Hello!

Good morning! Well, I think maybe my mojo is back! I really enjoyed coloring this adorable image and making the card. Erin sent me this image along with a bunch of other really cute images for making the header over at Stamp Something. Thanks so much Erin! I believe you may have started an obsession! This image was so fun to color! I used THIS MFT sketch by Cindy Haffner. I love this layout!

-Stamps-Whiff of Joy, Hero Arts Thinking of You
-Paper-Real Red, White and Bashful Blue cardstock, Summer Picnic DSP
-Ink-Black, Old Olive
-Copics-R27, R29, R46, R59, E11, B93, YG95
-Accessories-sewing machine, cuttlebug folder

Fishing Riley

Good morning! I hope you had a nice weekend. Sorry I haven't been posting. My stamping Mojo must be on vacation . I sure hope it comes back soon...I'm really starting to miss it . I just don't really feel like stamping right now. I want to, but when I go sit at my stamp table I just stare off in space, and I just don't feel like it. Friday was hubby's 28th birthday, so of course I had to make him a card. I just wasn't feeling it though, so I used a sketch I drew a while back to make it easier.
-Stamps-It's Your Birthday, Hanna Stamps Fishing Riley
-Paper-White and Close to Cocoa; Washington Apple and Riding Hood Red patterns DSP
-Ink-Riding Hood Red and memento, Copics
-Accessories-ribbon

Deck the Dog =)

Good morning! I hope you had a nice weekend! I finally got another page made! Maybe I can make them a little faster now that I have the Cricut. I can't believe how easy it is to make titles! Now if there were just something to make journaling easy. All the words on this page were cut with the Cricut and the sure cuts a lot program. I got the inspiration for the layout from Scrabooks etc. I planned on casing it, but I didn't actually stick very closely with it. The scallops are just a bunch of 1 1/4" circles. I'm so happy with how this came out! I've always loved this picture of Dumpy and have wanted to scrap it. Dumpy is my mom's dog, and the mother of my dog. If your wondering how she got a name like Dumpy, that would be my fault . My mom got her when I was 15 or 16 during the summertime when school was out, so I got stuck house breaking her. My mom was calling her gypsy which I didn't like so I started jokingly calling her dumpy since I had to clean up after her so much. Well the name stuck . Dumpy is the coolest dog. She didn't even mind having bows put on her. Everybody is crazy about this dog. I wanted one so bad, so in 03 my mom breaded Dumpy so I could have a puppy , so that's where I got Reese.
-Stamps-Inkadinkado Christmas Characters (holly)
-Paper-River Rock, Very Vanilla, Old Olive and Real Red cardstock; Dashing DSP
-Ink-Memento
-Copics-YG95
-Accessories-Cricut, Red grosgrain, sewing machine, pop dots,

Cheers to You!

Good morning! I made this card for last weeks MOJO Monday sketch challenge, and for the Cat's Pajamas color challenge which was to use yellow, aqua, brown and optional red. I love how different these colors are! I need to start doing more color challenges. I find myself wanting to use way too much pink .

I can't even tell you how much I love my Cricut! I've spent so much time finding pictures to convert to SVG files to cut. You can take any picture, convert it and cut it with the Sure cuts a lot program! I made some really pretty butterflies last night! I can't wait to use them. I also don't have to use my piece of junk circle cutter anymore! I've always hated that thing, but I couldn't find anything I didn't hate even more! Aside from how bad it cuts a circle, it can't cut circles small enough to do 2 of my smaller nesties. One of them I use a SU punch for, but this one I haven't been able to use yet since I couldn't cut a circle that would fit inside.

Well, we still can't figure out what is wrong with our AC. Everything seems to be doing exactly as it should (the coils are even cold), except warm air is coming out of the vents. We had the freon checked, and it's fine. We tried running it on the fan setting when it was cool outside and that air was warm too. We had to replace a part this winter, so we are thinking maybe something somehow got wired wrong so that the heat is coming on too. Oh well, someone loaned us a window unit they aren't using, so at least we won't roast until we can get it fixed.

I'll try to post again in a few days, but I guess that depends on my Mojo . Have a wonderful day!

