In Memoriam...

As I always do on Memorial Day I think not only of the brave and patriotic men and women who are currently serving our country, but also of my Grandfather, who spend the majority of his life in service to his country.

(Grandpa is the painfully skinny one on the right. :D)

I will be BBQing and taking advantage of the sales today for sure...but through it all I will remember why I am free to so!

Birthday Candy...

It isn't MY Birthday...but surely it is Someone's birthday? :)

I recently received a shipment I TOTALLY forgot about!!! I had pre-ordered the new Imaginisce lines Baby Powder and All Kinds of Happy before I realized I HAD to close the store...sooo, they are all in the store...LOTS of the cupcake stamp, Flower Stamp and the papers in each of the lines..I was able to stop Some of the shipment from leaving the factory, but what is here went on sale just like everything else...so take the time to go check out the Newest release at Very Reduced Prices.

OH...back to the Birthday and the Candy :D

I found one last bottle of Baby Blue and Cotton Candy Stickles (what happened to the label on the pink???) So...I am giving away to one lucky winner:


2- 12x12 sheets All Kinds of Happy, Pink Frosting with Sprinkles 12x12 Glitter Paper
2- 12x12 sheets All Kinds of Happy, Parfait Party 12x12 Glitter Paper
2- 12x12 sheets All Kinds of Happy, Chatty Cake, Chatty Cake 12x12 Glitter Paper
1- Snag 'em Stamps, Cupcake
1- Baby Blue Stickles
1- Cotton Candy Stickles (sans label )

Just leave a comment on THIS post before Monday (May 26th) at 10 pm MT to be entered!!!

Hole in One...

A friend of mine, a dedicated golfer, shot a hole in one playing by himself. Disaster. -William Glasser

Nope, not me...I don't Golf! ;)

My Aunt however, not only plays she recently hit a Hole In One!!! She is super excited, of course. The Clubhouse put up a plaque with her name on it and everything!!!

My Mom requested a Golf Congrats card...and Luckily I went to Lindsey's last night to stamp, because I own Zero golf stamps.


I used Inka's Putting Green stamp and just omitted the man! :) I used Basic Grey Boxer and the reverse side of a piece of Prima Urban Cosmo patterned paper. The "golf ball" is just a dot of Sakura Gelly Roll White Pen.

Blogger RAK...

A big thank you to SCS's Kimmery for the Lovely Birthday RAK!!! She used some Fun sparkly paper and decorated the cardbase with a Scor-Pal I believe...so pretty!

My Future Husband.........

WOO HOOOO!!!!!!! I am SO THRILLED!!! HE WON!!! WOOOOO HOOO!!!

(Obsess much, Rach?? :D)

Zero Calorie Cupcake...

I went on a diet, swore off drinking and heavy eating, and in fourteen days I lost two weeks. -Joe E. Lewis

I was browsing thru an old Crafts 'n Things a month ago and saw a little cupcake pin cushion...it was cute, but small...and well....I don't knit, so I passed it by. As the days went by, though, I couldn't stop thinking about it. I have a friend...well a few friends, but 1 in particular that just LOVES cupcakes! So, I asked a friend at work who knits if she had ever seen one. She hadn't so we went searching...and boy was I delighted and surprised to see the number of Knit Food Patterns there are on the web. Cupcakes, Doughnuts, Cake, Fruit...wow!

So Diane got started and made me one that I could send to Jessica...and then the obsession began...I think she has made 10-15 of these darlings in the last month! Good thing she does a lot of Craft Shows! :)


I wish I had taken more pictures...maybe Jessica has taken some...I'll check and add them here if she has more.

ETA: Here are a few more pics Jessica took...gives you an idea of the size...


(If you are interested in purchasing one of these contact me and I will get you pictures of what is available, or Diane can make one to your color specifics. They are $10 each)

Using Scraps...

If you don't know where you are going, any road will get you there. -Lewis Carroll

I always love seeing what Amy does with her scraps on Scrap Stash Saturday! I think the last one she did was in April, but I am always on the lookout to see what she will come up with. I decided to try it myself! Not as in love with the finished project as I was with the idea of it...but thats OK, it happens, right?

The 4 pieces I pulled included an already matted piece of patterned paper. The colors Sort of match, but I was Not happy to see the striped piece, so I just used a bit of that one to paper piece the small butterfly.















I recently went to Julee's house with Amy and Lindsey to help package the new release stamps and loved them so much I had to have some. I used the Fluttering By for the large butterfly and the sentiment, the smaller butterfly is from Petals and Stems.


See that Green flower???? That is a We R Memory Keepers Suede Flower...Mmmmmmmm Delish!!!


Thanks for stopping by!

My Cup of Tea...

Bread and water can so easily be toast and tea. ~Unknown

I bought this teacup stamp and sentiment for my Mom who Loves tea...well, not the stamps for her, but to make cards for her. I have had them for Months and decided I NEEDED to ink them up.

This is a pretty simple card, I semi CASEd the Coffee card I made not too long ago...these a muse dot 4 bar cards make simple cards so quick and Easy! I also used Classic Flourish from Memory Box for a little "steam" feel.

Thanks for stopping by!

Father's Day Card...

