Ohhhoooo...Auhhhhh My Finished Room Swap!!!

 Its girls, the day has finally come to say my room swap project is done!! (well for the most part.  I can at least walk inside and make a card if I want.  There is still somethings to hang back on my sons walls and mine, but pretty much done.  What do you think?!?!  I would love to hear your thoughts and suggestions.  This pic above is my sons room now,  this is the sleeping area and on the other side of his bed, will be his desk when we get it!)

 This is the other side of room (it measures 20'-8" by 10").  This is his play area side.  Now I think he still wants to save his money for a bigger TV, now that he has the room!  Go for it Andrew!

 Now for the best room in the house!!  Drum roll please.......my craft room.  I want to place on the wall right above these white cabinets "Ink-a-doodle creations" with my black vinal and spread some colored flowers around it, like what is in the front of the New catalog from SU!  I think it will be awesome!!

 This cabinet holds my stamp sets.  I went through all of the old wooden sets and converted them over to clear mount (it gives me so much room for more sets of course!!)  The paper rack holds my In-Colors only in cardstock.  On top, sits things that I have made or someone has given me.

 As you can see, I love 4 things:  stamping stuff of course, barbies, eeyore and old antique childrens toys.  This cabinet holds all of my finished and in progress scrapbooks.

 This is my cabinet that holds my cricut and my old antique school desk.

 I have so many barbies that when we moved to this house, I had to sell alot.  I kept my favorite ones and have them on display across the top of this wall.  I do some special procealine barbies and they are protected in a glass cabinet downstairs.  This is my work station.  My uncle made me these ink holders.  They are awesome, they hold the ink pad, pen and refill bottle.  I am very organized and everything is in its place.

 More barbies and my area where I sit.  I say that because right above me is my slat board and it holds all of the items I use all the time, such as:  adhesive, clear blocks, ribbons and such.

This is the last stop.  This is not quite finished because my hubby still needs to hang up 2-3 more racks for my punches.  This is also my cardstock area.  I hope you have enjoyed the tour of my new craft room.  I know I am so happy to be in my own room, just like back in Luray!  Home Sweet Home!

New Project of Mine!?!?!

Good afternoon bloggers!  Today I don't have a project for you to look at, but just checking in to let you know of the big project that I am working on in my house.  Drum role please,......my younger son and I are switching rooms.  You say, how is that exciting news?!?  Well my room is long and narrow, so one half was my creation craft room and the other part I had to share with my parents as a spair bedroom.  Well I feel bad, cause my younger son has always had the smallest room in house and the older son gets the larger bedroom.  So we are switching, what that means for me is this, he gets the large room to himself, I take over his bedroom (which is much bigger than what I have now) and well, Mom and Dad, sorry you get to either sleep on couch when you come over or sleep in the boys beds and they can camp out.  We found that having the spair bed was a waist of space, cause they don't come over and spend the night as much as they used to when we first moved away. I will try and post pictures of the move.  Right now everything in my room is coming down so that I can paint over the purple walls.  Andrew for some reason does not think purple walls is cool in a boys room!! 

                                                            THE FUTURE CRAFT ROOM!!!
My goal:
1)  today---take down everything off walls and move out furniture today, so that I can paint tomorrow and goes buy the paint at Lowes this afternoon after kids leave.
2)  tomorrow---paint
3)  friday and saturday start switching all the stuff and get extra bed taken down.
(oh yea, 2-4pm on Sat., have our cub scout splash down event and rush back to finish up switch, wish me luck!!

Good morning bloggers and welcome to another fun technique plus sketch over at http://www.creative-sketches.com/.  Click the link and enter in your creations.  I can't wait to see what you have created for us!  This weeks technique is "kiss stamping" and you need to follow the below sketch.  Have fun and get kissing!!!!!

For my card, I wanted to keep it simple and with the theme of Fall, since it is just right around the corner for most of us!  I am so glad I live in an area where we get 4 seasons.  Any whoooo...I brought out my Paisley Prints stamp set and went to town.  Let me know whatcha think, you know I always love hearing from ya.

SU! items used:
-  stamp sets:  paisley prints, teeny tiny wishes for sentiment
-  cardstock colors:  soft suede, very vanilla, dusty durango
-  ink colors:  old olive, more mustard and soft suede
-  misc items:  lattice embossing folder

Kindness Matters-Mojo204

Good afternoon bloggers!  Let me just say that I am sooo hooked on the Day of Gratitude stamp set and I don't know what to do.  It is just such a beautiful stamp set.  This card creation is for http://www.mojomonday.blogspot.com/.  I have not played this one in a while, but I really fell in love with the sketch and decided to give it a try.  To make the leaf and flower, I first stamped them with versa mark ink on vanilla cardstock.  Then I heat embossed them with vanilla powder.  I then took sponges with ink colors of certainly celery and perfect plum and swirled the colors around to give it that two tone color look.  I am so happy with the way it turned out.  I love lots of layers and this card has it!!

