Stamp Something and Happy 4th!

Happy Independence Day all my fellow Americans! I am so thankful to live in this country, and thankful for all the men and women who have made our freedoms possible.
Today's Stamp Something challenge was to dazzle, bling, glitter out! So in honor of the 4th, I give you this sparkly card. I used the same colors as last week because I love them! I started with a blue bayou textured base, and attached a layer of white and sky dsp, and a half circle of real red dsp. I dug into my Lots of Letters chipboard and actually used some, yay! The letters and number have Christmas Red stickles on them, the white stars have Star Dust stickles on them, and there are random rhinestones on the card.

Thanks for stopping by! Don't forget to check out the rest of the teams' samples!

Supplies:

stamps - Short Order Numbers, Simple Alphabet (PTI)

paper - bayou textured, ww, sky and real red dsp

ink - bayou

acc - large and small star punches, stickles, rhinestones, Lots of Letters chipboard

Inspired by Kristina

If you are like me, you are always on the lookout for ideas for man cards, as I call them. So this one is inspired by Kristina Werner. I stamped some stars on a pumpkin strip and adhered it to a true thyme piece that I pierced along the top. I added a river rock ribbon and HB, attached it to a chocolate base, and that's it! Easy peasy.

Thanks for stopping by, stay tuned for swap cards this week!

Supplies:
stamps - Wanted, It's Your Birthday
paper - chocolate, true thyme, pumpkin
ink - pumpkin, chocolate
acc - mat pack & piercer, river rock gg

Stamp Something Friday!

It's Friday, and that means it's time for another Stamp Something challenge! Today's challenge was to make a red, white, and blue anything-but-a-card. If you've read my blog for any period of time, you will notice that about the only thing I do is cards. So this was a stretch for me, but I did it! Make sure you visit the rest of the team's blogs to see what they came up with.
This is most likely a centerpiece or table decoration. I took a Pringles can and cut it down, then covered it with strips of patterned paper (note: 9-1/4" length is just about right to go around a Pringles can). I stamped large stars with Classic Backgrounds and punched them out, adding small stars and embellishments to the centers. I then stamped the Happy 4th and Celebrate usa circles and embellished as well. I attached different length candy (sucker) sticks to each element and tied pieces of ribbon on each stick. I then stuck each one in a piece of foam in the bottom of the can so they would stay where I wanted them.

Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies:
stamps - Classic Backgrounds, Fundamental Phrases, Short Order Alpha and Numbers
paper - ww, real red, not quite navy, soft sky; real red, Jersey Shore, soft sky dsp
ink - sky, nq navy, real red
acc - ribbon (red-striped gg, 1/4'" red gg, sky and bayou double-stitched gg, white taffeta); punches (large and small star, 1-1/4 & 1-3/8" circle, scallop); red, silver, and rhine-stone brads; mat pack & piercer; EE buttons; Pringles can; craft knife; sticky strip; sucker sticks

More Clean and Simple

Just another easy card for you to enjoy!
Here I ran a piece of transparency through my Cuttlebug with an embossing folder, it was so fun! Except I couldn't tell which side was the front afterwards, not that it matters! I adhered it at the top of the card base, then tied a ribbon to hide the adhesive. The olive circle is adhered to the back of the transparency to hide the adhesive of the flower and sentiment. You gotta try the transparency-in-the-CB trick!
Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies:
stamps - Everyday Phrases
paper - soft sky, old olive, ww
ink - old olive
acc - acetate, flower fusion, olive grosgrain, word window punch, circle cutter, CB folder, white brad (Darice)

Clean and Simple Stamping

Just an easy card for you today, no stamping on this one (no ribbon either)!
Thanks for stopping by, hope your week is off to a great start!

Supplies:
paper - white textured (Bazzill), Jersey Shore dsp, Bali Breeze dsp
acc - lime daquiri Thickers (American Crafts), silver brads

Stamp Something Friday

It's Friday again, and here is my sample for this week's Stamp Something challenge. Emily gave us a sketch to use, and let me tell you, it was way easier than the last sketch challenge! I will definitely use this one again, thanks Emily!
I started with a 5 x 5 square card base, and layered on a square of rose red dsp matted on ww. I attached the celery strip with brads, and tied a black grosgrain ribbon across the top. The main layer was stamped with the sentiment, I added piercing, and attached it to an olive mat with dimensionals. I attached two Flower Fusion flowers together with a rhinestone brad and adhered it to the main layer with mono multi.

Thanks for stopping by! Sorry I've been a bad blogger, it's been a busy week. Another wedding and my niece's graduation party are on Saturday, so I spent a lot of time this week baking cookies for my part in the party. I've got to get busy on some more swap cards next week.

Supplies:
stamps - Fundamental Phrases
paper - rose red, ww, celery, olive, rose red dsp
ink - basic black
acc - silver brads, black gg, mat pack and piercer, dimensionals, rhinestone brad, Flower Fusion

Busy Weekend!

I'm sure many of you had busy weekends also! Between a wedding/reception, two graduation parties, and Father's Day activities, I did no stamping the past few days. But I have a list of stamping stuff that needs to be done this week, so I'm hoping to get started on it today.
I made a card similar to this (different date) for the wedding we attended Saturday. It was the wedding of a former student of mine, and boy, I don't feel old enough to be having former students getting married! She was in my first home room class eight years ago, and she also played basketball and volleyball on the many teams I coached. A very sweet, fun girl and she married her West Point graduate fiancee on a beautiful day! It was a sweet wedding, and the end was soooo cute and funny - they were getting ready to go back down the aisle at the end of the ceremony when the best man flipped the groom's hat (he was in dress blues) to him, the Indiana Jones theme started playing, and he picked up his bride and ran down the aisle!!!!

Thanks for stopping by, have a great week!

Supplies:
stamps - Wedding Day (PTI)
paper - Curious Cryogen White shimmery, spring moss, old olive
ink - spring moss, old olive, chocolate chip
acc - chocolate satin ribbon, rhinestone brad, Bazzill flower