Ahh... Summer in Chicagoland. Too bad I wasn't here last week and would've tried to stay over and finagel an invite to CHA. Oh well. I got to do some shopping none the less. I just love Paper Source. Turn out one of the new hire at work, his wife is the CEO of Paper Source, so trying to put a bug in his ear to tell her to expand down to Texas. Ahhh... that would've been nice!

Tonight I'll be going to one of their LSS here, run by Rick & Terry. For 2 guys running a business that's women-centric, they're really awesome. They know to look for fun and not too frou frou stuff. Always updating their stock, and know to bake us cookies for classes. That's my type of guys. =D

Supplies:
Cardstock by SU
Patterned paper by CTMH
Birds stamp by Paper Source
Flourish by Autumn Leaves

In a box

So, as promised, here's my box.







This was made from instructions from Stamping Pro. I know there are alot of different version of the instructions, I must've 4 different ones, but this one suits me fine.

This is a Bday gift for my boss, who have lots of picture of her daughter. And truth be told, she is the cutest 18 month old you know. She can speak with great annunciation at that age, can you image how great when she grows up? That's amazing to me.

Supplies:
All patterned paper by Autumn Leaves
Ribbon top

Well, I was soooo excited to show you the explosion box that I had made for my boss, who's birthday is Monday (but I won't be here). But something is wrong w/ my card reader and it didn't want to load anything this morning... If that's the indication of how my tech day will go, it will not be pretty.

Instead, I'm going to tell you how excited I am to go to Chicago for work. Since we don't have any LSS here (I know, 4th largest city in the country, we don't have any stamp stores here), I'm looking forward to visiting others. This weekend is the Warehouse Sale for Paper Source. If you want nice cardstock, I mean for weddings and what nots, that's the place to go. Plus, they have their own lines of stamps, so I'm hoping to find an Indian Paisley that I've seen but have not found. (I know they are a chain, but since I don't have one near me, thought I thow it out there that the sale is this weekend.

The other one that I always make a point to stop in is Stamp On In.

This is a store that is ran by 2 guys, and I don't know any 2 guys that cares for their clients so much. If you take classes with them, they bake you cookies and provide refreshments. Sometimes they order dinner for you too. Since they're right there at Chi-town, where CHA just happened, they're happy to share what goodies they find and let you flip thru their wholesale catalog which you don't get to see often. They carry a little bit of every thing to cater to all tastes. Too bad I am not there long enough to take a class, but I love those guys. They also have an online store call More Than Ink, so if you want to buy something they are a tad cheaper than the store itself.

I know there's Stampology and Windy City Scrap, but since I'm relying on public transportations, I don't get to go far. Hopefully I'll go back one day and go visit.

I'll post something good later, promise!

Sorry for not posting yesterday. Too much drama at work that threw the day off.

Alright. Let's get to it. :) Since everyone is doing Xmas cards, I kinda jumped on the bandwagon too. This isn't so much a Xmas card as much as a Winter card. I'm just head over heels over this snowman, so I have to do something with it. So, once I got him on the page, I'd figured that I need to add something else with it. I thought I had some snowflakes 3D embellishment stickers, but can't find it anywhere. So, I just stamped them instead. It does makes me feel like I'm looking from the birds-eye view there. Did I mention how much I love the snowman?

Supplies:
Cardstock by SU
Patterned Paper by Paper Studio
Snowman and Snowflake Stamps by Rubber Soul

Peek-a-boo

I love Penny Black, they got the cutest hedgehoge ever. I got this image from my order w/ Eclectic Paperie. I was going to play with my Gamsol but I was too in love with my Prisma Blender Pencil. I swear, you lightly color in the image and go over it with the Blender pencil, it just pops right up. A la the two flowers, compare to the little pot that he came out of. Too cool! Highly recommend it.

Have a great day!

Supplies:
Card stock by Stampin' Up
Patterned Paper by Paper Studio
Hedgehoge by Penny Black
Happy Everything by Repeat Impressions

CASEing

I totally CASEed this from the Hero Arts catalog. Sometimes I really like to flip thru catalogs and see what comes of it. Some stuff lookes complex but easy to do. This is not complex by any imagination, but it keeps me stamping. Plus, I felt like I've been neglecting my colored-ink pads. So, I feel like my Flamingo ink pad needed to be worked out. :D

I think my most used ink pads are Black and Brown. What's yours?

Supplies:
Cardstock Bazzill
All stamps by Hero Arts

Things that makes you go hmm...

Whenever I see this girl, it just makes me think she's saying 'Hmm...'. I got this Crafty Secrets set as soon as it came out. As a matter of fact, Arlington GASC was the first place they debuted it, other than their site, of course. I love how she's 40s vintage and so Shabby Chic is the key for her. I'm dying to find something really sarcastic to stamp along. So, if anybody got any suggestions, hollar!

Supplies:
Card by Shabby Chic Target
All Patterned Paper by K&CO.
Stamp by Crafty Secrets
Rubon by Scenic Route