Dry Embossed Priceless

I am so happy to see the classy brass templates to go with some of the sets in the new StampinUp! catalog! I LOVE dry embossing! And, when I saw all the new yummy papers, I gasped! I need them all. But, of course, those who know me could guess that the Flowers For You Double Sided DS Paper would FOR SURE be on my first order.

I messed up with the sentiment, so I had to cover it up. I'm not super happy with that part, but it works for a quick card.

I got one cut out of my scalloped punch.... barely. I got a defected one, so another is on the way. I KNOW I'm going to use the heck out of that new punch!! I hope it arrives soon. Gotta love Stampin'Up customer support.. they are awesome!

The butterfly and the flowers on the bottom are all dry embossed with the Priceless Classy Brass Template. The sentiment is from the hostess set So Many Things, and raised up with dimensionals. I used the Word Window Punch to punch that out and cover my boo boo.

Okay... so we are out of milk. So that means a dreaded trip to the grocery store today. I'm also working on some projects with a deadline, and my sitting time is limited, so I'll try and post again soon. I'm so happy to have my new stuff from Stampin'Up!! Hope you all get to play soon!

Thanks for stopping by!
~Cambria

The Recipe:
Stamps: Priceless, So Many Things
Paper: Flowers for You DS Paper, Certainly Celery, Shimmery White, Regal Rose
Ink: Regal Rose, Tempting Turquoise, Lovely Lilac, Certainly Celery, Basic Black
Other: 1 3/8 Circle Punch, Scalloped Circle Punch, Word Window Punch, Dimensionals, Classy Brass Priceless Template, Stylus, Stampin'Write Markers, Celery Grosgrain, Sewing Machine (Janome Sew Mini).
©Stampin'Up! 1990-2007

Tag, I'm it!! :)

Okay, Okay.... I'm playing! I've been tagged!!! I got it good baby! Thanks Paula, Shell, and Misty!

Here are the rules...
* I must post 7 random things about me
* Tag 7 other bloggers to do the same.
* Post rules and the bloggers I tagged here.
* Leave tagged bloggers comments on their site so they know they've been tagged.

Seven random things about me:

1. I'm on the Lizzie Anne Design Team!!!! I'm so excited!!!
2. I am frumpy in real life. Most days my hair is up in a scrunchie w/no makeup.
3. I dread the grocery store and will put it off until we are out of milk.
4. I learned to water ski when I was 8 yrs. old.
5. I live in the same town I was born in.
6. If it needs to be ironed, I don't buy it.
7. I met my husband when I was 17... he is still the love of my life.

Okay.... I'm tagging:

1. I Otter Be Stampin Jennifer Hollett
2. Inked Kim Miller :)
3 Iris Garden Piris (Pam Hooten)
4. Jane's Addiction Janie girl
5. Running With Scissors Leslie Miller
6. Snips and Snails Jennifer Ham
7. StepAaway From My Scissors Bev Barton


Thanks girls... have a super day!!!
~Cambria

Sorry I've Been MIA...

My Grandma had a wonderful birthday. You can see her in the middle.. covered with kids. Everyone wanted to sit on G-ma's lap (well, the kids anyway). It was a beautiful day at the lake. Almost everyone made it here for the celebration. We all got a little sunburned despite layers of sunscreen. The jet skis and boats were pulling kids non-stop in tubes, and everyone was stuffed with good food and birthday cake. Grandma was so happy and all of us were so thankful to have her there and enjoying all her grandkids and great grandkids. You'd never believe it was just two months since her open heart surgery. She is my hero.

Some family members stayed for the 4th and it continued to be the best of times. I am blessed to have such a wonderful family. I love them all so dearly.

I unfortunately over did it a bit and was miserable with back pain. The rest of the week, I spent doing my exercises and trying to recover... which included staying off the computer and not sitting as much as possible.

Thanks for the emails asking if I'm okay, and please forgive me if I haven't replied to you yet. I am catching up slowly and my back is improving each day, but I am limited to how long I can sit for now.

Hope you all had a wonderful 4th of July!! Sorry I've been MIA. I appreciate all the comments. Thanks for stopping by!
~Cambria

Bee Happy Can :)

Oh, these pails are too COOL! And, yes... I sewed on it! LOL. The Love, Elsie paper is my new favorite. The rose colored center paper has flowers embossed on it... you can see from the photo, but click here to see it. That Betty line was made for ME! :) I love it all... I want it all!!!

