Hellloooo Out There!

I have become the world's most neglectful blogger. Sorry about that. I guess I've just been having too much fun offline :) I've been creating lots and sharing very little. Let's remedy that.

To ease myself back in to blogging, I thought I'd post a seasonally-appropriate card. I put this baby together for today's Limited Supplies Challenge at SCS. The challenge was to make a long and skinny card, which (aside from shaped cards) is one of my very favorite kind of cards to make! I don't make them nearly often enough, so this was a fun one! Yippee! :)

I spent ALL DAY yesterday cataloging stamps from the last 6 months. They are finally all indexed and put away, so I have some desk space back! While I was doing that, I came across this Kim Hughes set that my mom had gotten me for my birthday. It was uninked until now, but I think I'll be pulling out this set a lot! I have a not-so-secret girl crush on Kim Hughes.

On to the card! :)



I hate how everyone skips right from Halloween to Christmas, forgetting that there's this whole very-important occasion in between (that a lot of people don't understand is NOT about how much you can eat in one sitting). So I thought I'd make a card to remind myself. :) I colored my image with Copic markers and assembled a pretty simple card.

I had some "issues" with the bow. I must have played around with different ribbons and formations for about 45 minutes before I came up with something respectable. All in a day's work right?

Here's a closeup of this adorable image.



Supplies:
Stamps: Autumn Trees by Kim Hughes for Cornish Heritage Farms
Papers: Brown Cardstock, Kraft Cardstock, DP by Colorbok, Basic Grey, and Scenic Route, Papertrey Ink's White
Inks: Memento Brown
Accessories: SU's Notebook Paper Punch, Brown Grosgrain Ribbon, Buttons by Oriental Trading Co., Raffia, Brads by Making Memories, Edge Distresser, Pop Dots, Copic Markers

What's everyone got planned for Thanksgiving? We're having a slew of people over for my very first vegan Thanksgiving. Wish me luck! :)

Enjoy your day!

*Clearly* The Coolest Hop Around

Okay, I'll stop with the plays on words now... ;)

WELCOME to the November new release MFT Blog Hop! If you're arriving here from the very special Melody Rupple's Blog (who has some very exciting news to share, by the way), you're all set! Otherwise, you should start from the beginning at Kim's blog and check out all the eye candy along the way! Hidden along the way is some blog candy for you too, so it's totally worth your while!

As promised, I'm back with pictures of my other project that I made for this week's HTDT Tutorial in the MFT forum on SCS. In case you missed my earlier blog post today, the tutorial is on using your MFT clear stamps to stamp on acetate! I have some hints and tips to share as well as two fun projects that you can make with step-by-step instructions! So if you haven't yet, head on over there as soon as you're done hopping! :)

Tonight I want to share with you a super fun way to send someone a greeting! Remember when you were a kid and there were those things that came in magic kits that had a picture that would miraculously turn to color when you pulled on the tab? I feel like no one knows what I'm talking about, but I'm sure as soon as you see my card, it'll jog your memory. Magic cards are so fun (and surprisingly not that hard) to put together!

Here's the card:


And here's this baby in action!
   

When you slide the tab up, Flopsey immediately appears in front of you in full color! And when you slide it back down, he returns to the original, paler version on himself. Abracadabra! Presto Change-o! Cool, right?

The slider tab also comes completely out of the card, if you want to display it as two pieces...



or you can slide the whole slider piece into the front part of the card, to always display Flopsey in his full-color glory!



Remember, there are full instructions over at the tutorial, so you can make one of these yourself! So try it out! I'd love to see what you come up with!

