Inger Harding Freebies

If you have never been to simply Inger you are missing out. I first saw her amazing creations on the Inspirational blog. Upon browsing her blog, I found that she is also sharing some of her wonderful digi's for free. Look on the right side of her blog for a couple packages labeled Freebies.

I made this card for my daughter's birthday this week. 32 years ago...where has the time gone? It seems like just yesterday and she was two years old singing You are my Sunshine to me!

I am in Eugene today visiting her family and taking little Cole trick or treating to a few houses...now how much fun do you think this gwamma is going to be having!!!! I hope you all enjoy your weekend, I know I will!

Card Details:

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Stamps: Free digi image from Inger Harding, Sentiment Celebrate Good Times ER1094 Stampabilities (this came with a House Mouse of the month stamp), Erin's name made with a Just Ritealpha stamp set

Cardstock: Garden Green, Me and My Big ideas mat pad

Ink: SU! markers for sentiment, Copics

Misc: SU! oval punches

3 Clovers Thursday Challenge #37-Teenagers

The challenge at 3 Clovers Thursday Challenge this week is to make a card for teenagers. I just couldn't find a fun or funky stamp suitable for a teen in my many, many stamps (imagine that) ...but I did find this stamp about ATTITUDE that I thought would be appropriate for a teen LOL! I have always loved these kid saying stamps by Inkadinkadoo. I see now they have them out in a clear stamp set at Michaels. I think you get 6 or 7 sayings included in one set. What a deal!

I love this yummy DP...it reminds me of Hawaii! Such vivid and colorful colors!

I can't believe this is already challenge #37! Where has the year gone? This month has disappeared before my eyes...and November is just a few days away. That means Christmas decorations and cookie baking! My favorite time of the year!

Take a hop, skip and a jump over to Kerry's blog and check out all the other Teen cards this week!

Card Details:

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Stamps: Saying stamp by Inkadinkadoo

Cardstock: Red, Night of Navy, DP is Cosmo Cricket Early Bird Sunrise

Ink: SU! markers Red, Pumpkin, Night of Navy, Old Olive

Misc: Nesties, SU! buttons, embroidery floss

La La Land Weekly Wednesday Challenge 10-Ribbon!

Holy Bat Cave! I love Martha's bat punch can you tell?

Challenge #10 this week at La la Land Crafts Blog is ribbon. I had an idea come to me in my sleep for this challenge, unfortunately this is NOT what I had in mind...maybe another card sometime. I added this fun orange polka dot ribbon to this card and YIKES...it was wayyyy too bright and wayyyy too stuck to take off...What's a stamper to do? I took a little chocolate chip ink and a sponge and toned it down a lot. Viola!

Now, I know Irina will make a card with some amazing bow on it-she is good with ribbon like that...can't wait to see what this challenge brings.

Stamps and Smiles Sketch

I used a fun sketch from Jennifer Meyer's challenge blog. I love interactive cards...so I had to give this one a whirl. Click on the link above to visit her blog.

Card Details:

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Stamps: Pirate Rosie by La La Land Crafts, Sentiment by Inkadinkadoo

Cardstock: Bo Bunny, Basic Black

Ink: Versafine Black, Memento Black, Copics

Misc: Nesties, Martha S bat and goop punches, SU! circle punch to make notch, redline tape, spider button, misc ribbon

Here Comes the Bride.

I spent all day Saturday making these bridal shower invitations to ship to my sweet SIL Becky in Hawaii. I hope they make it across the ocean safe and sound! (too bad I wasn't personally delivering them to her)!

These heart cards open at the top and are closed with some SU! white taffeta ribbon. To open you would just slip off the little silver tie. All words inside and out were computer generated. I googled "bridal shower invitation words-sentiments" and come up with a nice saying inside with all the details.

Sorry for the wacky picture...I am learning how to edit in photoshop now that my computer moved to Windows 7. I am a little slow...I told my son it was easier to have him do it than to teach me LOL! I will get the hang of it soon!

