~ Happy Birthday Artie! ~

The past year has just breezed by...it seems like yesterday that I made a birthday card for my son Artie! 

Well...I was in the mood for using some Pacific Point card stock and glad to have created this one of a kind card for a one of a kind son.

Hope you like it and perhaps are somewhat inspired to take out some card stock, punches, stamps and get a card to someone today!

Happy Stampin'!

~ Linda

~ Pop of Pink Cake ~

This is a birthday card for a lovely niece of mine that lives back east. She is becoming a teenager. Such a sweet, beautiful, intelligent, young lady. Her mom and dad are the best parents ever, well, my mom and dad were really the very best parents, honestly!

Not much else going on except that I have been straightening out my craft studio and getting into the Spring and Easter mode with decorating around the house.

My two little buddy doggies Bebe and Chelsea had their spring spa day where they both were groomed and ready for the warmer weather that is to come in the next few weeks here.

Oops! My cup of tea is empty, so I need to go and get a refill!

Til next time!

Happy Stampin' !

~ Linda

Swirling Sailing...

All I can say is WOW! Attended my team  meeting last night and that is the one word that I have for this absolutely BEAUTIFUL make n take.

Best of all is that I currently am in possession of ALL of the supplies needed to re-create this little beauty!

When I returned home, my husband asked me if I had any plans for Wednesday evening...I said "no", he then proceeded to let me know that a good friend of his from work was having a Birthday Dinner!

How perfect...I thought! This card is going to good use almost immediately! 

Well you are probably just dying to know how this little creation came together...ok...I will spill the beans.

Recipe:

Stamps: Swirly Bird, Happy Birthday sentiment from Bonus Paper Pumpkin stamp set

Ink: whisper white craft ink, soft suede, dapper denim, real red, daffodil delight, crushed curry

Paper: dapper denim, marina mist, soft suede

Accessories: Swirly Bird thinlits, owl punch (soft suede dots), distressing tool (or edge of scissors), dimensionals

There you have it! Hope that you enjoyed today's sharing and have many happy days of stamping and crafting all year long!

~ Linda

P.S. Post a comment in the section below and I will choose one of you to send something Pretty!

Happy Birthday Artie!

Another year of celebrating my oldest son's birthday! Yes, today is the day! 

This is a case from a beautiful card that I pinned on Pinterest designed by Carol Lovenstein. 

For Artie's card, I made it into a full size 5 x 7. The Stampin' Up! balloon punch was on back order for a short while, but I received it just in time to make this little pretty!

Recipe:

Stamps: Happy Birthday, Everyone (hostess) soon to be retired, #imbringingbirthdaysback, Gorgeous Grunge

Ink: Basic Black

Paper: silver glimmer, silver foil, whisper white, basic black, black glimmer (retired), blue glimmer (non-SU)

Misc: Balloon punch, Triple banner punch, dimensionals, silver twine 

There you have it for today! 

Happy Stampin!

~ Linda

Paper Cone Wreath

Happy New Year!

With the New Year comes new ideas, new projects and new crafting adventures!

This project is a Birthday Gift for a beautiful aunt and God-Mother of mine...she is turning 80 this month!

She loves pretty pastel colors, so this is what I came up with! Although it is not SU, I used my next best loved designer paper series Graphic 45. 

I did manage to use some retired crocheted flowers in the center along with some pretty pink retired  Stampin' Up! chevron ribbon.

Let me know what you think! Would love to hear from you!

Happy Stampin!

~ Linda

Four Feathers Birthday

Another birthday was celebrated this past weekend with some of our dear traveling buddies and fellow foodies! We had a blast! Our gracious hostess served a lovely brussels sprout salad with apples, along with some fluffy sweet potato dinner rolls, a side of mashed butternut squash and turnip. The main dish was a pork roast which had been marinating for three days! Was to die for!

Other guests provided some lovely appetizers and my dear husband created the very BEST...cheesecake! Yes, better than the Cheesecake Factory!

Oh, well...you are probably more interested in the above project which was for our Birthday Queen!

Turquoise is her favorite color and she likes southwest decor, so what better way for me to create something unique just for her!

Recipe:

Stamps: Age Awareness, Gorgeous Grunge, Four Feathers (retired)

Ink: tempting turquoise, versa mark

Paper: tempting turquoise, whisper white, vellum

Misc:  four feathers thinnest (retired), hello you thinlets, silver ribbon, dazzling diamonds, dimensional, pewter embossing powder, white embossing powder, iridescent ice embossing powder

Well...there you have it! I hope that you had an awesome weekend too!

Funny thing here in Phoenix, AZ right now...it is cold and rainy and what better thing to do...stay home and create!

Dinner is in the crockpot...some fall off the bone beef ribs in tomato sauce with some of Ken's homemade pasta!

Happy Stamping!

~ Linda

Birthday Girlfriend

This past weekend I was invited to a girlfriend's birthday party. I created this gift bag and matching card especially for her. The bag contained a pretty plant that I thought she might enjoy!

