This is just wrong...

Dear friends,

Classroom portion of my motorcycle endorsement class is done and over.  Tomorrow will be the practice on the motorcycles, but I don't have to be there until noon so yay to sleeping in (maybe).

So, today's post is really about something that keeps occurring down in my carft area which is in the basement.  I went down the other day and found out that "things" had been visiting the area where I take pictures of my cards.

Here is my card pre-visit.  Just something simple yet cute.

Here is my card post visit.  Can you see the slimy trail???

Here is the piece of cardstock I was using as my background.

Ok, I don't know about you, but these all look like slug trails to me.  Well, no sign of any slugs around and I didn't see trails on the floor... how the heck did it/they get on my counter.  I hate slugs, but if you think it was something else, please share.

I hope you have a fabby Saturday!

Until next time.

-Katie

Countdown to Christmas #15

Good morning and happy Sunday. I get to go meet with my club today and have some fun crafty time, but in the meantime, I've got Christmas Card #15. This is a different look and I used some bright cheery colors and what could be called non-traditional, but in all honestly during the holidays we see a lot of pink and green.

And guess what? I didn't even use a Christmas stamp except for the sentiment of course. The tree stamp is from a Hero Arts set called Tree, Bird, and Messages and the sentiment is from a holiday set from My Sentiments Exactly.

I did add some stickles to the little flowers on my tree and I'm just venting here, but I've had the worst problem with this one color clogging. I think I've wasted more than I've used, but for some reason its just this one color. Its a "whatever" moment or moments when in use.

Card base is Neenah and the rest of the cardstock is from Papertrey ink as is the ribbon. EK Success border punch and image colored with Copics. Nestability die to cut out image and I think that does it!

Hope you have a great Sunday and I'll catch you later!

Countdown to Christmas #15

Hey friends! Its time for my 15th Christmas card... I paired an older Hero Arts stamp with one of my Close to my Heart sets and dug around for the perfect sized sentiment which happened to be from an old Martha Stewart set that I found on Clearance a couple of Christmases ago. Talk about mix and match!

I also embossed everything in gold, added some rhinestones and then used another fave Martha Stewart border punch.

Mix of inks and cardstock as well.

Thanks for coming to visit and have a very happy Sunday.

Countdown to Christmas #9

Hey all, its Monday and wowza - March 1st already. Are you as in as much shock as I am. Just a reminder that all new stamps and some new product as in... NEW Colors of Ultra Fine Flower Softare available at Clear Dollar Stamps today. Head on over and check out the goods!

But, the real deal with today's post is that I've got another Christmas card for you... Number Nine. I used some paper from Little Yellow Bicycle - you can find it HERE and paired it with a great Hero Arts set called Jolly Christmas.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great Monday!

Recipe:

Cardstock/Paper: Neenah white, Christmas Magic 8x8 (Little Yellow Bicycle)

Stamps: Jolly Christmas (Hero Arts)

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black

Other: Copic Markers, labels 9 Nestabilities (Spellbinders), Dotted wave border punch (EK Success), Ribbon, bling it rhinestones (Basic Grey), Stickles

Holiday Card

Hey all... just a quickie post with a little card to share. I was just playing around with a stamp set I've had for a very long time. I played with it last year, but didn't ever get anything made for some reason. Its a Hero Arts clear set and what attracted me to it was the triple trees and the fact that its a large image and easy to create with.

I decided to emboss the trees in white straight onto some PTI designer paper. I then took some lighter green ink (spring moss) and sponged all around the embossed trees. Added some snowflakes in some white pigment ink and added a bit of ribbon. Simple but pretty at the same time.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day.

Playing catch up and some Odds and Ends

Well, the craft fair was kind of quiet and I sold some stuff - definitely not enough to be able to retire any time soon (lol), but it was the 1st year for this one and it was a great experience for me. I definitely have plans for next year and some ideas of different things I would like to make.

I was really surprised that I didn't sell any of the Baby Jesus Nuggets in the Mangers!!! I thought they were the cutest ever.

So... here are some things that pushed way back and I would like to share today (almost gone mind you). I had great intentions of mentioning and showing my card for hubby's birthday, but alas no fruition to that one. His birthday was 2 days before the twins and we kept it very quiet. Next year will be the big 40 so maybe I'll plan something then.

The card I made focused on coffee. We both LOVE coffee. The stamp set I used is from Hero Arts and the background paper is from Basic Grey Wassail. I used Papertrey ink's Kraft for the card base and accented it with some Chocolate Cardstock too.

My next order of business is an award that I was given by Michelle over at Mushi's Creative Inspiration. I met Michelle via my friend Emily (Saye What?) and I was lucky enough to win some awesome blog candy from Michelle. She always has the cutest Hello Kitty stuff as well as other fun things so make sure to go over and check out her blog.

