Month: September 2013

Perk Up!

Coffee

perk upPerk Up!  It’s Monday Morning…time to get rolling.  🙂

I have a few cards this week that will feature our six new stamps.  Today we have a DD63 which is a 1″ dotted circle stamp and DD64 the Capp Fun Cube.

DD63

 

DD64

 

I’m really loving the fun cubes…so little and cute and useful!

We actually got some projects done on Saturday…Here’s a picture of my sister in law fixing my seat cushions …

chairsYou can see the green wrought iron table and the old cushion covers on the ground.  They were so faded and ugly…but then we put the awesome new covers on and the green didn’t match…so out came the spray paint!  Looks so nice now.

chairs2

Kevin and I often eat lunch or supper at this little table when it’s nice out!  Well I’d better get to work already having printer problems so I think it’s going to be a rough day!

 

 

Update to fox coasters

Coffee, Creatures

 

 

 

 

 

 

Happy Friday everyone! Today I have some updates on the fox coasters and a coffee card. creature coasters

I added another creature to my coasters! I also added a thin fleece layer to the bottom of the coasters to protect surfaces from the wood. Thank you to all who had suggestions for a sealant! These are the 2 I found at Home Depot: a clear gloss and a triple thick glaze. This morning I decided to test them each.

rust-oleum

And this was the result. The glaze made the ink bleed on the fox but I wonder if it is because I sprayed too much on. When I tested the clear glaze I was much more conservative and I think it worked better. Might need to put 2 layers on though.

test sealant

 

coffee

 

I have also been saving my coffee from the morning and making iced coffee with it. Refilled Starbucks frappuccino chilled coffee drink containers with leftover coffee, fresh cream and whole milk. Much cheaper than going to Caribou every day! I also want to put chalkboard paint around the bottles to be able to write on the outside. Will try to post those photos later!

 

Have a great weekend!

Support Card for Nancy

Thank You Cards

support-cardOne of my customers wanted a copy of this card so I thought I would blog it.  It is much smaller than I thought so lets try it again!

support-carda little better!  We do appreciate all the support we receive from our awesome customers.  We are off on a little adventure today so taking a day off!

Stamps Used:  HH26 Heart Border; A190 Mini Heart; D109 Thanks for support; B224 KB’s Torrie Bra;  B225 KB’s Torrie Bra #2.  Enjoy your day!

 

 

Baby Card

Baby Cards

baby jarsSo my friend, Michelle, took pity on me this morning and sent me a card to blog!  Love that!  My paperwork is several months behind, I’ve got piles of stamps to make, company here, company leaving, more company coming, baby showers to go to, farmer’s market to attend, quilts to finish….this list goes on and on…loving life! 🙂  now if I could just find some time to stamp…

Stamps Used:  D165 Baby Food Jars, B266 Oh, Baby!

 

Fishing

Birthday

fishingGood Evening!  After a relaxing Labor Day I was looking at some of my friends on facebook who were posting fishing pictures and I thought of this card!  Karissa made it for her Dad for his birthday.

Stamps Used:  CC27 Dots & Circles 7/8″; B243 KB’s Fishing Pole; B117 Happy Birthday

So we have been busy making stamps since we added the Colorado show.  We are also enjoying having my sister in law stay with us.  She will be here for about a week and a half…she’s been helping filing and doing all sorts of things!

We have some new stamps coming…a Halloween Fun Cube and a Coffee Fun cube…a new Cappuccino cup…tiny one for the Triple Circle Z Fold Cards… and an old snowman in a new size.  We should have for the Colorado show.

I’m so excited about an ebay find!  I was at TJ Maxx the other day and found some Keen orange shoes that were adorable but of course not my size.  So I started searching ebay….did you know that there are one thousand six hundred and seventy -two  women’s Keen shoes in size 7 for sale on ebay?? seriously..  So after searching some 700+ and bidding on four pair of shoes…I finally found the shoes I was looking for!

orange shoes

 

They came in the mail today!  so adorable…they look even cuter in real life.  Yes, they are ORANGE!  I have no idea when or with what I can wear these but my new favorite color is orange. And luckily I lost all the other bids on the shoes so I didn’t end up with five new pairs of shoes! 🙂

See you tomorrow!