Tea Time

Hello All...this is my second post for today. I realized that I did not post my card for Mo's Digital Pencil challenge this week! Well, first off, let me say, it does pay to play along, because last week, I was chosen as one of the winners and I was able to add a few new digital images to my collection. Yay! I'll be sharing those in the weeks to come. But for now, the challenge this week was to use a Mo's Digital Pencil image and LACE. Please keep in mind, that I am still working on coloring people with Copics; hair and skin are sooo very difficult for me. Anywho...

Here we go...

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I chose Mo's Tea Party image. Isn't she just the cutest? Look at her shoes! I loved it when my girls would wear my shoes and pretend to be me! LOL! I printed this little darling on Cryogen white card stock, colored her with Copics, added Stickles to her boa and sparkles on her shoes. The focal piece is adhered with dimensional adhesive to a piece of lace covered patterned paper. A few lines of heart lace and a tea time greeting completed my card.

supplies~

digital image: Tea Party(Mo's Digital Pencil)

stamp set:Tea for Two(PaperTrey Ink)

card stock: Cryogen Iridescent white(PaperTemptress)   Rose Red(Stampin' Up!)   Vintage Cream(Papertrey Ink)

patterned paper: Love Me Collection(My Mind's Eye)

ink: Hollyhock(CTMH)   Tattered Rose Distress Ink(Ranger)

gems: Tiny Twinkles(Taylored Expressions)   Treasures(Shabby Chic)

dies: Classic Oval Petite and Oval Petite Scallop Nestabilities(Spellbinders)

punches: Oval and Scallop Oval(Stampin' Up!)

other: Copic Markers   lace(from my stash)   Crystal Ice Stickles(Ranger)

Thanks for visiting!


Blessings~

Happy Leap Day!

Hello Friends! Today is February 29, 2012, so Happy Leap Day to you! I often wondered do the people born on Leap Day only celebrate their birthday every four years? Hmmm...something to ponder...or not! Anywho...I have a card to share with you. I needed another sympathy card. It had to be quick, but nice. And as I have stated in previous posts, I struggle with sympathy cards. This is what I made.

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supplies~

stamp set: Mailbox Greetings(Papertrey Ink)

card stock: Vintage Cream(Papertrey Ink)

patterned paper: The Mariposa Matstack(DCWV)

ink: Memento Rich Cocoa(Tsukineko)

die: Fancy Tags(Spellbinders)

embossing folder: Textile(Provo Craft)

punch: Single Butterfly(Martha Stewart Crafts)

ribbon: Spring Moss(Offray)

 Even though the patterned paper is busy, the card is pretty simple. After adhering the paper onto the card front, I ran a scrap of card stock thru the Cuttlebug, using the Textile embossing folder, I punched out a few butterflies and glued them on. I stamped the greeting and die cut it, threaded it with ribbon, taped that all down, gave the whole thing a very light spritz of shimmer spray and I was finished. It really helps to create quick and easy cards when you have such gorgeous papers to work with.

Thank you for dropping in! I appreciate the visit.

Blessings~

Love You Forever...

Hello Friends! Before February slips away, I wanted to show you the card and little giftie I made for my girls for Valentine's Day this year. If you've been following my blog for a while, you'll know that we celebrate holidays/occasions  BIG at our house. It just makes life fun in my opinion and there is always something to look forward to, not just the biggies...Thanksgiving, Christmas, Easter.

It's neat for me to go back thru our scrapbook pages, where I can see how the cards and gifts for the girls have changed over the years. When they were 5 and 10, my cards were made with construction paper and lots of glitter and their gifts were mostly edible. Now that they are 15 and 20, their cards are more 'grown up', they still have glitter, cuz we LOOOVE sparkle at my house, and their gifts are more geared toward bath and beauty and music or scented candles. I knew they were going to grow up, but boy did they grow up fast. *sigh*

Here is what I did for them this year...

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 I created these cute little pockets using the diaper fold technique. Really quick and easy.

supplies~

stamp set: Heart Prints(Papertrey Ink)

card stock: Real Red, Pretty in Pink(Stampin' Up!)   Vintage Cream(Papertrey Ink)

patterned paper: Sending Love(Stampin' Up!)

ink: Real Red(Stampin' Up!)  Tattered Rose Distress Ink(Ranger)

punches: Heart to Heart, Full Heart(Stampin' Up!) Scalloped Heart to Heart Die(Stampin' Up!)   Maraschino Baker's Twine(The Twinery)

Not too much more to say about this. I really enjoyed making all the Valentine's Day cards this year. I had some beautiful papers to work with. So, don't be surprised if you see another V-Day card post in the up coming months! Thanks for visiting with me. Have a wonderful Monday. Until next time...

Blessings~

The Magic of Christmas

Hello Friends! It's Friday! Today, I am sharing the card I made for the Christmas Card Challenge blog. The challenge for this week was to use: PAISLEY.

