Happy Wednesday....

my friends. I have a short post for you all today with a chance of winning a free stamp sheet from Innovative Stamp Creations. Betsy, decided to have a Sketch Challenge this month and all you have to do to be eligible to win 1 FREE STAMP SHEET of your choice is to make a card using this sketch and a ISC stamp sheet that you already have. You have until 11.October 2009 to post a link to your card over at the ISC blog. Now have a look at the sketch ISCSC909







sorry for it being so small. Couldn't figure out how to make it bigger after I downloaded it from the database ;D. But to get a bit of a better idea here is what I came up with.









Recipe:
Paper: PTI Vintage Cream, True Black, Basic Grey Boxer

Stamps: ISC Let it Bloom and ISC Thoughtful Verses Matthew 7:7

Ink: VersaFine Onyx Black

Accessories: Nesties Megabilities curved rectangles, Black textured ribbon, off-white velvety rick rack, Recollections half pearls (from Mike's) Foam tape.

I had tons of fun with this sketch so now it is your turn to get those ISC stamps of yours out and play along for a chance to win 1 FREE STAMP SHEET of your choice, but don't forget to upload your card no later than 11.October 2009

over at the ISC blog for a chance to win. Remember, if you don't play you won't win ;D and who does not love free stamps?

Well, this is it for me for today, major headache and just sitting here typing hurts. Sorry!

Thanks for stopping by today.

Hugs,

Hello my friends.....

are you missing me? Well, I am terribly sorry I have not posted in so long. Let me tell ya, first both of my girls were sick and now I have it. Ugly, nasty cold!!!

Just as soon as this nasty bug is out of my system I will be back!!!! Yesterday I went to church with the family, which I thought was a good idea, but it turned out not to be so good as I got a terrible headache caused by that head cold and my sinusis where just all acting up so by the time we've got home almost 5 hours later (yep, we are in church from 11 AM until 2 PM, had a small fellowship and a long way home) and I was as excausted as can be and fell asleep on the couch. I never fall asleep on the couch on a regular Sunday :D. Anyhow, just wanted to update you and let you all know that I have not fallen off of the face of the earth ;D. Please say a prayer or two for me so I can be normal again ;D.

Thanks for not giving up on me, it truly means a lot to me.

Hugs,
Sabrina

Good Tuesday afternoon.....

my stamping friends!!!! Hope you all had a wonderful start into the new week. Sorry I have been absent for a few days, but I had another one of those migraine attacks over the weekend. To tell you the truth they really, really suck. But I am thankful I am feeling better now :D.

I have some exciting news, well, I was actually kind of shocked when I first saw it, but that pocket card I showed you all last week, remember? Well, let me tell you, my friend Lovely Linda e-mailed me in BIG RED letters that I was one of the Three For Thee winners over at ODBD. Me, really, I never ever win anything, so I did not even think in my wildest dreams that I would even be considered, but that was not all. Also last week, Lorelie contacted me and asked if it would be all right to feature another one of my cards which I made with one of the newly released sets from ODBD in the customer pick of the week section of their Blog. Goodness, all of this in one week, how much more could I take? I was so honored that any of my humble creations would be chosen that I had tears in my eyes.




But that was all of the good things that happened to me, today I checked my blogger updates and low and behold I was picked as one of the three Shining Stars Award over Stampin Sisters in Christ Let me tell you, I am super happy and can barely contain myself :D:D:D:D.


Check out this cool award

Sorry, but I can't figure out how to make it blink. Having one of those moments.

All right, now, this is the news I wanted to share with you all on to the card I have for you.

It is a real simple card, but I hope the person this card is going to will be encouraged and get a smile on her face. I don't really know the lady, but heard that she is recovering from surgery and has a long way to go, so I've decided to brighten her day a little :D.

I chose some paper in a lime kind of green, which is from a Making Memories pad I got not long ago. The sentiment was stamped in Certainly Celery unto some PTI white cs which I ran through my bug with a Petite Oval Large die from Nesties. I also added some punched butterflies and white Prima Hydrangeas. Like I've said pretty simple, but I did not want to put too many layers on it as this one has to go all the way to Virginia.

Check it out......

Recipe:

Paper: PTI white, Su Certainly Celery, Making Memories

Stamps: ODBD Get Well

Ink: SU Certainly Celery

Accessories: Nesties Petite Ovals Large, white Hydrangeas from Prima, Martha Stewart 3 butterflies punch, Recollections silver half pearls, Pearl Lettuce Dew Drops, 3D glue dots, Foam Tape, 3 D foam dots

I also have a shot from the inside of the card. You've gotta excuse the shadow and the rock in the picture. I took the pictures outside and the wind kept blowing my card away, so I had to lean it towards the big rock and put a little one in front of it to make it stay ;D.

