Stampin' Up! Fox & Friends

It's been a tough mommy day today, so after my nap was spoiled by the cats I decided to go try stamping something.   Laila took a nice long nap so I was able to finish a card.  :)  I haven't stamped just for fun in ages!  I played along with the colors at colourQ and the theme at The Paper Players.  

   

I used some of the stack of retired DSP that my former demo had given me ages ago along with some of the awesome Core'dinations cardstock.  I just had to use my fox stamp from Fox & Friends.  He's so popular right now, huh?! 

My mom had my uncle fix up my old rocking chair that my papaw had given me when I was little.  It is so neat to see Laila sitting in it.  :)   She started climbing on the furniture today and oh my heavens am I a nervous wreck!   She needs a helmet and bubble wrap! 

FMS and HYCCT finale

I'm super excited to post today.  Not only is there a brand new sketch at Freshly Made Sketches, but this is my last Hope You Can Cling To card.  All 36 challenge cards have been posted and shared and now I just need to mail them to MD Anderson Cancer Center.   October is definitely a favorite stamping month of mine now (even if I don't like pink).  This card that uses Linda's awesome sketch is for Lynn's challenge to use hearts.  I got that covered I think.  :)   Here's the sketch:

I did flip it because it wasn't looking so great turned the other way.  I think I need a larger heart to make that work.     Whew.  I'm tired and still have to get my club projects ready for this weekend.   Stamp, stamp, stamp!  I might have to take a week off soon just to clean up my room and give my shoulder and arm a break.  

This week she decided she'd start climbing and sitting in her chairs.   She takes a book or a snack with her sometimes.  Now I'm wishing I'd bought her the cute animal chair I saw at Costco on Sunday.  (pardon the clothes; we changed out of jeans for nap time)

..and more cards!

Believe it or not, I finally finished all the HYCCT challenges today!  I'm just so happy to have met my goal.   It seems impossible with two club meetings, a design team, and a toddler but I did it.  I'll be posting the last one tomorrow for Freshly Made Sketches, but here are the others that I've finished over the past few days.

Sheri's challenge was to make/cover a notebook or note pad. As a former nurse she knows how important it is to write things down, so these notebooks are perfect for that.  I kept mine simple, but it's pink and ready to go! 

Edna's challenge was to make a card that could be from or to a group.  I struggled with this one, but I thought my group of birds saying thank you could be from a group.  They all have their hearts out in thanks, right?!  ;)   I need a stamp of a bunch of bananas!  

The final challenge was from Lydia and it was to make a black and white card with a splash of color.  I cheated I guess with my mat, but hopefully she'll forgive me.  I had been wanting to use the Fight like a Girl sentiment but hadn't been able to make it work before.  It seemed perfect for this splattered card!

Laila didn't get candy for Halloween, but she did get an owl to add to her collection.  :)

Cards, cards, CARDS!

Did you survive the time change?  It's rough when you have a little one in the house.  No extra hour of sleep here for sure!   We've had a busy day, but I found a bit of time to stamp and then blog tonight.   I have a few days worth of Hope You Can Cling To cards to share.  This first one is for Kathleen's challenge to honor our elders.  I tried to do a vintage card with gold... I don't like vintage OR gold, but I do like doilies and Fun Flowers.  :)

This simple shaker card was for Judy's challenge to use acetate.  I still love this snowman and am sad that he's retired.  He's too cute to not use! 

Joyce's challenge was a subway art one.  I used the So Many Thanks photopolymer set and some Gorgeous Grunge splashes for this one.  Simple, but we won't discuss how many times my tired self smeared it and had to start over.

This last one is for Holly's challenge to make a holiday card with glitter.  I used my old snowflake die and some silver glimmer paper to add some sparkly snowflakes mixed in with some Midnight Muse ones stamped with the Endless Wishes photopolymer set. 

Whew...that's a lot of cards.  

My little mischievous pumpkin.  

Happy Friday!

What a week!  I am so worn out, but I've been trying to stamp when I can.  I don't think I am going to meet my goal of doing all 36 of the HYCCT challenges, but I haven't given up just yet.  I wanted to share two more of them with you today.   This one is for Lisa's mixed media challenge. I've never really done mixed media that I know of, but I tried it here.  There's a lot going on with the background, but it doesn't show up so well in the picture.  It has gesso, glittered acrylic paint, stamping, and some clear embossing.  I added some of those adorable felt flowers that I hoard and added a simple sentiment.

This next challenge was a hard one for me.  Paula asked us to make a card inspired by a fairy tale.  Now I am a bit rusty on my fairy tales, so all I could think of was a frog, shoe, or a princess.  Do I have stamps for those?  No.  So, Cinderella's pumpkin just had to do.  I decided to make it a fall card because this DSP needs some love.  :) 

Laila didn't go trick-or-treating, but she still got all dressed up to visit some of our friends.   Maybe next year she'll be allowed to have a bit of candy and go around to a few houses.  She really liked her costume, so she might be wearing it every now and then.  She looks so cute in it that I don't mind that at all.  :)

FMS110: Coffee!!!!!!!

Short post as I completely forgot to set my blog post up last night.  Ugh!  It's been that kind of week already.   I'm hosting the sketch at Freshly Made Sketches this week.  I made when ended up being a difficult sketch.   I hope my fellow designers aren't ready to kill me after it.  lol  I went pretty simple with my card and just used a mix of my coffee stamps. 

See?  It's kinda funky!  I hope you'll go play along!  I love seeing what everyone does with it. 

Getting a toddler to sit still long enough to pose for a picture is impossible!  lol  This was what we finally got, so I'll take it.  :)

Stampin' Up! Boots

Sorry it's been a few days... It's been busy and I haven't been stamping much at all.  Early Sunday morning we had a pretty bad storm that knocked our power out until almost noon.   When I came through the house, I found that we'd left the door to the refrigerator cracked that night too, so everything was warm and had to be thrown out.   It was pretty much a day of waiting for the electricity to come on and then grocery shopping.  Fun, fun!   Yesterday Jason worked and I was just tired, so I only managed to finish this card.   It's for Jennifer's HYCCT challenge to use boots.   Big thanks to my friend Anne Marie for stamping me some boots!

This morning we took Laila to the pumpkin patch at a local church.  The ladies and gentleman working there were so sweet and she had such a great time.  She picked out her little pumpkin almost as soon as we got there and carried it herself the entire hour we were there.   :)

Stampin' Up! Yippee Skippee!

Another post! Wow!  Laila took a nice nap today, so I was able to make an entire card AND clean up my desk!  Shocking I know!  Do you get this card?  I hope people will and not think it's stupid.  Dina's HYCCT challenge was about listening and she asked us to use ears.   She said ears of corn were okay, so I went with it.  :)

I love these two.  :)  She would only hold Jason's hand on the non-sidewalk parts.  lol