Birthday Wishes

Hello! I just got some new stamps and was playing around a bit....This is what I ended up with. Not sure I'm feeling it, but it is a different color combo.


I stamped the rose vine and rose in Palette fresh snow ink on the kraft cardstock. Then took a dauber and edged it all around. The die is the mat stack 3 die from PTI. I cut out a circle and stamped the image and placed it right in the center.

The rose's in the lower corners are stamped and then embossed with glacier white embossing powder. Designer paper is from Paper Pizazz and the two self adhesive pearls are from kaisercraft.

All stamps are from The Angel Company. The rose and rose vine are from Pretty Posies, and then sentiment is from Thinking of you.

So, what do you think?

TDS Showcase Showdown

Happy Wednesday! Here's another image that you can pick up over at The Digi Shack! I colored this one a little bit differently!

Shades of purple Prismacolor pencils were used with OMS. The sentiment is from The Angel Company.

Designer paper is from K&Company. The background was from my stash and done with distress inks. I added a bit frost shimmer spritz that you can't really see in the picture, but in real life it sparkles.

Kaisercraft rhinestones used in the corners to anchor things down.

Thanks for stopping by and I'd love to hear what you think of my bat card!

Coldwater Creek Inspiration

If your like me, you get a ton of sale catalogues in the mail. I just got the latest fall Coldwater Creek one and found a bit of inspiration within its pages. Here's the wall hanging that inspired me.


This is what I came up with!

The leaf is from the Happily Grateful set from The Angel Company. I stamped it with Versamark onto ivory cardstock and embossed it using clear embossing powder. Next I used Black Soot distress ink and covered the entire surface using the direct to paper technique. After letting it dry, I ironed off the embossing powder.

I cut it into three panels and layered it with ivory cs and then with black. Added some ivory satin ribbon and a bow and then adhered it to an ivory card base.

I think it turned out pretty good! What do you think?

CAS Thank U

Hello! Here's a card I designed for Victorine Originals a while back. Just a real clean and simple Thank you card that took about 5 minutes to make.

Bow is tied with the bow easy. Kraft and black cardstock are from TAC.


We ended up coming home from our RV trip earlier than planned due to some damp, rainy and cold conditions. But that's what can happen up in the mountains in September. Here's a few pictures from our trip.

North Fork Cispus River

Tahklahk Lake

Horseshoe Lake
The Oasis

These were taken on Forest Service Road 23 in the Gifford Pinchot National Forest. We explored a lot of gravel forest roads in the forest and came across some pretty cool finds.

Have a great day and thanks for stopping by!

TDS Showcase Showdown

Hey everyone - happy Wednesday! Here is another new image being released by The Digi Shack from Brian Lock!

Pumpkin boy is stamped on Neenah Classic solar white and colored with copic markers. Yes, I did do some fussy cutting and popped him up with foam tape.

Halloween sentiment is from Inkadinkado and stamped in Memories black and embossed with clear embossing powder. Got out the drippy goo punch and punched some coolness onto that lime green cardstock. Designer paper on the left is from K&Company. Self adhesive black rhinestones from Kaisercraft finish it off.

Check out the rest of the design teams blogs to see more Halloween images showcased today. You can find the link on the right side bar!

Thanks for stopping by! This post was pre-scheduled as I'm in the woods, in the RV, camping! Let's hope the weather holds out and it doesn't rain as much as they are predicting it will...life in the northwest - you never know what your gonna get!

Still hooked on you

Happy Labor Day everyone! Today is also my 24th wedding anniversary! Here's the card I made for my DH.


The image is from Whipper Snapper Designs called Kroner. I colored him with Copic markers and made the card as clean and simple as I could. You know men, the less fussy the better!

Inside it says: I'm hooked on you and happy anniversary. I'm still wondering where in the heck those 24 years went? Seemed like they flew by in a flash! We've had our up's and down's like any couple, but we're still together - for better or worse. Hmm...sounds like the vows we made!

So, do you think he'll like it? He's a fishing fanatic and we'll be out camping in the RV during our anniversary....Nothing like the smell of rain and campfire to get the romantic juices flowing!!

Gatefold love card

Hi everyone! I made this card a while back ago and forgot to post it on the blog.

I randomly stamped one of the newer back ground stamps from TAC in Palette Moulin Rouge on kraft card stock. I cut one of them out using a nestabilities circle die and stamped the Love sentiment into the middle.

Using black card stock I folded the card into a gatefold and attached the kraft to it. Prior to gluing down the right side I added the black satin ribbon that is used to tie the card closed. All supplies are from The Angel Company.

It's a lot prettier in real life - but would love to hear your comments!

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!