I used a pack of SU Patterned Designer Series Paper in retired color of Tempting Turquoise, so there are many different patterns here. (of course I tend to like polka dots!)

I counted how many trips through my Big shot these cards took...125 oh my! Had to cut and emboss all of the invites. If you count how many times you "big shot" you must be either sick of it, or very thankful for all the help it gives!

Card Details:

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Stamps: None

Cardstock: Su Tempting Turq DP, GP White for card base

Ink: None

Misc: Heart Nesties, SU! taffeta ribbon and silver cording (I am sad this is no longer carried by SU!), Cuttlebug folders, turq crystals

Three Clover's Thursday Challenge #36--a sketch

The challenge this week at 3 Clovers Thursday Challenge is the fun sketch below! And boy...did our girls come up with some great creations for your inspiration...You must go take a peek and hopefully play along with all of us this week!

I made this card to thank my newly married friends (I went to their wedding in Vegas last week). They had their reception at this wonderful Italian restaurant. Delicious! If you ever get a chance to eat at BUCA di BEPPO...don't miss out! We 'sort of' ate ourselves silly!

This fun stamp set named Viola worked out just perfect. I paper pieced his clothes and hat as well as adding the "sketti" on dimensionals.

ahh...the pretty inside-love this punch!

Card Details:

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Stamps: Viola! by Stamping Up, sentiment by Hero Arts

Cardstock: Black, RHRed, Vanilla, Summer Sun (all SU!), misc piece of shiny silver for the platter, Graphic 45 DP

Ink: Memento Black, copics, Versafine for the sentiment, Staze On for silver paper, Graphic 45 DP

Misc: Nesties, dimensionals, black pearls, cuttlebug embossing folder, EK Success border punch

Card size: A2

La La Land Weekly Wednesday Challenge #9-Sparkle

Sparkle is very hard to capture in a photo, but the stars on Maya's wizard robe are very "glittery"! I was so pleased when I finished this card...the sparkle really does add that extra touch. So I bet you have figured out that Challenge #9 on La~La Land Crafts blog this week is SPARKLE.

This was a fun card to make with all this fun Halloween Bo Bunny DP to set off the darling Maya image. I just love that bold orange and black tree DP..so fun! (and I am not known for liking orange much...)

I used Beate's WSC102 for the sketch lay out of this card. I also used an Inkadinkadoo spider web stamp for the inside.

Card Details:

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Stamps: Wizard Maya from La~La Land Crafts, Sentiment is a $1 Studio G stamp set, Inside spider web by Inkadinkadoo

Cardstock: Black (SU!), Bo Bunny DP

Ink: Copics, Memento Black, Versafine for the sentiment and inside stamping (it stamps so very black...the best for sentiments!..but not for copics)

Misc: Oval and circle Nesties, ribbon from Libby :)

House Mouse and Friends-3 Men And A Baby

I made this for the current House Mouse and Friends Monday Challenge #54...use a movie title as an inspiration for your challenge card. I chose Three Men and a Baby and used this darling little Happy Hopper for my "baby"!

You know those old sepia tone pictures that were then hand colored with very pastel colors? That is what this image reminds me of. I gave Itty Bit just a touch of pink on her nose and ears and a touch of blue on the rim of the baby bottle. Itty Bit is stamped in chocolate chip brown with no extra coloring on her body.

She is cut out with an oval nestie and matted several times, with teeny tiny brown pearls around the rim of the scalloped nestie. There are also so shiny brads in each corner. The inside says
'Congratulations on the birth of your beautiful baby'.

I am not sure if Itty Bit is a boy or girl bunny...but this is definitely a boy baby card!

ETA: Okay...Carol wants to know where I hid the THREE MEN! Don't tell her I sent them to her blog LOL! Silly girl....and I did add back on the missing brown pearl on this card...drives me nuts when I see this pic without the pearl! oh well...you get the idea LOL


Card details:

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Stamps: Sleepy Head (Itty Bit) HMGR1016, Sentiment inside by Stampin' Up!

