tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74699598848005389662024-03-14T05:04:24.350-07:00Mint To BeMintStampshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16798416205431557929noreply@blogger.comBlogger304125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7469959884800538966.post-15297412880075455072011-01-21T18:46:00.000-08:002011-01-21T18:46:10.367-08:00I've Moved<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">yes, this blog has come to an end. i've started a new one for no other reason than it sounded like a good idea at the time. you can find my random blatherings here:<span style="color: cyan;"> </span></span><a href="http://itsmint2be.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: cyan; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">the new bliggity blog!</span></a>MintStampshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16798416205431557929noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7469959884800538966.post-25531666657372726532010-08-20T16:59:00.000-07:002010-08-20T16:59:55.031-07:00Birthday Girls<div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3vKqgjrCKSABpSsNIf6fZ-JgOSsKywuk4SXI696B7BywV2HD9QjJuL9_hr0N6TZ_Deev0BAK-VngA2BcPnvp6lvOhNhyz3i376r_Zetf7Oh7cr8UzEzfp2L2jySJfC6fWEbOVkwrU7EQ/s1600/DSCF4526.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="293" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3vKqgjrCKSABpSsNIf6fZ-JgOSsKywuk4SXI696B7BywV2HD9QjJuL9_hr0N6TZ_Deev0BAK-VngA2BcPnvp6lvOhNhyz3i376r_Zetf7Oh7cr8UzEzfp2L2jySJfC6fWEbOVkwrU7EQ/s400/DSCF4526.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And the girl parties just keep coming. Actually, I think we're done. Tia had a bunch of parties all squished together, so I had a bunch of cards to make all at once. Genius me, I just made all the cards the same...but different. I'd love to take the credit for the layout, but that goes to the PTI design team. The layout & some of the card parts (the sentiment pieces & color strips) came with the <a href="http://www.papertreyink.com/colorcouture.html">Color Couture</a> series.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Ok, so these first 2 cards were actually for twins. I <strong>love</strong> these girls. Now, they're twins, so they have their similarities, but they're also very different girls. Didn't feel the need to reinvent the wheel, so they just got different versions of the same card. Plus, it was a time crunch, since Tia had another party the very next day. Unfortunately, I didn't get a picture of that one (not sure what happened there), but it looked a lot like the one below.</span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This was the last card I made, so by this time I had the hang of what I was doing - what worked & what didn't. This one is my favorite of them all. I used a smaller flourish behind the butterfly and I just love how the sentiment piece came out. I made this one all by myself. There wasn't one with these colors (which I love - yes, even the orange!). Yay me! I think the best part is that Tia helped make all 4 cards. She had input on the colors, flowers and even the bling. I'm gonna miss my little card making partner when school starts next week!</span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The power of suggestion. Or, perhaps, monkey see, monkey do? I'm not sure what happened or what to call it, but I saw cool stuff done with this set and decided I had to have it. Then I made this and called it a day. Not that I don't like the set, but sometimes I have a hard time making things I like work the way I want. Don't get me wrong, I like the card, I just had a hard time doing more with the set. Plus, things recently got so busy for me that I couldn't even enjoy or appreciate the new stuff I was getting. But I <em>had</em> to get it. So then I had to put a self imposed moratorium on buying new stuff until I used all the cool stuff I just <em>had to have</em>. At first, I was pretty sure I was going to die, knowing I didn't have a box full of Papertrey goodness coming to my door. But it does get easier as time goes on. And I'm using all the stuff I have, cuz, you know, there's nothing wrong with what I already have. But let's be clear...it was a temporary pause in my shopping addiction. Next month, Christmas stuff comes out & you know how I love me some Christmas card making gear!</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54486/103/766C7791B92F5D676F6E8FCBBEB95853.png" style="background: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;" /></a>MintStampshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16798416205431557929noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7469959884800538966.post-18008638030254409142010-08-10T20:42:00.000-07:002010-08-10T20:42:24.621-07:00Gee, Thanks!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4jwkd_Jy_UatDgxEJbuGvC02IG3Y1FnXrcS5Xb8gUOmRpYV4emiP320f9kgf5Y3Erf5Gq_CsByO-8svvVRxbtsTSPSb6-QtHBxaa7KaVH-QYMVXqU0xmXfxH3mvYerxRScX3Hg9-EVCg/s1600/DSCF4522.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="308" mx="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4jwkd_Jy_UatDgxEJbuGvC02IG3Y1FnXrcS5Xb8gUOmRpYV4emiP320f9kgf5Y3Erf5Gq_CsByO-8svvVRxbtsTSPSb6-QtHBxaa7KaVH-QYMVXqU0xmXfxH3mvYerxRScX3Hg9-EVCg/s400/DSCF4522.