I wanted to show you one more thing before I go...a close-up of my blinged-out letters for the card front:



My goal was to make the letters look like they were lit up by Christmas lights. I colored in each empty hole with brightly-colored Copic Spicas. Then I topped each one off with a dab of Glossy Accents. I think they make pretty good Christmas lights, eh? :)

Supplies:
Stamps: Tree Trimming Flopsey and Bling 'bet by MFT
Papers: Acetate, Papertrey Ink's White, DP by My Mind's Eye, Bazzill Bling for Card Base
Inks: VersaMagic Magenta, Memento Black, VersaMagic Chalk Ink
Accessories: Glossy Accents, Mounting Tape, Copic Markers, Chalks, Copic Spicas, Ribbon from my stash, Corduroy Button by Making Memories, Star Brad, Circle Punch, Large Metal Eyelet

Hope you've enjoyed this stop on the hop! Now head on over to Frances' fun blog and see what she's got up her sleeve! :)

Enjoy your evening! Thanks for stopping by!

Clearly Fun...

Hey there! :)

Are you guys all ready for the big MFT new release tonight? Word has it that you might have to shop quick. Kim mentioned that she didn't know how popular the Pure Innocence (adorable little girls) line would be, so she may have under-ordered. So get those trigger fingers ready to hit "Buy" right at 10 pm EST tonight if you want to get your hands on them!

I'll be back for the most super amazing blog hop EVER tonight, but I thought I'd share something with you now to tide you over until then.

This fun Christmasy project is made using the new release, Polar Love.



This is a shaker-style ornament, using acetate for the shaker's front. When you shake the ornament, the snowy ground moves! :)





To color the image, I painted the bears with acrylic paint on the back of the acetate, before assembling the shaker. Here's a close-up for the bears.



And a close-up of the glittery tag I made for the ornament...



For full instructions on how to make this project, check out my HTDT tutorial: Using Clear Stamps with Acetate HERE on the MFT forum at SCS! :)

(It's all easier and less-time consuming than the tutorial might make it look!) And there's also a full tutorial there for another project that I'll be sharing at the hop tonight!

Supplies:
Stamps: MFT's Polar Love
Papers: Heat-safe transparency, DP by My Mind's Eye and Scrap DP (purple), Georgia Pacific White
Inks: VersaMagic Chalk Ink, Colorbox Ink (for inking tag edges)
Accessories: Fine Art Glitter, Acrylic Paint, Nestabilities, Bullnose Clip by Oriental Trading Co., Ribbon by Lasting Impressions (blue) and Making Memories (purple ric-rac), Buttons by Papertrey Ink and Oriental Trading Co., Stampin' Up Tag Punches, Candy Dots by Pebbles, Inc., Mounting Tape

Enjoy your day! Be sure to stop back tonight at 10 pm EST for the hop! :)

Happy Birthday, Mom!!!

Hello everyone! :)

In case you didn't know, today is my dear mother's birthday! :) So it's already a super special day, to begin with. It also happens to be the day that MFT is rolling out the very first teasers of its all new, completely EXCLUSIVE line of adorable little girl images, Pure Innocence.

You guys are just going to DIE when you see all these cuties! I was the oddball out this time around and didn't fall over the second I saw them, but as soon as I started creating with them... man. Let me just tell you that you are not going to want to miss the teasers! This line is so so FUN! :)

Today I thought I'd share with you a card that I put together with this adorable little balloon girl. So, happy birthday, mom! Enjoy your card, internet-style! :)



Now let me tell you, just about everything that could have gone wrong with this card did. I picked out a beautiful green layer to go over the purple one. But once I got through sewing the layers together and making room for the ginormous bow, the layer wouldn't fit. I had already broken my sewing machine trying to sew the layers, so I didn't want to cut down the green layer and re-sew the edges. So it just got left off. Since I messed up my sewing machine mid-layer, one of the corners was sewn a little wonky, so I had to pop down some buttons in the corner to cover it up! Then I somehow managed to swipe my whole hand through the Glossy Accents on the girl before she had dried. So I had to carefully clean up that mess too! Phew! I'm tired just thinking about it! :) Luckily, it all worked out in the end! :)

Here's a close-up of this cutie-pie!



