Wedding anniversary tin

My In-laws are celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary on Saturday. We are having a big party for them. I decided to decorate a tin to set out for people to put cards for them in. I will set it on the table with the guest book that we have for the guests to sign.They can store them inside for later as well. Very simple design. SU retired LeJardin papers.

Birthday Texas style

I needed a quick birthday card for my nephew and pulled out this stamp from Texana designs. I just love to color those cactus. LOL. The Birthday stamp is from Stampendous. The paper is from SU, a retired paper pack that I have lost the name for. Colored with copic markers.

Wild Thing

Look, I stamped again! It's a miracle! No not really. It just means all the summer re-runs have started on TV and all I have is time on my hands. Plus I have a ton of people in the family needing gifts this month. I really adore this image from MFT. It's just so cute! Imagine my delight when I discovered that I had the Archaic paper pad from Basic Grey! It has dinosaurs! Hooray!

Stamps: MFT Little Loveasauras
Ink: Su artichoke, mommento cocoa, Colored with Copic markers
Paper: PTI white, SU artichoke, Basic grey Archaic
Accessories: Copper brads, Making Memories, SU oval punch, May Arts ribbon

PI Fairy Girl

Basic Grey Kioshi papers combined with SU Plums. May Arts ribbon, Basic grey brads, Smooch applied to wings on wand.

RAWR

 Another new card. We have a ton of birthdays in June in my hubby's family. Trying to get them all done before the actual date. I already missed one. Used the new Die-namics grass die and cloud die set. Basic grey origins paper again. MFT Felt. Colored with copic markers. The sketch is from MFT June sketch challenge on SCS.

A little graduation stamping

I decided to make a money holder for an upcoming graduation, all graduates want money. Having just been through graduation with my own child last year I know that is what everyone really wants. College kids eat alot of ramen noodles and peanut butter so they can go out on their money. LOL.Here is is.

I used the new MFT Pure Innocence Book In Hand set and Basic Grey pattern Paper from the 6x6 pack Origins collection. Colored with Copic markers. Also used the new Grograin die-namic from MFT. Hope you like it.

*someday I will get my light box set up for taking pictures again.

PS: I totally forgot to mention the graduation cap she is wearing, it' not part of the PI MFT set, it is actually from an MSE set I have had a few years. I just stamped it, colored it and cut it out. added it using a deminsional glue dot

Texana designs

Oh lookie, I remembered how to stamp LOL.I know I am out of practice but I really do love to stamp so I am trying to get back to it as much as I can. Yesterday I went to a Make n Take at Lonestar Retreat Center for Texana Designs. I met the owner JimmyeSue I realized I already owned several of their stamps and decided I needed more. She also reminded me that I own some Twinkling H2O's to water color with. I always forget that there are so many different ways to use all the stuff I have accumulated over the years. I sat down and worked out this little card.

Stamps: Texana designs stamps on cover, Deadbeat design sentiment on inside
Paper: SU creamy caramel, chocolate chip, vanilla, Pattern paper is retired SU
Ink: Versamark, Twinkling H2O's
Accessories: Judikins embossing powder in chocolate twinkle, watercolor brush, May arts ribbon

Mother's Day

I am trying like crazy to stamp again but I have a 12 week old puppy that I am baby-sitting until the 12th of may when my daughter gets out of school. She is finding things all over the floor in my stamp room and it's driving me crazy! Buttons! Scraps you name it she finds it.

Hi I am Sunny...I am naughty!

KOTM Time again

Seriously cute images this month. Really happy and just my style. I am so behind on stamping my KOTM's that it's like they are brand new to me everytime I open my binders evn though they are months old now.  I am trying to enjoy my favorite hobby more. Lately I have let my health get me down in the dumps and it's a shame. I need to snap out of it.

Paper: Cosmo Cricket Material girl, PTI Ocean Tides, SU So Saffron, PTI white
Ink: Mommento Cocoa, Colored with Copics
Stamps: Unity KOTM February
Accessories: A Muse twinkle stickers, deminsionals

Where have I been?

I have been on a little trip. I went to see my dear friend Jody Morrow in New Mexico for a few days. It's been a very long time since we had a friend weekend and I feel like we deserved one! My son had off from school for the first three days in February so I packed him off to grandma's house and took off. We had a great time hanging out, sight seeing, gambling, stamping , and talking up a storm. We went to White Sands, Riodoso, and El Paso. We shopped and ate and did I mention gambled? There is a casino in Riososo called Inn of the Mountain Gods. I loved it! I got to play a few slots and win a little, then lost a little more, but had a great time. here is a picture of me throwing a snow ball outside the casino.

Don't looked at my wind blown hair...I didn't know it looked like that when she took my picture LOL. On the way home we stopped at the Pistacio farm claiming to have the worlds largest pistacio. Another photo op.

Look how small I look *grin* I bought some super hot chili flavored pistacio nuts for my hubby that are too hot to eat LOL. The garlic flavor ones were a hit and are already gone. As is the pistacio toffee and pistacio crunch that I bought. Yummy!

  The next day we went to White Sands National Park with Jody's kids. We watched them slide down the dunes on their disks. It is crazy how beautiful the sand is in the middle of the desert.

Can you see the snow capped mountains in the background? I think it's beautiful there. I wish I had my whole family there with me. Maybe next time.

Before I left I made Jody a little gift set. It had socks, a cold gel eyemask, chapstick, chocolate, nail polish and bath salts.

 Tomorrow I will show off some of the cards i made in New Mexico.

  I always enjoy stamping with Jody.

Karen