Wishing You All ....

... a Happy and Blessed Easter! Here are a couple of cards that I made for my mom & dad and my godmother. The cute little peeps card was made at a shoe box swap that Laurie, Susan and I went to last week. I think all the stamps are from Close To My Heart. The little basket of eggs is a Stampin' Up stamp.

Hope everyone has a wonderful weekend and gets to enjoy the holiday with family and friends!

Birthday Card Collection

Here is a gackle of cards that I have created in the past couple of months, which were crazy busy with birthdays for us!

Hang In There

It's Friday!!! Hooray!!! It sure took it's sweet time getting here this week, didn't it?

Today, I am entering a card over at Squigglefly. If you haven't visited them and love digi stamps, you need to go get over there soon! They have the most adorable little images that are fun and easy to color. Try one of their freebies and I promise, you will want more of their stuff!

All supplies are from my stash, except for the Squigglefly Balloon Cat image, of course, which I colored with Copics. This card will be going out to a friend who needs a little "pick me up" right now. 

Hope everyone has a scrap-happy weekend!

Tis the Season!

It's coming!!! Only 60 days left .... till Halloween! I bet you had visions of sugarplums dancing in your head, didn't you? Well, that is coming, too, but we have to get through a couple of other things first, LOL. I made a prototype for my Halloween cards this weekend. I send out about 15 to family and friends, so I try to keep the design simple and easy to mass assemble.

Details:

Ghost and pumpkin stamp: Stamp Oasis

Copics: YR15, YR18, T1
Crystal Stickles
Purple pearls: Queen&Co
Ribbons: stash
Patterned papers: Making Memories and DCWV ..... I think ... Laurie and I split quite a few Halloween stacks last year. :)

Speaking of Halloween, you HAVE to check out Haunted House Design.!! If you are a fan of Halloween, you will love it. I drool over there every day. Barb and her minions are such a talented bunch!

Hope everyone has a spectacular long weekend!

So Much Newness!!

Good morning, all! Hoping that all of our East Coast friends are safe after the wild weekend from Hurricane Irene. We were lucky in our neighborhood; lots of wind and a few downed branches, but nothing like some other places saw. Thoughts and prayers going out to them as they start cleaning up.

Today is full of new things here at SS. As you can see, Laurie and I played with the template and design last night. We had quite a few laughs while doing it! Laurie starts her new job today; Kel is moved in to the new place and is having fun unpacking boxes; and I am helping out with the blog. Total blogging noobie, so I am going to apologize in advance for any weird formatting or other things that show up! ;)

Today is Laurie's husband's birthday, too! He is always helping my hubby out with things around our house and is such a nice guy. This is the card that I made for him from my family. You have seen some of my cards with this little owl guy before. I just love him!

Details:

I have really been trying to use things in my stash and not buy or even cut things until some of it gets used up!

Stamps: Cornish Heritage Stamps: U R A  Hoot Set
Memento black ink
Copics: E34, E35, Y15, YR12, B12, YG11
Happy Birthday chipboard: EK Success
Metal tag and patterned paper: stash

I am looking forward to "chatting" with you all each day and hope I can do Kel and Laurie justice. They will be back soon! Have a great day!