Stampin Hollywood squares.

So there is a fun game going on over at amuse stamps. Its hollywood squares stampin style. Head on over to amuse blog and check it out!! If you are not registered yet go ahead and take the plundge and tell them Ally Blankenship sent ya! We might both win something!! They have super cool contests and games for a-muse-a-palooza. Head over and check them out! I just got my 1st a-muse set and let me tell you I am hooked!!

Yeah a scalloped punch!!!

I finally got one!! there is not a place in my town that sells them so while we were in Tallahassee this weekend looking for houses I took a stop by Joannes and this is the only one they had!! Its the mega size but I figured it was a start!! I got to use my 40% off coupon so it was even better!! I am hoping to get the mega and giga circles soon!! This 1st card I made to enclose with my dear co-workers birthday gift!! He loves frogs so to morrow morning before he gets to work I will decorate his office with blow up frogs and monkeys!! I did not have a monkey stamp so that's why the card only has a from! This little stamp is from Amuse and I just love it!! I actually got it in a set of clear stamps from ac moore but you can purchase just the froggy prince. They are such good quality acrylic and with my SU ink pads I swear they look just like you are stampin with Rubbah!! I heard a trick though, if your ink bubbles when you are using clear stamps, rub them with a good quality pencil eraser. It seemed to work really well with mine so if you are having pooling probs try it!!

Okay now for the 2nd card!! Most of you who know me know that I love, love, love ladybugs!! So much in fact that I nicknamed my daughter ladybug!! So when I saw this set I just had to have it!! This is the Ladybugs set from Papertray now this is the 1st time I have stamped with this set and I am in love!! This is a 3x3 card and I used rose romance and certainly celery and the super cute polka dotted ribbon that I just can't get enough of!! I just loved making these cards tonight and it was nice to be able to stamp again. It was a long weekend but a good one!! Talk to you all soon!!

Birthday gift cards!

This morning I had a few mins to play in my stamp room so I decided to do some warm up cards. I just made 2 3x3 cards using some of my $ spot stamps from the big M. I am pleased with them and they were super quick to make.

On the brown one I used my gel pen and added some faux stitching around my focal image, amazingly enough I do not think I have ever tried faux stitching but I like the way it looks so I will be using it more. I also scalloped the edges of the designer paper with my corner rounder!! this is super cool that I can use mine for this! I just love the way it looks. The 2nd card I also used the corner rounder and some paper flowers I got from walmart, I got 8 on a sheet for .97! I got vanilla, tempt tuq., summer sun, and pink passion. the colors match up very very good! and they already have a sticky back so you don't have to worry about that. they were not with the scrap booking stuff in my store though, they were right above the ribbon with the little ribbon roses and stuff. Hopefully I will get a chance to play tonight when I get home from work. I am having a going out in style party tonight with a few great ladies so hopefully that will turn out well!! We are making 5 cards and matching envelopes using retiring sets and I will have some of my retiring sets up for sale as well!! I know we will all have fun!!

Monstor Clips!!

So I took the plunge and finally made some giant clips, I have had them for a few weeks now but just never have sat down to do them. I like the way they turned out and I will be making more!! I think when I sit down to stamp I will make some for the girls at work! They should get a kick out of that! I used my SAB "very punny" set. I just used my cuttle bug to punch out the circles since they layer so well. and I used some wire works to attach the little tag which I think it just makes it ya know? I used hot glue to attach them and I have heard that it is the easier than the e600 stuff. and does not stick so I will just stick with the hot glue!

Cosmo anyone??

Its a little early for drinks but this is just way to cute not to share, I used the cosmo bella stamp and of corse my cuttlebug swirls embossing folder. This is a 4x4 card cause I just love "square" cards. I added some bling in the corner and put a little swirly paper clipy on it with some of my favorite dotted ribbon! I had to add a little tag as well! I really liek the way this one turned out but who am I kidding I love most of my cards or I would not brag about them to you guys. ~~hugs & smooches~~<3

Stampin Bella

Here is a little stampin bella card I made for a friend!! I love Pink so I decided to make her dress pink!! Shes got a little glitter on her but you can't really tell from the pic! I used my new "friend" cuttlebug folder! I just Love it and will be using it alot I am sure!! Oh well I will not bore you with details I am tired and still need to straighten up my stamp room for the evening so I'll talk to you all later!!

Hinged Coaster frame.

So I finally tried my hand at one of these and I LOVE it!! I had some hinges that I got in a pack awhile ago and now I NEED more. I'll have not bee able to find them though so if you know where I can please let me know. Anyways I made this using the SU patterned polka dots and paisleys paper. these are the kiddos Easter pictures and this is a great way to use up some of those 150 wallets you get, when everyone wants a bigger picture!! LOL! Does anyone Else have this problem? anyways I didn't do any stampin on this but I still like it! I also made a cute little 3x3 card to go along with it, I used the same paper and stamped FUN on it. I am sending this to my best friend and she is the "fun" Aunt according to Presto!! She loves it!!