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Alrighty. These would be the thank you cards that we sent out after Tiara's birthday. It's kinda funny...I'm the mom that crafts & makes cards and yet, I almost never make birthday invitations or thank you cards. I always mean to make the thank you cards, but then I always forget. It's a good thing she only invites people that we really know & who love us or people would think we're terribly rude. Sorry! I'm not rude, just forgetful. And,ok, a tad lazy. But this year, I remembered and actually got these bad boys out. Yay me! It could have helped that Tia helped me make these. I'm really feeling bright colors these days (yes, even orange!), so I had the color part down. But Tia cut out all the circles with my cuttlebug and then decided that the circle should be over on one side, with the ribbon on the other side of the card and not have the whole thing centered. Her version was much better than mine. Card maker in the making!</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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<div align="justify"><span style="color: #45818e; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Tia turned 11 last month. *sighhhh* My last baby is 11. She had our family's first slumber party with more than 2 girls. Let me just say, these things are no joke. I went from thinking we were just going to have 1 girl spending the night to having 5 extra girls in my house. When one of the moms dropped her girls off, she told me I was very brave. I looked at her like she was a lightweight. Puh-leeease, I got this! Turns out my naive days are not quite over. I won't go into the crazy (to me, anyway) details, but I will say that we will not be doing that again. We have 3 daughters. Every night is a slumber party. Well, the kind I can handle without needing medication the next day.</span></div><div align="justify"><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">K, here's what happened. Birthdays, end of school year gifts, Father's Day, more birthdays & so on. Burn out happened. I really don't know how some people make enough stuff to post everyday and then think of stuff to say about said stuff. Still with me? Anyway, I took a much needed break (which totally bummed out my mom) and now I'm back. Sorta. I just thought she's probably sick of looking at my nephew's graduation card (awesome as it is) every time she clicks on my blog. So here's one that I totally copied from <a href="http://nicholeheady.typepad.com/capture_the_moment/2010/05/introducing-year-of-flowers-lily-of-the-valley-and-inside-out-thank-you.html"><span style="color: purple;">Nichole</span></a>, because it was so stunning when I first saw it. I love, love, love images in white. They can be crisp & clean or soft & dreamy. But I hate, hate, hate cutting stuff out. So, smuding white ink on kraft cardstock and getting this soft look is something I think I'm gonna do a whole bunch. I just love the look. Now, I made this card waaay back at the beginning of June, but no, I don't have 2 months of cards saved up. I just have a few to catch you guys up on. But fear not. August is a crazy busy month for me. I have 7 birthdays & I really <em>should</em> make cards for each of those. So, I'll try my best to get those up (assuming I actually make them) but the posts will probably be light on my oh-so-witty banter. This is also the month of getting the girls ready to go back to school <em>and</em> Tia has soccer. Not sure whose bright idea that was...sitting outside in the heat in August...but we, as <strike>great</strike> <strike>fantabulous</strike> good parents do, support our kids in all of their ventures, whether we love them or not. Um, the ventures, not the kids.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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<div align="justify"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Last graduation card for this year. Next year, it's my kid! So weird. Anyway, my nephew graduated from high school this year, and this is what he got from his most favorite aunt. Ok, I may have embellished a little there. What he actually said to me was, "Thanks," but sometimes you just have to read between the lines. Sadly, it doesn't compare to the trip to Hawaii that he also received after graduation, but hey, I do what I can.</span></div><div align="justify"><br />
</div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">So, as I'm writing this, we are on day 3 of summer vacation and Krista is already bored. Does anyone else have this problem: your kid announces that they're bored, so you ask them what they want to do and then, my favorite part, they answer with, "I don't know"? She couldn't wait to be done with school and now that she's out, she can't wait to go back. "How will I make it 2½ months?" Really? Well, to kill some time, may I suggest cleaning out your room, cleaning the mirrors, maybe a bathroom or 2...</span></div><div align="justify"><br />
