Brrr winters snowy appearance

Not much going on except we got our first snow fall and the freezing temperatures that go with it. The snow is pretty but I am not a cold weather person and the freezing temps don't agree with me lol.

I am so ready for spring and it's not even winter yet! View from my front door today.

Woodland scene

The woodlands embossing folder is one of my favorite folders along with the truck from Country Livin' it created a beautiful card using a technique I've never tried before. I thought it would be intimidating to try but after a couple of tries I'm definitely satisfied with the card. I am going to try the same technique with the same folder but using the elk from the Wilderness Awaits stamp set.

Egg Carton and Chicken Candle

Hey Chick (143328) is just one of the free, fun fantastic stamp sets in the Sale-A-Bration catalog that is available January 4th through May 31, 2017. When you combine the stamp set with the mini egg cartons (142776) from the Occasions Catalog you have a cute gift container that you can put 4 Cadbury eggs, plastic eggs or jelly beans to give to someone. Add some ribbon and tags and your done. With the purchase of $50 from the Occasions catalog, the main catalog or the clearance section the stamp set is free.  For every $50 you spend, you get another item free. The is no limit to the amount of free product you can earn.  Is am in the process of making a video that will be posted on YouTube soon. I will post the video link here when the video is done. Please join me on YouTube!       

Beautiful You and Lift Me Up tiles

Wanting to do something different from cards so I decided to stamp some tiles. It's a little harder because the stamp can slide easily but the results are so beautiful when accomplished. I just need to finishe coloring them in. Off to buy more tiles!

Everyone needs a little snow

No one wants snow more than this little guy. Trying to get a few more Christmas cards done before next week and I have a few more Christmas stamp sets I haven't tried yet.
This is from the stamp set Jars of Cheer 142161 and uses the coordinating everyday jar framelits 141490.

My own Taco Truck

I wanted to use some of my scraps today on the Tasty Trucks stamp set that you can get free from the Sale-A-Bration catalog. This is a super fun stamp set the will let you do a taco truck, hot truck or a ice cream truck.

I did the truck in layers to give it dimension that really isn't visible in the picture. This is what I did.

I stamped the truck on scrap card stock and then again on the cardstock I wanted to be my main layer. On the truck stamped on the scrap paper I stamped two tacos and colored them in and then set them aside.

On the truck that will be the main focus point,  I cut out the center around the farm ad awning . I colored in the images with watercolor pencils. I cut a small piece of window sheet and adhered it to the back. Using dimensionals, I layered the trucks together. Using another sheet of scrap paper I stamped just the awning, colored it in and layered onto the awning part.

The seaside embossing folder is the embossed background. The tree is from the Santa's Sleigh thinlets. The clouds are from Outdoor Adventure framelits.

I hope you give this stamp set a try. You'll LOVE it!

Supplies used

Outdoor Adventure framelits 141480

Santa's Sleigh thinlets 140278 retiring soon

Tasty Trucks 143300

Watercolor pencils 141709

Inks

Island Indigo 126986

Basic Black 140931

Soft Sky 131181

Paper 

Whisper white 100730

Blooms and Bliss 141654

Basic gray 121044

Other supplies

Window sheets142314

Dimensionals 104430

Multipurpose adhesive 110755

Wink of Stella 141897

It's a wonderful time under the tree

Penny the kitten has decided her favorite place to be is under the tree. She doesn't care she's not supposed to be under there because she has managed to break a few ornaments and almost knocked it over a few times. This is such an adorable picture of her and we enjoy watching the wonder of Christmas through her eyes because even though she a cat, she's a kid too.

Want a henhouse full of chickens

You can have a henhouse full of chickens without having to gather eggs or clean the coop with  the Hey Chick stamp set that you can get absolutely free.  How can you do this?

Just spend $50 from  any of the catalogs or clearance section and get the stamp set free. It's that easy.

Supplies for this card:
Hey Chick Stamp Set 143328
Very vanilla card stock 101650 card base
Moroccan DSP 141645
Whisper white card stock  100730
Burlap ribbon 14148c7
Classic label punch  141491
Watercolor pencils 141709
Stitched framelits 145372
Early espresso ink 126974
Old Olive ink 126953
Smoky Slate ink 131179
Crushed curry ink 131173
Timeless Treasures stamp set 140517

Hot Air Balloons

Are so majestic when airborne. You can often see people pulled to the side of the road to watch the beautiful show in the sky and I'm no exception. Not a real airborne balloon but this card gives the feel of a balloon in the air. The stamp set is Lift Me Up and is bundled with the Up and Away thinlet dies. Watercolor pencils were used to make the colored background of the balloon. Wink of Stella gave the white overlay sparkle. Simple but elegant card.

Life Me Up Stamp Set 142896

Up and Away thinlets 142748

Bundled set 144712 with 10% savings

Whisper white cardstock 140272

Night of Navy cardstock 1086

Night of Navy ink pad 126970

Wink of Stella 141897

Regals enamel stars 161681

Fine tip glue pen 138309

Snail adhesive 104332

Dimensionals 104430

Beautiful You Stamp Set

I completely fell in love with this stamp set when I first saw in the catalog and knew that set was going to take residence in my home. I love the way it celebrates women and the sentiments compliment the images so well.  I used our new watercolor pencils to color the images with the aqua painter. The colors went on so smoothly and blended perfectly.

I sponged both sentiments with ink but used a stitched square framelits to cut it out to add more dimension. I can see this becoming a framed image to hang on my wall in my studio.


Beautiful You video

Occasions and Sale-A- bration

Yea my pre order has arrived. So excited to get all the new exciting product  and to begin sharing with everyone. Just a preview of the covers for now since that's all I can share for now.

Catalogs did go postal for my customers yesterday so check you mailboxes!

Totally awesome day

Got home from attending a small craft fair in one of our surrounding towns today.
Fair was slow at times but did okay. Of course I forgot to take pictures.

Gave out catalogs and had fun sharing my love for Stampin Up products.

Had a blast interacting with fellow vendors and met some really interesting people. Sometimes the success of a craft show is not measured in monetary value but in the value of making new friends.

My granddaughter had a blast by talking us into trading with another video for a hat.


That pretty much sums up my day.