Snowflakes and pinetrees

Just a little stampin'!

I stamped the two pine trees and randomly stamped the snowflakes as a background.

CS- Shimmer white (Flourishes sent to me)

Pine tree stamp - (Stampendous)

Snowflakes -Mini holiday stamp set (Michael's)

Sentiment - Mini holiday stamp set (Michale's)

Inks used: Glorious Green (SU), Bashful Blue (SU), brown (Marvy Markers), red gel pen.

Ribbon-green gingham (local stamp store)

Inside of the card diagonally are holly berry leaves stamped.

Simple, and merry! Have a great stampin' day! Deb

be merry penquins

Out of the hospital and a little card to share! whew!

Cutest darn ppp (penguin pattern paper) I ever did see! Happy penquins!

I just had to make a little something today! So these little penguins romping about in holiday delight made me smile! Cheery is a good thing!

CS-Whisper White (SU)

PPP-(Me & My Big Ideas)

Sentiment- be merry (SU)

Layered punched flowers and pressed petals togehter for dimension.

Extras-Flower Punch (EKS), corner punch (EKS), gingham ribbon (source unknown)

Thank you all for your kind and thoughtful comments! I have some physical conditions and limitations, but I have to stamp! Whats a gal to do? I say stamp baby! I will create as often and as best I can, and certainly continue to enjoy all of your beauties! Lots to catch up on, please be patient with me if I am in a RAK with you. I always keep my commitments, it just a little bumpy in the road for me now. I need a new suspension! He he! Got to keep the humor going or I will be doomed! So, laugh, stamp, heal, stamp, rest, stamp and I will be good to go with the bumps! Darn those bumps! Thanks fellow bloggers!

Happy stampin'! Deb

No stampin' for a few days!

Not the best news...but in good hands!

I am sorry to say that my health took a rather painful turn in direction, thus I have landed a private room on the golf course with an ocean view at Scripps Hospital in La Jolla.

If you must be in a hospital, this is one of the best, so for that I am blessed indeed! Extensive tests and procedures are being done, and perhaps I may go home Monday if all goes okay.

I was so looking forward to Beate's weekend challenge and making cards these past few days! I have been in hospital since Thursday night. I received 2 units in a blood transfusion to help my low red cell blood count.

I am tough and trying to be as positive as possible! My daughters are at my side and my DH has been by with gorgeous Stargazer Lilies to fill my room with such a pleasant aroma.

Hope to back posting Monday, if I get out by then.

Happy stampin'! Deb

Beate's weekend SCS Challenge # 26

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Happy Monday stampers!

My take on Beate's challenge... Cool as blue ice...

CS-Whisper White (SU)

PP-DCWV - Glitter slab (Michael's)

Snowman Stamp (Inkadinkado)
Sentiment - be merry -(SU)

Ink-black (Inkadinkado)

Other goodies used: Stickles, SU water color pencils, silver brads (MM), corner round punch (EKS), oval punch (Marvy), Sheer blue ribbon (Michael's), Pop dots (All Night Media), Bashful Blue inked edges (SU).

Have a beautiful day! Happy stampin'! Deb

PAY IT FORWARD

PAY IT FORWARD!

The first 3 comments that were left on the last post Stuck on you, are hereby named to be passed on this fun game! I had been one of the first 3 over at Charmaine's blog prior to the fire here in San Diego. So I am catching up!

For some reason, my blog is not showing me many of my recent posts to edit! I refreshed the blog, but no go! I was going to add this game on the end of "Stuck on you" post. Oh well, you gals know now!

The lucky 3 are:

Flossie

Rita

Deb

I will be sending your goodies ASAP, and if you want to play, you in return do the same on your blog! You can recruit your blog buddies anyway you want to, and name as many as you desire. So have fun, and please send me your snail mail if you have not already done so! Happy stampin'! Deb

Stuck on you

Happy Saturday Stampers!

I wanted to create a sweet, happy feel good card and this little porcupine has been itching to get some ink on it! Have a terrific day! Happy stampin'! Deb

CS-Tempting Turquoise (SU), Pink (Bazzill)

PP-Simply Paper (Michael's) Corner folded back

Circle punch (Marvy)

Corner round punch (EKS)

Porcupine-stuck on you (SU)

Fun glitter ribbon-(Michael's 50% off rack)!

BACK HOME SAFE AND SOUND!

A card I made for Kimberly's birthday at Crafty Me.

Thank you all for you thoughtful concerned comments and prayers during my evacuation from the Witch Creek Fire (appropriately named). We are back in our home and there is no smoke damage! We are very blessed with regard to the devastation these fires produced and the many lost homes of friends and neighbors on our mountain and in our once, soon to be again beautiful valley.