</div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Also, it should be noted that I was short on time for being truly self inspiring, so I just did what I do so well lately. <a href="http://nicholeheady.typepad.com/capture_the_moment/2010/04/introducing-for-the-graduate-1.html">CASEd Nichole</a>. Ya gotta scroll down a bit.</span></div><div align="justify"><br />
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</div><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54486/103/766C7791B92F5D676F6E8FCBBEB95853.png" style="background: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;" /></a>MintStampshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16798416205431557929noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7469959884800538966.post-30792686722251381972010-06-09T20:36:00.000-07:002010-06-09T20:36:45.821-07:00For My Teachers<div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHR8_jJjp7Yf4b-n-aGHlmdTmDQCXXwjEcSFuGcJPicNpqUYVFp2c2pz4ol9TaNNoVORWQydvBcTMwr0f4fF7yEsQ6c27uEErR7dqZii1_UvYvmgwXe4WoAW4v2UbaMCDnaryK9IJAv1A/s1600/DSCF4047.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" qu="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHR8_jJjp7Yf4b-n-aGHlmdTmDQCXXwjEcSFuGcJPicNpqUYVFp2c2pz4ol9TaNNoVORWQydvBcTMwr0f4fF7yEsQ6c27uEErR7dqZii1_UvYvmgwXe4WoAW4v2UbaMCDnaryK9IJAv1A/s400/DSCF4047.JPG" width="281" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #274e13;">Believe it or not, I have waited over a year for this. Early last year, </span><a href="http://nicholeheady.typepad.com/capture_the_moment/2009/01/introducing-sim.html"><span style="color: #274e13;">Nichole had a post</span></a><span style="color: #274e13;"> using the template for this "box". Right away I knew it was what I wanted to do for my teachers for their end of year/goodbye gifts. I've been a parent at my girls' elementary school for 12 years, and the 8 teachers that they've had that are still there, all get gifts from us. We love them all and appreciate them so much, this is the least we could do!</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Everyone gets a coordinating card & gift box with stationery inside. I made a cute little band to hold the paper inside and then stuck their cards on top. I was inspired by the ideas that come with the template done by PTI's awesome design team.</span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This is the other set. Same design, just flipped the colors around. The teachers got them last week, and they seemed to go over really well. Thank you to all of the staff at JL Elementary. You will be missed!</span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Ok, so my mom needed me to make her another card. This time, one of her neighbors had a son graduating and it just so happened that I was getting my <a href="http://www.papertreyink.com/stamps_forthegraduate.html">For The Graduate</a> set that day. So why not use that bad boy to make a card for mom to give? I'm a fabulous daughter, so I said, "Okie dokie!" Of course, I wasn't creative enough to come up with something on my own that quickly (even though she didn't need it for a couple of days), so I just <strike>stole</strike> <strike>pilfered</strike> CASEd a <a href="http://nicholeheady.typepad.com/capture_the_moment/2010/04/introducing-for-the-graduate-1.html">card that Nichole did</a>. All I did was change the colors and get rid of the ribbon. I used his school colors (or, the colors that were on the invitation) and that's it. Done. Sooo easy. I love easy!</span></div><div align="justify"><br />
</div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">K, I've got tons of things coming up. Yes, I've actually got other finished projects for you guys to see. Of course, finding the time to get them up on the ol' blog is another thing entirely. Next week is the girls' last week of school, Tia's going to be done at the elementary school (which means <em>I'm</em> done at the elementary school...so.very.sad) and I've got gifts and goodbyes aa<em>annd</em> I feel a good cry coming on. Then next year, I have...a senior. Unbelievable. Where did all that time go? And don't only old people ask that question?</span><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So, my mom had asked me to make her a thank you card for her friend. Of course, I do not have a problem with doing that for her. My mom would do anything for me, cuz she's a mom & that's what we do. The problem is that she asked me during one of our Sunday morning, hour long conversations. "Hey, can you do me a favor and make me a thank you card for my friend that let me borrow her drapes until I get my new window treatments?" Haha. Lending drapes? That's an interesting favor. "Sure, no problem at all. So, guess what Darien did the other day...blahblahblah" In one ear and out the other. Immediately. Seriously, it was a good couple of days before I even remembered that she asked me for a card. It's not that she needed it right away (let's not get her started on <em>why</em> she didn't need it right away), but when I remembered that she had asked me, it was like a jolt. Oh, man, my mom needs a card! So then I had to figure out what I wanted to do. Colors? Theme? Stamp set? Golly gee, what should I do? I think I find it harder for people I don't know. It's not that my cards are part of some secret society and only "we" understand our cards and really "get it". But sometimes I see people's reactions to handcrafted (because homemade is for cookies...mmm, cookies) cards and they're like, what the heck is this hokey crap?! So I finally went for simple, elegant, classic and down to earth all rolled into one. And then when my mom saw it, she told me that the damask in the card looked just like the pattern in the drapes. So, this long babbling story is my way of letting you guys know that I'm psychic! Isn't that the coolest?