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When I saw the challenge, I immediately thought of this paisley patterned paper, but just as quickly dismissed the thought because of the colors. As the week went on, I fiddled around with different stamps and ideas and I kept coming back to this paper. I was stuck. So rather than fight it, I decided to go with it. Although it's difficult to see in the photo, the paisley panel is adhered with dimensional tape, making the greeting panel recede. It's really quite a nice effect in real life.You can see that I added some glittered buttons on too.

That's all I have for today. Thanks for stopping by! Have a wonderful weekend.


Blessings~

supplies~

stamp: Christmas Magic(PSX)

card stock: Blush, Chocolate(CTMH) Rustic Cream(Papertrey Ink)

patterned paper: More to Adore(CTMH)

ink: Rich Cocoa(Tsukineko) Tattered Rose Distress Ink(Ranger)

ribbon: Chocolate(Stampin' Up!)

buttons: Sweet Blush(Papertrey Ink)

twine: Cappuccino(The Twinery)

circle Nestabilities(Spellbinders)

Bee Happy

Can you believe it? This is my THIRD post for today! Be sure to scroll down if you'd like to start at the beginning. I am having waaaay too much fun glittering my buttons!

This is another adorable image from Baby Button Bits...a bitty bumble bee!

This is a quick and simple card, something that I can mass produce very easily. I like to have cards like this on hand to be able to pop in the mail to lift someone's spirits. By leaving the greeting off until I need it, this card could be for any occasion. I think I'm going to create a card with each of the images from this set, it's so cute and I've barely used it!

supplies~

stamp sets:Baby Button Bits, Honey Bees(Papertrey Ink)

card stock:Vintage Cream(Papertrey Ink) Sweet Corn(GinaK Designs)

patterned paper:Picadilly Collection(Basic Grey)

ink:Tuxedo Black(Tsukineko) Wild Honey Distress Ink(Ranger)

button:Lemon Tart(Papertrey Ink) Rustic Jute(Papertrey Ink)

bling:Tiny Twinkles(Taylored Expressions)

Oval, Oval Scallop Nestabilities(Spellbinders)

Oval, Oval Scallop punch:Stampin'Up!

corner rounder:EK Success

glitter:Prisma

That really is it for tonight. I am bleary eyed with all the card making I've done today! Scroll down to see the other two posts that go along with this one...thanks for stopping in!

Blessings~

Cute as a Button

This is my second post for today, be sure to scroll down to see what the hoopla is all about!!

I enjoyed glittering those buttons so much, guess what? Yep! I made another card...

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This is my favorite and you can guess why...cupcakes and buttons AND glitter...oh my! LOL! I did a bit of paper piecing on this one and I added glitter to the scallops around the cupcake, too. I die cut with Nestabilities, did a little light sponging, added a fish tail cut greeting, then I called this card session a wrap!

Supplies~

Cute as a Button-

stamp set: Baby Button Bits(Papertrey Ink)

card stock: Heavy Base Weight White(GinaK Designs)

patterned paper: Nana's Nursery Baby Girl Collection(DCWV)

ink: Rich Cocoa(Tsukineko)   Hollyhock(CTMH)   Antique Linen Distress Ink(Ranger)

button: Sweet Blush

other: Scallop Circle and Classic Circle Nestabilities, Copic markers

glitter: Prisma

Blessings~

Glittered Buttons

Hello Friends! I played along with a new challenge this week. Well, it's new to me. Anywho, it's with my favorite stamping spot, Papertrey Ink. Each week, Papertrey Ink posts a Make It Monday project, that is hosted by one of the Design Team members. There are lots of pictures and a video. I always watch the video, but never participate. I decided it was time to change that. This week we learned how to make our own glittered buttons...who would have thought? Super fun, super easy and I will just say it now, there are LOTS of glittered buttons in my future! I love sparkle and I love buttons, putting them together had me doing the happy dance! Just look at this...

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When I first saw the challenge, THIS stamp set came to mind. I stamped the green hills, then created my cloudy sky(how-to video coming soon), stamped the baskets and after my buttons dried, I adhered them with glue dots to the focal image piece. I wanted to go CAS, but after I finished the main piece, it looked a little un-finished, so I added the yellow polka dot border. I stamped my greeting, tied on a bow and called it done.


Thanks for dropping in today! I hope your Wednesday has been wonderful!

Blessings~

Supplies~

Soaring By-

stamp set: Everyday Button Bits(Papertrey Ink)

card stock: Heavy Base Weight White and Layering Weight White(GinaK Designs)

patterned paper: 2008 Bitty Dot Basics

ink:  Memento Rubarb Stalk, Paris Dusk, Cantalope, Bamboo Leaves, Tuxedo Black(Tsukineko)  Broken China Distress Ink(Ranger

buttons: Sweet Blush, Lemon Tart, Aqua Mist(Papertrey Ink)

ribbon: Spring Moss(Papertrey Ink)

punch: Eyelet Border(Stampin' Up!)

glitter: Prisma