Stacy's Paper Crafts

$2 stamps are fun!

Last year I picked up this stamp from ACMoore for  $1, the actual cost was $2 but it was miss marked. Even at $2, that's a great price for a medium sized image that can stand on it's own! Paired with a little Basic Grey patterned paper it's a perfect not so cute card for my tween son. 

Hope you're having a great week! Saturday is National Card Making day :) Are you doing anything special to celebrate? I'll be crafting of course and hope to have several cards to share. It's been so cloudy here I haven't been able to capture any good photos this week. Hopefully we'll have a clear, perfect picture taking day here! 

It's pumpkin season

Today is the first official day of fall yippee! Goodbye humidity, you won't be missed :) I'm looking forward to trying out a few gluten free pumpkin recipes this year.

GF baking is a combination of science and using the right flour blends. Last year most of my concoctions were pretty inedible! LOL but they have improved greatly much to the relief of my DS. My DH even likes my gluten free foods better than gluten filled ones, and that's saying a LOT!

I have a few ideas on how to tweak my favorite whole wheat pumpkin bread recipe using a GF flour blend, once I perfect it I'll be sure to share the recipe with you all.

In honor of pumpkin season I whipped up this cute little pumpkin card using this weeks Clean & Simple  sketch...

 Supplies: Stamps: TAC, Paper: Basic Grey pp, Bazzill & PTI CS

Thanks for looking :)

Happy Fall

Well I thought fall was here. It's been somewhat chilly and rainy all week, but today it's humid and warm again. I won't complain too much though because the sun is shining. It's been MIA most of the week. I need my sunshine! LOL This weather has been so crazy these last few months, I'm definitely looking forward to cooler drier weather :) 

Supplies Paper: Basic Grey PP, Bazzill & PTI CS, Stamps: TAC, Other: Button, scrappers floss, PTI double-ended banner die, Circle Nesties, pop dots, & Palette Burnt Umber Ink. 

Thanks for looking, hope you're having a great weekend!

Happy Double Digits

Supplies--> Paper: Bazzill CS, Simple Stories PP, Alpha stickers: American Crafts & Basic Grey, Other: PTI Double-Ended Banners

My son will be turning 11 years old in November. That just sounds sooooo crazy to me! LOL He's in 5th grade this year, his last year of elementary school. I'm still trying to wrap my mind about what it'll mean to have a middle schooler. 

These photos were from his birthday last year. He was so excited about the "double digits." Last year he was really into Bakugan & Pokemon cards but this year, not so much. Now he's really into Anime & Manga especially. Naruto is one of his favorite shows.  He loves his video games of course,  but he also loves to draw and read. It's amazing how much his interests have changed in a year. 

Anyway I just had to share a little bit about my sweet boy :) This layout features patterned paper from Simple Stories' Destination's Collection and some AC alpha stickers that I've had for a very long time. 

Thanks for looking!

Make It Monday

Hi ya'll!  Yep, I'm back :) 

It rained pretty much most of the weekend here so I spent some time in my craft room. I sorted through things, updated my wish lists, and did some blog hopping.

I also had an interesting conversation with my son. He asked me why I had a scrap room "since I don't scrap any more." So NOT fair for him to call me out like that! LOL But it's true, I haven't scrapped in awhile, so I'm going to be working on that. 

Today I'm going to share a card with you that I created for PaperTrey Ink's Make it Monday challenge. This weeks challenge is to create a background pattern using stamps that aren't necessarily background stamp images. 

For my card I used the area rug from On My Couch Additions.I inked the stamp using black ink staggering the image on each line and then inked the edges. LOVE how this turned out. It kinda reminds me of a Basic Grey pattern :) This was a fun challenge, a great way to look at your stamps a little differently. Hope you'll get a chance to play along too. Thanks for looking!