Shop, Shop, Shop!!!

.......And what a nice little shopping spree I had at my LSS today!    I was really sore when I first woke up, and I almost didn't go, but knowing today was the last day of the Stamp sale and after hubby offered to give me money to spend, the decision was pretty easy for me.  I took my time getting ready and left the house just in time to get there by noon.

    I arrived just at the Spring Market was beginning and there were some many wonderful treasures.  If I were a rich girl, I'm sure I could have brought home a lot of nice things, but I really wanted to use my money for new Stamps, LOL!   I did buy a really pretty pair of handmade earrings, a card (to CASE) and also a cute little altered notepad that I also think would be fun to try and re-create.

    After leaving that area, we were given a 20% off  coupon to use at the store and that was on ALL items, except Stamps, which were on sale for 40% off!! Yippee!!  I was very happy to add a wonderful selection of new stamps to my collection.  I bought four more Hero Arts Stamps I had on my wish list, two Tim Holtz large background stamps, two Memory Box Stamps (Thank you and Circle Word), a very nice Outlines Background Stamp and a few misc. small stamps.   I also bought the "Bitty Scallops" Memory Box die and a few more of the Big Brush Markers to complete my collection.  I did really well and at the bottom of my slip, the savings showed at being over $50 -- WOOHOO!  That's why I LOVE sales!!  

   I was back home within about 2 hours and then started to play with some of my new goodies.  My first cards were created based on the new Sketch over at the Stars and Stamps Blog .   This week the we have another fun sketch and one that is prefect to use up those scraps you have been collecting.

   This is  copy of the sketch and you can also find it here over at the Stars & Stamps Blog.   You can also find all the archived sketches at this LINK!

Sketch 75

My Cards

    I'm not very good at tieing bows onto my cards and if anyone has a easy tip please share!  On the first (green) card, I added the ribbon, then made a bow with my bow easy and simply glued it on.  On the second card, I gave up on the bow and layered on some matching flowers!   I admire those of you who have the natural talent of making wonderful bows - I was not given that gift and I'm always looking for new ways and ideas of who to make the very best bows!!
 
   My next card was created for today's CAS Challenge over at The Outlawz and I fell in LOVE with the inspiraiton card that Carla created and my card is based on her card, which I have copied over to share with you below.  You can also find it along with all the details on her blog HERE or over the Group.

  This is a copy of the sketch that you will want to use if you are entering this week's challenge, followed by a copy of Carla's stunning card.

CAS Sketch

Carla's Card

My Card

   I chose to make a Thank You card and added three layers of circles.  I also did happen to have the same die for my Sentiment, but added mine to the center.  In looking at both, I think for the future I would add it off center, like Carla did.  I also really LOVE her designer papers and colors and really think that make her card extra special.       Note:  Due to the cloudy weather, and my broken OTT light, my pictures are coming out dark and not so good.  I have ordered a new bulk for my OTT light and hope to have it soon.  In the meantime, bear with me for the next few days!!

   And now I'm off to clean up a bit and try and finish up two more cards I had started yesterday.  Tomorrow is my Mom's Birthday and I'll be visiting with her for a little while in the morning and will likely spend a lot of time in Summer Card Camp!!  Yippee!!  It starts tomorrow and our first PDF files and inspirations will be emailed out at midnight tonight.  I can't wait to see what we'll be working on first.  There is still time to enroll and you can find all the details over at Jennifer or Kristina's blogs!!    If you ARE coming to camp, leave me a note with your user name, so that I can find you!!    You should be able to find me, if you see my 'Chibi'!  avatar.    

My Chibi!!