Stamping by SAM

Sunday, February 19, 2012

"Wherever you go, go with all your heart..."

An Asian Artistry - One Layer card...

Love to see what other's do with a one layer card (ie. no layer except base).

Thought I would give it a try.

Entering in the following challenges...

Creative Card Crew - masculine

Kaboodle Designs- masculine

OLW79 - Stamp, stamp, stamp, one layer, use at 3 stamps, I used 4

Gingersnap Creations - Challenge of words

Sentimental Sundays - let's get sentimental

Happy Sunday to all!

SAM

Saturday, February 18, 2012

~Butterfly~

Quick CAS card.

Why is CAS not so easy?

So maybe CAS isn't CAS?

uhm, deep...

I bought the stamp on sale. Love it for the doily look.

Just a few inspirational challenges today.

365 Cards, Day 352 - paper clipped (I used a round paperclip)

Paper Craft Star - butterflies

Craft Us Crazy - favorite color (black/white color combo, with pop of melon mambo)

and favorite embellishment (rhinestones, punches)

Our Creative Corner - Black and white with a splash of color

The Play Date Cafe - Black and white with a splash of hot pink

C.R.A.F.T. Challenge - no designer paper

Penny's Paper Crafty Challenge - Anything goes

Clean and Simple Stamping - sketch

CCEE Stampers - white on white with a little color

Truly Scrumptious Challenge - all creatures great and small

Alphabet Challenge - animal antics

Thanks for stopping by and have a great week-end.

SAM

Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Birthday, Love, Copics!

Happy Valentines Day!

Wee bit of snow gave me a couple days at home.

Totally enjoyed the long week-end!
Couple of cards to show you...
the first card...

A Happy Birthday card for my bestest daughter Kim!

I didn't want to post this till she got her package so I've been

sitting (no, not literally) on it for a week now.

I am entering Kim's card in the following challenges:

Allsorts Challenge - free and easy February

If the Shoe Fits, Scrap It - Anything Goes

and the second card...

is a SU! Valentine card.

I turned the sketch and glued the blue DP

to the back so it lifts up to reveal the inside.

My inspiring challenges for Love card are...

Clean and Simple Sketch

Let's Ink It Up - Ribbons and lace

Crafty Creations - Swirly Whirly

CES Challenges - LOL...Lots of Layers

Cooking it Up with Katie - from a spool (ribbon), metal, sentiment

I Did It Creations - square cards

Totally Stampalicious - Texture

4 Crafty Chicks - Love is in the air

Creative Belli Challenge - Hearts/Valentines

By the Cute and Girly - Love is in the air

CRAFT Challenge - Valentine's Day

Craft Us Crazy - anything goes

Crafty Ann's Challenge - Love is in the Air

Crafty Calendar - Love and Marriage

Crazy Challenge - Valentine's Day

Creatalicious Challenge - All about lace

Creative Craft Challenge - Romantic with Valentines

Deep Ocean Challenge - LOVE YOU!

Do You Stack Up? - Love

For Fun Challenge - Put a little love in your heart

Fussy and Fancy - With all my heart

Hand Stamped Sentiments - Love is in the air

Incy Wincy Designs - recipe: 3 embellishments, 2 papers, and 1 image

Lollipop Crafts - with love

Oldie But Goodie - lace (Dp and Greeting Card Kid are a couple years old, Love stamp is new)

Once Crazy Stamper - Love is in the air

Paper Play Challenges - Love Letters

Simon Says Stamps - Love is in the air

Stamping 411 Color Challenge

Stamps R Us - Valentine/Love

Stamptacular Sunday - Pearls and lace

Totally Gorjuss - Lurve

Truly Scrumptious - Love and Hearts

Scrappy Frogs Challenge - die cut

And now, my new Copic storage!

I have this neat storage unit my DD gave me when we

reorganized my 'craft' (ie. crap) room...

And I stored my markers in a couple of letter holders,

never could find the markers I needed quickly...

Then I bought a big (4'x8') light diffuser grid at Lowes

and my DH cut it up to fit in my square storage cube

(He cut 3 so I could stack them for more stability)...

