Little Witch

I can't remember what the name of this SU! set is. I did something I've never done before, or after, I took one stamp out, this one, and sold the rest of the set. It was years ago, and I guess I just really liked this little witch and didn't like the rest of the set! Anyway, I still like this little stamp, I think it's a cute Halloween stamp. This card uses a SU! Ultrasmooth White note card/envelope. It's such a fun little size to work with, about 3x5. The metal BOO is from Hot Off The Press. They call them Brad Buddies. I'm not madly in love with them overall, but this one is cute. The cat sticker is from Crafty Secrets. I love ALL their stuff!!

Clear Artistic Stamps~Blackberry Fields

Here is another card using Clear Artistic Stamp's Blackberry Fields. I'm a little obsessed with the vine/border stamp. It's SO flowy, and pretty, and it takes up space beautifully! I love it in the background, it's gorgeous! I love it on envelopes, don't postal workers deserve a little spot of beauty? And I love it inside cards, too. See how nice it looks down there in the corner? Almost makes you afraid to write there! Am I right, or am I right?

Don't forget to stop by and check out the new CAS releases, one of the sets has a wonderful pumpkin! They will be released on the 14th, so don't miss it!

A Romantic Dog

I never used to like cutesy, but I love this Penny Black stamp, I just couldn't resist it! I swear, I'm turning into such an old softie! I used to be such a cynical old curmudgeon, I would have snickered disdainfully under my breath at the type of gal who stamped cute little doggies. Well, now I am that type of gal, so snicker away!

We started in-service yesterday, the students arrive Thursday. I'm not used to:

1. Getting up to an alarm. I don't think I went to bed before midnight the ENTIRE summer. That six am alarm HURTS!
2. Shoes. Do I really need to explain this?
3. Make-up. The most I did this summer, even for church, was a brush of foundation, a sweep of blush, a stroke of highlighter under the brow, and mascara. Well, I don't know if my eye liner and eye shadow went bad over the summer or what, but my eyes are NOT happy about the make-up!
4. Outfits.

I hope you all had a great summer! Let's all pray for our schools/students/faculty & staff this year. Try it, and see if you and your kiddos don't have a great year!

Swirl Garden

This sweet butterfly stamp is from Creative Play Stamps' Swirl Garden. It has beautiful curly antennae, but I'm not a good enough cutter to leave them on when I'm cutting! I stamped it in VersaMark, embossed in detail black, colored it with watercolor pencils, and covered it with Crystal Effects. Before the CE dried, I added a sprinkle of ArtGlitter Angel Dust. The little piece of paper is from Making Memories (note)worthy collection, which I am madly in love with! I love the paper, the flowers, and this little journaling notebook.

P.S. The VM pad is on sale right now, so if you need a new one, now's a good time!

Celebrate Today with Cake!

More of this coolio balloon paper. I promise I won't post anymore cards with it, but only because I don't have any more!

Butterflies

These sweet stamps are from Clear Artistic Stamps' Country Life set. Aren't they pretty? I stamped a couple extra butterflies, embossed them, colored them, and finished with Crystal Effects. I sprinkled a little Dazzling Diamonds on the CE while it was still wet. I try never to miss an opportunity to add a little extra sparkle! This is a big card, it's 5x7. There's a lot going on here, and I don't think I could have fit it all on an A2. BTW, you can mail this size with one stamp, whereas the square ones cost .17 extra. I don't know why that is, I don't try to make sense of it. I'm just glad this one goes for one stamp. Well, it would if I took about half the stuff off;)

A fisher of men...

This is a remodel. At one time, this card was fairly close to being CAS (Clean And Simple). Of course I'll have none of that! Some of us are happy to admit that we are given to excess;) I added the grass at the bottom, I love that stamp, BTW! It's so user friendly. You can layer it on top of itself and it still looks beautiful. I stamped on top of the lure in VersaMark, and embossed with Holographic. Finally, I did some doodling with the Stardust pen. You can see this Keeper plate, plus a sneak peek of the four newest plates at Artistic Outpost. I have really enjoyed working with Vintage Halloween, and I can't wait to show you the projects! The Sneak Peek of projects is soon, and two the plates will be ready for purchase on the 11th!!