'Home To Roost!

I love this rooster stamp set- 'Home to Roost!!!  It is a Sale-a-bration choice that you can get for FREE with a $50 product order.  

This rooster reminds me of growing up on the farm at my Grandma & Grandpa Cox's!  Gathering eggs, butchering chickens & yummy fried chicken for our Sunday dinners! 

I made lots of these cards for a swap for my team celebration event last Sunday!  Here are my piles as I was working on them!

Here is the rooster with different colors of Stampin' Blends!

1. Dark Soft Suede
2. Light Soft Suede
3. Bronze

Which one is your favorite?  I like them all, but the Bronze one is just stunning in person!

This card is clean, simple & totally me- a Susie card.  I love the way it turned out!
stamp set:  'Home to Roost'
card stock:  

• Mossy Meadow-
• Basic Black-
• Crumb Cake-

ink:  Black Memento & Mossy Meadow
Stampin' Blends:  Dark Old Olive, Dark Real Red, Dark Crumb Cake
other:  Burlap, Big Shot, Standard Platform, Hexagons Embossing Folder, Magnetic Platform, Stitched Rectangle Framelits, Layering Circles Framelits, Starburst Punchdimensionals, glue dots

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Yesterday was a busy day that started out bright & early with selling pigs!  It was terribly cold!  The semi driver was late!  And I was froze when I got in.  I then had all 6 kids here for part of the day.  They played pretty good all together.  We played LOTS of games!  Masen is getting really good at Candy Land & knowing his colors!  Trey loves his FortNite Monopoly!  And Brayden liked playing his switch!  The twins played them all!  There highlight was having some hot chocolate with lots of mini marshmellows!  Guess we need to do that more often! 

Last night when the kids went home I made a quick trip to Osky to deposit a hog check & pick up a few groceries.  Deke had a meeting & so we got home about the same time.  Got groceries put away, supper made, Deke did the dishes & I then worked on stamping stuff for awhile.  We finally called it a night about 11.  As last night was a short night & we were both just beat!  

We are both up early this morning.  Nathan & Manda both have early meetings......so I'm headed to town to get kids!  I'll take the 3 big boys to school & spend my day with the 3 little ones.  Deke is up early to chore & he'll then head to Keosauqua to a meeting!  

Tonight when the kids go home I'll be stamping away again!

I hope you have a FABULOUS Friday!!

It is Ground Hog day!  Do you think he will see his shadow???

 

It is suppose to start warming up some today.....I sure hope so.  We are all tired of frozen water lines, hard starting tractors, ice on the inside of the windows & the furnace never shutting off!  

Gotta run.....

Happy Stamping!
hugs-
SUSIE

A rooster!!

So.........last night I finally played with this 'Home to Roost' stamp set!  This stamp set is one of the Sale-a-bration choices that you can get for free with a $50 product order.  

Oh my gosh.......within less an 1 hour I created 3 totally different cards using this stamp set!!  And I was just using scraps laying in my box.  

Roosters are so many different colors!  I'd say almost any color combination would be cool & work just fine!!  I honestly was trying to not color him too much, as I wanted him to be simple. 

My grandparents had chickens & I did not like having to gather eggs & get pecked by the hens. The Roosters just usually strutted around & didn't bother us.  But we had fried chicken at grandma's every Sunday for lunch after church.  Oh how I wish I could have some of grandma's yummy fried chicken again! 

On this rooster I colored him with my Stampin' Blends!  I used these colors:  Dark Old Olive, Dark Daffodil Delight, Dark Real Red & Light Crumb Cake, with a Light Smoky Slate under his feet!

Check out how I used the Hexagons Embossing folder & then sponged over it with my Soft Suede ink pad.  Wow- it was just amazing how it made the hexagons pop out & look like a wire chicken fence!  

Sometime within the next week I'll be sure that I post the other 2 Rooster cards that I made.  So be sure you stop back by to check them out!

When I made this card I thought of my friends Karen & Susan- that both have chickens!!!  We get brown eggs from them both & as so spoiled & blessed to still get farm fresh eggs to eat at our house!   

stamp set:  'Home to Roost'
card stock:  Mossy Meadow, Soft Suede, Crumb Cake, Whisper White
ink:  Black Memento, Soft Suede
Stampin' Blends:  Dark Old Olive, Dark Daffodil Delight, Dark Real Red, Light Crumb Cake, Light Smoky Slate
other:  Burlap, Big Shot, Standard Platform, Hexagons Embossing Folder, Sponge, Classic Label Punch, Stitched Rectangle Framelits, dimensionals, glue dots

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Yesterday was another crazy day with more snow!!!!  We woke up to big drifts of snow!!  You gotta just love living in Iowa.  It wasn't as cold yesterday & the sun was shinning good.  Hopefully he melted the snow enough to put a hard top on it so it blow & drift any more. 

Check out this photo from our family room window!  We couldn't even get our family room door open!  The drifts were above the bottom of the window. 

And this one was shows that Deke had already bladed out the driveway with the tractor/blade.  

Yesterday I just had Masen & Ainslee.  Today we should be back on our normal schedule.  I'm headed to town to get Trey & will spend my day with the 3 little ones & see the twins for a few minutes before & after school.  

Deke is up early this morning to chore & head to Ottumwa to a meeting.  And then back home to work on the farm this afternoon.  

Tonight when the kids go home I'll be cutting card stock again!!  I'm working on swaps & demos for my team meeting I have this coming weekend!

Gotta run.......

I hope you have a great Thursday!!

Happy Stamping!
Hugs-
SUSIE

Home to Roost!

 This is one of the cards that everyone joining me for my February card classes made.  I used the Botanical Butterflies DSP for the black & white sides of it. 

This Rooster is so cute!  I've used him several times on various cards here on my blog.  He just reminds me growing up with the chickens at my grandma & grandpa's farm.  

This stamp set- 'Home to Roost' is a Level 1- Sale-a-bration choice.  You can get it for free with a $50 product order.  

stamp set:  'Home to Roost'- #149736 (C)= SAB Free with a $50 order- pg. 11
card stock:

• Basic Black-#121045 (24)= $8.50- pg. 184 -4 1/4 x 8 1/2"= score at 5 1/2"; 2 3/4" strip; 4 1/4 x 3" 
• Whisper White- #100730 (40)= $9.75- pg. 184 - 3/4" strip; 2 3/4" strip; 4 x 5 1/4" 

designer paper: 

• Botanical Butterfly- #149622= SAB Free with a $50 order- pg. 9= 4 x 2 3/4" 4 x 2 3/4" 

ink:  Black Memento- #132708= $6.00- pg. 203
other:  Starburst Punch- #143717= $18.00- pg. 210
Big Shot- #143263= $110.00- pg. 214
Magnetic Platform-#130658= $40.00- pg. 221
Layering Circles Framelits- #141705= $35.00- pg. 218
Classic Label Punch- #141491= $18.00- pg. 210
White 5/8" Flax Ribbon- #148764= $7.00= OC pg. 35 −3"- cut in half, tie in knot & shred ends

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Yesterday I was buried in piles of papers- working on tax stuff all day/night.  Hopefully I'll get it all finished this morning & get it to our CPA this afternoon.

I hope you have a MARVELOUS Monday!!
Happy Stamping!
Hugs-

SUSIE

'Home to Roost'

I love this rooster!  This stamp set is a SAB choice you can get for FREE with a $50 product order.  This is another one of my 'All Occasions' cards1. So what do you think?

stamp set:  'Home to Roost'- SAB choice- FREE with a $50 product order
card stock:

• Crumb Cake- 5 1/2 x 8 1/2"- score at 4 1/4"- fold in half for card base
• Soft Suede- 3 1/2 x 3 1/2"
• Mossy Meadow- 5 1/4 x 1"; 2 3/4 x 2 3/4"
• Whisper White- 4 x 5 1/4"- stamp greeting on for the inside of the card; 1" strip- stamp words onto & punch out using the Classic Label Punch; 2 1/2 x 2 1/2"- stamp rooster onto & color with the Stmapin' Blends

ink:  Black Memento
Stampin' Blends:  Dark Daffodil Delight; Dark Mossy Meadow, Bronze, Light Real Red, Light Crumb Cake
other:  Burlap Ribbon- 3 1/2"- cut in half & tie in knot; Classic Label Punch, Dimensionals, Glue Dots, Big Shot, Standard Platform, Hexagons Embossing Folder
 

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Yesterday was a great day of stamping!!  It all worked out great = cute projects, great friends & yummy food!!!  The weather was great too!  (As last year we had an ice storm & had to delay class to another day).  I am so thankful for Peggy, Rita & Sandy for helping me to set up & they helped me to clean up too- along with Sandy H & Lori.  I appreciated all the help they all gave to me- more than they know!!!  Thanks so much!!

I was beat last night when I got home.  I picked up a pizza for our pizza & we called it a night & went to bed early.  

I'll be cutting card stock all day today- gearing up for next Saturday's big All Occasions Card class.  
I hope you have a SUPER Sunday!
Happy Stamping!
Hugs-
SUSIE

Black & White!

So you all know that I love black & white cards.  

So check out all of the options for this card.

The cat!!!  

The dog!!!

The butterfly!!

Or the Rooster!!!  

I posted this Rooster card last weekend.  

