MDS Monday - Summer Flowers

Happy Monday! Did you have a wonderful weekend? Are you ready for this week? It's the last week of August - how did that happen?!?!? People are already starting to talk about the open house...

OK. I'm not hyper-ventilating...

:D

The flowers in our back yard have been simply lovely this year. I wanted to be able to do a challenge, and I know y'all are tired of seeing my photos of my niece. :D So you get flowers!

This is a SUDSOL challenge, done on MY DIGITAL STUDIO. It makes scrapbooking SO easy!

OK, y'all, I'm outta here! Have a wonderful day - and be sure to make the time to stamp SOMEthing!

MDS Monday - My Pumpkin

HAPPY MONDAY! Did you have a good weekend?? I did. Good news, good friends, a little time with a good guy... :D

I kinda had fun with this page. :) I love pumpkins, and I love Kenn - so we combined them when we went to Indiana last fall; this was at a pumpkin patch/stand in Eaton, Ohio. We had a relaxing, great time - it was a BEAUTIFUL mid-October.

Ahhhh, memories. That's probably one of the biggest reasons I'm enjoying MDS so much; I get to relive memories really fast, because everything comes together so quickly. I can play, I can use ALL my photos (like using them for the background paper!), and I can play with color.

OK, I'm outta here! :D Have a WONDERFUL day - and be SURE to take the time to stamp something!

MDS Monday - Kenn in 2013

HAPPY MONDAY! :) Did you have a good weekend??

This is gonna be a quick post; I had to find a sketch I liked, and then scrap this to show you. I'm tired of SITTING. :D

We had some special times last year, Kenn and I. It was a CRAZY, whirlwind year, but he still takes my breath away after 17 years. :) So I wanted to scrap a few of my favorite shots from the year.

Just throwing in a little patterned paper jazzed everything up, kept it masculine but fun. What do you think?

OK, I'm outta here! I hope you've tried MDS by now - you can try it for 30 days for free, you know!!! Have a wonderful day! Be sure and take the time to STAMP something! :)

MDS Monday - Naomi's Christmas in TN 2013

HAPPY MONDAY!

Goodness! Here we are at the first Monday in 2014. :D And I have one of my favorite subjects to show you in a scrapbook page. :D

We had a blast having a toddler here for Christmas - but do I ever wish I'd felt better!! She is a joy to watch, and funny and SMART!

There's a Whisper White border around the page, which is why the title strip looks a little funny. :)

Don't forget that you can click on the picture to see it larger! (I mean, who wouldn't want to see this cutie up close?!? :D)

OK, I'm outta here! Y'all keep WARM today, and safe! And take the time to STAMP something!!

MDS Monday - Fall Bucket List 2013

Welcome to LABOR DAY! Hopefully you've got the day off, and can enjoy some time with friends and family. :)

Be sure and click on the photo, to see its original size. I had a lot of fun creating this for our den; I framed it and hung it on the wall, so we can both see it and make sure we do things together during this incredibly busy season. :)

I can't tell you how much you're missing by not trying out MY DIGITAL STUDIO. I love to just doodle, figure out new things to do - I got the idea from Pinterest for this, but the things on the list weren't our kinds of things. THESE are. It's very personalized for just us - not kids, not my parents, not anyone who just wants to print it off. We haven't been to Indiana together for two years - and it's one of our favorite times of the year to visit. We're planning to go up and stay over Kenn's birthday, so it can just be our time to celebrate him. :) You get the idea!

Seriously. Go click on the link. Try it for 30 days - design and get your Christmas cards printed while you try it out. Then put it on your Christmas list for Santa!!!!! :D

OK, I'm outta here. CINDERELLA kicks into high gear; only two more Mondays after today until we open! EEK! :D Have a wonderful day - and be sure to make the time to stamp SOMEthing!

MDS Monday - Lights of the Pacific Ocean

Did you miss me!?!??! We've been back a month, and I swear. I sometimes wonder if I'm ever going to get into the groove again!!!

Anyway. :) I'm back, with a new MDS Monday share for you!

If you watch my personal page on Facebook, you've probably seen these two lighthouses quite often. :) These are both photos from last year's trip; the landscape one was selected for a gallery hanging last fall. (It's available to purchase! As a matter of fact, LOTS of our photos are!!)

