Stamping Spot Studio

Another birthday card for an energetic little boy! I hope he enjoyed the giant Bakugan.

Stamp set: Birthday Surprise (Close To My Heart, retired)
Inks: Black, Copic markers
Papers: Stardust level 2 paper pack (Close To My Heart)
Other: QuicKutz alphabet

Here’s a close up of the Copic coloring. I’m so spoiled now, I don’t think I can ever go back to regular markers. It’s just like me and tomatoes – I never really cared for them until I had Roma tomatoes, and now I can’t go back! auugghh!!

And may I present to you, Kit …

The Six-Legged Cat! Actually, he looks like something from Alice In Wonderland, doesn’t he?

It’s birthday time! This was for a sweet little girl:

Stamp set: A Birthday Wish (Close To My Heart, retired)
Inks: Black, Sweet Leaf, Blush, Buttercup, Crystal Blue (Close To My Heart), Copic markers
Papers: Caboodle level 2 paper pack (Close To My Heart)
Other: QuicKutz alphabet, Cuttlebug embossing folder

I had no idea that stamp set was retired until I tried to look it up on my CTMH website. Ack! Now I feel like I have to go through the entired Retired list again and get my stamp sets straight!

A close up of the Cuttlebug embossed cardstock: I love that thing!

I hope you had a happy birthday Erin!

And Mittens says,

“I’ll nibble at you until you fit. Nom nom nom nom”

This is the cutest stamp set! I used the Caboodle papers because the Sorbet color is my favorite. Oranges! We need more shades of it!!

All items from Close To My Heart unless noted otherwise:
Stamp set: Charmed
Inks: Sorbet, Buttercup, Crystal Blue, Chocolate
Papers: Caboodle level 2 paper pack
Other: Clear buttons, Sorbet ribbon, QuicKutz tag die

And Mom says,

“Wesley, did you comb your hair??!?”
Answer: “Umm…….no?”

Merry Christmas everybody!

I think I need more of these papers. I love them too much, I don’t want to use them!!

Stamp sets: Magic Moments, Thoughtful Seasons by Close To My Heart
Papers: Magic Moments level 2 paper pack
Inks: Indian Corn Blue, Sweet Leaf, Hollyhock by Close To My Heart
Other: Bronze brad, Nestabilities dies, QuicKutz die (flower)

And Watchdog-Kitty says,

“I might knock all your ornaments down, but your presents are safe!”

That last layout got me into a scrapbooking mood. I always thought the Whoops A Daisy papers were too bright, but it fit perfectly with these photos. Close To My Heart’s Imagine layout idea book helped immensely!

Papers: Whoops A Daisy level 2 paper pack by Close To My Heart
Stamp set: Decorative Dainties by Close To My Heart
Inks: Sweet Leaf by Close To My Heart
Other: Big Brads, Imagine idea book, and Just Blooms Big Pinks paper flowers by Close To My Heart, Flower punch by Marvy Uchida, die cut letters by QuicKutz

And Mittens says,

“I’m so hungry, I need my paws in my food as well as my face!”

My CTMH Convention roommate and new friend Charla Lang made me this cool squashbook:

I finally got a chance to put my convention photos in it. The cover:

I wanted to keep the embellishments flat, so it would still fold together nicely. One side:

The other side:

Stamp set: Western Flourishes by Close To My Heart
Papers: Sarsparilla level 2 paper pack by Close To My Heart
Inks: Barn Red by Close To My Heart
Other: Sunshine alphabet by QuicKutz, flower punches by Marvy Uchida, EK Success, and Stampin’ Up!, Designer ribbon rounds by Close To My Heart, white gel pen by Sakura

Thank you Charla!

And Kit says,

“Jax, how’d you get up there?”

I really liked the CTMH August stamp-of-the-month, but I had no idea what to do with it! I finally found something that it would “fit” into:

All items from Close To My Heart unless noted otherwise:
Stamp sets: Today’s Date, Angel Whispers
Inks: Smokey Plum, Olive, Cocoa
Papers: Rustic Trail level 2 paper pack
Other: Olive waxy flax, QuicKutz tag die cut

And Kit says,

“But I don’t want to wake up and take a picture!”

Merry Christmas everybody! It’s a wet Christmas morning here in Hawaii.

After all the Christmas Crazies, I caught a breather and was able to sit down and figure out how to use up old old retired papers. At first, I just punched some big circles out of it:

Then I tried to make a flower to put on there:

But that didn’t look so great. So I tried stamping and punching that out:

Now that just doesn’t look right. So I tried another stamp:

Still doesn’t look right. I’m going to try a die cut instead:

Ah, you can’t see white on white. How about another color:

Now we’re getting somewhere! Since I’m trying to use up retired stuff, I might as well throw in some retired ribbon and retired brads, too. The final product:

Stamp set: For Every Occasion by Close To My Heart
Papers: Clover Meadow B&T (retired), Husk, White Daisy and Hollyhock cardstock by Close To My Heart
Inks: Black
Die cut: Flower in Circle by QuicKutz
Other: Clover Meadow gingham ribbon (retired), Copper big brad (retired) by Close To My Heart

Woooo, I like it! And since I have so much paper, I made about 30 cards Yaaay!!

And I say,

“Jax, that box is not big enough.”

My friend Wanda asked about making some Christmas Tags. After taking out inks, paints, powders, die cuts, punches, and templates, I had a few failures:

But I did like these:

Stamps from Stampin’ Up! and Close To My Heart, die cuts from Sizzix and QuicKutz, punches and glitter gel pens from Marvy Uchida, gold powder Perfect Pearls from Ranger, Twinkling H2Os, inks from Close To My Heart and Tsukineko. Whew!

Four small tags, from one huge mess:

And Kit says, “Look into my eyes…”

“You want to give me kitty treats…”

Chelsea has finished her first year of Brownies! They celebrated at the troop leader’s house, and had a pool party. Time for another Becky Higgins sketch from her second fabulous book:

You know, I had forgotten how much fun scrapbooking is. And it is so much quicker and easier with a sketch in front of you. I chose one from the 6-7 photos section, and ta daaaaa:

Papers: More To Adore level 2 paper pack (Close To My Heart)
Other: Die cuts, Sunshine alphabet (QuicKutz)

And Kit tells my husband, “You work, I’ll nap behind your monitor.”