Category Archives: Stampin’ UP! Designs

your smile, your laugh, your kisses

Posted on August 20, 2007 | 15 comments

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Here is my baby, and I am vulnerable today. She has made that leap from the confines of our happy home where we can protect, nurture and guide her every move. Today, she went to kindergarten.

I was fine as this morning approached. Clothes were laid out, backpacks packed, lunch menu discussed and approved. I had plans to breakfast and celebrate the beginning of Mom’s Winter Vacation with friends to preoccupy my mind. But, in that moment when I knelt in the classroom to take a picture of my baby girl with her teacher, it hit me like a ton of bricks. I was in this same spot, same chalk board, same teacher, same grin exactly 2 years ago, and at that moment it was like yesterday. So fleeting…

Courtenay will only have one photo to mark the start of her school career, and it isn’t because she’s the second-child…it’s because at that moment, I thought my heart would heave out of my chest, and I didn’t want her joy diminished by a sobbing mother.

She embraced the day with the same smile and laugh that she has always been known for…this page was done a while back, but today more than ever, may she always know that I … {heart} your smile, {heart} your laugh, {heart} your kisses…..{heart} you, baby girl!

All supplies Stampin’ Up! Happiness and Think Happy Thoughs stamp sets

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Beate’s Sketch: Near & Far

Posted on August 17, 2007 | 16 comments

It’s Friday! And, you blog hoppers know what that means….Beate’s Sketch Challenge! You can see it by clicking the link, and I know Beate wants you to play along. Her original sketch is for a square card, but I went the more traditional route to give you a different take.

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A Day of Happiness

Posted on August 13, 2007 | 7 comments

Is any one of you in trouble? He should pray. Is anyone happy? Let him sing songs of praise. ~ James 5:13

Some days are just happier than others, aren’t they? We have good days, bad days, middle of the road days. Well, today… I am singing a ‘song of praise’! Something very special is happening to someone special in my life today, and that makes me truly happy. What am I singing…along with one of my favorite CDs? Blessed be the Name by Matt Redman.

In honor of Happiness, I thought I would share another card that I created for the SU! Convention Display boards. The colors, the layout (lifted from Michelle Wooderson, paper genius) and that Wild West Alphabet all make me very happy! Continue reading →

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Beate’s Sketch: Special Delivery

Posted on August 11, 2007 | 16 comments

I know many of you check out Beate’s Weekend Sketches on Friday mornings! Check out this Fresh and Fun sketch. It’s too hot to play outside so GO STAMP SOMETHING!

Stamps: Wild About You, Tres Chic and Fancy Flexible Phrases
Cardstock: Whisper White, Pretty in Pink and Apricot Appeal
Ink: Soft Sky, Pretty in Pink, Apricot and Pixie Pink
Accessories: Dazzling Diamonds and Pink Brads, ribbon (non-SU!)

Here’s an upclose on the tag and glitter details….’special delivery’…I just love the Fancy Flexible Phrases set from the 2007 Winter Mini Catalog. I use it all the time! I put my glitter on with a Sukura Quickie Glue Pen…these are readily available at any scrapbook store or a variety of online outlets. They allow you to put glue on your projects with the precision of a ball point pen. AWESOME!

Thanks for stopping by!

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First Class Cowboy – Split Negative

Posted on August 7, 2007 | 6 comments

You know I *love* cowboys? If I never made one card, I would still have bought this set. I’m a hopeless romantic for a man in boots and a cowboy hat with manners….a First Class Cowboy, ma’am.

To learn this technique, I would strongly encourage you to check out the tutorial in the SCS Weekly Inkling tomorrow or at the SCS Resources page. <wink>

Chocolate Chip, Soft Sky and Vanilla are the bare bones of these First Class Cowboy cards. The fun thing about this technique is you end up with 2 image panels for double giving. I used a favorite, Paisley Background, hodgepodge hardware, the tool kit and yummy SU! ribbon to dress my images up.

Thanks for looking!

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Cowboy Party Favor

Posted on August 6, 2007 | 7 comments

I used the Outlaw Paper, Wanted and Think Happy Thoughts to make a little tag for this cowboy themed party favor. The circle images in the paper are perfectly sized to work with the SU! punches and the paper takes ink wonderfully. I’ve used some HodgePodge Hardware and dyed Elizabeth fibers to dress this up.

Adhering designer paper to chipboard is easier than you might think. Easy to follow instructions on the next page.

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Happy Thoughts, Sweet Girl

Posted on August 5, 2007 | 7 comments

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I love how stamping allows you to bring together precisely the colors that you want to use for scrapbook layouts. Here I was inspired by the pink in Courtenay’s dress, the lavendar of the phlox and the green in the foliage to put this 6×6 page together…much easier than trying to match patterened paper.

I was able to use the accent designs of Happiness to make stripes for my page. I had a little dilemna because the stamp is actually 4.25″ wide (maybe a little wider), and this was a 6×6 page. When I am stringing images together for more length, I always hide my seams (or boo-boos) with an accent. In this case, that’s a “happy thoughts” circle. The inside of the circle is the perfect size for date journalling.

Thanks for looking ~ Have a wonderful Sunday!

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Flowers…Happiness!

Posted on August 4, 2007 | 6 comments

Here is a cheery card that I put together using the Happiness Background stamp. I love the images independently of each other, but used together on different elements of a project. (You can see how I mounted and use this stamp here.)

I was able to use the different elements of Happiness to put stripes on my Certainly Celery strip, polka Dots on my flower petals that I punched out using the large oval punch and the flower box in Regal Rose. Dazzling Diamonds, Celery grosgrain and Dazzling Diamonds pull it together.

Thanks for looking…we’re frying fish tonight with friends, good times…good times! Hope you are enjoying your late summer weekend.

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WANTED: Wrangler Wearin’

Posted on August 3, 2007 | 5 comments

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Boot Scootin’, Truck Drivin’ COWBOYS!

From way back in the Friday night vault, this is me and my best friend from high school and college at the Rodeo of the Ozarks ~ 1992. We actually spent that entire summer travelling to a different rodeo every weekend, including events in Arkansas, Kansas, Oklahoma, Wyoming and Texas. Hopefully, the photo is small enough that you cannot see the bangs. Back then, I lived by the philosophy, the higher the hair, the closer to God. Just for the record, if memory serves me, we didn’t meet any cowboys at this rodeo either…only Lezil the Clown…but it sure was fun!

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Have I told you…

Posted on August 2, 2007 | 9 comments

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how I squealed when I saw this Boho West Line from SU!?

This is a 6×6 page that I created for the Stampin’ UP! Convention Display boards using Wanted. It was the perfect set for pictures that I have of the Kansas Livestock Show, old rodeo events and West Texas Ranching photos. I have lots of projects that I will share over the next few weeks….like a one a day vitamin, if you will. <grin>

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