Supplies:
Stamps: MFT's My Balloon
Papers: MFT's Cream Perfect Paper Panels, Brown Cardstock, DP by My Mind's Eye
Inks: Memento Black
Accessories: Wide Purple Grosgrain ribbon, Pop Dots, Copic Markers, Chalks, Glossy Accents, Buttons by Papertrey Ink

If you get a chance, head on over to Kim's blog for more info on this awesome new line of stamps, and then go head over and see what the rest of the DT girls have been creating with it!

Amy
Melody
Cindy
Michele
Frances
Susan
Kirsten
Natalie
Jessie
Christina
Jody
Barbara
Joanne

(and hey, when you're all done with that, you should DEFINITELY pop over to my mom's blog and wish her a Happy Happy Birthday!) :)

Enjoy your day! Thanks for stopping by!

Some Christmas Fun on Halloween

Hey, I'm back with a couple more shares for you guys! :)

I'm waiting for the trick-or-treaters to start heading over, so I thought I'd jump ahead in the season a little and share a couple cute Christmas projects I put together. It's been Christmas in the stores since about August, so I guess it's okay if I start early too! :)

First, I put together a cute little gift tag using one of the newest MFT Who's That Girl releases, Santa Baby. Isn't this image totally adorable (and a little naughty)???



I just love that sentiment! :)

To make the tag, I altered a wooden tag I had lying around. I painted the sides with acrylic paint and covered the whole thing with fun Christmas-themed paper. Then I paper-pieced and colored my image, and added Glossy Accents and Puffy Paint to a few parts to make them "pop," before adhering it to my tag. I stamped out my sentiment and cut it to look like a banner and popped it on top of my image. Finally, I added some super festive Christmasy ribbon.



Supplies:
Stamps: Santa Baby (by MFT)
Papers: DP by My Mind's Eye, Scraps for Paper Piecing, Georgia Pacific White
Inks: Memento Black, Versamagic Magenta
Accessories: Green Ribbon, Wooden Tag, Pop Dots, Glossy Accents, Puffy Paint, White Gel Pen


Next up is a fun Christmas card that came together really quickly, thanks to a punch and the new MFT background stamp!



To make this card, I inked up my background stamp with light green ink and then just "kissed" the edges of the stamp with a darker green ink. I stamped it out and matted it on colored cardstock. Then I just re-stamped the background image in red and green and used a star punch to punch out some shapes. I added cute buttons to each star and popped them up on dimensionals on top of the stamped background. Then I just stamped and cut out my sentiment and added another button accent. A totally fun and quick card!

Supplies:
Stamps: In the Background (by MFT)
Papers: Georgia Pacific White, Red Cardstock, Green Carstock
Inks: Colorbox's Lime and Green and Red
Accessories: Buttons by Oriental Trading Co., Embroidery Floss, Corner Punch, Star Punch

That's it for today! I think I'm going to take tomorrow off, but be sure to stop by Monday. I have a teaser for a super duper new MFT set that I'll be by to share!

Enjoy your evening!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!

Hope everyone is having a positively spooktacular day! :)

I started a massive DoodleFactory Halloween project a couple months ago. I colored, embellished and cut out literally dozens of Halloween characters for this cool Halloween album I was going to make. And wouldn't you know it, I never got around to assembling the album. Seriously, people, this is the story of my life. I have more half-finished craft projects than I know what to do with!

I was determined to not let all my hard work go to waste this time around, so this morning I got up early and put together a couple cute jars of candy for some adorable little kids I know, using the pieces originally meant for the album.

Voila!

I filled the first jar with eyeball gumballs and a creepy gummy snake (yummy!)









  
  

The second jar is filled with an enormous gummy millipede (ew!) and giant gummy tarantula!






  
  

Hope you enjoy! :) Happy Halloween! Have a super fun and safe day!

Miss Me? :)

Hello Bloggin' Buddies! :)

It's been a while, huh? My hubby and I went out of town at the beginning of the month (down to New Orleans, and then we took a cruise from New Orleans to Mexico). It was fun, but ever since I got back I have been SO unmotivated. And worse than that, I haven't been feeling very chatty. Which explains my lack of blogging...

I'm still not feeling particularly chatty, so I'll keep this short and just share a cute little gift I put together for a gardening-loving friend.



