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Can you believe Stamp Insanity is a year old!!! In celebration, we are having a BIRTHDAY theme and new images are being released too!

Here is the birthday girl!

Isn’t she so cute! I wanted to find really fun and festive paper for the occasion. When I saw this circle paper in my my scrap bin, I knew it would be perfect. All the fun colors in it led to the pretty color of Maddie’s dress! I also used Jen’s SFYTT this week.

There are some big announcements too! Sadly, Stamp Happens, the place to buy Stamp Insanity stamps will be going out of business soon. Because of this, there needed to be a new home. Beth has been working really hard, but now you can purchase the digis and images straight off the Stamp Insanity website. Great huh?!

What if she made the deal sweeter?

In honor of our birthday week, Beth is giving 50% off, yes I said 50% off, all purchases from September 2 (today) through September 9. Shipping is $6.95 for all orders under $50 and free for orders over $50. All you have to do is type in the code BDAY2010 during checkout.

You have got to see what the other Groovy Gurls have put together this week!

Enjoy! Erica

I made a card today! and I am really happy with it. I saw the MOJO Monday sketch and knew I wanted to play along with it. I also had this ribbon that I hadn’t used much, so I decided to make that the color inspiration. I finished off the card with a little sparkle with some Stickles.

Here is a close up of that…

Here are the other challenges that this card was made for:

• Mojo Monday- Sketch
• A Spoon Full of Sugar- Choice is yours
• Papertake Weekly- Recipe (3-2-1) 3 Dew Drops, 2 stamps, 1 ribbon
• Christmas Card Challenges: Sparkle and Shine

Enjoy- Erica

I love this little drummer boy from Stampendous. I started this card a while ago, but I finally finished it tonight. When I say finish, I mean that I taped everything down. That’s it! Since I have started student teaching, my crafting has gone to the side. My brain is just really mushy right now. I did want to stop in and say hi. I showed some other cards I finally took pictures of in the last post a couple minutes ago. I am hoping to have a little more consistancy, but give me some time and it should get better.

Enjoy! Erica

I started this card Saturday but I put it to the side because I thought it needed something else. I looked at it today and I just couldn’t figure out what I wanted, so I figure it is fine the way it is. I started with this funky Christmas paper from The Paper Studio. I also picked up the stamps with the paper. I loved the simplicity of the stamps, but I wanted to add a bit of sparkle with Stickles.

Enjoy Erica

Oh my goodness, I can’t believe it is Thursday already. Sorry I haven’t posted since a week ago, but life has been a bit crazy. I have been in the classroom for a week now and loving every minute of it. But it really is wearing me out!

I did get a card made for this week’s Stamp Insanity Challenge, Button Up Buttercup. Pretty simple, use buttons and a butter-y color. Here is what I did.

When I saw this challenge, I immediately knew what yellow paper I wanted to use. I figured Zeke would be great for this card. After that, it all came together. The pattern paper is Reflections and the cardstock is DCWV. I finished off the card with a button from Bo Bunny.

Check out the other Groovy Gurls:

Enjoy! Erica

Another Thursday is here! As this posts, I am getting ready to head to the classroom to help prepare my student teaching classroom for 27 4th graders to make their presence next week! I very excited about this new adventure, and I am also very excited about the challenge over at Stamp Insanity this week, Petals and Swirls.

I have had this great patterned paper from Bo Bunny for about 2 months and only used it once! I wanted something fun and summery to make me think fun thoughts as my summer comes to an end. I used Morgan from the Beach Babes set. I just love this image. Isn’t Morgan adorable?! My swirls come in the form of stickers by ATD. I picked them up a while ago too and never busted them out until now. The petals are Primas and I just love the wonderful colors they come in!

I also am using this card for the Raise The Bar Challenge to get Sticky by using a sticker in the creation!

We can’t wait to see what you come up with!

Check out the other Groovy Gurls:

Enjoy! Erica

My new stamps arrived from Artful Inkables the other day and I just haven’t had time to play with them. I finally made a little time this afternoon and played with my new set “Paisleys & Peacocks.”

Here is a close up of the cute peacock…

I added some Stickles to the feathers to add a little sparkle. You can hardly see it, but I also watermarked feathers on the band.

