Challenge Started

It feels good to make a start on a challenge, I'm sure it will feel even better when I finish it.
The task I set for myself was to use every stamp set I own in the current catalogue and make 3 cards with it.  First of all I needed to sort out my stamp sets and decide how to tackle this challenge.  I decided to go in alphabetical order so today I have All In The Family and Artistic Etchings.

When I looked at the stamp sets I decided I would try and do some catalogue caseing as each year I love the examples in the catalogue, but rarely do I actually case them so, the first card is a case from page 57.

The next two cards I used my children as the inspiration.  I have used the DSP Just Add Cake on the All In The Family cards.

Artistic Etchings was one of those sets I just had to have as soon as I saw it and I have used it quite a lot.  This card is again a catalogue case, this one is from page 97.

I thought the Simply Scrappin Kit Tickets and Tags would go really well with this set and I am pleased with the result.

Now one without the Eiffel Tower!! When I finished this one it seemed like a great male card so I added the Happy Father's Day sentiment.

That's all for today, hopefully I will keep up with the challenge and have more to post very soon.  I think Aviary is next on the list.

Can it really be that long ago....

It really has been a long time since I posted on my blog.......So I guess this is my come back post!!!
Life has been busy with the last 12 months a bit of a blurr, but I feel I am finally finding the balance again! And that balance includes some time for stamping - yeah!!!!!

While my stamping time has been limited I have found time to do a few things since my last post, including 2 wonderful stampathons (one in Oct 2011 and the other April 2012).  Both days were lots of fun and full of creativity. I will also show you some cards I have made recently.

But first the reason I have started blogging again.
Today I realised that the current Stampin' Up! catalogue will finish in a few months sooooooooooooo I have set myself a challenge.............................................
My challenge is this...to use every stamp set I own in the current catalogue.  To do this I have decided to make at least 3 cards with each set, and blog them!
Since I only decided this today I haven't got anything to blog yet so here are some of the cards I have made since my last post in September.

 This one was for my Aunty's 70th Birthday.  She is a fantastic card maker herself so it was a challenge to make something special for her.  This is actually a case from the catalogue (pg 102). The DSP is from this years Sale-a-bration.

 The stamp set in this one is from Sale-a-bration also.

My niece turned 13 in January and this is the card I made for her.

The next 3 were made for 3 of Paige's friends who all turned 10 recently.

So as you can see I have done some stamping, just been slack blogging about it.  But stay tuned as I promise to blog about my challenge.......