Monday, September 29, 2008

Happy Anniversary to us!

Today, marks Ian and mine first wedding anniversary. The time has gone by so fast, it is hard to believe that a year ago today we said 'I do' actually I think it was 'I will'. Regardless, it has been a fabulous year and I know we will have many more years together.


Happy Anniversary, Ian! All my love today and always,

Hanna is going to be 1 and I have CANDY!

In celebration of Hanna Stamps first year in business, Kristi has lots of giveaways for you!!!!!

Visit all the talented Design Team Blogs between now and Wednesday to see exciting sneak peeks and for the chance to win a never seen before Riley/Sophie Moose image.

Leaving a comment on each blog, will increase your chances of winning. One new stamp per Design Team member blog will be given out. Winners will be announced at the Hanna Stamps Release Party on Thursday October 2 at 9:00 p.m EST (7pm MST). So pop into the Hanna Stamps SCS forum for the party for challenges, prizes, chatter, more prizes and to see what the amazing Design Team has in store for you.

Blog hop on over to the other design team members:

Adela - Creations by AR

Amanda - Inkspirations

Beth - Freckled and Fun

Bev - Savor the Journey

Cambria - Stamp a Little Love Baby

Candice - Rubber Soul

Cindy - Cindy Haffners’s Corner

Frances - Stamp Owl’s Studio

Janette - Stampin with Style

Jeanne - Inky Paws

Judy - Rock is Dead

Kittie - Kittie Kraft

Niki - My Paper Creations

Pam - Iris Garden

Patti - Design {U}

ME! - Live, Love, Laugh & Stamp

Vicki - DT Coordinator - Summerthyme Studio

Kristi - Owner - Kreations By Krissy

This week is also sneak peek week. Ian and I got in on Sunday afternoon after a week in Cleveland, OH and of course, I have no samples ready for the sneak peek. But I know that the Design Team will! So make sure to check out all their blogs above for the sneak peeks and to enter blog candy also the HSDT gallery at SCS.

I was exhausted when we got home and slept for 3 hours, I would have sleep on our flight from Chicago to Calgary but the man sitting next to me had his elbow in my ribs the whole flight and no matter what I did he wouldn't move it. It was a long 3 hours and 37 minutes! To make matters worse I have to leave at 6:30 am today to head out for a 2 day planning session in Kananaskis with my team from work, it's only one night away but that night is my 1st wedding anniversary. Oh well, we celebrated in Cleveland and we've known this for months. I will be back on Tuesday night to make some sneak peek samples as well as finish up the scrapbook I somehow ended up making for my Team Lead that is leaving the group. Too many things on my plate at the moment.

I will leave you with this one last Riley card that I have in my stash - which is now empty!


Stamps: Hanna Stamps
Paper: Basic Grey, real red, old olive, always artichoke, PTI white
Ink: Memento black, copic markers
Accessories: always artichoke ribbon

Friday, September 19, 2008

Kiss the Cook



Wow! It's Friday again. Somehow the week slipped by with work on Monday and then a course Tues thru Thur. I was responding to emails at night and just plain busy. I haven't really stamped at all. I have a half done card for our monthly Calgals challenge tonight. I better get that done before I head to Nancy's or I'll be harassed!

I made this 'Kiss the Cook' card for the stamp release and then I never got it up for the release and plain forgot about it. So here is my take on Kiss the cook.

Supplies
Stamps: Kiss the Cook by Hanna Stamps
Paper: Bazzill, Basic Grey, PTI white
Ink: Memento black, copic markers
Accessories: Bazzill brads and Flowers, Basic Grey Infuse ribbon

Friday, September 12, 2008

I'm hosting HSC34

I'm the host this week for the Hanna Stamps Challenge, on the Members forum on SCS. This week's challenge is my first sketch challenge. I actually figured out how to design a sketch in Photoshop Elements and it wasn't that hard.

Here is my sketch:


And here is the card I made with the sketch:


Be sure to check out the HSC34 gallery to see whatever one else has done.

I know its been awhile since I posted on my blog but work has been really busy and I haven't had the energy to stamp. It's really hard sometimes to use the left brain all day and then come home and get the right brain flowing. I'm an engineer for an oil and gas company not sure if everyone knows that so I spent my day with numbers and meetings. I'm on another course next week for some software training then Ian and I are going to Cleveland from the 21st to the 28th (our 1st anniversary is on the 29th!) as he has a training course and I'm tagging along then I come back and spent the 29th and 30th at an offsite meeting for work .... and it's October then. WOW! Because of all this I suspect I am going to be a little absent this month. I think I'm really going to miss stamping this month.

Supplies
Stamps: Ballerina Sophie, Sentiments all by Hanna Stamps
Ink: Memento black, Copic Markers
Paper: Europhia, lavendar lace, regal rose, certainly celery, PTI white
Accessories: Prima, Scrapbook sally brad, SU soft sky ribbon, designer label punch

Monday, September 1, 2008

Introducing Ballet Sophie G!


I am so excited to finally be able to put this card up on my blog as I made it a month ago in preparation for the day that this cute little moose would be released! Hanna Stamps along with ecletic Paperie will be releasing this stamp with our release on Friday, September 5th. The proceed will be going to cancer foundation in honor of a friend of Daisy and Joy who's little girl has cancer. More details to follow later this week on the members forum at SCS.

Other news from Hanna Stamps!

Hanna Stamps will be celebrating it’s 1st “Hanna-versary” on 5th October. To celebrate this exciting event Hanna Stamps will be having a 1 month long contest.

For every $50 you spend, throughout the month (1st September to midnight 1st October) your name will go into a drawing, the lucky winner will have their choice of the Copic Air Compressor, or the $200 shopping spree in the Hanna Stamps store.

During our release party on Thursday night Oct 2nd, we will video tape Hanna picking the winning name out of a jar.
We are going to have weekly give aways during the entire month of Sept. So stay tuned here or on the Design teams blogs for these great prize give aways!

Don't forget to join us this Thursday 4th September in the Hanna Stamps Members Forum for our release party starting at 9pm EST.

Supplies
Stamps: Hanna Stamps
Paper: all PTI
Ink: Memento, Copics
Accessories: PTI ribbon