Monday Montage #114

Here we are again!! It's Monday Montage time!! I have spent the better part of the last two weekends driving in the car ... last weekend going to/from Las Vegas for Stampin' Up's OnStage Event ... and from Friday to Sunday this past weekend driving to Phoenix and back (we were making a furniture delivery for our business). I will be glad to be home for a little while!!

Waterfront ... this stamp set is DA BOMB!!! It is SOOO good!! And I know I have mentioned before that I struggle with "dude" cards. This set is PERFECTA for them!!!

Stamps: Waterfront
Paper: Whisper White, Crumb Cake, Soft Suede, Tranquil Tide, Whole Lot of Lovely DSP
Ink:  Soft Wuede, Old Olive, Wild Wasabi, Tranquil Tide, Soft Sky
Accessories: Stitched Shapes Framelits Dies, Square Framelits Dies, SeasideTextured Impressions Embossing Folder, Linen Thread

I need a week off ... or maybe two!!! I'd LOVE to be sitting under an umbrella with a good book and a frosty cold fruity drink, wouldn't you??? Maybe one day I'll get there!

Here's a blog roll just in case you get "stuck" trying to hop around ...

Monday Montage Hoppers
Amy O'Neill - Amy's Paper Crafts
Breelin Renwick - Craft-somnia Momma
Cathy Casey - Sugar Shack Designs
Dani Dziama - Dani's Thoughtful Corner
Elizabeth Price - Seeinginkspots
Julie Warnick - Julie Warnick Stampin' Up! Blog
Kaitlyn Zumbach - Create with Kaitlyn
Melissa Stout - The Stamp Doc
Wendy Weixler - Wickedly Wonderful Creations - YOU'RE ALREADY HERE!!

Click "Back" for Melissa Stout and "Next" for Amy O'Neill ... you will be inspired!

Monday Montage #108

And here I am AGAIN!!! THREE TIMES in FOUR DAYS!!! I think that's a record for me (at least lately!!)!! This time I am hopping around and having fun with the other girls on the Monday Montage team!! Always great things coming from every single one of them!

The weather this past weekend has been BEA-U-TI-FUL!!! We had a bunch of snow from Friday to Saturday ... and the skies were such a brilliant, lovely blue all day Sunday with big puffy clouds. Contrasted with the snow it was GORGEOUS!!! Went for a long walk and enjoyed every minute!

After my walk, I came home and finished up dinner. Had two out of three of my kids over for dinner, which was GREAT! And my oldest son fixed my computer!! The fan in it has been DEAD for MONTHS ... which means I have only been able to use my computer for very short periods of time so as not to overheat it and burn every dang piece to BITS!! It is now running with a new fan ... and my son cleaned out every nook and cranny on it. It's SO nice have a Mac Genius in the family!!

And then I STAMPED!!! And my craft room is FINALLY starting to show progress in the GREAT CLEANING PROJECT of 2017. I will be SOOOOO happy when it's back to a more "normal" state and I can actually use it! I have finally decided to give myself permission to use #alltheretiredthings that I have in my "stash". WHY oh WHY do we limit ourselves sometimes just to "new" things??? I really have NO idea ...

Supplies: Tabs for Everything
Paper: Bermuda Bay, Lemon Lime Twist, Whisper White, Bubbles & Fizz DSP
Ink:  Bermuda Bay, Lemon Lime Twist
Accessories: Simply Scored, Circle Tab Punch, Bermuda Bay Bakers Twine (retired), 3/4" Scalloped Circle Punch (retired) Rhinestone Basics Jewels

Click "Back" for Melissa Stout and "Next" for Amy O'Neill ... so happy to be "sandwiched" between two such talented and wonderful people!

Control Freaks - Sale-a-Brating for Every Occasion!

Two blog posts in TWO DAYS???? What has taken OVER me??? Are y'all SHOCKED??? I AM!!! But because of my Control Freak-y friends, I am back in the swing ... and this time we are showcasing things from the 2018 Occasions and Sale-a-Bration Catalogs! My good friend, Melissa Stout is touring one stop ahead of me instead of one stop after me!! That's NEW!!! And she is AWESOME!!

Oh how I LUUUUURVE the little two-step package bow stamps in this "Picture Perfect Birthday" set!!! I love them SOOOO much that I made a birthday card AND a baby shower card for this blog tour ... I can see using it a LOT for ALL KINDS of occasions! It makes my heart happy!

Stamps: Picture Perfect Birthday
Paper: Whisper White
Ink: Blushing Bride, Rich Razzleberry
Accessories: 1 3/8" Circle Punch, Happy Birthday Framelits Dies, Ruffled Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder

Remembered as I was stamping today that I had a baby shower to go to tomorrow ... and this is gonna be attached to my gift ... ain't this stamp set just TOO-TOO caYOOT????

