PTI's All Booked Up - SSS112

Hello!

I'm so glad it's the weekend. This has been a REALLY long week. With a couple out of town road trips and Chloe being away....it's seemed longer than normal.

Today the Sweet Stop has a new sketch for you.

I decided to go all Papertrey today :)

I've used the sweet set called All Booked Up along with the matching die.

Papers and ribbon are from the Sweet Blush Collection.

Thanks for stopping by today!

Have a GREAT weekend!

You're On My Mind SC323

Last night I wasn't really in the mood to stamp as I had a long day visiting one of my out of town stores but it has been a few days and well....stamping is relaxing! LOL!

Checked what the SCS sketch was and it was a pretty simple one. I knew I could crank out a card in about 20 minutes so I got down to business.

This was the final result.

Stamps: Blooming Button Bits(PTI), Cardstock: Red, Kraft(PTI), MME Stella and Rose Gertie DP; Inks: Old Olive, Black; Accessories: Flower Dies(PTI), Red Rhinestones, Lemon Tart Button(PTI), Twine(PTI), Dimensionals

Thanks for stopping by today! Have a GREAT day!

Kindness

Happy Tuesday!

It's going to be a great day!

The weather is turning around for us and we are going to be well above the freezing mark by the end of the week! Yeah!

Karen is spending the week with us and last night while she was doing my dishes....lol....I stamped! :)

The Mojo174 looked to be a simple sketch that I could tackle in about 15 minutes.

I found these scraps of My Mind's Eye in one of the drawers. Do you think the flowers made with the MFT Flower Trio Die look okay with this paper? Maybe I should have gone with a colour instead of vanilla?

Stamps: Beautiful Kindness; Cardstock: Kraft, Bermuda Bay, Vanilla, MME dp; Inks: Black; Accessories: Nesties, MFT Flower Trio Die, Pumpkin Grosgrain, 1/4" Circle Punch, Dimensionals

Here is a card that Karen created with an older Mojo sketch from 2009. She used the PTI set All Booked Up.

She placed a few stamping orders last week so I hope I can get her into stamping with me more often!!!

Thanks for stopping by today! Have a FANTASTIC Tuesday!

Crafting with my best friend!

Yesterday afternoon a winter storm marched it's way into Calgary and that meant one thing...

A day of stamping!!!

What could be better right?

How about stamping with your best friend?!

Karen usually just watches me stamp when she's over but yesterday I convinced her to sit down and create with me! She truly is the bestest friend. She's so supportive and has a big heart.

Just the other day she gave me about 130 copic markers because she said she would never use them. She wanted them to have a good home! Well I was tickled pink to say the least!!!

Anyway, you came to see something right?

Well first up is the notebook that Karen created using some October Afternoon Designer Papers and a PTI set called All Booked Up.

I think she did a FABULOUS job! Don't you agree?! Hope I can get her to stamp with me more often!!!

Here is a notebook I created for my briefcase. I've used some October Afternoon Designer Paper along with the PI girl It's Hip To Be Square. Love this sweet girl!

Thanks for stopping by today! It's supposed to be nasty again today so it'll be ANOTHER day of stamping! FUN Times eh?!

Have a wonderful Sunday!

Good Friends

Are you ready for spring yet? I am! LOL!

These bright and happy colours make me wish that winter was long gone and the flowers were in bloom.

I had forgotten about this Cosmo Cricket dp. It's so fun!

PTI's All Booked Up has not been used in a long time either. My intentions were to make a bookmark but ran short of time so I whipped it into a card instead.

Speaking of GOOD friends...

Look what Denise sent me! She not only sent me a Christmas card she remembered that my birthday is coming up too! So sweet of her! Tomorrow I'll show you a card I made using some stamps she sent me too! FUN!

Aren't her cards adorable??? Her colouring is AMAZING!

Thanks girl!

Thanks for stopping by today! I really enjoy reading your comments!

Have a WONDERFUL Thursday!

Thanks FS196

Yesterday we finally got my stamping area pretty much set up. I'm still missing some tables and shelves but will get those next weekend. My best friend, Karen, came by to help me organize. She's been such a BIG help I wanted to make a card for her. I'm sure she'll see it before I get a chance to drop this off to her ;) So THANK YOU Karen!
This card is a case of Tobi's card here. She is today's FS on SCS!
I really like the way she used designer paper for the card front. I never think of doing that but love the look!
Stamps: SU! Full of Life; Cardstock: White, Choc Chip, DP; Inks: Choc Chip; Accessories: Nesties, PTI Flower Dies, MFT Die-namics Scallop and Open Scallop, Ribbon, Button, Thread, Dimensionals, MFT Cork
I plan on stamping ALL day long!! Can't wait!
Have a GREAT Sunday!

