A Birthday Waterfall!

As you can see, I am really loving the Waterfall cards. I love how easy they are and what an impact they have. For this one, I used my flower from Friendship Blooms. I stamped it 4 times. You can't really see it, but flowers are accented with my gelly roll pen as well as rhinestones in the center. I used rub-ons from Karen Foster to add the phrases to each panel. The green panel has "Happy Birthday" on it. I found this designer paper in my scrap box. (I believe it is from Die Cuts with a View.) Added the brads and eyelet to complete it.

Birthday Flowers!

Here is the gift that I wrapped for my co-worker (& friend) Virginia. I got this set awhile ago (Paper Salon - Celebrate) and really haven't played with it. I love how the flowers look, so I made my own designer paper. I love how all the colors came together. It is so bright and cheery. She is one of my creative inspirations. (She is an AVID scrapbooker) so I always like to make something beautiful for her (mostly because she can truly appreciate the work involved). I got the bag in a pack of 12 for only $5.99 at Target (50 cents a piece) They also have medium weight chipboard coasters 20 for $1. I love the dollar spot at Target.

Here is also a close-up of the card (a waterfall card). This is only my second one and I love how easy they come together and what an impact they make.

Supplies: So Saffron, Certainly Celery, Real Red & Not Quite Navy Paper & Inks - Stampin' Up; Celebrate Stamps - Paper Salon; Simple Alphabets - Papertrey Ink; Red Floral Ribbon - Michaels (Dollar bin)

I made this card for my Husband's boss. She recently had to put her puppy to sleep because it was really sick. I am a huge animal lover, so I was heartbroken to hear about it. I don't have anything for sympathy, so I used this stamp so she would know she was in our thoughts. I used my Prismas and Gamsol on the stamp to shade it in and matted it on So Saffron and Old Olive. The So Saffron was run through my Cuttlebug. I then stamped Versamark on the panel and painted on some Pearl ex powder in Glitter Gold.

Anniversary Part Two!

Here is the card I made for my in-laws anniversary. I recently got some Prismas and Gamsol and have been playing with it. This is from the Merci set, but I love the heart/flower. I used So Saffron, perfect plum and Old Olive. I cut out the front rectangle with my coluzzle and the Happy Anniversary is a rub-on. They were in Hawaii for their anniversary so I don't know if they have seen it, but hope they like it.

Happy Anniversary!

I used the instructions on Splitcoaststampers.com for Cami's trifold card. I LOVE how it turned out. I used Perfect Plum and Mellow Moss (it looks grey in this picture.) Used my Coluzzle to cut out the heart on the front panel and used my Simply Said set to stamp all the hearts. The button brads on the side are from Making Memories. The flower on the front is from the Bride's collection. They come in white and off white, but I dipped this one into my mellow moss stamp pad and add the rhinestone (also from Bride's collection) It is for my Parents Annivesary. They have been married for 33 years.
I was hit with a double whammy (my in-laws anniversary is also this month. I will post their cards tomorrow.)

Second picture is what the inside looks like when you open it. I used my Simple Alphabet from Papertrey Ink to stamp the Anniversary.

Grandmothers Birthday!

I made this for my Grandmother's birthday. She loves her flower garden, so I tried to recreate it. I used the stamps from Papertrey's Green Thumb include the sentiment that I love. I stamped the biggest flower in versamark on the So Saffron panel and sprinkled glitter on it. The sentiment is stamped in Craft Whisper White and embossed. I found this satin ribbon at Target in the wedding section that perfectly matches Old Olive.

Mom's Birthday!

This is a little late, but here is the card I made for my mom's birthday. I used the slot punch to hold in the Bashful Blue Cuttlebugg'd cardstock. The center stamped flower is from So Many Scallops. The outer flowers were die cut with my cuttlebug. The brown ribbon is from Target (in the wedding section) and matches the choc chip cardstock. The base card is Old Olive.

Scooter Birthdays!

I love this Scooter from the Wheel Thing. It is so versatile. I love how you can put anything on the back and change the occasion. Here are two more cards I made with this set.

The first card I made for my Cousin. It's for his 18th birthday. It's a little on the kid's side, but I find it so hard to make manly birthday cards. I used the Birthday Whimsy set with it. I stamped the package twice, once for the back of the scooter and one for the sentiment. I stamped Happy Birthday as a watermark at the top of the card in a line over and over. The red panel is actually the balloons from this set stamped and then trimmed with a white Signo pen, but you can't really tell, once I put everything over it.

