I have moved my posts from an old blog to this one and I have moved one month at a time.....I have been blogging far too long to post each one on a separate day. Enjoy the below post for the month mentioned in the tag line.
A VIEW FROM CHA
Our view from the hotel room
Our view from the Ranger Booth...very nice
this is during a RANGER demo, I stood next to him several times throughout the show in different locations....since he had product lines with several companies....we saw him everywhere!!
FRIDAY, JULY 30, 2010
THURSDAY, JULY 29, 2010
WEDNESDAY, JULY 28, 2010
Track pages....
I have a ton of photos to catch up on from Track this year...and last year...and the year before. This is still fresh in my mind, so I am cruising along getting these done.
TUESDAY, JULY 27, 2010
MONDAY, JULY 26, 2010
SUNDAY, JULY 25, 2010
SATURDAY, JULY 24, 2010
FRIDAY, JULY 23, 2010
THURSDAY, JULY 22, 2010
WEDNESDAY, JULY 21, 2010
TUESDAY, JULY 20, 2010
MONDAY, JULY 19, 2010
FAB 5 Day 1
We are kicking off another week of FAB 5 fun with me and gang at Picture This in Eau Claire Wisconsin....check the links to the right if you want check out the store website, store blog or the other Fab 5 gal pals...or click the links below to follow the Fab 5 that way! Mark us on your favorites for easier access...and don't forget about PICTURE THIS on FACEBOOK.
The GCD paper we picked out to kick off this month's FAB 5 is a double sided patterned piece. One side has flowers and the other a weather pink wood pattern. It made for an interesting decision on which side to use!! I settled on both sides! The weathered side works great on the inside for a simple base for a sentiment or your own handwriting. The scallop edge from the die cut sheet made the perfect accent for it. On the front of the card I went with a different cut from the norm. I trimmed away enough to see the scalloped edge of the inside. The chipboard "bird" was part of the set from Scenic Route that looked like it would be perfect resting on the little flowers. I added a Nestabilities "Sunflowers 2" die cut to the back and pop dotted it to the card front. A little bling on the flowers on the chipboard and you're all set!
SUNDAY, JULY 18, 2010
Congratulations
I saw a tutorial on how to make this paper star and thought how simple it was...why didn't I think of that?? Of course, now that I finally got around to making something out of the star I folded up I can't find the site I found the idea at to link it up!! Figures!
The background shape for this is the journaling tag from the WeR set. Makes for a nice background. The star is cut with the NESTABILITIES. I then folded the the star in half at each peak and valley. Do this on all 5 points. Once you have it folded you just go back and make sure every other fold is either a peak or a valley...it should look like a barn star when you are done.
SATURDAY, JULY 17, 2010
Cross Country
Bet you thought you wouldn't be seeing these pages for a few more months.....but I have a ton of CC photos to work on. And Track.....well, I have a ton more track pictures to do too.
A simple layout with a bunch of photos. I trimmed the photos to 1, 2, 3 and 4 inches as the teams make their way toward where I was standing on the course.
FRIDAY, JULY 16, 2010
A birthday card
Something a little different. I am done showing you the A*MUSE*A*PALOOZA stuff for now, but the party continues so don't forget to stop at the store to check out the cute stamps.
Simple card really. The embossing makes a nice background for the rest of the card. The design on the edge of the purple dot paper is the way the paper edge is. I trimmed out what I needed and saved the rest for another project. The butterflies are punched out of the dot paper and glued in place with the chisel tip double sided glue pen.
THURSDAY, JULY 15, 2010
From our home to yours
This tree is just the cutest thing. I had to purchase this one for myself!
Basic layers on this card...the fun part is the tree! The main part of the stamp is the tree trunk which I stamped on the paper. On the edge of the same stamp is this tiny cluster of leaves! I just dipped into my inks and went to town with it....oh so much fun!! The squirrels are also right next to each other, but I inked up one squirrel and stamped it on the right and did the other on the left. Adding the "from our home to yours" to the front just seemed right with the squirrels divided between the tree (their houses)...lol. the owl on the inside is colored in with the COPIC markers.
WEDNESDAY, JULY 14, 2010
Spooky Scene
A*MUSE*A*PALOOZA reveal week continues
stamped my headstones with VersaMark and then took my paint brush and swiped on a little F?X metallics to give the stones a little pop from the black hills. I used pop-dots on the fence to give the fence a little dimension too.
TUESDAY, JULY 13, 2010
A very MERRY Chirstmas
A*MUSE*A*PALOOZA Holiday 2010
reveal cards day 4
I was loving this LUSH line from My Mind's Eye and the reds were a perfect base for this Christmas card. Again, a double sided paper goes a long way in giving you a lot off patterned for the price of one! The tree is colored in with COPIC markers. Stop by the store this week for a chance to looks at the Holiday 2010 A*Muse stamp releases.....they are so dang cute!!MONDAY, JULY 12, 2010
Something good to eat....
The A*MUSE*A*PALOOZA reveal continues...this time with a HALLOWEEN card.
So I have been sharing all the cards I created for the A*MUSE*A*PALOOZA release this week and you can see the real life samples in the store along with the new stamps from A*MUSE. I had the sheet of paper with the kitties on it ready to go from yesterday's project and the mice stamp in hand when I thought of the "something good to eat" as the perfect combo for a card.....like chocolate for me, a kitty likes a big juicy mouse as a treat...I had to laugh....haha...ok, maybe I am the only one who thought that was funny....
SUNDAY, JULY 11, 2010
Sinful Sweets....
My project today is my yummy Halloween treat...a giant candy bar. Since I live out in the boonies we do not get many Trick or Treaters visiting, so I make sure they are well rewarded for making the trek out there. I wrapped the bar with the cute orange and black houndstooth paper and then stamped the "sinful sweets" on the cute web sticker from the Reminisce sticker sheet. I stamped my little owl witch and colored her in with the COPICS...I even tried the colorless blender but had a little trouble getting the color to come outof the black outfit...I guess I will have to keep working on that. So there you have it....a fun treat with those adorable A*MUSE stamps!
SATURDAY, JULY 10, 2010
A*MUSE*A*PALOOZA kick off!
I was having fun creating with the new stamps this year, I could not decide which ones were the cutest...they are all so fun! The papers from the My Mind's Eye LUSH line were perfect with the My Mind's Eye tag...funny how that works?.....anyway......just by taking the simple tag and putting the words on the upper corner, a little bling in the lower corner....you have yourself a cute little Christmas Card! Of course, I colored the bird (or is it the partridge from the pear tree or something else....don't know, too cute to care) with the COPIC markers. The inside of the card is finished with the reverse side of the patterned paper....sweet!.... and another tag from the My Mind's Eye tag set....it's a whole sheet of Christmas stuff people, too much fun to use just one!
FRIDAY, JULY 9, 2010
THURSDAY, JULY 8, 2010
Elegant Ellipse
Simple and elegant card using just cardstock and an embossing folder! This is the center of the embossed image from Monday's cut & emboss project. The color swipes onto the embossed image through the folder set...it is just beautiful! You have GOT to stop by the store to see it in action. It is too hard to explain on the blog.
