Stacy's Paper Crafts

Color Challenge #15

I know... I missed quite a few color challenges but now that our summer vacation is nearly over and most of our out of town travels are done with we can get back to our regularly scheduled program :)

It was decided that the color challenges over at the Paper Wings forum will now occur bi-weekly instead of weekly... so onto this weeks challenge... Kraft, green, yellow, & white.

 

The sentiment used is from the Ordinary Greetings stamp set from The Angel Company. I used Kraft, white, & yellow cardstock along with some green Bazzill Bling cardstock. I'm sorry I can't recall what the actual name of this shade is. I also used a Prima blossom, button, and white scrappers floss for the embellishment.

It feels great to touch paper again...LOL only a paper crafter will understand that statement. It's good to be home! Hope you're having a beautiful day!

I'm home!

I had a nice visit with my sister and her crew.Timothy and I took the Amtrak... it was a long trip but flying would have been way to expensive and aggravating. The train ride was actually really nice & fun. This was Timothy's first time on the train. He did such a great job... he only asked "are we there yet" during the last hour of the trip. Not bad huh?

There's Timothy with his cousins Rasheen, Christopher, and Miles. Oh...and the dog Lelia. And while we're at it... meet the kitties too. Buster & Ash. They also have two turtles but I didn't get any pictures of them LOL.

 

We're heading to Maine...

to visit my sister, niece, & nephews whom I haven't seen in almost 4yrs. I'm so excited!!! Unfortunately for you there will probably be no craft related updates for the next couple of weeks, but stay tuned for projects highlighting the kit I've assembled for August. Need more details? Refer to this post here -->

http://stacy.typepad.com/stacys_paper_crafts/2008/06/now-accepting-pre-orders-for-augusts-kit.html

Don't worry...

Summer has definitely NOT passed us by :) I don't know why but I always find myself thinking about winter holidays during the summer. Maybe it's because I have a lot more time to create during the summer months.

Some of my Angel sisters and I are doing a monthly Christmas/holiday card challenge. We basically commit to creating a certain number of cards over a period of time so that we aren't up all hours of the night two days before Christmas finishing up cards that we swore would have finished by Halloween. LOL I'm already up all hours of the night so I figured I'd get a head start.

I'm not sure If I'll be sending these out because I only have four. I like to make all my holiday cards the same so that I can remember what I made each year LOL. So I may just add these to my ETSY store. I have had this patterned paper forever and finally got around to using it. I'm working on putting a serious dent in my stash. This time next year we may be relocating and I don't want to move with 45lbs of. Nor do I wish to pack it, and besides if I use what I have it just means I'll have more room for newer stuff... I mean I'll just have more room :)

Color Challenge #11

This weeks Color Challenge was to use the colors red, white, blue, & yellow.

I used two retired sets. One was Auld Lang Syne the May 2008 SOTM and the sentiment comes from Soft Spoken. I've been doing great creating... using items from my stash :)

Supplies:

Stamps: Auld Lang Syne & Soft Spoken

Cardstock: Ultra Smooth White & Scarlet Cardstock

Embellishments: Ribbon from Michaels

Ink: Palette Starry Night, L'Amore Red, & Sunflower