Masculine Thanks

This is the last card of my "markie's mom" cards from a while back. I've not stamped alot in the past week due to scheduling and illness. But I thought I'd share this card with you from a couple of weeks ago. I hope to get to stamp some more later this week.

The stamp is from baroque motifs. The designer paper is not SU! but the card stock and ribbon are (kraft & choclate grossgrain). I like the simple look and masculine qualities of this card.

As always thanks for looking!
Sarah

Doodle Joy

Well, you always here that there are viruses "going around". And some years they are supposedly worse than others. Well this year I had heard that there was an aweful stomach virus going around. Friend had said that they were sicker this year than they ever remember being. So, I kept knocking on wood, planned a trip out of town, threw in a Stampin party for good measure, and then. . . . yep, you guessed it. . . I got the stomach virus. Not only that, but with in 12 hours also managed to pass it on to my 2 year old. We haven't moved from the couch much the past couple of days. But we are eating again and seem to have more energy by the hour.

Once again, sorry to all my Virginia friends who are missing a party this weekend. I promise to make it up to you!

I did this card last week and thought I would share. This card is truly better looking in person. I used the "Doodle This" stamp set. The flower is actually gold embossed and the dots on the whimsical background were painted with the gold zigpainty. Hope you like it!

As always, thanks for looking.

Sarah

February 08 Project Pack

So, do you like the mini book? You want to make one? Check out February's upcoming Project Pack.

New Project

So what happens when you take a set of the new "On Board Book Basics (Small)" (pg 179)and a Simply Scrappin (r) Kit called "Summer Days" (pg 175)? This. . . .




Thanks to my stampin buddy Joyce, for the idea. A friend of hers had made a similar book as a gift and after seeing the book at last month's stamp club I knew I wanted to make one. So armed with my tools and some extra ribbon I put together this book in a couple of hours while my little man took his nap today.


I love the way it turned out and am planning on giving to my cousin this weekend as her hostess gift, for hosting a party for me. Each of the inside pages have a space for a picture to be placed.



Let me know what you think. . . .

As always thanks for looking!
Sarah

French Valentine

Thanks to my dear husband, first of all, for giving me the "night off". I got to stamp for a while tonight and thoroughly enjoyed myself. Continuing in what I am going to call the "Markie's Mom Style", I put together this valentine card tonight. I had almost sworn off valentines for a long time (especially when my first born was a boy), but this card turned out much better than I expected. . . . who knows what will happen between now and February 14th?

The words are using the "carte postale" set, the hearts are from "year after year" and the scripted background is "en francais".

As always. . . . thanks for looking!

Embrace Happiness

So I went "cruising" SplitCoastStampers today for some ideas. I came across user "markie's mom". I've seen her stuff before but today I decided I was ready to CASE one of her cards. Her name is Faith and you can find her blog HERE ("Stampin' with Markie's Mom")

THIS is the card that I saw that I thought I could use for inspiration.

I'm not completely pleased with my final outcome, but it's a start in a new direction. I love her layers and colors. I've been thinking (especially with the new colors in the new SU! Catalog) that I need to branch out from my browns and greens into brighter colors. As you can tell, that didn't happen in this card. I did however incorporate more layers and more details than I normally do. Please let me know what you think.

Colors are Close to Cocoa, Wild Wasabi, and pretty in pink (textured). The stamp sets are warm words, embrace life and brocade basics. All images copyright Stampin' Up!.

As always, thanks for looking!

SNOW!!!!!

That's right, believe it or not it's snowing in Bama. This is my son's first snow (yep he's 2 1/2) and he had so much fun this afternoon playing and trying to catch snowflakes. He even asked me if we could build a snowman, I had to explaing that it would take a little more snow than what we had right now.

Sorry, no card or scrapbook pictures right now, but I had to share the pics of my son in the snow!

as always, thanks for looking!

Sarah