Stampin' Alley

Treat holders

2010-04-27T22:09:00.004-04:00

Hope everyone is having a wonderful week! This time of year always seems so busy with t-ball games, dance recitals, festivals and Birthdays! My youngest son will be turning 4 next week (so hard to believe!) We are giving him a party this weekend and I decided to make his party favor holders using Sweet Treats cartridge. I used my Cuttlebug to emboss the frosting. The tags were cut using Walk in My Garden (bread tag). So super simple!

Baby Cards

2010-04-22T21:31:00.005-04:00

I have a co-worker who is going to be needing several baby cards in the next few weeks for baby showers....so the next several post I will be sharing my creations with you! This cute lion was cut from the Create a Critter cartridge. The polka dot background stamp is by Hero Arts and the ink is Distress Ink by Ranger. I used my Sakura white gel pen for the faux stitching. The sentiment stamp is by Sweet N Sassy. Hope you enjoy and thanks so much for stopping by today!

LadyBug Card

2010-04-18T17:15:00.004-04:00

Happy Sunday! Hope everyone is enjoying their day today! It is such a beautiful day with lots of sunshine and very mild weather. We've been busy this weekend with going to a parade on Saturday, then the usual shopping trip with mom to Michael's and A.C. Moore, out to eat Sat. night and then to Sunday School and Church services today. I did get a few hours this afternoon to play in my craft room so I made this cute card using Create a Critter cartridge. This cartridge has some really cute images and I thought this super cute ladybug was perfect for a co-worker who loves them! I am also entering this card into the Cricutters Anonymous Spring Theme challenge. Check it out here. Don't forget about Secretary's Day on Wednesday! (this card is for my secretary at work). Have a great week and thanks sooo much for stopping by!

Win a Cricut Cake!

2010-04-12T17:43:00.004-04:00

What do Red Velvet and Cake decorations have in common???

What's elegant, rich, delicious and you can't wait to get your hands on it???

The newest tool from Provo Craft...The Cricut Cake of course!!!

The world's first food safe electronic cutting machine made for gum paste, fondant and frosting sheets and much, much more!!

It's one amazing machine that will help make your sweetest sugar dreams come true!

So how do you win one of these fabulous machines?

1. Comment in the post on the Cuttlebug Challenge telling them what you would do with the Cake if you were the lucky winner.

2. For more chances to win:

a. comment on all the posts at the Cuttlebug Challenge til April 30th

b. create a post on your blog or any forum where allowed regarding this contest

c. update your facebook wall, twitter about this giveaway

3. Become a follower on the Cuttlebug Challenge blog to be eligible.

The prizes are as follows:

GRAND PRIZE: Cricut Cake and Tie the Knot Cartridge donated by Provo Craft

SECOND PRIZE: Elegant cake cart signed by Jinger/Paisley cart donated by Provo Craft

THIRD PRIZE: Pink Journey/Straight from the Nest Cartridges donated by Paper Phenomenom

FOURTH PRIZE: Designer Calendar/Jubilee Carts donated by Betty Bee Designs

FIFTH PRIZE: Paper Pack donated by Celebrity Guest Designer for the month of June, Teresa Collins

Cricutters Anonymous All in the Family

2010-04-12T17:00:00.005-04:00

I know this is my 2nd post for today, but I wanted to enter the above card into the Cricutters Anonymous All in the Family Challenge. I made this card for my husband for our 9th wedding anniversary. I used the Home Decor Cartridge to cut the heart, love, and forever. I used the Cuttlebug embossing folder to emboss the background. Enjoy!

Spring Card

2010-04-12T16:36:00.004-04:00

Happy Monday! I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend. The weather was so beautiful on Sunday. We spent most of the afternoon outside playing and enjoying the mild weather. My boys were back in school today (much to their disappointment!) I thought I would share a card today that reminds me of spring. My tulips are just starting to come through the ground. I made this card using mini monograms and walk in my garden cartridges. The DP is by K&Company. Stickles were added to the word "thanks" for some added sparkle. Hope you enjoy! Thanks for stopping by today!

MPS challenge

2010-04-11T16:39:00.005-04:00

Sorry that it's been awhile since my last post. I've been extremely busy with making cakes for people and my son playing t-ball! Today I wanted to share with you a card I made for the MPS color challenge. The challenge is to make a project using the colors green, black and of course...PINK! I had a lot of fun with this card. My 3 year old son helped me make it! I used the Walk in my Garden Cartridge. DP is K&Company and CS is Bazzill. The sentiment stamp is from Hero Arts. Ribbon is Offray, flowers Prima and punch is Fiskars. Hope you enjoy and have a wonderful Sunday!

