It is time!!!!!!!!

Hello my friends, today is the day, it's release day over at ISC!!!!! Remember when I told you guys on Friday that we are having something special planned for today? Well, not in those exact words, but we are having a PARTY!!!!!! Today is the day that ISC is having it's FIRST, yes, FIRST ever Christmas Card Extravaganza/Blog Hop!!!! And we are celebrating for 3 DAYS. We were challenged by Betsy the owner of ISC to each choose one image from the Joyful Christmas stamp sheet and create a card making it the focal point. I don't know why, but for some reason I am not good at making Christmas cards, hmm I guess I am not feeling it yet ;D, but let me tell you. When I cut my images I had tons of ideas in my head and since the typical Christmas images where already taken, I've picked the flourish. So, let me show you my humble creation



It's a Joyful Christmas




Recipe:

Paper: PTI White, DP was provided by Betsy(sorry not sure of the name :C)

Stamps: ISC Joyful Christmas

Inks: SU Mellow Moss, Ranger Distress Ink Fired Brick


Accessories: Nesties Megabilities curved rectangles, Kaiser half pearls in red, snowflake button (I believe it is from WalMart), red sheer ribbon, foam tape, 3 D foam dots, Maya Road Vintage headpin



For my focal image I've decided to sponge around the flourish, so I left my Nesties die on the card stock and simply added the Fired Brick Distress Ink with a sponge so that the edges would still be white and draw more attention to the focal image. It's a pretty simple card, but that is what we are looking for for Christmas as most of us have to make tons of cards, right? ;D


This is it for my card, but wait, I have more for you!!!!! Guess what, since this is our FIRST ever Christmas Card Extravaganza you can WIN, 3 FREE of the "Newest" Christmas Stamp Sheets (Joyful Christmas, Eclectic Christmas, Festive Christmas)!!!!!! How cool is this??????? We are keeping it super easy for you too, all you have to do is head on over to the ISC Blog and leave a comment on what Christmas means to you & your family!!!! Super EASY, but you have to hurry up as this opportunity will end on WEDNESDAY October 14th!!!!!


Since this is a Blog Hop please don't just head on over to leave your comment, go on and see what the next ISC Architect in this HOP has created and which image she chose. It's Julie



Wait, don't hit that button yet, there is one more little tiny detail I have to share with you all ;D


ISC is also offering 10% off of your order!!!! The Christmas Stamp Line is jammed packed and for a limited time only the retail price has been reduced!!!!!





WOW, I think I have it all covered now!!! I have saved some more cards for this release for you all, so make sure you come back tomorrow to see what I have up my sleeve ;D.

Thanks so much for stopping by.

Hugs,

Happy Friday.....

my friends. Boy oh boy did I have a week. Well, I am all better from that flu that had my entire family strapped down and I am feeling much better what my tooth is concerned, yeah!!!!


I thank God for the Endodontist I went to see. Anyhow, you did not come to hear about my aches and pains, so I will share something fun with you all!!!


Today is sneak peek time for Innovative Stamp Creations. This month there will be 5, yes I said 5 new sets released!!!! So, today I will share a card with you all that I made with one of the sets which is called "Fruitful". How perfect is that name for Thanksgiving coming up, but this set is not limited to Thanksgiving. I love it!!!! Have a look for yourself


Fruitful



Recipe:
Paper: PTI Kraft, rustic white

Stamps: ISC BG stamp Canvas and Fruitful (link is not active yet, so I did not add it!)

Ink: SU Close to Cocoa, Chalk Box Creamy Brown, Dark Brown

Accessories: Tim Holtz Distressing Tool, Recollections mini antique copper brads, SU Word Window Punch, watercolor pencils, Blender pen, photo corner punch by EK Success, Pearl lettuce Dew Drops, foam tape, 3D dots, Tombow glue , Cuttlebug embossing folder Swiss Dots






So, did I get you interested in this wonderful set? But wait, you'll have to wait until Monday, 12. October 2009. Did you notice the blinkie in my sidebar? Well, we are having a Blog Hop over at ISC and you will love it. Can't tell too much as of yet, so make sure you'll come back on Monday to find out the details ;D.

Sorry again for the delayed post. You know how much you rely on the Internet until your service is out. We've had an Internet outage for the past 2 day and I am glad we are back up and running :D:D:D.

Thanks for stopping by today.

Hugs,

So far behind........

with the challenges. Well, a few weeks back I discovered the Stampin Sisters in Christ challenge blog via a friend of mine, and I am hooked. Sometimes I don't get to play, but that is all right, because this morning, even still not feeling so good, I made a quick card for this challenge. It surely shows how time flies as this is already challenge # 6. This week the Sisters are using Psalm19:14 as the theme which reads: "Let the words of my mouth and the meditations of my heart be acceptable in your sight, o Lord, my strenght and my redeemer" this is such a powerful scripture reminding us to watch what we say and think. Perfect to make a card to let someone know "Thinking of You or Praying for you". The perfect scripture and theme to go together.
Two weeks ago I received my KIT (key Ingredients Kit) from Taylored Expressions and it has the most beautiful papers, ribbons and other goodies in it. So, I just to dig in and use some of it ;D. For my base I chose a cream cs, some textured chocolate cs and some yummy DP which was also included in the kit. I am not sure what the name of the papers are, so , lets just call them the papers from the TE KIT :D.



As you all know I love DP no matter what brand and this one is no exception. I've decided on a 5.5"x5.5" card as I did not want to waste too much of the cut down to 6x6 paper. The main panel is cut with the Nesties Labels 3 dies and the sentiment, which is from the Verve Set Meditations and was tamped in SU Close to Cocoa. To make everything pop a little more I added some Kaiser chocolate half pearls and some gorgeous May Arts ribbon. I felt that something was still missing so I got my neglected glass beads and findings out and made a stick pin to add the missing jewelry :D:D. Since I wanted to incorporate the "Thinking of you or praying for you" part of the challenge I finished the inside off as well. This is such an easy card, but since I am using the theme scripture I think nothing much is needed as this scripture is very deep and speaks for itself.

Let the words of my mouth.....







Recipe:


Paper: all papers are from the Taylored Expressions Key Ingredients Kit for September 2009





Stamps: Verve Notes of Prayer and Meditations





Ink: SU Close to Cocoa and SU Basic Brown(for some sponging )





Accessories: Kaiser chocolate half pearls, cream and brown striped grosgrain ribbon from May Arts, handmade stick pin, Nesties Labels 3, 3 D dots and foam tape








This is the front of the card and this next picture is from the inside.




If you'd like to find out a little more about this challenge head on over to the Stampin Sisters in Christ Challenge Blog
It is so much fun creating a card and being able to share your love for Christ at the same time. I am truly thankful that I found this group.

That is it for me, back to taking care of the kiddos and taking some meds myself.

Thanks for stopping by today. I appreciate all of your well wishes I have received over the past few days. You guys are the BEST!!!

Hugs,

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,