Hey all!!! Well, I am feeling somewhat better today although now I feel like I am getting a stomach virus - which my son stayed home with yesterday, uggghhhh!!!! I tell ya, if it's not one thing, it's another!!! But, lots to do, so I am pressing on!! First, I want to share some exciting news about one of my friends!
Denise is a wonderfully talented stamper who has decided to start her own stamp company called Whimsy Stamps!! I am super excited for her, and just know she will do well - head on over to
her blog, and check out her really cute sneak peeks of her upcoming releases, they are totally adorable! Well, it seems like a lot of my friends are jumping off and starting their own stamp companies - I did receive some emails asking me if I am starting MY own, and the answer is a resounding NO! I am not, I am sticking with Stampin' Up! However, these gals are my friends, and I wish them well in their new business endeavor. And, on that note, remember when I told you about
Cambria's new stamp company called
Our Craft Lounge? Well, I have some cards to share using her adorable new stamp sets! I was lucky enough to receive some of her stamps, and they are really cute!!
Here is the first one using a set called Lil' Peanut -isn't that elephant cute?! I made this card for my little niece's birthday, she will love it! I used this week's SFYTT from
Jen del Muro, which is fabulous! I haven't played with her sketches in awhile, so I was happy to find time this week! I paper pieced the balloons ad the little presents, then water colored Lil' Peanut with my
blender pen and
stamp pads. And, I could not resist adding a touch of glitter to her ears and her toenails? can you see it?! Everything except the image is
SU! 
This next card is made with a set called Tree-Mendous Love
and I adore this darling little giraffe that is part of this set! I made this card for my daughter who is away at Science Camp for the whole week (all the 6th graders go!) so she knows I missed here while she was gone - and I do, terribly! That row of hearts and hugs is one of the stamps, isn't it cute? And, the large heart is a stamp that I cut out and popped up over the tail, then added some glitter!! Kayla loves glitter!!! Everything but the stamps on this card is also
Stampin' Up! 
Lastly, I have a really cute card to share that features Pat the Dog - this is my favorite, I just love this little dog! Look how adorable he is!!! I made this card for the love of my life - I am going to slip it into his truck and place it on his front seat in the morning so he gets it on his way to work! See the tag? It says "Ruff U" using a dog collar, how cute is that?! I had fun with this one, and kept the colors masculine because I knew it was going to my DH. I used some dog paper from Cloud 9 Design, but everything else is
Stampin' Up (except for one brad!) I did fold down the corner of the dsp, added a
photo corner, and then stamped and cut out two little bones as embellishments. And, of course the cute little paw print brad was perfect for this card! The other brads are
Ruby Red brads and the ribbon is all
Chocolate Chip. I even sewed on this one - it just looked like it would fit!! So, there you have it - three new sets from Our Craft Lounge....very cute, doncha think? Now, don't go thinking I am leaving my roots-
I LOVE Stampin' Up! and am very loyal to them BUT I am also all for helping out friends, and these two very talented women are trying to make a go of it!! So, if I can help, why not? In the meanwhile, stay tuned for tomorrow when I will be back to my
Stampin' Up! roots and Tamara's sketch challenge!! Till then, SMOOCHES!!!
Good morning all!! Sorry I am a little late posting today, I am really not feeling too well!! But, I wanted to share this page I did for my husband - he has been bugging me for a picture for his office so I decided to do a layout and frame it and give it to him! I had this photo taken on the cruise - I don't like having my picture taken at all, but I was happy with how this particular one turned out! I used my November kit from Coconut Scrapshop - let me tell you, there are some yummy papers and embellies in this one!!! I love it and I am having fun with it!! 
If you want one of your own, head on over, but hurry, there are very few left! The title letters are actually thickers that came in the kit, and I stamped on them! Here is a closeup of what they look like! I used the small flower stamp from the Baroque Motifs set, then added small pearls as the centers.
On the photo itself, I used Stampin' Up! rubons, I just love the way I can put them on anything my little heart desires! They go on so well, and I have never had a problem of them peeling, like I have with other companies I have used. Here is a closeup of what they look like! Pretty, huh?! I hope he likes it, I think he will!!! So, I am off to lie down again, and hopefully feel better so that we can go to the bonfire tonight. I tell ya, I am heartily sick of this infection running rampant through my body - one day I feel pretty good, and the next day, not so much!! I am ready for it to go away!!! See ya tomorrow! 
That's what this stamp set Home For Christmas says to me - old fashioned Christmas!!! This is my favorite time of year, I absolutely love the excitement, the shopping, the baking, the eating, the seeing old friends and family, and yep, I even love the decorating and the wrapping!!! I am like a little kid at Christmas time, I can't help it! My husband does not understand it, but he indulges me, lol! So, I am in love with this stamp set, and can't believe I waited soooo long to get it! Isn't it fabulous??!! I love to watercolor it and I think this one may be one I do for my Christmas cards. I need to decide soon although I have enough individual ones to mail out now - heehee!!! But, nope, gotta have a family card, and although it may not be this exact one, it WILL be with this image! So, onto the card!! I water colored this using my aquapainter and then used iridescent ice for the snow on the ground, on the tree,and around the door -
