Adam

Hello everyone!  

I haven't blogged in a while and if you follow me on Facebook you know why but if you only follow my blog you have no idea.

Three weeks ago today, my youngest son, Adam, who was 16 died in a car wreck.  Of course I am heartbroken along with my family.  We didn't have Adam long enough but cherish the 16 1/2 years that we did have with him.  We have a strong faith and know that Adam walks with Jesus and that we will see him again!  That brings great comfort and has given me a whole new perspective of heaven.  Jesus walks beside me every day...carrying me through this oh so difficult time and I will continue to trust in Him.  

I haven't felt much like creating until yesterday when a couple of friends came over and hung out with me in my shop.  We just visited, shared stories and a few tears!  I am blessed to have so many people caring, loving and praying for me.  Today...I'm heading out to my shop to get started on my June classes.  I know that creating will help me heal...it has with other heartbreaks.  

I'm not sure I'll be blogging everyday as I have in the past, I'm going to take it slowly.  I do have a bunch of handmade cards that I have received. They are all so beautiful and I will be sharing each of them with you the next week or two.  

I hope you have a wonderful day and that you find a moment or two for creating.  Enjoy your weekend and cherish the life you've been given!!  I love what I do and sharing what I do.  My Stampin' Up! business is such a gift to me. It has brought so many friends into my life...it's not just a business to me, it's a family! Thanks for following my blog and being part of my stamping family! 

I appreciate your prayers, love and support!  THANK YOU!

~My WONDERFUL son~

Adam Christopher Watson

September 16, 2002 to May 10, 2019

Scrappin' Saturday - DIRT

Hello everyone!  Today, I want to share my latest ADORABLE scrapbook layout with you!  

I used Early Espresso 12 X 12 cardstock for each page. The designer paper is from the Share What You Love and Lovely Romance designer paper packs. I also used the Rectangle Stitched Framelits and the Stitched Shapes Framelits. Oh...and don't forget the pearls!  Every muddy little girl needs pearls!!

Here they are individually!

I just LOVE how they turned out!!

Thank you so much for stopping by today!  Enjoy your weekend and Happy Mother's Day tomorrow! Hope you get to spend it with people you love!

REMEMBER...use May's hostess code KBW6KJ4T and place a minimum order of $50 (before tax and shipping) and you will also receive the gift pictured below...FREE from me!

I'll be depleting my stash of retiring items

(a minimum value of $6.00)

You'll also receive the following...

• One Darla Daisy for every $50 spent (before tax& shipping).  When you have 10 Darla Daisies you can choose $40.00 of Stampin' Up! product(s) of your choice from me! Just email me your choice!
• The projects we make in my May classes!  Here's what were making this month!

If your order is $150 or more, DO NOT use the code because you will receive hostess credits. You will get the gift from me FREE automatically along with the projects we make in my March classes!

Your FREE gifts will be shipped separately and will be shipped during the 1st week in June!

~Today's Thought~

Note Cards, Garden Impressions and Southern Serenade

Good Morning and HAPPY FRIDAY!  Yay...it's almost the weekend!  I'm heading down the mountain today...gonna spend the night with my oldest daughter then take my youngest daughter shopping tomorrow, for her eighth grade graduation dress and shoes!  It's ALWAYS fun to see as many of my kids as I can!

Today's card is another card from my May classes.  It's very sweet and simple!

This card starts with a Very Vanilla Note Card base. These note cards also come in Whisper White.  You get 20 cards and 20 envelopes for $6.50.  The first layer is a 3 1/4 X 4 3/4 piece of Blueberry Bushel cardstock.  Next is a 3 X 4 1/2 piece of Garden Impressions designer paper.  Before attaching it to the card base, I wrapped Calypso Coral Ombre  Ribbon around it, tying it into a bow.  The sentiment is from the Southern Serenade stamp set (retiring) and the flowers are punched with the Bitty Blooms punch pack (sadly these are gone already...I just found that out on Wednesday). Each flower has a Pearl in the center!  I love the simplicity of this card and the ease of creating it!  I hope you'll give it a try!


