Winners list is up...

The winners list from last weeks Stamp N Plus Scrap N blog hop is up... go check it out here. Congrats to all the winners!

Blog candy...

You can find some wonderful blog candy here.

It's never to early to make a Christmas card!

Hello everyone! Happy Saturday, I'm so excited to show you the Ornament #2 F-IR216 Iris Stamp from Stamp N Plus Scrap N. I stamped it with Black Memento Ink. I cut along the lines of the inside of the ornament with a craft knife. I then iris folded with plain computer paper. When I has done with the Iris Folding, I put two-way glue unto the folded section and added SU Dazzling Diamond glitter. You can't see from the picture here but I went over the two stars and the ribbon with a Glitter Gelly Roll pen.


Supplies:
Stamps: Stamp N Plus Scrap N F-IR216 Ornament #2 Iris Stamp
Paper: Stampin Up Real Red, black, white, computer paper
Ink: Memento Black
Accessories: craft knife, SU Real Red and Old Olive markers, Gelly Roll Clear Star Glitter pen, SU Dazzling Diamond Glitter, two-way glue, dimensionals

Thanks for visiting and I hope you all have a fantastic weekend!
Smiles...

Candy update...

The winners of the blog candy from this week will be posted on Sunday!
Thanks, Kathy~

Blog candy!

Hello peeps... just a reminder that Stamp N Plus Scrap N is having yummy candy this week. Check here for a chance of a free rubber stamp and here for a chance at a $25.00 gift certificate!

Thanks and have a great day!
Kathy~

Stamp N Plus Scrap N Blog Hop...

Stamp N Plus Scrap N is pleased to launch their new blog to bring you fabulous creative ideas and to showcase some of their wonderful images. In celebrating this new venture, LuAnn is pleased to introduce to you her Blog Team and we're having a blog hop to celebrate!!!

If you been have hopping already, you should have arrived from Jeanne Streiff's Inky Paws blog. Be sure to stop at each and every blog along the way and leave some love. One random winner will be chosen from each designer blog to win a Stamp N Plus Scrap N rubber image of their choice. Make sure you leave a comment at the Stamp N Plus Scrap N blog in order for your chance to win a $25.00 gift certificate to the Scrap N Plus Scrap N online store. You must be a follower of the blog in order to win the $25.00 gift certificate. Prize winners will be announced on the Scrap N Plus Scrap N blog next Friday. Good luck to all!

Now... for a few cards for today. Stamp N Plus Scrap N has many awesome Iris Folding images. One of my favorites is the new Christmas Ornament Iris Fold Stamp, F-IR215. Here are a few of my newest cards made with this stamp.

Now it's time to hop on over to Kim Howard's Basement Stamper blog. Don't forget to leave me a comment for your chance to win an image of your choice!

Have a GREAT day and happy blog hopping!
Smiles... :)

Blog Hop on Sunday with prizes!

Tomorrow Stamp N Plus Scrap N is have a big kick off to their new Blog Team and blog. There will be lots of eye candy and also prizes to be given away including a $25.00 gift certificate to the online store. There will be a blog hop and each blog team member will have a drawing for a chance at winning a free stamp of your choice. Make sure you do not miss this fun and exciting opportunity. All the fun starts at the Stamp N Plus Scrap N blog. Be sure to leave lots of love at each blog for your chance to win. Hope to see you tomorrow!
Have a great day!

Christmas Ornament

Hello! Today I'm focusing on Iris Folding. Lots of people don't know what Iris Folding is. Iris folding can be very easy if you have a rubber stamp that has it mostly done for you. Have you checked the iris folding stamps at Stamp N Plus Scrap N? You can find this one, F-IR215, here.
Have a question, just ask, I like to help! Have a great day!
Smiles... :)

Happy Easter!

Hello! Happy Easter! I haven't posted in a whole week. I have been busy working with my daughter on her invention project for school. She is making a American Girl Doll accessories-clothes holder. Yesterday we made the bias tape for it. We made 26 1/2 yards of bias tape. Making that tape sure brings back memories from when I made it in high school. Back in my high school days, we cut our fabric with scissors, now we have awesome rotary cutters and a mat. Also folding bias tape is so easy now, there is a new tool that you put the fabric in and pull and iron.
Last month at Ladies Aide at church, I was asked to make up card kits for the ladies to make cards for the Shut-inns. Here is one of the cards we made. The stamp set is Spring Florals from Gina K Designs. When I bought this stamp set, I got a card kit with it, which was designed by Jessica Fick. I used Jessica Fick's card kit ideas to make my own, with a little different paper and colors but almost the same. Most of my colors are Stampin Up. The textured paper is made with the Cuttlebug Textile Emboss Folder. The ladies at church were very impressed with making this card. Some of the ladies have never made a homemade card before. The die cut shape is Spellbinders Labels Four.
Have a GREAT day!
Smiles... :)

Happy Anniversary!

Hello! A few days ago, hubby's grandparents celebrated their Anniversary. Here is the card I made them. The stamp set is Gina K Designs Elegant Post.

Have a great day!
Smiles... :)

Long Stemmed Rose!