This was made for a couple challenges…

• Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge: Sketch
• Oh Alice!: Ravens and Writing Desks
• Rosie D’s Challenge: All Creatures Great and Small
• Charisma Cardz Challenge: Something with a tail (peacocks have tails right?)

Enjoy! Erica

Today, Stamp Insanity has a very special challenge. Beth has created a new set for her cousin who is battling breast cancer. Here is what Beth writes about the new set:

“Katie for a Cure is a very special set I designed to honor my cousin Kate, who earlier this year, at age 33, was diagnosed with breast cancer.   Kate is the picture of health and vitality, and her spirit is magical.  She has two very young children, and is in the prime of her life – which makes her diagnosis all the more distressing.   As only Katie can, she is fighting this disease with the strength and grace of a pure champion.   Her story is sadly not unique, but this is my Katie, and I had to do something. It is tragic, but I am sure that my family is not the only one to have this disease repeatedly rearing its head at us.  It is my hope that together we will raise a donation that we can all be proud of.  And if nothing else, Kate will get a smile from all the beautiful cards that you share with us.  Thank you all in advance for your donations and your creations!”

Here is the beautiful set that can be yours:

Cancer has affected all of us and I am so happy that Beth made this no-holds-bar set that talks about the truth of cancer. While this set is based on breast cancer, it can be used for many different cancers depending on the color of your ribbon. HERE is a list of the different colors you can use for your ribbon.

Onto my project…

This week, we teamed up with Fussy & Fancy Challenges.

The color challenge for the two challenges are PINK & BLACK

I have to be honest. The Gurls got this set a couple of weeks ago and I couldn’t wait to break it out! I have had this card made for a while and I immediately went with the black and pink theme because I wanted to use this cute paisley paper. I did add a little yellow because I wanted the shirt to be vibrant and bright, just like the women who battle this horrific disease.

Check out the other Groovy Gurls:

Suzi

Enjoy! Erica

It’s THURSDAY! I love Thursdays because the Groovy Gurls have something special and new for you with Stamp Insanity!

Today we have a sketch challenge for you…

Here is what I made for you…

I started by using Izzy from What the Heart Wants. I wanted to use that specific sentiment and it just all came together. The pattern paper is all Cosmo Cricket’s Joy Ride. I luckily found some ribbon that matched the color scheme, and it all just kind of came together.

I have to say that I am loving my Prisma colored pencils and gamsol. It is so fun to play with and the results, if I don’t say so myself, are wonderful.

Check out the other Groovy Gurls:

Suzi

Enjoy! Erica

to your regularly scheduled blog! After reading THIS today, I decided to draw inspiration and write my own list for you to explain my week.

1. My blog was down yesterday and it made me sad and unmotivated to create.
2. Ok, I have been unmotivated since about Tuesday. I think I spent all my energy when I made 6 cards in one day.
3. Hoping the motivation fairy came to me in the middle of the night and I might actually spend time at this desk stamping instead of typing or playing Cube Crush on Facebook.
4. The people that host websites are very passionate and are just as sad and angry when they go down. If this happens, be nice to your webhoster because most likely, that person wasn’t directly involved. If you live with your webhoster when this happens, leave immediately and go shopping, you will have much more fun and give them the space they need to fix things.
5. Don’t forget dinner items for said webhoster. Also, bring dessert, it helps!
6. I went shopping yesterday and bought a pair of $80 jeans for $5! Wade aka webhoster, thinks that they look like something a bum or clown would wear, but for $5, I will call them my fat jeans, and then never ever get out of them.
7. I am addicted to Free Cell.
8. Maybe the motivation fairy hid my DS so I can’t play free cell for hours.
9. It might also help if the fairy canceled Wade’s Netflix subscription too, but I am really liking the 3rd season of Bones. Who is Gargamon?
10. I only have 3 weeks left before I start student teaching. I had have 10 books I was planning on reading and only 2.5 are done. I better get on that.
11. Enough stalling, I should get to work! Hopefully I will be back with a project soon….
12. right after I play a little free cell, shower, play some more free cell and finish the season of Bones.