Kraft Cardstock Notebook

Well we made it to Friday.  What does the weekend hold for you?  Probably not much around here.  Frank works every Saturday so we very seldom get to go away, but hoping that this will change sometime in the near future.  When he's working it's always a good time for me to stamp.  I didn't get much of that in today because I had a cake to make for today, but I have a project for you today that I made yesterday.

When I saw the new Kraft Cardstock in the new catty I knew I had to get some.  It's a nice cardstock weight, but it's different than the Crumb Cake in color.  It's the color of a paper bag.  I took a notebook out of my stash and went to work and this is how it turned out.

Ain't it purrtay?  The pieces I used on this were actually in my scrap pile.  I had colored the flowers back when I first ordered the Blendies.  The Blackberry Bliss was an oval that I had cut a piece from the Chalk Talk Framelits out of.  I stamped the Kraft Cardstock with Gorgeous Grunge and Perfect Pennants.  The words are from the Perfect Pennants stamp set as well.  I thought I might give this as a gift, but now that I've made it................well you know how that goes.  LOL!

 

Well enjoy your weekend!

Blessings,

Renee

Joyful Christmas Poinsettias

I cleaned up my stamping area yesterday and I had a little pile of things that were started, but not any completed projects so I started with my pile and here is what I came up with.  I'm still in summer mode myself so don't get worried, but wouldn't it be nice to have your cards done so that when Christmas does get here all you have to do is address and send?  I thought so.  Well here is a couple of idea for you using the set Joyful Christmas.  This set was in last years Holiday Catalog and is on a carryover list that is still available until August 28, so don't miss out on this great set.  I just love poinsettias.  I used the Blendies on these and I know I probably didn't do them justice, but I think I didn't do too bad. 

 

Looking at this picture I see that my lighting doesn't seem to be very good.  The base layer and the leaves are Soft Sky, which is a light color, but this picture it looks more faded out.  Sorry about that.  For some reason I struggled with getting the Night of Navy to blend well on this, but like I said it's not a very good picture.  The embossed background on here is a new embossing folder that will be out in the new Holiday Catalog.

I used the Cherry Cobbler Blendies on this one and some of the new Satin Silver Ribbon.  I just love blues and silvers for the holidays.

I wanted to show you as well today something I also did yesterday when I was cleaning.  I organized my collection of Framelits.  My good friend Vicki had given me the case you can see in the back of this box and some of the magnet sheets for storing the Framelits.  I really like this idea and the box will be great for taking them on the go, but for working here at home I was having to dig through the pile so I ended up buying this little plastic box at Target and it works great for storing the magnet sheets upright and I can put the storage box in behind so it is ready for taking my Framelits with me as well.  I then used my label maker and made labels for each set.  Now I can quickly flip through them and find the Framelit set that I need.  Cool huh?

 

Thanks for stopping by!

Blessings,

Renee

Happy Halloween?

I know most of you are probably saying, "Halloween already?  Summer's not over with yet."  I totally agree, but when new Holiday Catalog products come out one has got to play a little and besides it will be here before we know it and I'm determined to be ahead of the game this year.  You may even start to see a little Christmas as well.

Here is the card I made using the same set from yesterday's card.  It's called Holiday Home and comes in Photopolymer which is really great because you can see through it and it make it easier for creating scenes like this.

Colors are Pumpkin Pie (of course), Basic Black, Whisper White and Hello Honey.  I colored the house with the Blendies and to get the leaves all the different colors I used our regular Stampin'Write Markers directly on the stamp.  Did you notice the new Lucky Stars Embossing Folder that I used on the background?  You can find this new stamp set along with the matching Framelits and Embossing Folder in the new Holiday Catalog.  If you are customer and have placed an order in the last six months you should be receiving one in the mail.  If you haven't received one, but would like to please feel free to contact me.  Just drop me an email at ibecakes@airadv.net.

 

I'll be placing an order in a few days so if you'd like to order please let me know.  You can order from the Holiday Catalog on August 28 when it goes live.

 

Thanks for stopping by!

Blessings,

Renee

Monday, Monday, Monday...........

Well today was Monday.  Seems no matter how hard I try Mondays are just a hard day for me, but we are almost through it.  Yay!  Something that I try and share every Monday on my own personal Facebook page is one of my obsessions, passions, likes....I don't know really what to call it, but what it is is little hedgehogs.  I think hedgehogs are so cute and I just love them.  I've looked into getting one for a pet, but they are a lot of work and that is something I'm not willing to do at this stage in my life so I have decided to admire them from afar.  So on Facebook I post what I call Happy Hedgie Monday!  Some people have asked me why and I really don't have an answer other than hedgies make me happy and I feel like Monday can use as much happiness as possible.  I've decided maybe I should share here as well, so today becomes the first Happy Hedgie Monday on Renee's Rubber Stamping Ramblings.

