Oh what a mess we make!

Last weekend I thought I would have lots of time to play, well until I walked in my craft room and saw the mess that I had made being crafty, and not having time to clean up:( So I decide it was time once again to get organized! So thought I'd share my room with you!

Wow, who could work in this mess! LOL I can't believe how cluttered and messy I can get! I decided that this wasn't working so spent all day Sat. and part of Sunday getting cleaned and organized! So this is how things look now, (well until I start getting crafty again:)

So much cleaner now and user friendly! I love a clean room! But the question is, how long will it last? Well I hope you have a great day and happy stampin!!

Birthday Wishes

Good Monday to all! Friday night we celebrated one of my granddaughters birthdays! She turned 8 this year, where does time go? Well this is the card i made for her, I wanted it to look like a bakery window so I hope you like it!

I love the new cupcake punch, it makes it so easy to make cute little cup cakes:)

Happy Mothers Day!

Here a couple cards I made for the special Moms in my life!

 This is just a very simple card i made for my Mother-in-law. I used the Elegant lines embossing folder for the front of the card, along with some pearls.  The stamp used is from the Fabulous Florets set in the new Summer mini.

Oh this is a really bad picture:(

The old water pump on this card is from the Countryside set out of the big catty. And because the picture sucks! Sorry! it's hard to see but I used watercolor wonder crayons to color it in. The colors are Rich Razzleberry and Very Vanilla.

Thanks for stopping by, and for all the Moms out there have a great day!!

Crafty time agian!

I'm really trying to get back into being crafty! After the last month and some medical issues that sad to say put me in a little bit of a slump:( I think I have found a little bit of motivation again! Last weekend I was looking thru some of the stuff I've been "collecting" the last couple months:) and ran across the Petal cone die that I just had to have! When I cut one out and started putting it together it reminded me of the May day baskets we made in grade school, so I had to make one, so here it is!

 Dang it! Some day I will figure out how to get this to show up with out them turning sideways!

And here is a close up of some of the flowers. Thanks for stopping by, and hanging in there while I come and go:) Stay tuned I promise more to come in the next few days! Happy Stampin'

Where o where is Spring?

I am so tired of cold wind and rain, I really want to get outside and start working in the yard and garden, but the weather just doesn't want to warm up! Well it did give me a excuse to play in my stamp room yesterday:) I've been so busy at work that I haven't had time to play with all the goods I've been "collecting" lately! So yesterday I got out the Springtime vintage DS paper I bought back in Jan:) It's so pretty and of course after this month it retires:( but at least I'll have plenty in my stash! So here's a couple cards I made yesterday, hope you like!

 This first one is just a very simple card, with a few layers and some of our Stampin up twine, which I love, and realized I'm almost out of, so I'm going to have to order some more, darn it:)

 On this card I wanted the flowers to pop a little bit, so I stamped a couple using the two step stamping set Baby Blossoms the cut them out to pop off the label. And yes I cut them out! (for a few of my gals that hate it when I make them cut out little elements:)

 This Card is a fun fold that I saw when I has blog hoppin yesterday, it's called a tilted easel card, isn't it cute when it's open?

Well ladies that's it for this morning, hope you enjoyed them! Now I've got to get my house work done, and then I can go play some more. Have a great day and thanks for stopping by!!

Build a Blossom

Heres a couple cards I made with the Build a Blossom stamp set and matching punch. The pink one is CASED from a video on the demo web site, hope you enjoy them!

Almost Friday!!

As some of you know my day job is a accountant, and at this point of the year I'm ready to pull out my hair and go screaming down the street! I so miss my shorter hours and most of all haveing time to STAMP!! Tonight I did make a fast card for my dear hubby's birthday, tomorrow, ya I put things of till the last minute!
But here it is, very simple and nothing fancy!

Welcome to my newest grandson!

Ok here is the reason I haven't been creating lately! My newest grand child arrived March 31st at 12:49 am! Ryker came into the world at 7lbs 14ozs! He is such a handsome little man, Momma and baby are doing great, and Nana finally got some sleep last night! lol I'm hopeing to do some stamp therapy today, so if I come up with something good I'll be back to post later! Thank you to everyone who stops by to look! And have a great weekend!

Time out!

As much as I'd really like to be in my craft room playing with paper and posting pictures for you to look at, I don't see any play time at least for a few more days! Last weekend spent most of my time at my dear daughters cleaning, and painting her little girls room in preparation for the arrival of baby brother! But....baby brother is being stubborn and doesn't want to come out!! She had contractions Last Thursday, Friday and Saturday, then not much on Sunday. Then last evening they were 2 to 3 minutes apart, they spent a few hours at the hospital, then were sent home! Ugh, now today not much happening! Then to top it all off I get a nasty head cold! So I'm hoping to feel better and baby comes in the next few days, then Nana will be spending some quality time with paper!!! So be patient I will be posting again and not disappearing again:)

Good morning

Woke up way to early this morning, so while I was sitting here drinking my coffee thinking about getting ready for work I thought I'd post a couple cards I had sitting here.

