Riley's Home...

Riley Moose that is! I got some stamped images from Stacy over at Twinshappy and I finally got a chance to use another one up! Thanks Stacy He's super cute!

This cute little house template was in Stampers sampler magazine and I thought i would give it a try! Here is what I came up with...all the shingles for the roof were individually cut and Riley was also totally cut out...I think he turned out super cute! But if you look closely he has some nice curtains hanging in his windows!

So the grass is totally my FAV, but hey who doesn't love a nice lush lawn in the summer?

Thanks for stoppin' by, I'll be back in a few...hopefully with a nice tan!

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Diaper Folding!

Okay no I didn't go cloth! There is a super cute little pouch that is made with a "diaper" fold! Here is a link to the tutorial from SCS. I made 2 of them...one from a sheet of 12x12 paper and the other from a sheet of 6x6 paper...I think they turned out super cute!



I used the big one (mafe from Groovey Guave designer paper) to hold popcorn...my kids loved and I think I am now in trouble for whenever we eat popcorn! LOL


The little one I made from wild wasabi square of desiner paper...this one was the 6x6 lol, anyways it's considerably smaller and I was wondering what to do with it when a bag of fire balls fell out of my overflowing basket on my counter, and then I knew just what to put in there! LOL

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Tuesday's Teacher

Howdy Howdy! It's time for another Tuesday's Teacher, but today instead of a tutorial I will be doing a product review! Here is todays Bible verse!

Thanks be to God for His indescribable gift! 2Cor9:15

This verse is so cool because you can think of all of God's gifts that he has bestowed upon you. One of my most favorite things in the world is the Ocean and I seriously did not think we would be able to go on a vacation this year and it's been almost 2 years since I've heard the roar of the ocean...I am so greatful for the miricles God gives us...great and small!

Another thing that I know is an indescribable gift is my awesome husband! I know that I can be a pain to deal with sometimes, and he still loves me and does the sweetest things for me. My awesome kids, the home we live in. Me being able to stay home with the kids and not work...these are all miracles from Jesus my saviour!

What gifts are you thankful for today? Are you feeling better than you were yesterday? Did you get a promotion at work? Is the sun shinning where you live? Do you have food and clothes to keep you fed and warm? There is a whole world of thins to be thankful for...pick one and thank the Creator!

Now for the Product review:

Okay I will be reviewing Verve Stamps. The reaon I choose to do a review today instead of a tutorial is because today is Verve's new stamp release...and what is so cool about that? Well the cool thing is that this is their ONE YEAR ANNI-VERVE-SARY! You guessed it, they got started just one year ago today!

Julee Tilman is the owner and brains behind Verve Stamps. You can check out Poetic Artistry her blog here. Anywas I happed to be fortunate enough to meet Julee on SCS where we were stalking buddies...we stalked the challenges waiting for themt o be posted so we could rush off and stamp!

Anyways she is a sweet heart and has a head for buisness, as well as being a strong christian. and not to mention super creative!

Verve stamps are clear photopolymer stamps and I was extremely hesitant about trying them because I had never used clear stamps before...Julee and I did a little trade and I got some clear stamps....I really like them folks! I specially like the sentiments...super easy to line up and get them perfectly straight!

Julle is super quick at shipping them and they are packaged sooo nicely and all wrapped up in tissue paper!

Really go and check out there site, the stamps are fab, prices are great and there are a bunch of new ones today!

Here are a couple more cards from her Anni-verve-sary challenge!

Sketch Challenge #5

This card is super tall! It's 8.5 inches tall and measure 2.75 inches wide. I love how it turned out, but I think I'm going to have to make a special envelope for it! Good thing I have a scor-pal! The cardstock for this card is ridding hood red and kiwi kiss and the designer paper is called bella rose. The stamps are from Verve stamp and the set is called Serenity.

Sketch Challenge #6

This card I don't know that I'm too pleased with! I guess it's okay but doesn't really knowck my socks off! The sentiment is also from a verve set!

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It's Monday...

And that means that Stacy over at Twinshappy has her House MOuse Challege...or at least I hope she does (I'm on vacation and this is a pre-post!) So here is a card I have to share with you today!
So here is my card...another spring card, I knwo I just love these little guys!

This is the only house mouse stamp I have, but I gotit for a dollar and I think it's pretty versatile, it's the size of a card front, but I was able to make it fit this little 3x3 square!

Here is a little better view from the side.... toot toot here, but I really like the coloring on the mice and the grasses.

I don't know if you can see the glitter or not, but there is glitter on the closest candle!

Thanks for stopping by! I hope you enjoy my entry as much as I'm enjoying the beach right now...LOL Have a happy day and be sure to come back tomorrow for my Tuesday's Teacher post!

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We leave for the beach today!!!

I am soooo excited! We will be enjoying the glorious beach for an entire week! The waves crashing into the sand, the salty sea air, swimming, sleeping, eating reading! AHHHH A sigh of relief!



Because I didn't want to boast too much I have planned on leaving you with a whole week of new things to view...I hope you don't mind! So while I'm away I do hope you'll come back and see what I've been up to!

Verve Sketch #3

Here is another sketc for you to see...don't worry tomorrow I won't have a verve sketch! ;) This one I like alright, I think the horse looks cool! This set is called Wanted and the sentiment is from the set older and wiser. The colors are pretty in pink and close to cocoa.

Verve Sketch #4

For this card I started out with a Kraft base, added some tempting turquoise designer paper and then a scrap of cameo coral and certainly celery. Finished it off with a piece of the new silver hodgepodge and ribbon and called it a day!

Thanks for stoppin' by!

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Ani-Verve-sary Sketch 1 & 2

OKay so Verve Stamps is celebrating their one year anni-verve-sary and they started off with 12 sketch challenges...I was a bit slack in starting them and so here is #1 and #2 they are great sketches and you can find all 12 here! If you finish all 12 by the 12th of Augus, you can be entered to win a prize...a good one too!


Sketch # 1

This is the first sketch for the Anni-verve-sary challenges, but it was the last one I did for some reason... I think all the layers scared me! But it's my most FAV of all the cards I made...something about black and white with a hint of red! For this card I used the retired french script backgroun stamp and the dots cuttlebug embossing folder. The cardstock is shimmery white and basic black. I also added some shimmer to the center of the roses with some glitter!













Sketch # 2

This card is mafe with the new pacific point pared up with certainly celery and an old designer paper. I also used the cuttlebug numbers embossing folder for the panel behind the sentiment!



Thanks for stoppin by!



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A little love note

Okay so maybe it's a birthday note, but it's *love* note sized! I lvoe this size and it was the Limited supplies challenge on SCS here. We had to make a card that was ATC (artist trading card) size. It was super quick and super fun to make...and I only used the scraps (even for the base) that were on my cuttig table! HORAYYYYY. The Bonus challenge was to use dollar clear stamps, so I used this little cupcake...darling isn't it!

The card measures 3.5 x 2.5

What You need:
3.5 x 5 inch piece of cardstock folded in half
Dollar stamps (mine are from Miaheals about a year ago), whinestones, ticket corner punch (su!) scallop circle punch (su!) 1 3/8 inch circle punch, 1 1/4 circle punch, 1 inch circle punch, crystal effects, SU! Markers in certainly celery, pretty in pink, yo yo yellow and pixie pink. Stazon jet black ink.

Thanks for stopping by...Ginna go do some beach packing!

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