FWF....post no. 2

of course I should have been doing a million other things on Wednesday, but I was tied to the house with carpet installation, AND my mail lady brought me my Unity Nov. KOTM, soooo what's a girl to do? I got inky! Here's the Unity creations I'm sharing today. I cut into a 12x12 sheet of textured, pink pirouette and got busy.

look, I even stamped on the back. I was sooo tickled to see this image in the kit. I got to sign my card, love that I can add this to cards I make for people. Really let's them know it was handmade and from the heart.

Here's bit more magic with this little love note (it's a small, 3x3 notecard). I added some glitter to help make the magic sparkle! I love that this sentiment nestles into the flow of the stars, but

it is a separate, individual stamp. Thanks for stopping by. See the full list of FWF blogs on Angela's blog. I really am appreciative of your time and all the lovely comments you leave! Hugs and have a great weekend! Lisa

Stamp Something-post no.1

Not a lot of time, seems like the story of my life these days.....oh, the carpet looks fabulous, my house is STILL in shambles, but I almost don't want to put anything away (it's all piled up in the basement, so I can shut the door and not see the mess) because there is NO clutter!!! Reality is, next Thursday we have 12 guests coming, so it's all got to get cleaned up. On to my card....Here's this week's Stamp Something challenge card. Check out the blog for all the details on how to play along. I used Mercy's Tuesday sketch along with a fabulous image generously donated to the DT by one of our sponsors, Soft Pencil...I just love that reindeer!!!!

I added lots of texture, colored with copics, and made a little snowy mound for them to stand on. Came together rather quickly, I like when that happens. Come back, there's a FWF post up next. Hugs, Lisa

Ippity in the House!

Sooooo, I told you earlier I have ippity in my hot little hands. Don't forget, all you have to do is place an order and you can start stamping with these wonderful stamps too! Check out the deets here! Place a $50 and get a FREE set!!! for now, check out these wonderful samples I played around with. These first two are super simple, CAS cards. Same layout, different stamps, ribbon, and embossing folders. Saw this layout earlier this morning, but for the life of me can't remember where????? I hate that, sorry!


Isn't that sentiment just the cutest? Merry Kissamas....just irresistible. Then there's these sweet little birdies in a bird cage. I love this sentiment, too, because I always use an exaggerated HeeeeellllO! in convo!
and just cause I made one more last night when I first got my box, I'm sharing it here too. I reallly love how this one came together, plus it uses my FAVE set, Devoted.

Enjoy your evening. Check back tomorrow, I've got lots of Friday goodies for you!

Hugs, Lisa

Moxie Fab-Tuesday Trigger

soooo, I love it when I see one of my bloggin' friends make rockstar status!!!! I was hoppin' through blogs Tuesday and stopped at the Moxie Fab blog when a name jumps out at me, Megan Lock. She a buddy I've met online and have gotten to know mostly through the MFT fourm, but she's everywhere. This girl's got talent! She had the Tuesday Trigger for us (it's basically an inspriation challenge) at Moxie Fab. I just had to play along. Here is the Picture that inspired her. Here's what I did. The first napkin on the left really spoke to me and I loved the idea of a set of note cards. To mimic the linen napkins I used white textured cs. I kept these very clean and simple by stamping the leaf image from PTI, beautiful blooms. I accented those leaves with some vintage buttons and twine in coordinating colors. The sentiments are from Damask designs and beautiful blooms. Here's a close up of the avocado leaf card, it's my fave!

Thanks for stopping by today! I've got lots of goodies to share tomorrow. The carpet laying was good for my mojo!

Looking for {ippity} ? You can get some free with a $50 order!!!! AND I'll have some samples up later today, if all goes well. Hugs, Lisa

A Little Christmas

Sunday I had a group of 10 ladies over for my annual Holiday SAS. It is always nice to get together with fellow stampers. I created 3 card designs and they made 4 of each of the designs. They were so pleased to walk out with 12 completed Christmas cards. I was a bit nervous how the whole afternoon was going to go, since it was the first class I've held since dropping my demo ship. They didn't even notice and I think they actually were a bit relieved to not feel the pressure to place an order. I did keep the cards all SU since that is what they are used to. Here's what we did. This one focused on the rich Christmas Cocoa specialty dsp. My sample here shows the snowflakes with a bit of shimmer (thanks to the Shimmer Paints) but the girls just stamped those with versamark. We played with the Shimmer Paints on this next card. This was about as difficult as I got this year, sponging on the white shimmer paint. I really tried hard to keep it simple, I think I did a good job-clean lines, stamping and punching, and a few little ribbon knots or tabs. This one is a close version to a card we did at Cinci Regionals. I added the Petals a Plenty embossing folder on the celery strip and they LOVED this detail. I think those embossing folders, regardless of the brand are one of the greatest paper crafting accessories invented!!! I'm outta here. My house is in shambles, I'm not feeling well, but my new carpeting should be finished up today. I'm scheduling this post, and I hoping to be back up and running later tonight. See you tomorrow! phew!!!!Hugs, Lisa

It's Time for Some Jillibean Soup!!!!

