It's a New Year!

It's a new day, a new week, a new month and a new year!! I know I have been missing for a couple of months, but I had things piling up on my plate that just had to be taken care of! I have missed posting to my Blog and hope to get back into the swing of things and posting as often as I can! I spent most of November and December preparing for Christmas. I love to make handmade gifts for the people in my life that I love the most!

Here are two hat and scarf sets that I crocheted for my 2 teenage nephews. I did them in their school colors so they can show their school spirit! The hat in the top photo was basically from a pattern I found in an old Bernat Learn To Crochet booklet that was published in 1970! I altered it slightly to make it striped and then I just whipped up the scarf to match.
The hat in the bottom photo came from a Leisure Arts booklet called Chase the Chill from 1998. Again, I altered slightly and then created the scarf to match! I sure hope these will keep the boys warm back in Rochester, NY! Stop back tomorrow to see more handmade goodies!

Thanks a bunch for stoppin' by!

No Card, But Still Something Very Cute

Howdy All and good evening!
Instead of a card tonight, I thought I would share with you this cute little hat and scarf set I crocheted. I used a pattern for the pumpkin hat that I found on FaveCrafts.com
and then I decided to add a scarf. I just made it up without a pattern to match the hat! How cute is this? I sent it to my son's friend who just had a baby girl along with the card that I made. He posted a pic on Facebook with her wearing them to go on her first walk in the stroller at 8 days old! She looked absolutely precious! The best part about this project is that it took me lest than 5 hours (while watching t.v.) When I packaged them up to send in the mail I even made a tag to attach to it.
Welp, that's what I have for tonight! Thanks a bunch for stoppin' by! See you again soon!

FS194 CASEing Lynette

Howdy and good afternoon!
I've got a couple of quick cards for you today that I created for this week's Featured Stamper Challenge - FS194 - . Lynette, aka 'LynniePoo' on SCS, has a beautiful gallery full of Clean And Simple cards! I had a hard time narrowing down which card I wanted to CASE. This is the card that I chose: 'For My DH's Birthday'.

I kept the same layout and used the same dry embossing technique that Lynette used. I changed everything else! Here is my supply list:

STAMPS: Well Scripted, Cute & Curly (SU!)
PAPER: Very Vanilla, Regal Rose (SU!)
INK: Pretty in Pink (SU!)
THE REST: Cuttle Bug and embossing folder; gems and buttons (unknowm from my stash)

That's what I have for now! Thanks a bunch for stoppin' by! See you again soon!

SC303 Baby Congrats

Howdy and good morning,

I played along with this week's Sketch Challenge - SC303- over at SCS. My oldest son's best friend from high school just became a daddy and I wanted to send him and his wife my congratulations. I turned the sketch onto it's side because I just had to use this adorable stamp that I finally got from SU! I love pachyderms and this momma and her baby are the just the sweetest! Here is my supply list:

STAMPS: Baby Steps (SU!)

PAPER: Whisper White (SU!); pink (MS); pattern paper (DCWV)

INK & MARKERS: Regal Rose, Pear Pizzazz (Markers - SU!)

THE REST: Ribbon, dimensionals, two-step owl punch (SU!); Nesties (Spellbinders); Big Shot (Sizzix); Button, pink gems, embroidery floss (from my stash)

I inked up my stamp using markers. I stamped it a second time on scrap paper and cut out the ears and popped them up on dimensionals. The heart was punched from pattern paper using just the heart from the 2-step owl punch and is also popped up.

Welp, that's it for now! Thanks a bunch for stoppin' by! See you again soon!

Mojo Monday 161, HYCCT14 Merry Pookie

Howdy and good morning!
I didn't get any stampin' done yesterday, but I did make a card on Monday for this week's Mojo Monday Sketch #161 and the HYCCT14 - Ribbon, Ribbon, Ribbon - to use ribbon on your card. This was an interesting sketch to work with and it took me a few minutes to decide how I was going to go about creating my cards! I had the ribbon and paper picked out that I wanted to use and this little Pookie stamp was screaming "pick me- pick me" so I did! He is just so cute! I made 2 cards, one to send with my other cards for the Hope You Can Cling To Challenge and one to send to Operation Write Home.

My supply list:

STAMPS: Pookie Skating (STAMPENDOUS); Tiny Tags (SU!)

PAPER: MME; SU!; GP

INK & MARKERS: SU!; Memento tuxedo black; Copics

THE REST: Buttons (SU! and my stash); Ribbon (SU! & my stash); stiped twine (The Twinery); Loops and Rick-Rack die and Big Shot; paper piercing tool

Welp! That's it for now! Thanks a bunch for stoppin' by! See you again soon!

HYCCT17 & CAS89 Merry Christmas

Howdy and good evening!
I created these two cards for today's CAS89 - which was a sketch inspiration challenge and for HYCCT17 - Pop it Out - to use pop dots on your card. I love the way the doodling looks on my cards, what do you think?

Here is my supply list (ALL Products are Stampin' Up!):

STAMPS: Delightful Decorations, Four The Holidays

PAPER: Whisper White

INK & MARKERS: Old Olive, Regal Rose, Riding Hood Red

THE REST: Ornament punch, Basic Rhinestone Jewels, dimensionals

Welp! That's what I have for now! Thanks a bunch for stoppin' by! See you again soon!

Two Challenge Birthday Wishes And Some Organization

Howdy and Good Evening,
I finally got to stamp today for the first time in the past 4 days! Boy, did I need that! This card I created for 2 challenges; The Featured Stamper FS193 and Pals Paper Arts PPA64. This week's Featured Stamper is IMAMUTTNUT aka Laurie and she has a beautiful gallery of cards. Here is the card that I chose to CASE. I used her same basic layout and the same stamp set. I changed the color combo, my sentiment embellishment, and I used an embossing folder to texturize my colored cardstock. The colors that I chose were inspired by the photo provided for the PPA64 challenge. Supplies used: (All products are Stampin' Up!)

STAMPS: Watercolor Trio
PAPER: Whisper White, Pear Pizzazz, Soft Suede
INKS: Pear Pizzazz, Soft Suede, Peach Parfait
THE REST: Ribbon, brads, oval punch, Big Shot, Lots of Tags Sizzlit die, Square Lattice embossing folder, dimensionals

One of the reasons I haven't stamped in a few days is because I finally got all of the new colors of cardstock and ink pads from SU! after their Color Renovation this summer. I had stacks of old and new cardstock and new and old ink pads all over my stampin' space. So, I HAD to get organized because I couldn't stand the chaos any more!

The bottom drawer has the Brights, Regals and Subtles color families and the top drawer has the Neutrals, In Colors and Basics color families . I love having them all neat, organized and labelled! I also revamped my color caddy and labelled all of my stamp pads! It felt so good to sit down at my stampin' table and have that mess taken care of!! Woot! Woot!

Welp! That's it for now! Thanks a bunch for stoppin' by! See you again real soon!