Sylvia's Stamping Corner

AUGUST HAS ARRIVED...BIRTHDAYS AND BACK TO SCHOOL!

July was hot...hot...hot and August has arrived. I am hoping it is a little cooler! I love summer but not the heat. I think of the colors, the blue of the sky, red roses and yellow sunflowers. I have been working trying to get out orders, while I really wanted to work on back to school and Halloween. Here's hoping the sales continue to be good and I get the new things in the shop soon!

I made two cards in the last few days, finishing up this one last night...the last card in July. It has a kraft card base and beautiful sunflowers placed against a white die cut background and some fun black checked paper. I love sunflowers. The birds usually plant a lot of them by dropping seed, but not this summer as it has been so hot. The sunflower stamp was Stampendous...a new one bought Saturday! The flowers are so happy, don't you think?

If you get a chance go by and roam my Etsy shop for a bit. I have lots of new flying out most every day! In the meantime, thanks for stopping by for a visit. Hope to do more travel cards soon as well! Have a wonder Tuesday and again Happy August!

WISHING YOU A BEATUIFUL DAY....A TRAIN RIDE THROUGH COLORADO...MEMORIES!

 It will be another very hot day in July here is Texas. We moved here from Colorado 8 years ago, but sometimes it seems like yesterday that we were riding through the country, traveling for only the day. We took a wonderful train ride with my grandson, then 3 years old. He is now 12...my oh my how time flies! Below find a card I made last night and some photo's taken the day we rode the train from La Veta to Alamosa and back.

The card base is a pretty soft green and the card is matted with 2 white pieces of cs, one with a beautiful die cut window. I am in love with this card, I can almost smell the pines as we race along. I used a lot of stamping, masking and rubbing to create this card.

Does this train resemble the one on my card?

And here are some pines!

Oh, I do miss Colorado and all the wonderful scenery....but then life moves on and we do as well! Hope you have a wonderful Wednesday! Thanks for stopping by for a visit. I hope to have some more travel photo's up soon!

 

HAPPY 4TH OF JULY!...WHAT A WONDERFUL WAY TO CELEBRATE A BIRTHDAY!

HAPPY 4TH OF JULY! Today will be another warm but beautiful July day...I started celebrating yesterday by making a pizza sharing it with Amy. Today I will watch tennis, baseball and see what mischief I can get into outside! I do enjoy the fireworks after the night baseball game, and of course eating some water melon. This will also mark Tigger Jr's 4th year with us watching Rangers baseball, although he is not as avid a watcher as was Old Tigger! The Garland above is the new one for 2017, up in my Etsy shop! I do so love making them. So what do you have planned for today?

I made this card last week and think it is a fun birthday card...red white and blue. Card base is blue, I love the wood fence, the embossed dog foot prints and of course that wonderful Tim Holtz Crazy dog! I am not a dog person only because we never got to keep one for very long! Here our house and yard are too small and it is way too hot for one.

I just love this dog's pose! I am looking forward to creating more cards using all the crazy dogs! Thanks for stopping by for a visit, have a wonderful 4th...stay cool!

HAVE A MAGICAL BIRTHDAY!....GORGEOUS MERMAID WITH UNDERWATER SCENE!

June is fast becoming the hottest month on record. Yesterday we were over 100 and the heat index reached 111...that's hot! I always think of water...the ocean...when it is this hot, longing for a day where the cool ocean breeze will move across my face. I had so much fun making this card, it is indeed magical!

The card base is a beautiful blue, although it is not quite like the photo. I have an oval ocean mat and loads of fun ocean grasses and shells. I love this new Stampin'Up Mermaid stamp, so many possibilities! This set is just one of many that I am going to have a wonderful time designing cards with.

I took this with my phone and it is so much better. The camera did not do so well with my colors. Have a wonderful Saturday, hope you can do something special today! Thanks for stopping by for a visit!

SECOND DAY OF SUMMER...CELEBRATING JUNE BIRTHDAYS...A POODLE BIRTHDAY CARD!

Happy June...second day of Summer. I missed saying it yesterday! I was dealing 37 missing listings from my shop...deleted by a glitch in the program. I spent most of the day trying to get someone to fix it...well that happened late Wednesday. I finally got to finish this card...I do love this new stamp set from Stampin'Up! I see a lot of new cards using these wonderfully cute stamps!

Card base is a fun deep pink and it is matted with white cs. I love balloon backgrounds for a party atmosphere in the room. What a great place to use dropped and collected sequins...do you do that? I love the cake and all the bits and pieces, but my favorite thing is this gorgeous poodle, groomed to a T. Kirsty, you just might have to have this stamp set so you can use it in your scrap pages for Papi! Lots of fun here...a bit of everything. It's a party!

I spent 2 hours outside trimming dead stuff, watering and looking at everything my husband let die. The heat was less but today will be 100...at least that is what they say. So I will have to get out early! I actually found a shell that a bird has been crunching on...they are high in calcium! Have a wonderful Thursday, lots of golf and baseball to keep me crafting. Thanks for stopping by for a visit!

THE COUNTRY GENTLEMAN...FATHER'S DAY OR BIRTHDAY CARD...TO A WONDERFUL MAN!