Thanks BUNCHES for stopping by today!  I love sharing what I do with you each day!  It keeps me creating and that is my therapy!!  Have a WONDERFUL day and a TERRIFIC weekend!  I have a scrapbook layout to share with you on Scrappin' Saturday, so I hope you'll stop back by tomorrow!

REMEMBER...use May's hostess code KBW6KJ4T and place a minimum order of $50 (before tax and shipping) and you will also receive the gift pictured below...FREE from me!

I'll be depleting my stash of retiring items

(a minimum value of $6.00)

You'll also receive the following...

• One Darla Daisy for every $50 spent (before tax& shipping).  When you have 10 Darla Daisies you can choose $40.00 of Stampin' Up! product(s) of your choice from me! Just email me your choice!
• The projects we make in my May classes!  Here's what were making this month!

If your order is $150 or more, DO NOT use the code because you will receive hostess credits. You will get the gift from me FREE automatically along with the projects we make in my March classes!

Your FREE gifts will be shipped separately and will be shipped during the 1st week in June!

~Today's Thought~

Amazing Life Masculine Birthday Card

Hello there! Happy Thursday!  Hope you're having a wonderful day!  I'd like to share a masculine card that we are making in my monthly classes in May!  I LOVE the Wood Textures designer paper and I'm so sad it's leaving!  

So,  I rarely use Very Vanilla cardstock.  WHY?  I do not know!  I'm going to start using it more often!  

My card base is a 5 1/2" X 11"piece of Very Vanilla cardstock scored at 4 1/4".  My first layer is Basic Black and measures 4" X 5 1/4". Next is a 3 1/4" X 5" piece of that awesome (and retiring) Wood Textures designer paper!  I cut the rectangle with my Rectangle Stitched Framelits and used the Amazing Life stamp set for the sentiment!  It is stamped in Memento Black ink.  I added a Metallic Brad and some Basic Black Shimmer Ribbon to finish it off!  Inside the card is a 4" X 5 1/4" layer of Basic Black cardstock with a 3 3/4" X 5" layer of Very Vanilla cardstock where I stamped HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

I'm really enjoying including masculine cards in my classes.  It's a challenge, but I feel so accomplished when I through! lol  

Hey...thanks so much for stopping by today!  Have a great day and I hope you carve out a bit of time to create!

REMEMBER...use May's hostess code KBW6KJ4T and place a minimum order of $50 (before tax and shipping) and you will also receive the gift pictured below...FREE from me!

I'll be depleting my stash of retiring items

(a minimum value of $6.00)

You'll also receive the following...

• One Darla Daisy for every $50 spent (before tax& shipping).  When you have 10 Darla Daisies you can choose $40.00 of Stampin' Up! product(s) of your choice from me! Just email me your choice!
• The projects we make in my May classes!  Here's what were making this month!

If your order is $150 or more, DO NOT use the code because you will receive hostess credits. You will get the gift from me FREE automatically along with the projects we make in my March classes!

Your FREE gifts will be shipped separately and will be shipped during the 1st week in June!

~Today's Thought~

Paper Share - Reserve Yours Today!

I have some FUN news...I'm excited to announce my FIRST EVER paper share!  I hope you'll join...you'll LOVE all the new designer papers!!!

What Is a Paper Share?

When you reserve a paper share with me, I will order new packs of Designer Series Paper from the new Stampin' Up! catalog. I will then cut the packs up, package, and label them and mail to you. The share will include a sample of all of the sheets listed above. This usually costs you 1/4 the price of buying all new paper and you then have a sample of each pack allowing you to, later, purchase your favorites from the new catalog!

Here's how it works!

Sign up now through June 3.

Pay no later than June 3.

New 2019-2020 Catalog Paper Share Includes:

162 Pieces of 6" x 6"  Designer Series Paper from 13 new packs from the 2019-2020 Stampin' Up! annual catalog that begins June 4. 

