Diva Coffee Break Design Challenge #236

WooHoo!  A post two days in a row and two nights of stamping in a row!  I am one happy momma!  Oh how I have missed my stamps so far this summer, but it has been totally worth it to enjoy the time with the kiddos. 
This week’s color challenge was out of my comfort zone.  Really when I first saw the colors I thought “ick, maybe I should skip this week”.  Well I could not bring myself to skipping out on my responsibilities when I was around and could actually do them.  Well here are the colors.
I am not a huge fan of Bravo Burgundy or that much of a fan of River Rock either, but I find River Rock more do-able than Burgundy.  I don't know, its just not for me.   After staring at the three ink pads lined up on my desk for a while I finally figured something out.  I knew that it was going to have to be simple or I would not be able to pull it off. 
But I really think that I pulled it off!  I actually am very happy with the card and will actually use it!  This card is a 3” x 6” card, a 6” x 6” piece of cardstock scored at 3”.  I was able to use another new stamp set, Button Buddies as well as my Friendly Phrases stamp set.  Button Buddies is such a cute stamp set, even if you are not using the buttons.  It was one that I was instantly drawn to, so many fun images in it.  Well I hope that I have been able to show you that you can create pretty things even if you do not like the colors.  I hope that you can play along with us at the Diva Coffee Break Designs blog so that I can see what other wonderful things you all can do with these colors and inspire me to use them more! Pin It Now!

New Toys, New Toys!

I finally have some new items from the catalog and had a few minutes to play!  It is so fun to get a new delivery from Stampin’ Up!  and my kids even get in on the action.  They love to see the UPS truck come down the street and get disappointed when it is not coming to us. 

MY favorite new item from this catalog is a color, Lucky Limeade.  I was really sad when Kiwi Kiss did not come return with some of its cohorts last year in the color renovation and this color really takes it place in my heart.  Love. love , love it and it goes so well with Pear Pizzazz, yummy! 

Well it is time to run out the door to the park so I guess I had better get my card posted. 

So not only does this card feature three new in colors, the fun new ribbon but also two new stamp sets.  I love the two fonts that are used in the greeting stamp set, they are so pretty together. 

Well gotta run, have a great day!

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Diva Coffee Break Designs #235

I am really enjoying summer break with my kids right now, just not the heat.  I am so ready to get below 100, but at least we have air conditioning again!  This month we have a little more of a routine to our daily schedules so I am hoping to squeeze in some more stamping time.  I have had a tiny bit of time and I have been spending it working on a project for the next round of UStamp and I have been having SO much fun with one of my projects is has become addicting.  So I  made sure that I focused on something else last night and got a few cards done.  Today's card is for the Diva Coffee Break Designs sketch challenge.

This was such a great little sketch I decided to finally break into my pack of Paisley Petals DSP.  I purchased it back in April (?) when there was a promotion for it and the four frames stamp set but I couldn't bring myself to cutting it up for some reason.  That is one problem no more!

I know that it is really hard to tell in this picture but the panel underneath the greeting is the river rock dsp from the same pack of paper.  Well I am off to go make lunch for the kids.  Have a Stamperific Day!Pin It Now!

Definately Summer but looking towards the holdays!

I love summer vacation and the extra time I get to spend with the kiddos with out all of the stress of school.  But of course with that my schedule becomes more and more unpredictable.  And then when I finally got the chance to get back to stamping and have some computer time to myself, the air conditioning goes out.  This is just in time for triple digit weather, so we spent as much time away from home as possible.  I am happy to report that we are now cool at home and I have time to stamp once again (until something else happens). 

One child noticed that the gift for their teacher was not posted so he felt left out.  He had the same teacher as his sister did last year so she already had a Teacher Story Journal Jar, so we made some cards and a clipboard.

I have the privilege of designing again for the next round of UStamp With Dawn and Friends!! I know that it may seem a little too early to start thinking about the Holidays but trust me it will be here before you know it.  I have already got a big jump on my Christmas cards so I am excited to get started on some more holiday projects.  Plus from seeing the chatter on our designer group of the ideas people are throwing around, you will not be disappointed!  Plus each event is just so much fun.

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School’s Out For the Summer!!

Well the kids got out of school on Friday and we are all at home.  I love being able to spend extra time with the kids.  We always start summer out with trips to the library and bookstores to sign up for reading programs and of course some extra cleaning. 

Last year we gave out Teacher Journal Jars, and they seemed to be a big hit, so I did one again this year.  This is such a great gift idea for teachers to record their history and to share a part of them with their posterity.  (You can check out the one that we did last year here with links to downloads).  I was able to use up some retiring items on this gift!  I will be sad to see Tart and Tangy go, the little images are so great to use for all occasions.  I have also really enjoyed using the Greenhouse Gala DSP over the past year. 

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