Happy Thursday! Well I did not make it back until this morning....but I did try. This card has been in my head for a week and I finally got to finish it last night. I have combined this wonderful Country Gentleman card from Graphic 45 Designer card stock with Hampton Arts stamps. My younger son does most of the cooking at his house, so he might appreciate this card.

This card has a kraft card base, lots of background papers and stamping. Is it hard to tell what I have stamped and just cut out? The antique cupboard was stamped along with most everything else, then fussy cut. I love making cards using so many different pieces...they are just fun! The sentiment makes it usable for different occasions, birthday or Father's Day. Wonder what he is cooking? I also had to get the coffee in there as well!

I am through for this morning, got to get to bed as it is early, but late. Thanks for the comments, it let's me know there are still a few people coming to my blog! Have a wonderful day and thanks for stopping by for a visit.

 

 

WISHING YOU A BEAUTIFUL DAY!...STARTING OUR 9TH YEAR HERE IN TEXAS!

A few days ago, we started our 9th year here in Texas...9 years ago we were living in Trinidad, Colorado where I started blogging. I never imagined that I would move much less still be blogging in 2017. Although there have been ups and downs, I still enjoy creating and posting here...I know, I have not come as often, but the days just seem to get away from me. Last weekend it was 40 tags for a gal getting married...I am always busy with my Etsy shop which I started in 2008 as well. If you enjoy my cards, check out my shop!

This card was started just after midnight my time. I was working as quickly as I could to get it done in time to post, but a friend kept messaging me...now she lives in the east so up really late. I thought I would not get finished but...I did! This card has a pretty soft blue card base and is matted with my usual white cs. I stamped the poppies, water colored them with inks and a blender pen. The background I applied using a mask after I finished the poppies. I then added partial embossed dots. Last was the sentiment, one of my favorites. I do wish I had pulled it down a little, but this stamp is rubber and I can't get it positioned like I can when using a clear stamp.

I will try and come back tomorrow night with a card for Father's Day...I am wishing you the best Tuesday ever! Thanks to those of you who have not given up on me...thanks for stopping by for a visit!

IT'S JUNE...HAPPINESS IS...A BIRTHDAY...A CUP OF COFFEE...HOW ABOUT POPPY CUPS!

Hello, it's June and the weather is cloudy, rainy and muggy! Then it's sunny, warm and muggy...and then there is? I hope everyone had a good Memorial Day. It is the first time in a long time that I have missed posting, but I had company and some of them were sick...so...no posting! I have brought you a gorgeous coffee cup card, at least I think it is, oh I love making cup cards.

This card has a medium blue card base, a background of blue, green and coffee. I used Tim Holtz die to cut the cups and then stamped and water colored beautiful Poppies. Do you love that floating butterfly? We haven't seen too many butterflies this year. I saw my first yellow swallowtail yesterday, it was beautiful flying toward my butterfly bush!

Wishing sunshine for everyone on this lovely Thursday! I have cards to make, French Open tennis and golf to watch, so I am all set for the day! Thanks for stopping by for a visit. I am not here often enough, so there are less and less people dropping in...thanks to those of you who do.

FATHER'S DAY...OR BIRTHDAY...FOR YOUR FAVORITE FISHERMAN!

It's Friday, the start to a hot Memorial Day weekend. My family is coming, the first time we have had them for a holiday other than a fall one. I hope the weather cooperates and that it is not too hot. I have been working ahead on cards, this one is not a remake of an old one but does use retired stamps. I love mixing stamps as you know, so I hope you enjoy the colors and the wonderful scene.

Other than a kraft card base, there is too much to give credit for to mention. I have wanted to stamp this swordfish for a long time...I finally got to do so this afternoon. I am always so surprised at how well different sets of stamps just seem to go together! I love this card...

Who is your world's greatest guy? Does he go deep sea fishing? That is one thing I would love to do, but never will get to do. I can only imagine that I would be pulled overboard if I did manage to get a bite! LOL...wouldn't that be a funny sight, imagine a crazy lady yelling, I got him....woman overboard! Have a wonderful weekend and enjoy your time away from it all!

JAVA GREAT DAY...ECLECTIC COFFEE CARD....ANOTHER SCRAP CARD!

Welcome to my world, it is Saturday! Some of I know are happy, but one day is much like the rest here since my husband is retired. You know of course that a woman is never retired... another subject for another day! Happiness is making a card using up a few scraps! I wish I did not have so many scraps, but I am running out of stamped ones. Now if I could just use up more paper!

You might look at this card and say oh my where is she going with this card, but it is one of my favorites. I pulled out all the stops...A world map embossed background with my favorite coffee cups embossed on the bottom...first stop is Africa with the beautiful stamped elephant that my daughter carved last year. Going around the world we arrive back in Texas with the Bluebonnets and red flower. Die cut world map paper cup, holds most everything needed for a great day. I love the checked paper at the bottom and the heart out of old designer paper. So there you have a card that I hope soon finds a new home...it is listed over in my Etsy shop!

So enjoy several cups of coffee on me today and take time to breathe, if you don't have allergies and pollen in the air! Have a Special Saturday, May will be over before you blink and June will be here! Thanks for stopping by for a visit...I try to get here often, but alas am so busy, it is not always possible.