</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54486/103/766C7791B92F5D676F6E8FCBBEB95853.png" style="background: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;" /></a>MintStampshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16798416205431557929noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7469959884800538966.post-26947322387698478032010-05-20T18:02:00.000-07:002010-05-21T17:30:39.226-07:00For My Baby<div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTQ7-Vk6jFKn3mahryMtJKJCeRYq3IZgFLgncsIfi-wIL0Pc8TNlgPiWB9dkvQ7HPy8AVWX7scN0giPP-uQQ75LxnEwamigQf5p6-z2yvkHq4LImR_gvU94p3firH1ksW8jpYar2OMP1Y/s1600/DSCF4020.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" gu="true" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTQ7-Vk6jFKn3mahryMtJKJCeRYq3IZgFLgncsIfi-wIL0Pc8TNlgPiWB9dkvQ7HPy8AVWX7scN0giPP-uQQ75LxnEwamigQf5p6-z2yvkHq4LImR_gvU94p3firH1ksW8jpYar2OMP1Y/s400/DSCF4020.JPG" width="333" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Ok, so this week Shawn & I celebrated our anniversary. And I may have mentioned that he can be difficult to buy for. Really difficult. So I tend to just go the safe route. I make him stuff. Usually it's met with, "ohhh, cute." And not in a mean way, but how many cards & frames can you get excited about? This time, I figured, since our anniversary is about us, I'd make him a little book. Oh, yeah, the coaster book is back. I LOVE these! And surprisingly, so did he...</span></div><br />
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</div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So, as people see the book (ok, the girls, my friend & even Shawn), the first thing they say is, "you guys look so young!" Um, thanks?</span><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So there you have it. Another fun project. I love when things come together just right <em>and</em> it gets appreciated all at once! Of course, it wasn't smooth sailing the whole time. I had to do this last page on the right 3 times! It started out with 5 little pictures on it. I glued them on, was thrilled, thought I was done & then remembered I still had to put a hole in it. Well, would've gone right thru Shawn's head. Probably not very sweet. So then I had to put it all away for a few days while he was home. 3 days later, went back to work on it and this time used 2 pictures. Got so wrapped up in the pictures that I totally forgot about the 'hole' thing. Ugh! Really? Ok, focus! One picture. Check. Room for the hole. Check. Done!</span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Card: <span style="color: #741b47;">Which was inspired by </span><a href="http://mailebelles.blogspot.com/2010/05/papertrey-ink-april-2010-release.html"><span style="color: #741b47;">this card</span></a><span style="color: #741b47;"> by the faboo <strong>Maile Belles</strong></span></em></span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Stamps: Top Ten & Top Ten Additions, Fillable Frames 1, A Little Argyle (PTI), Ink: Dark Chocolate, Enchanted Evening, Spring Moss, Spring Rain, Ripe Avocado, Scarlet Jewel & Ocean Tides (PTI), Elegant Eggplant (SU!), Antique Linen Distress (Ranger), Paper: Rustic White & Kraft (PTI), Accessories: FF1 die, Dark Chocolate button (PTI), twine</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: justify;"><em><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia;">Book:</span></em></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: justify;"><em><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia;">Stamps: Top Ten & Top Ten Additions, Vintage Labels, Fancy Flourishes, Around & About Sentiments, Giga Guidelines, Turning a New Leaf, Background Basics: Petal Power (PTI), Inkadinkado hearts, Ink: Dark Chocolate, Spring Rain, Ripe Avocado, Scarlet Jewel & Hibiscus Burst (PTI), Creamy Caramel (SU!), Paper: Rustic White (PTI)</span></em></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div align="justify"><span style="color: #c27ba0; font-family: Trebuchet MS;">I also found that as excited as I was about this cupcake set, I'm having a hard time using it. I'm not sure what my problem is, I just get blocked. I find I can't get the colors or the placement to work and bring me the kind of happiness I get from actually eating cupcakes. Oh well. I've got plenty of other things I've got to get done in the next month. A graduation card, a couple of non-cupcake birthday cards, an anniversary gift & card (i think you're gonna like this one) and the cards & gifts for the staff at the elementary school.</span></div><div align="justify"><br />