The exit was a harrowing experience with winds over 65 mph, ambers and ash and smoke made it extremely difficult to breathe, let alone drive down a mountain road! A huge tree branch broke off right in front of me while leaving, I though this could be my demise, as the road was blocked! No other way out either! My angels were working overtime, as there was just barely enough room for me to get around the huge branch that had fallen! At 2 AM in the morning, I was exhausted and sick from the fire smoke and ash, as I attempted to head to a safer spot to rest until what available daylight would come. I must have dozed off crunched up in my front seat for about 45 minutes or so, when I woke up to 20 screeching firetrucks roaring by me! I couldn't see further than 10 feet! The ambers were awful, and then I knew the fire had blazed all the way down the mountain/valley and jumped the 10 lane freeway and was again upon me! I got the heck out of there just in the nick of time and made my exodus like many inching along the freeway to the ocean. I found a safe haven at my girlfriend's home by the coast where me and my 87 lb doggie stayed for one week! Meantime, DH was in Los Angeles working while his DW is in survival mode! Whew...that just plum wore me out ladies! No worries, the stamps ALL were packed as was all of my ink, ribbon, punches and as much paper as I could grab and fit in car! Treasured albums, my wedding scrapbook album, I adore! And of course, my laptop and PC hard drive! I grabbed as many pictures as I could of the kids when they were little and my DH's classic Fender electric guitar (of course) and a few documents! That was it!

My health has been compromised by this ordeal, my doctors have been fabulous and are doing their best to help me, I have the very best in their respective fields and believe me the is very reassuring! I have had immediate and ongoing care with the Scripps ClinicI go to for medical treatment in La Jolla, CA..

We have a powerful generator running, so as you can see I am online and able to keep the refrigerator on, lights and watch TV in the evening. I am using my propane BBQ for cooking. The water is not good to go- yet, a treatment plant was severely damaged, so it could be another week or so. Power poles are being replaced by helicopter on the steepest slopes of the mountain here, they are doing a great job! Hope to be up and running with power in a week. My daily hot shower is a must! I drive down to the tennis and swim club and stand in the shower for a long time, not wanting to get out! We are so blessed, these are just mere inconveniences, we had a home to come home too! Thank the lord!

Now on to important matters at hand here...stampin' and making cards! I am going to be one busy bee, I missed my stampin' so much and all of your creations! I will do my best to catch up!

Thanks for stopping by and happy stampin'! Oh goodie it's Friday! Beate's challenge time! Deb

STAMP RAK

Stamp angels please consider this RAK!
(This post shall remain at the top of the page for 2 weeks, please scroll down for newer posts)

*Those of you who are planning to send stamps to Maria and have already contacted me, please make note that there are 2 ll's in Fruitville! If already sent, I am sure the packages will make it okay! No worries! THANKS! ~

There is a really sweet gal Marla, (A little bit of everything) in Ontario, Canada that lost her home and everything in it! Thank God she and her family survived the devastating home fire and are okay!

Needless to say, Marla will need to start an entire new collection of stamps! This is where you card angels come in! This is a wonderful cause for us to pull together, and send Marla stamps, gently used or new ones if you like. I am thinking a little gift certificate to Michael's may be nice too! So, if you are in the US or know Marla from Canada, any help would be so awesome! Marla is terribly humbled by this effort, so lets step up and give her a stampin' hand!

Marla and her family are moving to Florida in a week, so the stamps will go to her new Florida addie.

If you would like to help out, please leave an angel comment here and email me, so I can send you the mailing information in Florida. Thank you so very much!

Bless you all and have a terrific day! Happy stampin'!
Deb

San Diego Fires

Hi, this is not Deborah, but rather, Domenica (her daughter & fellow blogger). I wanted to update my mom's readers to let you know that my mom evacuated her home at 2am. The back roads to her home (on the mountain) were being closed due to the threat of the fires. My mom packed-up with her nearly 80-pound German Shepard and everything sentimental that she could possibly cram into her car. On a funny note, her dog was sitting next to a pile of ribbon (she did try to take a lot of paper crafting supplies with her). She is at a friend's house for the time being and is not sure if she will have a home to return to when she is allowed back up the mountain. It is very upsetting, but I am just happy that she was able to get out safely.

If my mom is in a swap with you, etc, you can email me at domenica at shaw dot ca or contact me on my blog and I can see if there is any way that I can help out.

Thanks! And, all good thoughts/prayers are greatly appreciated!

Rejoice - Reindeer

Happy Sunday stampers!

Perhaps you may have noticed than I am enamored with theses new Flourishes sets! I was very impressed wth the friendly personal customer service that this company offers. The stamps come in a nice bag with a Flourish tag and ribbon at the top. Inside the bag, the stamps are nicely hand wrapped in pink tissue with more ribbon. How very nice indeed to purchase from smaller companies and receive that kind of servie.

This card was fun to create, however looking back at it now, perhaps it would be better to have stamped the reindeer in a bolder ink, such as the Glorious Green. Next time I shall!

CS White scallop (Bazzill).
Stamps-Reindeer & Rejoice (Flourishes) Mini swirls (SU).

Ink- Regal Rose, Glorious Green & Real Red (SU).