To make the bulbs box, I used a fry-box template that I created a while back. You can see another project I made with this template HERE and find a link to download it for your own use HERE.

Then I wrapped a ribbon around it, slipped it through a Nestabilities background circle I made for it and added my stamped image! Then I just embellished a little bit and stuffed the box full of crocus bulbs. I thought it still needed something, so I made a quick tag to top it off. The tag was super easy. I just cut some chipboard into a cool shape, covered it with patterned papers, inked the edges and then added my cut out sentiment.




Supplies:
Stamps: MFT's Garden of Joy
Papers: Papertrey Ink's White, DP by My Mind's Eye
Inks: Memento Black, Colorbox Taupe for inking tag and Nestabilities edges
Accessories: Copic Markers, Tiny (seriously tiny!) Buttons by Lasting Impressions, Brown Faux Suede Ribbon by MFT, Sheer Purple Ribbon, Twine, Large Eyelet, Circle and Scallop Nestabilities, Chipboard

Hope you enjoyed this little project. I'll be back tomorrow with more (and maybe I'll even find my chatterbox by then!). :)

Enjoy your evening.

A Balanced Blog Hop

Hello, and welcome to MFT's October new release blog hop. If you're arriving here from the crazy talented Jody Morrow's blog, you're all set. If not, you should probably head over to Kim's blog now and catch the hop from the beginning. The design team has a lot of fantastic things to share with you this month, and there's also some pretty sweet blog candy hidden along the way!

I am so excited to officially introduce you to another one of Stephanie Fizer's adorable friends tonight! This little lady is getting an early start on her holiday decorating! :) Like a lot of us out there, she's trying to balance it all herself!



You can grab your very own A Balanced Holiday set for $15.95 when it goes on sale tomorrow (Wednesday) at 10 pm EST over at the MFT store. The set includes this adorable image, some cute ornaments to dress up the tree, some presents for under the tree and three fabulous sentiments!

I know my blog readers really seem to like the shaped cards, and I do too! :) I usually like to create the shapes myself, but for today's card, I cheated a little and used a template by Kristina Werner.

After cutting out the card base pieces, I quickly punched holes around the edges using the larger hole punch on my crop-o-dile. I colored my girl with Copics and Copic Spica pens and added some shine to her outfit with Glossy Accents. Then I dressed up the tree with some of the fabulous Swarovski crystal rhinestones that MFT also has available in their store. I popped the image and a sentiment on the card front using some dimensionals and then punched two holes at the top of the card to thread my ribbon through.



Supplies:
Stamps: A Balanced Holiday, by MFT
Papers: White Cardstock for card base, Yellow DP by American Crafts, MFT's Perfect Paper Panels for the image, Green Cardstock
Inks: Memento Black
Accessories: MFT's Swarovski Crystal Rhinestones, Glossy Accents, Pop Dots, White Gel Pen, Copic Markers, Copic Spica Pens, Red Twill Ribbon

Now I've got to be going, but first I need to send you over to the amazing Cindy Haffner's blog. She's the next fun stop on this party train!

Enjoy your evening and thanks for stopping by!

From Fall to Christmas in One Day.

Well yesterday I shared all things Fall that are going on around me, and today I'm back with some Yuletide Cheer.

Before you all run away kicking and screaming "It's too early!!!," let me remind you that Christmas is only...dun dun dun...79 days away! It's getty chilly outside (at least it is here!), and it's getting harder and harder to ignore that winter is coming. And Christmas crafting takes a lot of time. So best start early! :)

MFT has been changing things up a little lately and are back to offering a Guest Designer challenge each month. That means that each month, you can participate in the challenge for your chance to win the next month's unreleased sets and the right to post early sneak peaks and participate in the blog hop with the rest of the design team members. Pretty snazzy stuff.

There's still time to participate in this month's contest, which closes tonight at 10 pm EST. The challenge is near and dear to my heart -- to incorporate fabric in to your creation.

