Still Need Ideas??

Just 3 more days until Christmas but if you still need ideas for me you will find them here!

Also, my birthday comes just 26 days after Christmas. This might be just what you need to wrap up for me!

Echo Park's - Be Mine Collection. I LOVE IT! I wouldn't even mind having two of them! SERIOUSLY!

AND...
Echo Park's - Little Girl Collection. This one is not yet available. But maybe soon!!!

Hope you all are having a great day! I have had a day full of baking goodies, preparing appetizers, and getting cheesey potatoes ready to go in the oven! YUM!

Merry Christmas

Since I don't have all of your adresses, I thought I would create a Christmas card using My Digital Studio for you!

We hope that you all have a very Merry Christmas and a happy 2011!

The thing I love about My Digital Studio is that I can create a card like this or a blog header in a matter of minutes! I just used the program to make a present for my mom this year and I can't wait to share that with you all too! After she gets it of course!

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I love this card that my mom made using the "A Cute Christmas" stamp set. Can you tell that that was one of my favorites this year?!!

My mom made this one at the last CROP I had for one of my challenges. I can't remember which one now but I wanted to share it with you before Christmas passes us by! Isn't is coming so fast? Only 4 more days to wrap, create, and bake!

All About Me

I was tagged by my friend Jinny to answer these questions about myself. Sounds like fun!

1. Four shows that you watch:
Glee

Survivor

The Biggest Loser

Bones (we are currently in season 3)

2. Four things you are passionate about:
My husband

My daugther

Scrapbooking

Sonic Diet Dr. Pepper with Cherry

3. Four words/phrases you say a lot:
"Do you want milk or water?"
"No you have already watched Elmo and Abby once today, you can watch it again tomorrow."
"I love you."
"No, Daddy is at work. He will be home for dinner."

4. Four things you've learned from the past:
Babies will eventually sleep through the night!
I love my husband more and more each year.
You can't please everyone.
Stand up for your faith. Don't let others bring you down to their level.

5. Four places you would like to go:
Alaskan Cruise
A beach in Florida
Paris, France
Back to Washington

6. Four things you did yesterday:
Avoided the Laundry
Took a nap
Made peanut clusters
Had 2 Sonic sodas

7. Four things you are looking forward to:
Eventually having a bigger family...no that's not an announcement!
The start of 2011
Seeing Brooke experience Christmas
Brooke turning 2!

8. Four things you love about winter:
That feeling when your nose hairs freeze when you breathe in cold air.
Fires in the fireplace at my parent's house
Sweats!
All of the lights outside on houses

9. Tag 4 people to play along:
Natasha
Jen
Emily
Nichole

Hope you enjoyed this. Have a great day!

Animal Sounds

If you also read my family blog, then you have already seen all of these pictures. But, you haven't seen them on a scrapbook layout!!

At 18 months Brooke had a ton of animal sounds that she liked to make. And for a few months she got really into making the sounds with her facial expressions. So I had to capture them and record them in some way. They are just too cute! Don't you think??

Journaling reads, "Animal Sounds. September 2, 2010. Brooke @ 18 Months".

I loved using this paper (I think by 7 Gypsies) and adding a few Stampin Up glimmer brads to it! LOVE IT!

Journaling reads, "Today we captured your facial expressions that go along with your animal sounds. I think dinosaur is my favorite! :)".

Here are the facial expression up close.

And here is a look at Stampin Up's great glimmer brads! They come in Basics, Brights, Subtles, and In Color collections (just 5 colors from each family). 40 Glimmer Brads for $4.95 USD!! Above you see two colors from the Brights collection: Tempting Turquoise and Old Olive.

Hope you enjoy this page and the pictures of my little girl!

Get Well and Sympathy Cards

About a month ago a customer of mine asked me to create 30 Get Well and Sympathy cards for her to send out when she needed them. So here are my 5 designs. I made 6 of each card for her.

