Black and White card

Hello blogland!  Today I have a black and white card to share with you that was super easy to make.  I love border stamps; you can do so much with them.  I decided to use this stamp instead of a piece of lace and used some Versa Mark and white embossing powder to make it then fussy cut it out (which didn't take long at all).

The white cardstock was embossed with a Sizzix embossing houndstooth folder, and I used a scrap piece of ribbon right on top of the stamped image to give it a little dimension.  The sentiment and lace border stamp are both from Stampers Best, and if you haven't checked them out you need to skeedaddle right over there.  There are lots of brand new stamps to choose from too.  I got a few new stamps from them last week and plan on playing with them all week.

I've already stamped each of these images and I'm working on a bunch of projects that I'll share later this week.  And if you notice, there are two snowman stamps in this pile - it's time to start working on Christmas cards!  I try to do about 3 or 4 a week starting in July so by December I've got a nice stash all ready to go.
So head on over to Stampers Best and if you sign up for a FREE Premium Membership and it's your first order, use my discount code of mbs10off and get 10% off your first order.  When you're done there, stop by the Stampers Best blog HERE and see my little black and white card :)
  

Cricut Imagine - it works!

Hello blogland!  This is just a quick follow up to Friday's post about my brandy spankin' new Cricut Imagine.  I received a replacement cartridge from Provo Craft, did the initial update and it works beautifully!  Here's a quick little project I made yesterday using the Imagine More Cards cartridge.

I cut it out without using all the layers, but did layer the two little yellow flowers on top of the red and white ones, just because they were so darned cute and wanted to use them.  I need to figure out how to resize items before they're cut, and next I'll hook it up to my Gypsy and really get at it.

Hope you're enjoying your weekend - I am :)

Cricut Imagine, here I come!

Hello blogland!  Last week I took the plunge and got myself a brandy spankin' new Cricut Imagine.  My delight, however, was short lived when I discovered I had a bum Imagine More cartridge and couldn't do the initial update.  But Provo Craft came to the rescue and sent me a new one.  So tomorrow I'll be crossing my fingers that all goes well and I can start playing with the newest addition to my craft room!

I'm sad because Simply Scrapping Crafts is closing and I won't have a weekly challenge for a while until I find a new challenge site to play at.  But I will have some brand new cards made with my new Stampers Best stamps next week.  If you haven't checked out Stampers Best,  please skedaddle over there and take a look at their brand new slew of stamps. 

As I leave you, take a peek at this card made with my favorite House Mouse stamp.  Life's short, eat dessert first!

One Creative Momma's Blogoversary Blog Hop

Hello blogland!  If you've come here from Lucianna at Dilsaverdesigns  for the One Creative Momma's One year Blogoversary blog hop (that's a mouthful), welcome - you're in the right place!  I'm helping Yvonne celebrate her one year blogoversary with yet another birthday card.  Since I've been on a roll making birthday cards for June, I was happy to share another for the blog hop.

This little birthday card was really fun to make.  I cut out the red doily from a piece of Jillibean Soup cardstock and added two Special Moments embellies and a sticker from SRM.  Easy peasy!  A little dimension, a little color and a big birthday wish! Check out some other of my June birthday cards below.

EDITED:  Here's the original birthday card I made for this blog hop - it got lost in the transfer from my old laptop to new laptop, so I just re-took a quick picture to share with you!

I've been seeing these lacey layers on lots of cards lately and like the effect.  I happened to find a piece of patterned cardstock from DCWV that matched the layers and just kept going; next was the Maggie stamp that I fussy cut and popped up for a little dimension and another birthday card was done :)

Now on to your next stop on the hop Paula at Alluringinkspression.