You're On My Mind FS194

For last weekends Featured Stamper, Lynette. She had a really clean and crisp card here that I thought I'd CASE.

I used some pretty MFT felt along with some dies.

The flowers come from PTI and the leaves come from MFT. The sentiment is from the Blooming Button Bits PTI set.

We should be settling into our new house as you read this. I'm taking a couple of days off work in hopes of getting a LOT done while Chloe is at school and Brian is at work ;) Oh and I'll sneak in a bit of stamping too!

Have a wonderful day!

Bookends and Friends SFYTT

Happy Saturday!

I took a little break this afternoon from packing to stamp. Sometimes you just need to....kwim? So far I'm on box #23 for my kitchen...maybe I have too much stuff? ha!

This card was made using Jen's SFYTT from today.

The only stamps I have left out are PTI, MFT, Taylored Expressions and Verve. I chose to use a PTI set called All Booked Up.

Thanks for stopping by today!
Have a GREAT weekend!

Wishing You Sunshine

I was lucky to have some spare time on Sunday(only because I ran out of empty boxes to pack...lol) to play along with the Featured Stamper.

Laurie had a wonderful card HERE that I chose to CASE.

Pretty quick and simple card. I really like all the white space!

Stamps: Blooming Buttons Bits; Cardstock: White, Barely Banana, MME Quite Contrary DP; Inks: Certainly Celery, Black; Accessories: PTI buttons, Clip, Thread, SU punch, Dimensionals
Thanks for stopping by today!

Birthdays Are The Best

Karen had a wonderful Sweet Sunday Sketch#85 on her blog and there was a little bonus involved. You were to make it a birthday card that you could send off to the soldiers.

I pulled out some pretty PTI stamps and the coordinating PTI flower die. Finished the flowers off with a few PTI Lemon Tart buttons and thread.

Thanks for stopping by!

You're On My Mind

Sunday afternoon I created this card for the Featured Stamper on SCS. I chose to CASE this card here.

I really liked the stamping on designer paper and the clean design.

Of course I added a few extras like buttons and ribbon ;)

Stamps: PTI Button Bits; Cardstock: Kraft, Kiwi Kiss, DP; Inks: Kiwi Kiss and Black; Accessories: Buttons, Thread, Corner Rounder Punch, Ribbon

Thanks for stopping by!

Having You As a Friend SFYTT

Hello!

I think the only positive thing about coming home from vacation is that I got to stamp!

While in Vegas I drove up to Summerlin to a scrapbooking store there where I found this super cool huge paper pad of MME dots collection for $20! What a steal! It has 180 papers(60 patterns with 3 of each). That means you will be seeing a lot of DOTS soon ;) LOL!

This card below was created using Jen's SFYTT on her blog iheart2stamp.

Stamps: PTI All Booked Up; Cardstock: PTI white, PTI Hawaiian Shores, PTI Aqua Mist; MME DP; Inks: Soft Sky, Blue Bayou 07, White Craft; Accessories: Circle Nesties, PTI die, Mat pack and Paper Piercer, Dimensionals

Before I leave I wanted to share a few snapshots from our vacation. Since we've been through Montana, Idaho, Utah, Arizona and Nevada before we didn't take too many pics.

Chloe and I sitting on our balcony at the resort. Chloe got a pretty good picture of Brian and I.

Brian and Chloe about to dig in at Joe's Crab Shack.

Chloe with her fish that Mr. Balloonatic made her :)

I still can't believe I got Chloe to stand with Mrs. Green!

Thanks for stopping by today! I hope you enjoy the rest of the weekend!

As Soon As I Finish This Chapter

Gosh I hear that phrase EVERY night when it's time for Chloe to go to bed....lol

Today is her 11th birthday and I've put one of these bookmarks into a book along with a Chapters Gift Card.

The funny thing is that she helped design these by choosing the papers ;)

Just another quick and easy project that used up scraps.

I attached the paper to the bookmark and then trimmed it from the other side.

The flower was created with the PTI flower die. LOVE that die!

I have today off work to spend it with Chloe for her birthday! Here's hoping for some fabulous weather!

PTI Bookmarks

Yesterday afternoon while cooling off in the basement I decided to play with my newest PTI stamps and dies.

