Rockin' Boris

A few months back I made several soldered pendants for the Henderson Craft Fair. Caleb has been after me to make one for him for some time now with his favorite Rock Star Stamp - He chose Boris for the back. He stamped - we both colored. He's happy so mom is happy too!

Stamps - A Muse 2-6095D Rock Star, 2-2637E Boris
Ink - A Muse Black Dye
Accessories - Copic Markers, Simply Swank Soldering kit (available at Serendipity)

Baby Penguin -

This baby penguin makes me happy!! These are the very first A Muse images we got at Serendipity back in January of this year. I had so much fun making lots of projects with them. I made cards, bookmarks, post-it holders, cocoa packet holders, a gift bag, 1/4 sheet notecards and little treat bags -
To this day the large skinny oval is one of my most favorite A Muse stamps - so versatile! I use it all the time!

Stamps - A Muse 7-3098B Baby Penguin, 3-5011E Skinny oval bl, 3-2043C Simple snowflake, 8-8347B Just a Note, 9-8244B Just because, 3-8172B Merci hand

Paper - Doodlebug Design Bon Bon Sugar Coated Cardstock (I just love this sparkly paper!!)

Road Trip!!!

Kim and I headed off to the wilds of Mt. Juliet, TN on Saturday to attend the Jenni Bowlin Open House - we had such a good time! Jenni is very nice and she and Kim had lots to talk about! There were loads of great vintage things for sale - My favorite purchase was 3 sheets from an old ledger dated 7/1/1863!!! Several of the line entries are hoop skirts!

We asked the front desk guy to take our pic with the sign - We were not the first ones that day to do so! Apparently his finger got tired cause the pic is pretty blurry - - -

After we left Mt. Juliet we headed to Clarksville to Memories in Bloom - Nichole Heady of Papertrey Ink fame lives nearby and this is the ONLY retail location you can buy her stuff from outside of the website. I was looking at the PTI samples when I realized that these are the actual ones that Nichole made herself for her blog! That explains my crazed look - Nichole does that to me!

Kim and I had a great time - hope to do it again soon!!

Mitts!

This is a fun little card - Learned how to make the banner in Seattle - It is a good thing I made one right away cause now I'm having trouble recreating it again (sigh)!
Stamps - A Muse 3-2107D Mitts, 8-8454B You're Cool
Ink - A Muse Black Dye
Paper - A Muse 4-bar Vintage - Black
Accessories - Amuse Stitched Grosgrain Ribbon - Swiss Red, Clear Spica Pen, R39 Garnet Copic Marker

Cupcake Social - What a blast!!

We had so much fun at Serendipity today - I was able to demo the Copic Markers so many times! Here is a little slide show of the ladies that made cards with me today!! Thanks so much for coming to the shop!!

Cupcake Social!!!

Tomorrow is the Cupcake Social - Kim and Randy have so many great things planned! I will have a fun Make & Take that includes a Copic Marker demo - I know many of you have lots of questions about these fabulous markers. There will be a drawing for a beautiful handmade tote filled with loads of great papercrafting items. There will be a "decorate your own cupcake" table. Roni Ramsey will be teaching a fun cupcake related class at 2PM (Roni is also the seamstress of the tote - I have one and LOVE it so much!).
Here's some paper cupcakes to start the fun!

Elephant & Baby

I've been playing with my Copic Markers - I still have a LONG way to go but this image is a good place to start- I used my Classic Rectangle Nestabilities to cut and emboss on the pink card. I used a felt flower and a Maya Road Sheer Blossom (I ran it through my Xyron and dumped glitter on top - LOVE it!!) - both these types of flower are available at Serendipity!

I think the soft blue card is so cute - wish I'd had cards like this when my boys were babies!!

Stamps - A Muse 2-3019H Elephant & baby, 8-8306B Come play, 3-0039B Thanks script

Ink - A Muse Black Dye

Paper - A Muse Square notecard Sorbet - Blue Raspberry Tin Plate

Accessories - Copic Markers, Nestabilities, A Muse Sheer Ribbon, Maya Road Flowers, Creative Impressions Medium Felt Blossoms & Leaves

Group Shot - Part II

Thought I'd post another group shot from Seattle - I'm in the front row - second from the right -