JustRite stampers

Ok.. I am in LOVE! Courtesy of Rach (of course) I bought all but one set of the JustRite Stampers products (http://justritestampers.com). Well for the last 3 weeks they have been running a challenge on their blog to enter kreations each day for the chance to various prizes. Of course having hurt my back I wasnt up to enter the first 2 weeks, but I sure as heck had a ton of ideas of projects. I finally felt well enough this week to enter. Below are 4 of the 5 projects I entered, with 3 having won honorable mention (although I am not entirely sure which 3 besides the calendar) and one of my products was actually picked to be a feature on their blog (THANK YOU!!). I am glad I entered, but more importantly to me, I finally did a few projects I have been wanting to do, but didnt have the mojo to get them done. Nothing like a little pressure to get my artst gerbil sprintin' in my little ol' head.. hahahaha

Here is the calendar (my favorite by far)... I have seen the advent calendars around and since my daughter started school, we are upping her chores. I believe it is important to teach a child that you have to earn things you want and that treats are saved for important things. Now I can fill her tin with anything from money to candy to small little treasures to "IOU" coupons for bigger things. Her rewards will be right in front of her face as incentive to do what she is suppose to and we will all be happy. Using the JustRite Small Letters the tins were easy-peasy to make and label. Being as how its going in my Mickey decorated kitchen I had to make it match...

Next is my new stamp organization system. I am out of room for more stamp sets, yet cant bear the thought of parting with any. I am tired of sorting through tons of boxes to find the "perfect stamp". I am over not being organized... I fixed it. Saves TONS of room, handy cards I can go through to quickly find the perfect stamp, easy findint what CD its in and with the JustRite Small Letters set I even have the name of the stamp set easily accessible. Best stamp organizing I have done. This was also the project that was featured on the blog!

Here are some note cards I made for Kirsten's teacher. I would much rather her spend her time with my daughter then make something cute when she wants to say something or thank someone for something. I am also working on stationary and actual thank you cards and a holder for all of it. (yes I will post the picture of the rest when I finish it all). But above all, every teacher deserves those special little somethings, after all they do basically raise your kid 32.5 hours a week...

And last but not least is my clean/dirty dishwasher thingy. I HATE opening the dishwasher and the little detergent holder is already open indicating the dishwasher has been opened since it was last run (which you would assume would mean it was unloaded and reloaded) yet the dishes "look" clean, as does the inside of the machine, but since I prewash my dishes as I put them in the sink... well you can see where that is headed.. Now the only obstacle in my way is training the hubby and kid to actually change the status... We shall see.. HAHAHA

(Editors Note: Yes I did cut the bottom row where it attaches to the Classic Wood Stamper of my bigger letter to be able to use them in the ring and they still work perfectly for everything else. And the dots are from one of the borders just using a marker to ink 1 (for the border) or 3 (for the clean/dirty divider) of the dots.)

Sorry this is such a long post, wanted to just combine it all... As for the 5th project I entered, well that will come on a later blog. Its way too important to me to group with these others... Til then... Shock your artsy gerbil into a sprint and have a kreative day!

New card

Ok so I got my first ever Starving Atristamps yesterday and I have had loads of fun.. I just stamped out a bunch of images and was playing with coloring. But my sissy has a birthday on the 16th and I still hadnt gotten her card made. So I went with Frozey! I did her hair in Doodlebug Green Sugar Coat. Her body is done in Pixie Pink Fun Flock (cause I LOVE LOVE LOVE fun flock)... The paper I used didnt have any glitter so I took my frosted lace Stickles and made it glittery. (although I suggest against it cause your hand stays in the squeeze position. I used Spare Parts glitter brads, the Treading water punch for the edges. Black Magic Coredinations paper with my Swiss Dots cuttlebug folder for the "belt", SU Scallop Punch with the happy birthday stamp colored with marvy markers. And of course thick glue dots for pop. Pictures just dont do it justice... Now I dont wanna send it to my sissy... Guess I need to make another!!

Some newer ones

Here are some newer cards I have done.. Actually I stamped images and was playing with "coloring" in the images... More bored and wanted to spend some time in my craft room... Well once the images were colored, I had to do something with them. Of course being as late as it was, I just slapped em on something.. Definitely not my typical work, but sometimes its just about fun!!!

I fun flocked the penguins with Black.. I LOVE fun flock!! The with copics, stickles, and spicas I colored in the rest. The skirt and the green part of the shorts are done with stickles...























I hadnt used my prisma pencils in forever so I picked this one to color.. Practice is more like it.. I am pretty happy how the palm tree came out though... Again just threw it on paper.






















This one was my need to play with my flower punches I have owned for 6 months and hadnt used...

Older Cards

Ok so I have been horrible about updating my blog.. Here are some thank you cards I just threw together..

This one is pretty clear.. Nothing extraordinary..





















This one I embossed with pink EP, inked around the edges and off centered cause I got busy talking to my daughter and cut the base size off by a mark.. lol

















These are done with one of my favorite designs.. I use the base design alot and just change it all up with shapes and papers and embellies.. I did it in pink and blue just for something different. I have tons of Primas that I never use so I just layered them and wend on with it. The sentiment stamp was a $1 one from michaels or acmoore.

Wedding Card

Yep, its that time of year again... Wedding galore... This was my first card ever using a Bella image. It was really easy and kinda got me hooked (at least on 12 of em)... I am sure that addiction will grow, but for now I got the basics. If you havent made cards with Bellas, you should!!! I used copic markers to color the main image, Fairies Myst (like shimmerz) to do the dress which made it look textured and sparkle and Spica pens for added glitz here and there. I also used the SU word window and made a gift card holder inside. This card also started my latest addiction of using double sided paper as a card base to add pizzazz to the inside. All in all, my perfectionist self was pretty pleased.






















Well off to paradise to make some Mother's Day cards, birthday cards and a few other misc ones!


Kel

The Beginning

Well here I go with the blog thing. Hopefully this will make me spend more time creating cards. I am in the process of redoing my little corner of paradise, but by months end I will have a computer in my craft room so I can multi-task (like I dont do enough of that at work)... So that will be sure to eliminate some excuse. Just bear with my though, like it says, my life is chaotic and sometimes I don't even have enough time to breathe...

Kel