-Stamps-Cheers to You
-Paper-Cool Caribbean, Close to Cocoa, and White cardstock; So Saffron, and Petals and Paisley DSP
-Ink-Memento
-Copics-B00, B02, R46, YR31, YG95 C-1
-Accessories-ribbon, sewing machine, nesties, cricut, pop dots

Riley

Hello! I hope you enjoyed your weekend! My mojo seems to be hiding right now. I've sat at my stamp table many times in the last week, and just didn't feel like doing anything. Maybe it's the heat combined with the fact that our air conditioner isn't working , but I don't feel like doing a thing! Ugh, it's 89 degrees in here right now. Our air is blowing fine, but the air is not cold at all. I tried it earlier and it was actually making the house hotter! Hopefully we can figure out what's wrong with it soon!


-Stamps-Many Merry Messages, Itty Bitty Backgrounds, Hanna Stamps Riley -Paper-Kraft, Real Red, and White cardstock; Summer Picnic DSP -Ink-Memento -Copics-E31, E33, E35, E37, YG93, YG95, R27, R37 -Accessories-Corner rounder punch, Red grosgrain

Hope you have a great day!

Ketto Blog Hop!

Good Morning! Welcome to the first Ketto Blog Hop sponsored by Stamping Bella! If you've just happened upon my blog, you can CLICK HERE to start from the beginning at Bloggabella. There is blog candy somewhere along the blog hop, but the fun part is they aren't telling us where it is . One pre-selected blogger will draw a random winner from the comments on her post, and the winner will receive a $40 gift voucher to Stamping Bella!

I used the adorable Agnes Ketto on my card. I love the Ketto stamps! I want them all! The image and the silk flowers were colored with Copics. I think this layout may have been an old SCS sketch, but I made this card last week and I can't remember now. I cut the lighter pink part of her skirt out of a second image and layered it on top. I used mini glue dots in the middle of each piece and glue on the ends so each one sticks up a little in the middle.

Thanks so much for stopping by! Now it's time to hop on over to Christy's blog. Have a wonderful day!

-Stamps-Agnes Ketto, Hero Arts Thinking of You
-Paper-Purely Pomegranate, Regal Rose, Black and White cardstock; Cutie Pie DSP
-Ink-Memento tuxedo black and Copics
-Accessories-Paper Piercer and Mat pack, white embossing powder, silk flowers, Hodgepodge Hardware, mini glue dots, Black Grosgrain ribbon.

Anniversary card

Good morning! Monday was me and Sam's six year anniversary, which is why I didn't post like I usually do. We had a really nice day. We went canoeing, and out for a nice dinner. He also surprised me with a Cricut!! What a sweetie! A couple of months ago I was looking in the Walmart sales paper and saw a Cricut, and I jokingly said to hubby "hey you wanna buy me one of those?" Well apparently he's been putting aside a little money each week so he could get it for me ! He also got me the Sure Cuts A Lot program! That thing is awesome! I will never have to buy a cartage for this thing! I've already added tons of fonts, and dingbats. Now that I can make great titles so easily, I have no more excuses not to scrapbook! I found a really great set of dingbats HERE that have a bunch of shapes like nesties. Here is the anniversary card I made for Sam.

This card took forever! I used Michelle Zindorf's brayered sky technique. I must have done the main image for this card 15 times! I kept messing something up. It's funny, my first two came out perfect, but I forgot to put in the moon on the first, and on the second the sentiment wasn't inked up well enough. I'll probably just case myself and make some of these for Father's Day too. The boat and the cattails are from Impression Obsession. It was one stamp, but I cut it apart so the boat could be a little further away.

ETA: If you participated in last weeks Stamp Something Challenge, and linked your project using Mr. Linky, you need to go back and leave a comment to make sure you are entered. Mr. Linky is having problems.

-Stamps-Impression Obsession Boat and Cattails, unknown Happy Anniversary
-Paper-Blue Bayou, Soft Sky, White and Chocolate Chip cardstock; Chocolate Chip prints DSP
-Ink-Memento
-Copics-E47, G99
-Accessories-Hemp twine, brown button, paper piercer and mat pack.