Sites of the week

This is one of the sentiments that I recently picked up from Stamping Bella. I didn’t think much of it when I got it, but now I love it!! It’s good for birthday cards and just happy everyday cards. I liked it so much this week that I actually made 2 cards with it…

This first one is made with beachabella and the “Oh Happy Day” sentiment. These bright colors just scream “summer” to me! The DP is from We R Memory Keepers, which I paired with several SU! cardstock colors {Real Red, Summer Sun, Taken With Teal and Tangerine Tango}…

This next card uses Rollanda Ketto and Urban Prairie DP from Basic Grey…

This card started out as a Christmas card…yes, really! Well, that was my intention anyways. So I brought out my TCP Christmas stamps and got to work. Turns out that the sweltering heat, “Mama, I wanna go outside” 400 times a day and thoughts of laying by the pool isn’t a Christmas card mojo maker. Take 2…get out the cute, fun spring-y/summer-y TCP stamps and viola…

{nevermind the ink spots on the inside!}

Detail shot…

This is actually for the TCP Tuesday challenge this week! Carole was gonna be your Hipster Hostess with the Mostess, but she is having some internet problems so I took the reigns and present to you this sketch…

So, wanna play along with the TCP Tuesday challenge?…EVERYONE can! Here’s what you are gonna want to know…
1. Each a week one of the The Cat’s Pajamas DT Members will host a challenge.
2. The challenges will vary {stamp, color, theme/inspiration, sketch, etc.}
3. You will have until {this} Saturday night to complete the challenge.
4. Link your project on this week’s hostess’ challenge announcement. This week you will link your project on THIS post on my blog.
5. TCP stamps are not required, but of course, highly encouraged. Unless it is a challenge calling for a specific stamp
6. There will be one winner each month. They will be deemed that month’s Swankiest Stamper and get $25 in Cat’s Cash {money to spend on the TCP site!}.
7. When uploading to SCS, please use the keyword TCPTUES63 for this challenge.
8. Alma will post the entries from the week the following Monday on her blog.
9. The newly crowned Swanky Stamper will be announced on the first of the month and have his/her winning entry posted on The Cat’s Pajamas website where he/she will reign for the entire month.
10. Oh yea…HAVE FUN!

Happy sunshiney Monday! Looks like it is going to be another torturous hot day here in North Texas. I just have to remember that we CHOSE to move here…LOL! Ellie starts swim lessons today and she is pretty excited!…me too!
Today I have a sweet and simple project to show you. It’s very easy to make and any recipient surely would love it. I started by making a book with a base and then layered it with the blue stamped panel and topped it with the punched yellow panel. I stitched around the edges leaving the backstitching at the top. This is where I put a {more than} half circle over the backstitching and punched a hole to thread the ribbon through.

This stamped sentiment is from the new Taylored Expressions set, Faith and Hope…

To dress this up a little, I used my Cuttlebug dies and created sunflowers to dangle from the ribbon ends…

To create these flowers, I die cut 2 flowers {for each of the flowers}, hot glued the ribbon in the middle. I used hot glue because I know that it won’t come undone and it gave a little dimension that I was looking for. I then glued the second flower on top and hot glued the button on top of that. I really wanted to put a flower on the bookmark, but those flowers cry out for dimension; however, bookmarks do not!

Have a great Monday! See ya manana!

What a wild week it’s been! The weather was crazy here in North Texas. I think it rained for 16 hours straight hours between Wednesday evening and Thursday morning. The power went out several times. So much that it blew the relay on our fridge…UGH! Turns out that a $10 surge protector would have saved us the $170 is cost to fix. Make note of that peeps! I started “play school” with Ellie this week, too. I have a workbook that we do a letter page, a number page and a motor skill page on 3 days a week. She is loving learning to write her letters. She has actually been showing interest for some time, so this seemed like a natural progression in teaching her. She even wrote her name for the first time yesterday. Granted, Ellie is pretty easy to write out, but I am one proud mama!

Let’s get down to biz-ness! Here’s this week’s sketch…

Hey, where’s my sample. It’s coming…promise! I forgot to photo it and I am waiting for some better natural light.
Ok, here is my card using Bella stamps….

Here’s Ashley’s awesome sample…

Want more samples? Check out the SFYTT Sisters…
Amy Rohl
Amy Sheffer
Susan Liles
Kelly Lunceford
Carole Burrage