Thanksgiving

Stampin’ Up! Give Thanks For All Things with Vintage Leaves and a Wonderland!

Posted on November 15, 2015 by stampsnlingers

Happy Sunday! The On-Stage Live event was a great day – we saw a lot of cool new products that I can’t wait to share with you!

Of course, I have to wait – I can’t share these things with you until tomorrow night – so….really Tuesday! So be sure to check back during the week, when I’ll be showing you some of what we saw yesterday!

We did have fun. Everyone got two or three free stamp sets from the new 2016 Spring Occasions catalog, which is quite awesome! And Amy and Jari and I took a little time to pose for the camera.

Serious….

Goofy…..

So – the first ever On-Stage Live Event is in the history books and a good time was had by all. And I just can’t wait to get my pre-order in and get them so I can start sharing the new goodies with you! 🙂

On to the business at hand.

Today’s card looks more complicated than it really is – especially after I tell you exactly how to do it! – so don’t be intimidated. It uses the For All Things stamp set, the Woodland TIEF and the super Festive Flower Punch (which is still in the Weekly Deals!). Take a look-see:

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Categories: Fall, Thanksgiving | Tags: Atlanta, Atlanta GA, card making, card making supplies, Demonstrator, Fairburn, Fayetteville GA, Festive Flower Punch, For All Things, Georgia, hand made card, Hand Made Cards, handmade card, Holiday Catalog, Paper crafting, Peachtree City, Peachtree City GA, stamps, Stamps-n-lingers, StampsnLingers, Woodland TIEF | 16 Comments

Stampin’ Up! Lovely as a Tree Welcomes Fall for the Happy Stampers Blog Hop!

Posted on October 15, 2015 by stampsnlingers

Welcome to the Third Weekly Happy Stampers Blog Hop! When you read this, I’ll be once again slipping the surlies – this time heading EAST! 🙂 Will be home in plenty of time to feed the horses and get pony nose kisses! They’re good for what ails ya, I promise! 😉

We had a fun sketch challenge this week, and since we have so many talented ladies in our group, I know that you’re going to want to head over and see what they’ve all done with it! At the end of this post, I’ve provided a link to all the ladies’ blogs, so take a minute to wander around blog-hop-ville and maybe even take a moment to leave everyone a comment! Here’s what we were working to:

My take on this went in the direction of welcoming Fall! So, I combined an old favorite – Lovely as a Tree – with the sentiment from For all Things, with a few touches from the new and beautiful Into the Woods. Take a look-see:

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Categories: Thanksgiving, Welcome Fall | Tags: Atlanta, Atlanta GA, card making, card making supplies, Demonstrator, Fairburn, Fayetteville GA, For All Things, Georgia, hand made card, Hand Made Cards, handmade card, Holiday Catalog, Into the Woods, Lovely as a Tree, Paper crafting, Peachtree City, Peachtree City GA, stamps, Stamps-n-lingers, StampsnLingers | 18 Comments

Stampin’ Up! Into the Woods and A Fun Fold for the Happy Stampers Blog Hop!

Posted on October 8, 2015 by stampsnlingers

Welcome to Week 2 of the Happy Stampers Blog Hoppers Blog. Hop. Wow – that was the Department of Redundancy Department, wasn’t it?! We’ve got a bunch of talented ladies hopping with us this week, so when you’re done here, please head over to their blogs to see how they interpreted the challenge for this week…

….which was a color challenge – we needed to use Rich Razzleberry, Soft Suede and Old Olive. Score! Some of my favorite colors and so awesome together. Kind of just cries out for some Into the Woods DSP, doesn’t it?

A while back I saw a card on Pinterest that had a really cool fold – called a Box Pleat. I vowed to make a card with such a fun fold one day – and this is the day! And, as I promised yesterday, I’m using another beautiful-font sentiment from the host stamp set called Six Sayings (there’s a little bit of Friendly Wishes thrown in, too). And, of course, Into the Woods DSP. And. in spite of the complicated-looking-but-really-easy-to-do fold, this is a clean and simple card! Take a look-see:

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Categories: Thank You Cards, Thanksgiving | Tags: Atlanta, Atlanta GA, card making, card making supplies, Demonstrator, Fairburn, Fayetteville GA, Friendly Wishes, Georgia, hand made card, Hand Made Cards, handmade card, Holiday Catalog, Into the Woods DSP, Paper crafting, Peachtree City, Peachtree City GA, Six Sayings, stamps, Stamps-n-lingers, StampsnLingers | 14 Comments

Stampin’ Up! Happy Scenes on Vintage Leaflets!