Your Paper Share of 162 pieces includes these new paper patterns in 12 pieces each unless otherwise noted:

• Bird Ballad
• Come Sail Away
• Dinoroar
• Follow Your Art (shown in my image above)
• Garden Lane
• Magnolia Lane
• Mosaic Mood Specialty
• Noble Peacock Specialty
• Noble Peacock Foil – 6 pieces
• Perennial Essence
• Pressed Petals Specialty – 24 pieces*
• See a Silhouette
• Woven Threads

* Please note that 1 side of 1 sheet of Pressed Petals is not laid out to have it cut well into 6" x 6"  though I will cut it that way.

Cost:

$47.00 + $6.95 shipping via Priority Flat Rate which includes tracking.

* if you don't have a PayPal account, you can still pay the PayPal invoice with your       credit or debit card. Pay Pal is the only accepted method of payment.
How To Reserve Your New 2019-2020 Catalog Paper Share:

Link to the Google Reservation Form HERE no later than June 3. Or click on the paper image above.

U.S. addresses only

Schedule:

May 27: I will email PayPal invoices to everyone who has reserved a share and continue sending invoices as new reservations come in.
June 3:  Payment (and reservation) deadline.
June 4: I will order the Designer Series Paper.
June 8 - 15 or sooner: I will cut, sort, label, and package all of the paper for you. I will print PayPal labels, and Paper Shares will be mailed back out, if there are no back-orders.
June 15-20: My target window for you to receive the paper share back at your home.

Questions? please email me: scraphappenshere@gmail.com or simply reply to this email

Garden Impressions and Country Floral - Negative Space

Hello there!  How's it going this morning? Mornings can be so wonderful...but can also be so hectic...today is a good day and I am thankful! I'm starting a new class today! I'm SO EXCITED!!  Before I head out I want to share a with you with a banner like I demonstrated on my Tuesday's Tip video this week!

I LOVE this card...hope you do too!  My card base is a 5 1/2" X 8 1/2" piece of Whisper White cardstock and is scored at 4 1/4".  My first layer is also Whisper White and measures 4" X 5 1/4".  First I cut a circle in it with my Stitched Shapes Framelits then embossed it with the Country Floral embossing folder.  Next, I cut a 3" X 3" piece of Garden Impressions designer paper and adhered it to my card base (where the open circle will let it show) and then I attached the embossed layer with dimensionals.  I cut a banner with my Rectangle Stitched Framelits (see yesterdays video) and stamped the sentiment with VersaMark and heat embossed it with white embossing powder.  I tied a couple threads from the White Flax Ribbon around the side of the first layer, into a bow to finish it off.  Did I say I LOVE it?  I hope you'll give it a try! If you need any of these supplies click on SHOP NOW and it will take you directly to my Stampin' Up! store!

Thank you so much for stopping by today....it's such a joy to me to share what I love to do!  Have a WONDERFUL day and find a minute or two to CREATE!!

REMEMBER...use May's hostess code KBW6KJ4T and place a minimum order of $50 (before tax and shipping) and you will also receive the gift pictured below...FREE from me!

I'll be depleting my stash of retiring items

(a minimum value of $6.00)

You'll also receive the following...

• One Darla Daisy for every $50 spent (before tax& shipping).  When you have 10 Darla Daisies you can choose $40.00 of Stampin' Up! product(s) of your choice from me! Just email me your choice!
• The projects we make in my May classes!  Here's what were making this month!

If your order is $150 or more, DO NOT use the code because you will receive hostess credits. You will get the gift from me FREE automatically along with the projects we make in my March classes!

Your FREE gifts will be shipped separately and will be shipped during the 1st week in June!

~Today's Thought~

Tuesday's Tip - Rectangle Stitched Framelit Banners

Hello everyone!  It's time for a Tuesday's Tip video!  This is a tip that I saw on our Demonstrator Planning sight and I thought it was FANTASTIC, so I had to make a video and share it!  

These are the final banners from the video! You can see the stitching goes all the way around the banner!  Cool right?!!?

What a FUN way to use your Rectangle Stitched Framelits!  Tomorrow I'll be sharing a card I made with this technique so be sure to stop back by!

For now...I'll say goodbye! THANKS for stopping by today...I hope you are INSPIRED to create!!  