Stamps: Picture Perfect Birthday
Paper: Pool Party, Bermuda Bay, Whisper White
Ink: Pool Party, Bermuda Bay
Accessories: Polka Dot Basics Textured Impressions Embossing Folder, Layering Ovals Framelits Dies, 1/8" Silver Ribbon, Simply Scored

Next up???  ... lovely Deb Henderson!! That girl has got some GREAT projects for you!!! Click on the "next" button to check them out!

Fab Friday #128

True confessions ... my Christmas tree is STILL up. Yeah-yeah-yeah ... all my decorations will find their way to their storage spots this weekend. Instead of cleaning up today I made a card (well, I DID take down my mom's Christmas tree and stuff, so I guess that counts as doing something else!)! Fab Friday folks are back up and running again this year with a fun color combo with which to play!

I think I need it to snow some more here. We have had a very mild and moderate winter ... not a ton of super cold temps and not a lot of snow! And I REALLY want to use my snowshoes ... but I digress!! Made a kinda flowery card for this challenge. I'm not feeling the winter groove at the moment ...

Stamps: Lovely Wishes
Paper: Whisper White, Basic Black
Ink: Emerald Envy, Lemon Lime Twist, Berry Bliss
Accessories: 7/8" Striped Ribbon

Is it too early to feel some vibes of Spring??? Probably ... but I couldn't help myself with these colors!






Here's a link to the Fab Friday Challenge Blog so you can play along:

Fab Friday Challenge Blog

Check out the Fab blogs of my fellow Fab Friends:

Mindy Backes
Cindy Beach
Heather Heroldt
Brian King
Amy Koenders
Justin Krieger
Amanda Mertz
Brenda Myers
Jan Tinklenberg

Happy New Year! Hope y'all find some time to do the things you love and to do something wonderful for YOURSELF! Pretty sure you have probably earned it!

All the Sneaky Freaky Things!

The Control Freaks are taking this opportunity to take control of your holidays and show you a little bit of what is coming your way from Stampin' Up in the upcoming Occasions and Sale-a-Bration catalogs!! Aren't you EXCITED??!?? Can you even STAND it??? I know when I got a view of some of the lovely things coming that I could barely contain my excitement!!! Did you SEE the AMAZING things that my good friend, Dawn Olchefske made for you to see??? That woman!!! ALWAYS creative and fresh!

Soda pop ... soda pop ... soda pop!! I KNEW that these adorable little soda pop bottles would HAVE to be MINE!!! I was SOOOOOO excited when we were able to PREORDER them!!! Aaaaack!!! How can one possibly RESIST these???? Obviously, I have NO idea!!

Stamps: Bubble Over
Paper: Whisper White, Bubbles & Fizz DSP, Silver Glimmer Paper
Ink: Basic Black, Lemon Lime Twist
Accessories: Layering Ovals Framelits Dies, Bottles & Bubbles Framelits Dies, Silver Ribbon, Glitter & Clear Epoxy Shapes

I won this adorable little stamp set as part of the "Prize Patrol" at our most recent OnStage event in November. Oh. My. Goodness!!! Can you just say caaaaaYOOOOT??!?? I didn't even have to stamp a sentiment!! There are so many cute images in this set that I had to limit myself to FOUR of them!!

Stamps: Heart Happiness
Paper: Crumb Cake, Whisper White, Bubbles & Fizz DSP
Ink: Crumb Cake, Calypso Coral
Accessories: 3/8" Burlap Ribbon, Rhinestone Basic Jewels

Next up???  ... lovely LeeAnn Greff!! Can't even COUNT how many of her creations have inspired me over the years!!

Monday Montage #105

Can I just say I am STUFFED??? STILL??? Thanksgiving was last Thursday, and I haven't been hungry since!! We made another feast on Sunday (mostly so that we could have leftovers), so now my fridge is full of leftovers and happy ... and I am FULL and happy, too!! So, on to Monday Montage!

What a crazy week!!! Even when I SWEAR I am going to do ALL my Black Friday shopping online, I STILL end up in some sort of mall or store. It was fun to spend some time hanging out with my daughter and getting some things checked off of our list. If only I had my Christmas tree up!! At least this card got decorated, right???

Stamps: Merry Patterns
Paper: Whisper White, Cherry Cobbler
Ink: Cherry Cobbler, Garden Green
Accessories: Stitched Shapes Framelits Dies, Gold 1/8" Ribbon, Classic Label Punch

My goal by the end of this week is to have most of my Christmas shopping completed, and to have my Christmas decor all up (as well as my mama's!)!! Wish my luck! I am going to NEED it!!

Click "Back" for Melissa Stout and "Next" for Amy O'Neill ... BEST projects EVER!

Mon