Recipe:

Ink: Early Espresso

Stamps: Butterfly Basics, Vintage Leaves

Paper: Early Espresso, Crumb Cake, Hello Honey, Gold, Old Olive

Misc: Vintage Leaves framelits, Scallop Circle Die (retired), Soft Suede polka dotted ribbon (retired),

Gold Sequins, Woodgrain Embossing Folder 

All items utilized in creating the bag and card are Stampin' Up!

Happy Stamping!

~ Linda

An Open Heart ~ MOJO Mon 396

Today I bring you my version of a Mojo Monday sketch challenge which was posted about two weeks ago. I know...I am just a tad late. Creating this card was so much fun! This is one of my favorite stamp sets, I love birds!  In my mind, I wanted to impart a masculine feeling and I believe that I have accomplished this! What do you think?

Recipe:

Ink: Pear Pizazz, Chocolate Chip, Crumb Cake

Paper: Chocolate Chip, Crumb Cake, Naturals Ivory 

Stamps: An Open Heart, Hardwood

Misc: Floral Embossing Folder, dauber, black chevron ribbon, crumb cake seam binding, very vanilla taffeta ribbon, pear pizazz seam binding ribbon, antique brad, dimensionals.

Well, there you have it for today! Hope that you have a pleasant Tuesday!

Happy Stampin'...

~ Linda

Happy Birthday!

We will be celebrating my older son's 40th birthday tonight, although his actual birthday is tomorrow! For those of you whom have families, you might understand how that goes, being that it is Easter Sunday.

Artie turns 40 tomorrow...I have to shake my head...how can this be when I still feel like I am 30? 

Anyway, tonight we celebrate with the family with all the fun and frolic we can muster up!

Some information regarding this card...he loves cars! So I used the beautiful Stampin' Up! Classic Pick Ups wood mounted set! And, being it is a masculine card, I kept it neutral and metallic.

Recipe:

Stamps: Classic Pick Ups (retired), Bring on the Cake (retired)

Ink: Memento Black

Paper: Whisper White, Basic Black, Silver Metallic

Accessories: Black Satin ribbon (non-SU0, silver brads (retired), corner ticket punch (retired),

Curly Label Punch

Well...there you have it!

Happy Stampin!

~ Linda

Birthday Bows!

Today I am sharing with you a gift ensemble that I put together for a dear friend of mine, whom I met via a Meetup group that gets together almost weekly to enjoy different ethnic eateries for lunch around the Phoenix area. I enjoy trying different flavors and sometimes attempt to mimic the dishes in my home cooking for my dear husband!

Well, anyway that is another of one of my life's simple pleasures that keep me out of trouble...Ha!

The above photo includes a gift bag and card with the gift (photo below) that I put together for my friend's birthday of which my husband and I will be celebrating with later this evening.

Stamps: non SU birthday greeting
Paper: whisper white, Sweet Sorbet dsp (retired)
Ink: black stazon
Misc: bow punch, flower punch, dahlia punch, Sale A Bration ribbon, retired in color button

Ok, now to explain the shadow box gift...Part of being an active Stampin" Up! Demonstrator is attending meetings once a month with my fellow enthusiasts. At one of our meetings last year, we were each asked to create a certain number of "inchies" (although they are almost actually 2" in size).
We swapped them out and  the above photo beautifully displays all of the wonderfully talented ladies' mini masterpieces!

My contribution is the one in the upper left hand corner made with our lovley spiral die.

Well...there you have it for this week!

Stay Happy! Stamp and Create!

~ Linda

~ Grandaughters 6th Birthdays ~

Hi Everyone!

Yes, it is that time of the year...my precious little twin granddaughters Keira and Kaely are 6 years old already! They wanted a Frozen themed party...so of course, I custom created a special birthday banner just for them! And...the fun did not stop there...I went ahead and made them their personal birthday cards and decorated gift bags!

My life is truly blessed by these two little ladies. It is such a joy watching them growing up and becoming more and more beautiful both inside and out...thanks to their awesome parents...my lovely daughter in law Angie and son Artie.

Items were created using mostly Stampin' Up! Supplies!

Enjoy the weekend and cooler temperatures!

And Happy Stamping!

~ Linda

 

 

~ Princesses Birthday ~

This is the time of year where I get to celebrate the birthdays of my two very sweet grandaughters, Keira and Kaely.  They are currently enrolled in dance classes and just love the entire Princess theme, which appropriately enough was the focus of their birthday party this year!

Currently, they are the delight and love of my life, besides my dear husband, of course. They just know how to melt my heart instantly.  I LOVE being a grandma, especially to two little princesses!

So, today I am sharing a little of what my heart wanted to do for them for their birthdays, creating two very unique cards inspired by Valerie Perlin a French Stampin' Up! Demonstrator.

And to add a little girliness to the festivities, I know how much they love purses and all the cutesy things that go into them...therefore I utilized the Stampin' Up! purse die to make a variety of purses filled with M&M's.  And, since there were a couple of boys, I could not neglect them, so I made little fishing tackle bags for them, inspired by a fellow demonstrator Frederica Chaffanjon.

Well, that and so much more has been a happening lately in my Stampin Studio...what has been going on in yours? Please share...inquiring minds want to know...LOL!

Happy Stampin'!

~ Linda