I have dabbled in mixing fabric with paper and with printing on fabric in the past, but this time around, I decided to try something new. I pulled out one of the new releases being released TOMORROW and made this little cutie:



To make the ornament, I hand-cut two hearts from red felt. I love felt -- it's a great no-sew, non-fraying fabric, which means lots less work for me! Then, I blanket-stitched around the edges using cream embroidery floss. I had never done a blanket stitch and had been wanting to try it out forever, so I followed this online tutorial. It was extremely helpful and kept me from tearing my hair out! :) Before I stitched the last few stitches, I stuffed the heart with poly-fill. Then I finished up my stitching.

I stamped the mistletoe image with memento ink on a thin cream muslin fabric. Then I cut carefully around it with sharp scissors, being careful not to fray the edges. I colored it in using prismacolor pencils, applied a thin layer of fabric glue to the back of it, being sure to get close to the edges so it wouldn't fray, and then gently pressed it on to the front of the ornament.

I finished off the ornament by carefully tucking some cream twill ribbon in between blanket stitches at the top of the heart. Then I added a button, sewing through the ribbon as I sewed on the button, to secure everything together.

Supplies:
Stamps: Santa Baby, by MFT
Inks: Memento Black
Accessories: Red Felt, Embroidery Floss, Muslin Fabric, Prismacolor Colored Pencils, Button by MFT, Cream Twill Ribbon

Be sure to drop back later tonight (10 pm EST) for another fun project that I have ready for you. I think the stamp in the sample I have to share with you tonight is going to make you swoon! :)

Enjoy your day! Thanks for dropping by.

Pie, Anyone?

Hey there!

Hope everyone had a great weekend! I spent the weekend doing all things fall -- some fall cleaning, lots of decorating, pumpkin-picking, cider-drinking, cuddling under blankets, hiding from the rain... that sort of thing. I'm just trying to enjoy the season. It always seems to pass too quickly.

Today I'm here to share an MFT new release with you! :) It's Sweetie Pie Flopsey, and isn't he SWEET?!! :)



ACK! I think he might be my favorite Flopsey yet (but that could just be because I'm partial to pie!). The thing I like the best about him, though, is his little removable chef's hat! Darling!

I decided to use him to make a recipe card for a very yummy-sounding vegan pumpkin pie:



I'm not much of a fan of pre-processed food anymore. I don't really "do" processed soy-foods, like tofu and margarine. In fact, I have been working out of the same small container of Earth Balance since we went vegan over five months ago, and I haven't purchased a block of tofu yet. But I thought that for a special occasion (and especially an occasion where pie-- an old LOVE of mine-- was one of the main focuses), this pie sounded great. :) I can't wait to try it out next month!

I got the idea to make the recipe card from a good paper-crafting buddy of mine, Heidi. Heidi makes some amazing recipe cards! I haven't made any before, but I thought that Flopsey lent himself so well to this project, that I just had to go for it!

I colored Flops (Flopsey and I go way back, so I can call him that.) with Copics and added highlights with a white gel pen. Then I added a little dollop of whipped cream to his pie, courtesy of some white puffy paint that I allowed to dry before I heated it with a heat gun.

Supplies:
Stamps: Sweetie Pie Flopsey, by MFT
Papers: Orange Cardstock, Brown Cardstock, DP by Crate Paper and Scenic Route, MFT's Perfect Paper Panels
Inks: Memento Brown, Colorbox Taupe and Copper
Accessories: Pop Dots, White Puffy Paint, Computer-generated recipe, Copic Markers, White Gel Pen, Stampin' Up Tab Punch


Before I go, I thought I'd share some pics with you of what the Daumé house looks like decorated for fall! :)
















Have a great day and HAPPY FALL! :) Be sure to drop by tomorrow night to check out the rest of the MFT new releases during the blog hop! The fun starts at 10 pm EST at Kim's blog!

Pink, Black and Bling!

