A real oldie

The flower on this one was stamped with one of my first Stampin Up! stamp sets; Delight in Life. It was free, well not really...... here I am thousands of dollars later; sucked in by the "free" sale-a-bration stamp set! Am I sorry I did it? NO WAY! And I'm looking forward to more "free" sets in the future :)

Boy was that tough....

This was CASEd from Marisa of Rosemary Reflections, who may also be known as whiterockmama on SCS. It took me FOREVER to get the scalloped trim border done. this was the first time I had used the scalloped trim corner punch in tandem with the border. What a task that was!! Now I think I have it figured out, so next time it shouldn't take me an hour to do the mat. I changed things up from marisa's card a tiny bit. I like the brighter pink that she used (in addition to her brighter and much more clear photo). Also, I'm so NOT good at bows, so mine got a knot.

This is Marisa's card. I was having a tough time with the scalloped edge, so decided to use the scalloped trim. I don't know which one is more difficult. This will be a tough one to do with my pals on Monday.

Thanks Marisa!

Celebrate you....

....from Party Hearty will sure be missed around here.

Another card kit. Simple and the images are already colored to ccordinate with the DSP. These are not glued down; I guess that's what makes it the "kit" part. I've included a myriad of sentiments for each one so when there is an occasion all that needs to be done is choose the appropriate saying. And, again- the DSP is two sided so there are many options.

I'm working on a lengthy project I'll share when I finish. Ta-ta for now.

Shower card

Thank you Patty Bennett! I found this lovely gift card holder shower card on her website and CASE'd everything but the colors (which are close) and the sentiment. She does beautiful work; almost as nice as Lynn Weiss.

I had to put the sentiment on the top half of the inside, but it still works :)

I also did something I've not seen anyone else do; emboss the envelope. It turned out great!

It was a little tricky opening the envelope at first, but once it was open there were no problems.

Yay me and a card

Don't know if you can tell or not, but the frosting is popped up with dimensionals.

Now for the yay me part. I got a couple new cabinets for my craft room. Before I had book shelves and everything was exposed. It looked messy. I thought I had a picture from before, but I can't seem to locate it. Now that I have the cabinets (almost) everything is out of sight and organized. My desk area looks the same. The drawers on the right pull out to a three and a half foot long work station. I just wish the desk was white instead of the whitewashed wood so that it would match. The safe is for my most prized stamps. Just kidding, my husband had to have a spot for his gun safe.

This corner is where I keep everything I use regularly. The drawers on the left are my punches, the square cabinets are the dies for the big shot, cartridges for the cricut and embossing folders. And, of course the inks are right there as well.

The two large cabinets in the middle are the new ones. It looks like it's only one cabinet, because I had my husband put the openings together, but it's really two separate cabinets. I keep my paper in one (yes, bad me... it's nearly full). In the other one, I keep the embellishments, ribbon, pictures to be scrapped, project boxes with layouts in progress and other crafting tools. The one on the end with the white handles, I've had for a while. That's where the beloved stamps are kept.

I'm so happy to have these cabinets. Having everything behind closed doors makes it feel so much neater and organized. It's kind of like having a new room! And, to top it off I have room for the scrapbooks on top of the cabinets now :)

Cupcake Birthday

Not much for today.....

...but I'm working on more.