Three Little Kittens

 Now when you look at this ADORABLE image, surely you can understand why I love Crafty Secrets so much!! I used my vintage Underwood to type the Happy Mother's Day sentiment.

 I made this one for a WPlus9 Monday Mood Board, which I didn't get photographed or posted in time. That is so typical for me. I really play in quite a few challenges, but once the card is finished, my follow through is terrible. But I do love my WPlus9 stamps and dies. A. LOT.

 Another Crafty Secrets card.

 This one is from Gina K. Designs Signs of Autumn Stamp TV kit. Not the sequins, though. Sequins weren't in vogue when this kit came out!

I think that's a MAMBI rub-on, and a bit of Blue Awning paper. The button is vintage. I am working on a STV challenge card now, and I am going to try to get it posted before the challenge is over!

Bright & Beautiful Birthday

 This card is from the Gina K Designs Stamp TV kit Enjoy the Sunshine. I did not design this card, it's a STV card. I used different dies than Gina did, otherwise, the card is an identical CASE. I don't generally work in pure hues like this, but I have to admit, this is a cheerful card.

 I designed this Father's Day card around the vintage dictionary picture. I thought it would make a perfect FD card, since it has tools on it. The button is vintage, too. AND, I typed the sentiment on my vintage Underwood!!

 Paper pieced pumpkins. I think this is my favorite paper pieced image ever. These pumpkins are from GKD Signs of Autumn.

 No stamping here. Just some Crafty Secrets and my vintage typewriter sentiment.

This one is also from GKD Signs of Autumn. I have been using that stamp set like crazy this month. I made kind of a weird card with this stamp yesterday. I'll post it eventually, so you can tell me what you think. I made this sunflower card for the Seize the Birthday challenge. I thought this was their sketch, too, but I can't find it on their site. I know this was a sketch card because I remember that it was a little hard to put together, and I don't love the little banners sticking out on the sides of the focal image. I'll try to figure out where it came from and link it up.

Crazy Bunch of Cards

 Generally the cards in my posts all come from the same line of stamps or paper, because I use what I have out until I'm tired of it. Because of that, they have a coherent look. Here, "all of these cards are not like the other." That's a Sesame Street reference. Anyone in their 40's will now hear the jingle playing in their heads. *Sorry*

This top card mixes Gina K. Designs Holiday Cheer with some gorgeous old Basic Grey. I can't remember which line, but it's pretty.

 I know I said I was completely out of Sassafrass Lass, and I am. (To my knowledge. Who really knows what lurks in my stamp studio.) I made this card before I posted I had used it all up. Yes, it takes me about a month to get a card up here. Sometimes they have already sold in my Etsy shop before I post them here.

 This card is all GKD, except for the envelope. It's from Kinkos. I have several packages of these that I whip out for Christmas.

 This one is GKD and BG Ambrosia. I am close to using up my 6 x 6 Ambrosia pad. I love it for autumn colored cards. Funny thing about this sentiment: I was on the phone with my sis while I stamped it and fiddled with it and got the banner ends just right. Right before I was about to adhere it, I actually read it. It's all about coffee, and my card had pumpkins or something entirely different on it. The recipient would have thought, "Okay..."

This is another Unity card, with the "You are my sunshine" stamp, which I use all the time. Our oldest used to sing this when he was very, very young, like 13 or 14 months old. None of our boys rolled over or walked early, but man, could they talk shockingly early.

Well, I have to run pick up W. He was on a sleep over last night and had a bad night. He texted me at 4:30, and it didn't wake me up, so I feel pretty awful. I hope he's not too traumatized. He's such a homebody. Comes from being raised by old people.

Joy & Happiness

 This card features a K&Co chipboard butterfly and epoxy sticker. I also used a page from a Making Memories notepad. I love that little pad; it's so cute! The satin blanket binding is vintage. It adds a beautiful luster to the card, which is hard to see in the photograph.

 This is a Gina K. Designs card from the Holiday Cheer Stamp TV kit. I was trying to add glitter just to the top edges of the trees when my Designer Dries Clear glue gushed all over my card. So, I just took my finger, swiped it all over the card, and dumped on the glitter. It's pretty dang glittery now!

