Monthly Archives: March 2016

Stampin’ Up! Birthday Blooms and Bouquet For You

Posted on March 13, 2016 by stampsnlingers

Mornin’, y’all – hope you remembered to spring forward! If not – go spring ’em. I’ll wait.

Better now? No? Yea – hard to be better when you just instantaneously lost an entire hour of your Sunday! 🙁

I did not get as many cards done today as I’d planned. There was breakfast and laundry. And lunch. And the duck incident. Then a few hours of card making. Then dinner. Then the horses….

Oh – the duck incident! So, I’m making a card and I stand up to go to the Big Shot. Out the window, I see there’s just a heck of a commotion in the pond. I hurry into the kitchen to get my glasses so I have a half a shot of seeing what the heck is going on – and I see there’s two mallards just a fussin’ away. I mean – they were going at it!

I ran out to the golf cart and raced around the house – and start hollerin’ at them – threw a rock…nothing. Okay, the rock didn’t go very far, but still. Normally, if you even look in their direction they’re gone. But not today. So, I raced back around the house and found Wayne and we went all the way out to the pond. That’s when we see that there’s also a hen. Apparently, the two males were interested in….well. You know.

That poor hen – she kept going under the water to get away from them – that’s why we didn’t see her right off the bat. And she stayed there for a long time. Do ducks swim under water?!? She was finally able to get to the bank, where the two boys rather sheepishly joined her. They all spent quite a bit of time fluffing and preening and quacking at each other. And pretending that that hadn’t just happened. And then they all left.

I have but one word.

Men.

Whether they walk on feet with toes or webs…. 😉

But my reaction to the two duck dudes doing what duck dudes have done since God made ducks….well, that’s why I don’t keep chickens. Or sheep. Or anything that can’t take pretty good care of itself. I get a little whack when that fighting and trying-to-kill-each-other crap goes on. Wayne might have been laughing at me just a little – to his credit he hid it well!

So. Anywho! The third card I made is the one I’m sharing with you today. It’s a super simple single stamp set card! And it features the Birthday Blooms stamp set and the oh-so-gorgeous Birthday Bouquet DSP. You’re going to see that a couple more times this week – I just got another pack in and I’ve kind of gone crazy with it! This DSP and stamp set – well, I hope it goes forward to the Annual Catalog. This and the Grateful Bunch Bundle! 🙂 Anyway, take a look-see:

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Stampin’ Up! Large Numbers Balloon Celebration Birthday

Posted on March 12, 2016 by stampsnlingers

‘Sup, y’all? I hope that you’re getting ready for a fun and relaxing weekend! I’ll be busily trying to get ahead on cards for the week – I’ll be out of town Monday thru Thursday! And, for these short trips, I don’t take supplies and tools – I’m always so tired at the end of the work day that I don’t even have the energy to stamp. 🙁 I have to take cards ready to blog (oh – and I need their pictures with me, too!). So….busy weekend! But that’s a good kind of work, yes? – stamping and making cards. Poor pitiful me! 😉

Today’s card is a birthday card. For a little boy who’ll be turning one in a week. Yes, I said one.

I’m pretty sure he’s going to have zero appreciation for this card. Heck, he probably won’t even care about his present. Maybe he’ll eat cake? Ice Cream? What do one year olds even eat, besides baby food?!? Well, that’s for his parents to worry about – just like this card is really for his parents! 😉

I used the fun Large Numbers Framelits and its matching and bundled stamp set called Number of Years. I added a few Balloon Celebration balloons and pulled out some Cherry on Top DSP. Take a look-see:

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Stampin’ Up! Friends & Flowers Easter Bunny

Posted on March 11, 2016 by stampsnlingers

Good morning – Friday morning! Another weekend approacheth! And this weekend signals the return to Daylight Savings Time! Yeah!! The days will start to get longer – I love DST!

Before we dive into the card for today, I wanted to show you a quick pic – of my two little fur-kids!

That’s Leo glaring at the camera – and that’s his sister, Katy, curled up with him in their favorite chair. Why is this a great picture? Because just a few days ago, Leo was hissing and spitting at his sister – like any time she walked into the same room! Apparently, she smelled of THE BAD PLACE! (That’s the vet…) And he DID. NOT. LIKE. IT!

Apparently, she’s now smelling more like his sister again and so he’ll allow her to be in his space once again. Peace is restored. All is right in the fur-kid world!

The end.