Martha Stewart Punches

2010-03-06T21:07:00.003-05:00

I just love Martha Stewart's Punches. I made this card today for a co-worker's daughter. Her birthday is this week and she wants me to make her cake too! I thought the lace border punch and the butterfly punch were perfect! This is the first time that I have tried this flower technique using ribbon. I simply did a running stitch through one side of my ribbon and then pulled the thread tight to make the flower ruffle. I got the idea for this card from the March/April issue of Papercraft Magazine...I just love this issue and the inspiration it has for papercrafting. Thanks for stopping by today!

My Birthday

2010-02-23T21:10:00.002-05:00

Well today is my birthday and even though it has been sort of an ordinary day at work I have had several visitors tonight and a lot of phone calls from family. Since I've been dieting lately, I asked my husband to wait until tomorrow night to go out to eat (tomorrow is the day I weight in). Enough about me, here is a card that I made for a friend who shares my birthday with me. I got the idea from the latest PaperCrafts magazine. The DP is by DCWV and the rub on is by Making Memories. Well, I hope everyone has had a wonderful day! Thanks for stopping by!

Anniversary Card

2010-02-16T21:41:00.003-05:00

Sorry that its been a while since I last posted. I have been busy making cupcakes for Valentine's parties, as well as a wedding cake the weekend of Valentine's and we had a beautiful snow storm on Friday night which covered us with about 6" of snow for the kids to play in on Saturday. I was so busy baking I didn't get a chance to play in the snow with the kids, but we did make some snow cream! YUM YUM! Here is a card that I made for a co-worker of mine who is celebrating his 25th wedding anniversary with his wife this week. I embossed the pannels of cardstock with clear embossing powder and then stamped my images using Martha Stewart pigment inks. The pearls are by Want 2 Scrap, CS by Bazzill...I also used Versamark ink and stamps are by Stampin up! and Autumn Leaves. Thanks for visiting my blog today...Hope you have a blessed Wednesday!

Happy Birthday Dad!

2010-02-02T21:18:00.004-05:00

Wow, I can't believe my dad is 67 years old today! Time is really flying by, but I am so blessed to be so close to my parents as well as my husband's parents. We all live within 5 miles of each other so we get to spend a lot of time with each other

and my kids really love spending time with their Pappy! Here is a cute card I made for him for his birthday. I always seem to struggle when it comes to making cards for men/boys. I figured since he was at the wise age of 67...an owl would be the perfect stamp. Thanks for stopping by...and BTW Happy Groundhog's Day...did he see his shadow?

Thanks Card

2010-01-31T22:26:00.002-05:00

I love simple cards and this card I made today is just that! I got the idea from here. I just luv, luv her style! Check it out! The DP is by Me & My Big Ideas and the die cut flower and thanks is by Cuttlebug. The butterfly punch is Martha Stewart. I embossed the background with a stamp by Autumn Leaves and clear embossing powder. Very simple, but beautiful. Thanks for stopping by again today!

Snow/ice day!

2010-01-31T20:11:00.006-05:00

Our church services were cancelled today because of all the ice and snow. The boys could not wait to get outside this morning and play (yesterday was very nasty with all the sleet and freezing rain). We went sledding with the lawnmower! They had a blast! School is out tomorrow, but unfortunately its back to work for me! Hope to get some more cards posted this week so please check back. Hope everyone has a wonderful week (I can't believe tomorrow is the 1st of February!)

100th day at school project for my 6-year old son

2010-01-25T21:42:00.004-05:00

My son's school is celebrating their 100th day at school next week, so they had a project where they had to make something out of a 100 of something (i.e. 100 macaroni, cotton balls, etc). He decided he wanted to take a 100 M&Ms (his favorite candy) and make a rainbow (I thought this was a great idea and couldn't wait to help him get started with his project. The first picture is of him (he's in kindergarten) and the second is our finished project. I thought it turned out just terrific!!

Happy Birthday Grandma/Craft Room

2010-01-24T20:47:00.006-05:00

I thought I would add some new pictures of my crafting room. It's always evolving (I guess because I'm always adding to my stash of supplies!!) I share this room with my 2 boys who use half the room as their play room. I guess its OUR "play room" ;) Hope everyone has had a wonderful weekend. Also here is a card I made for my grandmother. It's her 84th birthday today!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY GRANDMA!!

Stamp Something Challenge

2010-01-18T15:08:00.001-05:00

I'm doing another quick post to show you a "thinking of you" card that I made for my great-aunt who has been sick for several weeks. I am entering this card into the Stamp Something Challenge for this week. The challenge is to use the colors blue and white. I just love this color combo!