What do you think? Do you think this card will make this lady's day?

Well, I am off to get some Banana Bread out of the oven. The entire house smells like it {big sigh}, so yummy smelling ;D.

Thank you so very much for stopping by today. If you have a minute I'd love to hear from you. You know those comments make every day a special day :D.

Hugs,

Hi there on this breezy Friday.......

here in AZ! I have a card for you all today, well, I actually had 2, but I could not get a good picture of one of them. I mean I've tried outside, inside, I just could not get the colors to come out right. Don't you hate that? I made this clean and simple card and I used white card stock as my base and added the embellishments on there in form of a handmade flower which I used kind of a dark purple for and some dark purple grosgrain ribbon, but the ribbon looks BLUE in all pictures, so I am not going to post this one. It is bugging me!!!!! Any tips on taking pics of purple things without them looking BLUE?

On to my second card, which I will show you a picture of :D:D:D:D.

Last month I discovered that Taylored Expressions was offering Key Ingredients Kits, and let me tell you I just had to give them a try. So I went to their website and signed up for a 3 months subscription. The August Kit was the first one I received, a little late, because there was such a high demand, but I did receive it and I am loving it!!!!!! This is not the first card I made with this set, but I forgot to take pictures of the other ones before I gave them out already. For those that don't know what the Key Ingredients Kit is all about, you get a box of supplies that are absolutely yummy ;D. There is enough card stock in there to make a ton of cards (16 according to Taylor) , 6x6 DP, coordinating ribbon, rub-on's for the Aug. Kit, and a package of Rhinestones, absolutely GORGEOUS. To find out more about it you can check out the details at Taylored Expressions

this is the link to the info on the 3 months subscription which I have, but I am loving it, so I am thinking about getting the 6 months one ;D.

Here is my card

I thank my God.....

Recipe:

Paper: All papers and card stock from the August Key Ingredient Kit from Taylored Expressions

Stamp: ISC Thoughtful Verses

Ink: Palette Moulin Rouge

Accessories: trim from August Key Ingredient Kit from Taylored Expressions, Nesties Labels 1, Recollections half pearls, foam tape

Don't you just think that this paper is absolutely GORGEOUS???

I did receive my September Kit yesterday, but have not opened it yet, but from what I did see through the package, it is yummy as well ;D.

Well, I am off to get some cleaning done before my 8 y.o. DD comes home from school early today. They are having another half day due to teacher/parent conferences.

Oh, I usually don't say too much about my family here, but I just have to share this with you all. I am a very proud Mommy today, as my 8 y.o. has all A's and A+'s in her quarterly report card. I told her, when she comes home today I'll take her for pizza to Pizza Hut, yep, my kids love Pizza Hut, and she gets to buy a new Nintendo DS game. Sorry, but I just had to share. Doesn't it feel good when your kids do well in school? I hope and pray it stays this way :D.

Thanks so much for stopping by today. Have a wonderful weekend, I might just see you all back this weekend, after I get some playtime with my new Kit ;D.

Hugs,

Another one......

can you believe that? Well, it kind of took me forever to get a picture taken and get it uploaded, but I did it, YEAH!!!!


A few weeks back I had ordered some K&Company paper and it has been sitting in my cabinet ever since it arrived and today I finally decided to use it instead of hoarding it :D. One of the papers really caught my eye as it has a lot of Fall colors in it. To make a long story short I used some of this yummy paper, some of the SU in color Crushed Curry, my all time favorite Chocolate Chip and some Creamy Caramel. So in combination with the K&Company Life's Tapestry paper a real yummy concoction ;D.


Have a look and see for yourself.


Wishing you all God's blessings........



Recipe:
Paper: SU Creamy Caramel, Chocolate Chip, Crushed Curry

Stamps: ODBD Thinking of You

Ink: SU Close to Cocoa

Accessories: Nesties Labels 3, Chocolate Chip grosgrain ribbon, Prima Hydrangeas from the Annual Brights Collection, antique copper brad, Ginger colored Dew Drops, dimensionals, foam tape, double sided tape, 3D glue dot, Martha Stewart butterfly punch, Cuttlebug Swiss Dots embossing folder, Kaiser Copper half pearls

So, what do you think? Doesn't this card just say "Fall"? Well, at least the colors ;D.

