Changed my stampin space again!

Do you remember when I painted my dinning room and it looked like this? Well now scroll down and see what it looks like now! I decided I needed a little more room so I swapped my stamp room with my dinning room and now have a seperate space of my own! This space looked nice but we never used it except to pile junk on the table so I thought why not swap rooms? My stamp space is a little smaller but you can see the tv now (which is what everyone wanted anyway) and it fits perfectly. I'm very happy with the results :)

My card for the day......

This card was cased from Wee Inklings. This is one of the most inspirational blogs I have found and LeAnne is such a sweet person. I have grown very fond of her :) When I saw the card I loved it and wanted to make one for myself but didn't want it to look just like hers so I changed a few things on mine. LeAnne thank you for your friendship and your awesome creativeness!

Renee

I actually stamped !

I love these digi images!!! I truely am a colorer at heart and had a blast coloring this with my Copic markers! All paper except dotted is SU. I used Smooch spray for the sparkle and LOVE the stuff! The only thing I don't like about the picture of the card is that it looks like the greens don't match but they do in real life.

I made this with a friend of mine today and I think it turned out so cute! The layout is different and we got to use one of Stampin Ups die cuts. All the paper is SU including the ds paper and ribbon.

Fall is in the air...........

Hi all! I'm just now getting into fall and am excited to post my first fall card! On this card I used Autumn Traditions dp by SU, close to cocoa, ruby red and elegant eggplant cs. I also used the medium oval punch as well as the large oval punch and the new word window punch. Give Thanks is stamped in elegant eggplant and then pop dotted up. The only thing that isn't SU is the leaf punch which I used to punch all my leaves out. All my leaves are layered and pop dots were used to add demintion. I then bent some of the leaves up. For the ribbon tail I used the word window and cut notches out to make the edge look like ribbon.

A speccial card and personal message to my son...

I found this stamp a few months ago and picked it up and I'm so glad I did. What a perfect way to tell my son what I think and feel about him serving our country and making his family proud. The thought of him being far away is scarey but what a feeling of patriotism and pride for my brave son.

From a loving mother......

My son is going Iraq!

We found out Saturday evening that my son got his orders to deploy to Baghdad, Iraq January 15, 2010. I'm not too happy about it but he is and he wants to do the job he signed up for which is protecting our country. I couldn't be more proud of him and the man he's turned out to be.

Renee

Back from oblivian.......

It's been about 4 weeks since I've been blogging and I'm glad to be back! In the time that I was gone my husband was in American Samoa for 12 days working with FEMA to repair the electrical system. As of today my 18 yr old and my 21 yr old have moved out of the house and are living on there own. It's a new chapter in mine and my husbands life and I know it will take some getting used to not having my boys home. I think I've been struggling with empty nest syndrome for several weeks now. I've got to figure my self out again and find out who I am other than being a mom which I'm sure several of you had already done! With all that said I'd like to share a couple cards I made. This first card I made was for my aunt who just had a birthday. Everything is Stamping Up except for the embossing folder and ribbon.....hope you like it :)

This last card I made for Jeremy, my son, who just turned 21. Paper and ink are from SU, nestabilities were used and stamped images are from CTMH. Thanks for looking :)

Taking a break.........

Yes, I'm taking a break. I've got a lot of personal things going on in my life right now that I need to focus on and stamping has taken a backseat. If you remember to think about me please say a little prayer for me :)

Thanks so much,
Renee

I'm so excited about this card!

This card was made for a very special person and his new wife for their wedding. I couldn't be there so I wanted to make a card that would suit their personalities and who they are. I hope they like it! The stamps are from Tim Holtz and ink is SU. I also used tiny rhinestones by Taylor V. I did notice that the colors aren't as vibrant in the photos but at least you can see it! Let me know what you think about this card.........

The colors used were real red, yoyo yellow, going grey, and black. I used the pad on paper technique and just pulled the color where I wanted it. Then I used a red marker to color some of the stamped image.

Question: Do you like it with the frayed ribbon or without?

Thanks,

Renee

My Christmas card for this year!!

I'm so excited that I'm so ahead of myself for this years cards! Last year I waited until Dec.1 and only made 10 but this year I'm making 40. Ok, on to the card.......SU was used for everything on this card except the swiss dots on the second layer.

Paper: Real red, whisper white, barely banana

Stamps: Barely Christmas (mini), Four the Holidays (mini)

Accessories: Top note die cut, ribbon, swiss dots embossing folder, pop dots, corner rounder, black marker for dots and tripple heart punch

Ink: Basic black, Certainly Celery, Real red, Close to cocoa