Any man can be a father, but it takes a special person to be a dad. -Proverb

After procrastinating until the Very last day on Mother's Day cards I thought it would be a good idea to get a jump on Father's Day.

I broke out my new Thoughts of Father set from SU and some Basic Grey Boxer paper.

The belly Band is dampened CS that I crumpled up, then straightened, dried and then sponged with ink. For the bottom panel I used my scor-pal and scored a diamond pattern, then went over the lines in one direction with a white Gel Pen...just adding dashes, not a solid line. the "Happy" is from the Kitchen Sink Stamps set Turkey Trot and the "Father's Day" is an omitted part of the sentiment included in the SU set.


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Bad or Fattening...

All the things I really like to do are either illegal, immoral, or fattening. -Alexander Woollcott

I LUFF my new stamps from Inkadinkado...I got a FEW of the funny new mini sets. ;)

I just love this girls hair...and the look on her face! :) She looks like she has just been clothes shopping and found Nothing fashionable in her size (doesn't that just make you fume???) See how she is wearing plaid shorts???? Hee Hee Hee....

Mom's Day...

When you are a mother, you are never really alone in your thoughts. A mother always has to think twice, once for herself and once for her child. -Sophia Loren

WOW!!! I have been up until 1-2 am every night since Wednesday, packing, labeling and re-inventory-ing...with all that I still over sold a few items and had to do some adjusting...thanks to all of you who so graciously understood!!! Today I FILLED the back of my little HHR and ran to the 24/7 drop off, I am totally up to date on orders...OH, wait...not counting this afternoon's orders! I SO appreciate everyone that has stopped by and helped me get this liquidation done as fast as possible! I did receive a few of the Back Ordered items I was waiting on before...so there are a few new items listed since Fri...We R Memory Keepers Suede Flowers, Hardware Kits...Prima Paper, Tape and Ribbon...AND some 7 Gypsies ATC Holders...YES, all ON SALE!!!!

So with all of that I put off Mother's Day card making until today. I always make 2-3 cards for all the family holidays and birthdays, because my Mom. Dad and Brother usually buy one from me...so I have to TRY to make different designs and not compete for which is "better!" :)

Here are the Mother's Day cards I made today, the first is using Amy R's Sketch #17...I am trying to mix different patterns and non Matchy papers lately...not sure I hit the nail on the head with this one, but I love this stamp set (Vintage Garden by Memory Box,) so that helps! :)



My Mom mentioned really liking this stamp when she saw my bright Sultry card last week, so I decided to make a card using it...I don't have any Mother's Day sentiments, so I just added the Posies sentiment from Whipper Snapper's Posies for You. The background is Linen in Ruby Red and Baroque in Close to Cocoa (I just lightedly ran the pad over the edges of the design instead of inking it all the way up) stamped on Ruby Red, then spritzed with Glimmer Mist. I stamped a butterfly using Inkadinkado's Butterfly in Flight, then punched out part of it with a small Paper Shaper Punch.

Store Closing...

I want to thank Everyone that has ordered and re-ordered from Hope Stamps Eternal in the last 6 months, I love this store and all the wonderful people I have "met" through my business.

Unfortunately, for personal reasons I am unable to continue operating at this time. I have high hopes for the future, but at this time I must Liquidate everything and close the virtual doors. EVERYTHING IS ON SALE and will be on sale until it is GONE.

Please spread the word!!! I need to get it done and have the time to carry on with other things.

Happy Stamping!

Spring Blooms...

As I was looking at my Featured Stamper card and thinking of my crabapple tree I decided I needed to take some pictures. I had to wait for the light to be right, though...last nights pictures were too late in the evening and they turned a not so pretty orange color.

First is a picture of 1 of the 2 trees. (I have one on each side of my house.)


And then just a few shots of the blossoms...I had a lot of fun, can you tell??? :)






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Featured RubOns...

Spring is when you feel like whistling even with a shoe full of slush. -Doug Larson

This week's Featured Stamper on SCS is nutsmymuhl, her gallery is full of great stuff to inspire you! I chose this card to CASE. I also wanted to make a fun spring card using Pink and Green for Sharon's Challenge, Spring Cards. The challenge makes me smile, because the CrabApple tree in my front yard is COVERED with flowers right now! They are so beautiful!


I changed the whole card to color...using Imaginisce Blossoming Romance rubons, I added a touch of Stardust Stickles to the flower centers and stamped the sentiment with the matching Imaginisce Thank You Snag 'em stamp.

A Cupcake for you to try...

When you look at a cupcake, you've got to smile. -Anne Byrn

I am sending a little "Just Because" gift to a friend and needed a card to go in the box. I just LOVE this Inkadinkado set, Birthday Cupcakes and decided to use Jen's SFYTT, I loved the way Jen had the punched out flowers scattered around her background layer...so I did a little variation on that.

I used Dew Drops and Gems on the flower centers, Twinkling H2Os to paint the cupcake and Stardust Stickles on the cupcake's flowers. The background paper is Basic Grey Phoebe. I masked the cupcake with a post-it so I could add the a muse oval under it.

Don't Forget: Today is the LAST DAY of the BASIC GREY SALE!!!!

15% off All New Lines!!!!