</div><div align="justify"><span style="color: #c27ba0; font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Oh, yeah. One more little thing. If you visit Nichole's blog on a regular basis, you might recognize this card. Yeah, I stole it. <a href="http://nicholeheady.typepad.com/capture_the_moment/2010/05/introducing-get-to-the-point-sentiments-and-fillable-frames-4.html">Hers</a> {scroll doooowwwwn, you'll hit it} was so visually stunning & exciting, I couldn't wait to make one just like it. So I did. Ok, maybe not <em>just</em> like it, but you can tell where I got my idea. *sigh* She's my stamping hero. K, gushing over. Just wanted to give credit where it was due.</span></div><div align="justify"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Happy Mother's Day, everyone. Since I forgot to do this post <em>before</em> Mother's day {sorry, mom}, I'm just throwin' up the pictures and will be done with it. Tiara's awake and wanting her mommy time, so I'm going to go enjoy my day with my kids. Well, kid, for right now. Those other 2 are teenagers, so they'll probably be asleep for awhile. So go enjoy your day!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<em><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Stamps: <a href="http://www.papertreyink.com/stamps_asianfusion.html">Asian Fusion</a>, <a href="http://www.papertreyink.com/stamps_delightfuldahlia.html">Delightful Dahlia</a> (PTI), Ink: Versafine Onyx Black, Hibiscus Burst & Pure Poppy (PTI), Paper: white, black, Hibiscus Burst & Pure Poppy (PTI)</span></em><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I looooove cupcakes. I don't eat them too often, cuz, you know, they're not good for you & all that junk. But they are just so nice and enjoyable to put into my mouth. You know it's gonna be a good one when you have a hard time fitting the tippy top of the icing down to the bottom of the 'cake all in one bite. And turns out, I'm picky. Chocolate cupcake. Vanilla cupcake. I'm good. But now, there's more wild & exotic flavors. You get into those fancy, gourmet flavors and I start to get nervous. Why must we mess with what's already workin'? Banana? Raspberry? Peanut butter? Ohhh, they just sound wrong for a cupcake. But that's me. And don't get me started on icing! I prefer buttercream (hey, if you're gonna do it, do it right!), but if forced, I will eat a cream cheese or whipped frosting. You know, if you're gonna twist my arm...I am starting to venture out, tho. Here in the San Francisco Bay Area, we do have quite the variety of food. And I'm on a quest for the best cupcake in the Bay. (ok, not in any official capacity, but it sounds more legitimate when phrased that way, right?) I've got some places that I've mentioned to my husband, so when he's at work, I say, "Hey, if you happen to pass...could you pick me up...?" Oh, sure, I can stick a label on it & say I'm doing research (for what? i have no idea) or something, but let's be real. I just want a good cupcake every once in a while to make me happy. And if I'm happy, everyone else in the house stands a better chance at being happy too.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #073763;">K, you know how I'm not the biggest fan of making the male card? Well, if they could all just be this easy & come out like this, I'd have no problem at all. When I saw that this </span><a href="http://www.papertreyink.com/stamps_flyaway.html"><span style="color: #073763;">airplane set</span></a><span style="color: #073763;"> was being released by Papertrey, I thought, well, there's $5 (yes, $5!) I don't have to spend. But then I had this feeling that I should go ahead & get it, just in case. Now, I know you're probably thinking I say that about all of their sets. But no, I really do have some sort of self control.<strong>*</strong> Now, if you were to ask me about the </span><a href="http://www.papertreyink.com/stamps_alittleargyle.html"><span style="color: #073763;">argyle set</span></a><span style="color: #073763;">...the second I saw that one, I knew I had to have it. I love this set! Oh, the color combinations! Consider yourself warned: you will be seeing plenty of this set in the future.</span></span></div><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Oh, and just a little FYI for my mom and anyone else who hasn't done this yet. The clouds (how cool are they?!) are a scalloped circle that I cut in half. Then, I just sponged blue ink over the edge of the scallops onto my white paper. Easy peasy!</span></div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><em><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>*</strong>This is a total lie. I have zero self control. I love PTI. If I don't own it, I must not be in love with it. And even then, I will probably own it one day anyway.