This first one I made this weekend wishing for spring and warm sunny weather, so I wanted to use bright sunny colors! I used the in colors, Pear pizzaz, peach parfait, poppy parade, and concord crush. The peach flowers I stamped on the card front, then stamped and cut out ones to pop off the card. The Butterfly was also cut out and put on with dimensionals. Oh ya used the Bold Blossom set from the Occasions mini. Hope you like it!

This card I made for a dear friend, (need to get it in the mail:) I used a oval to mask, then spong and stamp the image. Also used the tulip frame embossing folder from the mini. The stamp set used is a level one hostess set, Silhoutte Sentiments out of the big catty! Hope you enjoy todays cards, Now it's time for me to get of the couch and ready for work! Happy Stampin!

Hello!

I can't believe how long it's been since I logged in here! I couldn't even remember my passwords:( But here I am! Yippy! My life is crazy as always, as much as I love crafting, sometimes real life takes over and I don't get to play as much as I'd like! I have been doing a few things, just not as much as I'd like. So please bear with me as I try to catch up and post a few things!
The first thing I'd like to share are some cards for my Stamp-a-stack next Sat. And I really have to have RSVP's ASAP, being that it is my busy time at work I only have tomorrow to prep for this so let me know if you plan to attend!
I can not take credit for these designs, they were sent to me by my upline Mary Polcin, who is a awesome lady!! Being my time is so crazy I figured why reinvent the wheel when Mary was so great in shareing these with me!

Aren't they just beautiful! If your interested in coming to the stamp-a-stack please check out the info on my Demo site and send me a Rsvp e-mail so I can prepare enough for everyone!
http://www.stampinup.net/esuite/home/charlenehalsey/

Ok one more project to share with you today, these 2 pages are the ones we did for my club this month, I really like the simple look of the red and white.

Thank you so much for stopping by, and hanging in there when I disappear for so long:) Hope you enjoy these projects! Now I'm off to get ready for another busy day! Happy Stampin!

Part 2 for today!

Ok first we have 1 of the little 3x3 thank you cards I made today. I really like the 1/4 inch ribbon on here it's just the right size for these itty bitty cards.

 This next one is my version of the card that was on the front of our October Stampin up magazine that demonstrators get. I love the fall colors, even though I think winter has arrived here! LOL

 I like the Owl punch and don't use it enough, so I thought this card just cried out for a owl!

 Ok of all the things I made this weekend this is my favorite! You can't really see it in these pictures, but the black portion of the flowers I inked the edges with Very Vanilla craft in and the embossed with clear embossing powder! It really made the flower pop!

 It is just a cute little 3x3 box, don't know what I'll put in it, but it's cute:)

 And last for now, I made a luminary to put on the Thanksgiving table! Hope you enjoyed my little projects and have a wonderful evening!!

Hi! I've been busy!

Hope everyone had a great weekend! I know I did! I had all kinds of time to play lately, and have lots of things to share with you!

The First project is a cute little matchbox I made for a gift for a good friend! I absolutely love the vintage papers and ribbon from Stampin Up!

 This is a little 3x3 book I found on Split Coast Stamper (meandering book) I decided to make one for each of the grand kids Mom's so they can put in little pictures, and journal on the tags that pull out of the pages!

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Sorry been absent so long!

Sometimes my life gets a little crazy, as does every ones, makes it hard to keep up with everything. So I've been doing some crafting but haven't had time to post much, so there will be a few project here to share. The first one I did today after I cleaned up my shop a little. I used my cricut to cut out vinyl to use for my pattern. Then went out to the shop and cut my letters out of a 1x4, then cut the letters out of one of Stampin Ups' christmas papers.

I really like the way these turned out! Can't wait to hang them up. It was also very nice to play in my shop today too!

This next one is a card for Christmas, I saw something similar on Stampin connection and had to try it.

 Some Christmas tags using the scalloped rectangle emboslit.

 This card I CASED from my friend Charlotte, I loved hers and made this for club last month.

 Ok sorry this one is sideways, still haven't figured out how to fix that! I liked makeing the wreath with the swirled stamp.

 Just a basic card, opens in the center, front is only attached on the left so it swings open.

 Ornament made using 2 slides and sticky strip, with Stampin Ups' glass glitter.

 Oops another sideways card, Thanks for looking and hope you enjoyed!