Cardstock: SU Parisian Breeze, Baja Breeze (both retired)and Choc Chip

Ink: Choc Chip, copic

Misc: SU Baja Breeze ribbon, brads, oval nesties, swiss dots cuttlebug folder

Three Clover's Thursday Challenge #35-Nature

I'm back! I had a great time on vacation...vacations are just never long enough! The weather was perfect and the company wonderful!...and not a computer in sight!

The challenge this week at 3 Clovers Thursday Challenge is NATURE. Now I should be thinkin' nice leaves and trees and 'stuff' like that...but this is what I came up with! This Penny Black stamp just tickles me and fit in great with this weeks challenge don't you think? Although you can't tell from the picture, the PB image is 3D with the head and wings layered on dimensionals as well as the circle image.

I added a strip of trees made with an EK Success border punch and a little of the last of my beloved RHR satin ribbon. sniff sniff . The sentiment was made with a Just Rite letter stamper.

Hope you can join us this week!

Card Details:

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Stamps: Penny Black Surprise 2890F, Sentiment made with Just Rite stamper, Retired speckle background stamp (SU!)

Cardstock: RHRed, Celery, Garden Green from SU!

Ink: Memento Black, Versafine Black, Copic markers

Misc: Nesties, EK Success border punch, SU! ribbon

La La Land Crafts Blog Christmas Release Reveal

Wow, did we ever have a fun blog hop last week! Whiskers finally gets to show off today!


You can see at the top what the actual stamp looks like and see that the little bird got a dye job for this card and became a red robin with a Santa hat! Just gotta mix it up a little to show how each stamp can be used for many different seasons. Whiskers could be drinking coffee, tea, or cocoa during any season of the year. I had some stickers that I received in some junk mail with little Santa hats and they just happened to fit little birdie perfectly! Made for a fun little winter card.

Make sure to visit La-La Land Crafts blog and La-La Land Crafts Store to check out the new releases and find out who won the big blog candy that is being given away today.

You will be able to see all the newly released stamps tomorrow at the store and samples made with the new stamps on the blog! I am looking forward to viewing all the cards made with the new holiday stamps too!


I want to thank you all for stopping by and making this a FUN hop...and now on to my blog candy...............

Shirley N said...

looks like a cute kittie! Thanks for the chance to win your awesome candy!

October 7, 2009 7:50 PM

The winner of my Copic atyou Spica pens is #58(picked by random.org)............................Aloha Shirley N at Stampin for the Fun of it! Shirley...please send me your address so I can send your pens to Hawaii!


Card Details:

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Stamps: Cocoa Whiskers, sentiment from retired SU! set Winter Wilma

Cardstock: Red and Temp. Turq from SU!, DP from Bo Bunny

Ink: Memento Black, Choc Chip (SU!), Copics

Misc: Santa hat sticker, circle nesties, new in color SU! ribbon

Mo's Pumpkin Patch

When I saw this image from Mo's Digital Pencil, I knew I had to have it. It reminds me of last year when I went to the pumpkin patch with Cole. He tried so hard to carry the pumpkins! He may be able to pull it off this year...He is a big boy of 2 now!

I colored this image to match the pictures I took last year...gotta match the outfits ya know!

For those that are fans of Mo's digital images...there will be a new line of actual stamps coming soon...so keep your eyes peeled!

This is another Michelle B at Just Painting Around inspired "scene" card.


Card Details:

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Stamps: Mo's digital image, Studio G sentiment

Cardstock: Black (SU!) and Debbie Mumm DP

Ink: Versafine for the sentiment

Misc: Square Nestie

House Mouse and other things!

Wow, lots of happenings this week after weeks of not too much stamping...Whew! I had to play with my new SU! snowflake die tonight, so what better way to show off my little meeces? Peppermint Delight has always been one of my favorite House Mouse stamps. It is a tiny stamp, so it is easy to make it a focal point on a card.

The card is cut using a nestie, and then layered with DP and the diecut snowflake(which I covered with Martha Stewart chunky glitter). I tied some ribbon and added it below Monica with a glue dot.