This card was created using the stamp set "Herb Expressions". I used the Lavender image stamp ink in Old Olive and Rich Razzleberry. I stamped the image multiple times after one inking so that I could get a lighter image on some of them. I love how it turned out...

The color combo for this card was: Old Olive, Rich Razzleberry, Whisper White, and Early Espresso.

The "Thinking of You" sentiment came from the stamp set "Silhouette Sentiments". Level 1 hostess set in the current Stampin Up catalog!

This card uses the stamp set "Thoughts & Prayers" and is actually a CASE of the card on page 150 of the current catalog. I loved that card and I thought it would make a great Sympathy card.

Color Combo for this card was: Old Olive, Pumpkin Pie, Crumb Cake, Chocolate Chip, and Whisper White.

This card is probably my least favorite of the five I made. But they can't all be spectacular. And I had to make sure that some of the cards were able to be sent to men.

I can't remember the name of the set that I used to creat this card. It was my mom's and I think it might be retired now.

Color Combo is: Crumb Cake, Real Red, Not Quite Navy, Whisper White, and Chocolate Chip.

This card also used the stamp set "Thoughts & Prayers". I love how it can be manly and also girly!

Color Combo: Not Quite Navy, Crumb Cake, Old Olive, Pumpkin Pie, Whisper White.

Can you tell I have certain Stampin Up colors that I run to??!!

This last card used the stamp set "Vintage Vogue". The Bible verse was printed on cardstock and then cut apart and matted in Old Olive. (All of the cards actually had a printed Bible verse on the inside too.)

Color Combo: Melon Mambo, Old Olive, Concord Crush, Whisper White, and Basic Grey (button).

I love the added details of 3 different sized jewels to make up the center of the flower!

I hope you enjoyed these cards! And if you would like custom cards made by me, just let me know. demokimsu(at)yahoo(dot)com.

Card my MIL Made

This card was made by my Mother-in-Law. She was completing the same challenge as my mom was in this post: Color Combination of Old Olive, Pumpkin Pie, Whisper White, and Early Espresso.

I just love her use of the Pick a Petal stamp set which just sits on my shelf ALONE these days. I don't really have motivation to use it but this card is so stinkin cute!!! It gives me new inspiration!

My MIL is a source of constant crafty inspiration for me! She is always creating something whether it's a card or something she sewed. This weekend she showed me a skirt for her Thirty-One skirt purse that she made! And it's ADORABLE!!!

You Could Win!!

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Card My Mom Made

I have to brag on my Mom and Mother-in-Law a little bit. When I first started selling Stampin Up in August of 2005, neither of them was really into the whole cardmaking thing. They both came to my first workshop/open house and they ordered stuff to make their own Christmas cards. Little did they know that they were going to be starting a life-long hobby!

They now both have craft rooms that could compete with the best of them and they are full of stamps, inks, embellishments, tools, and more. They are both VERY creative (even if they don't think so). I am often inspired by the cards I get in the mail or see them make at a crop. I love to see what they are coming up with.

So today I am highlighting a cute card my mom made.

This card was made at my last crop for the challenge - Create a card using the color combination: Old Olive, Pumpkin Pie, Whisper White, and Early Espresso.

Don't you just love how she used the little "A to Z" stamp and then punched it out with the 2-3/8" Scallop Circle Punch??!! I do!

More cute cards from my Mom and Mother-in-Law in the days ahead!

Noel, Noel....Noel, Noel...

Here is another Christmas card that I created a few weeks ago for a stamp-a-stack event. I just love the "Big on Christmas" stamp set. I have had it for a few years now and I love finding a new way to use it!

This card has the color combo: Sahara Sand, Gardne Green, Real Red, Baja Breeze and Blushing Bride. It goes along with the little strip of DSP from the Cute Christmas line. I just love those glittery red stripes!

Here is a close up of the way I colored the image in. It's not solid coloring and I really like it that way!

One more post to come tonight. I have to catch up for taking a day off!