it but there is also a rhinestone at the top of the umbrella.

Have a great day!!
Char

Is it spring yet??.

I don't know where the idea for this card came from.  I guess I decided to use my Bird Builder punch from S.U. and some flourish type stamps and this is what transpired.

I love blue and white cards.  Something about them reminds me of Spring.

Spring as of this writing hasn't arrived yet but maybe by the time this posts actually posts....we'll have seen some sign of it.

What about you?  Any sign of Spring yet??

Have a great day!!
Char

Just playing around

I came into my stamp room and just decided to play around with papers and punches and I came up with one design and used it with different papers from the S.U. set Print Poetry!

So, I am sharing those today!






It just amazes me how you can use different colors, ribbons, paper etc. and come up with basically the same card but they look different.

Have a Great day!!!!

Dandelion Card

I recently received a card from a friend of mine who is a demonstrator for Amuse stamps.  Isn't it just too pretty??  I loved the stamp and verse so much, I had to have it!!

Well, when I received it, I didn't have all the necessary components to copy her card so I decided to do something a little different.

Here is what I came up.  Totally different colors and using the Resist Embossing Technique on Whisper White card stock.  I hadn't done any embossing for a long time.  I forgot how much fun it is.

I am going to send her this card back and see what she thinks.  I hope she likes it.

Have a great day!!!

Char

Happy Birthday!!

Fun and easy Birthday card for just about anyone.

Just emboss some card stock with your favorite embossing folder.  Cut into little strips for the 'candles'.  Then, punch some flames using the Blossom Petals Builder from S. U. and attach them to the top.  Use a fine line sharpie or marker to make the 'wick'.

We used a punch for the bottom of the card and had designer paper on the inside of the card so that it showed through.
Sorry, but didn't get the name of the punch or the inside one, either.

Then, we just attached a ribbon going through the punched out part and around and tied a bow.

You could do them in your favorite colors and even add glitter to the flames to make them seem more real.

Have a great day!!
Char

Cute Dog

At our monthly class, we made these adorable dogs!!  I had to come home and make a couple more.  They really are fun and quite easy to do.

Again, I didn't have all the punches we used at class, so I improvised but I had the majority of them.

I think you can tell we used the Blossom Petals Builder punch, Ornament punch, modern label punch and word window punch plus some circle punches.

We also used the embossing folder "Stripes Forever".
What a fun card!!!

Have a great day!!
Char

April Fool's Day!!!

One of my favorite days of the year because I used to LOVE to play pranks on people.  It was all in fun, nothing dangerous or scary or humiliating.  But, I have grown up a little so will probably only do it to my family members :-)

Here are just a few pranks if you are up to the challenge:

1.  Block the remote signal with a piece of opaque tape.
2.  Plastic wrap shampoo/salt shaker- Unscrew lids, place a small piece of   plastic wrap over opening, replace lid, and tear off the excess evidence.
3.  Glue a quarter or dollar coin to the floor or the ground in a busy place. Sit nearby and watch as people try to pick it up
4.  Scoop about an inch of deodorant from the top of the victim's stick deodorant. Then take a slice of cream cheese and carefully insert it into the deodorant container, sculpting it so it looks like deodorant. Put the top back on and wait for the fun!
5.  Sneak into the victim's car and adjust everything: radio at full volume, wipers on high, air conditioning on max setting, seats pushed forward and reclined all the way back, etc.

See?, they are completely harmless but you can have fun and no one gets hurt!!

And, for those that aren't up to this kind of nonsense, here is a card we did at stamp class.  Easy peasey and so cute!!

Have a great day even if you aren't a prankster like me :-)

Char

Have a Blessed Easter

This was a card we made this month at Stamp class.  How fun to use orange as a color on an Easter card.  I would have never thought to use that color.

Love the cloud embossing folder and the little butterfly punch from S. U.

We plan on just playing it low key, having a ham dinner and just spending time with family.

Hope your day is extra special!!

Char

Fun Bunny Cards

This is adapted from a card that I saw online here.  I didn't have all the necessary punches so had to improvise.  Since making these cards, I have seen so many other versions.....all adorable and I would have done them differently if I had seen those first.

The first photo is the front of the card.  The Polka dotted paper is from Amuse.  I order mine from a friend that demonstrates for the company.  I fell in love with their polka dotted card stock.  It is card stock, not designer paper.  The inside of the card stock is white, so you can use it as a card.  In this instance, I used it as designer paper :-)

The second photo is the inside of the card.  Since then, I have attached feet to the card.    It looks a lot cuter with feet.  I had already taken these photos before I decided to add the feet.
Here is another card that a friend did....where I got the idea for the feet.