The second card, I made for my sister's birthday. She loves scooters. I got this really cute set of paper (precut in all sizes) at Big Lots for $5. (I think I have seen a similar set at Walmart) I used my 7/8" square punch to punch a bunch of squares from 3 of the papers and then lined them up in rows. I found this sweet cupcake stamp in one of my Michaels clear stamp sets and paper pieced it using paper from the background. The scooter and sentiment is stamped in Colorbox chalk ink. I added pink button brads to look like hubcaps on the scooter. I added the wire edged ribbon and the flower with a brad in the middle. The bottom of the front of the card was snipped off using my fiskars scallop scissors. I love the colors in this paper and will definitely use it more.

I am lagging behind this week. This card was done for last week's color challenge, So Saffron, Wild Wasabi and Purely Pomegranate. I actually started this card before I saw the color challenge in just yellow and green. I cuttlebugg'd the green panel and stamped the flower image from Happy Harmony. I punched the side twice with the horizontal slit punch and tied the ribbon. I matted it with a panel of Pomegranate cardstock. I added the ribbon and matted the whole thing on a So Saffron cardstock panel and stamped the sentiment. I love the colors together, but don't know if I like this card or not.

I also go my Papertrey order this week with the new Aqua mist cardstock and this Green Thumb set. I love it. It is so versatile and can be used for so many things. Aqua and Brown are two of my favorite colors right now and I love how they came out in this card. I stamped the background with the two Dandelion flowers in Aqua Mist and Chocolate Chip. I stamped the boot and flowers in aqua mist and the trim pieces in Chocolate Chip. The stems and leaves are mellow moss. I then matted them and added the brown satin ribbon. I love this card. I made it for a couple of girls who really helped me out last week.

And finally, I just got my Stampin Up order today. I love my demo. She always comes up with the greatest projects for her classes. When my order arrived today, she included a free set (For a Friend) Which is a hostess set and I would never qualify for. I am so psyched!!! I wanted to make a thank you card for her with the set, so I put this together for her. I used my new Summer Picnic DSP. I stamped the image in Bashful Blue, Real Red and Old Olive, matted the image with a panel that has three red flower eyelets (Making Memories) and tied it with blue ribbon. I love how coordinate the paper makes everything look. Her cards are always gorgeous, so I hope she likes this.

A Wheel Wedding

I bought this set off a fellow SCS member. I got it because my sister is crazy about her scooter and I thought I would be able to do more masculine cards with it as well. This card originally started out as a card for her birthday, but when searching for a birthday cake among my stamps, I found this wedding cake. I knew I needed to make a card for my cousin's wedding too, so it just evolved. I stamped the scooter in silver. I matted it with Not quite Navy cardstock and dotted white pen around it. I added the sentiment and put it on a scallop punched piece of blue. The white panel is cut with scallop scissors. I added the silver ribbon to tie everything together. The exhaust trail was done with the ladybug trail from Papertrey Ink's Little Lady set.

TLC 157 - Mixed designs

I did this card card for Monday's technique challenge. It was to use different patterned paper. This is a hard thing for me. I pulled out these two from Cosmo Cricket's Jitterbug line and stayed with bug theme with this adorable lady bug from Papertrey's Little Lady set. I just got this set and I LOVE it. They Papertrey stamps really are nicer than some of the other one's out there. I added chocolate chip and very vanilla for contract and put it on a kraft card. I added the pink satin ribbon and the brown gingham and the turquoise snaps that I squished with my crop-a-dile. Then I sketched dashes around the edge of the card to pull it all together. I stamped Happy Birthday to you and popped up the Happy. (In this picture it covers the Birthday to you. ). I really need to get a new camera. I like how this turned out. I normally stick to bright white for my backgrounds, so this is a nice change.

Card Sketch Challenge

I made this card for Wednesday's sketch challenge. The first picture shows the card sketch. The second shows the card I made. I really liked this sketch because the front panel let me play with my new sell-a-bration set from Stampin' up. Friendship Blooms. I have a tendency to collect flower stamps and as soon as I saw this one, I knew I had to have it.

I used the Provo Craft piece of designer paper as my color inspirations. I pulled out my new Pumpkin pie paper and ink and my standby Tempting Turqoise and went from there. I colored the big flower with markers and then stamped it so I get get a larger range of colors. I stamped a "ribbon" of three flowers. I added the rhinestone jewels to the flower centers. I am pretty happy with how this turned out. I think I may have to try another card with this sketch.

Last Minute Valentine's

Well nothing like leaving to the last minute. I just finished my Valentine's projects. The first picture shows the little altered fruit cups that I did for my husband's co-workers. I took the fruit tins and used a can-opener to remove the botton. I filled them with trail mix (in a bag) and confetti and sealed up the bottom. I decorated them with Pink and Green Striped and paisley designer paper (I think it is from Making Memories). I stamped the tags (you can't really see them in the picture and the center circles in the flowers. I got the flowers at the dollar store (just dismantled the silk flowers and put a brad through them.) I am very happy with how they turned out.

