Inspired by Punch Art ~ Snow day Fun with Breakfast

I don't usually show things that arent stamping related... As I think of it, EVERYTHING can be stamping/creativity related if you try hard enough..

Had I not made a bunch of punch art animals, I might not be so creative with pancakes. My hubby is working from home today (i love having him here), so I made a special treat for him and Alexis. What do you think of my punchy pancakes??

DCBD 112 ~ A Color Challenge

When I see this color combination, I just think Birthday!!!

I have sort of a double challenge in mind here. I am a proud member of the late night stampers design team and this week's challenge is to make some tags.

Tags do not have to be something that's very elaborite, and you can still make something look really nice with not a lot of supplies or effort! So, lets talk about the card with the tag first... I cut some designer series paper down to 4.5" x 3.25" and ran it through my sizzix machine with the new texture z plates. When it came out, I had a gorgeous dry embossed piece to adhere to my pink passion cardstock. Before I did that, I thought that sanding the surface a bit with a sanding block would really make the pattern pop out better, and I am very happy with the result. The rest is all pretty straight forward. I used straight markers to color the image and added some baja ink with a blender pen.

I'm starting to feel like I'm getting back into the swing with my blog. I took a bit of time off to tackle some personal things, and I'm very happy I did! My plan is to start posting daily again, so please check back often!

The second part of this, is an actual tag. I made the base again out of shimmer white cardstock and it is 3.5" x 2.5". it's plenty big for the front of a package, but it is so pretty on it's own! I'm planning a birthday stamp a stack in february and i'm thinking that i should use these colors, or similar colors for one of the projects. I'm very happy with the results here.

Have a great week and please check out the other designer's work here.

Chris Austin
Connie Babbert
Dannie Graves
Dee Tollaksen
Heidi Michel (Mrs Diva)
Jennifer Van Wart
Julie Semones
Kristen Moore
Lisa Freeman
Selene Kempton
Vivian Swain

Card From My Open House this Weekend and RAFFLE WINNERS!!!!

I'm sort of catching up on posts... I had the cards to post, I guess I'm just a post SLACKER!!! This was inspired by Stamp with Jodi. I changed the card to use it with my new hostess stamp set from Stampin' Up!

We had such a good time playing with all my favorite tools from the new catalog. I'm not sure if you can see the texture on this background. It's so pretty in real life!

Now, without further delay... If you're waiting to see if you won a prize, here's the list!!!

Here is the winner list and what they won!!

Very Punny ~ Cheryl B.
Love and Joy ~ Christine M.
Live like you mean it ~ Diane T.
Country living note card kit and Stamp Kit ~ Leigh Ann P.
Happy Harmony ~ Amy T.
Fall Flair ~ Nicole M.
Party Punch ~ Judy M.
Tags on board ~ Karyn I.
Delight in life ~ Deb T.
Delight in life ~ Kim M.
Delight in life ~ Michelle J.
Delight in life ~ Jenn B.

Happy Heart Day

With so many new things in the catalog, it's easy to lose sight of what you already have sitting lonely on the shelf. I found this great little guy in my retired stamp set pile. I was excited to figure out that I had inadvertently put it in the wrong pile and it actually is in the new catalog! How fun! I pulled out my new circle cutter from Stampin' Up, and cut the big pink circle on the left hand side of this card.

Then i ran two layers through the sizzix machine with my new texture z dies that dry emboss in SECONDS!!!

To make the scallop border around the circle, i punched a 1 3/8" circle out of some scrap paper, then punched a scallop circle punch out of that scrap paper. it leaves me with a scallop that has a hole in the middle. i snipped the sides of the scallops to be able to "work" the paper and attached my new scallop edge to my large circle. It took two scallop circles with holes to complete the entire large circle edge.

Next, I stamped my mouse image on some designer series paper and cut out JUST the heart. I punched a flower with my 3 hole punch and removed a stone from it's casing using some paper snips. I used crystal effects to attach that stone, and thought that the heart would be fun if it was shiny. So, I ended up using crystal effects for the whole heart. There is a bunch of texture and fun with this card! I hope you like it! Thanks for visiting today.

Rubber Hugs,
Selene~

Bloggers Challenge # 83, Red, Kiwi, Black White

It has been a WHOLE week since I've stamped. That NEVER happens to me! I've been fighting some fires on the home front and things have finally slowed down, thank goodness.

It was such a joy to open the box with my new texture plates for the sizzix and my new Sympathy stamp set, Thoughts and Prayers.

This color challenge comes at a great time for me. A close friend just lost her dad and I want to send a card to her mom just because. I don't think I would have used black with this stamp set, and I'm so happy I did.

The new texture Z from sizzix is featuring the stampin up artwork for a dry embossed image that takes seconds. I cant wait to show my new toys on Sunday at the open house.

If you have time, please also check out the amazing work of my stampin sisters, the bloggers challenge group to see what they came up with for this challenge.

Have a good night!

Selene~

Bloggers Challenge #82 ~ Same but different

I'm so sorry for this late post, but I had a CRAZY week after being in Orlando last week. I had back to back clubs on wed and Thursday, a potential new team member (stampin sistah) this morning and tomorrow I have a workshop. I have been so crazy! This week's bloggers challenge is to do two projects the same but different. I did two very similar layout's for my Technique junkies club last night, but the cards are VERY different!

Thanks for looking!

DCBD 110 ~ A Card For Paul

Last week I travelled to Stampin' Up's leadership conference and while I was there, my brother Paul (whom I haven't seen in 6 years) met me there for dinner on Wednesday night. He joined me and 7 of my stampin girlfriends for dinner! He was happy I think, but not as happy as all of us to have my wonderfully funny and entertaining Brother, making us laugh all night.

I have been meaning to make him a card since I got home. I did go slightly outside the challenge colors because I wanted the card to match his real red truck. He wasn't even sure what we do (as most of my family doesn't really know what I do, but made the best of 8 of us TOGETHER all talking shop! I'm going to send this out today, to let him know how much I appreciate him driving down to meet us... I think I will probably add crystal effects to the truck to make it shiny before I send it.

I was really happy to see my favorite big brother (he's my only big brother ~ get it ~ elbow elbow). ;-) Back to work!

Selene