</span></em></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Oh, the problems I had with this card! It went poopy from beginning to end, even to taking the picture of it. I won't bore you with all the details like I did </span><a href="http://mintstamps.blogspot.com/2009/04/happy-birthday-madeline.html"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>last year</strong></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">, but man! I think when it comes to this darling girl, I've got some seriously bad juju going on. Oh! She's also getting it late. Crikey! I was doing last minute stuff trying to get it ready, then my weekend went bonkers (i even saw her! but it was a surprise, so i was totally unprepared and didn't have it on me), then I didn't feel well, so I promptly forgot about it and then finally mailed it. Phew! I think once I get all my May & June cards & projects done (which is A LOT), I'm gonna start on her card for next year. Allow extra time for all those boo-boos.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-small;"><em>Stamps: Butterfly Dreams, Background Basics: Petal Power (PTI), Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Orange Zest, Fresh Snow (PTI), Paper: white & Scarlet Jewel (PTI), Accessories: Nestabilities, Butterfly Die (PTI), Copics~</em></span></div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #45818e; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Ok, I finally find the time to come back & post something & blogger is being weird. So I'm going to keep it short for my sanity. This is going to be the year of 17 year olds around here, so this is just one card in a long line of them to come, I'm sure. Darien's friend turned 17 the other day and she needed a card really quick (or, a really quick card) to give to her at dinner that night. Tia, Krista & I went thru my cards on the computer looking for something to CASE. I found <a href="http://mintstamps.blogspot.com/2009/08/vintage-picnic.html">this one</a> and this is what I came up with. It goes so much faster when I can just copy something. Glad I didn't approve of copying when I was in school or I would have learned nothing! Oh, yeah. Don't get sick of the butterflies yet. If I ever get this other one finished (the one I'm stuck on & the reason I've posted nothing in days!), you'll be seeing even more butterflies. And then I'm done. For now. Maybe. We'll see.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54486/103/766C7791B92F5D676F6E8FCBBEB95853.png" style="background: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;" /></a>MintStampshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16798416205431557929noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7469959884800538966.post-73285982793139354602010-04-07T00:28:00.000-07:002010-04-07T00:28:54.913-07:00Birthday Dahlia<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikF8gHfom7FgPypOrgzQxVZAtfSdNiKWjlGz23aEtiHAjIgXWzM8BRyVdZkPDeDiFGP4KdvZKF05aII0mScfck6YGFx_EeCAiL3ezD01NzioDd_5r_fAiVOWgJoHiBhZVHUhSmudyZ0G4/s1600/DSCF3971.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" nt="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikF8gHfom7FgPypOrgzQxVZAtfSdNiKWjlGz23aEtiHAjIgXWzM8BRyVdZkPDeDiFGP4KdvZKF05aII0mScfck6YGFx_EeCAiL3ezD01NzioDd_5r_fAiVOWgJoHiBhZVHUhSmudyZ0G4/s400/DSCF3971.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br />
<div align="justify"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Ok, while this flower is oh so lovely, I'm not thrilled with the card. I have thoughts of future versions and ideas of how to make them oh so lovelier, so be on the look out for that. And this card had started out completely different. I had the flower cut out all ready for something else and that totally tanked. But it was already colored and soo pretty, so I had to do something with it. And this is that something. Oh man, I cannot wait for the better versions.</span></div><div align="justify"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I do have to say that these Papertrey dies are just amazing. Dies made for stamps? Or, stamps made for dies? Whichever. There is genius behind that idea and I'm lovin' it! I'm hoping for dies for some of the older sets, like <a href="http://www.papertreyink.com/stamps_teafortwo.html">Tea for Two</a>. I believe I would use that teapot more if there were a die for it. Oh! Or <a href="http://www.papertreyink.com/stamps_friendstiltheend.html">Friends til the End</a>. I know you guys aren't sick of me using that one yet! Ha. Or, maybe not. At any rate, if PTI keeps making them, I'll keep buying them.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div align="justify"><span style="color: #c27ba0; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Yep, it's that time of year again. It's time for the MS Walk and I'm excited. This will be the first year that we have someone on our team that has MS besides little ol' me. A friend of ours that works with Shawn, who was diagnosed years before I was, will be joining us this year. And following my tradition, I've made thank you cards for all the people who donate to the walk. I think it's awesome when people are actually able to do it. I'm always super grateful and feel genuinely lucky to have so much support.</span></div><br />
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</div><div align="justify"><span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Also tradition with me - variety. I get bored doing the same thing over & over. I like seeing what the same thing looks like in different colors. I also buy clothes like this. If I see something I like, and it actually looks good on me, I'll buy 2 different colors. I hate clothes shopping and this is just a time saver for me. Plus, I'm notoriously lazy.</span></div><br />