Red & green Stickles.

Mini stitched ribbon (stash).

We have tremendous Santa Ana winds here today, in excess of 20 mph currently! Hope the satellite stays up and running okay! Not to mention our high fire danger warnings! Here we go again October in Southern California! LOL! Deb

Beate's SCS challenge #24

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My take on Beate's sketch, I made the main image and background a bit larger than on the sketch, I just had to play with this gorgeous new Flourishes set! My Christmas card stash grows! Now back to the Christmas note cards!

CS-Green & Red (Bazzill), Whisper White (SU) PP-(Bo Bunny).

Stamp(s) Tree & Noel (Flourishes) Ink- Glorious Green (SU)

CB folder - Textiles

Ribbon (Michael's) Red bling $ bin (Michael's).

Tag corner punch (SU)

Hope you day is going great! Deb

Santa as merry...

Happy Saturday stampers!

I had been wanting to make a circle hole punch card, so I gave it a go! I really like Santa popping through the circle! I am slowy but surely getting a nice collection of Christmas cards going! I am mass producing note cards in packs of 10, in between too! Too much fun!

I was thinking, that I'm not the only one to have been laying in the bath or bed and a card idea pops into your head, right? Of course not! I read a blogger that got an idea in the middle of night and her DH just rolled his eyes and rolled over and went back to sleep! LOL! So funny! The trick is, at least for me is to remember the idea! LOL! Sometimes I get up and scribble down my thoughts! You know you have the card bug when it is consuming your thoughts! I love to be consumed, works for me! It is a good thing, a good consumption!

CS-Red (Bazzill), PP-Christmas stripes (Bo Bunny) Chipboard (source unkown) Stamp-Mini Christmas set (Michael's), Circle & scallop punch (Marvy). Stickles, red embellies $ bin & ribbon (Michael's).

Happy stampin' and bloggin'! Deb

Special card from Rose Ann!

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What a nice surprise today in my mailbox!

I have a daily routine that my dear German Shepherd Lobie and I do every afternoon...we walk through the groves up to a clearing where I can see many vistas including the ocean. If we time it right, I see at least 6-8 hot air balloons out toward the Pacific. The backdrop of the sunset on its way is just breath taking!

This walk is such a blessing to me every day! My pooch is so happy and always has an avocado "to go" (in his mouth)! He is as fit as a fiddle from running up and down the mountain, he is one solid guy! On the "loop" we walk, the mailbox is on our way home and I it is always so nice when there is somethng special and not bills!

Dear Rose Ann sent me this gorgeous card today and she made me smile big time! Thanks Rose Ann! I should put a big heart on my mailbox, there is a whole lot of love passing through it! Have a terrific weekend! Happy stampin'! Deb

You make me smile tag!

I have been tagged by Samm , Debbie and Allison! Oh you girls!! Thanks a bunch!

There are so many smiles going on here! It is just wonderful!

You all certainly make me smile! This is just the cutest! BIG SMILES!

Back at you all to be sure! My entire reader list and many more all make me smile!

A couple of gals I will tag:

Daniela

Misty

Laura ~ Have fun and keep smiling! ~ Deb

Flourishes Reindeer

Flourishes sets finally arrived! Love them! Can't wait to create lots of cards with them!

So, better late than never, I posted my card on SCS (pending approval) for the Flourishes incentive. I have just begun to post a few on my gallery at SCS (primastamper). I had a few in June posted, and I just didn't post there after that. I got into my blog ,blogging and posting here, figured that was plenty! I do love to check SCS out and wonder through the gorgeous cards that inspire me! Not to mention the great tutorials! Truly a wonderful experience! But you already knew that! He he! (Sorry that the picture isn't very good)!

Recipe:

CS- Beige textured & (Red (almost like burgundy) Bazzill. Always Artichoke -SU.

Stamps-Flourishes -Rejoice set-
Ink-Real Red -SU

Red bling (MM)

Pop dots beneath reindeer & sentiment

Tag punch -SU

Ribbon -Source unknown

I hope everyone had a terrific day, I have some catching up to do Thursday! Thanks for your visits and kind comments! Deb

Beate's SCS Challenge #23 -PEACE

P E A C E

I know the deadline for Beate's challenge is Wednesday at 9 AM, and I will be in sleepy land, so I figured I better get this card made and posted! Whew! Busy one today!

CS-Royal blue (Bazzill),Purely Pomegranate (SU),Light blue (Bazzill)Whisper White (SU)

PP-Me & My Big Ideas

Stamps-Dove (Hero Arts),Peace (random acrylic stamp I had).

Ink-Black (Inkadinkado)

Mega circle scallop punch (Marvy)

Stickles (can't see in picture, on the little leafs)

Thanks for your visits today! Good night! Deb

Black and White Christmas

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This card is for the challenge over at Allison's. The challenge is to make a Christmas card using just black and white! I had never made a black and white Christmas card before, and I must say it is pretty cool!

