Back in the game!

Good morning! It is so nice to be "back in the game" participating in the Mojo Monday card sketch! It has been way too long since I have found time to participate but I must say I really enjoyed making this card this morning and hope to be back to participating regularly! My dear friend Lynn told me about a website called The Daily Dare that posts all of the current daily challenges from all over the world wide web! So if you are ever looking for some inspiration check it out!

On to my card... I used the Flirtatious Specialty dsp and coordinating Delicate Doilies stamp set as well as the Pretty postage stamp set. The colors I used today are pretty in pink, whisper white and pumpkin pie. I used the Tasteful Trim dies (of course) to make the wide scallop border, white satin 5/8" ribbon and finished it off with a dainty brad from the Antique Brads collection.

The punches are as follows... 2 3/8" scallop cirlce, 2" circle, 1 3/4" circle and then 1 3/4" scallop circle, 1 3/8" circle and finally 1 1/4" circle.

Thanks for stopping by... have a wonderful day!

~Sara~

Phew! Coming up for air!

Hi there, gosh what a busy time I have been having! I now have 75 cards ready to swap at the Stampin' Up! Convention on Wednesday, I am ready for my stamp club on Tuesday, and my scrapbook room is clean! Yippee!!

Wanna see what my scrappin' space looks like when it is clean?!?

It is so much nicer to work in a clean space! I usually don't let it get so messy but I had been crazy busy working on swaps. The last straw was being caught by my husband squatting over my guillotine cutter on the floor because my counter top was so cluttered there was no room for it! He said, "Wouldn't it be easier to just make some room on your counter?" Uhm... NO! I needed everything exactly where it was of course! The day I cleaned it he came in and said, "Wow! I forgot how big this room actually is!" Gotta love that man :)

So I am going to show you the swaps I have completed so far and then I am going to get busy creating the last one so I can mass produce it tomorrow and be done with them!

I made two that are very similar. I just ran out of one of the papers in the Just Add Cake dsp pack so I switched it up a little. I used the Create a Cupcake stamp set and Cupcake Builder punch.

Same card, different color. I like this one a little better but that is probably because green is my favorite color.

This is my favorite one I made so far. I used the Flirtatious Specialty dsp, the Butterfly Prints and Bring on the Cake stamp sets and of course the butterfly punch. The new Wisteria Wonder is a great addition to Stampin' Up!'s color palette... so pretty!

The last card I have made to swap is this kind of masculine card. I used the Pocketful of Posies dsp and the Pretty Postage stamp set. Some of these sketches will probably look familar because I have used each of them recently. That is something I like about a great card sketch, you can use it over and over and over again... and I do!

Well thanks for stopping by today. Perhaps I will have time for Mojo Monday tomorrow. It has been a really long time since I have played along with those girls and I am missing it!

See you soon!

~Sara~

Happy Birthday Hannah!

Good morning! I am back after taking a week off from my Monday posts. I have been so busy helping my son with his senior scrapbook project. It was due today so we had been working quite diligently to get it finished in time.

Today is my daughters birthday! She is 14, I can hardly believe it! Friday we went clothes shopping, she is so into that now. I remember two years ago I was going to the mall with my mom and my sisters and asked her if she wanted to go and she had no desire to go shopping and didn't mind one bit if I picked out all of her clothes... how things have changed in two short years! We had a great time and she has great taste so it was easy peasy shopping! Saturday we took her and a couple of her friends out to the IMAX theater to see the new Pirates of the Caribbean movie in 3D... followed by dinner at Stillwater Grill, one of our favorite places to eat. Yesterday we had my family over to celebrate her birthday with us. It was an beautiful day and we all had a lot of fun. So here are a couple of pictures from yesterday...

Hannah opening gifts with her cousin Abigail

Justin receiving an early graduation present from his great grandma, Gigi.

Justin with his Aunt Sonya

 It was a super fun day, I love spending time with my family!
Ok, on to the card I made for this weeks Mojo Monday sketch. I created this card for Justin to give to Hannah today. I used the Celebrations dsp and a stamp from the new stamp set pretty postage. I love that the image was small enough to fit into my 1 1/4" circle punch!

The colors I used are pacific point, real red, and pear pizzazz. The scallop borders were created using the Tasteful Trim sizzix die (it might be my new favorite, I can't wait to try to jumbo ric rac!) I think that is it,
thanks for stopping by, I hope you have a wonderful day!

~Sara~