And this is the end result...

Viola!...

And this is a bird's eye view...

I have sketch copics and they fit in the tiny squares at an angle. I don't know if the other styles of copic markers would work or not. I went ahead and put my primsa markers in it too. Looks like I have room to grow. My daughter took one glance at it and said "You have room for 144 copic markers!"

I do need to admit though that this is not my original idea.

I found it on Pinterest!

Whew! I think I'm done now. Haven't posted for a couple of weeks...guess I had more to say than I thought I would. Back to work tomorrow, 2 days with kids and then Professional Development day on Friday, Monday is a holiday and I have a Dr. ap'pt the next Friday. I think I'm getting spoiled!

SAM

Sunday, January 29, 2012

PUNCH ART FOR BABIES...

Baby showers that is!

Two baby showers at work this week.

One for a brand new baby boy.

One for a soon to be baby girl.

Happy for them.

Happy it's not me!

First, Sweet Pea for the girl.

I use the embedded embossing technique. The flowers are cut out of the new DP Everyday Enchantment (Sale-A-Bration catalog) that I used for the first layer on the base of this card. I CASED the punch art from Andrea Walford and added the embossed oval behind it. I suggest you if you want two stamp sets that will last for-ever and never go out of style, purchase Baroque Motifs and Lovely Trees from SU!

My inspirational challenges are:

Critter Challenge - use 3 embellishments

Cute Card Thursday - You're a Gem (pearls)

Winter Wonderland - Swirls and Pearls

(right now, does not need to be a Christmas/Winter card)

Everybody's Art Challenge - swirls

Frosted Designs - Sketch

Moving Along with the Times - blooming marellous

Paper Crafting Journey - floral

Sentimental Sundays - embossing

Simon Says Stamps Challenge - Anything Goes

Stamp, Scrap and Doodle - Anything Goes

Stampin' for the Weekend - Embossing

By the Cute and Girly - New Beginnings

The Crazy Challenge - Vintage

Stamptacular Sunday - Diamond or pearls

Now for the new little baby boy...

Similiar to the other punch art lion card I made.

Different sketch and DP (again, Everyday Enchantment as the above card)

My inspirational challenges are:

Clearly I Stamp - Pastels

Alphabet Challenge - Z for Zoo Animals

Crafty Ann's - "What's New Pussycat?"

(show new stash - It's all new!)

Crafty Calendar - New News

Craft Your Days Away - Distressing

Crazy 4 Challenges - Layer it on-Lots of layes and embellies

Fussy and Fancy Challenge - Polka Dots

Gingersnaps Creations - Use your DP

Pixie Dust Studio - Let's Go to the Zoo

Stamping 411 - Color (SU! products only)

Stamping 411 - Sketch (SU! products only)

Stamps R Us - Just Kidding Around (cards for kids)

Stampin' Up Only Challenge - favorite product from

new Occasions Mini catalog - Blossom Punch!)

Sweet Stampin' Challenge - Let's see those animals!

Do You Stack Up? - Ribbons

The Secret Crafter - Ribbons

Not quite sure where this Mojo came from

Maybe it's trying something new...

now there's a thought...

get out of that box!

Have a great week!

SAM

Saturday, January 14, 2012

LOLLIPOP LANE

Not my favorite card this year.

So that means 50% of the cards I have made are terrific, beyond and above.

The other 50% are destined for unknown territory.

50% ain't bad either way,

considering I've only made 2 cards in 2012!

I was inspired by the following challenges:

365 Cards, Day 317 - Image This, Candy Land
Papertake Weekly - die cut and cute
Pixie Dust Studio - heart
The Pink Elephant - heart
The Alphabet Challenge - Y, you can chose
Anything Goes - Anything Goes
Lexi's Challenge - Anything Goes
Speedy Fox and Friends - Border Punch
Clean and Simple Stamping - Sketch

Stampin' for the Week-end - out with the old
(everything on this card is old, including the designer)

Thanks for stopping by on this very cold sunny day!
SAM