A Couple Cuppas and Fabulous Freebies!

I am still just LOVIN' Lindsay's Coffee Talk stamp set and these papers from bo bunny! I made two cards this week - one for a dear cousin who just had shoulder surgery, and one for a favorite friend who shares my love of coffee! I used this week's Inspirational Card Sketch #36 for my cards. Lindsay's Stamp Stuff is sponsoring this week, so be sure to join the challenge and get a chance to win some fabulous free stamps! Speaking of free, hop on over to Lindsay's blog to see what she has for freebies today, and be sure to check out her special this week - 50% of the Babies and Bows stamp set in celebration of the birth of her nephew, Mason. She has also added some cute BINGO Cards to this set. (Scroll back through her blog to see the bingo cards and super cute pics of Mason. He's a doll!)
My cards were quite simple this week. I printed the images, cut them out with my coluzzle oval template and colored them with my bic mark its. I used a cuttlebug die for the "hello friend" sentiment. I blended antique linen distress ink on one card to give it an aged look, and used picket fence distress stickles to give the second card just a touch of bling. The card bases are made with bazill cardstock. Lindsay has posted links to everyone's blogs so you will see the most current, up-to-date creations by her fabulous design team members. Just go to Thefrugalcrafter's Weblog to check out what's new this week! Until next time, happy stamping!

First FencePost

This is my first fence post on my new blog! How exciting! I am hoping this will inspire me as well as all of you to create more, read more, and be more adventurous in your art. Right now I am really into taking "junk" along with "stuff" I have around the house and making it into something beautiful and purposeful. The first piece I created on this adventure is a small decorative lamp. I used an old candlestick light, and a rustic caserole dish from a local second hand shop. I had (at home) an unused lampshade, some beautiful dried flowers and pinecones (given to me by a very dear friend), some fabric scraps, a little paint, rubberstamping ink, put it all together, and came up with this cute, rustic lamp. I think it's great and my husband really thinks it's great, because I only spent $1.50 on it. LOL! I hope it inspires you to do something similar. Have fun and be creative.

Ye are the light of the world. ~ Matthew 5:14