The second batch of projects are for my co-workers and my family. The middle is a candy sack (actually it is filled with cashews in a mini-ziploc back.) The cardstock is folded around the bag and tied at the top with a tag on a scallop punched piece of cardstock. The side bags are the stander 2-4-6-8 bags. I put a box of Conversation hearts in each one. The Scallop punch on the fronts are stamped with the heart from "Made from Scratch" and them I stuck on a sweet silver heart charm I got at Walmart. I didn't have time to really decorate these so they are on the plain side, but I think they will be appreciated.

Thank you card

My little guy was sick all last week with a cold. I mentioned to my aunt (who works in a natural remedy store) that I was looking for something to give him (other than medicine) that would help him out. She said she would look into it. Two days later, I got an entire bag full of vitamins and other things for my little guy. I wanted to make her a special card as a thank you.

This card started off with playing with stamping on acetate. The white flowers are actually stamped in craft ink and heat set. I had a scrap of tempting turquoise so I started there. I had this ribbon that I had gotten as a set in the Target dollar bins and pulled out my Little Hellos set. The image is matted on Paper Company Peppermint pink and orange textured paper.

A Busy Week!

As you can see it has been awhile since I have posted. I have been busily cleaning up my craft room. (We are giving it an overhaul.) I am very excited because it will mean more working space. I was able to put this card together for my father-in-law's birthday on Thursday. It is on the simple side because most of my brads etc are already packed up. I haven't used this set in awhile, so I decided to pull it out. (It is one of the only sets I have that doesn't have a bunch of flowers.)

Things I am looking forward to: My Stampin up order (should be here any day and will have my 2 Sale-a-bration sets.), the new Papertrey Ink stamps and designers and my craft room being done. :-)

Wedding Shower Card!

I went to a wedding shower this last weekend for my husband's cousin. I had a stamp that I was thinking of, but when the sketch challenge came up, I knew it was perfect for the card.

I stamped the towel set in Black and colored it in with Bashful blue. The bashful blue panels were run through my cuttlebug and then stamped with a silver stamp pad to make the swirls stand out better. I used scraps of silver wallpaper to frame the towels and panels and then mounted them on black card stock to make them pop. I also used my scallop scissors to cut the bottom edge. I used a silver gel pen to draw dot accents around the frames and write his and hers on the towels. Then I added the ribbon with a silver heart charm. I really like how this turned out. (Especially since my gift to her was towels!)

I made it through VSN!!!

I made it through VSN (Virtual Stamping Night on Splitcoaststampers.com) It is 18 hours and 18 projects posted online that you do at home. I completed about 13 of them. (It is so hard to finish a project in only 45 minutes.) Here are my cards!

The first challenge was "Circle of Friendship". The challenge was to do a circle card based on a sketch challenge. Here is mine. I used chocolate chip and tempting turquoise. I used the Simply Said set and added brown gingham ribbon. I cut the corner rounds out using the slit punch.

The Second Challege was "Chocolate Shoes" The challege was to do a card using chocolate shoes or the inspiration colors of pink & brown. I don't have anything with chocolate or shoes, but I do love this color combo, so I used the Delight in Life set with Pretty in pink & Chocolate Chip. I added the same brown gingham ribbon seen above and added dot accents with markers.

The Fourth challenge (I skipped the third challenge.) was called "V-Neck Baby!" The challenge was to create a criss-cross card. I used this striped paper called "Little Prince" from Bobunny because it matched perfectly with certainly celery, Not Quite Navy, and barely banana. I added the Birthday sentiments and the cupcake (all Michael's $ stamps). I love how this turned out. The little tab at the top pulls out a card. I accented the strip on the front of the card with a marker. The two little square brads that I used to hold on the top tag I found in an old container.

The next challenge was "Nails, Mud Mask & Lotion". A masking stamping challenge. I have never done this before, but I could see where it would be a great option. It allows you to layer stamps. I stamped the yellow flowers and then covered them with a post-it note that had been stamped and then cut out. It made it in the picture look like the yellow flowers are in front of the blue flowers in the picture. I used Not Quite Navy, Mellow Moss and Barely Banana. I stamped the edge of the cardstock with of the flowers from Springtime Stems in Mellow Moss. The Not Quite Navy panel was run through my Cuttlebug with a leather Shapeboss plate. I added two little snaps that had been crushed by my Crop-a-dile. I really like how they ended up.

The next challenge was one of the my favorites. The challenge was to make an animal completely from punches. I have always thought the scallop punch looked like a lion's made, so I used that as inspiration. His arms are word window punches and his body is a ticket. When I put him together, he looked like he was celebrating, so I went from there. The confetti stamps came from a clear set of stamps I got from Provo Craft. The diagonal paper is from Cosmo Cricket's Storytime line. (Left over from my son's birthday party invites. I used real red cardstock for the cards. I added the black gingham ribbon and red star brads to add a little color.