Hello there! :)

Fall is in full effect here today. It's chilly outside, and my hubby and I just got back from the pumpkin patch, where we bought (GASP!) $63 worth of pumpkins. That's a record for us. But we got a TON of pumpkins and some really cool specialty ones. I'll have to take a picture of our front porch to share, once I have our fall wreath up.

I'm sure you already know that today is World Card Making Day. Did you all get crafty today in honor of this fantastic occasion? MFT is hosting a challenge over at SCS, starting at 6pm EST. The challenge is to use MFT's signature colors (pink, black and white) and to add some bling somewhere on your project. You'll have to check out the thread for the full details, but word has it that there will be freebies and a great prize given out!

For my pink, black, white and bling project, I put together a card using MFT's bling bet, a set I don't think to pull out nearly often enough.



The bling bet has little dots on it that correspond perfectly with the Swarovski crystals that MFT has for sale. I didn't want to go bling-crazy, so I decided to only bling-out one hole on each letter.



This card also works for this week's My Favorite Challenge, which was to use any of the digital files (digi stamps, digi papers) that MFT has to offer.

To make the flower, I cut various circles out of patterned paper using my nestabilities (you could also just use various sized punches, or even just freehand cut some out) -- the black houndstooth is a MFT digi paper. Then I crumpled each circle into a ball for some texture and dimension and flattened them out before adhering them all together with a big snazzy rhinestone brad.

I hope you enjoy this card -- it's a little out of my comfort zone! And please, if you have some time, consider stopping by the challenge threads and saying hello or participating in the challenges!

Before you go... MFT is running a super special promotion for World Card Making Day! For Oct 2nd and 3rd ONLY, when you purchase a full sized set ($15.95 or higher) MFT will add a *FREE set to your order! There is nothing you need to do, MFT will take care of everything! *Only ONE FREE set per customer *MFT will select the free set.

Enjoy your Saturday, check out some challenges, and try to do something that involves some fall fun! :)

MFT's new Digi Images!

Hello again.

Well, didn't I promise you something cool today? I hope I don't disappoint. I am super excited about MFT's newest idea -- an entire line of digital images. No need to get all inked up and messy. Just print, color and assemble. Love it!

I'll admit that I was one of the nay-sayers who thought digi stamps were dumb. I guess I just didn't "get" them. When I heard MFT was doing digi stamps, I figured I wouldn't use them. But when I clicked on the newest image and saw how absolutely adorable it was, I knew that I HAD to try it out!

As part of their collection debut today, MFT released a digi image "kit," designed specifically to make an adorable Halloween treat for friends. The kit includes the image, a sentiment sheet, a tag sheet, a greetings poem, instructions, and project idea sheet. And at $5.95, you get a lot for your money!

Have you heard of boo baskets? It's kind of like a secret Santa. You get together a collection of treats, stuff them in a cute box, bag or tin, include a greeting and some signs, and leave it on a friend's doorstep. Then, there are instructions telling them to do the same to another friend. So FUN! :)

For my boo basket, I decided to pull out the fabric again and make up a tiny little treat bag. The bag really is TINY, so I had to shrink my digi image to fit properly. That's one of the great things about digi stamps. You can print them whatever size you need them to be! I printed out my digi image on fabric (printing on fabric instructions can be found HERE) and also printed out some MFT digi paper on fabric at the same time. Then I put the bag together!



Okay, so when I printed the black houndstooth digi paper on my cream fabric, it turned brown. I don't know why I didn't expect that to happen, but it never even dawned on me! So, I had to go with a little bit of a non-traditional Halloween color-scheme, using brown. I decided that since I had a cream canvas tote, I'd go with a primitive look (a style I don't usually attempt). To me, this meant to stitch around everything in a manor that made it look like a kindergartner did it and then to put buttons all over the place! :)



I originally colored on my fabric with colored pencils, but I decided I wanted it a little more vibrant. So, I went over the colors lightly with copic markers. You have to be VERY careful with copics on fabric, especially when the image is SO small.

Next, I printed out the greeting, the instructions and the "You've been BOOed" sentiment on textured cream cardstock and put together the paper portions of the gift.