Beate sent me some stamped images of the bees (thanks babe). Look how perfect those bees fit on that can!! I used my Coluzzle to make a layer of the embossed paper under the bees on the lid. The flowers on the side are those chipboard flowers from the
chipboard flowers from theMaya Road Chipboard Collection. I just mushed them in my craft ink pads and then added some Stampin'Up! Rhinestone brads in the centers. The flower on the top of the can is from eclectic Paperie... man, they have flowers! It's hard to choose they have so many. I love flowers. The little tag is made with the tag corner punch from Stampin'Up!. Look at that little jewel on the flower... got those at eP too. :)

All the ribbon is Cindy ribbon from a batch Beate sent to me (thanks again sweet friend). You are so awesbomb to share your ribbon with me. (I'm happy you are home) This took me all week to make. I can only sit for short periods, but I loved how it turned out. Everyone is pitching in for my Grandma's birthday to get her some nice patio furniture... she will get a bucket full of money!! I can't wait to see the look on her face when she opens up the can. I have a matching card half made, but not done yet. Hopefully, I'll get that done Friday night.

Tomorrow we head to the lake for the last preparations for the big party. My cousins will arrive late afternoon. The rain is suppose to stop by afternoon. I hope you all have a wonderful 4th of July weekend. My kids LOVE the 4th of July at the lake. The fireworks go over the lake, so there are a zillion boats floating in the water watching them. We try and get a spot right up front so it feels like they are going to fall on us. Everyone floats around.... some boats tie together and anchor. Each year someone plays the star spangled banner on a trumpet. It's dark... all you can see is all the boat lights. It's way cool. This year it's on Monday, so that people won't miss the fireworks in town on the 4th. I'm so happy all my cousins and their kids will get to share it with us and my Grandma.

I have to tell you, that swap that I had to drop from, they surprised me today, when my mailman delivered a box of swaps! I just about cried I was so happy. FREAKin awesbomb friends I have. Stampers are THE most generous kind people on the earth... I'm serious. I get to feeling so down and frustrated when my back is constantly bothering me, then I am reminded how lucky I am and truly blessed. Thanks from my heart you sweet swappers!! I'm gonna make it up to you all.

Okay... enough from me... need to get that banana bread baking. Thanks for stopping by!! Happy 4th of July (a little early).
~Cambria

Frame For A Friend

Ahhhhhh.... my friends. I went to a stampin retreat last September (hard to believe it's been almost a year). I had THE time of my life. I got to meet so many friends that I had talked to and "hung" out with over the internet.... friends I've made through this addiction ... uh um, hobby of mine. While there, my supah star talented friend Zapstar (Lisa Zappa), taught us how to cover frames with paper. She is DA queen of frames. You should see what that girl does with a cheapy dollar store frame. Click on her name to check out her AWESBOMB blog. That girl gives shabby a whole new tude baby. LOVE ya Zapstar!!!

These are my two friends Lana Lepinski and Heather McNally. Most of you probably recognize Lana from SCS. Oh, man, it was a joy to finally meet her in real life. I cried when I got my first hug..... I was SO happy to finally meet her. These two girls make my heart smile! Heather, is SO funny... she can make me smile on the hardest of days. They are both amazing, truly amazing women, and I'm blessed to have them in my life.

I got this little (photo is 2.5 x 3.5) frame from Walmart... it was just a plain wood frame. I covered it with this wonderful paper by Chatterbox called Sky Garden Floral. I LOVE it. Love the whole Garden line of paper. Emily Giovanni wrote a great tutorial on SCS for covering frames. Click here to see it.

I used my craft bliss blue ink pad on the edges of the frame... it took a long time to dry which I could have sped up with my embossing gun, but it took me a couple days to get back to it anyway. I stamped the top with the friend portion from the stamp set That's Nice in the Spring Mini with Close to Cocoa Craft ink. The ribbon is from Cindy of course. The little butterfly is from the Maya Chipboard Collection... they come in really cool tins! I rubbed the butterfly across my new Groovy Guava Ink pad and let it dry. I added some white with my Uniball White Gel Pen and some glitter with my Sakura Gelly Roll Glitter pen. I made the antennae by wrapping some Stampin'Up! Wire Works wire around the pointy thing in the Crafter's Tool Kit. Attached to the frame with a mini glue dot, then added Sticky strip to the back of the butterfly and placed it over the top. Lastly, added these cool little Jewels from Joy and Daisy's store eclectric Paperie to the center of three of the flowers.

