Flight of the Sweet Pea!

Good morning stampers!!  What a beautiful weekend we had for Easter!  I have another display card that I had sent in for the DIVA display using sweet pea felt flowers.  This idea just came to me while sitting at ly desk staring at a pile of felt pieces....two leaves were kaying there together point to point and a cocoon had hatched!

Well????  lol!

The card baseis rich razzleberry.  The designer series paper is raspberry lemonade.....yummm......  The main image panel is whisper white that I sponged with bashful blue ot make sky.  The sentiment is from flight of the buterfly.  I glued two leaves end to end with tombo mono multi and then punched a word window in chocolate chip.  I cut it in half and put a 5/16th inch brad for the head and drew in antennas with a stampin write marker.  That panel is matted with old olive.  the whole thign was set off with a knot of rich razzleberry polka dot ribbon.

I have to say....I think this is cute.  Can I say that???lol!!

Giftable Stamp Camp Projects

Hi Stampers!


We had the first of two giftabel stamp camps this year yeasterday. Each "camper" made three of each of the following gifts.


A Notebook portfolio with a pocket...one of my personal favorites!


















A gift card holder with the top note die















A box of chocolates....who doesn't love a box of chocolate????




A 2 year pocket calendar/planner...sorry for the glare! lol!


And, what I think was my absolute favorite, a wall hanging with sticky notes and tear off calendars.


There is another giftable Stamp Camp coming on the 30th...I can't wait!

Blogger's Challenge - week 46 MOTHER"S DAY!!!!

This week's blogger's challenge is to follow a theme....Mother's Day.

Well.....I have a Mother, a Step Mother, and two Grandmothers....so I have a lot to show you. If you are reading this Mom...your card is NOT on here! LOL!!!! I will post her stuff after I give it to her.

All of these goodies are truly a labor of Love....I enjoyed making everything I am about to show you!

I will start in the order I got the projects done.....

My Grandma: she has a small apartment that is decorated in predominantly blues.

close ups of the flower detail:

My Grandma: she has recently renovated her two living rooms with new walls and new carpet. Her walls are a very pale cream..so I thought some new artwork would be in order.

My step-Mother: I bought her some Bath and Body Works and took inspiration from the label to make her card.

My Mother.....well stay tuned! hehehehe!!!!!

There are too many details to go into with all of these projects....sorry no directions or recipes to share today. :(

I hope you enjoyed my stamped gifts today! I sure enjoyed making them! I hope all of you have a wonderful Mother's Day!

Which came first......

The cake or the card???? You tell me.

Ok...now brace yourself ladies....what I am about to show you may shock you.....only once that I can think of I have posted any pictures here that weren't Stampin' Up! related, but I am going to let another cat out of the bag.

Here it goes....this is your warning!

If the sight of sweet suger mixed to a buttercream consistancy that you can smell from the next room offends you...you might not want to read this post. If the use of a few retired Stampin' Up! stamps offends you, you might not want to read this post. (Here is where I might get you.....) If the tiny use of product that is not Stampin' Up! offends you, you might not want to read this post.

Now, mind you, this line of redneck-imitating jokes are just coming off the tips of my fingers as I type...I didn't rehearse this ahead of time. Maybe I can get a stand up job on a channel that is a cross between HGTV, Food Network and Comedy Central, huh? Or maybe I can stick to my daytime job of being a domestic engineer at my abode. (sounds impressive for a stay at home mom....makes me feel good!)

Are you saying to yourself....get on with it already!!!! Show me the pictures and explain what in the "H-E-double hockey sticks" you are talking about! ok....ok....give me a little time, bear with me...it is 5:30 in the morning! (***note to self...learn to stay in bed no matter what time you wake and your legs start to jump around....)

ok with all that being said....here is the run down.

Today is my Grandma's birthday get together. ( I hate to say party.....we really all get together and eat...eat...eat...and then when the table is cleared off we eat some more. So it is more of an eating fest in honor of her birthday rather than a party so to say.) So, anywhooo.....I was to make the cake. more background info here: I took a few classes (three courses, actually) last fall on cake decorating desperately trying to fill the creative void that quitting my hairdressing job of 12 years left...like I don't have enough other "irons in the fire...." right? ( I did tell you that I was an "engineer" didn't I?) But I really liked learning something new.

And being a papercrafter....I am going to make her card, right? So I'll show you the pictures and you can deside...which came first, the card or the cake? (please feel free to leave a comment below and let me know what you think.....)

The pictures are in no particular order....

Some close ups:

recipe: for the card...not the cake! lol!

stamps: flowers for a friend (retired), springtime stems (retired), sincere salutations

ink: regal rose, pretty in pink, perfect plum, mellow moss, white craft, barely banana marker, summer sun marker

card stock : regal rose, whisper white

accessories: colluzzle ctiing system, SU hobby and craft knife, cutting mat, stampin' dimensionals, white detail embossing powder, heat tool

Note: I just wanted to add....I cut my flower bouqets out with my new Stampin Up hobby and craft knife on the cutting mat....let me tell you - it was a lot easier to get around those little flowers and leaves with this cutting blade than with scissors! It took me a few minutes to get the hang of how much pressure to use when cutting..but when I did...look out! What a breeze!