Well Katie & I have been playing around with the Big Shot again! We LOVE it! We made some pillow boxes for those who attended my stamp class last week! I made 12 of them in less than an hour. So they are quick, easy, and super cute. I did some that were just "cutesy" and then some that were more "vintagey" (what?...that's a word)! =) I just love the vintage look and some of the new papers are AWESOME! Enjoy!

A pastel Christmas...ABSOLUTELY!

Good Afternoon Everyone! It's cold and rainy here today and they are talking SNOW! I figured I better post the girls in the leaves as next it will be snow pictures! The girls are super excited about the snow...I am... not so much! =) However I suppose it's inevitable so...bring it on! All the talk of snow got me into the Christmas spirit! I decided to forget the house cleaning (not hard to do), sit down, and make some Cmas cards! All my stamping pals know I LOVE the soft subtle colors from StampinUp! They are my favorite so I decided to try some non-traditional Christmas card colors! The yellow card layout was an idea I saw at Archivers. The pink card uses the Pretties Kit (#109114) which I LOVE! The stamp set used for the poinsettia flowers is Spotlight on Christmas (#111694). I have used this set a lot already and its not even Christmas yet! Its really versatile AND it works with all of our punches so there is no cutting out! Which is great for me as I have became a really lazy stamper! =) Anyhow, I hope you enjoy...stay warm and happy stamping!

Love my Big Shot!

Good evening everyone! I finally got to play with my Big Shot tonight! I love it! It was so fun and it is E-A-S-Y! I used the basket & blooms die cut (#113484 in the mini catalog) and scrap paper! I love that about it - I used so many scraps just playing around! The cards aren't super duper special but I wanted to see how I could use the die cut for cards too and this is what I came up with...very quickly I might add. =) Of course they are PINK and have some glitter which (in my opinion) makes anything better! =) Another great thing about the Big Shot is that I bought some clearance dies from Sizzix.com that are more for kids so Katie cut some things out and is going to make some Cmas cards! She had so much fun and "yes" it's easy enough for a 9 year old to use! I told her I'd publish her cards when she was done with them so be on the lookout! =) Plan to add some more ideas soon so until then have a great night & happy stamping!

Happy Belated Halloween!

Can you believe that October is already over! Happy Belated Halloween! I've added a couple pictures of the girls in their costumes! Katie had a blast trick or treating with all the "boys" from the neighborhood. They would have kept going all night if we would have let them. =) I'm sure we walked around town for at least a couple of miles! Carly still didn't get the idea of trick or treating this year. She doesn't understand why you would ring the doorbell and not go in to sit and visit...so she only went to a few places. She was just really happy to be handing out candy with her Dad and Grandma Kathy and she LOVED seeing the kids at the door! Katie received enough candy for all of us put together so we really didn't need anymore! She made a hauling! =) Hope everyone had a great Halloween night too! Plan on getting some stamping done this week as my Big Shot arrived so be on the lookout for some new ideas! Have a great week!