Now, I am suppose to be packing my suitcase and heading off to bed...Yes, I am heading off on vacation and will be back next week . I do have a Mo's Digital Pencil card that is dear to my heart pre-scheduled for this weekend, so I hope you like it as much as I do!

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The winner of my blog candy, Trick or Treat Lala is Mary from Maine! I want to thank you all for stopping in and leaving your wonderful comments. I so love hearing from you all! I have made the "bestest" friends through my blog!

I do have some other really fun blog candy posted HERE if you would like to take a peek and then take a turn at the blog hop too.

Okay Okay...I have to get to bed....morning comes to soon for us late night stampers LOL!

3CTC-Fall or Halloween Treat Holder

Make a treat holder for Fall or Halloween! What fun over at 3 Clovers Thursday Challenge this week! Should be some great treat holders for you all to peek at this week!

This was a project I meant to make last Halloween, but darned if I didn't run out of time. I did make these cute pumpkin bag treat holders though. They are both creations I found on Martha Stewart's site. You can read her directions on how to make these Witches Brooms HERE. I also found a great tutorial with pictures HERE. (sorry my pic does not show the whole "broomstick", but I had to crop so you didn't see the pile of paper plates on top of the microwave LOL)

I have a lot of random Halloween stamps, so this gives me a chance to use a lot of them. I don't get too fussy as the kids will just rip them open in two seconds anyway.

I knew I was going to make these this year, so my sweetie cut these branches for me in the spring, so I had them cut and ready to go!

Each bag takes the following supplies:

1. 2 paper sacks-I used sacks about 6 1/2 inches tall, small treat size. If you use too big of a sack...it will hold a load of candy. This bag holds about 8 minature type candy bars/bags. You will fill one bag and set it inside of a shredded bag.

2. Twine

2. Branch or a big pretzel rod works equally well. Should be about 12 inches long or so.

4. Lots of good treats!

This image was gifted to me. I believe it is a Darcie's stamp...so cute...wish I had more!

Sally the Witch by Stampabilites

Spooky Snoopy by Stampabilites and a Studio G/ Michaels $1 stamp

Studio G/$1 Michaels stamps bought last year.

Go take a peek at what the other stampers created and maybe get a headstart for Halloween!

La La Land Crafts Blog Christmas Release Blog Hop!

Hello there! Fun stuff going on at this week and next week at La La Land Crafts Blog!

I want you to meet Hot Cocoa Whiskers. This is the image and card I will be showing you next week on my blog.

This week I am sending you on a hunt to find the pot of gold! Sweet Irina is offering some great blog candy to all of you who follow the links below and leave the correct answer at the end of the hop!

Darn, I wish I could win...there is some great candy here, so don't miss out. I am going to sweeten the deal with some candy of my own...A set of Atyou Glitter pens by Copic. Sorry, my order didn't come in the pretty package as shown, but as individual pens...but they are all here waiting for you to win them. You might even find more blog candy along the trail too! All you have to do to win my blog candy is leave me a comment here. That's it...pretty simple! I will announce the winner next Wednesday, so don't forget to come back and check to see if these babies are yours!





We can't wait to show you the new images to be released. Read the text below that will be posted on La La Land's blog to find who I am linking to(hint...look for the green name that starts with K) Make it easy on yourself...start at the beginning...click on the link provided in red below and it will take you to the La- La Land Crafts blog.

Posted on the La- La Land Craft Blog:


Hi Everyone,

Welcome to La- La Land Crafts' Christmas Release Blog Hop. To celebrate the release of the fabulous Christmas stamps on October 14th, we are having a fun Blog Hop. Each DT Member and all the Guest DT-members will show you a sneak-peek of one of the new Christmas stamps...

What's in it for you???