The tag is meant to hang on the outside of the recipient's front door, so that friends and neighbors know who has already been BOOed! :)



I mounted the instructions on the back of the greetings card, so they can be added back in the bag and passed on to the next recipient.



Here's the set all together. Since the set had a vintage-y feel, I decided to stick with old-school treats like candy corn, caramels and gingersnaps. The modern brightly-packaged candy just wouldn't have looked right! :)



Supplies:
Stamps: MFT's Digi Kit -- Boo Crew
Papers: Paper-Source's Creme Luxe, DP by My Mind's Eye, MFT's Spring Houndstooth Digi Paper
Inks: Memento Brown
Accessories: Small Cotton Tote, Buttons by Papertrey Ink, Black and Cream Striped Ribbon, Twine, Embroidery Floss

Hope you enjoyed this little project! Think you'll make some for some friends?

Have a fabulous day!

Lots to Share!

Hello again! :)

I mentioned in my last post that we'd had some home updating done, so I thought I'd show you a little taste of what we've been up to. It's nothing big or super impressive, but it's one of those things to just check off our lists. That feels very very good! :)

First up, I re-did my craft space. Well, I didn't really re-do it... we had painters come and paint it a new fabulous color and I got a couple new organizational things. Then I just organized the crap out of it. It is much MUCH more functional now, so I'm a happy girl. The color is a little off in a few of the pics. It's a deep plum-ish color. I {{{HEART}}} it.








I still need to find a rug and some art, but it is way way better. For comparison's sake, you can see before pics HERE. I think I must have been hormonal when I painted that blocks wall. And the new space is (temporarily) a lot cleaner! :)

While we were getting things organized, we also decided to call in a closet company to re-do our pantry. The "after" pic is not that impressive, but it has made a huge difference for us. I don't have a picture of what it looked like before, but the pantry was just 4 enormous unorganized shelves of chaos. Now, everything has a place! :)



And since those two things have nothing to do with stamping, I better share a card with you, too, huh? I made this card for the September MFT release and never got a chance to share it yet. I don't know where I was going with the color-scheme... I just kind of threw stuff together. But I like it's non-traditional feel. And the stitching is yet another cool setting on my sewing machine! So much fun!



Stamp: Coffee? Tea? by MFT

Hope everyone is having a great day. I have something enormously fun to share with you all tomorrow, so please be sure to stop back! Enjoy your day!

Bad, Bad Blogger.

I miss you guys! :) I can't believe it's been almost TWENTY days since I've updated my blog! That is just craziness. I assure you that I HAVE been crafting... I just haven't been sharing! ;)

I have had a nutso couple of weeks. First was our wedding anniversary, then my birthday, then a little home repair/ remodeling, all with some serious health issues thrown in. Everything's mostly okay now, and I'm glad that life is finally feeling (a little) back to normal. But I'm also leaving for a trip in two weeks, so my cozy little comfort zone is going to be up in the air again soon. :)

Before then, I figured that I better pop in and share something fun before you all forget about me! So here's a cute little posy holder I put together a few weeks back, using the Seeds of Love set from MFT.



To make the holder, I just traced three hand-cut triangle shapes edge to edge on a piece of cardstock and added a little "tab" at the edge of one, so I could glue the holder together. Then I just cut it out, scored on the lines, folded it up and glued it together. Super easy!



I tried to channel my inner Paula Williamson for the coloring technique, but, well... I'm just not that cool! :) Still, I don't think it's *horrible* for my first real attempt. I used Goo Gone, colored pencils and blending stubs to color the image. Goo Gone makes a GREAT Gamsol replacement!

Supplies:
Stamps: MFT's Seeds of Love
Papers: Papertrey Ink's White, Green Cardstock, DP by My Mind's Eye
Inks: Memento Black
Accessories: Goo Gone, Prismacolor Colored Pencils, Lace from my stash, Purple Ribbon by Making Memories, Large Silver Eyelets, Edge Distresser

I'm off to eat some dinner with my hubby and then relax. Enjoy your evening! :)