Okay.....I've got to get to bed early tonight, my eyes are crossing. I've got LOTS to do to get ready for all my family coming to celebrate my Grandma's 87th birthday. Hope you all have a wonderful weekend... I'm hoping for no rain!!

PS.... you can click on any of the blue words to get more information and the photos for a bigger view. :)

Thanks for stopping by!!!
~Cambria
Stamps ©Stampin'Up 1990-2007

Composition Notebook for A

My sweet little Averie is so excited to start school is September. I'm a little worried about her going since she'll only be five for two weeks, but I think she'll do fine... I think she's ready. Out of all her toys, the thing she likes to do most is draw and practice writing. As soon as I saw this Love Elsie paper (Roxie Math Class), I KNEW I had to cover a composition notebook for her doodles. I'm sure it will even look better when she gets her hands on it and starts coloring in the drawings! I have to tell you....,that paper down the side, it is FABRIC! I just about died when it came. And, it's pink! Don't you think it's just calling to be sewed on though? I think it's calling to me. *giggle* It gives her notebook the perfect extra touch. You can see it here. I'm addicted to that Love Elsie paper..... CUTE STUFF!!!

I got the paper daisies from Joy and Daisy too. The top one is actually attached to a Maya Road chipboard flower that I mushed in pink passion craft ink. I ran a Stampin'Up Rhinestone brad in the center to attach them. The big letter A is from Stampin'Up, mushed in basic black craft ink. Ribbon is from the wonderful Miss Cindy at Starlitstudios. I used both pink ric rack and black gingham on the side.

Super easy project. Just measure your composition notebook, attach the paper (I used Stampin'Up's snail adhesive), then add your goodies. I used Stampin'Up's Sticky Strip to attach the pink ribbon and the letter A. I can't wait to see the look on little Miss A's face when she sees her new doodle notebook!

Have a good one!
~Cambria

More Hot Stuff from eP

I'm playing with my new stuff from eclectic Paperie. I got some beautiful Chatterbox paper and that set from My Favorite Things, Hot Stuff. I LOVE that stamp set!

I'm totally addicted to those double slider cards. They are super easy and so much fun. If you haven't checked out the tutorial on SCS by Beate, you should it's super easy to follow. She is the best at writing tutorials!! You can see it by clicking here.

Here is the recipe:

Stamps: Hot Stuff, MFT
Paper: Violet Dahlias, Chatterbox, Apricot Appeal, Whisper White, Shimmery White, Night of Navy
Ink: Stazon Timber Brown, Apricot Appeal, Soft Sky, Night of Navy
Other: Round Tab punch, Crafter's Tool Kit, Grosgrain Ribbon, Dimensionals, Janome Sewing Machine, Aquapainter, Word Window Punch, 3/4 inch Circle Punch




Hope everyone has a super day!! I have a ton of grocery shopping and baking to do today. My cousins arrive on Friday.... I'm SO excited to see everyone!!

Thanks for stopping by!!!

~Cambria

Coffee & Friends Baby

Two of my favorite things... coffee and friends. I got a few things from my friends over at eclectic Paperie. LOVE that place. I wanted this set the minute my peeps landed on it. I'm so happy eP is carrying some My Favorite Things stamp sets!! This set is called Hot Stuff, and I can't wait to play with it some more!

I just had a minute, so I grabbed some of the kraft I had already stamped up for a swap and my sewing machine (cuz I can sew) and colored her dress with my aquapainter and craft white.

Hopefully, I'll have some more time soon to play some more!!

The recipe:
Stamps: Vases in Vogue, Hot Stuff (MFT)
Paper: Basic Black, Purely Pomegranate, Kraft
Ink: Basic Black, Purely Pomegranate, Craft White
Other: Janome Sew Mini, Vintage Brads, Aquapainter, Cutter kit.

Hope you all have a super day!!! Thanks for stopping by!
~Cambria