More Holiday-this one was hard!

Yep, I did it and I am quite proud of myself. Cath's challenge on Tuesday last week was vintage/shabby chic. Well, I love the look of vintage and there are many great crafters out there that can create amazing shabby chic cards like there's no tomorrow. I am not one of those people. I wasn't going to take on this challenge, but I had done all the others so I pushed myself and came up with a vintagey card I am quite proud of. I used some new SU flocked paper (ooooohhhh, is this stuff gorgeous! it's coming in the new mini on Sept. 1) and a cool music note dp from the cosmo cricket Jolly By Golly pack. I stitched around the edge and I sponged some soft suede ink to give it that antiqued look and stuck to pretty vanilla satin ribbon and some pearls. The poinsetta stamp is the gorgeous one by Unity that you can find in the Hodge Podge of Happiness kit. Here's a close up of the details. Like I said, it may not be Moxie Fab vintage, but I love how it turned out! Hugs, Lisa

Hip Hop Hangover!!!

I have not had any good quality stamping time in over 10 days. Our house guests are gone and we have nothing to do today, so I snuck downstairs while the boys were busy playing the Wii and created these two cards for the HHH today. I used Mercy's sketch from this week and the Bevy of Butterfly (this set is now for sale!) set in Soft Suede(SU), Raspberry Fizz (PTI) and Jillibean Soup dp.

This one uses a retired SU scrappin' kit, 2 Sweet. I love the purples and grey with Kiwi. The stamp is from Hodge Podge of Happiness! This set makes me smile. I highlighted the hearts with a white gel pen. Oh, and this sketch comes from Amber, it is in the Unity forum, just for fun!
Thanks for stopping by. I think I am the last on the list for HHH. Nope, looks like Ms. Sherry is last on the list. See the full list of HHH posts in the SCS forum. TGIF!!!! Hugs, Lisa

Paper Piecing with Stamp Something

I'm on vacation with the family spending time with my parents at their lake house. So I'm keeping this short. The Stamp Something challenge this week is paper piecing and our sponsor is Whiff of Joy stamps. I sadly don't own any of these adorable stamps so I used some Unity (see had to sneak it in there today somehow, lol!). The apple and sentiment are from Hodge Podge of Happiness. I pieced them with some fun October Afternoon dp, Cherry Hill. Check out what the Stamp Something DT has for you and come play along. All you have to do is link your card with paper piecing to the SS blog. Have fun and enjoy your weekend. Hugs, Lisa