Besides seeing all the cute sneak peeks of our new images? The winner of the Blog Hop will receive not one but THREE of our new stamps (winner's choice!!) PLUS all of the items in the photo below:




- Limited Edition Spellbinders Shapebilites Create a Flake 1
- Spellbinders Shapeabilites Create A Flake 1
- Spellbinders Shapeabilites Pendants Fleur De Lis
- Spellbinders Borderabilites Fleur De Lis
- JustRite A Merry Little Christmas Set
- Basic Grey Holiday Ornaments Chipboard
- Cuttlebug For You Ornament Die Cut and Embossing Folder combo
- Copic Marker Soft Case for 24 Markers
- Three Copic Markers: E11, E33 and B41
- The Paper Company Bordeaux Filigree Accents
- Hero Arts Gemstones



Some of our DT members and the Guest Designers are also offering a little prize, randomly chosen from the entries on their own personal blogs.

What do you have to do to join our Blog Hop????

* Start your Blog Hop here at the La-La-Land Crafts' blog
* Each Dt-Member will guide you to the next Blog in the Blog Hop
* Final stop is back here at La-La-Land Crafts Blog where you have to leave a comment telling us how many different stamps there are in our Christmas Release (it can be tricky, be careful )

If you started the blog hop at La-La Land Crafts and followed all the links, then your next stop is Kathy Page at Distessed Stampers.

If you are just stopping by and want to join the Blog Hop, then just go to La-La Lands Blog and start there!

Have fun and good luck to all of you!

Witch Way to the Candy!

I made this card for the challenge over at House Mouse and Friends Monday Challenge.

This is the first time I tried out my little copic sprayer (for the night sky). It definitely has a learning curve and I will need lots of practice!

The challenge for HM&FMC is buttons. Well...I didn't use a typical button, but these fun spider buttons I found in my stash. I also found this neat plastic covered wire in the same drawer and thought it would work perfect for the spider web...stash drawers can be so much fun!

I also used a new Halloween set from Inkadinkadoo. I stamped the web second generation grey over the sentiment. I cut the sentiment stamp apart to change it into one line. This House Mouse stamp has a cute sentiment that compliments it, but I wanted to use this one first.

Card details:

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Stamps: Witch Way to the Candy (Muzzy and Monica) HMUR1067 Stamp of the Month, Sentiment and web from Inkadinkadoo.

Cardstock: Lavender, Apricot (SU!), Debbie Mumm glittery DP

Ink: Memento Black, Versafine Black for the sentiment, Going Grey, copics

Misc: Nesties, Martha Stewart web punch, spider buttons, plastic covered wire.

Blog Candy!

Don't forget to leave your comment for my fun La La Land Crafts blog candy HERE!

Three Clover's Thursday Challenge-Pink!

I love "purty" cards but I don't make them too often. This card is a pink version of a card I have had in my head for months and just can't seem to get around to making. Maybe someday I will get to that card too !

The challenge this week on 3 Clover's Thursday Challenge is PINK. We all know that October is Breast Cancer Awareness with pink being the signifying color. Both my mother and my sweetie's mother are breast cancer survivors of nearly 20 years! Hallelujah!

Although, October is associated with Breast Cancer Awareness, this October my family will be fighting a different type of cancer. My brother was diagnosed with advanced kidney cancer last week. He had a 7 hour surgery yesterday to remove his kidney and is now recuperating in a hospital miles away from most of his family. I ask all my blog friends out there to not only celebrate and pray for a cure for breast cancer, but for all cancers. I know too many friends and family facing this long struggle and I know a friend and a prayer can help so much during this difficult time.

My challenge to you is to make a pink card (or any card for that matter) and send it out to someone facing a struggle such as this...I know...actually put your card in an envelope, stamp it and mail it! I am so bad about mailing cards, but tonight I will be addressing several cards to friends that could use a simple lift of spirits that a card brings. As Nike says..."Just do it!"

I don't usually share personal details on this blog...(except for showing off my adorable grandson)
so my apologies for straying so far from the world of crafts, but I thought this important enough you would forgive me. If any of you would like to send a card to my brother, just email me and I will send you his address.

Okay Okay...on to card details:

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Stamps: Sentiment from Stampin' Up

Cardstock: Chocolate Chip and retired Pink Pirouette DP from SU! GP white

Ink: Choc Chip

Misc: Cuttlebug folders for the embossed image, pink pearls, square nesties, and Martha heart border punch.