Have a FANTASTIC day!!!



REMEMBER...use May's hostess code KBW6KJ4T and place a minimum order of $50 (before tax and shipping) and you will also receive the gift pictured below...FREE from me!

I'll be depleting my stash of retiring items

(a minimum value of $6.00)

You'll also receive the following...

• One Darla Daisy for every $50 spent (before tax& shipping).  When you have 10 Darla Daisies you can choose $40.00 of Stampin' Up! product(s) of your choice from me! Just email me your choice!
• The projects we make in my May classes!  Here's what were making this month!

If your order is $150 or more, DO NOT use the code because you will receive hostess credits. You will get the gift from me FREE automatically along with the projects we make in my March classes!

Your FREE gifts will be shipped separately and will be shipped during the 1st week in June!

~Today's Thought~

"Make-It Monday" Needle & Thread Get Well Card

Hello stampers!  Did you have a FABULOUS weekend?  Mine went by too fast...it always does!! I had a couple of nice bike rides with my husband, some time with my flowers and some time in my workshop!  Also had a great Sunday morning with church family and YUMMY chips, salsa, guacamole & shrimp tacos for Cinco de Mayo dinner! Now, today...I have a couple of DEAR, DEAR girlfriends coming for a play date in my workshop!!  YAY!!!  

Well...it's Monday and I have another "Make-It Monday to share with you!!!  

BE INSPIRED!!

"Make-It Monday": NEEDLE & THREAD get well card created using RETIRING Stampin' Up! products
All images © 1990-2019 Stampin’ Up!® 

This stamp set and die bundle is retiring June 3.

Stampin’ Up! Supplies:

• STAMPS – Needle & Thread (150626 Photopolymer Bundle)
• PAPER –Whisper White (100730), Gorgeous Grape (146987), Highland Heather (146986), Gingham Gala 6 x 6” Designer Series Paper (148554)
• INK –– Highland Heather (147103) Gorgeous Grape (147099), Coastal Cabana (147097), Lemon Lime Twist (147145)
• OTHER –Glitter Enamel Dots (146934),  2 ¼” Circle Punch (143720), Stampin Dimensionals (104430), mini glue dots (103683)

Cutting & Scoring:  

• Gorgeous Grape - 8 ½” x 5 ½”, score and fold at 4 ¼”
• Highland Heather – 4 x 5 ¼”
• Whisper White – 3 ¾ x 5”
• Whisper White – scrap to diecut  and punch
• Gingham Gala DSP—1 ¾ x 4”

   
Instructions:

• Stamp greenery on scrap of Whisper White and punch with circle punch.  Stamp Larger flower with Highland Heather (and smaller flower directly on top in Gorgeous Grape), and flower trio image in Coastal Cabana. Die Cut.
• Arrange flowers onto punched circle as shown, popping up large flower in center.  Add glitter enamel dot to center.
• Position Gingham Gala Strip on White Panel (don’t adhere) and use as a guide for stamping Sentiment in Highland Heather Ink.
• Adhere Whisper White panel to Highland Heather Panel.  Adhere Printed paper and then adhere all to Gorgeous Grape Card base.
• Add circle to card and embellish with more Glitter Enamel Dots.

Hey...Thanks BUNCHES for stopping by!  Have a GREAT day and an even better week!! Happy stamping!!


REMEMBER...use May's hostess code KBW6KJ4T and place a minimum order of $50 (before tax and shipping) and you will also receive the gift pictured below...FREE from me!

I'll be depleting my stash of retiring items

(a minimum value of $6.00)

You'll also receive the following...

• One Darla Daisy for every $50 spent (before tax& shipping).  When you have 10 Darla Daisies you can choose $40.00 of Stampin' Up! product(s) of your choice from me! Just email me your choice!
• The projects we make in my May classes!  Here's what were making this month!

If your order is $150 or more, DO NOT use the code because you will receive hostess credits. You will get the gift from me FREE automatically along with the projects we make in my March classes!

Your FREE gifts will be shipped separately and will be shipped during the 1st week in June!

~Today's Thought~