It is almost 8 PM here and time for me to put my kiddos to bed.

Thanks so much for stopping by, it truly means a lot to me.

Hugs,

For those that wish to leave a comment on this card, please scroll down way down, yeah, way down, or just hit the END button to get to the comment box. I am truly sorry about this but have no idea how this happened. I have been trying to correct it, but it just does not work.

So, if you want to leave me some love, please scroll down, way down ;D. Thank You!!!!

Good Tuesday morning.......

my friends. I hope you all had a fantastic weekend and good start to the week. My family and I had a wonderful weekend meeting some old friends we knew from Okinawa,Japan. We spent most of our day up in Phoenix it was really fun. The visit was way too short, but they are only in AZ for a few days and are heading back to Texas tomorrow :C. The 2 1/2 hours ride up there to Phoenix was long (especially if you have two kids in the back seat fussing "are we there yet?"), but well worth it.





All right now on to my post for today. I am trying to get better in doing challenges and this weeks challenge over at the Stampin' Sisters in Christ Blog is just the right one for me. First of all I love the scripture they chose for this week, Jeremiah 29:11, so powerful and so reassuring!!! This week they are doing a sketch challenge and I loved it the minute I saw it, so I dropped the laundry, not literally :D, and went into my room and just went for it. Have a look at my take on the challenge





Jeremiah 29:11 SSCC4


Recipe:
Paper: PTI Vintage Cream, Bazzill textured cs shade of green, Basic Grey Boxer

Stamps: Verve Cross from Notes of Prayer, Scripture from Jeremiah 29:11

Ink: SU Mellow Moss, SU Certainly Celery (for the distressing on the bottom corner)

Accessories: Nesties scalloped circle and standard circle large, silver cross charm from WalMart, Prima Hydrangea from the Deep Woods Collection, beige lace from Joann, Making Memories silver brads, foam tape, domensionals, double sided tape, pearl lettuce Dew Drop

So, what y'all think? I have enjoyed making this card, kind of encouraging myself a bit here ;D.

If you would like to find out more about this wonderful group head on over to the Stampin' Sisters in Christ blog. It is way fun to be amongst some fellow believers.

Thanks so much for stopping by today.

Hugs,

Happy Friday.......

my friends!!! Today is the day, release day at Innovative Stamp Creations. Not just that, but today is also Betsy's Birthday, YEAH!!!!!! And because of that, she is doing something very special that has never been done in ISC's history. You can buy all 5, yes I've 5 newly released stamp sheets for ONLY $ 40.00!!!!!!! (Retail price 56.49!!!) WOW, that is one good deal in my book ;D. This special offer ends Friday 18. September 2009. Here are the links to all 5 sets so you'll get an idea on what you'll get for your buck ;D





Let it Bloom


Tropicals


Shades of Autumn


Farm Life


Country Living





I'd say that is a whole lot of stamps for not that much money ;D.





But wait, to make this a little easier on you to decide I have also a card to share with you all.





For this card I've used the Shades of Autumn stamp sheet
this stamp set is just gorgeous. This image is of a Coleus leave. I was trying to make it look like the Coleus plants that I remember from back home in Germany. We had them everywhere and I remember the really pretty green on the outside of the leaves and a more vibrant burgundy kind of color in the center. To achieve somewhat of that look I used watercolor paper stamped the image of the leaf in SU Mellow Moss and colored it in with my watercolor brush and Adirondack markers in Meadow and Currant which I just took straight form the pen unto my watercolor brush and started blending. As a card base I chose PTI Rustic White and as a second layer Bazzill textured cs in olive and last but not least a layer of PTI Scarlet Jewel (absolutely gorgeous color IRL ;D). Since I wanted to give at least one of my panels a little more interest I stamped that same Coleus leaf several times on the Scarlet Jewel cs in VersaMark and rubbed Pearlecent Chalks in 2 shades of green over it. Sorry, but my camera did not really pick this feature up very well, but believe me, IRL it is really cool looking. To finish the card off I distressed the focal image with my Tim Holtz distressing tool and sponged the edges a bit, added the sentiment in Mellow Moss and added some Dew Drops in Pearl Lettuce and Currant. The ribbon is olive green sheer ribbon from May Arts.

What do you think, does it look like the real thing?

If you have a minute make sure you head on over to the ISC Blog and check out some of the cards the girls made. You will not be disappointed those girls rocked each and every one of the sets.

Thanks so much stopping by today and I hope you've enjoyed your visit.

Have a wonderful weekend!!

Hugs,