Convention Swap #2

I am currently packing, stamping, and organizing all at once. Yep - tomorrow is the big day: I leave for Denver!!!!! I am very excited:-) This is, yet again, another bookmark. My daughter has a top with these colors in it that I really like and I always wanted to stamp something using these colors. As always, it looks much nicer in person. I used the two new colors Soft Sky and Groovy Guava along with Close to Cocoa. I really liked how it turned out. The funny thing is - I didn't even want to buy this stamp set (Baroque Motifs) when I first had the opportunity. It just didn't do much for me. Now, however, I love it and use it all the time:-) Well, I better get back to packing, I don't want this to be too late of a night. BIG day tomorrow!!!!!! Thanks for checking in:-)

Convention Swap

Finally I am getting around to posting this. I am disappointed, though, that the colors look so "blah" once I scanned it. It really does look nicer in person. I thought the Almost Amethyst and the new color - Groovy Guava (love that color!) looked so nice together. I just got this new set, too: So Happy. I didn't see a lot of samples on SCS with this set, so I challenged myself to make my swap for convention using this set. I also had fun playing with the new scallop punch. I pretty happy with how this turned out:-) Only a few more days until I jet off to Denver!! Can't wait!!!!!

Simple Swap

Well, seeing as convention is only a week away, I thought I better get to work on my swaps. This bookmark is actually something quick I threw together and may not use as a swap. I haven't decided yet. I may make a few for the ladies in my Bible Study group, however. Just got all these new sets and wanted to play with them. I do have a card started for a swap and will post it tomorrow. Getting excited about Denver.........only 7 days away!!!!!!!

TAG - I'm it!!

I was tagged yesterday by Stampowl over at http://stampowl.blogspot.com/. I am new to this tagging stuff so she was nice enough to explain it all to me. Here's how to play:



1) I must post 7 random things about me:


I am a child of God.
My favorite color is purple.
I am a major Patrick Dempsey fan - and, of course, love Grey's Anatomy, too!!
I love French Vanilla cafe - hot or iced.
My favorite movies are chick flicks:-)
I love going fishing with my kids.
One of my favorite foods is grilled shrimp.



2) Tag 7 other bloggers:

Please go and visit their blogs!


Staci
Diane
Nessa
Kathy
FAStamper
Sarah
Rhonda

3) Post Rules & the bloggers I tagged here


4) Leave tagged bloggers comments on their web sites so that they know they have been tagged

Blue Baroque

I didn't buy this set (Baroque Motifs) the first opportunity I had because I wasn't crazy about it. However, after seeing all the awesome samples on Splitcoast and realizing how versital it is, I decided to buy it. I am soooo glad I did!!! There is so much you can do with it and it always looks good! This card I did at a workshop last night (which was a blast, by the way:-) Thanks, Rita!) and everyone seemed to love it. I will most definitely be pulling it out again in the near future to play with. Possible for convention swaps!!! Thanks for checking in:-)

Playing with New Stamps!

I am having such fun playing with all my new stamp sets! This is a card I made for a friend who just had a baby girl after having 3 boys. I am so excited for her:-) Can't wait to see that baby!!

My daughter wants to go to the zoo with friends for her birthday party this year, so this set, Zoofari, will definitely come in handy!

Off to bed so I can get up and work on more projects for my Open House! Thanks for visiting.

Double-Line Doodles

I have been absent the past few days due to working on things to hand out at our 4th of July Parade. It went GREAT! However, it was close to 100 degrees. YUCK! Thank goodness for the breeze and spray bottles:-) Another SU! demo and her husband did much of the work on the float and it was awesome! When I get a picture of it, I will post it. In the meantime, I have a card using the Double-Line Doodles set from the new catalog. I am trying to clean out my stamp room and get organized so I can stamp a bunch of samples for my Open House tomorrow night. This one I used the new In Color Soft Sky, along with Lovely Lilac and colored some of the paisley in with Wild Wasabi. The paisleys are colored more than is visible in the scan. Hope you like it!

Pick A Petal!

Hope everyone had a great 4th of July! I, obviously, haven't posted in a while. This week has been full of activities. Tomorrow we are celebrating my mom's birthday and my 8-year-old son wanted to make her a card. He designed this card, chose the stamp set and colors, and helped me put it all together. I think he did a pretty darn good job! I know his Nonnie will love it!! I am in our town's parade on Sunday with a group of ladies and a Stampin' Up! float. I will post the bookmark that I am handing out tomorrow. I will also try to remember to take a picture of the float and post it on Sunday:-)