I Did It!

Good morning!  I'm a little slow getting this post going today.  Remember our new fuzzy addition?  Well, we have 15 more fluffy additions.  My oldest son and husband decided they needed to start an egg empire and our 10 chickens were not enough so, they brought home 15 chicks yesterday.  Turns out, the hatchery decided 16 would be better.  I counted twice this morning and counted 16 each time...good gracious!  Now, I love chickens but we've never had more than 6 newbies at once and the stress of hoping all this little peepers live is getting to me.  I know I'm doing everything  I can to make sure they have a great start but chicks are always doing things that make you question their health.  They sleep all sprawled out sometimes and make you think they are surely dead.  They don't let you see them drink and then you get paranoid that they aren't.  They fall over when they shake their heads and make you think they must have something wrong with them.  I'm telling you, it's giving me panic attacks and I've been through this twice before.  See why I stopped at three kids?  I'm a stress ball!  Ha ha!

Let's get to something that doesn't stress me out.  Thank goodness for card making!  Even when I feel rushed, it still relaxes me.  My card today is another fun grad card for another awesome graduate!

I went with school colors for this card but decided on using a fun striped background to get the black in.  I cut a piece of red using Dual Stitched Rectangles.  Then stamped the "Nailed It!" from Grad Class Stamps in the corner and the first part of my sentiments from I'm All You're All Stamp Set in place.  Next I cut some speech bubbles using Speech Bubbles Die Set and stamped the corresponding sentiment from I'm All You're All Stamp Set on the bubbles.  I attached my speech bubbles with foam tape and then added some graduation caps which I fussy cut after stamping them using Grad Class Stamps.  I arranged these on the front along with some enamel dots and sparkly stars to finish off the card.  Here's another look:

Thanks so much for visiting with me today.  I'm off to check on the little peepers.  I swear I'm hearing peeping in my sleep.  ;)  Have a great day!

Happy Birthday From the Pachyderms

Good morning!  I have been busy busy busy but I think the planting season is finally wrapping up.  I'm hoping that means more time for creating!  I had a little fun this week creating some birthday cards and I'm excited to share this cute one with you today.

I started this card with a fun chevron paper in a mint color.  Next I cut my center rectangle with a Stitched Mats: Side-Stitched Rectangle from stone colored cardstock.  I stamped some images from Party Pachyderms Stamps with Versamark along the bottom of my rectangle.  Next, I cut some Speech Bubbles from a mint cardstock and popped them up in between the sentiments I stamped with the I'm All You're All Stamp Set.  I finished the card off with a Party Pachyderm and bird cut with the Party Pachyderms Die Set.

I hope you enjoyed my cute little birthday card today!  I love sharing my creations with you guys.  Here are the items I used:

Lil' Inker Designs October Release Day 1 - OMG!

Have you ever had a really REALLY good secret that you were just dying to share but you had to wait for what felt like an eternity until you could share it?  Yup, that's how I've felt since Laura asked me to join her and the AMAZING team at Lil' Inker Designs.  To say I was flabbergasted, is an understatement.  It felt like I was in a dream world when I said, "OF COURSE!"  Then she sent me this:

I knew it was real and I was actually a part of the Lil' Inker Designs team.  I'm so excited to get to work with this wonderful group of designers and these amazing products.  This release (available NOW in the Lil' Inker Store) is going to blow you away and I hope you will hop along with us for the next few days.  You won't regret it for a second.  Hopefully, you have arrived here from Amy's blog.  If not, you might want to go to the Lil' Inker blog to make sure you start at the tip top of the hop.

I'll start by making you a little hungry first.  Who doesn't love donuts, right?  The more the merrier.  You can work them off later.  Well, the Eat More Donuts Stamp Set and Donuts Die Set are super low in calories so you can have as many as you like and after you see what I've created with them, you're going to want donuts galore.  ;)

Cute right?  Here are my cards:

I stamped the amazing donuts (Eat More Donuts) on kraft paper in some fun and delicious looking colors and then cut out a Stitched Mats:  Rounded Rectangle that would fit my sentiment perfectly.  I wrapped some twine around the rectangle and added a few enamel dots to finish the card off.  Super cute!  Donuts just scream for coffee, don't they?  That's where my next card idea came from.

I used the Donuts Die Set to create this adorable donut with some patterned paper and glossy accents.  Then I grabbed my handy dandy Coffee Cozy Stamp Set and Coffee Cozy Die Set to create my cute coffee cup.  I whipped out my Stitched Mats:  Rounded Rectangle Dies for this card also and they gave me the perfect focal area for my coffee and donut.  Can't beat that.

This release is SO jam packed with fun stuff that I have one more card to share with you today.  It uses the I'm All You're All Stamp Set and the Speech Bubbles Die Set.  I think you are going to really love these.  The stamp set is a totally unique twist on some fun sentiments.  Just take a look:

 
How's that for fun?  I think you'll agree they make for a pretty cool card.

I combined the I'm All You're All Stamp Set and Speech Bubbles Die Set with my favorite Balloon Dies to create this fun card which is layered on, you guessed it, Stitched Mats:  Rounded Rectangle Dies.  I had some fun with this turquoise, teal, gray, and white combo and have you ever seen a more fun way to say happy birthday?  I'm all..."LOVE IT!"  ;)

I hope you enjoyed my creations and will join the rest of the team on the hop.  You'll want to leave comments along the way because Laura gives out a $15 Lil' Inker Designs store credit to a lucky commenter each day of the hop.  It could be you.  I'm sure I'll see you on the hop and tomorrow for another fun day of release projects.  See you then!

Laura/Shop

Amy Kolling

Chrissy Larson <---Yup, that's me!!!

Erin Lee Schreiner 

Heather Campbell

Jen Carter

Karen Baker

Kristen Foreman

Laura Williams

Lea Lawson

Lisa Henke

Mary Dawn Quirindongo

Maureen Merritt

Sarah Jay

Don't forget you can get the new release right now in the Lil' Inker Store!