Sunday Share February 17, 2013

Today's Sunday Share is all about my hubby. Today is his 36th birthday. We spent our weekend celebrating his birthday with family. His mom came up for a visit and she brought an ice cream cake and we all went to eat at El Vaquero's in Moberly, Steve's favorite Mexican restaurant - they have a Chili Rellano to die for.  And their service is top notch. Every time we have gone out to eat there our food is hot, fresh and oh so fast!  We always bring home a to-go box. Surprisingly enough, Avah enjoyed it very much - and she is a picky eater.

Pappy Steve and Avah coloring in her Crayola marker book at El Vaquero's

Steve's mom had surgery before Christmas so we hadn't been able to celebrate Christmas with her yet - so our Saturday was pretty busy. She brought gifts from Christmas and we had a late Christmas gift exchange. It's really strange getting gifts on someone elses' birthday....

I made a card for Steve using last week's color scheme and the new Honeycomb Textured Impressions Embossing Folder. I paired our in-colors from last week with the Print Poetry Designer Series Paper Stack. That stack is a perfect match for all of our 2012-2014 in-colors. Last but certainly not least, I pulled out my Sale-A-Bration goodies - Pretty Petites Stamp Set and the Petite Curly Label Punch to embellish the card. He loved the card and I thought it turned out pretty good too.

So what do you think of the lighting for the photograph of Steve's card? I used the light box that my husband helped me build last week. First time ever using this light box. We used one in my college photography class that we built from PVC pipe - it was pretty cool then. I do so love my new light box but I need to pick up new light bulbs as the ones I have are not quite right.

Thanks for joining me this week for my Sunday Share. Hope you have a blessed week where ever you may be and have some fun stamping! I know I am going to.

This week's color scheme is bringing back a bit of Valentine's but with a Spring twist. Our colors this week are Primrose Petals, Summer Starfruit and Gumball Green. Look for several cards using these colors to appear on my blog this week. I am excited to be getting ready for Spring!

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Sunday Share Feb. 10, 2013

Hello fellow stampers...

It's 2 a.m. as I write my Sunday share post...weekend has been good so far.  Friday I spent the entire day hanging out with my hubby. We don't do that often as both of us are usually pretty busy with Avah or work or hobbies, etc.  We rented a couple movies, The Expendables 2, Seven Psychopaths, and Trouble with the Curve.  I think my favorite was Trouble with the Curve, with Clint Eastwood in it. Eastwood plays a father/baseball scout.  He has a crappy relationship with his daughter and that is basically what the movie is about - rebuilding that relationship. His daughter is played by Amy Adams - she is an amazing actress (IMO). Anyway, I really enjoyed the movie and I recommend watching it - who knows how many more movies Eastwood will be able to participate in - he is getting up there in age (as we all are).  The movie helped me to think more about my own relationship with my daughter... I don't know if she will read this post or not, but it doesn't matter. It bears saying that we rarely see eye-to-eye...and I know I have that in common with my own mother. I will be working on this with her as much as I can. Value your loved ones while you have the chance...

The other awesome thing I worked on this weekend was building a light box with my husband. I am hoping to improve my photography.  The light box is huge!  I can't wait to use it. I am currently storing it on a top shelf in my craft room. I have some clamp lights to use on the sides to help light my projects but I need to test the bulbs in them before I try it out.  They may not be adequate for lighting.  We shall see.  We used foam core board to build it, instead of a cardboard box (as the instructions suggested). And I mounted a roll of butcher's paper on a PVC pipe, attached at the top of the back - making the back drop for my photos.

Thursday evening I got my SU order in. I now have the diagonal plate and the border's scoring plate to compliment my Simply Scored Tool. I am excited to play with it!  I also got my first set of  In-Color Markers, Card Stock and Ink Pads in. Which brings me to the final part of my Sunday Share - my announcement of the weekly color scheme!

Gumball Green, Raspberry Ripple, and Midnight Muse

Look for my sample project coming soon.

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Happy Birthday

I created a really neat birthday card for a co-worker using this week's color scheme: Perfect Plum, Crumb Cake, and Basic Black.  I apologize a head of time if the color looks a bit off - the photo was taken late at night and my lighting isn't as good as it could be. Still working on that part of my craft room.  As well, you probably noticed the missing Monday and Tuesday posts. Sorry about that - I have been extremely swamped with extra stuff going on at home and at work...plus I am working on a couple of great club ideas I hope to reveal to you soon. Without further ado....my birthday card for the week!

Instead of solid crumb cake card stock, I used a piece of the Print Poetry DSP from our Spring Catalog - page 16.  It's a great set of DSP just the right size for cards - 4 1/2 x 6 1/2. And it uses a huge variety of colors - Crumb Cake, Gumball Green, Midnight Muse, Primrose Petals, Raspberry Ripple, Summer Starfruit, and Very Vanilla.  48 double sided sheets for only $6.95. What a great deal!

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Disclaimer:  I am a new Stampin' Up! demonstrator.  I am working on replacing all my craft supplies with only Stampin' Up! product, but I will occasionally use some of my non-SU stash. Bare with me as I work to replenish my stash with only SU product. I will be highlighting new products as they come in and I will always point out great alternatives to my non-SU product that are Stampin' Up!. Thanks for understanding.

Sunday Share - 02/03/2013

Inspiration is found in a variety of places...today's Sunday Share comes from a decorating video I found on YouTube.  I don't endorse the people in the video, but I sure do love the color combination they came up with for their room makeover.

When translated to Stampin' Up! colors, I totally see Perfect Plum, Crumb Cake, and Basic Black. And this color combination will be Shack Scraps focus colors for the week. Other places I look for color inspiration include the Annual Catalog, shopping in stores, and various places online.

I recently found a website that provided me with a really cool Stampin' Up! color picker that chooses random colors from our current palette. You can play with the color picker in my side bar and find many great combinations of colors.

I'd love to see what you come up with using the colors of the week that I picked from the video above and something that you have gotten your own inspiration from! Tell me, where do you get your color inspiration from?

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Disclaimer:  I am a new Stampin' Up! demonstrator.  I am working on replacing all my craft supplies with only Stampin' Up! product, but I will occasionally use some of my non-SU stash. Bare with me as I work to replenish my stash with only SU product. I will be highlighting new products as they come in and I will always point out great alternatives to my non-SU product that are Stampin' Up!. Thanks for understanding.