Greetings from Convention!

Hello! I have been super busy and having fun at Convention! We made some cute make and takes today that I can't wait to share. We also got these darling cupcakes at lunch. It was so funny to see all of these crazy ladies taking pictures of their cupcakes. The topper was made of chocolate, too! How fun! The demos were great today and I can't wait to get new stuff!

Swaps!!!

I am headed out in a few hours to go to Convention! I am super excited. I just finished getting my swaps and Shoebox swaps prepped for tonight. I wanted to share, but I don't have time to give all of the details on everything. I will give more info when I get back! Thanks for fluttering by! I will post updates on convention when I can!

*Release Day*

Today is the day you can head on over to The Saltbox Studio to purchase your new sets and maybe some of the old that you can't live without! LOL! I chose to use this cute house from the Saltbox Sampler and the thank you sentiment. As soon as I saw these great sentiments, I knew I wanted to use this great pattern paper from Cosmo Cricket. I thought the font on the sentiment looked like it had been stitched. I also added an X in the stitching on the button to continue with the cross stitched theme. Today is my daughters *friend* birthday party, so I have pools to fill, cupcakes to make and decorate, etc. etc. Then on Wednesday I am off to SU! convention for loads of fun and new stamps! Yippee! Hopefully I can get some things made to post each night when I get home!

A Kid and a Card!

Last night we headed up to Kamas, Utah for a BBQ and then the Rodeo with my cousins, Aunt and Uncle, etc. It was a lot of fun and it is nice to be in the country. It is always so peaceful!!! The Rodeo was a ton of fun! My kids *loved* it! They did a great firework show afterwards. So...now I am in need of a Thank You card to give to my cousin and their family for hosting the BBQ! I thought a Bronc Buster card would be perfect. I used the sketch from Jen's Blog http://www.iheart2stamp.com/ for this weekend. I had so much fun with last week's sketch I thought I would try today's. Wouldn't you know it? It was a perfect layout to use with this set! I used the retired Outlaw paper as well. I really miss that paper! I hope they have some fun western paper in the new catalog. Thanks for fluttering by!

Saltbox *Sneak Peek*3

Good Afternoon! I hope everyone is having a great Friday! I was able to get out into my yard this morning and get some deadheading, weeding, etc. done! It always feels good to get those things done! My husband is home again today, so I decided to let him sleep and I came down to make a card using my fun new Saltbox Stamps! I decided to use the Farm Friends set for this one and I thought this Daisy D's paper worked well with it. I also added an older sentiment which is one of my faves-Live Simply! I need to be reminded of this on a daily basis! LOL! I added a little machine sewing because these papers are fabric designs as well. I just think is adds a little something extra. I used my color spritzer and a black marker to add some speckles to the focal image. Mr. Rooster is colored with prismacolor and copic markers. Now...I have to get my swaps done for Convention! I need to clean my space and work on that in the next few days so that I can get some more samples made for release day which is MONDAY!!! Thanks for fluttering by!

ETA: I decided to add a little more shading to the rooster and some scallops! I thought it looked better!

P.S. There won't be *A Closer Look* installment this week either, because of my crazy deadlines! Check back next Sunday when life has calmed down!

Saltbox *Sneak Peek* 2

Today is a holiday here in Utah! This image is perfect for today's 24th of July Holiday! I fell in love with it as soon as I saw it! I had a lot of fun coloring it and I added a few ants as well. Aren't they cute? These images are new from The Saltbox Studio and will be available next week! I colored the image with Copic and Prismacolor markers. I colored yesterday's image with these as well, to answer the question that was left yesterday! This image has such a primitive feel, but I decided to use the pinks and greens to bring out the watermelon! Yummy! I will be posting more sneak peeks, so stay tuned!

Saltbox *Sneak Peek*

Yes! It is that time again! I am so excited for this release from The Saltbox Studio. Every set has such great images! I decided to make my sneak peek card today using the sketch challenge over at SCS and what do you know? It worked perfectly with these new images. I chose to use the new Banner set because I knew I could use some great country colors as well. If you have been collecting the Banner Collections, you don't want to miss out on this one!

I have been a little MIA recently while I have been getting my new creations made. I also am trying to get ready for SU! convention which is exactly a week from today! Yippee! I am excited and stressed all at the same time! Lots to get done before then! Please bear with me while I get through all of my *to do's*! Check back for more Sneak Peeks this week! Thanks for fluttering by!