The storm line you see on that photo was bringing in arctic air; it was SOOOOO stinkin' cold, I'd get out of the car, take a few photos, and get back in to get warm. :)

OK, I'm outta here. Have a WONDERFUL day, and be sure to look for me on Wednesday! Which is also CHRISTMAS IN JULY here at the studio; if you want to come to a class, email me at poohisstampin@aol.com NOW!

Now, go STAMP something!

Scrapping with KIDS: Final Post!

 HAPPY FRIDAY!

Have you had a wonderful week? Got big plans for the weekend??

This is my last Friday here for three more weeks. I will TRY to get a few posts scheduled before I leave VERY early Monday morning, but I simply can't promise - it's BUSY!!

This is also the last post to show you my sample scrapbook for my nieces and nephews. (Speaking of which, I have a NEW nephew, born Tuesday! I will be seeing the family just before we come home, and I CANNOT WAIT!!!;D ) And I think these are my two favorite ones. :D

The above is the third pocket insert. I really love doing faux tiles, and I will really, really miss the Pretty in Pink color. :( BUT, we have new ones to play with! :D When I get back, I have an open house scheduled for you to come stamp with a few new things and place orders - the new IDEA BOOK & CATALOG is LIVE today! I'll be changing the link as soon as I post this for you. :) Don't forget to check it out - or contact me to get your own book!!!

OK. I'm glad y'all enjoyed seeing my sample book; the kids did TOTALLY different things. :D They loved the Big Shot, so there were letters cut out, and butterflies - and lots of paper scraps. :D They enjoyed learning to emboss, too. :) Kids are WONDERFUL at stamping; let's get YOURS involved!

I am OUTTA here! Have a WONDERFUL weekend - and be SURE to MAKE the time to STAMP something!!!

Scrapping with KIDS: Two 2--page layouts

Happy Wednesday!!! How are you doing? Are you having a good week? It's speeding up here until when I head out again! :) AND until the new IDEA BOOK & CATALOG release THIS SATURDAY!!!!! If you're in middle Tennessee and want a book, please let me know you're coming and stop by between 5-7 p.m. this Friday evening to get yours! It's important that I know you're coming, because I have a limited number of Idea Books right now! I'll be hosting a NEW CATALOG OPEN HOUSE on Monday, June 24; if you want more details, please let me know! :)

OK, I'm outta here! Have a WONDERFUL day - and be SURE to make the time to STAMP something! :)

MDS Monday - My Photographer

 

Hello, y'all! :D It's STILL Monday here in the Pacific Northwest, so here you go! :D

These photos are all from today - we got home about two hours ago, and they're fresh off the camera. Again, it's SO fun to be able to put them on a page right away!

As you can tell, it was absolutely beautiful here today. We had to go to the laundromat this morning, so we came home, ate lunch, and left to go up the coast. I climbed rocks, hills, and fought the wind - and I'm wiped out! :)

Just an FYI for those of you who haven't heard: I'll be home at the end of June now. We're cutting our trip short. But I can't wait to get home and stamp; since we're not staying here long, I'm not unpacking everything and it is a PAIN. I've made a card to show you soon, but I doubt I'll be very steadfast at blogging for a few weeks. I'm sorry. It's just gotta be like that. :D

OK, I'm outta here. Have a wonderful day - and be SURE to make the time to stamp something!

I'm back! :)

So sorry I seemed to disappear - taking care of Naomi didn't seem to leave much in my daily allotment of brain cells. :D I'm glad you're still here!!!

I'm sharing another challenge scrapbook page with you today. :) I DO have some other things to share, so enjoy this today while I get photos where they need to be, etc. :) It's a bit busier than I normally design, but it was ICE! at Gaylord. So fun! :D

Have a wonderful day! Be sure and STAMP something today! Are you ready for Christmas? :D

Friday - MDS Share!

Happy Friday! After such a short work week last week, I'm sure your week has felt super-long. Got big plans this weekend? Coming to the open house? :D Coming to tell me to have a great trip? Or perhaps bringing me a cute ornament to replace the ones my suicidal Christmas tree took out with it?
:D

Anyway! This is a page I did for a SUDSOL challenge; it was a SUPER-easy sketch. I really love this one - and the DSP, while retired IRL, lives on forever after I've downloaded it from Stampin' Up! :D

I just wanted to share something quick and easy; will do the same for Monday, too, because I'll be traveling. My sister is hosting a party next Saturday, and I can't wait to meet her friends and introduce them to Stampin' Up! I sent her some samples, and she's loving them! :D

OK, I'm outta here! SOOOOOOOO much to do! I hope I'll get to see you Sunday! And regardless, be sure you make the time to STAMP something!

