Hello Stampers~
Sorry it has been a week since posted...
I have been busy making fall cards and hinged cards. I am so excited to show you both cards, however my camera is DEAD!!!! That is what happens when you have a 13 year old who LOVES to take pictures of herself and her friends...JUST FOR FUN!!!!
So today I am going to show you 2 items that I made for a Trick or Treat swap on SCS. I hope you enjoy.

Sorry the pics are so blurry. Not sure why!

Hope everyone had a great weekend. And I hope you found time to make something for yourself!

I will see you tomorrow with the hinged and fall cards. See you then!!

Stampin Blessings,

Michele

Hello again!!
My friend Jennifer who live across the street has a daughter (Emily, who is 11yo) who is starting to stamp. I found a contest (favorite bug) that Emily wanted to play. So I am posting it here to enter her in the contest. Didnt she do a good job??

Have a good day stampnin!!
Blessings,
Michele

Hello All

I AM BACK!!!
I am sorry I have been gone so long. I have job hunting. As of today I have applied for 87 jobs, and have had 4 nos. So I am still looking. Enough of that I want to get to the good stuff...cards.
I hosted a Christmas in July card swap on SCS, and I wanted to show all of you the wonderful cards that I have received from some very talented women!!!

What do you think? I think GREAT!!!

Thank you all so much for for playing--everyone did a great job!!!

Thank you for stopping by and I will see you soon!

Happy Stampin!!!

Michele

Hello Stampers!
I am still here. I am so sorry that I have not posted in a couple of weeks. Things have been crazy.
My grandmother has become bed ridden and does not communicate with me anymore. So I have been trying to emotionally cope with that this last week. I have also been organizing closets, and rooms the last week just to stay busy. So I apologize for not being more consistent in posting---HOWEVER, Lord willing I will have some fall cards to show you tonight or tomorrow that I have been working on for a swap.

I HOPE EVERYONE HAS A HAPPY MOTHERS DAY AND YOU ARE BLESSED BEYOND MEASURE!!!

Everyone take care and remember to make something for yourself and to tell someone special that you LOVE them.

See You All Soon!!!!
Blessings til next time...
Michele

Hello Stampers,
I hope this finds you doing well!! Today I am making the longest post ever--I just have a lot to share today. First of all Look at the Beautiful scene that the Good Lord gave me this morning...
3 cream/yellow roses...

here is a closer look...

Here is a hot pink rose bush that has run wild at my front step...

Okay...I have to admit that I did not plant these, someone else did, however I am certainly enjoying the beauty. Thanks for letting me share!!
NOW FOR THE STAMPING FUN!!!

Here is a note holder that a friend gave me the pattern to and my DH transformed into words that I could understand...

top view above...
side view below...

Recipe:

Cardstock: real red SU

Desigern Paper: SU paper (ret-not sure of the name)
Ribbon: Gina K red & white polka dots
Misc: 2 paper flowers, brad, copy paper cut for notes

AND FINALLY...LOOK WHAT I MADE...

Sticky Note Purse.. Made with the Top Note.

front view above...

open view below...

Recipe:

stamps: Holiday Blitz

cardstock: pumpkin pie SU

designer paper: HL

ribbon: artichoke SU
misc: small sticky note pad separated
This idea was also giving to my by the same friend.

I hope you enjoyed all of my projects. Its been a very busy day for me, so I am off to watch Law&Order with DH and then off to bed. Take care & will see you soon!!!

Blessings,

Michele

Hello Stampers,
I hope this find you all having a Great Sunday afternoon.
I have been keeping busy doing several things and trying to stay cool. Our a/c has not been working very well, so I am trying real hard to stay cool. The a/c man comes tomorrow morning...thanks you Jesus!!!!
Okay for the real fun, I have also been very busy stamping for the swaps I am in...
First, I made these boxes for another swap that I am in using the top note.

the about pic is the back...I put felt flowers and a silk flower with a brad.
the bottom pic is the front, I think is so pretty. I stamped the flowers and cut them out and put a cute bling flower in the center.

Recipe: all supplies SU

Stamps: I forgot--I will find out and repost

Cardstock: black, white

Designer Paper: pink flamingo

Ribbon: turquoise

Misc: brads, eyelets, bling
The next project is flower pot cards that I made for a swap too.

I found the pattern at Stephanie Luman's blog here...http://sluman.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/2009/01/25/flower-pot-pocket-card/

Recipe:

Stamps: na

cardstock: rose red

Designer Paper: Washington Apple

Ribbon: so saffron (ret)

misc: (non SU) brads, prima flowers, bling, buckle, buttons

Hope you enjoy! Thanks you for stopping by.
Blessings til next time!
Michele

Hello Stampers!
Hope all is well and I am so sorry that I have not been on here to post. One day I will be so organized that I will post every evening. Remember one day!!!
So with that said let me show you what I have been doing...
Here are some baby cards that I made for a friend for a ministry she has at church. They are all different and I hope to mail them to her on Friday.

