It's October already?
How can that be? Where did March go?
It's been way too long since I have posted on my blog, but I will do my best to keep pace with life in the future.
This card was another simple card to make, and I used a black card with black spider web patterned paper on top of it. The skeleton image is a Tim Holtz design from Stampers Anonymous, and the cat image is by Inkadinkadoo. Both were stamped and heat embossed with black detail EP from JudiKins and were then layere on black CS and beige CS. The skeleton image was mounted directly to the card, and the cat image was mounted with foam dots.
I have new images from Elemental Doodles and will be in the ED Design mode this coming week. I spent last weekend in another city playing Cricut with my sister-in-law from MA. What fun! We also went shopping at Michael's and Big Lots. It's amazing what one can find in those two stores, and it's even better when they are located side by side.

This card was done for a sketch challenge, and although it doesn't show well, the colors were black, white and silver. Images were sent to me in a swap as was the beautiful black and silver ribbon.
I didn't realize that it had been so long since I posted anything on my blog, but since the last time, I have caught up with all my swaps and spent a week in the mountains of Colorado. What a wonderful, relaxing time I spent with my best friend. We read, watched movies, played on our computers, shopped, and toured the countryside. I slept so well and relaxed so much that I'm not sure I have any bones in my body!
I didn't even have a chance to miss my kitties too much because Karen brought her beautiful cats with her. I have pictures of her little furballs, so perhaps you will get to take a peek at them tomorrow.
Enjoy your day.

Cats always make good subjects for pet pages, and ours are no exception.

Background scrapbook paper was exactly what was needed to coordinate with the flourish stamp from the Just a Note stamp set from Elemental Doodles.

Next pet page will be of our Maine coon mix cat Tawny. I had laid out a stack of scrapbook paper on the bed after finding this paper shown here. When I went back in the bedroom, Tawny had pulled down the duvet and curled up under the stack of paper.

Now if only I could teach her how to cute and glue the pages for me!

Black and white with one bright ... that was the challenge. This is the card.

Cuttlebug and Nestabilities. Love them. They make life in the round so much easier.

So do background paper, rubber stamps, Copic markers and ribbon.

My favorite scrapbook store is having a 50% off sale through Sunday, and here I am on a negative scrapbook budget. It's way past time I use the goodies I own.

Once upon a time ... not so very long ago ... we had the nosiest kitty known to mankind. I always knew when she had been in my stamp stuff because she would have glitter in the corner of her eyes.
This layout was done using red Bazzill card stock, blue textured card stock, and an cream card stock that had small black flecks in it that look like pepper. I thought it was appropriate since Stamp Kitty's name was Pepper. I used the dragonfly and flourish from the new Mini Heavenly Tea stamp set by Elemental Doodles. I colored the wings of the dragonflies with the Ice Blue Twinkling H2O. Embellishments are simple ... Class A Peel stickers from Stampendous frame the page. I used my computer to print the words since I have very little patience for stamping, cutting and/or gluing letters to a page.
I hope everyone has had a great weekend. I spent it stamping most of the time except for to forage food at a wonderful Mexican restaurant this evening. My tummy is full, and my stamps are calling me.

This was such a fun card to make. I used my new Small Pinking Circles Nestabilities to create an orange, yellow and green circle and wrapped them with thread. I stacked them without using foam tape between layers. In the center is an orange circle and then a smaller, lighter orange circle that I stamped the teacup from the Elemental Doodles Friendship Tea set. The stars in the background are also from the same set.
I have forgotten to mention that ED has some new templates that are so cool ... and they're free for you to download. There are two ATC sized sets and one to use as a candy bar wrapper. When you print them out, they are in a pale gray so that you can use all those little solid stamps to form and oval or rectangle. Go to http://www.elementaldoodles.com/ and click on the FREE DOWNLOADS. You'll love these if you like the kind of designs that form a "frame" for the solid stamps. If any of you have ever used or seen the Stamps by Judith pages, you'll love these templates.
While you're on the web site, sign up for their newsletter. You may also want set up your gift registry ... just in case someone near and dear would like to give you a treat but doesn't know what you have or would like. And, of course, you can always mention to that near and dear someone that gift certificates are available.

Baby girl card? Why not try this. Cut a piece of dark orange CS to A2 size and set aside. Fold 4-1/4" x 11" peach CS legthwise. Draw or trace pattern of baby "onesie", making sure the shoulder seam is on the fold line; cut out. Cut 2 small pockets and glue to "onesie". Stamp flower from Elemental Doodles' Friendship Tea set across top of pockets and around edges of the "onesie" with Adirondack's Terra Cotta ink. Use fine orange pen to draw stitch lines around pockets. Attach white button brads to card.