One of my favorite stamps is the Greeting Cards Kids. It can be used in so many ways. In both of these cards I stamped images in Early Espresso and distress ed with crumb cake. I stuck with color combos, Cheery Cobbler, Early Espresso and Very Vanilla

Hello Friends and Fellow Stampers,

Yes, it has been awhile since I have posted. The end of the School year was quite busy for the girls and I. Field trips, end of the year class parties, and making gifts for the teachers. The new StampinUp catalog is here with so many new and exciting items. I feel like a kid in a candy store. Ymmmm........ I had a try at it again, a card challenge from

http://handstampedsentiments.blogspot.com/

The colors I used here is Chocolate chip, Old Olive, Rose Red, White and Crumb Cake. The LOVELY new stamp set Friends Never Fade and the Hostess set: Cute by the Inch. So many cute Hostess sets..... It feels good to get some me time and Finally stamp. Hip Hip Hora!!!!! I hope all is well and Smiles, Monica

CIAO :)

I was wanting to do something soft with a little shabby chic. The Medallion Stamp is one of my favorites. It is so versitle. The SU colors I have used on the top card is Close to Cocoa, Pretty in Pink. The second card I used the wonderful Decor Stencil: Kind Thoughts Brocade (small). I used SU colors Close to Cocoa and Pretty in Pink. When I used the stencil I sponged with Close to Cocoa and then with a little SU Frost White (all purpose ink) Thank You for stopping by and have a wonderful day. Smiles Monica :)

The picture right above are my two daughters. They both do Comptitive Cheer. We were at Nationals last weekend and had a wonderful time. I am so proud of you girls. Cheer has been such a postive life experience for them. Life benefits: Leadership and Teamwork, Confidence, Goal setting. Physical benefits: Fitness, Spatial awareness, Dynamic and Static balance. I am proud to say; All Star Ellite Cheer Gym (my girls cheer gym) is the First in the country to be USASF certified, which means a Non-profit governing body with a commitment to standardize safety and training guidelines for all star gyms and events. In 2005 all star cheerleading became a prevelant activity across the globe. So the IASF (International All Star Federation) was formed to aid in communication and consistant standards of safety and training through out the World. Way to go!!!

A proud Momma, :)

Hello, Good Morning. It has been a while since I have been on. My two older girls do competitive cheer and we were gone last weekend for their Nationals. I am so proud of them. Any ways, I am so glad to be back and get into the grove of things around home. I have been itching to stamp. I took some time last night to stamp. (Wow, it seemed for every) I did a challenge from the Wonderful http://www.handstampedsentiments.blogspot.com/

I really like this one. Their was so many thoughts running through my head and this is what I came up with. I used Pacific Point (a returning color for SU) and White. The stamp sets are Happy Moment (from Sale-a-Bration) and Pocket Silhouettes. Thank you for looking and have a Spectacular Day. Smiles, Monica :)

Happy Easter!!

So, I recycled a box and made something cute for Easter. Some one is going to love this box filled with goodies. I used SU Easter DSP form minni catalog. The colors for the flower is So Saffron and Orchid Opulence. The fantastic die cut is SU flower daises #2. LOVE this one. It is so versatile. And of course my favorite stamp (at the moment) is the chocolate Easter bunny. So darn cute. This challenge is from the great http://www.handstampedsentiments.blogspot.com/. The challenge was, any thing but a card. How fun to think outside of the box..... Have a wonderful day.

Smiles, Monica :)

Spring is here....

Happy Sunday to everyone. Today has been a great day for me. Beautiful and sunny and a Happy 37th Birthday to me. I like to think that I am getting wiser with age. HA ha ha.... :)
Some great challenges out there. I am so enjoying http://www.handstampedsentiments.blogspot.com/. I also tried another challenge from http://mirrorimage.typepad.com/. Had great fun with both of them. I used the colors Ruby Red, So Saffron and Old Olive. These colors are fantastic together. Thank you for looking and have a wonderful day. Smiles, Monica:)