Smell the Coffee

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COFFEE... I just love the smell of coffee. Don't you think that it always smells better than it tastes? I still drink it though:) Ever since I got pregnant I have not been drinking any:( Oh, don't get me wrong I still treat myself every once and a while. I'm actually on a Chai Tea Latte kick, they are really good!
Today's post is a card for my sister-in-laws birthday, which was last weekend. October and November is proving to be a busy birthday card making two months! My son's is this next weekend then my mother-in-law. October was a couple of my grandma's:) Well anyways on to the card. She really likes coffee so I decided to use MFT's Hot Stuff. I participated in this weeks sketch challenge at SCS:) The cs is DCWV and the dp is Cosmo Cricket. I used my watercolor pencils and blended the mugs and then popped them up. The ribbon is from the dollar bin at Michael's.
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Happy Stamping!
Carrie

Stamps Are Not Just For Paper!

So I know it's been a while since I have posted:( I give you girls so much credit for keeping up with your daily posts, it's a lot of work! Especially when you throw kids in the mix, oh and a DH:) Some of you have multiple children and even twins in there too, WOW, I give you all the credit in the world. I am having the hardest time trying to divide stamp time, blog time, clean time, cook time, run business time, hygienist time, son time, husband time and then last but not least, my time, even though lately I have been lacking in that department! Well anyways I apologize for being such a slow poke when it comes to posting.

For today's post I had made these onesies for my new niece-to-be! She should be here any day and we can't wait to meet her. I used VersaCraft ink to stamp these images on the onesies. I then set the ink with a hot iron and VOILA one of a kind onesie! What do you think? I think she'll look absolutely adorable in them. I used a variety of stamps from CTMH, Fiskars, and Hero Arts.

Thanks for stopping by and Happy Stamping!

Troubleshooting:)

Well things have been a little difficult with not being able to send and receive through my outlook program. Sorry the coupon was sent out a little late, but troubleshooting turned out to be more trouble than I expected.

For today I am posting an album I made for my husband for his birthday. I used my Cricut to cut out the D, A, D. Then using chip board I traced the outer right edges of the letters and cut them out. I glued some paper on from a Target paper pack and then added the D-A-D. Each piece of chipboard was a little longer so Dad was spelled out:) I had about 3 sheets of chipboard between each letter decorated with pics of my husband and son. The outside I added some screw brads, I just love those things! To put the book together I used my Bind-It-All... love that thing too! I added ribbon to the wire to finish it. My husband loved it:)

Hope you all have a wonderful weekend and Happy Stamping!

Well good news the fire is about 70% contained... YEAH! Hopefully this will be the last time we will ever be evacuated. I have to say I'm glad I went though it though. It made realize the important things we needed to take with us and that I need to have better organization when it comes to these items. So I will work on that:)

Today I'm posting a card that I made when my girlfriend Kat was up. I used her PTI set Green Thumb. Love Love It! Doesn't it look so yummy:) I stamped the strawberries on an oval nestie and accented it with stickles then popped it up. I used a ribbon from the dollar bin at Michaels, with strawberries...perfect match:) The DP is from a paper pack from Target I got awhile back and I stamped the rest of the background with the little strawberries. I like the way it turned out what do you think?

A little note about PTI stamps... The quality of their clear stamps is WONDERFUL! If you have not purchased any you should head over and get some they truly are great!

Have a great day and Happy Stamping!

~Carrie~

Missing!!!

Sorry I've been missing in action!! So what has been keeping me busy? My friend asked me to make a scrapbook inspired by the Tiffany & Co. gift box. So I went to the website first to see what she wanted, looked pretty easy. Well it turned out to be more work than I thought. The paper I bought first was too thin to Modge Podge onto my cardboard cover, it left way too many wrinkles. The second paper that I bought worked great but was hard to manipulate the way I wanted it at times since it was a thicker paper. So I was able to finish it last night, whew, finally! I like the way it turned out though... what do you think? Here is the inspiration a Tiffany gift box, and here it my interpretation:)

For the cover using cardstock I covered a piece of 9 1/2 x 11 inch cardboard with Modge Podge and adhered the cardstock. I folded it under the corners like wrapping a present. I then cut a piece of same color of cardstock for the inside of the cover and adhered it with Modge Podge. I then let it dry. I made the back cover the same way. Once dry I Modge Podged the entire cover front and back with a good amount of Modge Podge to give it a glossy look. After letting that dry for several hours, I punched three holes using my Crop-a-dile, to line up with the page inserts. To decorate the front cover I used a 2 inch white ribbon and wrapped it just like you would a present and tied it in a bow. I used glue dots to make it stay nice and pretty:) I used book rings to hold the book together and tied some 1/2 inch white ribbon on each ring for an added touch. The first page reads who it's for, the date and who it's from in a pretty font from my computer:) The inside holds 25 top loading scrapbook pages for her to place her pictures from her shower and to decorate as she wants. You can't have a gift without a greeting card! So I made a 5 x 5 inch card mimicking the album. The front of the card reads "it's a shower for you". The inside reads "a special day for you". I stamped both using my CTMH Special Days set. I made an envelope using matching cardstock and to close it I included a white bow to keep it shut:)Hope everyone has had a good week:) And has a even better weekend!

Happy Stamping!

Carrie