A Birthday Weekend!

I got a little bit of stamping done this weekend, which is pretty remarkable since my weekend looked like this:

And that doesn't even show the three dishes I made for the family gathering, or the five other dishes made in the same kitchen....which doesn't include the cake, haha! (My awesome husband made the cake, btw!)

But of course I needed a card from his parents and a card from his sister! I made two, sort of similar, haha...and let his sister choose which card was from her, she chose the first.

This one uses the newest returning sketch from Nacho Average Challenges! I'm so excited they're back and I really hope to keep playing with them! This uses the May 2016 Paper Pumpkin kit, a retired set of Star Dies, and retired sequins! But, it totally suits my son!
And if you're curious, I used packing tape stuck together for the window, and lined the star edges with the edges of Dimensionals sheets to hold the sequins in. And yes, those sequins are Coastal Cabana and Baked Brown Sugar!

Supplies:
Stamps: May 2016 Paper Pumpkin
Ink: Pumpkin Pie
Paper: Whisper White card stock, May 2016 Paper Pumpkin
Accessories: May 2016 Paper Pumpkin, Stars Dies(retired), Big Shot, Dimensional (edges!), In Color Sequins (retired)

Next, I wanted to use the Mojo Monday sketch that has now passed. I decided to use that star I had just cut out again, haha! This one is pretty simple, Again I used a retired stamp set, and these star sticker bits came from the May Paper Pumpkin as well!

Supplies:
Stamps: Words of Truth (retired)
Ink: Night of Navy
Paper: Pumpkin Pie, Night of Navy, Whisper White card stocks
Accessories: May 2016 Paper Pumpkin, Big Shot, Stars Dies (retired)

And that is all the stamping I have done for a while! *sniff sniff....
Maybe this week I can get more done??

A "mushy" card!

Happy Monday afternoon! We had a really wonderful Christmas, and two full days with family...and then a small crisis with our refrigerator...so today I am trying to get a handle on the house and the laundry and and and...! Hence the later-in-the-day post. I'm glad I still have stuff ready to share! haha!

One of my long-time best friends (20 years...! ACK!) has been a stamp customer of mine since I signed up. She had a subscription to Paper Pumpkin for a few months this year and absolutely loved it. Her husband decided to surprise her with a new subscription for Christmas, and asked me to "make a mushy card to give her", to let her know that was her gift. haha!
I tried to stick with traditional "love" colors haha, (just red and black- the lighter shades of red are just stamped off) and then I went a little over the top with the embellishments. But I gotta say- I really like how this card turned out!!

Supplies:
Stamps: Words of Truth, Hello Life
Ink: Real Red, Memento Black
Paper: Real Red, Basic Black, Whisper White card stocks
Accessories: Paper Doilies, White Jute Ribbon, White Taffeta Ribbon, Red Striped Ribbon, Pearls

Project Life on cards!

This week marks my 16th wedding anniversary! We're stretching out the celebration, haha... On the actual day, we got to be parents, lol! Our daughter had a soccer game that evening, and all the other things that go with life. However, that day, my sweet husband sent me this:

And in his lunch that same day, he found his favorite candy bar, and this card that I made him!

Supplies:
Stamps: Words of Truth, Gorgeous Grunge
Ink: Real Red, Wild Wasabi, Soft Sky, Memento Black
Paper: Whisper White card stock, Project Life Lets Get Away Card Collection
Accessories: Hexagon Punch (flagged ends), Dimensionals

It didn't work out quite the way I had pictured it in my head but I like how it turned out! I stamped three of the Gorgeous Grunge images around the edge of the card base. Then I stamped the two splotches to fill up the heart. I added the stripey, heart card from the Project Life card kit as the card front, mounted on Dimensionals. Then I mostly randomly glued down the black statement words, and the big REMEMBER. And here's the seriously understated inside:

Cute, sweet and simple! Plus I love this set!

PS- Another night we took these pics: