Welome Winter

Stampin’ Up! Alpine Adventure in Plaid!

Posted on October 13, 2018 by stampsnlingers

Good Saturday, y’all! We’re waiting for another round of snow for the weekend and then looking for beautiful Colorado days all next week. Whoo-hoo!

My friend from…forever?…is coming up on Monday and spending the night with us. I met Sally when we were Girl Scout riding camp counselors (she was Bak and I was Pegasus and we still call each other those camp names!) in the Colorado mountains when we were in college. We very very quickly became the best the best of friends. No matter how long we’re apart – when we get together, it’s like there’s been no time passing at all. Y’all have friends like that I hope! 🙂

A few (maybe…20?) years ago, we’d have had a “sleepover” – complete with roasted marshmallows (even if we had to roast them over an electric stove. Yes – that’s doable!), multiple movies (like…Man From Snowy River and Star Trek), and we’d have stayed up most of the night.

These days? I’ll have a blog post to do for Tuesday and she’s got an online meeting she has to do for her work! Oh – and we’ll crash by 9, I have no doubt.

We’re not quite as spry as we used to be, huh? 😉

But – we’ll have a good time, there’s definitely no doubt about that! 🙂

My card for today uses a new (to me) set from the 2018 Holiday Catalog called Alpine Adventure! I put it over some blue plaid that I created with the Buffalo Check Background. Take a look-see:

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Categories: Christmas, Paper Pumpkin, Welome Winter | Tags: Alpine Adventure stamp set, Alpine Sports Thinlits, Buffalo Check stamp set, Welcome Winter card | 20 Comments

Stampin’ Up! Winter Woods and a Snow is Glistening Sneak Peek

Posted on October 8, 2018 by stampsnlingers

Mornin’, y’all! If you’ve got the day off – hope you enjoy the down-time! If not – get to work! You’re going to be late! I do NOT have the day off. And so I’ll be working and going to the dentist and packing to head to Colorado tomorrow. Long day, indeed!

If you were able to join me last night for my Facebook Live video, I appreciate you taking the time! Especially given the fact that I dropped you like…5 times? Sheesh! I truly don’t know what the issue was – but…the bottom line is that all but the very last 10 min or so was lost in the ether. Maybe Al Gore has it – I don’t know. But – there was really nothing worth posting on YouTube. I’m so sorry! 🙁

Waaaahhhhh!!! 🙁 🙁 🙁

But – it’s a GREAT card. And a GREAT technique – so…I’ll do another one for y’all soon, I promise!

So – I’ll try to ‘splain it to you in this post, okay?

I used the soon-to-be-available Snow Is Glistening stamp set (get it on 1 Nov!) and the wonderful Winter Woods to create a fun modified Joseph’s Coat card. Take a look-see:

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Categories: Sneak peek, Special Promotions, Uncategorized, Welome Winter | Tags: Joseph's Coat technique card, Snow Is Glistening stamp set, Winter Woods stamp set | 36 Comments

Stampin’ Up! Let It Snow Place

Posted on December 19, 2016 by stampsnlingers

Mornin’, y’all – it’s Monday again. The last Monday before Christmas. With any luck, I’ll be headed to the post office soon and then we can get to the next large to-do list: get ready for company arriving on Wednesday! Whew…good thing the holidays only come around once a year!

So – Finn is back in the news. And the headline reads: “Finn-Chewie Hits Puberty”! In other words, he’s a teenager.

I know this because he’s doing all the things teenagers do – testing the limits, deliberately provoking his parents, avoiding hugs, etc. I call him and he heads the other way – never out of sight, just not responding. We’ll be playing with the bumper and I throw it and he races to it…and right by it to go sniff something else. And then gives me “the paw” when I call him. Five minutes later – coming instantly when called, trotting right by the golf cart, just sweet as can be!

Like any parent of a teenager – I love him. But…sometimes he’s a little hard to like right now.

And then – like any teenager – right before a parent just breaks down and kills him dead….he does something adorable.

The hanging out tongue does me in every time! 🙂 And you think he doesn’t know it? Oh yes…he does! 🙂

This, too, shall pass and I’m betting we make it out the other side more mature and with lots of character. Cuz…what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger, yes??

My card for today is another Snow Place family portrait. But this time that devious penguin didn’t make it into the picture! Take a look-see:

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Categories: Everyday, General, Welome Winter | Tags: Snow Friends Framelits, Snow Place stamp set, Welcome Winter card | 14 Comments

Stampin’ Up! Cozy Critters Labeler Winter!

Posted on September 7, 2016 by stampsnlingers

Happy Hawwmp Day, y’all! Love how quick that comes in a 4-day week, don’t you?

Just a reminder – we call this a Bottom Line Up Front (BLUF) where I come from! Today is the last day for Double Peppermint Rewards Points! A lot of folks have taken advantage of this special – don’t you miss out, okay? 🙂

I spent this morning toting my kitchen-full of stuff that needed to be re-homed to the Goodwill! Ah – feels good to get some of it gone, I have to say! More to go, for sure, but…it’s a start, heh?

And my catalog share goodies arrived, so….there’s lots of cutting and snipping and wrapping in my near future!

One of the fun things that I got along with my shares – Stampin’ Rewards are a beautiful thing, aren’t they?! – is a little stamp set that caught my eye as soon as I opened the catalog.

Yea – it’s on the first page!

It’s the Cozy Critter host-exclusive stamp set – and I just love this little Owl! I bought the Owl Builder Punch just as soon as I saw it – and grabbed the stamp set as soon as I could! So that’s what I used today, along with my Labeler Alphabet stamp set. Take a look-see:

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