Everyday

Stampin’ Up! Grateful Bunches of Vintage Leaves

Posted on July 13, 2016 by stampsnlingers

You know what’s cool?

Not Savannah.

Ha! I’m cwackin’ myself up!! 🙂

It’s Hawmp Day again – and we’re closing in on the weekend. But – we’re also closing in on the end of the Double Peppermint Rewards Points ordering bonus. Tomorrow’s the last day, folks!!

My card for today is a….spec card. Know what that is? It’s like a Spec House – where a builder builds a house and then hopes someone will like it enough to buy it. So, this is a Spec Card. My friend here in Savannah – yep, still have one! – wanted a Just Sayin’ Hello card for his honey. So I made something I hoped he’d like. I used some Vintage Leaves and a pretty sentiment from Grateful Bunch and Gift of Love, to make…this. Take a look-see:

Continue reading →

Categories: Any Occasion, Everyday, Just Hello!, Love, Ordering Special! | Tags: bonus ordering special, Gift of Love stamp set, Grateful Bunch stamp set, In The Meadow Stamp Set, sponging, Vintage Leaves stamp set | 8 Comments

Stampin’ Up! Seaside Shore Just Saying “Hey”!

Posted on July 10, 2016 by stampsnlingers

Good morning, y’all! By the time you read this post I’ll either be putting the last of my things into the Kia Soul that is my rental car (yes – that one. You can drive this – or you can drive that. The singing and dancing giant rapping hamsters) or I’ll be standing in the corner, arms crossed petulantly, lip poked out, glaring at everyone and no one. and stomping my foot whilst stating “No. I won’t go. You can’t make me. I don’t waaaaaaannnnnnaaaaa!!”.

Since I am who I am – it’ll probably be the former. But on the inside…the pouty me will still be stomping my foot!! 😉

I think I’ve mentioned I have a “business trip switch”. Once it flips, I’m good-to-go. Until then, I’m fighting it the whole way. My switch hasn’t flipped as of Saturday night. Let’s hope it gets on the stick or it’s going to be a really pissy drive to Savannah!

Duck Duck told me she was really going to miss me at lot.

Until I told her I’d chopped up an entire huge head of cabbage so she’d get it while I’m gone.

At that point she said….see ya. Wouldn’t wanna be ya!

At least, I’m pretty sure that’s what that particular squawkackel meant. 😉 Don’t bother Googling squawkackel…..

If you just came over from Amy’s blog – welcome! Yes, this is the right spot – here comes the promised card! This one uses the new Seaside Shore stamp set and the coordinating By The Shore DSP. And some fussy cutting! Take a look-see:

Continue reading →

Categories: Any Occasion, Everyday, For You, Friendship, Just Hello!, Ordering Special! | Tags: Any Occasion Card, By The Shore DSP, Friendship Card, Just Saying Hello card, Seaside Shore stamp set, Seaside TIEF, Swirly Scribbles Thinlits | 19 Comments

Stampin’ Up! Flourishing Phrases Brighten the World and a Blog Candy Winner!

Posted on July 9, 2016 by stampsnlingers

Good Saturday to y’all! Today marks 24 hours before I leave for Savannah for another 3-week stint. And I’m hearing that the weather there is even hotter and more oppressive than it’s been here. And here has been…rough.

Wouldn’t be so awful if we could just hunker in the house in the A/C – but…we have animals who like to eat. And get cool baths. And have their beds tidied each morning so they can come and laze in them under the fans overnight.

Oh – and of course the goose wants her chopped cabbage. And her shower! She came to the barn again this evening and stood in front of the big floor fan with me hosing her down. And she just kept walking closer and closer. I’m pretty sure geese can’t physically smile, but she was for sure turning her head to and fro to get the water where she wanted it! 🙂

I think we may make her a stall to sleep in overnight. With a big tub of water. And her cabbage. And some comfy shavings. And a fan…..

I don’t know that the horses will think that’s really the thing. Unless she stops her usual somewhat strident arguing and chatting and settles down to sleep.

Oh, dear….

Anyway – enough of that! I’ve got a quick and easy, bright and cheery card to share with you this morning. And all you need is one bundle – the Flourishing Phrases bundle – with the stamp set and the Flourish Thinlits dies. Take a look-see:

Continue reading →

Categories: Any Occasion, Encouragement, Everyday, Friendship, Ordering Special! | Tags: Any Occasion Card, Flourish Thinlits, Friendship Card | 14 Comments

Stampin’ Up! Gift of Love With Blooms & Bliss

Posted on July 8, 2016 by stampsnlingers

I need a training manual for my goose. And I may need my head examined. Cuz I’m spending an inordinate amount of time worrying about the goose. Is she lonely? Is she hungry? Would she like a cool shower? Is the cabbage I bought just for her chopped up finely enough for her delicate schnoz? If she likes watermelon, will she also like cantaloupe?