This card was made by Barbra Byrnes, a friend of mine, and I liked her Bunny much better....but had already made all my cards when I saw this one.   Check out her blog to see some other great cards she has created.

If you don't have time to make these for this Easter, there is always next year.
They are so much fun!!!

Have a great day!!!
Char

Wow, 10 cards all at once

Well, it just goes to show you that we never know what is going to happen and that having things scheduled helps IF you schedule them way ahead of time.  Usually I do have at least a couple of weeks of cards scheduled ahead but this time, I was at the end of that couple of weeks and hadn't gotten around to posting more cards.

I got a call on February 17th that a friend died and I flew out the next day to Arizona.  I had previously scheduled posts to automatically post till that Friday (not knowing then that I would be leaving) and was going to upload some more cards that Friday, but it wasn't to be.

I was gone 2 1/2 weeks and when I got home, I wasn't in the stamping mood at all.

BUT, I attended a stamp class a week or so after getting home and got my mojo back and I will be sharing the cards I have made since coming home.

I want to thank my friend, Jenny, for attending class the Saturday I was gone, in February, and making my cards for me!  What a huge blessing that was to me!!

Here are the 10 cards that she made.  That meant, she had to make 20 cards in two hours.    Normally, I wouldn't post 10 cards in one post but since I didn't actually make these, I felt that she should get the credit all at once!!

Aren't they wonderful???

Have a great day!!!

Valentine Cards

 Here are three different Valentine's that I received from friends.

The first is a darling kitty from my friend, Channie.

I just love the coloring and the added addition of the baker's twine!!

And, Polka Dots!!!!

 This card was sent to me by Sandra.  I am sorry that my camera didn't take a great photo....but it's a cute bird...taking something to the mailbox.  Just too cute!!!

Finally, a special card from a very special person.  Joanne sent this card knowing she was going in for surgery in a couple of days.

What a lady!!!!

Just love all those hearts!!!!

Thanks for stopping by....

Now....go stamp something :-)

Hugs,
Char

Swap

I had a swap on my yahoo group and this is the card that Beverly Ann sent to me.  She was concerned that it wasn't up to my expectations.  HUH????

This is truly a beautiful card....even more so in person!

Love the colors and the butterflies and the huge bow!!

Thanks Beverly Ann!!!!

Hugs,
Char

A beautiful RAK

I have had this card for some time and just hadn't gotten around to sharing it.

My friend, Andrea, from one of my Yahoo lists sent this to me.

You can't really see all the pretty jewels on it or the bow and other elements all that well....blame it on the photographer :-)

But, this card just made my day when it arrived!!!

I have had it up in my stamp room on display ever since.  It's just so bright and cheerful!

Orange is not a color I use all that often and I don't know why.....so might have to get out the stamp pads and papers and give it a go.

Char

Sympathy Cards

These are not the types of cards one likes to have a lot of in their stash but when I was making a sympathy card for some friends that had lost their Dad back in May, I decided to make a bunch of them.

Thankfully, I didn't have to use any till just this past week when three different people lost loved ones.

The cards were basically all the same except for the flowers and possibly the color of the ribbon.

I like to have all kinds of cards made up in advance but I had never thought to do Sympathy cards before.  It just didn't feel right for some reason.   But, in reality, it's really no different than having a stash of birthday, get well, thinking of you or any other type card.

In these three instances, I was so relieved to know I had made up extra cards as we have been remodeling and my stamp room was really a mess.

What about you?  Do you make up cards ahead of time for times like these when you are just too busy to sit down and make up a card?  OR...do you like to do them as the events happen?

Have a great day,

Char

Still working on a few things

My hubby found a few places that needed touching up, so he is currently working on that and then we should be done with the floor except for the final trim and the thresh holds!!!

Here are some photos of the dining room, entry way and living room that are now back to normal?

 Hutch is now back in the corner at a diagonal instead of against the wall.

 Trying to decide what to do with this entryway table and what to put on it and above it.  That is a painting my good friend, JoAnn did as she knows I love Daisies.  It has hung on the wall around the corner from that table but now am thinking it would look nice above the table.

 The view from my dining room to the front door and entryway.  Have to get some sort of throw rug in the entry and possibly a sofa table to go behind the sofa.   Still contemplating that idea.

 Looks so sparse but I am trying to figure out just what I need in that far corner to make it look more 'finished'.

A closer look at the 'corner'.  I have a nice chair that is a rose colored PINK....it was my Mom's and it's from the 80's but, it is so comfortable.  David likes to read there in the early mornings.  It went with everything when the walls were sage green but now, I think it would clash.  Thinking about getting it re-upholstered.

My Secretary sits in a corner again.  I want to refinish it someday.

Well, that's it for our renovations but I have more ideas up my sleeve....so will be adding more as times goes by.

Have a great day!!!

Char