Remember this announcement way back in August? Yeah, my day is finally here. I can not tell you how excited I am that I was even picked to be a guest designer for this fabulous company. I discovered Jillibean while blog hoppin' around. Soon after, my dear friend Becky sent me a surprise package with a sampling of yummy papers!!!! As they say, the rest is history. I've got quite the collection of Jillibean goodness in my stash now! LOVE this stuff! Thanks for this opportunity, Jillibean! Here's what I've got for you today! you can see these same projects on the JB blog. So Doggone Loved 12x12 page
supply list:
Jillibean designer paper-jibber jabber (talk soup kraft collection) and lentil soup on white and jillibean kraft accessories
Alphabeans- green graph
Corrugated kraft alpha
Beanstalks-green/brown ribbon
Other-SU kiwi and chocolate cs, corner rounder, Unity stamps, die cut machine and embosslits, machine stitching, journaling pen

Birdie Twill happy thoughts Card
JIllibean designer paper lentil soup on white, elbow macaroni (minestrone on white), kraft accessories (12x12 cs)
Bean stalks-birds ribbon
Bean Seeds sm. harvest seeds
Other: embossed scallop punch, brads, machine stitching, unity stamps

Jillibean Owl Love You Card
Jillibean designer paper chit chat (talk soup on kraft)
Bean Stalks Birds Ribbon
Cool Beans Green
Other-machine stitching, PTI cs and ribbon, heart punch, circle punchMud Buddies 12x12 page
Jillibean designer paper vegetable juice (alphabet soup on white)
Alphabeans on kraft brown stripes and orange graph
Corrugated kraft alphabet
Bean Stalks green/brown ribbon
Coolbeans-brown
Other-machine stitching, SU textured cs, green journaling

Sunshine Gifty Bag
Jillibean designer paper elbow macaroni (minestrone on white), ground grains of paradise (lentil soup on white), kraft accessories (12x12 cs)
Cool Beans-green
Bean Stalks green/brown ribbons
Other-EK Success border punch, wide oval punch, machine stitching, dimensionals, kraft coffee bag, scallop punch, circle punches

I hope you enjoyed this post today! I know I appreciate you coming by. Lots going on in the house right now, so I'm not very chatty. I'm having NEW carpet installed and my house is a disaster. We leave for MI in 3 days and are hosting Thanksgiving 4 days after we return from there! Yeah, it's crazy, but I love it!!!! Hugs, Lisa

Merry and Bright

Here it is, my final chance at making it to the finals of the MFT SYTYCS contest. The theme this week was krumping. Ummmm, yeah had no clue what that was all about but if you search Utube you'll be amazed at what those guys (yes, it's mostly men doing these dance moves) can do! Kim told us to use bling and make it pop....so I took her discription and ran with it. Over the last few months I've started to dabble a bit into home decor items. While they are a bit more time consuming (which is why I rarely do them), I am starting to really enjoy making them. I made a holiday framed art piece and LooooooVE it!!!!

I used the retired SU papers, Rockability with the bare tree image from MFT, Grow Love. I made some teeny tiny ornaments with random MFT background stamps and tied them to the tree with silver twine. I even made a little snow pile at the bottom with some MS clear tinsel glitter.

I went with some color blocking for my layout, I just think it is always appealing to the eye. Once again, on this challenge I sooo wished I had a set I don't own. Bling bet would have been perfect here, so what's a girl to do but use what she's got! I die cut some letters (billboard alpha die), used a glitter Thickers, and good 'ol stamps (PTI, Fresh alpha) to create my title. I made it shine even more by adding some random clear rhinestones to those giant white polka dots. Here's one last close up of the tree to show how it pops with dimensionals of course.

Oh, I almost forgot to give you my tip on photographing framed pieces. It is so hard to take a photo once the art work is behind the glass, there's just too much glare. So I used a piece of repositional tape (you can make your own for this purpose by tapping regular tape onto your clothing to take some of the stickiness away), folded it into a loop and stuck it to the back of my art work and attached it to the front of the glass. You still capture the look with the frame, just with out the glare.

Hope you all had a great weekend. It's a busy couple days here and I hope I'm feeling better (I've been fighting a sore throat for a few days now-yuck! Sooooo not the time I need to be feeling poopey!). While I have posts scheduled, I will be off line and unplugged for a few days! We are having new carpet laid and the office is one of thee rooms, yeah! but ugh! I hate being unplugged. I'll be back before you know I'm gone, I'm sure.

Hugs, Lisa