Over the weekend I watched a number of videos that were posted as part of the Card Maker Success Summit.  This is the first time I paid to spend a weekend on my computer!  I only watched videos that interested me so I did not watch all weekend.  The presentation by Maartje Kraaijenhagen was very informative.  It showed how to get and use digital stamps.  I have been using individual digital stamps for awhile, but she showed how to create a scene.   After watching her presentation, I purchased a Scene Creators stamp by Rachel Anne Miller named Garden Friends.  The set includes at least 15 images and four sentiments.  You can use a variety of the images to create a scene or you can use the individual images.  Here are two cards I created.

The sentiment on the orange checked card is from Stampin' Up.  The sentiment on the blue card is part of the Garden Friends set.  Have a great day!

Since Valentine's Day has passed and Valentine's have been delivered, I am going to post a couple of ones I made.  The first card was made for Jen and Mark.  The bunnies remind me of Easter, but the heart-shaped tennis racquets screamed "Valentine"!  The front of the card is actually a digital image that I purchased at Whimsystamps.com.  Whimsy Stamps does have a black and white image available, but I went for the colored image.  

The second one includes cute penguins from Sunny Studio Stamps’ Passionate Penguins stamp set.  I also used Lawn Fawn dies and stamps on this one for the envelope and typewritten sentiment.  I really like the pink and black color combination. The plaid paper is from Scrap Book Customs.  Have a great day!

It has been 10 months since my last post.  Since then, we have sold our Elgin home and moved to Rogersville, TN.  We have completed the majority of items that needed doing, both inside and outside.  My scrap room is gorgeous.  Being on the main floor, I have windows~~windows with the prettiest views!  When I am at my island, this is what I look out at.  And in the back of the house, I get to watch the cows.  I have really enjoyed watching the cows.  I laugh when the little calves run around.  It is adorable.  I will say, it is getting harder and harder for me to eat beef!                                                                                                Matt now lives a couple of blocks away.  Sydney was accepted at North Carolina State University which means she will only be 5 hours away.  John, Charlie and I can take little road trips whenever she wants us to visit or she can come here.  She was accepted at the five colleges she applied to, NCSU being her #1 choice. That being said, I am not into football, but two of the Bengals went to NCSU, so I will root for them on Super Bowl Sunday!  Jen and Mark can have the upstairs any time they want to visit TN!  Our decision to move to Tennessee has been a good decision.  Have a great weekend!