Birthday Weekend Booty

Well as you can see next week is my birthday. True to form, I enjoy giving more than receiveing. What does this mean to you? Well, post a short description of the most favorite gift you have received on your birthday. On Wednesday, I will draw a winner and you will receive a gift from me.

I can't wait to hear your stories!

Baby Showers Bring Baby Dalia

Hello, hello, hello!!! I am back in the crafting saddle again. I have been invited to a baby shower this weekend. We know that she is having a girl and I could not be more thrilled for her. Of course, I could not give this special mommy to be just any card so I clicked on my computer and went to Splitcoast to look for some ideas. Once I decided that I wanted to use my Wash Day jumbo wheel from Stampin’ Up, finding inspiration was no problem. I found several cards that really caught my eye but the card that Karakae posted took the cake for me. I could not improve on such a great idea so I just CASED it. Isn’t it true what they say, that imitation is the best form of flattery. Thanks for the great idea. I hope my friend likes it as much as I had fun making it.

For this idea I used all Stampin’ Up products. Wash Day jumbo wheel, words from Great Friend, Scallop oval and edge punches, Large Oval punch, Pixie Pink and Certainly Celery CS, Bitty Backgrounds on one of the sleepers, and watercolored in the clothes on the line. Ohhh and the background is Cuddlebug’s Swiss Dots embossing folder.

Thanks for stopping by. See you again real soon.

Where in the World Have I Been?

Hello Bloggers,
I guess I fell off the face of the planet this year with respect to my blogging activities. I have returned and will begin crafting and posting on a weekly basis. I miss sharing my activities and this will make sure that I start stamping and crafting again or at least on a weekly basis.

Stay tuned, my birthday is coming soon so that means that I will be giving presents out to those who have stopped by to say hi.

Tune in Sunday for my first stamped post in too long.

See Ya, Ciao!

Diva Weekly Inspiration Challenge #17

Hello Stampers it's time again for the Utah Diva's Weekly Inspiration Challenge. This week I thought to take an favorite project from my childhood and breath a new life into it on this card. Who doesn't remember making snowflakes out of circles when they were a kid. I took my Stampin Up circle punches and did just that. I folded them into quarters and randomly cut pieces out of them and voila! snowflakes.

Ok true confession time; I didn't have any current snowflake stamps to complete my idea so I went with my inner child on this one.

Hope you like it!

Copy Cat Friday

Happy Halloween! I was thinking; I know that sounds strange coming from me but, I love blurfing (blog surfing) the net to see all of the great ideas other stampers have come up with. I also like to honor their creativity by using their ideas in some of my workshops. So I have decided to start Copy Cat Fridays so I can show and give props to those who have helped inspire me with their creativity.





SO today's Halloween project is this great Frankenstein card made with the Big Shot and some punches.





I stumbled upon Lynn Larson's blog and this adorable Frankenstein card using the Top Notes die and the Big Shot by Sizziks. His eyes and nose are circle punches and his bolts are a word window punch cut in half. I just love this guy. My stamp club really enjoyed making him as well. As many of you know, I love making cards that use my punches to create an out of the box look. With the new Big Shot I am having a blast.

Hope Everyone Has A Spooktacular Halloween!

Diva Weekly Inspiration Challenge #15

Hello Bloggers,

Well it's time for another Diva Weekly Inspiration Challenge. Isn't this inspiration picture great for Halloween. I just love this little bug. He looks like he is ready to have a cup of tea and ask "What's new Luv?" I just love him.

But I am not so wild about my project this week. You know how you start a project and it is just too plain but you don't know what to add to it. That's where I am this week. So I will let you be the judge and take suggestions as to how I can spiff up my project for this week.

I really like the triangle treat box that was this week's Splitcoast technique project. I thought it would be a nice switch up to do a 3-D project this week. So here goes.

I created my box with Stampin' Up's Kiwi Kiss and then I decided to use the Organic Grace stamp set for my fern leaves and my dragon fly. I closed my box with some Chocolate Chip Grosgrain ribbon.

Ok now it's your turn; if you have a suggestion on how to spiff this project up, please post it. I think you'll agree that it's missing something.

I can't wait to see what suggestions y'all come up with.

Diva Weekly Inspiration Challenge #14

WOW! I have had so many problems with Blogger today. I am sorry that my post is so late. I kept being denied access all day. But persistence finally paid off and here we are. This week Maria really issued a challenge. While this week's inspiration is beautiful to look at, it was difficult to design a project for. I always seem to struggle with the monochromatic types of challenges I need a variety of colors to work with. So I hope you enjoy my interpretation of this week's Diva Inspiration Challenge.

When I first looked at the picture I instantly thought about using the polished stone technique to achieve the watery look of the background. I love polished stone and haven't used it recently so it was fun to dig out the cotton balls and reinkers. I like to watch the way the ink floats on the glossy white cardstock and then floats into the very individual design you end up with. It is amazing how fast the alcohol evaporates and the ink dries.

For the flowers I chose the Eastern Blossoms stamp set from Stampin Up. I double inked the stamp up to get the slightly different color for the flowers. First I markered the stamp with Tempting Turquoise then I pressed the stamp into Ballet Blue and then stamped it out. I really like how the two colors combined created such a different softer version of each. For the smaller flower I sponged the edges with the Ballet Blue to give them a little pop so they would stand out from the bigger blossoms. I arranged the flowers on a circle of Tempting Turquoise so that I would keep that circular look.

I have had fun inking my fingers blue and polishing off my stones (giggle). I need to pull out some marbles now and take it to the next level. Hmmm. Maybe next week's challenge will give me the opportunity to do that. We'll have to see.

Thanks for stopping by.