Now, on to my project for today. As we get closer to Easter, it seemed like a good idea to make an Easter Card. Duh! And the Occasions stamp set called Friends & Flowers seemed like the way to go. I added in a little Flowering Fields and….take a look-see:

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Stampin’ Up! Botanical Fun Fold Card for the Happy Stampers Blog Hop

Posted on March 10, 2016 by stampsnlingers

Good morning, y’all – it’s Thursday and that means it’s Happy Stampers Blog Hop Day! We’re working on a color challenge, but first…

This week we’re doing something a little different with our Happy Stampers hop. As many of you may have noticed, our hop founder, Sandi MacIver, hasn’t been able to join us for the last few weeks. She’s been dealing with some significant health issues and she’s having surgery today to start her treatment. We wanted to let Sandi know that we’re thinking about her, so we’ve all created a card, using this week’s challenge, that will send a little hug her way. We’re looking forward to having Sandi join us again soon! Please help us send lots of positive thoughts to her up in Canada, would you? 🙂

So – here’s what we all used as a starting point for our cards for Sandi this week….

I saw a fun-fold card out on Pinterest (Debbie Henderson at Debbie’s Designs), and I decided to give it a try! And – it’s pretty darned easy. This week’s color combo pretty much screamed Botanical Builder to me, so that’s the direction I went. I added an encouraging sentiment from Something To Say. Take a look-see:

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Stampin’ Up! Sunburst Over the Rainbow and…Blog Candy!

Posted on March 9, 2016 by stampsnlingers

Yep – that’s my somewhat confused Christmas Cactus. That picture was not taken at Christmas. Nope – it was taken this morning! It’s going a little bit crazy. Apparently it’s on a Euclidian calendar. Or a Martian calendar. Or…something! Cuz it didn’t do such a great job blooming at the Christmas that we all just observed! 🙂 But, I admit that I love it – I think it’s just one of the prettiest things around and I haven’t been able to kill it yet – it just gets all gorgeous in spite of me!

So – in honor of its blooming beauty and insistence that it simply must be Christmas somewhere….I’m giving away some blog candy! Read on down and I’ll tell you what you need to do to get entered!

Today’s share is my first attempt at using the Sunburst Thinlit. I’ve tried a few times and just not been successful. I have no idea why – it just kind of bamboozles me! But today – I think I got it! I added a very apropos sentiment from the Over the Rainbow stamp set (Annual Catalog) and some pretty Wildflower Fields DSP. Take a look-see:

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Categories: Any Occasion, Everyday, For You, Friendship, Just Hello!, Love | Tags: 2016 Occasions Catalog, 2016 Sale-A-Bration, Annual Catalog, Atlanta, Atlanta GA, card making, card making supplies, Demonstrator, Fairburn, Fayetteville GA, Georgia, hand made card, Hand Made Cards, Hello You Thinlits, Occasions, Over the Rainbow, Paper crafting, Peachtree City, Peachtree City GA, South Atlanta, stampin' up, stamping, stamps, Stamps-n-lingers, StampsnLingers, Sunburst Sayings, Sunburst Thinlits, Tyrone GA, Wildflower Fields DSP | 42 Comments

Stampin’ Up! What’s Up on 8 Mar 16

Posted on March 8, 2016 by stampsnlingers

Good morning – it’s Tuesday and that means a new round of Weekly Deals are up for grabs! This week features embellishments and Framelits and Specialty DSP and the oh-so-fun Bow Builder Punch! Rhinestone Basic Jewels – one of the things I make a point to never (EVER) run out of! They’re so nice to add just a little touch of bling to a card (and they’re pretty handy for covering up….boo-boo’s! I mean…opportunities! 😉 ) And the Basic Black Baker’s Twine – easy to make a bow, goes with everything…what’s not to love?

Here’s a card I shared in the past with the Bow Builder Punch. The bow it makes is a great size to add to the front of a card – not too big, not too small – and it’s uber easy to make. Click here to go right to the post.

Now – on a different note – I don’t want to scare you, but….Sale-A-Bration is winding down! The very last day to reap the benefits of Sale-A-Bration is 31 Mar – which is, like, right around the corner! What are the SAB benefits??

A free item for every $50 you purchase! And boy are there a lot of fun things to earn for free – and those are going to be going going gone very soon – so don’t miss your chance to get your favorites! Like….

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Stampin’ Up! Get Well Melon Mambo Soup!