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</div><div align="justify"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Verdana;">And of course, we have to have the guy version. My father-in-law donates every year and I can't go sending him flowery cards. Well, I can, but that would be silly when I have a perfectly good "guy enough" card to send his way. Plus, I have a couple of guys donating this year and the design switched over easily enough, so there ya have it. Another year of thanks taken care of.</span></div><div align="justify"><br />
</div><div align="justify"><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-small;"><em>Stamps: Fillable Frames #2, Turning a New Leaf & Life (PTI), single flower (Inkadinkado), Ink: Hibiscus Burst, Plum Pudding, Spring Moss & Ripe Avocado (PTI), Versafine Onyx Black, Paper: PTI white, Accessories: Fillable Frames #2 die</em></span></div><div align="justify"><br />
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</div><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54486/103/766C7791B92F5D676F6E8FCBBEB95853.png" style="background: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;" /></a>MintStampshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16798416205431557929noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7469959884800538966.post-19065760006986660442010-03-28T21:27:00.000-07:002010-03-28T21:27:11.426-07:00Alrighty, I'm Back<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT6-CKsTdRucck8BBW7c8ABasKAH_eg5FVtFSLjeWUs5Ua5fq8mU2ZPd1Ysiu2A_8PuHHmVNpBwCy-EDfmzgEp0ddVspwNIChY7GbGsccDoNMozgVV78RKvSKGQ0S4cJgYu8s_kPdkIWU/s1600/DSCF3944.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="302" nt="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT6-CKsTdRucck8BBW7c8ABasKAH_eg5FVtFSLjeWUs5Ua5fq8mU2ZPd1Ysiu2A_8PuHHmVNpBwCy-EDfmzgEp0ddVspwNIChY7GbGsccDoNMozgVV78RKvSKGQ0S4cJgYu8s_kPdkIWU/s400/DSCF3944.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div align="justify"><br />
</div><div align="justify"><span style="color: #45818e; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Betcha thought I wasn't coming back, huh? Were you worried Zion was gonna be 2 by the time you saw something new? Yeah, well, here I am. Besides being crazy busy, I also wasn't in the mood to make anything, so I didn't. But I got some new stuff, which means inspiration, and here ya go. I got <a href="http://www.papertreyink.com/stamps_wonderfullywhimsical.html">this set</a> that <a href="http://hemidemisemiquaverdesignblog.com/">Becky</a> designed and I just love it. I'll try to space out my creations with it so you don't go crazy looking at the same stuff over and over. But so far, this is the only thing I've made with it, so breathe easy. For now. But I'm loving the tree in the set. And the hill. And the other houses. And I think you get the idea. So stinkin' cute! And, I had to make some thank you cards for the MS Walk again *<a href="http://main.nationalmssociety.org/site/TR/Walk/CANWalkEvents?px=2106136&pg=personal&fr_id=13536&et=KqJH_4TFeBbslvWJqVjbrQ..&s_tafId=160226">here's my walk page</a> in case you get the sudden urge to donate money which is tax deductible. phew!* so those will be coming up soon, too. And there you have it. New stuff to look at <em>and</em> a worthy cause all in one. I know, I amaze myself! You're welcome!</span></div><div align="justify"><br />
</div><div align="justify"><span style="color: #45818e; font-family: Verdana;">Also, about the card - I wasn't sure how to ground my houses, so I made a street. It's just gray cardstock and white lines made by my faboo white pen. Cuz my mom would want to know!</span></div><div align="justify"><br />
</div><div align="justify"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Stamps: Wonderfully Whimsical & Vintage Picnic Sentiments (PTI), Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black & Versafine Onyx Black, Paper: Hawaiian Shores & white (PTI), not sure which gray I used, Accessories: Signo white pen, Copics~</em></span></div><br />
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<div align="justify"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So, my nephew Zion turned 1. He is seriously one of the cutest babies I have ever laid eyes on. So stinkin' precious. And big. He's wearing 3T clothes and, yes, he is a big boy! You don't see it coming tho. I was so very excited to see him when we went to his birthday party. It's been a long time since I've had a baby-baby, so of course, I wanted to hold him. I picked him up and almost went down to the ground. He is heavy! My back started hurting after holding him for about 5 minutes. He's more of a "sit on my lap" kinda baby. And at 1, he still has that yummy baby smell. Now, don't go getting any crazy ideas. No, I'm not saying that I want more kids! 3 girls are good enough for me. Especially since they're not little anymore. I don't think I have the kind of energy to start over, so I'll just be grateful for what I have. And enjoy whatever loaner babies I'm lucky enough to get my hands on.</span></div><div align="justify"><br />
</div><div align="justify"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-small;"><em>Stamps: Boof the Bear (Rubber Stampede), Smells Like Cake (The Cat's Pajamas), Ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento), Spring Rain (PTI), Paper: white, kraft, Spring Rain (PTI), Accessories: Bashful Blue ribbon (SU!), Vintage Buttons (PTI), twine, Copics~</em></span></div><div align="justify"><br />
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<div align="justify"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Seventeen. On the verge of being an adult, but still in that brief moment where mom (and perhaps dad?) wants to hold on for as long as you'll let her before you're officially legal. An adult. A grown up. Old. This will be me in September...trying to hold on to my first baby as long as possible. So I can only imagine what my girlfriend is going thru with her firstborn turning 17. We've been friends since before <em>we</em> were 17 and that suddenly seems sooo long ago. But, luckily, we're both still young & cool enough to keep up with our teens. haha. Ask mine & you're likely to get a smidge of a denial...and perhaps some delirious laughter.</span></div><div align="justify"><br />
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<div align="justify"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So, the card. I am still loving my butterfly set and thought it would be good here. A little text stamping in the background, a butterfly background stamp, a little sponging on the edges for a subtle look and then <span style="color: magenta;">pink</span> for some color. And it shows up more in person, but there's a little rhinestone in the middle of the butterfly for a subtle bling that I colored with my Copic to match.</span></div><div align="justify"><br />
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<div align="justify"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Just a different angle so you can see the doubled up butterflies. I die cut 2 of my lovely winged friends, colored them in, glued one flat and placed glue dots in the bend of the one on top so it would look like it's getting ready to fly right off the card. Now this had to be mailed, so I hope it gets there in one piece. It had a little protective cushion in there, but if you could see the condition some of my mail is in sometimes. Sheesh!</span></div><div align="justify"><br />
</div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Stamps: Background Basics: Text Style & Butterfly Dreams (PTI), Ink: Versafine Onyx Black, Antique Linen Distress (Ranger), Paper: Rustic Cream & black (PTI), Accessories: Nestabilities, butterfly die (PTI) & copics: RV00, RV13, RV14 & R21</em></span></div><div align="justify"><br />
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</div><div align="justify"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Verdana;">This image is what pushed me over the edge to get <a href="http://www.papertreyink.com/stamps_everydaybuttonbits.html">this set</a>. I saw it used in a card made by <a href="http://pinefeather.typepad.com/pine_is_here/2010/02/introducing-fillable-frames.html">Heather Nichols</a>, and the idea seemed so simple and obvious that I was annoyed with myself for not seeing this potential earlier. Really? That's it? That's all there is to it? I don't know why this seemed so much more okay than buttons (which I love and now have a ton of), but it did. And of course, I've used the set with buttons already and love that, too. I guess I just needed a push, shove and a kick in the right direction. And just in case you can't tell what makes the balloons, I stamped my beloved polky dots on some cardstock, punched out circles and then covered them up with clear dome stickers. So easy and good for mass producing...which I did not remember to do this time. Darn my addled brain!</span></div><div align="justify"><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Verdana;">Happy March! March already? Crazy, right? March, in my mind, is Spring. (it's probably easier for me to think that since i live in california) So I thought I'd bring out some Spring butterflies. I'm gonna be honest here and let you in on something. When Nichole was doing previews of the February sets over at Papertrey, I saw butterflies and thought, well, there goes some more money that's safe. I'm not really into butterflies. Then I saw the whole set. Wow. It is truly beautiful and suddenly it became a must have. (i know, when do i <em><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">not</span></em> say that about their stamps?) Anyway, I learned a very valuable lesson that day. Don't make up your mind when you don't know everything that's involved. Hmmm. Actually, I probably should've learned that when I was about 8 and saw what I thought (in my 8 year old mind) was a very unattractive woman and later found out it was a guy. K, totally veered off topic there, but you see what I'm trying to say. I will no longer declare money safe until...oh, who am I kidding? No money is safe around me!</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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