Happy Anniversary, Kenn Stilger!

Today is our fifteenth anniversary. In some ways, it's been a LONG fifteen years; we've been through a LOT together. But this anniversary finds us counting our blessings more than ever - including each other. We still have our areas where we struggle with each other, just like anyone else, but they become a little less each year. :D This is the cover of an 8x8 hardcover memory book I'm making him - made MUCH more difficult by my hard drive crash. My backup only saved half of my photos. AUGH! :D

Anyway. :D I won't be available today; I'm getting a massage and we're going out to a very special dinner. Have a wonderful day, be sure to tell the people you love that you love them, and take the time to STAMP something. (I may not be stamping today, but I can almost guarantee that a thought or two will sneak into my mind.... :D)

Another MY DIGITAL STUDIO show-off!

Good thing Kenn doesn't check out my stamping blog often. :D I'm trying to finish a book for our anniversary next week, and this is one of the pages. I'll show you the second page of the two-page layout tomorrow!

Seriously MDS is SO fun to use!!!! It makes it as easy as you want! :)


I'm off! I hope you're having a wonderful day! Now, then. Make sure to take the time to STAMP something!!! :)

Happy Monday!

Did you have a good weekend?? I want to know who filled my weekends up with so much to do! Hmph. :D

Yesterday afternoon, we did a paper bag class. These little albums are SO much fun to do! We did ABSOLUTELY no stamping, and very little punching or Big Shot work - and you can easily get three albums out of a Simply Scrappin' Kit. If you added some more scraps, some ink, yaddayadda - you could do an untold number of these! :D

Here's the front....

This is the Christmas-themed SS kit. The colors are Cherry Cobbler, Marina Mist, Old Olive, and Very Vanilla. SS kits come with 12x12 textured card stock, which makes it a lot of fun to work with. The word "celebrate" was one word, but we cut it to fit the page. :D

I fibbed a bit; we did do ONE Big Shot thing, just because I love the new snowflake die that's in the Holiday Mini - but we ONLY used them on the front cover. :)

Here's one inside spread; I also pulled out the pocket tabs a bit, so you could see them:

Yes, the color's a bit off, and I have no clue why. Oh, well. :) The light hit it wierd!!!

OK, I'm off! Tonight is the Advanced Techniques class - and it's gonna be awesome. :D You'll be seeing the cards this week, but they're all Technique Junkies techniques, so no details. You're just gonna have to come to classes! :)

Have a wonderful evening - and be SURE to take the time to STAMP something!!!

Simply Scrappin' Kits

Good afternoon! How are you doing today? Have you been stamping lately? :D

You know, I rarely purchase Simply Scrappin' (SS) kits. I get them if I have a plan for a class - like the paper bag album class on Saturday. But I keep forgetting what an incredible value they are!

You get two sheets of four different colors of card stock. You get three sheets each of two different two-sided designer series papers. And you get two sheets of three different self-adhesive die cuts. That's a LOT of material to use! For the class on Saturday, each person gets a half a package. And that will mean lots to take home - I still have about a third of my die cuts, two sheets of DSP, and some good chunks of the card stocks!

So, I decided to show you today what I made with just a few of my leftovers! :)

Don't you just love the colors? This is the Christmas-themed SS kit; it came with Cherry Cobbler, Always Artichoke, Very Vanilla, and Marina Mist. Not a single stamp on here. Just lots of fun die cuts - and this is a 6x6 scrapbook page.

OK, I'm off! :) I'll be back tomorrow with another sample. I hope you're having a great week - why is it so hard to get back to work after a trip?!?! :D

Have a wonderful day! Take the time to STAMP - or SCRAP - something! :D

Fabulous!

Yes, that's exactly how a tea party photo or two would look on these pages. :D These are my faves from our class, I think!

Card stock: Melon Mambo kinda N, Tempting Turquoise, Whisper White

Stamp sets: Tiny Teacup,

Ink: Melon Mambo kinda N, Tempting Turquoise

Accessories: Take a Sip Stampin' Around standard wheel, Melon Mambo SA standard cartridge, Big Shot, oval & frame die, 2-3/8" scallop circle punch, 1" circle punch, small oval punch, dimensionals

:D It's fun, isn't it? :D

OK, I'm off! I'm meeting some dear friends for lunch, and can't wait to just sit and chat. :) I love friends! But I'm still going to stamp something today - and I'm hoping YOU will, too! :D

Simple, multi-purpose layout!