CS-Black scallop (Bazzill) Whisper White (SU)

Stamps-Tree -(Delta), sentiment - Christmas mini set (Michael's)

Ink-Black (Inkadinkado)

Black velvet ribbon -(Dashes, Dots & Checks (Michael's)

Thanks Allison for a great challenge! Deb

Moose Christmas!

Happy Tuesday stampers!

This is an off set gate fold card, in that the fold in not centered. I had a bit of a difficult time getting a nice picture of the card open and closed. I think the red background pops the card best. It is as most of the time BIRL! For now, this will have to do, hope it's okay. I was just feeling very fortunate to have been able to finish this and another card!

This soft beige paper was nice for the card stock (Bazzill) , Forest green? (Bazzill),Whisper White (SU).

Stamps: Moose you set (SU), Christmas lights $ bin (Michael's), Merry Christmas stamp -mini set (Michael's). Giga scallop punch & circle punch (Marvy). Corner round punch (EKS) Ink-Chocolate (moose) (Anna Griffin) Moonlight white (Archival Brilliance). Stickles used on lights. Yummy satin ribbon, by the yard (Michael's).

Thank you for your sweet comments , I do appreciate you all so very much! Super Hugs!

Have a terrific healthy, happy stampin' day!

Deb

Our health is our wealth!

Hi blogger buddies, happy Monday to you!

I am under or over the weather today! I will respond to all of your angel Rak comments, as soon as I feel a bit better. Thank you for your generosity and support for Marla.
When I am ill, I certainly realize how vital it is to feel well enough to do the things you need and love to do on a daily basis. We just usually take it for granted each day, as we go about in so many directions! I have good days and bad ones, but I am happy to say I had 20 happy faces on my calendar in a row recently! That was huge for me! I keep that in perspective to be sure and count my blessings!
Please hang in there with me, check back later on, I have a card to post.
Did you notice that Blogger is doing a mini maintenance/outage today I think at 4PM PDT for a short time. Okay, I am going to rest now and hope to be doing much better later on.

Stampin' hugs to all of you!
Have healthy happy day! Deb

Tagged by Samm!

Okay 7 things about myself (of interest) hmmmm...lets see...
Not sure how interesting these are to you...but here goes!

1) When I was a child I pretended to be a horse and make stick jumps and play horse show! I became an accomplished equestrian wining top honors for many years, and studied in Ireland.

2) My youngest daughter sent me a balloon from school and drew a wonderful picture, which I still treasure today. The balloon flew by me in Malibu, CA I swear!

3) I had a dream that my third baby was a pretty little blonde girl, running through the fields and her name was Heidi. I had a pretty little blonde girl, and I knew she was my Heidi! That was so cool!

4) I know ahead of time when my DH, kids or best friend are going to call me! I just feel it!

5) I remember things that I am blown away with that I remember! Believe me I DO have senior moments! He he!

6) I have snow skied in the morning and gone to the beach in he afternoon!

7) I have used 10 of my 9 lives (At least)! LOL!

That is what comes to mind.
Have a great day! Deb

ONE CARD TWO WAY CHALLENGE WINNER!!!

THE WINNING CARD FROM RITA!

Congrats to Rita! One splendid card two ways winner!

Please email me addie and your "surprise" goodies will be on the way to your mail box!

Thank you to all that participated, your cards were fabulous! This was fun and a bit different! Deb

PEACEFUL WISHES "ONE CARD TWO WAYS"-Thanks for playing!

Thank you for playing this fun challenge!Winner to be announced October 14th.

Please scroll down for newer posts.

One card two ways challenge!

SURPRISE GODDIES FOR THE WINNER!

Guide lines for this challenge:

Make one card that may be interpreted two ways. My samples show one card turned vertically and then turned horizontally. Thus, one card two ways! Check out my samples and have fun creating this challenge! I look forward to seeing what you come up with!

For my samples I used Peaceful Wishes Set (SU) CS-Hunter Green (SU) the picture doesn't show the nice dark green but believe me it is! Brushed Linen (Bazzil) Marvey Markers for image & sentiment. Picture frame brads, pop dots beneath the sentiment. Sheer red polka dot ribbon (Michael's).

Hope you give it a go! Deb

Domenica's fabulous cupcakes!

Happy Wednesday stampers!

This wonderful yummy card was made by DD, Domenica,! I am so proud of her talent that I am bursting at the seams! Domenica is the reason I stamp, make cards and have a blog today! Who knew? She continually inspires me and brings such joy into my life, I am truly blessed! Not to mention she is the mother of my most perfect grand babies! So if you have not already been by her blog, go for a vist,you'll be glad you did!

Hope everyone had a terrific day! Thanks for stoppin by! Deb

Beate's SCS challenge #22

Happy Monday stampers!

This cute Bella was wanting to get stamped again so out she came to play for Beate's challenge!