 Similar to the top card. There's also a Prima brad. Those things are exquisite little additions to a card-love 'em.

 This is a GKD card, also from the Holiday Cheer stamp set. I changed the shape of the dies from what Gina used. I also stamped on A Muse Studio 'Twas the Night Before Christmas cardstock, which is fabulous stuff!!

Same stuff as the other two. The butterfly die cuts are from my favorite a|s die, Butterfly Trio. I use that thing constantly, as I am sure you have noticed! I hope you aren't sick of it.

How beautiful a day...

 This is a Gina K. Designs card. I used the butterfly from Eclectic Summer, and added some cardstock from my supplies. I just got the new Days of Summer Stamp TV kit, but I haven't used it yet. I also ordered Organize It! and Picture It! which are old STV sets. I think I'll get a lot of use out of them.

 This is just a crazy, scrappy, collage card. Most of the supplies are from K & Co., Making Memories and SU! The epoxy tag reads, "Sweet Dreams." The pink crochet thread is vintage, and it is slippery as the dickens. It's nearly impossible to work with, but the sheen is exquisite!

 This is a CASE of a GinaK card from the Holiday Cheer Stamp TV set. I changed her card up a little by embossing a pear shape instead of an oval.

 Another scrappy one. That's an A Muse Studio die cut from the Butterfly Trio die set.

This is another GKD CASE. I added wide gold ribbon, whereas GinaK used three strands of gold cord. This stamp is also from the Holiday Cheer STV kit. It's currently my favorite Christmas set, and one of my oldest.

Gina K is in tha house!!

 I recently stumbled upon a delightful pile of plastic containers in my stamp room. They each held a Gina K. Designs Stamp TV kit. I LOVE these things, but I forget about them. If they arrive when I don't have time, I look them over, then put them away, sometimes for years. All of these cards are from the Eclectic Summer Stamp TV kit. You can get the stamp sets still, but not the rest of the kit. (At least not all together. You can get the cardstock and some of the ribbon.)

 I stamped these little guys on patterned paper and colored them with copics. I enjoyed playing with my old kits so much that I ordered the new one, Days of Summer, and I think it will arrive tomorrow. If you want to see what comes in this new kit, go here. You can watch the video and see the exact contents before you buy it.

 I added a couple of A Muse Studio die cuts to this one. They go perfectly with this stamp. While I was ordering from GKD, I also ordered two sets from an old STV kit, Organize It! & Picture It!.  I like the projects Gina made with them and want to make them myself.

 I did not take a full front shot of this card. Isn't that the weirdest thing? I really like it that GKD stamps now come in pre-cut red rubber and clear. I hate trimming my own stamps, and I could not be happier that it is no longer necessary.

Although I love the stamps in this kit, I did not like the Basic Grey Lime Ricky paper collection it came with. Not one little bit. It's just too bright and grungy at the same time. Or something. This card practically gives me a seizure when I look at it. *grin* Maybe it's just operator's error, and these should not be mixed like this.

Project Life Week 8:Now

 This was the week of my birthday, so I used some old SU! birthday themed stamps to note that. Also, lots of machine stitching, and some K&Co chipboard buttons.

 These rocks still sit on my front porch. They are covered in black ants now because the wind keeps spilling the hummingbird feeder. I need to go take a picture of that.

 I sold this typewriter in my Etsy shop for $150, plus $50 shipping to a gal in Australia. She loves it, and I'm so glad. It was my favorite typewriter, so I'm glad it went to a good home.

On the bottom right, I typed my journaling portrait instead of landscape. That's one reason why I think I am going to choose a page layout and stick with it when I buy my next refills. Sometimes I forget the size and orientation of the pocket I'm working on.

Tomorrow we go get our middle son from his college town, bring him home for one night, and then take him to the airport on Monday for his trip to Austria. He is a travelin' fool, that one. I just wish I got to see him more often. Our oldest, a recent graduate from Tulane, is moving from NOLA to San Francisco next month. He's planning to live in all of America's most beautiful and historic cities. I immediately asked Google to compare the distances between here and those two cites. Unfortch, he's moving two hundred miles further away than NOLA. These boys...