Creative Belli Challenge #82

2010-01-18T14:59:00.003-05:00

Well, I was busy this weekend making cards for several birthdays that I have coming up in January and February. Here is a card that I made and I thought I would enter it into the Creative Belli Challenge #82. The challenge is to use glitter or rhinestones. I have used some gems as well as some Stickles on the icecream cone. My DP also has some areas that are glittered. I thought it made the icecream look yummy, yummy delicious! Hope you enjoy! God Bless and have a wonderful Monday!

Blog Candy!

2010-01-17T23:18:00.002-05:00

This is a short post tonight (since I haven't posted anything in awhile. I will post some cards that I made this past weekend sometime this week. So for now please visit this blog here for a great give-away of 6 Pink Gem Stamps on January 18th after 6 pm. This is a great blog with beautiful cards and lots of inspiration. Enjoy!

Happy New Year!

2010-01-01T22:00:00.004-05:00

Sorry I haven't posted in quite a while! I have been soooo very busy with the kids being out of school and the holidays! I hope everyone has a blessed New year and that God will richly bless each and everyone of you in 2010. Here is a card that my son (age 6) and I made on New year's eve night. He picked out the images to cut out on the Cricut and picked the colors and I helped him put it all together. He wanted to make this card for a special aunt who has recently been sick. I am entering this into the challenge on My Pink Stamper. She has some wonderful videos on the Cricut as well as some great giveaways (deadline is on Monday 1/4/10). Have a great weekend everyone!

The Character Cafe Blog Hop Contest

2009-12-06T22:02:00.005-05:00

Hope everyone is having a blessed Sunday! My family has been sick this weekend with the exception of my 6-year old son (and I pray that he doesn't get this old cold bug!) Despite feeling a little under-the -weather I took the boys to church and left my sick husband in the bed...and I was so glad I did. It is so amazing how just being in church and worshiping the Lord will lift you up even when you are feeling bad. He is truely amazing isn't He?!

This afternoon, I made this cute card for my brother-n-law's belated birthday. We got together this evening to celebrate and even though this image would better suit a little boy, I thought it was perfect with the sentiment that I included on the inside of the card: "You look good for your age, almost human." The sentiment stamps are from Inkadinkado and the image is a freebie from The Character Cafe. I am submitting this card for their 12 Hops of Christmas Blog Hop! Read about it below or visit their store here for more details.

Well, tomorrow is another MONDAY and another day closer to Christmas! Hope everyone is getting all of their decorating and shopping done because it won't be long now! God bless and thanks for stopping by!

The Character Cafe Blog Hop

2009-12-05T21:31:00.002-05:00

Hope everyone has had a productive Saturday. I took the kids to see Santa this morning so they could give him their lists and get their pictures taken. I also did some Christmas shopping and got some of my Christmas cards mailed out. I just wanted to post tonight to let you know of the Blog Hop over at the Character Cafe . Check them out and play along to have a chance to win some awesome prizes. I have not had time today to create any new cards, but maybe tomorrow I will get a chance. Hope everyone has a blessed Sunday and a restful Saturday night!

HAPPY FRIDAY!!

2009-12-04T17:01:00.002-05:00

I hope everyone is having a wonderful day! I am so excited because I am going to The New Song Christmas Concert tonight! Big Daddy Weave and Francesca Battistelli is also going to be there!!! Love their music too! Well, I have no cards to post tonight, but I have several that I'll be working on over the weekend, so I'll try to get those up soon. Have great day/evening and thanks for stopping by!

Delightful Sketches

2009-12-02T22:04:00.002-05:00

Here is a card I made for my boss's birthday. She has always loved my handmade cards and I know she will just love this fun digi stamp from Mo's Digital Pencil. The sentiment stamp is by Inkadinkado and the CS is Bazzill. The DP is from my stash of scraps. I used the sketch from this week's challenge over at Delightful Sketches. Please check them out here. They have great sketches and their design team will really inspire you each week! Hope everyone had a great Wednesday! Thanks for checking me out!

Stamp Something Challenge/Peachy Keen Challenge

2009-12-01T21:09:00.005-05:00

Well, I guess the creative juices are flowing now! I think I work best at night anyway (not sure what the reason?) I just made this card for the Stamp Something Challenge. Check it out here. I am also entering this into the Peachy Keen Challenge. The stamp is a digi by Degital Delights by Louby Loo. Check them out here (they have really great digi's!) Paper is by American Crafts. Have a wonderful evening (tomorrow is hump day!)

2009-12-01T20:29:00.002-05:00

I've had some difficulty the past couple of days with creating. Have you ever had that problem...you had plenty of time to work on a project, but nothing seemed to work. Well I finally created this card tonight (I've been home all day today and yesterday with my sick 3 year old little boy.) I used my cuttlebug embossing folders to emboss the burgundy cardstock as well as the angel and star. The Cricut cartridge Joy of the Season was used to cut out the angel and star. The sentiment stamp is by Inkadinkado. I am submitting this card in the Cuttlebug challenge that is running for 2 weeks. I know there is no glitter, but I did use some bling on the star and the card is embossed. Hope everyone has had a blessed day!

