I cased this collection of cards from Nancy Riley's blog, just made some little changes here and there. ISTAMP (click here to see her blog post)
Birthday hugs and wishes...
Another less than 5 min card...very similar to yesterday's layout as you see, I am trying to show you that you can make completely different cards using similar layouts, different DS paper and same or different colors and also quick n' easy. 
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Recipe:
Stamp Sets: Big on Christmas
Paper: Bravo Burgundy, Always Artichoke and Christmas DSP
Ink: Black Stazone
Other: Markers Bravo Burgundy, Always Artichoke and More Mustard
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Let it Snow Close Up
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Recipe:
Stamp Sets: Big on Christmas
Paper: Night of Navy, Whisper White and Christmas DSP
Ink: Black Stazone
Other: Markers Bashful Blue, Night of Navy, Real Red, Only Orange and Garden Green
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Ok girls get to work...10 days till vacation, now starts the final count down...
Today was the final for the Euro 2008, Germany vs Spain and Spain won! E viva la Espana!!! That made my day.
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Will blog more tomorrow, see ya! (its late, very late!)
Stampingly Me
that i love you?
As I mentioned yesterday, today was the kids craft class ages 6-8. Was so much fun, I had 4 incredible kids, each with its own personality and creativity. They loved it and I loved it too!
They did such a great job on their projects, promptly cleaned their area and helped each other after each project. What a great team work! Fantastic sense of humor too...
And here are my little artists and their beautiful work.
Yasmina, 7 yo
Cyrilo, 7 yo
Karen, 8 yo
Andrea, 6 yo
My today's project is a frame freshly painted.
How cute is this??? I've had a template for this card for ages and today while cleaning my craft room I found it so I decided to do something with it. 
The second page...
The third page...
And last back page/cover...
And a close up of the card that goes with it...
The card I made using the leftover DSP Cutie pie, so that means that with one sheet of DSP you can make two gift bags and a card to match. Clever, don't you think?
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I hope you had a good weekend. Today I went to a breakfast meeting with the Quilting gals to a very nice place called Il Villagio, we had a room just for us, the " Tea Rose" room. Was nice to see the girls once more before every one's vacation. I have to say though that I (we) ate for the entire day... OMG (like my daughter would say) ...the truth is, everything looked so yummy, that quoting Debra "I did not want to miss out on anything"... Such good food!!!
...Maybe I just have to work out extra hard tomorrow... Do you think I will be alright??? I just have 60 pounds to go ...Ahahah
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Well (again) its way past my bed time...but I was so excited about doing this project and also I was playing with photoshop and pictures...there is just too much cool stuff to do...and not enough time. My eyes are starting to weigh a little more than usual and probably very shortly I will start talking non-sense, so yeah I better go now.
Have a good evening! ENJOY!
Stampingly Me
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I fell in love at first sight with these two fabric patterns, I am planning to make shoulder totes with them, aren't they yummylicious??? Just wanted to share with you...
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After years of dedicated service, the following stamp sets from the Spring-Summer Collection 2008 are retiring. So, let's give them a big sendoff and wish them all the best as they begin a new chapter in their lives. But don't wait too long--they're only available through August 10, 2008, and then they're headed to warmer climes!
Its here again, I just can't believe it! I am excited to see what's coming next, aren't you?
Get your catalog, print the retire list and mark all of those stamp sets you can't let go. Let me know and we will talk about it! You know where to find me...
Have a wonderful evening!
Stampingly Me
I had a very busy day today and I will tell you all about it!To start with I had my first Quilt meeting in the am and joined the Quilt Guild, I am a member now...so exciting, can't wait to start working on some Quilting projects, but will have to wait until after summer vacation.
And right after I went to a fundraising luncheon event where the Rabat ladies were selling their unique handcrafted things. I visited their home last week and ordered some of their pot, phone and eye glasses holders and got them today... Soo exciting!
But who are this Rabat ladies, you ask...Well some wealthy family in Saudi donated this apartment complex for women whose families cannot support them. So this family pays for their homes, utilities and for those who are still young, education. They make all kinds of different handcrafted things that they sell at local bazaars to provide for themselves. I find it so great that they are doing this, specially since the culture that they were brought up only allows them do do so much. I will be posting some pictures tomorrow of the things I bought so you can see the great stuff they make.
Then came home, and before I knew it was time to go out again for dinner...busy day!
What a good day it was, I met some very nice people that I am sure I will be seeing often...
And I have to say that there is a person responsible for all of this running around lately. And that is Ros, an Australian lady I met on a Quilting encounter back in April outside of my compound but she lives in the same compound as I! (how crazy is this??? I have to go outside to meet an insider!!!)
And what a woman she is, she has been such a help to me... She has been showing me around all the best places to go to buy specific things and introducing me to wonderful people...she has been living in Saudi for quite some time now and this year she is moving back home for good. I just can't believe it! I met her just recently but she has been such a sweetheart to me, I really feel sad that she is leaving but I am happy that I have met her and she will be remembered for sure. Like in all my visits to the ribbon souk, and fabric shops and all this great places with great deals...ahahah
Anyways, she has been helping to make my experience here so much more enjoyable that I am forever thankful to her! Thank You Ros, Xoxoxo
And finally ended up my day chatting away with my mom-in-law on the phone telling her all about my latest findings and how I will fill up my suit cases with goodies from abroad.
The retired stamps list is out, you can view it under the Stampin'Up! Catalogs & Publications.
That's it! End of my day, kiss the DH nightie night and go to bed.
Enjoy your Sunday.
Stampingly Me!
A close up of the card
If you would like the recipe for any of the projects posted today please let me know....
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Today was the card class for the teens in the AM. Was a blast!!!
They loved the card making and had already asked for more.
Here they are, the fantastic 6...such nice group of girls!
They are so talented, I had the designs picked as usual but I told them that they would not have to follow, so they could change it to make their own.
And so they did use their creativity and here is a glance of the cards they made. First square you see the designs I had picked out for them to make, second and fourth square a close up of two of my designs, all the others are the great creations of my teen group "the fantastic 6". Absolutely loved to have them at my house!
Enjoy your weekend!
Stampingly Me
I have to say that was a little time consuming cutting up the worm, he just has way too many spikes...But makes it fun!