This first one I made using the All Booked Up stamp set. I made this one for the young man next door. He really likes to read.

Stamps: All Booked Up; Cardstock: Kraft, Prism, Vanilla; Inks: Black; Accessories: Circle Nesties, Corner Rounder Punch, Ribbon, Bookmark Die, Dimensionals
My next bookmark was made for my neighbour. She sits for hours on her back deck reading. Hope she likes it!

Stamps: All Booked Up; Cardstock: Kraft, Vanilla, DP; Inks: Buckaroo Blue, Memento Black; Accessories: Copics, Die, nesties, Ribbon, Button, Thread, Dimensionals
The last two bookmarks were made by Chloe for her two friends next door! Both girls love to read and she made them with what colours they like. She's already given them out and the girls loved them!

Thanks for stopping by today! Have a great Monday!

Dare To Get Dirty Time!

Are you a fan club member on Splitcoaststampers? If you've been thinking about joining now would be the perfect time ;)

It's time for the Dare To Get Dirty Challenges!

Each year the Dirty Dozen and Dirty Dozen Alumni come up with some FABULOUS challenges! There is something for everyone!!

This card I made here is for Kim's sketch challenge that you can find here. You will only be able to see the challenges if you are a club member though. Sorry :(

There isn't much stamping on this card. I really wanted to use up some scraps of the October Afternoon Thrift Shop DP 8 x 8 pad I had sitting on my table.

I used the PTI flower die and a sentiment from Blooming Button Bits.

Thanks for stopping by today! I hope you can join in on the fun! I'm off to see what challenge I can do next!

Wishing You

A couple of co-workers took Chloe to see Toy Story 3 about two weeks ago and I've been trying to re-pay them ever since ;)

So when one of them noticed my notebook in my desk the other day I thought it would be the perfect thank you gift! I made it similar to mine here but with some small changes.

I used some pretty October Afternoon Thrift Shop DP along with the PTI set Blooming Button Bits. The clouds were cut out with the PTI Cloud Dies and sponged with ink. I cut the grass with a MFT Die-namics. Some buttons, rhinestones and ribbon were added to finish it off.

Since there were still scraps sitting on my table I decided to make her a little corner bookmark to go with it!

There is a fabulous tutorial on SCS in the resource section.

This time I also used the flowers from Beautiful Blooms II for the flower tops! Some buttons, ribbon and sponging were done as well.

Super simple and I hope she likes this as well!

Thanks for stopping by today!

I hope you all have a FABULOUS weekend!

Wishing You Sunshine Notebook

Good Sunny Day!
We are experiencing some FANTASTIC weather and I'm pleased that today is my day OFF!
Earlier this week I made myself this little notebook to keep in my desk at work.
I uses some some of my new PTI goodies! I really like how it came out :)

Stamps: PTI; Cardstock: Black, Kraft, Cream, October Afternoon DP; Inks: Memento Black, Tumbled Glass Distress Ink, Peeled Paint Distress Ink, Real Red, Wasabi; Accessories: PTI Cloud Die, PTI, Flower Die, PTI Ric Rac Die, MFT Grass Die, Twill, Felt, Sponges, Dimensionals, Rhinestones, SU! Flower Punch, Dimensionals
Thanks for stopping by today! I hope you are enjoying some nice weather where you live!

Tomorrow is a New Day

Yesterday while on a conference call at home my doorbell rang and to my delight my PTI order arrived! Yippee!
I've been wanting to order this Blooming Button Bits for a bit now but each time I placed an order they were on out of stock. These images are so sweet!
I've stamped the stems in Old Olive and the sentiment in Real Red. Buttons and thread are from PTI as well.

Stamps: Blooming Buttons Bits; Cardstock: Kraft, Black, Cream, OA Thrift Shop DP; Inks: Old Olive, Real Red; Accessories: Buttons, Thread, Twill, Dimensionals
Thanks for stopping by today! Have a GREAT day!

Hi, it's me...Wishing you a happy birthday

I was in need of a birthday card for a co-worker and was lucky that the Ways To Use It Challenge was to make some sort of a celebration card! Julia has been posting a WT challenge for FIVE years! Wow!
I was hoping when I got home from work Thursday that my Stamping Bella order had arrived but it hadn't :(
BUT I do have these cute PI girls from MFT to keep me happy!
I decided to play with the Flower Girl image that I got from Stampers Dream.

The inside was stamped using the Basic Birthdays set from Papertrey.

Thanks for stopping by today! Have a GREAT Friday!