Here are some cards that I made for a monthly swap that I am doing on SCS. The theme is flowers. I think they turned out really pretty!

This is a purse card that I made for another swap. I think it turned out so cute. My DD really liked it. Here is the front view...

Here is the side and back view. Enjoy!!!

Recipe:

Stamp: fresh flowers SU

cardstock: choc chip, rose red, vanilla, pretty in pink

Designer paper: bella rose

ribbon: pink/brown ribbon recd from a swap

misc: flower bling, silk flower, brad

Hope you enjoy all the cards today. Remember to make something for yourself and I will see you soon and I will show you a box that I made. Blessings til next time!

Happy Stampin!!

Michele

Hello Stampers,
I hope this finds you having a GREAT day and I hope everyone had a Great Easter Weekend.
We have had some good days here. My grandmother is having a good day today. Allie is on spring break so we have been cleaning out closets, and she has been cleaning her room (very slowly).
I wanted to share a picture of her that I took on Easter Morning on her way to church with friends. She is my baby that has grown up to a beautiful young lady...

I took this pic in front of our neighbors house due to their beautiful flowers. This is also the same outfit that she will where to my sisters wedding next weekend. My pretty little girl!! I love her so!
Okay---now to cards. Here are some cards that I made for a Mother's Day Swap that I am doing. This is the one that I am sending into the swap. I think it turned out so cute!

This card is is the same, just with different ribbon...due to using a whole roll of the SAB certainly celery ribbon. I made extra Mother's Day Cards for my mom and a few friends that I send Mothers day cards to.

Recipe for Mother's Day Cards (all supplies SU)
Stamps: Blooming with Love
Cardstock: almost amethyst, barely banana, pretty in pink
Designer Paper: tea party
Ribbon: certainly celery (SAB catalog)
Markers: certainly celery, pretty in pink, green galore,
lavender lace, pixie pink

Hope you enjoyed my cards! I will see you tomorrow with some friendship cards that I am making for another swap that I am in.

Remember to make something for yourself this week!
Blessings til tomorrow!

Michele

Hello Stampers!
I hope this finds all of you having a Happy Easter!
I wanted to show you want I have been working on this week. I have had so much fun making this baskets. I got the pattern from here at http://stampinalabama.blogspot.com

Here is a basket that I have candy and eggs in for a friend.

Here is a pic of three different ones I made. I used the DP from the SAB catalog. I made a total of nine. I think they are as cute as can be.

Also this week I joined a RSVP pen swap. Here are the two pens I made for the swap. I add a tag to the pens to label.

Recipe: (pen on left)

DP: pink flamingo (SU)

ribbon: turquoise ribbon (SU)
Recipe: (pen on right)

DP: paper from Hobby Lobby
Ribbon: pink ribbon from Michael's

To place the DP inside the pen, cut the paper to 2w x 31/4L. Roll it around the ink barrel and slide the paper and the ink pen back inside the holder and place the bottom back on your pen. Tie ribbon around the pen top. Now your pen is complete. This makes a great quick gift.

Hope everyone has a Happy Easter and I will see you soon! Remember to make something special for yourself!

Happy Stampin and Blessings til next time!

Michele

Hello Stampers,
I dont have any cards or 3 D projects to show you yet...I should be finished by this afternoon and I will post again later!
I just wanted to let everyone know that I am hosting a "Christmas in July" Card Swap. I would love to have you all join!! Check it out here....
http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/fo...1#post13682766
Hope to see you all there.

Have a great day and I will be back this evening to show you the Easter baskets that I have been working on.

Blessings,
Michele

Hello Stampers,
Here is the Riley Easter Card that I made for a swap that I am doing on SCS. Today while blogging I ran across the OCC Challenge (Our Creative Corner). So I am re-posting this card to enter it into the challenge. I will let you know how it goes.