Posted on March 7, 2016 by stampsnlingers

Well, it’s happened again. Monday! Back to work…

It was a most beauteous weekend – Wayne’s got 3 of the 4 veggie beds done. We opened windows and enjoyed the warm day – right up until some neighbor decided to burn last Fall’s leaves! 🙁

And I made some cards! One of them is ready to hit the mail at the very next sign of a flu outbreak! Or just someone having a case of ADR. That’s vet-speak for Ain’t Doin’ Right! But it could surely be

…wait. On the tv right now is a lady who own 55,000 pairs of salt and pepper shakers! That’s 110,000 shakers (you’re welcome). Oh. My. Lord! Her husband has built lighted glass-front cabinets all over their house. And he’s added more house to put cabinets more in. Makes me tired just looking at it.

…sorry. Anyway. ADR. Usually a diagnosis for animals – but could also be applied to people, yes? So – if you know someone who’s got a little ADR or even something more concrete, take a look at Get Well Soup! This is an ala carte (one stamp) stamp in the Annual Catalog. I used a little It’s My Party DSP to jazz it up. Take a look-see:

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Stampin’ Up! Grateful Bunch on Wildflower Fields!

Posted on March 6, 2016 by stampsnlingers

Good morning! I hope that you’re having as nice a weekend as I am! The weather is drop-dead gorgeous – we’re talking shirt sleeves and birds singing and ducks paddling in the pond. And today (Saturday – as I type this!) isn’t even the warm day! To be honest, I’m happy where it is – for me, it could stay at this temperature 24/7/365 and I’d be GTG!

Wayne and I spent some time outside building my new raised Square Foot Gardens! Well, while I’m making a card, and posting it and getting dinner ready, he’s still out there. I can hear the grinder and the welder sparking!

Yea, I know. A man welding – especially in those sexy green welding “sleeves”! – is hot! Many many years ago, we were working together on a steel structure. I thought it was so “cool” how the weld spark looked in the night – and I was…well, head over heels, so…I took lots of pictures. I thought I was being so careful not to look right at the spark. Well, at 2 am I discovered I hadn’t been so careful! Safety tip – pictures of welding at night can get you in trouble. Also, looking away from the spark, but at a metal building where the reflection is will also get you in trouble! I’d burned my eyes enough to need to go to the doc in the morning. Wayne told me to put raw potatoes on them.

Uhm. No – that didn’t really help! 😉

Anywho – here’s what he’s working on today!

That’s the first bed all ready to fill and plant! That means it’s for sure spring!! Can’t wait to see them full of tomatoes and peppers and turnips and kale…. 🙂

Well, on to the real reason you dropped in, yes? Being that it’s feeling all spring-y today, I was feeling in the mood for flowers. And butterflies.

I ended up with flowers – not the Rose Wonder flower I’d pulled out to use, but the pretty Grateful Bunch flowers (my faves!). And I never did add a butterfly….take a look-see:

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Stampin’ Up! Helping Me Grow Thanks!

Posted on March 5, 2016 by stampsnlingers

Well, a very scary thing showed up today! It was very very bright. Seemed to radiate a little heat. Not a lot, just a little. It’s gone now – hoping it will show back up tomorrow!

And, of course it will. Tomorrow is supposed to be up in the 60’s and then into the 70’s early next week. Quite the roller coaster!

I have a pretty card to share today, that only needs one stamp set. And a set of good paper snips (aka scissors) cuz there’s some fussy cutting in this one. Don’t fret, though – it’s easy peasy. The pretty stamp set I used is Helping Me Grow – a new one in the Occasions catalog that, for some reason, I haven’t really used yet. Oh, I’ve pulled a couple of sentiments from it, but never really used it. Until today – and it’s so cool – it’s all I needed. Take a look-see:

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Stampin’ Up! Timelessly Textured Botanical Builder

Posted on March 4, 2016 by stampsnlingers

Happy Friday, y’all! It has rained here ALL DAY. I’m only exaggerating a little tiny bit. It’s been cold and wet and raining and sleeting up north of us. Mud is everywhere. Only the ducks on the pond – and my Halfingers – are happy with this kind of a day. 🙁

Fortunately, it’s warm and dry and cozy inside! I have a recovering kitty – and her brother that thinks she smells bad! – sleeping by the heater. Eating her medicine twice a day like a good girl. So, life is pretty darned good!

I know that it’s going to be spring just any day now (that’s not a joke, it’s supposed to be in the seventies over the weekend!). But it is rainy….so, I ended up today with a card that has flowers (spring!) and blues (rainy day!). And lots of texture. I combined Timeless Textures and the Botanical Builder….take a look-see: