Sunday Words of Wisdom!

Hello!  For today, I have two quotes for you.  The first one, I found on my Pinterest board and I hope it will be especially helpful for a special friend.  It is also something we all need to remember.  The second one is actually a stamp from Stampendous.  I picked this one, as today is my mom's birthday.  She would have been 98.  After my dad died in 1996, she enjoyed a little stamping, and she loved this quote and even made quite a few magnets with it.  So, in honor of her birthday, I am including a second quote of the day!    Enjoy!

This next week is my teaching week.  It is earlier in the month because of happenings going on either in or around the store on the week I usually teach.  I do have the card that I was going to show you yesterday, so I am writing that one now and setting it up for Tuesday.  So, look for that.

Happy Stamping!
Tina

Saturday's Sketch Share!

Hello!  I had a card to show you yesterday, but I didn't get it posted because we had to take Red, our Pom, to the vet to have her put down.  She was very old and not doing well.  It was just time.  She was originally my hubby's dog, but I will sure miss her, as she was crazy about me and she absolutely loved to go to my craft shack with me.  I would be out there for hours and she never complained.  I will do the post for the card you missed early next week.  Now, on to today's share.  I will show you my card, Debbie's card, and the sketch we both used.  Enjoy!

My Card

Debbie's Card

The Sketch

This sketch has a lot going on.  I like it, but it is a little busy.  I had that frog stamped and die cut on my desk from last week's private class, so knowing it would be the right size image, I worked my papers and other sentiments around it.  I had a little trouble deciding what to add where the flower in the sketch is, but when I tried the spider, I thought, "o.k. that is pretty cute!"  Debbie says there are a lot of birthday's in their family during the month of October and so that is why she went with a birthday theme.  I love that big fancy rhinestone grouping she added on her card!  What do you think of this week's sketch?  Is it too busy or not?

I will see you tomorrow for the Sunday Words of Wisdom post.

Happy Stamping!
Tina

Blessings Big & Small!

Hello!  This is a continuation from yesterday's blog post, as I am showing you the second of two notecard sets and card pouches that I have made for the church bazaar.  For this one all four cards in the set, were exactly alike and here is the card ... enjoy!

 

 

And here is the picture of the outside of the card pouch that they all fit in ...

The next pic shows the card pouch opened ...

I thought the card pouches were hard to make at first, but now that I have made about six of them, they are getting easier!  I still want to make at least 4 more.  I am thinking a Christmas one, even though I personally would probably not send notecards instead of regular cards at Christmastime, but some might.  So, I will show you those when I get them done.  The sentiment used on this one is from Verve. 

Happy Stamping!
Tina

Live in Thanksgiving Daily!

Hello!  A couple of days ago, I made two more notecard sets with two more pouches.  I am going to show you one set today and save one to show you tomorrow.  I bought this fall 6 x 6 pad from Echo Park called Fall Reflections thinking I would use it for one of my class cards, but then I changed directions and made a pumpkin instead.  I thought about exchanging it at the store but then I thought the colors would make for pretty notecards for the bazaar.  And they do!  My two sets ended up being different mainly because I only had one 12 x 12 of the gold cardstock for the pouch.  So, even though tomorrow's set uses the same papers, it is quite different.  Let me show you today's cards ... enjoy!

First, a close-up of the layout of the all four cards ...

 

Next picture shows all four cards ..

And here is the card pouch ...

And the inside of the card pouch ...

I gave instructions and the measurements to making the card pouches in this blog post here.  The sentiment is from Impression Obsession.  Love the way it is written. 



See you tomorrow!
Happy Stamping!
Tina

Coasters for Church Bazaar ... Done!

Hello!  I just want to share a quick post to show you the finished coasters that I made for the church bazaar.  Well, mostly made by myself.  I got a little help from a couple of the church ladies and then I passed them off this last weekend so they could finish adding the cork squares to the bottoms (that I punched out) and tie the ribbons around them (that I picked out from my stash)!  I still not crazy about how so many show wrinkles.  But, I figure it is bound to happen with such thin paper and glue!  Here is a picture so you can see all of them ... enjoy!

 

 

 

 

And here is a close-up of one ... they are much brighter with the Krylon on top!

 

Here is the back of one to show you how I did the cork on the bottom.  Originally, I was going to do solid 4 x 4 inch squares, but when we ended up making so many (15 sets of 4), I decided the squares would have to do. I think it works fine.  They no longer make a noise when you set them down.

 

And here is one with the ribbon tied on ...

Now, to Terry and any others that have had problems of yellowing when they added the Krylon, this is what I used ...

 

No, yellowing!  Woo Hoo!  It says right on the can ..."Permanent protective gloss finish, non-yellowing".  I am thinking maybe they have made the formula better.  One question, does anyone have any thoughts about what price we should put on the sets? 

I am working on some more note card sets.  I'll be back tomorrow or the next day to show you those.

Happy Stamping!
Tina

Sunday Words of Wisdom!

Hello!  I am sharing another favorite from my Pinterest board.  This time I thought, don't spend too much time trying to figure out which one is the best one, just pick the first one that "speaks" to you!  This is it ... does it "speak" to you?

 

 

 

See you next week!
Happy Stamping!
Tina

Saturday's Sketch Share!

Hello!  Sorry I am late in posting today.  I headed off early to walk in one of the parades with the Blue Star Mothers.  Doing my part to remind everyone to support our troops.  It is just a feel good thing to do and it is fun!  Let's get to today's cards.  I will show you my card, Debbie's card and the sketch we both used.  Enjoy!

My Card
 

Debbie's Card

 

The Sketch

I have actually done this sketch before.  I like it.  I think the opposite rectangles adds interest and it is a larger panel for the main image.  The only issue is that you need a little room at the top for the sentiment panel.  Between my class teaching and my time spent on making things for the church bazaar, I already know I won't be sending Halloween cards out this year, so since I keep buying more Halloween stamps (like the one seen here), I figured I had better at least use them on the Saturday shares!  Debbie is right on target too!  Football!  Great for my hubby and her card, but not for me!  But, every time Gary has a game to watch, that is time for me and my crafts!  Yea!

I will see you tomorrow for my Sunday post, my favorite quote for the day.
Have a great weekend! 
Happy Stamping!
Tina