Check out the new Stampers Best Blog

Hello blogland and happy Friday!  I don't know how the weather has been by you today, but it's just crazy in NJ today.  The three "h's" - hazy, hot and humid means one thing: thunderstorms and boy have we had some doozies today!  I'm typing fast because the sky is getting black again and I think round three is on it's way.

If you've ready any of my little posts you know I'm in love with Stampers Best stamps - just love 'em.  Well they're got a brand new blog and they've featured one of my cards - squeel!

These stamps are from the Summer Tile set found HERE.  I colored each one with a different Copic color family and popped it up on the embossed white background, added a little strip of yellow ribbon and a clear sticker from SRM stickers.  Easy peasy!

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Thank you so much

Hello blogland!  Birthday month continues and I had a lovely one.  Birthdays require thank you cards and I'd like to share one I made this week:

This card was so simple to make - I started with the flower.  I took 7 plain daisy petals from I Am Roses and sprayed them with Red Hot Poker Orange Starburst Stain from Lindy's Stamp Gang.  After they were dried, I folded 6 of the petals into quarters and hot glued them to the base petal and topped it off with a pearl button in the center. 

This card was for last week's Clean and Simple challenge over at Simply Scrapping Crafts.  Be sure to stop by and check out a new CAS challenge tomorrow.

June is birthday month

Hello blogland!  We're only 8 days into June and already I've needed 5 birthday cards.  I love June.  I hate June.  Don't get me wrong - June is the best month of the year because my birthday is in June too (tomorrow in fact).  But everything seems to happen in June: birthdays galore, several anniversaries, Father's Day, graduations.  That's a whole lot of cake and a whole lot of cards.  Here's a few I'd like to share with you:

For this card I used two stamps from Stampers Best - the plaid background is one of my new favorites.

This card was also made using two stamps from Stampers Best - I layered the flowers for a dimensional look.  Go check out Stampers Best - the best red rubber stamps I've ever used!  And to celebrate my birthday, get 10% off your first order by using my discount code in the left sidebar.

For this little card I used a Unity stamp and a small Stampin' Up stamp.

And for this last set I used another favorite from {The Stamps of Life}

Now I've got to get busy on a few Father's Day cards and a graduation card for my daughter.....after my birthday!

What a week!

Hello blogland!  Whew - what a week it's been!  Summer has come early to NJ and I've spent a lot of time outside this week.  I've been planting the rest of my flowers and getting some vegetabled in the ground too; all the patio furniture is out and cleaned and ready; I even got the garage cleaned out!  And now it's time for some me time in my craft room.  Check out this black/white card I made for this week's CAS Challenge at Simply Scrapping Crafts:

I just love clean and simple cards, and this was such a fun card to make, and it took me 5 minutes.  I've had a stack of American Crafts Pearl cardstock for the longest time and decided to pull out a piece of the white.  I punched out two 1.5" scallop circles from the white pearl cardstock and one black 2" scallop circle from black cardstock.  To make the flower, I folded the white scallop circles in half then cut a small slit between the scallops, not quite going all the way to the fold; this makes the little petals.  I just glued the 2 white flower halves onto the black scallop circle and added a fancy brad to the center.  Viola - instant flower.  To make the white background, I cut a piece of the white pearl cardstock and ran it through my Big Shot with a Sizzix embossing folder then added a piece of sheer white ribbon and a sticker from SRM.  I topped it off with a scrap piece of black/white check ribbon and this little card was done!  Go check out all the great stickers at SRM - this little "hello" has a clear background so it just blends right in.