For fun

So, I have a baby in my arms and it's hard to type, but wanted to share a few projects from the past few months. Some are more recent, others from the craft fair. Some are papercrafting, others just crafting. :) So, pics, but not so many words. :)














More another time! If you have any questions abt any, let me know. :)

Fellow blogger's give-away and challenge

I have a friend who I met through whoopdwhoop and she has a giveaway going on through her blog. She has teamed up with two other fellow whoopers and they are all offering some great goodies as a giveaway. So, visit her blog here and take the challenge! I have to say that I love whoopdwhoop! I know that I can sew some of the things that I have gotten through there or make others, but it's so much easier for me to do papercrafting sometimes and others seem to enjoy getting my creations too. It works for everyone! :) I'll have to take some pics of all the great things I have gotten on there this past yr and show you!

And to top it all off, I'll add to Emily's challenge! I'll also give away your choice of either:
1 large chalkboard vinyl (to be used on the wall, fridge, wherever...)aprox 7x10 scalloped edges
OR
a set of 6 miscellaneous cards

Just follow Emily's same instructions. Hope to see you on Whoopdwhoop!

No.time.to.even.think.

I so want to blog more. Both on here and on our family blog, but I can't find the time to even find two matching flip clops to wear, let alone blog. (Yes I did [knowingly] wear two different flip flops all day yesterday.) lol Having five kids is doing me in, although I really think more of it is the space of the last two and the ages...maybe someday it will seem I have a brain again, or is it gone for good? ;)

I HAVE kept taking pics of everything I have created lately though, I just can't seem to get them on here. That along with the fact that we got a new computer and half of my pics are on the old on...doesn't help. Although I do love our new computer!

Anyway, I need to try...I have been doing more of other projects around the house than papercrafting lately, although there has still been some of that too.

Here is a cute little 3x3 card I made using a heart punch in an old textbook I still had from college (years ago!), inking the edges, cutting off the bottom, tying a knot in a ribbon, and gluing the hearts together and folding down the middle. So simple, yet I love!

So, here's hoping I get on here again with pics from other creations I have done lately. :)

So much time!

The booth at the craft fair that we did took up so much of our time. I can't believe it has been this long since I posted. And once that was over, it was only a coupl weeks until Christmas and that alone is...whew! Anyway...I need to post LOTS of pics. Soon!

Fall Fun Decorations

So, I've been having fun creating other things lately...not out of paper. :) Made this wreath (below) a couple weeks ago and have another idea for a Christmas one already. The picture above, I put out in front of my house this past weekend and love it! Makes a great backdrop for pics too! I already have Christmas plans for it as well. :)

So, my husband and I have talked about things we could make that WE think would sell, so we finally decided to try it this year. We decided to get a booth at a local craft fair to sell things, so I am already busy busy making and creating (as he is as well). I'll show you some of the projects we are making in the next few weeks.

Our family is also making our Christmas presents again this year, so those are also coming as well. I think we may be nuts! With two babies??? We are asking for it! lol Hopefully we will be happy we did all this...and no worries. I'll still stamp a little here and there for stamp club. :)

Fun Fillers

Here are a few more fun filler cards I added to the tin as well. So much fun seeing all the cards in the tin together. :)

What little gril would not love this cute tiara card?

Still love this stamp set and cards with it. Soft yellows good for any baby! :)

Simple bday cards from the SIL: (Notice teh spice cake background in the first one?)

Another fun bday:

Who doesn't like monogrammed cards? :)

Pretty fun!

Just another fun card I added to the tin for my friend. :)

Family Portraits

Made this for a fellow whooper. Hope she liked. I always love the way these come out. I need to do a new one of our family with our newest additions still. :)

Turkey Quilling

Can I tell you how proud I am of this card? I don't always feel that way about every card, but I am in love with this one. I decided to try my hand at paper quilling...with turkey feathers and I absolutely LOVE the way this card came out!!! AND do you see the paper...again?! haha I'm excited to show it at stamp night tonight and have them make it too!


I have to say that between the bitty pumpkin, this turkey card, and the Day of Gratitude card...love this month's stamp projects for tonight! :) (Although...do you think they will be sick of seeing Spice Cake paper?) :)

Bitty Pumpkin'

So, here is a little #D pumpkin that we will be making tonight at our Stamp Night. I love it! SO cute and easy. I even showed you the three pieces you need to make it below:

I did sponge brown on the orange and used the Baroque set to stamp swirls on it before I assembled it. Fill it with kisses and fold it up! :) AND>...you could even make it with Designer paper...like perhaps....Spice Cake? lol

Spice Cake Fabric!

Yes, I know I am on a huge Spice Cake Kick. And there's even more than this post coming with it too. haha Well, I thought I would try using the matching fabric on a card. Love the texture it adds. So fun! I wanted to leave the rest of the card simple to bring attention to the fabric. So, here's the other variation of the Day of Gratitude card I mentioned.


So, if you want to see how I did the fabric...here is a pic before I put the card together. I just cut a strip of fabric and then handstitched along one edge and the pulled tight together to the size I wanted. Hope that makes sense. I like the loos fibers from the edges raw too.

Here are a few more fabric creations I made as well...I have a plan for them. Check back later to see what I do with them. :) I'm excited!

Just for fun!

A fellow "whoopdwhooper" sent me these super cute onesies with turkey faces on them for my youngest two and I thought...hey that would make a cute card!

Day of Gratitude Variation

Remember how I referred to the number of possibilities in the last post? Well, here's another take. Love this one too...the fall colors and really the fact that you could use these cards yr round, not just for Thanksgiving. Again, used the smooch spritz on the butterflies, although I had a little help from my SIL cutting the them out.

Day of Gratitude

I love the way this card came out. The colors, stamps, everything! Spice Cake paper is my love these days!!! I absolutely love the sentiment and everything else about this new set "Day of Gratitude". I really am not meaning these last few posts as "plugs" lately. I just love the stuff! :) We are doing this card or one similar this Friday for stamp night. Think I might make another similar one and incorporate the matching fabric somewhere. Oh the possibilities!!! :) (And see the smooch spritz? Love it!)
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Smooch Spritz

Have you noticed the little speckles on some of my recent cards? (The three Halloween ones had some on the orange paper, the Sympathy card I just posted earlier today had some on it as well. In fact it had two colors. One on the background and a gold on the tree. And the Love Potion bottle had some on the label, although that one was gold as well, that made it shimmer, and it is hard to catch with a camera. Very pretty though) Well, it was all from Smooch Spritz from Stampin' Up. I love this stuff! It comes in four colors and I have two right now, the gold and the brown. I love how it adds to the background of a card. And so easy, you just pump spray it where you want. Anyway-I've been having fun with it lately. :) Here's a couple close ups of where I have used it on some cards I'll be posting soon. :)