Posted on September 24, 2015 by stampsnlingers

Happy Thursday, y’all! Business is satisfactorily concluded and I’m getting back on the road to head home! In the meantime, please enjoy this card I have to share with you today.

I am really really pleased with this one (especially after the “teachable moment card” of yesterday!). But, let me warn you up front – it wasn’t particularly easy OR peasy to put together. It took a lot of adjusting and Stamp-A-Ma-Jigging and wiggling. But I finally got it and I’m proud as punch at how it turned out! And, let’s be honest here – if I can do it, so can you! Promise! 🙂

I’d seen a card with a Happy Scene on a Vintage Leaf (Miss Amy Koenders did one a few days back!) and I loved it. So, I wanted to do a similar thing, but….I didn’t want a direct CASE. So, I played in my head with an idea….and this is what I came up with. Take a look-see:

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Categories: Fall, Thank You Cards, Thanksgiving | Tags: Atlanta, Atlanta GA, card making, card making supplies, Demonstrator, Fairburn, Fayetteville GA, Georgia, hand made card, Hand Made Cards, handmade card, Happy Scenes, Holiday Catalog, Leaflets Thinlits, Paper crafting, Peachtree City, Peachtree City GA, stamps, Stamps-n-lingers, StampsnLingers, Woodland TIEF | 16 Comments

Stampin’ Up! Autumn Dove of Peace on a Day of Remembrance

Posted on September 11, 2015 by stampsnlingers

For today’s share, I took an unexpected stamp – Dove of Peace – and used it to make an Autumn-themed card. Not a Christmas card at all. More of a Thanksgiving card. And who better to be thankful to – for ALL things – than to the Dove of Peace? And what better day to be Thankful than on this Day of Remembrance of the events and losses of 9/11 so many years ago.

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Categories: Thanksgiving | Tags: Atlanta, Atlanta GA, card making, card making supplies, Demonstrator, Dove of Peace, Fairburn, Fayetteville GA, For All Things, Georgia, hand made card, Hand Made Cards, handmade card, Holiday Catalog, Paper crafting, Peachtree City, Peachtree City GA, Six Sayings, stamps, Stamps-n-lingers, StampsnLingers, Tyrone GA | 10 Comments

Stampin’ Up! Lighthearted Leaves Welcome Fall!

Posted on August 26, 2015 by stampsnlingers

Good morning – and Happy Hump Day! It’s Wednesday, which means I’m half way thru my business trip and almost ready to go back home.

Except for how I’m writing this on Tuesday afternoon. Lying on my bed in the hotel. Awaiting time to go back out to dinner.

WARNING: This is a bit long-ish, so….if you’re in a hurry, scroll right on by this next part until you see the card share for today! 🙂

Have you guys noticed that I’m a bit of a …. how do you say it??…..stick in the mud? Home-body? A morning person? If you haven’t, let me share that news with you now. I am NOT at my best in the evening (and that’s pretty much any time after about 6:30pm). Here’s a totally normal evening for us – and it’s a routine that I love with every fiber of my being. I’m sorry. I like our routine. I don’t care for it being disrupted. In some regards, I may well be 92 years old. God help whoever has to take care of my crotchety self if and when I ever really AM 92 years old. And tread lightly if you’re going to change anything in my day-to-day-routine! 😉

We eat dinner between 5 and 6. We usually watch a recorded show whilst we eat (yes yes, I know. Bad for the diet. Bad for….well, everything. Got it).

We feed the horses.

We come back inside.

We make sure we re-set the kitty feeder bowls.

We watch the World News Tonight with David Sawyer. Pre-recorded. We aren’t partial to commercials. We have a pretty solid idea how far behind we have to be in order to not ever catch up while we watch the show. It’s a matter of pride to never have to watch a commercial.

We watch one pre-recorded show.

I’m tired and I take a shower. Wayne takes a shower. We go to bed.

On a “late” night – this occurs at around 9.

Yea – we’re night-owls.

So here’s the point of this written perambulation.

When I’m away from home and staying in a hotel, my routine has been disrupted. Like – a lot. When I get back to the hotel in the evening, I’d better have already eaten or have take-out. Cause….I’m there. And thinking about bed.

Except tonight, I’m going out to dinner with some friends I don’t get to see except when I come here for meetings. But, it’s going to take everything I’ve got….. cause….yep. Stick in the mud.

And – it’s practically bedtime!

So, I’m going to keep myself in busy mode by doing my blog post for tomorrow morning now – cause when I get BACK from dinner, it really WILL be bedtime!

This is a simple and easy card to make. I found the technique in the new 2015 Holiday Catalog, and modified it to suit what I was after. It uses Lighthearted Leaves (1 Sept!) and For All Things – a wonderful classic in the Annual Catalog. Take a look-see: