Christmas Crusin'

If you missed me lately our family decided to do something different and headed to New Orleans to hop on a ship and cruise for a week. All 14 of us from my 83 year old mother to my youngest grandson at 2 years old enjoyed a week in the western Caribbean. It was great.  Unfortunately, some of the group came home sick with the flu! But for the most part it was a great trip and I can't wait to get some pictures on page! I know everyone is super busy getting ready for Christmas I am taking it easy. Not stressing and trying to have fun. That might be the reason I have been MIA for a while. The Open house the 1st of December was a hit and well attended. I have  the new catalogs. If you need one let me know, I 'll get it to you asap. The Mystery hostess workshop was very successful. Debbie Bryant, Lynn Laton, Deborah Beard and Stephanie Roberti won 25.00 in free product and Kimberly Parker was picked for the 1/2 price item. There may be just a few more goodies to go around!
I'm showing you this card again. It was from a post back in November. I submitted this card for the PCC266 (Paper Craft Crew) challenge number 266. It was a sketch challenge. Well, I just found out I was chosen as one of the top picks! They choose 3 cards from the entries as the top picks for that challenge. I am stoked! Thanks for letting me share my successes. I'll be back soon with more ideas for the upcoming new Catalog launch! Happy Holidays! Be blessed and be a blessing. Much love.

Stamping in Dixie,

Cindy Waldroff

Not my Style!

Good morning! Pulled the sweatshirts out last week, but needed the flip flops and shorts again this morning! Yep, you know you live in Alabama in the fall where it's in the 40's one morning the 70's the next! Today's card as indicated in the title is Not my usual style. I have continued to play with the new STampin' Blends this week. So the background for this card was a piece of Whisper White I was just practicing on blending and color combinations. I kind of like it thought. It is for a special person going through some rough times. More importantly, I think she'll like it. I love the "Just Breathe" stamp from Colorful Seasons stamp set.
I used the Marina Mist markers, light and dark, the Daffodil Delight light marker with a little light Calypso Coral at the top and more of the Marina Mist. The middle section is light Smokey Slate, I added black rhinestones to the dots for a little bling! Interesting! I think I'll need to keep practicing with this idea.
Here's the inside of this card. I just laid down some Smokey Slate and light Daffodil Delight and stamped one of the sayings from Beautiful you stamp set.
Well, that's all for today. Hope you have a wonderful Friday. Come back and visit again.
If you need an products check out my online store. If you have an opinion or question leave me a comment. Thanks and be blessed and bless others around you.

Love stamping in Dixie,

Cindy

Paper Craft Crew #266- Do you love to color?

I have to confess I am late to the love of coloring trend. When I was young, I stayed with my grandparents all summer. It was awesome. My Aunt Sue was a first grade teacher and she loved to color. She was really an artist. She would buy me a awesome fancy color book and crayons or colored pencils. She really wanted me to sit and color with her. I didn't stay in the lines and my color choices, well, were less than desirable. Moving forward 50+ years, I have learned to enjoy coloring. My friend Cheryl loved to color, I learned from her how to relax and enjoy the practice. I'm still not great, but I do enjoy it a
lot more and I am better at staying inside the lines.
Have you looked at the Stampin' Blends yet? My project today was fun. I wanted to participate in the PCC#266 Card sketch challenge and show y'all some ideas using the Stampin' Blends. I'm pretty happy with how this turned out. I used the light and dark markers in Pumpkin Pie, Calypso Coral and Daffodil Delight to color the feathers on the Just add Color DSP. I then fussy cut some feathers for my focal image, added the Copper Trim(I love) and some gold metallic thread.(It should have been copper, couldn't find it for nothing!) & the saying is from the Ribbon of Courage set. I really did have a good time coloring and playing with the shading and blending. I love the artist quality of the markers. I definitely need more practice! Hope you enjoyed this project as much as I enjoyed creating it. If you need any supplies, please shoot me an email or hop on over to my online store. Thanks for stopping in today. Have a wonderful blessed day and be a blessing to someone in need.

Love, stamping in Dixie,

Cindy

Blends are here!

Good morning ladies. Anyone ready to color? Stampin up is releasing their new Stampin' Blends today. They are the new and improved alcohol markers we have all been waiting for in 12 popular Stampin' Up colors. You can see the Blends pamphlet here. A couple tips to remember:

1. Blends are alcohol markers, so you need a water based ink pad like Memento Black (132708)
2. Blends will bleed through- so protect your work surface.
3. Stampin' Up's Thick Whisper White, Thick Very Vanilla and Shimmery White paper work best.
4. It is very important you recap your markers as soon as you finish with one. Because they are alcohol based they will dry out quickly if left exposed to the air.
5. Markers will work best with line images.

I will be sharing samples using the Blends this week- so keep coming back to see a new project. I am so excited for y'all to try these. They are really amazing markers. Have a great day. Be blessed and be a blessing to those in your path today. Today I am sending the 5 weeks project for the 12 weeks of Christmas. If you want to get it be sure you are on my mailing list. If you aren't on my list, click the Welcome to Stamping in Dixie page tab at the top of this post and you will see a sign up form. Just fill it out and submit. Thanks again. Later!

Love stamping in Dixie,

Cindy Waldroff