SU! items used:
-  cardstock colors:  very vanilla, certainly celery, perfect plum and soft suede
-  stamp sets:  Day of Gratitude
-  misc. items:  vintage wallpaper embossing folder, gold bling pearls, vanilla embossing powder, decorative label punch and the double corner punch

Day of Gratitude for Stamping 411 #61 and #216

Good afternoon bloggers!  I really put my thinking cap on for this one.  The sketch over at http://www.stamping411.blogspot.com/ this week was a bit tricky for me sketch #216.  I could not come up with what I wanted to do, until I pulled out my SU! Day of Gratitude stamp set.  This I think, is the perfect stamp set for Fall.  The design in the stamps is just beautiful.  I also wanted to combined in this challenge the colors for their Color Challenge #61.  I love what I came up with.  Who says you can't have a fall with some cool colors too!  I hope everyone enjoys it as much as I do.  Leave me a comment, I always love hearing what you think of my creations!

SU! items used:
-  stamp sets:  Day of Gratitude
-  cardstock:  very vanilla, island indigo, calypso coral and pool party
-  misc items:  vintage wallpaper embossing folder and basic jeweled pearls

The Paper Players #59 Color Challenge

 Good night Bloggers and welcome back to my blog for a little ink-a-doodle creation!  When I saw the colors for this weeks color challenge over at http://www.thepaperplayers.blogspot.com/ and new just what I wanted to do.  I just love sending things thru with my lattic embossing folder and having it turn out like a quilt texture.  The colors for the challenge are: rose red, pretty in pink and regal rose.  Such pretty pinky colors together, so girly!!

SU! items used:
-  cardstock colors of:  rose red, crumb cake, pretty ink pink and Springtime Vintage DSP.
-  stamp set:  Teenie Tiny Wishes
-  Misc. items:  lattice embossing folder, lace ribbon, decorative label punch, scalloped oval punch and the oval punch

I do always decorate the inside, but usually never take pictures to show, but this time I wanted everyone to see that I added a few layered sqaures to look like quilt patch squares.  I thought it was a nice added touch for the inside.

Strawberry Birthday SSC #215

Some time I ago I had made these cute little strawberries for thank you cards.  I came across them and decided to use them again for the sketch layout over at http://stamping411.blogspot.com/ this week.  The colors or basic black, poppy parade and basic gray is for another challenge that will be revealed Thursday, so come back to see which special blog has this color combo challenge!?!?

The wait is over and the surpise challenge for this card is our very own, http://www.creative-sketches.com/!!!  Above are the colors for our Color Inspiration this week, head on over, get the details and post your creation.  Leave us comments on what you think of our creations!!

SU! items used:
-  cardstock colors of:  basic black and gray and poppy parade, very vanilla, wild wasabi, daffodil delight
-  stamp set:  teenie tiny wishes
-  misc items:  lattice bidz die, large heart punch, smallest heart from the 3 pc. heart punch, swiss dots embossing folder, lattic embossing folder, boho blossom punch, bird punch for the branches and very vanilla satin ribbon

Teacher's Apple Sticky Notes

Hello bloggers, this little project will knock your stamp blocks off!  Ha! Ha! jut had to say that!!  I made this cute little sticky notepad holder with the challenge over at http://www.thepaperplayers.blogspot.com/ in mind.  The challenge is to create a school themed item.  Head on over and get the details and to enter your creation. 

I love to make easle cards, and well that got me to thinking, why not make an easle notepad holder.  That way the teacher can use the sticky notes and enjoy the pretty front.  I also embossed the white background with the swiss dots embossing folder for a little textured touch.

SU! items used:
-  cardstock colors of:  soft suede, whisper white and riding hood red
-  punches used:  round tab, modern label and scalloped circle to make the bite marks
-  stamp set:  teenie tiny wishes
-  misc. items:  real red 1/8" taffeta ribbon and swiss dots embossing folder

Froggie Get Well Wishes-CPC2

Good afternoon bloggers and welcome back for another creation by non other than, Me!!  I created this fun and cute card for the following two challenges:  http://www.craftprojectcentral.com/ and http://www.palspaperarts.com/.  The first is for the sketch layout and the second is for the wonderful colors.  How could this card not cheer someone up when they are not feeling fell!

SU! items used:
-  cardstock colors of:  lucky limeade, island indigo, daffodil delight and whisper white
-  stamp sets are:  teenie tiny wishes for the sentiment and a flower for all seasons
-  misc. items:  decorative label punch, lattice and swiss dots embossing folders and mini gold brads in the center of each flower.