Isn't this a cute award? I love seeing new ones too. Here are the "official" rules:


1. The winner may put the logo on their blog.
2. Put a link to the person who sent you the award.
3. Nominate 5 blogs.
4. Put links to their blogs
5. Leave a message for your nominees.I am listing 5 just because that is what the rules say, but you know how it is... everyone is deserving!!! For my 5 I chose from my list of fellow Clear Dollar Stamps Design Team Members. I picked 5 but they are all awesome!

Here are my 5:

Lori McCroskey (Clearly i stamp)
Lori is the owner of Clear Dollar Stamps and she just recently started a blog and wowza - everything she has posted is a WOW!

Linsey Rickett (Outside the Lines)
Linsey is so creative and just as sweet. And you gotta love her blog name!

Kim Teasdale (Paper in the Works)
Kim has an eye for detail that is par none.

Tori Wild (Wild Stamping Sprinkles)
Tori is another fantastically talented stamper with three adorable kids to boot!

Joan Ervin (Stamping with a Passion!)
Joan is always so gracious with her praise and it has to be said that she should know, since all her creations are gorgeous!

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day. Hopefully, I'll get back to my regular schedule. I feel like I've forgotten something, so if you know what it is just let me know :)

Cute Little Witchy

Hey all, its Sunday already and the weekend is never long enough. I'm not sure what the day will bring since my oldest was in bed of his own accord at 7pm last night complaining of tiredness and a soar throat. He NEVER does that! I had planned for us to go down and visit my Mom who is recovering from surgery, but I don't want to take a sick child to be around her right now. So we shall see.

Anyway, here is a card a did the other day with a Hero Arts stamp that I found at Michaels the other day. Wow, they (at least mine) have totally revamped their stamp section. I was blown away. They had a whole bunch of the newer Hero Arts stamps (wood block) like all the birds, trees, etc as well as a large display of the Clear Inkadinkado stamps. I had to get a couple of those, although I just found out a few days ago that Costco is carrying several bundles of the Inkadinkado stamps for way cheap. Fear not, I at least got mine with a coupon.

Well, back to this cute little Witchy stamp. I saw her and just thought she was the cutest. I stamped her and then colored her in with my Copics, but there are lots of little spaces so I filled those in with my Copic Spica Atyou Glitter Pens. (I LOVE those and my MIL ordered the set from Ellen Hutson). I did stamp the little pumpkin separately, cut, and then pasted it on. The background polka dots were achieve with another all time favorite set of mine from Papertrey ink - Polka Dot Basics. Then added some more bling with the Kaisercraft Rhinestones. I used my Fiskars Threading Water punch for the scallops and finished the card off with my Uniball White Gel Pen. Oh, and of course my Scallop Nesties Punch. I added a close up so you can see the glitter from the pens. They really are a must have.

That's it for me today. If you haven't left me a comment yet for my Stickles blog candy above, make sure you do. They are a great addition and you just can't too many colors.



{Recipe}
Cardstock: Black, White, Orange (CTMH)
Ink; Memento Tuxedo Black, Topiary (CTMH), Orange Versacolor
Stamps: Hero Arts, Polka Dot Basics (Papertrey ink)
Other: Nesties, Copics, Spica Glitter Pens, Uniball White Gel Pen, Fiskars Threading Water punch, Kaisercraft Rhinestones

Happy Owl - oween

I'm so happy that I was able to squeeze this in for Beate's Weekend Sketch. I have been meaning to do one ever since she got back and yeah - finally! And lucky for me it also counts as my challenge card for Stamp Something. Their challenge is just that - stamp something :) Can't go wrong there can ya???

I picked up this really cute owl set from Carrie over at My Little Stamp Shack. She is the best and she has a great selection of fun stamps to choose from. If you need something - go ask her - really!!! I was looking for some stamps from Impression Obsession which she carries, but just not the ones that I was looking at. A quick e-mail to her and voila, they were mine. I got some really cool Halloween stamps so hopefully I can get them inked up before Halloween.

I also just (as in yesterday) got some fun new Halloween paper from My Minds Eye at my local scrapbooking store. My friends and I got to go hang out at their open house and do some fun projects while were there. I had my very first experience with Vinyl which was pretty cool. If you are ever in Bellingham you should stop by Treasury of Memories.

I also added some fun black stickles to my owl's cape and hat after I cut them out and pop dotted them. It added just the right amount of bling. I got my Black Diamond Stickles at Limelight Papercrafts. I'm still working on my collection of Stickles and Kaisercraft bling!

Thanks for visiting again!!!



Recipe:
Cardstock: Kraft (PTI), Autumn Terracotta (CTMH)
DP: My Minds Eye
Ink: Memento
Stamps: Hero Arts
Other: Ribbon, Stickles, Nestie Dies, Copics, Hero Arts Bling