Recipe:

CS-Light green textured (Bazzil) Pale blue shimmer (Bazzil), Crimson Red (Bazzil). PP-Scrap piece (trying to make use of this)!

Bella was actually holding a bouquet of flowers in a pot, I used Marvy markers to ink only Bella, not the flowers. I then stamped a present stamp from my Christmas mini's (Michael's). Sentiment stamp form same mini set. Ink used on image-Inkadinkado-black & Real Red (SU). Red and green Stickles used on present. Red stitched ribbon (local stamp store) ribbon punch (SU), Tag corner Punch (SU), pop dots beneath sentiment.

Hope your day is going great! Deb

Great mail day!

Happy Monday stampers!

THANKS MICHELLE!

I was fornunate enough to win a blog candy over at Michelle's creativestamper. (having trouble with her link).

The prize was a brand new SU set unmounted, which I have already mounted and I am ready to get some ink on! Have a great day! Happy creating! Deb

WCMD Fun!

Happy Sunday stampers!

Over at Tracy's, for WCMD there were a couple of contests offered, through Jusjohanna as noted on Tracy's blog. One was to make a single layer card, so this is my little birdie, wishing you joy! I hope it was okay to add the Prima, I couldn't resist! So sweet and simple it is. I sure hope that everyone enjoyed WCMD, it was so much fun to see all of the great energy going on!

Thanks for your visits! Deb

Jen's Sham Battle Sunday

Fun, fun, fun! Jen's Sham challenge!

This challenge is so cool! Make a card without a sentiment, but obvious as to what it would be for. So here is my take on Jen's sham!

Recipe:

CS-Always Artichoke (SU

Rose Pink (Bazzil)

Green (Bazzil)
DP-(Anna Griffin)

Ribbon- (Michael's)

Mimi preen brad (MM).

Decorative edge scissors (Fiskars)

Pop dots beneath the trees.

Hope you all are making tons of cards and scrappin' pages! Deb

Bountiful

HAPPY CARDMAKING DAY TO EVERYONE ALL OVER THE WORLD!

Bountiful: Abundant;plentiful

Thus is the blessings we have upon this fabulous day! The power in numbers of cardmakers and scrappers alike all over the world to share our love and obsession! Enjoy! Stamp, cut , emboss and be merry! Have fun loving what you love to do!

In the last Hero Arts catalog were some pictures of many gorgeous stamps and designs. I gravitated toward this bountiful stamp and the greasses. I found the sentiment box of 5 words on ebay, and my very special stamp store ordered the grass stamp for me! So I cased this from the Hero Arts catalog of past, and I do believe I did it justice! I tried very hard to make it so nice! Hope you all like this card too!

Recipe:

Whisper White (SU) Rust textured (Bazzil) Harvest gold textured (Bazzil)

Stamps: Grass and sentiment (Hero Arts)

Ink-Olive green & yellow citrus (Color Box fluid chalk) Orange pigment ink (Color Box).

Natural raffia.

I stamped the grasses several times, repeating with light and darker tones. Stamped bountiful across the bottom, added the raffia. I love starting World cardmaking Day with this one!

Keep checking back today, there will lots more to share! Deb

One More Birthday card for Nan!

For Nan's 88th birthday...

One of DD's came to visit me yesterday and with no time to spare, she announced to me that she needed to mail her card Tuesday Nan, as Brittney is off to a medical convention in Florida. Love the Anna Griffin paper!

I would have preferred to mat it on white cs against the Pink Passion (SU) but it didn't happen! Sentiment stamp (SU). I put it into an envie and off Brittney went with a birthday card for her Nan's 88th!

Thanks for your visits today! Deb

BIRTHDAY CARD FOR MOM'S 88TH!

Happy Friday stampers!
Sweet card for Mom's 88th birthday!!
Blue cs (Bazzil) Pink Passion (SU) DP-Heidi Grace (love it)! Prima birdie & flower. Sentiment stamp $ bin (Michael's), ink-Black (Inkadinkado), Pretty in pink ribbon (SU).

I think she will smile when she receives her card from me!

Ihave one more to post when I get back from store! Happy stampin'! Deb

Domenica's birthday card!

Oh happy Thursday stampers!

Finally after 2 plus weeks from southern California to Calgary Canada, (via customs apparently) my DD (craftyincalgary) received her birthday card a week late! At least she got it, right? She loved it too!

So I am sharing this fun card with my blogland stampers! buddies! Lucky you! Ha!

Card recipe:

CS-Scallop pink (Bazzil) DP- (America n Crafts) So young and hip!

Flower embellie from my flower stash!

Stamps - Happy (SU)

Ink- Black (Inkadinkado)

Lots of love going on today in blogland! The October awareness is huge! It's awesome!

Have a great evening! Deb

New flower stamp

Happy Thursday stampers!

Hope this day is wonderful for all of you! I made this card using a new flower stamp I recently bought and I hadn't inked it up yet! It is brilliant and so much can be done with it, layers and many coloring options! This one will be a good stamp for me to practice the Copic markers that Santa is hopefully bringing! Double fudge brownies and milk will be waiting for Santa!! LOL!