I was "A Cut Above"

Tui's Choice - Cynthia


Thanks Tui, for choosing me as your Cut Above this week at http://www.paperplayers.blogspot.com/!  I was so excited to see that my card was picked.  Its really exciting to know that someone sees and enjoys the cards you make.  It really means alot!

This is what she said about my card:
Wow ... so much fabulous talent out there this week, but the one that caught my eye was the beautiful card by Cynthia. Her watercolouring of the focal image was one thing, but the dimension that she created by fussy cutting and popping it up was another - it really does draw you into the creation. I also love the background texture and how it just adds that extra element in featuring the main image and of course just to add a bit of femininity, a simple classic bow. Congratulations Cynthia on being my Cut Above for this week!

Paper Players Challenge #57

 Well August is a busy month for me with Birthdays!  I finished my moms card, my older sisters card and now I have just completed my other older sisters card.  I also created this card for http://thepaperplayers.blogspot.com/.  This weeks sketch is really nice and this worked perfect for what I wanted to do with her card. 

If you can see in this picture, I used pop dots and layered pieces of the flower and the leaf to the far right.  I think it turned out so nice and I think she will love it.

SU! supplies used:
-  cardstock colors of:  rich razzleberry, very vanilla, river rock and springtime vintage DSP (retired)
-  ink colors:  certainly celery for leaves, rich razzleberry for the flower and choc. chip for the sentiment
-  stamp sets:  Happiness Shared and Happiest Birthday Wishes
-  ribbon:  rich razzleberry seam binding ribbon

On the Grow Birthday

Good day bloggers!  Glad to say we are getting a great rain right now-boy is it needed.  So what better way to celebrate the rain and be inside doing my favorite thing....creating with my Stampin' Up! toys!!  I wanted to make a card for my moms upcoming Birthday-I won't say which number, but she loves flowers and what better stamp set to use, other than the On The Grow.  This stamp set is only available in the Summer Mini Catalog until August 31st.  So if you would like to get it while its available, click on the mini catalog icon to the right and get yours today!  I used my watercoloring pencils to color the flowers and jar to add some soft colors.

SU! supplies used:
-cardstock in colos of rich razzleberry, crumb cake, bashful blue and whisper white
-On the Grow clear stamp set, Happiest Birthday Wishes Hostess set
-crumb cake seam binding ribbon for the bow and watercoloring pencils
I also used some pop dots to raise the top layer of flowers (hope you can tell from the photo)

Countryside Birthday for Hubby

Happy Tuesday bloggers and Happy Birthday to my husband!  Today is his 46th Birthday and when I asked him what kind of cake he wanted, he said, "no cake, I want sugar cookies".  Well I love to eat sugar cookies, but I hate to make them.  They make such a mess:(  But it is his B-day and well he is getting sugar cookies with the special frosting and sprinkles (I swear he is still a big kid!!)  Any whoooo, on to the card of course!

I used one of my favorite new stamp sets (for myself that is) SU! Countryside.  I just love the old truck with the apples, it is so country looking and well I live in the country so it works perfect!  Again I used my watercoloring pencils to color the truck and then my blender pen to finish it off.

SU! supplies used:
Countryside and Happiest Birthday Wishes stamp sets (this is one of the new hostess sets-wonderful!)
Cardstock colors of:  soft suede, not quiet navy, very vanilla and riding hood red.
I also used three mini copper colored brads

Birthday Quilt

Come join us at http://www.creative-sketches.com/ and enter in your creation for this weeks sketch challenge!

Good Monday afternoon to you all!  I hope everyone had a wonderful not to hot weekend!  I just finished my card creation for three challenges: http://whimsicalwednesdays.blogspot.com/, http://www.ppc-challenges.blogspot.com/ and our very own http://www.creative-sketches.com/.  Plese hop on over and take a peek at our sketch this week and join in.  We are looking for some new and creative crafters to join in on our weekly challenges!  With the whimsical wednesday challenge, I get to use my scraps up (which I don't waste any paper!) with the picture perfect challenge, I get to use the pretty colors of Perfect Plum, Very Vanilla and Concord Crush.  The sketch goes with the surpise challenge for Thursday!!  I wanted to try and keep this card simple and not take anything away from the pretty quilt pattern.

I wanted to make a quilt looking card to give to my sister for her upcoming birthday (she hinted around that she wanted her card to look like a quilt!!)  I made it look even more vintage like by using the lace ribbon from SU! of course.  I added a small pearl to the center of the vanilla lattic.

SU! items used:
perfect plum, very vanilla and concord crush cardstock
victoria 5/8" lace ribbon, lattice bidz die, square lattice embossing folder, basic pearls