You can check out THAT POST BY CLICKING HERE!

So which is your favorite?  I like them all- but the Rooster is still my favorite!  

BUT you could take the  Stampin' Blends & color in the dog, cat or butterfly too!

stamp set:  
'Home to Roost'- #149736 (C)= SAB Free with a $50 order- pg. 11
'Butterfly Gala'- #148580 (P)= $21.00- OC pg. 35
'Nine Lives'- #148703 (P)= $16.00- OC pg. 32
'Happy Tails'- #148682 (P)= $17.00- OC pg. 33
card stock:

• Basic Black-#121045 (24)= $8.50- pg. 184 -4 1/4 x 8 1/2"= score at 5 1/2"; 2 3/4" strip; 4 1/4 x 3" 
• Whisper White- #100730 (40)= $9.75- pg. 184 - 3/4" strip; 2 3/4" strip; 4 x 5 1/4" 

designer paper: 

• Botanical Butterfly- #149622= SAB Free with a $50 order- pg. 9= 4 x 2 3/4" 4 x 2 3/4" 

ink:  Black Memento- #132708= $6.00- pg. 203
Stampin' Blends: Dark Real Red, Bronze, Dark Soft Suede, Dark Crumb Cake
other:  Starburst Punch- #143717= $18.00- pg. 210
Big Shot- #143263= $110.00- pg. 214
Magnetic Platform-#130658= $40.00- pg. 221
Layering Circles Framelits- #141705= $35.00- pg. 218
Classic Label Punch- #141491= $18.00- pg. 210
White 5/8" Flax Ribbon- #148764= $7.00= OC pg. 35 −3"- cut in half, tie in knot & shred ends
Dog Builder Punch- #148543= $18.00- OC pg. 33
Butterfly Duet Punch- NOT AVAILABLE until around April 1st
Cat Punch- #144666= $18.00- pg. 211

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Yesterday was a busy day with kids.  Deke had a meeting last night, so I went to my moms for the evening. 

This morning Manda has an early meeting- so I'm off early to walk & head to town to her house.  I'll take the twins to school & come home to spend my day with the 3 little ones.  

I have LOTS & LOTS of stamping that I need to get done this weekend.....not sure how it is gonna happen......guess I won't be getting much sleep.

I hope you have a great Friday!!

Happy Stamping!
Hugs-

SUSIE

Another Rooster!!!

Here is another fun rooster card!!!  For this one I choose to use Basic Black, Real Red & Crumb Cake card stock colors!!  And then I colored the rooster with my Dark Soft Suede, Dark Red Red & Dark Old Olive Stampin' Blends! 

stamp set:  'Home to Roost'
card stock:  

• Basic Black- 4 1/4 x 11"- score at 5 1/2" for card base; 2 1/4 x 5"
• Real Red- 2 3/4" strip to cut out circle with the Layering Circle Framelits; 3 x 5 1/4"
• Crumb Cake- 2 3/4" strip to stamp Rooster onto & punch out using the Starburst punch; 2 x 4 3/4"- Emboss using the Hexagon Embossing Folder & then sponge with Soft Suede ink. 

ink:  Black Memento, Soft Suede
Stampin' Blends:  Dark Soft Suede, Dark Old Olive, Dark Real Red
other:  Big Shot, Magnetic Platform, Layering Circle Framelits, Starburst Punch, Burlap, Standard Plate, Hexagon Embossing Folder, Sponge, Dimensionals, Glue Dots

NOTE:  This stamp set is a Sale-a-bration choice & you can get it for FREE with a $50 product order!

Check out this card.....can you believe these are the same cards?  There is a huge difference!

Yes this is the exact same card, but on this one I did not sponge over the Hexagon Embossing Folder.  Can you believe how much of a difference there is in how the sponging just makes the card so much prettier & it also pops too!!  

How did I add the Soft Suede ink:

•  I just used my Soft Suede ink pad & a sponge.  
• I rubbed the ink over the Hexagon Embossing image in a circular motion, burnishing it onto the card stock. 

This is another photo that shows the difference in them.
They are:

• the same color of card stock
• the same Embossing folder
• But I just added the sponging to the top one & WOW!!!  What a difference!  I love it!

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Yesterday was a busy day with the kids.  As there was no school.  I did get a quick hair cut squeezed in for Drake.  Now to find time to get the other boys cut too!  For the majority of the time- they played well!  And little Miss Ainslee tried to keep up with them.  When they went home last night I worked on stamping stuff! 

This morning I'm not sure what is in store again..... we shall see!  There is no school again- so I'm planning on all of the kids again! 

I hope you have a FABULOUS Friday!!

Happy Stamping!
Hugs-
SUSIE