Ink Stamps and Paper

Thursday, June 30, 2016

Sea you soon!

Hello my friends,

I'm excited to be featured as guest designer over at The Heart Desires blog again!

They are wrapping up Nautical month over on the blog, so I am featuring some fun nautical papers from the store. Here is the card I made for my guestie spot:

Be sure to head over to The Heart Desires Blog to find out all the details of my Mermaid card. Thanks again to the Design Team for letting me join them this month! I had lots of fun playing with those great nautical papers!

-Laura

Tuesday, June 28, 2016

Happy Birthday Katie!

Hi Everyone!

It's time for another Birthday Blog Hop! Today is Katie Brooks' birthday, so the gals from our Pacific Northwest crafty group are getting together to help her celebrate. Katie is so much fun when we get together to craft, always bringing a smile and her cheerful attitude! I'm glad you are part of our group Katie!!

Here is the card I made for her:

This card is from a SU kit that I have had for a while, and am just getting around to using. There are so many pieces in this kit - it was hard to decide which to use! I chose the card base with the gold diagonal stripes and added some HA ink to the middle of the fun swirl, which is a die cut piece. The sentiment is Altenew's label love. The twine and the gold stars (which are part of the kit) add a nice finishing touch and help tie it all together.

Hop along to see what everyone else made to help brighten Katie's day. Then stop by the birthday girl's blog to wish her a happy day too!

Kate
Amy
Toni
Vicki
Kimberly
Tonya
Lisa
Laura <<<You are here
Lenae
Katie <<<Birthday Girl

HAPPY BIRTHDAY Katie, I hope your day is filled with friends, family, presents, cake and lots of love!

-Laura

Thursday, June 16, 2016

Anchor's Away

Hello Friends!

Today I am guesting over on The Heart Desires blog. They are having a Nautical themed month, so I am highlighting some of the great 6 X 6 paper pads they carry in the store.

Be sure to check out my full post over at The Heart Desires to find out all the details about my card. I'll be back again later this month for another guest spot and a HUGE thank you to the awesome DT over there letting me have some fun with them too!

-Laura

Sunday, May 22, 2016

Happy Birthday Vicki!!

Today we are having a blog hop to help celebrate Vicki's Birthday. Vicki is a member of our crafty group that gets together once a month or so at Amy's house. You might know here from her great blog All I do is Stamp Isn't her card above a beauty? Vicki loves flowers, so I made her a card with flowers, albeit a much more CAS card than hers.

I hope you have a wonderful day filled with love, laughter and lots of cake!!

I am the last stop on the hop, but here are the rest of the hop participants in case you missed any along the way. Be sure to head to Vicki's blog to wish her a Happy Happy Day!!

Amy

Laura <<<<You are here

Vicki

Friday, April 29, 2016

Happy Birthday Kimberly!

It's a Birthday Blog Hop!!

Today is Kimberly's Birthday!! Our group of PNW crafters is having a blog hop to help celebrate. You should have arrived here from Kate's blog. If you want to start at the beginning, head over to Toni's blog to see the complete list of participants.

Kimberly is so sweet, nice, creative, generous, talented, humble, encouraging...the list goes on. And I am happy to call her my friend! I hope you have a wonderful day filled with special surprises and lots of cake!!

Just last week, it was my birthday and this same group of friends gave me a blog hop. In that hop, Kimberly had made an adorable card for me. The pictures on her blog of that card completely inspired the card I made for her! I hope she likes it:

I used the Lawn Fawn flirty frames stamp set and some masking to add cute critters peeking out to wish her a happy birthday! Most of the critters are Lawn Fawn, but the bear is Ellen Hutson.

Here is the complete list of participants in case you missed any along the way:

Amy

Lenae

Vicki

Katie

Toni

Tonya

BIRTHDAY GIRL: Kimberly

Lisa

Kate

Laura <-----you are here

I'm the last stop on the hop, but be sure to hop along and wish Kimberly a Happy Birthday on the way!

Hope your day is extra special!
Laura

Friday, April 22, 2016

Washington DC Trip

Hello!
Our family just returned from a wonderful vacation in our nation's capital, Washington DC. Being from Washington State, we kept having to refer to the 'other' Washington!

There is so much to see and do in this wonderful city, and I'm sure we only scratched the surface, but it was fantastic. Here are a few pictures from our trip:

We were lucky enough to have a tour guide, my sister in law lives in Maryland, right outside of DC, so she was kind enough to show us around (And lend us some Metro Passes!)

Here are the kids with their Aunt Eileen in front of the Smithsonian Castle

We missed the majority of the cherry blossoms, but the tulips were beautiful all over town

It is hard to describe the emotions and feelings you get from standing in front of the War Memorials. Such a sacrifice these men and women gave for all of us to enjoy the lifestyle we have.

Natalie at the WWII memorial

The Washington Monument and reflecting pool as seen from the Lincoln Memorial

Jack in front of the Lincoln Memorial

Jack in the Museum of Natural History in the ocean exhibit.

Natalie and her cousin Marcela checking out the dinosaurs

The main reading room of the Library of Congress

My family at the Capital Building.

We saw many more things, but I don't want to bore you too much!! If you ever get the opportunity to visit DC, I highly recommend it. It will reinforce your pride in being an American, even with all the crazy politics!
Thanks for stopping in!
Laura

Tuesday, February 2, 2016

Kate's Birthday Blog Hop

Hello!
Today we are having a blog hop for Kate who is celebrating her birthday! Kate is an amazing woman! She is a teacher and you know how special you have to be to excel at that profession!! She is sweet, thoughtful, fun, and you can find her at her great blog: Pinnedandpenned. Stop by and wish her a happy birthday!

I made my card with the Essentials by Ellen Bohemian Garden stamp set and some fun washi tape. The sentiment was stamped with Delicata gold ink - it is so pretty in real life! No need to emboss :)