Thank you for following me through my creative journey!
Happy Stampin!
Blessings til next time,
Michele

Hello Stampers,
I hope this finds all of you having had a GREAT Weekend. My house has had a touch of something today and have just been blah... Now I have everyone in bed so I can show you the corkboard hanger that I have been telling you about. Here's the first one:

We made these at Allie's birthday party and all the girls loved them. They picked their own paper and put it together themselves. They had so much fun. So I decided to make them for some of my friends for their birthday. The badge holders are to hold pictures and the corkboard holds their important papers.
Recipe:
Cardstock: Choc Chip (SU)
Designer Paper from HL
Ribbon the pretty in pink (SU), dark pink (Michaels)
misc: 1/2 piece of corkboard, name badge holder

Recipe:

Cardstock: coral (SU)

Designer Paper: pink flamingo (SU)
Ribbon: real red and turquoise (both SU)

Misc: 1/2 corkboard, badge holders

Recipe:

Cardstock and Designer Paper from HL

Ribbon: Pumpkin Pie (SU)

misc: 1/2 corkboard, badge holders

Hope you enjoyed seeing these picture holders. Until next time, make something for yourself and have fun creating!!

Happy Stampin,

Blessings,

Michele

Hello Stampers,
Hope all is well since I posted on Tuesday. Hope you made something for yourself.
Today I have 3 cards to show you that I made for a swap that I hosted over on SCS.
Here is the first one, it can be used either for Wedding/Anniversary.
I got this bee image from a swap that I was in on SCS, and I think they are so cute.

This is the inside of the 2nd card...

This is the front... I just love this card.

This is a card that I made for the 6.42 card swap I am in on SCS. This is the first time I have every used the Riley stamps. I received this image of Riley from a swap that I was in on SCS and I just love it. I am going to put Happy Easter on the bottom right hand side of the card, however I have to borrow the Good Egg stamps set from my friend Wendy. I am so proud of this card and I really like the color combo.

I hope you have enjoyed this cards as much as I have enjoyed making them. I hope you all have a Great Sunday! and I will see you hopefully tomorrow with three corkboard hangers that I made for some friends.

Happy Stampin,

Blessings,

Michele

Hello Stampers,
I hope this finds all of you well. I have been trying to get things made, however life has gotten in the way.
Here are two cards that my daughter made for two of her friends.
I am so proud of her she is only 13 years old. She was so excited with the way they looked.

She used the SU pick a petal stamp set, and on the 2nd card she used the SU seasons of friendship stamp set.

Next you will see some images that I made for a Donation Swap for a Card-A-Thon that I am helping with. I used the Stampin Up God Bless American stamp. Please check out this link to learn more about the Card-A-Thon http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=427076.

I hope you enjoy these creations. I will hopefully be back tomorrow to show you these Cork board wall hangers that holds pictures.

Blessings til next time!
Happy Stampin!
Michele

Hello Stampers,
I hope this finds you all having a Great Weekend!!!

Today I want to share with you a few things that I made yesterday and today...

First, I made a pillow box bag...My friend Wendy showed me this bag from http://creativepad.typepad.com/creative_pad/2009/03/index.html
I just loved it!

Recipe: (all SU)
Stamps: Good Egg
Cardstock: green galore, bashful blue, so saffron, whisper white
Designer paper: spring fling (ret)
Punches: word window, scallop oval
misc: filled a small craft bag with jelly beans
& taped the ends of my box closed

Next, I made these notepads. Just covered with DP.

Recipe: (all SU)
Stamps: jumbo petal wheel (ret)
cardstock: n/a
designer paper: flowers from HL
ribbon: certainly celery

Now, I am real proud of this! This is a medicine bottle that I altered to hold punches.
I covered the bottle with DP and cardstock. This is the container showing you the punches
flowing out...

The next two are sides of the container...

this is the front.

Recipe (all SU)

stamps: n/a
cardstock: rose red, certainly celery

designer paper: bella rose

ribbon: 5/8 choc chip, certainly celery

ink: choc chip marker

misc: medicine bottle (hand washed, dishwasher washed, label remove, and dried very well)

silk flowers (HL), copper brad (HL)

I hope you all enjoy these quick and simple projects as much as I enjoyed making them!

Remember to take some time and stamp something for yourself. I will be back tomorrow to show you some images I made for a Card-A-Thon (check it our here at http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=427076&goto=newpost ) that I am helping with on SCS. and I will show you 2 cards that my daughter made. I am so proud of her, she did such a great job.

Blessings til next time!

Michele

Hello Stampers,
Three times in one night!!! I have a SCS friend who needs your help:

Michelle is having a Card-a-Thon to send cards to US Soldiers. She is needing your help by donating supplies that you are no longer needing. Check out her blog here for more information...
(blogpost March 19th) http://mypaperbliss.blogspot.com/

Thank you for helping with this.

Blessings til next time,
Michele

I've Been Tagged....

I have been tagged by my SCS friend

Jessica.