See?

Crazy.

She.

Is.

Goose.

And a slightly goofy one, at that.

But – she’s fun. She came to the house this afternoon and goose-guilted Wayne into going back to the barn with her and sitting on the porch while she grazed. Always good to have your big, strong man to watch for predators while you eat, don’t you know?

Then this evening, when we were 1 minute later than she thought was fittin’, she came to the barn to get us. And walked right up to us, stood in front of the fan, and let me spray her with the water hose. Seemed to really like it.

Then she goose-galloped after us when we took her food to the pond.

She truly cracks me up.

But I think she’s lonely…. 🙁

Maybe she’d like to come in at nigh….

STOP!!!

That’s it. I’m not worrying about the goose any more today. Instead, I’ll share a card – which is why you came in the first place!

This one uses the pretty Host exclusive set called Gift of Love. It’s a pretty two-step flower image with several nice sentiments in a beautiful font. I combined it with some of the pretty Blooms & Bliss DSP. Take a look-see:

Continue reading →

Categories: Any Occasion, Everyday, Friendship, Love, Mother's Day, Ordering Special! | Tags: Any Occasion Card, Blooms & Bliss DSP, Encouragement Card, Friendship Card, Gift of Love stamp set, Ordering Special! | 19 Comments

Stampin’ Up! Pretty Kitty Hello!

Posted on July 5, 2016 by stampsnlingers

Good morning, y’all – I hope you had a great – and safe! – holiday weekend! We certainly enjoyed our day with our friends – eating some ribs and potato salad and watermelon. And homemade strawberry ice cream sundaes! Mmmm!

Speaking of watermelon….even Duck Duck and the ponies got some! Duck Duck dove into her corn and Duck Crumbles as usual – but then took a little break to eat some lettuce we’d given her. And to work on the watermelon. She kept moving from treat to treat. It was a veritable Goose Feast! 🙂 What a country!!

Continue reading →

Categories: Any Occasion, Everyday, For You, Friendship, Just Hello! | Tags: Annual Catalog, Atlanta, Atlanta GA, card making, card making blogs, card making ideas, card making supplies, Demonstrator, Fairburn, Fayetteville GA, GA, Georgia, hand made card, handmade card, handmade cards, Layering Circles Framelits, Paper crafting, Peachtree City, Peachtree City GA, Pretty Kitty stamp set, Rubber Stamps, South Atlanta, stampin' up, stamping, stamps, Stamps-n-lingers, StampsnLingers, Tyrone GA | 20 Comments

Stampin’ Up! Live, Love, Grow!

Posted on June 29, 2016 by stampsnlingers

So….guess what day it is?!? 😉

Yep.

You know it!

HAWMP DAY!!

And – it’s almost the end of June.

Which means two things:

The Stampin’ Up! June promotions (Extra Stampin’ Rewards AND Two Free stamp sets for new recruits) are ending…in a blink! and…
It’s practically Christmas!

Yes, you heard that right. You’re going to go to bed tonight and then it’s going to be…like…Christmas!

Okay. Maybe not quite that quick, but….not too far off. Next thing you know I’ll be sending out the 2016 Holiday Catalog! 🙂 Watch for more on that.

On to today’s card. This one uses the pretty stamp set called Live, Love, Grow. I love the images in this set! And then I added a few butterflies from Papillon Potpourri! Take a look-see:

Continue reading →

Categories: Any Occasion, Everyday, Friendship, General, Just Hello! | Tags: Annual Catalog, Atlanta, Atlanta GA, card making, card making blogs, card making ideas, card making supplies, Demonstrator, Fairburn, Fayetteville GA, GA, Georgia, hand made card, handmade card, handmade cards, Live Love Grow stamp set, Paper crafting, Papillon Potpourri stamp set, Peachtree City, Peachtree City GA, Rubber Stamps, South Atlanta, stampin' up, stamping, stamps, Stamps-n-lingers, StampsnLingers, Tyrone GA | 18 Comments

Stampin’ Up! Sunshine Wishes My Always Love

Posted on June 26, 2016 by stampsnlingers

Good morning – it’s Sunday and if you’re coming over from Amy’s blog…thanks so much for stopping by. I surely do hope you’ll become a regular! 🙂

Since it’s Sunday, and everyone has things to do today, I know – I’ll cut right to the chase and get straight to the card share for today! I used the fun Sunshine Sayings bundle for this one – which includes the Sunshine Sayings stamp set and the coordinating Sunshine Wishes Thinlits. And that was all that was needed to make…this. Take a look-see:

