Harvest Hello

Hello & Happy Saturday!

Hope your weekend is going well so far!

Today's post will be short & sweet since I have a busy day ahead,

I got my customer's card order delivered last night and she loved all the cards!

I always take her cards to her in a gift bag. I started decorating her bags as well.

I used the Harvest Hello stamp set and coordinating Apple Builder Punch to create a cute little tag!

I stamped 4 apples on Real Red cardstock then punched them out.

I scored them directly down the middle with my Simply Score Board and gave them a nice crease with the bone folder. I glued them back to back and attached them to my tag with Dimensionals.

I added the stem & leaf last. My tag was stamped with the apple seeds before I adhered the apple on.

My sentiment comes from the same set and was diecut with the Oval Layering Framelits!

Project Details:

Stamps: Harvest Hello

Ink: Real Red, Soft Suede, Old Olive

Cardstock: Crumb Cake, Real Red, Old Olive, Soft Suede, Whisper White

Accessories: Apple Builder Punch, Delightful Day Tag Topper Punch, Oval Layering Framelits, Crumb Cake Nature's Twine, Red Rhinestones, Dimensionals, Tombow Multipurpose Liquid Glue

So much fun and what a way to present a package to someone!

My card lady loved it!

This is one of the cutest bundles!

I can't wait to use it more!

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My thoughts today...

They are calling for a hot & humid day w/ temps around 90!

My air conditioning is back on but it will be short lived....I hope!

That's all for now!
Thanks for stopping by & have yourself a wonderful (& cool) day!

~Wendy

Dino Days Gift Bags

Hello & Happy Saturday!

Today I have a quick post to share then i'm off to get ready for my Stamp Day w Friends this morning! It has been a few months since I have seen them so it will be nice to catch up and make some cards! 

So, I promised you yesterday that I would share the gift bags I made for them!

Check them out!!!

For these I pulled out the Dinoroar Suite!

Such a fun set, too!

This set can be used for boys and girls since the Dino Days DSP has some pink sheets in it!

You can always stamp a blue or pink dinosaur!

It comes with a couple of cute sentiments as well!

Card Details:

Stamps: Dino Days

Ink: Pretty Peacock, Mango Melody, Crumb Cake, Old Olive

Cardstock: Pretty Peacock, Mango Melody, Whisper White, Dino Days DSP

Accessories: Dino Dies, Delightful Day Tag Topper Punch, Stitched Shapes Framelits, Circle Layering Framelits, Pretty Peacock Linen Ribbon, Pretty Peacock Rhinestones, Glue Dots, Dimensionals, Tombow Multipurpose Liquid Glue

So glad I had these made up ahead of time.

I had a friend call me last minute yesterday and she came over to buy some cards!

I sent her on her way with an adorable bag full of cards!

The girls & my customers love these bags and I enjoy making them!

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My thoughts today....

Can't wait!

Thanks for stopping by & have a great day!

~Wendy

A Day of Fun

Hello & Happy Monday!

I hope everyone had a nice weekend!

It was terrific along with some nice weather!

Yesterday I shared with you that Shawn & I went to visit with LeAnne Pugliese.

I'm sure everyone knows her! Her blog is WeeInklings.

I met LeAnne several years ago, i'm thinking 2005/2006 time frame.

I know I have a picture somewhere!

Anyways, we comment on one another's blogs and have kept in touch thru the years.

A few months ago she asked if we would like a ceramic Christmas Tree since she knows we collect them. It was her mom's and surprisingly she did not want to keep it for sentimental reasons.

Of course, we would love it and cherish it like all 80 of them I think we have! LOL 

Yea, i'm not kidding either!

We've been emailing back & forth the last couple weeks and this past Saturday we planned to go to her home (which is not really far, 50 miles away) and picked up the tree.

We visited and chatted and it was nice that our husbands finally met, too!

I got a sneak peek into her stamp room (which I loved!!) and grabbed some pictures before we headed back home to do yard work! Of course, the gabbing all day would have been much nicer than yard work but that's how the cookie crumbles, right?!

As a Thank You for the beautiful ceramic Christmas tree I made up a little gift for her.

She's a crafty woman so I had to up the bar! LOL

I found in my stamp room closet a picture frame that was just waiting to be used.

This is what I made for her....but first I had to figure out how to package it for her.