The challenge was to post the 6th picture in the 6th folder in my picture files:

•Open your photo folder on your computer

•Open the 6th folder of photos

•Select the 6th picture

•Post the picture on your blog with a description

The above picture is a picture from my daughter, Allie. She is 13 yo and loves to take her picture. She is an only child and is loved more than she will ever know. She is overall a great young lady, has a caring heart and loves to talk and text. I just love her so much!

Alright, on with the tagging. Here are the rules for the tag:

•Invite six friends to join the challenge

•Link your six friends to your blog post

I am tagging:

Wendy

Shelly

Doris

Molly

Becky

Melanie

So there you go! The challenge is on....

Blessings til next time!

Michele

PS: Thanks to my DH for helping me set this challenge up.

Hello Stampers,
I am sad to say that I do not have anything to show you today. I have accomplished alot, I just forgot to take a picture of them before I gave them away. In about 4-5 hours I made a baby door hanger (babies sleeping), 2 8x8 scrapbooks, 2 gift bags and 2 cards for the youth pastor and his wife at our church. They had twin boys in February, and I am ashamed to say that I am just now getting their gift to them. I am so proud of the door hanger that I made, it was so pretty!
Now I just have a huge mess to clean up and see what my next project will be.

I did finish my Easter cards!!! This is the first time in years that I have finished my cards a day or two before the holiday. I also made the little chick images for some swaps that I am doing.
I guess once I get my mess cleaned up I will make some graduation cards and mothers day cards.

I hope yall are having a Great Evening. Remember to make time for yourself and make something pretty for yourself!

Blessing til next time!
Happy Stampin,

Michele

Hello Stampers,
I am back again, twice in the same night...Miracles do Happen!!!

I just made my First Easter Card that I found at http://inkingidaho.blogspot.com/. Thank you Becky for your wonderful talent. We may use this card for a class, however I am sending it to my friends and family for Easter. Hope you enjoy it!

Ta Da.......

Recipe (all supplies SU)
Stamps: The Good Egg
Cardstock: so saffron, choc chip, whisper white
Designer Paper: Candy Lane
Ink: Black, pumpkin pie marker, blender pen

Happy Stampin,

Blessings!

Michele

Hello Stampers,
I just wanted to share 2 cards that I made for the swaps that I am doing on SCS.
The flower card is for spring.
The giraffe is for a baby gift card holder card.
I had so much fun making these. Hope you enjoy!

Recipe for the flower card: (all supplies SU unless noted)

Stamps: Happy Harmony (ret SU)

Cardstock: So Saffron, old olive, pretty in pink

Designer Paper: Spring Fling

Ribbon: Pretty in Pink

Punch: scallop border

Recipe for giraffe card: (all supplies SU unless noted)

Stamps: Bundle of Joy (ret SU)

cardstock: Apricot Appeal, certainly celery

Designer Paper: Delicate Dots

Ribbon: Certainly Celery

Punch: Ticket

I hope you have time to create something for yourself. My daughter is out of school tomorrow so I'm not sure how much stamping I will get done. So until next time I hope you have a great Friday!!!

Happy Stampin,

Blessings,

Michele

Hello Stampers,
I am back...just a little later than expected. Since I have been gone, My baby girl turned "13", on last Friday. We had all of her friends over for a sleepover. All the girls had so much fun. We made a memory board for their room. (and of course there were 9 made and I forgot to take a picture of just 1) Just out stampinalabama@blogspot.com and you can see the one I made for Wendy for her birthday. I think they are so cute! The girls really liked them.
My grandmother has gone down health wise. I am hoping she will get some of her strength back soon.
Today, I want to show you these cute 3x3 card boxes that I made for a swap that I am doing at SCS, check it out here http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/forums/showthread.php?p=13468384#post13468384.



Here is the back of the box.


Here is the front of the box and one of the three cards that are inside. I tried to take a picture of the card closer however my camera was not working (it might be the taker). I found the box patter from here http://andreawalford.com/?page_id=85. I want to thank Andrea so much for her knowledge on making this box.

Recipe: (all supplies SU unless noted)
Cardstock: Certainly Celery, Red Rose
Designer Paper: Bella Rose
Ribbon: Pretty in Pink
Bling: Michael's

Also I wanted to let everyone know that Wendy and I are having a Stamping Class on April 2, 2009, at 6:30pm at the Oxford Civic Center Arts and Craft Room. Check out Wendy's Blog here stampinalabama@blogspot.com for the picture of the Easter/Spring Bag that we will be making. I will post the card by this weekend. The class will cost $20 (all supplies included). Call me today to reserve your spot. I cant wait to see you there.
I will be back tomorrow with baby cards and other goodies for other swaps I am doing.
Take care and stamp for yourself.

Happy Stampin,
Blessings,
Michele