Card Ministry

I've been working on some really simple quick cards for

my Mothers church. So far I have made 150 cards!

I really hope they enjoy them.

Happy Stamping!

Amanda

April Fools Day!

Hello All!

This is a card I made today I hope you like it.

I'm not sure the name of the stamp. I stamped off some images at Create it Crafts in Glen Burine last weekend. This is one of them.

This is SU paper and CS in Pacific Point. I colored the image with copic markers.

I do need some practice with my copics but one day I'll get there.

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Amanda

Cards

This card I made using the Embrace Life set from SU.

This card I made with my son Nate in mind. He loves anything with wheels.
I got this idea after the last Ft Meade SBS. It's a pendulum card. Very fun cards for kids.
The Stamp is from the SU set Road Trip.


This is the pendulum on the inside of the card. It has a penny in the bottom this gives it the weight it needs to move.

Thank you Jen (Jetstudio) for RAK'ing me some cute images.

Just a few cards that I've made in the last day or two.

KeeKee

Nate and his KeeKee.

I've never seen a Cat so devoted to a toddler quiet like
KeeKee and Nate.

She hasn't left his side since his surgery on Monday.

He cries and screams when we wake him to give him his meds. She just can't stand it she goes crazy. It's kinda weird

because she isn't normally this way.

Long lost stamp

Sorry I haven't posted I've been busy with the Ft Meade Shoe Box Swap, and getting ready to move. Hints how I found this.

Look what I found when cleaning out boxes in my shed.

I made this in a High School advanced art class.

I almost lost a finger when doing it but got it done!

We had to glue the linoleum (sp?) to the wood block and then carve the image out. I can't wait to try it out as a back ground stamp.

Chipboard Books

Today I felt like playing with these cool chipboard

books I found at Michael's for $1!

These are such a cool find these are sold at

LSS for something like $6.00 and up so I picked up

lots of them. I had no real projects planned for them

but as I need gifts they are here and ready to alter.

You can find them in the DOLLAR BINS.

Enjoy and have a GREAT week!

Happy Stampin'

Amanda

Wanted Birthday Card

Birthday Card for my Oldest Brother Jody.

I used the SU set Wanted for this card.

I used SU and store brand CS and DP, sizzix stars die to make the star ghost image.

Ikea Lamp

Fun with Alcohol Inks!

Ikea Knappa Lamp kit $24.99

In a kit there are 48 of these pieces.


You will need Alcohol Ink I chose these 4 colors but you
can choose and many as you want.
Stream, Meadow, Denim, Stonewashed
You will also need rubber gloves, a 1/4 of a round sponge,
heavy craft paper to cover your work space. You must
work fast the ink dries really fast.




Take you ink bottles and drop large drops of ink onto
your shade pieces. Take you sponge and with an up and down
motion sponge all the colors so that they are all touching
each other.



This is what it will look like after you sponge it.


This is what it looks like dry.
Big change! It's really cool to watch!
I used less than half of a bottle of ink. A little goes a long way!

My inspiration was beach glass. I love the look

of beach glass in a vase and wanted that look.

This hangs to the left of my craft desk over my palm tree.

This is what it looks like with the lights off.

I'm very happy with the way it turned out.

So in a little over an hour of inkin' fun I now have a

really fun lamp. I really like how it turned out!

Less than 2 hours to complete, less than $40
Really cool fun lamp!

Happy Stampin'
Amanda

Baby Boy Gift

Welcome Baby Boy Gift.

My Friend Jamie is having a Little Boy sometime this month.

I'm sending this to her as her Welcome Baby Gift.

This is designed so once she has the little guy she adds a

picture every month on the front and then she can add a small photo and journal about his milestones, apt, vacations, etc on the back. This goes from Birth to 1 year. I really hope she likes this. I know with two little ones it's hard to find the time to scrapbook and preserve all those precious memories but I really hope this helps! I didn't embellish the pages much it's really hard to do when you don't have the pictures to work with but she is a scrapbooker so I'm sure she can add those special touches after adding pictures.

Thanks for taking a peek.

Happy Stampin'

Amanda

Wooden Calendar/Scrapbook page holder

Wooden 6x6 calendar/scrapbook page stand.

$6.00 + S&H unless your local and can pick up.

Simply use rings to attach 6x6 page protectors

(page protectors not included).

These come sanded and ready to use or paint, varnish, or distress.

These will arrive in kit form all holes will be pre-drilled

and sanded all you will need to do is

put screws in the bottom this will allow cheaper shipping

and you can cover bottom of stand with

Designer paper (if desired) much faster.

Three of these will fit in a $9.80 flat rate mailer via USPS.

When packed they weigh 1.5 pounds.

These ship from a NON Smoking home area code 20755

I do NOT have a paypal account I accept check or money

order only. Shipped only after check clears.

Thank You

Amanda

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First card of the new year!

This is the first chance I had the time to stamp this year.

I love this stamp. I found it at Create it Crafts I just love this store. They had a moving sale last week everything in the store was 50% off! My BFF Rhonda and I helped clean out the store:-)

My DH finally made my ink pad holder this weekend.

Thank you HUBBY!

Nestabilities

My Dear Wonderful and Loving Husband Keith bought me four sets of nestabilities for Christmas.

Today was the first time I've had the time to use them.

I couldn't find a sandwich that would work without embossing. So after searching the net with no luck I just started playing with my Big Shot and came up with this sandwich.

Bottom-Top

Bottom platform, nestie, CS (double thin CS/single thick CS),

1 clear cutting mat, red crease pad on top.

This doesn't damage the platform and doesn't cut into the cutting pad anymore than a normal sizzix die.

This works for my machine with no embossing. Hope this

works for all of you.

Happy Stampin'

Amanda

Christmas is Coming

The Christmas cookies are made the

Gingerbread house is done.

We are almost ready for Santa!

ElfYourself!

Send your own ElfYourself eCards

Eastern Blooms Birthday

Eastern Blooms Birthday.

This is the better of the two Eastern Blooms Birthday cards I

made today.

This was a real challenge for me I'm not a real fan of this

set (not sure why I have it) and I don't use soft subtles much

but I like how these turned out. These will make nice winter birthday cards.

Happy Stampin'

Amanda

I felt the need to work on something not Christmas today.

I have several Birthday's in Feb so it's a good

time to get a head start while in the mood.

Treats

What does every Girls Day Out need CHOCOLATE!

I can't wait for our Meade Girls SHOPPING DAY!

WHOOOHOOOO!

Tracy is hosting a Bella Swap on Saturday these are the

cards that I came up with.

Happy Birthday Nate!

Wow I can't believe that my BABY is THREE!

We spent the better part of the day getting ready for Ho Ho to come. I really love the Christmas Season.

It's hands down the best part of having little ones around the house. I love to see there eyes light up when they come down the stairs Christmas morning.