Recipe for this card:

CS-Burnt Orange (Bazzil),Always Artichoke (SU) PP-Stripes (Reminsce).

Flower stamp-"Ruffled bloom" (Stampendous),whing you joy $1 bin (Michael's).

Ink-Black (Inkadinkado) Flower colored with Marvy markers.

Copper brad (MM). Stripe ribbon (We R Memory Keepers).

Thanks for your visit! Deb

Blessed

Happy Wednesday stampers!

I have been busy doing other time consuming projects unrelated to card creating this week, but still along the creative lines of design;flooring and counter tops selections. It is quite a process to go and look at all of the many options and get an education on all of the products! I have learned plenty! So I run from place to place with samples in hand and gather my info and pricing and lead time. Lots of luck trying to get this done by Christmas! I am on a mission !

I made some some note cards this morning for a pack of 10 I need. I selected this Sweet angle stamp from a mini Christmas set I acquired last year from Michael's. The precious little angle is stamped on Whisper White (SU) circle punch (Marvy),Sugar coated glitter paper (Doodlebug), scallop punch, large scallop punch DP -(EKS-Claire Boyd) revers able darling paper! Snowflakes folder (CB) Whisper White (SU). Pink cs(Bazzil). Small punch folded in half adhered brad(MM) stamped Blessed -Regal Rose ink (SU). Polka dot ribbon bow (Michael's).

I hope this day is wonderful for you all and your angels are with you! Have a stampin' fun day! Thanks for visiting! Deb

On Dancer and Prancer...

Happy (late) Saturday stampers!
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Finally late but nevertheless still Saturday here in California, I am posting a new card that I made today! In case you haven't noticed lately, I have had a taste for the flavor pink! Pink is happy and makes people feel good!
I wanted to share that I have viewed many blogs today and the creations are just fabulous! You all have such spirit, not to mention all of the creativity and inspiration! So hats off to all of you!
Card recipe:
CS-Whisper White (SU) Shimmer pink (Bazzil), Pink glitter (Bazzil) PP-striped and backside circles (Reminisce), reindeer (Brenda Walton is all I could see on what is left on backside).
Colored embellies (from stash),circle punch (Marvy),stamp, mini assortment set (Michael's), gel roll glitter pen on letters and brush on glitter on trees. Pop dots beneath oval, tag punch (SU).
Thanks for your visit! Deb

Friends & flowers

Happy Thursday stampers!

Friends card...

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Another wonderful day to enjoy all of our blessings! Friends are such a blessing and over the years the closet of friendships are so dear to our hearts. I found this nice stamp at one of my favorite scrapbook stores the other day on sale for $2.00! I grabbed it and knew it would be a nice stamp to add to my friendship collection.

Card ingredients:

CS-Whisper White (SU)

Pink Passion (SU)

CB folder-Stylized flowers

Stamp-(Stamps Happens Inc.)

Ink-Black (Inkadinkado)

Water color pencils (SU)

Markers-Marvy & Gelly roll

Flower embellie (Martha Stewart)

White dotted ribbon (Michael's)

Tag punch -(SU)

Multi dimensional layers (pop dots circles)

Thank you for your visits and have a great day! Go stampin'! Deb

gratitude

gratitude...

Sweet little card I made using some paper from my huge slab of pattern paper from Costco.This is light hearted and so darn cute! Good way to start our day!

Ingredients:

CS-Pink textured scallop (Bazzil),Bashful Blue (SU)

DP-Coordinating paper (My Mind's Eye

Stamp-gratitude (Hero Arts) Mini flower (SU)

Ink-Real Red (SU)

Ribbon (Michael's)

I am on a roll, check back later for another creation! Thanks for your visits! Have a great day! Deb

JOY

JOY!

What card making brings into my life! Thank you all of my fellow bloggers for the joy that your creations bring into many lives. The joy of card making and sharing with others is what this is all about to me.

Okay, enough mushy stuff!!

Card ingredients:

CS- Whisper White (SU) Light green (Bazzil) Purely Pomegrante

PP-Basic Grey (Phoebe)?

Prima flower

JOY stamp (random Christmas mini)

Ink-Real Red (SU)

Pink ribbon (from a blog candy)

Have a wonderful Wednesday! Thanks for your visits! Deb

Gobble Gobble!

Happy Tuesday stampers!

I found this fun turkey paper the other day at one of my favorite scrapbook stores, and I just couldn't wait to make a card with it! Turkey's going every which way, and the reverse side is a fun pumpkin design! I don't know about you, but I am soooo ready for turkey, stuffin' and mashed potatoes with gravy, and oh of course the string beans and cranberry sauce! YUM!

The recipe for this turkey gobble gobble card:

CS - Shimmer sand (Bazzil) Chocolate (Bazzil)

DP-Reminsce (love this company)!