Sweet Stop Sketch Challenge

2009-11-29T21:39:00.005-05:00

Well, I finally found some time to spend in my craft room today, creating some cards and playing with my new Cricut!! I got it on sale for $69.99 at Michael's on Friday!! I was soooo excited because I thought they were marked down for 97.99 and then when I got to the register it came up as 69.99! I love it when I can get a really good deal. Any way...I thought I would share two cards today that I made for the Sweet Stop Sketch Challenge this week. The first card didn't really turn out as good as I was hoping so I made a second card. Love both stamp sets (by Sweet N Sassy) The DP on the first card is by American Crafts and the second is by K&Company. Hope everyone is getting ready for Christmas! It will be here before you can turn around!!

2009-11-26T23:17:00.004-05:00

Happy Thanksgiving everyone! Hope everyone is stuffed with Turkey and dressing and is feeling extremely blessed (I know I am!) Just wanted to do a short post tonight to tell you about a neat site that has free digi images every Wednesday. She is also giving away some blog candy. Check the site out here. She has some very cute digital images. Well, I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend and don't spend too much money on Black Friday!

Mojo Monday

2009-11-23T21:33:00.002-05:00

Is everyone ready for Thanksgiving. I've been running around all day trying to get things coordinated. It takes lots of planning! In the mix of the craziness, I did get a chance to play along with Mojo Monday Sketch challenge. Here is the sketch. The DP is K&Company, ribbon is from American Crafts, bakers twine and punch are from Martha Stewart. The digi was another freebie, but I can't recall the company:( Sorry! If I can figure that out, I will post it. Hope everyone has had a happy Monday and is getting that Turkey thawed out in time for the big day. Thanks for stopping by!

2009-11-21T19:06:00.003-05:00

I decided to make a card for the Sweet Stop Sketch challenge over at Sweet N Sassy Stamps. If you've never visited their store, I encourage you to check them out...they have some really adorable stamps and digi's. The challenge this week is to use their sketch along with some stitching on the card. Here is my version. The sentiment stamp is from Inkadinkado. I can't remember where I got the little reindeer digi (he was a freebie)...when I figure that out, I will post that info here. The DP is from DCWV "Holiday Stack", the border punch is Martha Stewart, and the ribbon is from Michael's. The snowflake layered punch is from McGill and I used the Gelly Roll clear star pens to add some sparkle to the snowflake, the sentiment and to the hearts on the reindeer. This was a really fun sketch and challenge. Enjoy!

2009-11-21T14:01:00.003-05:00

I wanted to share this cute card today that I made for a friend's birthday. I used the Gelly Roll pens by Sakura (clear star) to accent my flower, leaf and sentiment stamps. Sentiment stamp is Studio G, and the flower and leaf stamps are acrylic stamps by Sandylion. The stickers are some that came in a random kit (not sure of the company?) Die cut label is Spellbinders nestie label #8 set. Papers and cardstock are from my scrap stash. Hope everyone is having a fun Saturday. I just got home from my weekly shopping trip to Michael's with my mom! (had a 50% coupon that had to be used! lol:) Thanks for stopping by "stamin' alley" today!

KLSNS snowflake challenge

2009-11-20T21:00:00.003-05:00

Just wanted to add these snowflake cards for the KLSNS snowflake challenge.

Sweet n sassy freebie

2009-11-20T18:36:00.003-05:00

Spent some quality time making cards with my mom this afternoon. She's been recovering from recent surgery and was starting to feel a little better this afternoon. Here is the card that I made using a digi freebie from Sweet N Sassy. Cute and cuddly and perfect for a baby card that I was needing for a friend. Hope everyone is having a wonderful Friday! Thanks for stopping by!

just a few more cards!

2009-11-19T21:49:00.002-05:00

and more christmas cards...

2009-11-19T20:53:00.002-05:00

Adding some photos!

2009-11-19T20:40:00.004-05:00

I have been trying to figure things out on here all day. Thought I would post some of my most recent Christmas cards.

WELCOME!

2009-11-18T22:27:00.000-05:00

Welcome to my new blog, where I hope to share my love of stamping, cardmaking and scrapbooking. I also enjoy jewlery making and cake decorating, so you may get a chance to see some of those creations as well. Please be patient as I learn to navigate my way through this new process. Any suggestions that you may have that will help me along the way with this "blogging thing" will be greatly appreciated! Stay tooned as I will be posting some of my card creations soon! Thanks for stopping by!