Continue reading →

Categories: Anniversary, Any Occasion, Everyday, Love | Tags: Annual Catalog, Atlanta, Atlanta GA, card making, card making blogs, card making ideas, card making supplies, Demonstrator, Fairburn, Fayetteville GA, GA, Georgia, hand made card, handmade card, handmade cards, Paper crafting, Peachtree City, Peachtree City GA, Rubber Stamps, South Atlanta, stampin' up, stamping, stamps, Stamps-n-lingers, StampsnLingers, Sunshine Sayings stamp set, Sunshine Wishes Thinlits, Tyrone GA | 24 Comments

Stampin’ Up! Penned and Painted for the Happy Stampers Blog Hop

Posted on June 23, 2016 by stampsnlingers

Mornin’, y’all – welcome to another edition of the Happy Stampers Blog Hop. If this is your first hop, thanks for coming. We’re just a group of ladies who love Stampin’ Up! products and like making pretty projects with them. Each week, we all play along with a common sketch or color challenge. You get to hop thru all our blogs and see how many different ways we’ve all interpreted the challenge!! If this is not your first time here, then welcome back and we thank you for spending some time with us! 🙂

This week, we had a sketch challenge.

I decided to make my diagonal element a little differently and I used a couple of techniques, all working together, to craft my card, using the lovely Penned & Painted stamp set. Take a look-see:

Continue reading →

Categories: Any Occasion, Everyday, For You, Friendship, General, Just Hello! | Tags: 2016-2017 Annual Catalog, Atlanta, Atlanta GA, card making, card making supplies, Demonstrator, Fairburn, Fayetteville GA, Georgia, hand made card, Hand Made Cards, handmade card, Happy Stampers, Paper crafting, Peachtree City, Peachtree City GA, Penned & Painted stamp set, stamps, Stamps-n-lingers, StampsnLingers, Watercolor Wishes stamp set | 18 Comments

Stampin’ Up! Lovely Stitching on a Single Stamp Set Saturday!

Posted on June 18, 2016 by stampsnlingers

Good morning, y’all! It’s Saturday – it’s cooler here (sorry if you’re in one of those spots where it’s surface-of-the-sun hot! 🙁 ) – we’ve got a full load of horse feed (that’s a super warm-and-fuzzy for horse people!) – I bought and hung a new hummingbird feeder for the hummer that buzzes me every morning at the barn – we got the trellis up on my squash and green bean bed – and I got to spend some time making cards (and that time happened to correspond to a time I was feeling creative!). So – life is good!

I’ve got a super quick and easy card for you today, that you can make with just one of the new stamp sets – no Big Shot, no heat embossing. One of the first stamp sets that really caught my eye in the new catalog was this one – Lovely Stitching. I finally got a chance to play with it some. Take a look-see:

This card evolved with the help of two challenges. The first – CAS(E) This Sketch # 177 – drove the layout. Continue reading →

Categories: Any Occasion, Everyday, Friendship, Just Hello!, Love | Tags: Annual Catalog, Atlanta, Atlanta GA, card making, card making blogs, card making ideas, card making supplies, Demonstrator, Fairburn, Fayetteville GA, GA, Georgia, hand made card, handmade card, handmade cards, Lovely Stitching stamp set, Paper crafting, Peachtree City, Peachtree City GA, Rubber Stamps, South Atlanta, stampin' up, stamping, stamps, Stamps-n-lingers, StampsnLingers, Tyrone GA | 14 Comments

Stampin’ Up! Seaside Shore Jar of Love

Posted on June 17, 2016 by stampsnlingers

UPDATE 28 Jun 16: Hey folks – I just found out that this card was selected as a Hand Stamped Sentiments Artist Pick! Whoo-hoo – and thanks to all the greta designers at HSS for selecting my card! 🙂 You can see the other winners right here!

Good Friday morning to y’all! I hope your week has gone well and that you’ve got fun plans for the weekend! Don’t be forgetting that Father’s Day is Sunday!

So this morning – Thursday morning that is! – I was sitting in the kitchen working on the computer and out of the corner of my eye I saw something sort of gallop by down below – right by the pond. I glanced over and there was a small brown dog, kind of romping and stopping to smell the grass. I jumped up and called Wayne – and we looked to see whose little dog was out there.

And then. We realized. It wasn’t a dog. It was a FAWN!! A teeny, tiny, spotty-bodied little fawn! And just a little ways further up the pond was Mom. And her TWIN!! Oh. My. Goodness.

That’s them – the kids are getting a quick snack there. That would be the world’s worst picture – hopefully we’ll see them again soon and I can get a better picture of them. They’re just so stinkin’ cute!! 🙂

This is the first set of babies we’ve seen this year, so that was really exciting for us!

Anywho….card. I made this fun little shaker card using the new Jar of Love stamp set and its coordinating Everyday Jars Framelits. I added some Seaside Shore and a touch of Swirly Scribbles Thinlits die cuts. Take a look-see: