DT Blog Hop - Everyday Sayings

It's my turn to host the DT Blog Hop today...and naturally I needed to do something with stars and stripes as it is the 4th of July!

It would be really difficult for me to choose a favorite stamp set...especially since I designed so many of them because it makes me a little opinionated, ha ha. So I chose a set that I like to use with lots of different images...Everyday Sayings. When we designed this set, we asked our Design Team what their favorite sentiments were and about what size they prefer most sentiments to be. And thus Everyday Sayings was born. This is a staple in my stamp collection because I can always find the right sentiment. And it's 40% off for today only!

Also used on this card is our Stars and Stripes digital paper. It's one of the Products of the Week so it is 20% off right now, but today is the last day!

Happy Independence Day!!! Enjoy those fireworks. I am quite excited because we have PERFECT weather...85 degrees and not a sign of a raincloud in sight. It's a well-known curse that it usually rains on the 4th of July in Seattle (even if it's perfectly sunny the week before.) Not this year. There will be no umbrellas at the fireworks and no soggy grass to sit on. Yippee!

the design frenzy continues...

Well my design frenzy lasted all month (and it's still going!) It's true. What have I been designing you may ask? Well our Summer Stamp Release that is scheduled for July 25th, for starters! Not to mention a brand new product we are releasing on July 15th. I am so excited about this product, I can't wait to show it off! This product was co-designed by buddies Meridith and Joslyn...the trio of us make a good team. I can't wait to play with this product. You will feel the same!

Another thing I've been designing is paper paper paper....in the digital form! I have to say, once I jumped on the digital bandwagon I became quickly addicted! I love being able to print the paper I want at anytime, and with the quality of the printers available these days, they look amazing. I print my papers on my Cannon MP600...a printer I bought for printing scrapbooking photos. It works great!

I've been wanting to do a beach/summer-themed digital paper kit for quite some time. Thus Surf and Sand was born! Here are a few "sheets" from this paper pack...

This paper is called Surf and Sand Stripe and has all kinds of fun little beachy images. Another cool thing about this paper is that it matches a lot of the images in our Shore Thoughts and By the Sea stamp sets...so they can coordinate! I love that.



I called this paper Catch a Wave. I am always on the lookout for good "ocean" paper. So naturally I designed one myself! ;)



This one is called Faded Beach Blanket. Aaaah. It makes me want to snuggle up on a beach blanket on the warm sand and take a nap listening to the sound of the ocean waves. Unfortunately I live in Seattle and our ocean waves here are more like a drip rather than a soothing crash. ha ha. I'll take what I can get though.



No paper set is complete without a good polka. This one is called Beach Bag Polka.



...and a matching Beach Bag Stripe.



This paper is called Fishy Frolic! Here fishy fishy fishy....



Last but not least, I wanted a sandy, textury, sea-shell paper. This paper is called Sunwashed Seashells. It's a little different from the rest because of the texture. I love how it prints!



Joslyn just designed her first-ever digital paper pack...Grungy Dots. It's really cool. It prints even better than it looks on screen. We will be coming out with more matching digital paper with our Summer Stamp Release!

I'll be back tomorrow (the 4th of July!) with a card because it will be my turn to host the DT Blog Hop we are having for our Anniversary Celebration! See you tomorrow...

design frenzy

I have been in a stamp design frenzy this month, and so alas I have no new papercrafting projects to share with you (however I will be making my son's teacher a gift very soon...his last week of school is next week!) I did want to share this photo of a recent trip I took to Bryce Canyon, Utah. It was so gorgeous...I hadn't been to Bryce Canyon since I was a kid. I went on an amazing hike with my parents (who live in Southern Utah, I was visiting for a cousin's wedding.) The red rock pillars ---called hoodoos---are amazing against the brilliant blue sky. Nature's complimentary colors!

stars and stripes

I'm really excited about the new stamp singles and digital paper we are releasing today! And I have to tell you, I have been having a blast designing the digital paper to go with our stamps. I was so into the Stars and Stripes paper that I immediately made a few digital layouts to share with you....


The photos for these two layouts were taken on the 4th of July last year. We were visiting my parents in Utah and my mom dressed up a little red wagon for my kids to be in the neighborhood kiddie parade. My kids enjoyed dressing themselves up too! It cracks me up to see my son in these star sunglasses.



This layout is for my Dad (I have this up on the LAD blog today too cause I love how this one turned out!) My daughter is known for having a bit of an attitude, even at an early age! I think this makes my Dad love her even more. Look at this expression on her face, is that not hilarious?!

little sprouts

Okay, I have to say that I'm amazed that we already have little sprouts emerging from our veggie garden! We're so proud!



I've been very busy designing a new digital paper pack that matches the two new stamp singles we are releasing. And I've made some cute samples. So make sure to visit the Lizzie Anne Blog tomorrow to see!

the veggie garden

Today my kids woke up and told me they wanted to "go check the plants." It's a beautiful weekend and we thought it would be fun to make a veggie garden for the kids. My husband built the box and my kids helped plant the seeds...it was very cute. Ethan said he thought he could see little sprouts from the seeds already. :) (I'll just let him think that.)












Have a wonderful Memorial Day Weekend!

let your light shine

I just returned from a trip to St. George, Utah / Bryce Canyon and would love to post a photo of my trip...only I forgot my camera and my Mom doesn't know how to get the photos off her camera. Ha ha! I need to just store my camera in my suitcase because this is the third time I've forgotten to take my camera on a trip in the past two months (Disneyland, scrapbooking retreat, St. George.) Anyways, I was there for a wedding and it was GORGEOUS. A little on the hot side, but I'm always happy to take in a little heat before heading back to Seattle.

This is a card featuring In the Parlor and I wish I had a lamp this cute in my house. I could decorate my whole sitting room with furniture from In the Parlor....I could really use some new furniture! (The IKEA lamp in that set actually is a lamp I own...) I gave my mom a bunch of my handmade cards for Mother's Day including this one. The polka-dot paper is from the Perfect Polkas digital paper pack...gotta love polkas! I've been getting some requests to do some stripes in similar colors so that may be coming soon... ;)

happy mother's day to you

I felt a floral card would be appropriate for a Mother's Day blog post, so I chose our new Garden Inspirations stamp set and our Garden Inspirations digital paper for this card! I love the brown solid floral pattern in this paper pack. We have a lot more digital paper planned...it's so much fun to design. This card features two of my favorite color combinations too...pink and brown.

I awoke to the sounds of my daughter singing me "Happy Birthday" this morning. No, it isn't my birthday. But there isn't a Happy Mother's Day to You song so I guess she felt like it was a good substitute. Ha ha! It was very cute.

another sammy page...

My husband keeps reminding me how many scrapbook pages I have of my firstborn son in comparison to my daughter. He is right. So she has been my subject matter lately! I really liked how this page turned out. One day Sammy will see this page when she's all grown up and she'll know that her Mommy loves her. :)

By the way, we have a scrapbooking group over in Lizzie Anne Land if any of you want to talk Scrapbooking! I just started a thread about journaling because that is my recent goal (I have never been one to do a lot of journaling on my pages.)

sammy turns two

My baby girl turned two years old today! This is a page I did for Sammy at my retreat last weekend...it's a page about all the funny things she says at this age. I did a page like this for my son Ethan and it cracks me up when I read it...I'm so glad I have that page. It's also funny to see how different Sammy is than Ethan...she has so many more words! Unfortunately she also has a lot more attitude...No! is a favorite. (Believe it or not Ethan never said "no." He said, in a nice way, "ummm, can't.)

Happy Birthday Samantha Elizabeth.