Simple Yet Elegant

Good Morning Stampers. I hope you are having a wonderful day so far. It's another beautiful day here in SW MO. The sun is shining and a slight breeze. We could really use some rain though, so if you have rain in your area, please send it to MO, we need it so bad!

Today, I'm sharing a card I made last week. I know I should of shared it then! You know how life just gets in the way. Anyways, it's a very simple but yet elegant card. I started out with Whisper White as the card base, then stamped Season's Greetings from the Holiday Mini Hostess set on Whisper White with Versa Mark then heat set some gold embossing powder on it. Matted/popped up with pop dots on some Cherry Cobbler, added a little bit of ribbon on the Cherry Cobbler then a bow made with Always Artichoke Seam Binding Ribbon.

That's it from me today. THANKS so much for stopping by. Have a great Sunday!

Happy Stampin,
Lois

Christmas in August

Good afternoon everyone! Hope ya'll are having a great Saturday. It's yet another HOT day here in SW MO. I'm so looking forward to fall. I just can't hardly stand the heat as I get older.

Todays card is a simple Christmas card that I'll use in one of my SAS. I started out with a piece of Cherry Cobbler (love that color), then some Old Olive and a piece of Jolly Holiday DSP. Using the Top Note Die, I cut a piece of Cherry Cobbler and Very Vanilla (folded). I cut the edges off the Very Vanilla and layered onto the Cherry Cobbler. I sponged Cherry Cobbler on the Very Vanilla edges. Stamped the tree in Old Olive from Holiday Happiness, then using my stampamajig, stamped the ornaments in Daffodile Delight and Cherry Cobbler. I didn't like the way the star looked at the top of the tree just stamped, so I punched a star from Daffodile Delight cardstock and popped it up with a pop dot. Added some bling and ribbon/bow made with the bow easy. For the inside, I stamped "Happy Holidays" from Holiday Happiness in Cherry Cobbler. I really love the way the card opens up with the top note folded. What do ya think?

That's it for today. Have a great weekend, and THANKS so much for stoppin by.

Happy Stampin,
Lois

Metal meets Candle

Good morning ladies. It's NASCAR day!!! Final race of the year. Already looking forward to Feburary when it starts all over again!!!! Hope you have a great Sunday.

Today, I'm sharing a candle wrap that I made using 40gr metal sheet, Petals a Plenty Embossing Folder, sanding block and a few brads. You too, can purchase the directions at http://www.addalittledazzle.com/my_weblog/page/2/ The candles make a great addition to your holiday decorations. And the great thing about these is, you can change out the sleeve for your next home decor liking without having to buy more candles. It's a win/win situation. If you attend one of my workshops, you might find one of these projects that you can make and take home.

That's it for today. Thanks for stoppin by. Have a wonderful Sunday. Remember to keep on stampin, it's good for your soul.

Your SU Friend,

Lois

Sweet Treet Ornament

Good Evening Ladies. Hope your Wednesday went well.

Tonight, I'm sharing an ornament I made with a Sweet Treat Cup and the Snowflake Punch. The stamped snowman is from SU Punch Pals. Colored the snowman with various markers, put a little MS white flakes in the treat cup.. Used retired Red Organdy Ribbon. To hold it all together, I used nestie circle and some gold cording.

Thanks so much for stoppin by. Have a great Thursday.

Your SU Friend,
Lois

Snow Flake Box

Good evening ladies. Hope your weekend went great. I had Stamp Camp here on Saturday, that kept me very busy. We had a blast making projects (the pictured ones here, we didn't make).

Weather is beautiful here in SW MO.

Tonight, I'm sharing a box that I made while watching the Nascar Race. What a race!!! Anyways, I found this over at http://flowerbug.typepad.com/my_weblog/. isn't it cute. Very easy to make.

Materials I used: No stamping....Cardstock: Soft Suede, Whisper White, Brushed Gold and Christmas Cocoa DSP. Misc: Matchbox Die, Snowflake Punch, Chocolate Chip Wide Satin Ribbon (retired), Popdots, Scalloped Edge Punch and Gold 1/2 pearl stickers.

That's it for tonight, thanks so much for stoppin by. Have a great Monday and remember to keep on stampin, it's good for your soul.

Your SU Friend,

Lois

MOJO Pine Trees

Good morning ladies. Hope you are having a wonderful Wednesday. It's another beautiful day here in SW MO. I'm up early again. Trying to figure out how to change the furbabies interclocks, if any of you have an idea how to do that, please please let me know. I'm NOT an early morning person.

Today's card is for Mojo Monday. If you'd like to play along go to http://mojomonday.blogspot.com/2009/11/mojo-monday-111-contest.html and join us. I'm a day or two behind in my sketch challenges.

I used......Real Red for my card base, a piece of Holiday Treasures (retired last yr), Basic Black and Whisper White. I heat embossed the trees from Pattern Pines (mini) in Red. Finished it off with a Snowflake(unknown) punched in White and Red, 1/2 pearl stickers and White Organdy Ribbon (retired).

That's it for today, thanks so much for stoppin by. Ya'll come back. Remember, keep on stampin, it's good for your soul.

Your SU Friend,

Lois

PPA13 Anything BUT a Card

Good evening ladies, hope you had a great Thursday. It's raining here in SW MO. Stayed in most of the day. Stay safe and warm.

Tonight I'm sharing some more of those petal card boxes. I just love those things. They are easy to do and so fun! I made these for the PPA challenge over at http://www.palspaperarts.com/, stop in there sometime and join the fun.

Materials I used....Cardstock is Real Red, Handsome Hunter and Christmas Cocoa DSP. Cricut for the letter, Petal Card Die, CB die and embossing for the wreathe. I tied them in Organdy retired white and red ribbons.

Thanks so much for stoppin by. Have a great evening and a better tomorrow. Keep on stampin, it's good for your soul.

Your SU Friend,

Lois

PPA12 Peace on Earth

Good Evening ladies. Hope you had a great Thursday. It was a pretty nice cool day here in SW MO. Vicki and I got together and worked on a couple of things. Then we decided to do the sketch challenge. We had dinner and laughed alot. Great way to spend the day!

Tonight, I'm sharing my card for the sketch challenge over at http://www.palspaperarts.com/

A very fun sketch and I knew what I wanted to do right away. I started out with a card base of Rich Razzleberry. The panels are Brushed Gold with Christmas Cocoa DSP. I used my Scalloped Circle Nesties along with the Circle Nesties.For my main image, I used Serene Snowflakes that was stamped in Rich Razzleberry on W White. I stamped the small circle in Encore Gold and punch out with my 1/2" punch and popped up. The sentiment from Four the Holidays, is stamped in yet again Rich Razzleberry on W White matted on Brushed Gold. I finished it all off with some gold cording and gold pearl stickers.

That's it for tonight, thanks for stoppin by. Keep on stampin it's good for your soul.

Your SU Friend,

Lois