Good morning! :D Thought I'd switch things up a bit and get in here before your day is half over. :D

Today's share is a simple layout, but you could use it for any number of events - choir at church, ensemble, even Christmas. And try changing the color and see what it does! :)

Card stock: Whisper White, Cherry Cobbler N
Ink: Basic Black (standard cartridge)
Accessories: Scallop oval punch, medium oval punch, Music Notes standard Stampin' Around wheel, standard Stampin' Around Handle

You really couldn't get much more simple than this layout! Try it - I love doing scrapbook pages with Stampin' Around wheels! :)

OK, I'm outta here! Tomorrow, I'll show you my favorite layout from the class. :) Have a WONDERFUL day, and be SURE to take the time to STAMP something! :)

Yes, it's Two-fer Tuesday! :D

Because I didn't post yesterday. I'm sorry - time just got away from me! We had a great time last night, stampin' Christmas in July in the midst of lightning and tornadoes! :D You'll get to see those projects later; right now, I'm going to show you TWO - yes, TWO! - 6x6 scrapbook layouts!

I really like this one; it's ALL DSP and card stock. Not a single bit of ink - but what glam pages! :D
Card stock: Sahara Sand, Whisper White, Real Red, Basic Black
Accessories: NEUTRALS DSP Pack N, Big Shot (Who wants to make me a bumper sticker that says "I♥MyBigShot"!?!?! :D), Antique Wallpaper Embossing folder

Here's your second! I've still got two more layouts to show you; even if you're not into scrapbooking, there's a LOT of possibility to transfer to your cards or 3D projects. :D

Card stock: Pumpkin Pie, Tangerine Tango kinda N, Soft Suede kinda N, Whisper White
Stamp set: Teeny Tiny Wishes
Ink: Basic Black Craft
Accessories: Owl 2-step punch N, modern label punch, embossing buddy, black embossing powder, heat tool, Neutrals DSP

I'm loving that new owl punch!!! It's SO fun!! Stay tuned for more with it! Read the rest of this post, then go stamp something, will ya???

OK, I'm off. Look for a new program I'm gonna implement; I want to build my business, y'all, and need YOUR help to do so! :)

AND, breaking news from Stampin' Up!:

From now until August 31, HOSTESS A PARTY OF $350 OR MORE IN SALES AND RECEIVE TWENTY-FIVE DOLLARS (yup, $25!!) IN EXTRA HOSTESS DOLLARS!! (Not to mention you'll qualify for this year's HOSTESS APPRECIATION LUNCHEON!!)

Sorry, guys!

It's been a REALLY hectic week, and I'm totally wiped out today - but HEY, I'm HERE. :) (I guess I'm feeling my age a day early! :D )

So, today I'll share both November and December, encourage you to enter the FOURTH ANNUAL BIRTHDAY CARD CONTEST - and there are some really great entries so far!!! - and then MONDAY we'll start back to the cards and 3D items you seem to love so much. :D

Here's November!

I ♥ my Big Shot! :D Do you SEE how simple, how uninked, but how STUNNING this layout is? All thanks to that wonderful machine! We used Texturz plates on the background, and the leaves die for - what else?!? - the leaves. Rich colors and texture, space for lots of photos or even lots of journaling. LOVE it!

And finally, December!

(Oops! The light cast a shadow! :D )
Yes, I did pull out the Iridescent Ice embossing powder for this one. I love Christmas!!! I think this is the first time I've really mentioned it, but it's coming FAST. :D

Anyway. That's LOVELY AS A TREE, *still* not retired! YEA!!!!!!!!!!!! The ornament punch with some of my favorite DSP, and voila! a really fun, subdued page for any holiday photos!

OK. I'm DONE. :) Have a WONDERFUL weekend, STAY COOL - big heat advisories out, neighbors, so BE CAREFUL! - and be SURE to take the time to STAMP something! Don't forget the contest!!!

Today's OCTOBER!

:D Here you go!

Stamp set is THE MORE THE MERRIER, a level 2 hostess-only set. Don't you love the punch art crow? I got the idea for him HERE! Card stock for background is Dusty Durango, a retiring IN COLOR.

Don't forget to enter the FOURTH ANNUAL BIRTHDAY CARD CONTEST! I'm off to teach a class - wish you were here! :D Have a great evening, and don't forget to STAMP something!!!!!!!