A long time friend of mine always told me that presentation is everything and how true is that?!

In that same closet as the frame I had a roll of Stampin Up White Wrapping Paper from eons ago.

Yep, it was still in the box!

I decided to stamp on it and then wrap the frame up for her!

The wrapping paper is stamped with the Parcels & Petals stamp set (just the flowers) and then I wrapped the present and tied it up with this GORGEOUS Petal Pink Organdy Ribbon!

That ribbon alone is to die for! Yes, Indeed!!

It looked plain so then I thought....I need a tag!

Delightful Day Bundle to the rescue!

It turned out SO much better than I could have imagined!

And then here is the big reveal....

I was pretty pleased with it!

I truthfully think I need to make myself one of these to hang in my stamp room once we get it painted! 

So that was how the day went and it could not have been a nicer day!

Thank you again, LeAnne!

Fern (as we have named the new tree after her mom) will be happy, taken care of and very much loved! Welcome, Fern, to the Aungst Forest! 

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My thoughts today...

Yea, no fun happening today!

Guess there's always tomorrow!

Thanks for stopping by & have a great day!
~Wendy

Dino Days Sketch Challenge

Hello & Happy Monday!

Hope you enjoyed your weekend!

Our weather here was nice but a bit on the windy, cool side.

However, I am not complaining because I know it could be hot & humid!

Yesterday, Shawn had First Aid training at work from the American Red Cross to learn CPR and how to take care of different injuries if the need would ever arise.

I stamped during the afternoon since there wasn't much else to do.

I seen Debbie Henderson has a monthly challenge on her FB page that I wanted to play along with.

I just got the Dino Days and had to get it inked up!

I'm usually not one to get the kid sets but this one had some adorable sentiments included and the coordinating DSP was so cute!! I figured i'd find ways to use it!

So this card will get sent to Kelsey!

Card Details:

Stamps: Dino Days

Ink: Pretty Peacock, Mango Melody, Lovely Lipstick

Cardstock: Pretty Peacock, Lovely Lipstick, Whisper White, Dinoroar DSP

Accessories: Dino Dies, Delightful Days Tag Topper Punch, Subtle EF, Pretty Peacock Lacy Ribbon, Pretty Peacock Faceted Dots, Dinoroar Enamel Dots, Dimensionals, Tombow Multipurpose Liquid Glue

My Pretty Peacock dinosaur was stamped off and cut out with the matching Dino Dies.

And his back fins were also a separate die which is pretty cool!

I'm anxious to play more with this set!

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My thoughts today....

We need the rain so I won't complain....

Rainy days are always good for crafting, right?

Thanks for stopping by & have a nice days!

~Wendy

Sailing Home

Hello & Happy Friday!

Yesterday my Stampin Up order arrived!

My friend Deb and I went together and put in an order from the new Stampin Up catalog.

She loves anything with lighthouses so she wanted the Sailing Home Bundle w coordinating DSP.

I only ordered the DSP because I already have a couple sail boat stamp sets.

I took my Come Sail Away DSP and created a tag to put on her bag with her goodies in!

I took these pictures with my phone only because I was in a hurry to get it finished before she stopped to pick it up!

Project Details:

Stamps: High Tide, Itty Bitty Greetings

Ink: Sahara Sand, Night of Navy

Cardstock: Night of Navy, Sahara Sand, Whisper White, Come Sail Away DSP

Accessories: Delightful Day Tag Topper, Circle Layering Framelits, Night of Navy Enamel Dot, Baker's Twine, Dimensionals, Tombow Multipurpose Liquid Glue

With her order added to mine we earned hostess rewards and I wanted to share them with her.

I picked up some Sail Away Trinkets & Baker's Twine for both of us.

Here I put that stuff to good use on a Thank You for her.

Project Details:

Stamps: BYOP (retired)

Ink: Night of Navy

Cardstock: Night of Navy, Whisper White, Come Sail Away DSP

Accessories: Delightful Day Tag Topper, Circle Layering Framelits, Sail Away Trinkets, Baker's Twine, Dimensionals, Tombow Multipurpose Liquid Glue

Thank you, Deb!

I hope you enjoy your bag of goodies!

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My thoughts today....

That's all for now!

Thanks for stopping by & have a great day!
~Wendy