Priceless River Rock

Simple but uses new stuff LOL. I love River Rock and think it may be my favorite of the new in colors. There is a learning curve using that new embossing plate...the holes are smaller than my piercer. I ended up free handing parts of the pierced chocolate section. Love that So Swirly wheel. I wish the piercing photographed better. It shows up in real life.

Beate's sketch challenge #10

Beate from Fresh and Fun has a weekend sketch challenge and I never remember to participate. This time I did. I couldn't cut this new rubber fast enough! My delivery from SU came yesterday and I went to town getting it all mounted...I never finished but I got my Boroque set mounted first! new ink colors too, glitter and punches. Wooohooo!

What I have been up too

Here is what I have been doing for a few days while visiting Jody for a few days. She has the most amazing collection of stamps to choose from. It really gets you stamping in new ways to try new stamp styles. I am not usually particular about my choice in brands, I am an equal opportunity stamper...I love them all. So here we go.

* These images are from Innovative Stamp creations.

*These are from Starving Artstamps

Here is a Bella...Hugabella* Amuse design for Amuse a palooza

* Stamp set from Impress...Savystamps

I have been busy having fun but now I am on my way home. So sad to leave my stampin' friend. I will be home later in mourning ....

Live, from El Paso,Texas

I am currently at Jody Morrows house in El Paso for a visit. We have been stamping and I will have some samples to show you soon. Be home tomorrow.

Thank You cards

I have stamped a couple cards this week for fun. This one was a catty case that I changed to make my own. Safron, eggplant and artichoke are the colors I chose.

This is a little Papertrey Lady Bug card. It measures 4 1/4 x 4 1/4. I used my chalk inks to stamp with on this one and polka dot ribbon. Very simple but most Thank You cards don't have to be all that fancy. I just had fun stamping without an agenda for pure fun.

New Catty CASE

I was looking through the new SU catty and saw this card using this set. I loved it. I cased it but tweeked it a little to make it my own. Broke out the new MM Tag maker too. I love this set and need to use it more. I am seeing so many samples in the new catty that have my stampin' brain thinking again. Have a good day.

Happy Independence Day Everyone!

I just felt like celebrating and I wanted to see if I could actually make a card using Red White and Blue! I even managed to use a little glorious green. I hope everyone has a happy 4th of July and stays safe and has fun! Remember those soldiers out there fighting to keep our country safe. Cheers!

Penny Black Modesty

Todays SCS color challenge is Pink, Olive and Chocolate! Now pink and brown are 2 of my favorite colors but olive is not my favorite green. Never have used it much. The main stamp image is from Penny Black and is called Modesty. I have had some trouble using this stamp even though I love it. It seems to want to be a background stamp for me most of the time. I guess its the size. I used markers to color. I also highlighted the image using Sakura Clear glitter pen. Hope you like it.

The new SU Catty!

I got it I got it I got it! I already placed a 355.00 order too. I had to hold myself back from getting everything I want. There is plenty more in that catty that is calling my name! I figure I can get the rest eventually. I really need to place a 150.00 order in September because I want that Level one hostess set that matches the tab punches. LOL. I can easily find 150.00 more that I want!

I am celebrating the sell of our home in South Austin.....we were able to get 6000.00 over our asking price after we had multiple offers come in. We are very happy!

Home again

Whew! We have been gone alot this summer. We spent the night in Dallas on Saturday to attend a wedding of a friend. We took the kids and left them in the hotel room while we went downstairs to the reception. They ordered room service and rented movies while we partied like rockstars in the ballroom. We all had fun. Today we have been doing battle in the realestate business and I am exhausted. Our old home that we have used as rental property for 4 years, went on the market for sale on Saturday and we had multiple offers. We declined the offers and told the buyers we would except the highest offer we could get on Monday by 6pm. Talk about gambling!!!!We could lose both offers or we could get more than our asking price. Its a gamble we are willing to take! It is scary though. Four years ago we couldn't give the house away and now its a hot bed of activity. Keep us in your prayers......we need to sell this house in order to help pay for college for our kids. We weren't able to start saving for them when they were little, just not enough money then.But now our daughter is a quick 2 years from entering college and yikes! Its too late now! Anyway, I am going through the new SU catty online and trying to come up with an affordable size order. I am not sure I can do it. I want everything!