I just pick these pictures up randomly on the net and share them.   Not sure why this little guy has mini colored marshmallows all over him, but I thought this was cute.  Here's wishing you a HAPPY HEDGIE MONDAY!

 

Now onto my project for today.  I got my new Holiday Catalog goodies on Friday so I've played a little bit and wanted to share this card with you.  It's using a new stamp set called Holiday Home and guess what?  It has matching Framlit Dies to cut these little houses out.  How cool is that.  This set has so many possibilities starting with Fall and running right through winter and Valentine's Day.  You will be seeing a lot more of this set as time goes on.  It will be available for purchase on August 28.  I colored the houses in with the Blendies.  Notice how there isn't marker streak lines from coloring?  That is one thing I really like about the Blendies.  The background paper is from some new DSP that is in the Holiday catalog as well.

Well I've still got lots to do yet tonight so I better get going.  Thanks for stopping by!
Blessings,
Renee

Yes, No or Maybe So?

It's a rainy, cold, damp Saturday in the Thumb of Michigan.  I hate days like this, but hoping the sun will shine tomorrow.  Hope you all are having a good weekend.  We are just hanging out inside the house today.

I made this card and I'm not sure how I feel about it.  Can't decide if I like it or not, but it's what I have to share today so I guess you are stuck with it.  LOL!

 The set used here is Choose Happiness.  I masked the flower to allow the leaves to look like they were coming from behind the flower.  If you've never masked before, here is what you do.  Stamp you image on a piece of scrap paper and cut it out.  Copy paper works best because it is thinner than cardstock or better yet if you stamp it on a post-it note it's even better because then you have the sticky on the back to hold it in place when you stamp the leaves.  Then take you same image and stamp it on your project.  Now take your scrap that you've cut out and place it over your image on your project.  Now ink up the leaves and stamp right over the scrap piece of paper.  Viola!  Now your leaves look like they are coming from behind the flower.  Easy Peasy!


And here's another project that I did some time ago.  It is just like the one I did for my July class, but different colors and papers.  I used the lovely Gold Soiree DSP for this project and colored the flower in with Old Olive Blendies.

If you have any questions please let me know.  Thanks to those who stop by here and special thanks to those who leave comments.  They mean so much and I appreciate your time in doing so.

Blessings,
Renee

Thanks very, very, very, very Much!

Well it's finally the weekend.  I've had a busy week and I'm looking forward to not having any real plans this weekend.  I really hope that the weather is good.  They are talking some scattered showers, but hopefully they won't be scattered here.

The news this week of the passing of Robin Williams was really so sad.  He made us laugh for years and we hoped it would be many more.  I think we all felt like we knew him.  He seemed like such a fun loving guy, but as so many others he was fighting battles that most cannot understand.  Depression is hard to deal with.  I have dealt with it off and on for 23 years.  Not to the point where I would take my own life, but to the deepest of dark places at times.  Feeling hopeless is hard, and yes even Christians can feel that way. It is so misunderstood and to hear someone say, "well just get over it" or "you don't have enough faith", really makes me angry and sad.  It's not that simple.  At one time I thought maybe I didn't need medication and I had a doctor say to me, "if I told you that you had high blood pressure and needed medication for it, would you take it?"  Well of course I would.  He said this is no different.  From that moment on I knew that I would take medication for it for the rest of my life if need be, but sometimes medication can't completely help.  Our brains are like any other organ, but even more complex.  I don't pretend to know what Robin Williams felt and I don't pretend to have all the answers on this subject, but I do know that we need to reach out with compassion to those around us because you just never know what kind of battle someone is in. 

So today's card is a tribute to Robin..........Thanks very, very, very, very Much!  Thanks for the entertainment, the tears, the laughter, and for the memories.  We are so sorry you left us.  I don't know anything about his beliefs, but I do know that as a Christian myself I have that hope and I hope that Robin knew the Lord and one day we will see him again.  I know heaven is going to be awesome enough, but can you imagine Robin Williams for extra entertainment?  LOL!

 

I know this post may have been a little different today, but I guess that I just needed to share a little.  I'm a very open person and just maybe something I've written in this post will help someone.  If it's you, then I'm glad I took the time.  Please know that if you ever need a friend I'm here.

 

Blessings to you all!

Renee

Clearance Rack Updated

I just wanted to let you all know that the Clearance Rack has been updated with new items. There are some amazing deals. It's while supplies last so get 'em while you can. 

http://www.stampinup.com/ECWeb/ItemList.aspx?categoryid=493&dbwsdemoid=27350

I'll be back later with a project to share.

Blessings,
Renee