Hello! Here is the last of my Black and White Challenge cards and my favorite and last made one! The rose is X1399 Long Stemmed Rose and can be found at Stamp N Plus Scrap N.
I'd like to know what was your favorite of the Black and White challenge. Please leave me a comment of your favorite, I would love to here from YOU! ;)
Have a GREAT day!
Smiles... :)

More Easter Blessings!

Hello! Here is another Eater blessings card. I love this stamp! This is the same image as yesterdays post, so if you need the link to it, check yesterdays post.
Come back tomorrow for my last Black and White challenge card!
Have a GREAT day!
Smiles... :)

Easter Blessings!

Hello! Easter is right around the corner! I don't make too many Easter cards. The background on this one is The Cuttlebug Swirls embossing folder. The image J1519 Easter Blessing can be found at Stamp N Plus Scrap N. It's such a pretty image! Maybe when I get done with the Black and White challenge that I have been working on, I can make new cards similar to my Black and White ones but colored in!
Have a GREAT day!
Smiles... :)

Male card!

Hello! When I made this card, I thought this would make a great card to give to a male. It probably would be more beautiful colored in, but this was made for the Black and White challenge. I used the Cuttlebug Emboss folders distressed stripes and fancy tags. Stamped images are from Stamp N Plus Scrap N.
Keep coming back, only three more Black and White cards to show! I also have some Easter cards to show soon!
Have a GREAT day!
Smiles... :)

More fluttering!

Hello! Don't you just love butterflies? If you hadn't noticed, I love butterflies! Both of these butterflies are embossed with black embossing powder. These are nearly the same cards but I changed up the ribbon a little.
Keep coming back everyday for the rest of the Black and White challenge cards. I have four more to show you.
Have a GREAT day!
Smiles... :)

Fluttering high...

Hello! Today I'm showing you a pretty butterfly card with the same image as yesterday but at a much smaller scale.

You can find the butterflies at Stamp N Plus Scrap N . They have a nice selection of pretty butterflies.
Have a great day!
Smiles... :)

Happy Spring!

Hello! Well yesterday was the first day of spring, so today I'm posting a springy Black and White card. This was my first time doing one of these half and half images. I embossed it with embossing power. All the stamps can be found at Stamp N Plus Scrap N.
Have a great day!
Smiles... :)

A little more snow!

Hello! A little more snow? Well not on the ground here but on my cards...LOL. This is the same image used as yesterdays post. It's fun changing things up a bit with the same image and a different layout.
Today is actually the first day of Spring but it's a little nippy outside today. Come back tomorrow for a more springy card... black and white of course but springy.
Have a great day!
Smiles... :)

Lets build a snowman!

Hello... The company that I design cards for, Stamp N Plus Scrap N, was having a challenge for its DT. The challenge was to make three Black and White cards. I made 12 cards for this challenge. This is one of them. A few weeks ago I posted one of this same image. I really love this image.
Come back tomorrow to see more of the other 10 cards...
We are having family movie night tonight. Hubby bought the movie Astro Boy and is planning to surprise the kids with it and some candy.
Smiles... :)
Have a GREAT day!

Last of the shaving cream cards...

Hello... Here are the last of my shaving cream cards. All stamps are Gina K Designs.
Have a GREAT day!
Smiles... :)

Spring is in the air...

Hello! Yesterday was such a wonderful day. First day we were able to go outside without coats on. Most of the snow has melted and the sun was shining brightly. The temperature was around 65 degrees but a little windy. The kids got out their bikes and had a ton of fun outside. After hubby got home from work, we went over to a playground and let them have more fun.
Here is another shaving cream card, number 4. All stamps Gina K Designs. It's just perfect for a spring day.
Later, Smiles... :)

Shaving cream...

Hello... I sure loved making shaving cream cards, here is card number 3. The flowers were paper pieced with another coordinating shaving cream paper. All stamps Gina K Designs.
Come back tomorrow and see another shaving cream card!
Smiles... :)

Another Hope is Faith

Hello! A few days ago I made up a bunch of cards with the shaving cream technique from a challenge over at StampTV. This card was my second one. The first one from my last post won in the random drawing on Friday.
The butterfly on this one is from Stamp N Plus Scrap N J838.
Hope you have a wonderful weekend... Smiles :)

Hope is faith...

Last week while visiting StampTV, I saw an interesting challenge. The challenge was the shaving cream technique. While I have seen this technique before, I myself have never tried it till the other day. I made about a dozen pieces of paper with this technique. The first few were the best since the more made, the more the colors got mixed up. Here is one of the 6 cards I made this week, with this one being my favorite one. It just looks so springy and kinda looks like some of the speciality Easter dyed eggs.
The stamp set I used is Hope is Faith by Gina K Designs. Each of the next 5 days I will have the other cards I created with this shaving cream technique.
Smiles.. :)

Black and white winter fun...

Hello! Just the other day I was going through some stamps that I had picked up last summer at a Garage sale. Well, little did I know at that time, that one of the stamps in that pack is made by the company that I design cards for. I remember seeing this stamp on a card over at SCS and thought, this is an awesome stamp. Well a few days ago I was looking at the disk with the stamps that Stamp N Plus Scrap N gave me, and there it was... So if you are looking for this stamp, you may have to ask about it if it's not in their store.

Thanks for looking and have a wonderful day...
Smiles... :)