Die cut gobble gobble with Prima flower and rust brad (MM)

Orange gingham bow- (my local scrapper store).

Have a terrific day and enjoy your stampin'! Thanks for stopping by! Deb

Bears & Moose oh my!

Happy Monday stampers!

I made this Christmas card last night when I discovered this cute paper from last year! Simple, clean and fresh layout, holiday fun!

CS-Cardinal Red (Paper Co,) Marvy Giga circle scallop punch

Whisper White (SU) Marvy circle medium punch

Hunter Green (SU) Stamp in the round (Hampton Arts)

Bears & Moose pp (?) Ink-Real Red (SU)

Ribbon (Michael's) Corner round punch (EKS) Pop dots under circle.

Have a wonderful day in what ever you are doing! Hopefully you can get some stampin' in too!

Thanks for your kind visits! Deb

Beate's weekend challenge - SCS # 20

Happy Sunday stampers!

My daughter and I went to lunch yesterday and we stopped by one of my favorite super duper scrapbook stores! I of course was in heaven, as the store has a vast impressive inventory of fabulous paper and tons of everything else to clean your wallet out! LOL! I found the reindeer paper in My Mind's Eye section and thought it was so cute! In the back of the store were several tables full of "garage sale" items, customers had brought in to sell. Many brand new items and stamps galore! There were a few SU sets still in the boxes unmounted, although I already had them or didn't feel the need to have them. I did manage to find a single cool stamp for $2.00! I will be making a card soon with this new stamp. TMF!

This sketch was a good one as they all are with Beate! Thanks Beate, I look forward to these each weekend!

The card ingredients are as follows:

CS-Sand -(Bazzil), Chocolate shimmer (Bazzil), Bashful Blue (SU). DP-(My Mind's Eye). Merry Christmas stamp (Hampton Arts) Michael's 25% off! Reindeer stamp (Moose you set-SU). Ink-Chocolate brown (Anna Griffin). Edges inked with the chocolate brown ink. Sheer blue ribbon (Michael's). Pop dots beneath Merry Christmas image. The picture is not true to color as seen IRL. The background of the reindeer is beige, but it seemed to have picked up a different hue., just thought I would mention that! LOL Deb!

I have a serious confession to make, I do not have Chocolate chip paper or ink by SU! Can you imagine that? I know most of you can't live without it, and I wonder how the heck I have done so! LOL! Ordering it ASAP!

Hope your Sunday is going great! Happy stampin'! Deb

Napa Valley wine labels

Happy Saturday my blogging friends!

We are finally having a light rain that we so desperately need! Southern California is a crispy cracker, and we are coming up on our fire season. Lets hope we get some serious rain from this storm passing by.

It is so nice to get up Saturday morning with my coffee cup in hand and go to blogland! I will be working on Beate's sketch among other things today. In the meantime, I made this card last night to share this morning. The wine label paper is so cool, I just love it! What a fabulous scrapper background paper page this would make if you'd gone on a wine country tour. I haven't gone wine tasting in so long, but is is fun and such beautiful country, not to mention the fabulous food along the way! Yum!

Ingredients for a good vintage wine card as follows:

CS- Harvest gold-Bazzil, Creme-Bazzil, Chocolate brown-Bazzil, PP-BOBUNNY-Napa Valley Wine Labels.

SU corner tag punch, Brown ribbon grosgrain-SU.

Thanks for stopping by, happy stampin'! Have a terrific day! Deb

BEEN TAGGED!

Alex tagged me, so here we go again! I have to get caught up on all of this fun!

Four places I worked:

1) Malibu Riding & Tennis Club (Malibu, CA)
2) Real Estate Company -realtor associate- Santa Monica, CA
3) Tesserae Custom Mosaics - Los Angeles, CA & San Diego, CA
4) Prima Mosaics- my company - San Diego, CA

~Four places I have lived:

1) Pennsylvania (born there)
2) Pacific Palisades, CA
3) Malibu, CA
4) San Diego, CA (present)

~Four places I have visited on vacation:

1) Ireland
2) England
3) Canada
4)Kauai

~Four favorite foods:

1) Prime rib
2) Fresh swordfish
3) Salads
4) Chocolate ice cream

~Four places I would rather be right now: (I am happy right where I am)!

1) Calgary, Canada with my DD and Son in law, and my MOST PERFECT GRAND BABIES!
2) Kauai (have ticket)!!
3 Tahiti
4) Switzerland

OKAY YOU HAVE BEEN OFFICIALLY TAGGED:
Now it's your turn! Have fun ladies!
Bee
Helen
Cheryl
Anna

I AM BACK & BLOG CANDY!!!

I have been mia...

I have missed everyone and their beautiful creations! I went to Maryland for a couple of days and my computer was not a happy camper when I returned! So off to the computer infirmary it went! Happy computer now! I will be doing lots of catching up to be sure! So many things to attend here in blogland!

