Color Combos

Now that I've posted some layouts how about some color combo idea?  The second hardest thing for me when creating a card is what colors should I use.  I find that I make cards that are the same color combinations over and over and over.  Do you feel the same way?  Well if so, try a color challenge.  It may take you out of your comfort zone...LET IT!!!  It will take you to a new level of stamping.  

I stamped....

Last night I decided to take one of the templates and make a card to show how easy it is to come up with something.  The only alteration I made was to turn the orientation from a portrait to a landscape.  I hope you are inspired to use the templates.  Don't forget to email me your cards made from the templates I posted yesterday to be entered into the drawing for the blog candy.

Card Layout ideas

For me, Card layouts are the hardest part of coming up with a card.  Something that helps me are card layout templates.  Once you pick a template the rest is easy.  Pick a stamp set and a color combo and poof you have a card.  Here are a few layouts for you.  I would love for you to email me a picture of any cards you make with these layouts.  I will put together a blog candy package and for everyone who emails me a photo of their card your name will be entered into a drawing to win the blog candy.  All cards emailed will be posted on my blog.  Deadline to enter is February 28th.

Scallop Corners

A fellow SU demonstrator Patty Bennett had a photo tutorial posted on her website showing how to make scalloped corners with our scallop edge punches.  I decided I'd share this with my blog followers.  Give it a try and see how easy it is to do.

February Club Projects

As promised, here are the cards from February's stamp club. We had so much fun and WOW there were a lot of ladies stamp stamp stamping. I think the highlight of our morning was Kelly "Cheetos" zumba demonstration. Boy can that girl zumba. I hope you all enjoyed stamping the projects. If you are not in my stamp club and would like to be call or email mail me and you can come check it out as a guest to see if it's something you'd like to do each month.I'm working on March's projects which will include something for Easter and maybe even a 3D project courtesy of Kelly "Cheeto". I'm not a big 3Der, but she's really good at that kind of stuff. Remember, we are in the Sale-A-Bration promotion period and for every $50 in Stampin' Up! products you purchase you get something FREE from the Sale-A-Bration catalog.

My New Love - Reading

For almost my entire life reading was not something I enjoyed doing. In fact, I avoided it like the plague. I found no enjoyment is doing it and for the life of me couldn't figure out why anyone would spend hours with a "book". Well, some of my friends talked me into reading for enjoyment. At first I was skeptical that I would be up to the challenge, but after finishing a wonderful Christian novel by Lori Wick, Sophie's Heart, I realized I could enjoy reading. I moved on to The Shack which really made me think about a lot of things and now I'm reading Redeeming Love by Francine Rivers. I know many of you will find this hard to believe, but if given the choice to stamp or read, lately I've chosen to read.
I joined a Shefari.com group that includes some of my dear friends, Becky, Kelly, Tina, & Jeana. And I've meet and gotten to know better a couple of other friends, Nicole & Natalie. We had our first get together at Cuppies & Joe to discuss books we've read and would recommend to others to read. Cuppies & Joe is a real fun place to just hang out and talk with a cup of coffee and a cupcake. When we arrived at Cuppies & Joe we all met in the parking lot and this one lady looked so stinkin' familiar. I said to her..."you look so familiar". Well guess what, she works at Chesapeake Energy too and we mentor at a local elementary school together.
I had the best time and am so looking forward to our next get together. I think we are going to the Melting Pot next month for desert fondu...yummy!!!!

I'M BACK!!!!!

It's been FOREVER since I blogged.  To all of my friends and followers I'm sorry that I've been away for so long.  My Dell laptop has been very sick and barely functional.  I was so tired of it taking forever just to open Internet Explorer that I gave up.  

WELL....my Valentine gave me the second best Valentine gift I've ever received..a new laptop.  But not just any laptop...a Mac Book!!!!  I am so converted to the Mac.  It's so much easier and I have lots of fun tools to play with to enhance my blog and start working on Alyssa's blog set up.  Woo Hoo!!!  I'm so excited.  

I will post the pictures from this month's stamp club projects later today. 

Happy Stampin' Valentine's Day!!!

Pam