The first order of business is to thank Michele for the fabulous candy she so generously sent to me! WOWZER! What a treat and it is not even Christmas yet!!! I can't wait to play with all of this great stuff! The paper pack is just the coolest with an assortment of Halloween papers. I just love everything and the wonderful card Michele made me! Lucky me!

I will be getting out my blog candy Pay it forward winners Monday! My monthly ALoha rak card is postal! Many thank you cards to get out, and some more special RAK's too! Somewhere in between the above mentioned I will make cards! LOL! No worries, I will go on go into create mode! Beate's challenge time, oh goodie! TMF!

It is nice to be back, I will be on my computer for hours making the rounds! Deb

Asian Love

Over at Angel's blog, I saw "Pay it forward", I was one of the first 3 to comment on a post of hers. Sweet Angel sent me a very nice RAK which I will share on my blog as soon as I get a picture. Thanks Angel, you are such a sweetie!

The first 3 comments on this post will receive a RAK from me. Then each of you (the first 3) do the same on your blog and so on and so on. It is a really nice way to share something with a fellow blogger. Thanks for stopping by and playing!

Now to the card !

The other day on SCS there was a challenge in which the embellishment used was limited. I am not sure what exactly it was called, but you all probably know the one I mean. Beate had used pine needles on her beautiful card, and another person used some discarded jewelry to make another stunning creation. I used horse tails on this Asian flair love card. Brown corrugated brown paper, Asian paper (source unknown), Certainly Celery (SU) Love symbol stencil ((Walmart). Brown raffia (Michael's'). Corner round punch (EKS).

Have a great Monday! Please email me your addie if you are one of the first 3 to post comment, have fun stampin'! Deb

SCS ~Beate's wekend challenge # 19

Happy Sunday stampers!

Beate's weekend challenge prompted me to get out my favorite Father Christmas stamp for the occasion! The cs -white scallop & green (Bazzil). Image is stamped on Whisper White (SU).

Image is stamped with Real Red (SU), Father Christmas stamp (Embossing Arts Co.) HO HO HO stamp (from large set of mini Christmas stamps I found on sale last year at Michael's). Gold ink (Inkadinkado). Red stitched ribbon was in my stash, and the bow was too! Hope your day is merrie! Please enlarge image, I had a camera moment! LOL!

*Later today, I will post something new, and the FIRST 3 comments will be lucky recipients of a RAK! So stay tuned!

Thanks for visiting! Have a fabulous day! Deb~

Thanks for your visits! Happy stampin'! Deb

Peaceful Wishes card for the troops

Happy Saturday stampers!
This Christmas card is for the troops that need our support, especially during the holidays. Paula is posting these cards on her blog (loves blooms in me) will send the info to you on

where to send the troop cards. I am going to try and get a few more made. (Link not working, sorry).
This SU set Peaceful Wishes was the first set I ever purchased, last year when all this stampin' began for me! I love this set and you can do so much with it. That is the beauty of the SU sets, the versatility of them., not to mention how well they stamp! You already know that! He he!
CS-Whisper White (SU) Ink-Glorious Green, Real Red & Anna Griffin Choc. Brown. SU brown grosgrain ribbon on side of card. Keeping the card simple but having a holiday flair was my objective, I didn't want to gussy this one up for a tough Marine or Navy or Army guy to receive! I wouldn't image they would be into bows and such! Bless them all for what they do each and every day!
Have a great stampin' day, off to do Beate's challenge! Thanks for your visits! Deb

Fluffles Christmas tags

Happy Thursday stampers!

The image is not clear, sorry! Click to get a better view.

These cute little tags are for a tag swap I am in. I just love playing with Mr. Fluffles he is just too much fun! Everyone should have at least 1 or 2 Fluffles stamps!

I have 20 Bella note cards in progress on my table, 2 cards that I need to make today, so I better get busy! Hopefully I will be back later to post some more creations. Thanks for stopping by and hope your day is going great! Deb

Cherish

This cherish chipboard has been popping up around my embellies lately, but I just wasn't sure what to do with it! So I just cherished it a while...

I was going through some paper and organizing it by color, and I came across this cool metallic paper. I had a 6 x 6 piece of sweet pp and I thought with some pale pink rose paper this would be nice. Corner tag punch (SU). Cherish chip board (Bohemia) pop dots beneath. Flower punch (EKS). I folded in the petals of 3 flowers and layered them for dimension. Rust brad in the center (MM). Pop dots beneath flower.

Wishing everyone a wonderful day! Thanks for stopping by today! Deb

A little bird told me...

Happy Monday Stampers!

This cute little card is one of 2o I am making for 2 sets of note cards. The CS is Tempting Turquoise (SU) the PP is MM. The darling birdie stamp with sentiment is from the $ bin (Michael's)! Prima flower & mini turquoise brad MM. Marvy Gega & mega circle scallop punches. Birdie colored with gel pen. Pop dot under birdie. A cute simple way to start my day!

Have a terrific day and enjoy ! Deb