"Let's Do Our Nails" was a cool challenge. You used alcohol inks dabbed onto glossy paper to create a background. (In this case I used cranberry and lettuce.) I then dabbed gold over the top. (I was hoping this would lead to some Christmas colors, but it ended up being much lighter. ) I liked how it looked so I stamped the flower from All Natural in Stazon on top and matted it on black cardstock. I added gold eyelets at the corners and used the ticket corner punch to round them. I matted it in Wild Wasabi to bring out the green in the background and added the pink ribbon for trim. This is a 3x3 card. Much smaller than I normally do.

The next challenge was to make a "Thinking of You" card to cheer someone up. I thought about the spinner cards that I keep meaning to try and how the thought makes me smile, so I decided to try one. I used Pretty in Pink and Wild Wasabi. This was a color challenge around Christmas time, but I didn't get a chance to do it at that time. I used a new set I just got (Burst into Bloom.) I love how the flowers look stamped. I stamped the wild wasabi backdrop with white craft ink to get the diamonds and then heat embossed them. The spinner is two pennies with a pop dot between them on a little run punched out of the top layer. I added the pink brad for accent and cover the penny in a circle of wild wasabi before adding the top flower stamped in wild wasabi on white cardstock and outlined in pretty in pink. The sentiment I found in the $ bin at Michaels. I think this is one of my favorite cards for the weekend, and I will definitely have to try it again.


I felt a little bad about this next one. I have been wanting to try the glitter window for ages. I thought this little frog fit in there perfectly. My only problem is that I decided to use this card as a birthday card for my brother-in-law. I only added a little silver gel pen accents around the frame and the silver brads in the corner as accents. The challenge was "Bling it on", but I tried to go a little easy since it was for a man. I used Not Quite Navy and Certainly Celery and colored the from in with the Celery. I loved the sentiment and put it on a tag run through a sheer green piece of ribbon. The background is stamped with the cross hatch background in Certainly Celery.

The last challenge I worked on was "The Eyes Have it". It was a challenge to use Eyelets in the project. I found these boxes at the Dollar Tree 12 for $1. I stamped the black ring of flower and then wrapped them in two strips of paper. All the Flower stamps on this project are from Provo Craft. The flowers have been accented with Purple and Pink eyelets from Making memories. I added the tag that had been stamped and tied it on with pink ribbon.

Sorry for the long post, but I was so proud that I finished all these. Some of the other projects that I didn't get done, but will post in the future are a decorated Composition book, a candy bar pocket and purse card.

Springtime Birthday

I got a new Stampin' Up set in the mail today and couldn't wait to use it. It is called Springtime Stems. I pulled out my two favorite colors - Cranberry Crisp and Mellow Moss and got down to business. I cuttlebugged the cranberry panel and patted it with a white craft pad to bring out the words better. I really like this set and how the card turned out.

Color Challenge Submission

Here is my entry for the color challenge: Wild Wasabi, Barely Banana and Blue Bayou. I heat embossed the background, Cuttlebugged the blue piece and stamped on the snaps before I smashed them (that didn't turn out quite like I envisioned.) Delight in Life is one of my favorite stamp sets, so I tend to use it a lot.

Pottery Barn Inspiration

Well the challenge for my today was Saturday's Inspiration Challenge. They give you a picture and you take it from there. The first picture is the inspiration (and entry way from the new Pottery Barn catalog.

The second picture shows my interpretation of the picture into a card. It didn't turn out as well as I hoped. (It was much more vivid in my head.) I wrapped card stock in some burlap scraps I had lying around and layered the green cardstock. I stamped a flower bouquet stamp three times in orange and chalked them in. I then added the mock picture frame with the wording. I love the color scheme, so I will have to go back and try it again.

Weekends Work!

Well besides trying to get my craft room under control. (I am in the process of re-doing it) I was able to do these two cards.

The first is using a Faux Postage template. I found the template at Splitcoaststampers.com. I stamped each of the leaf images in versamark ink and then chalked over them.

The second cards is a panel of cardstock with a pocket on the front. The first picture shows the completed card. The second picture shows the tag pulled out with a gift card on it.

My First Challenge Submission!

I decided to work on this week's Sketch and Technique Challenge. It was a split negative image (the big butterfly) on a sketch layout. I am happy with how the card turned out, but I can't seem to get the image to come through clearly.

Happy New Year!!!

My New Year's Resolution this year was to spend more time creatively (and of course to lose weight. ) Here is my first couple of creative endeavors this year. The snowflake card is one of 10 I completed for the Christmas card challenge on splitcoaststampers.com. Each month, I will complete at least 10 Christmas cards and will be ready for next year early instead of leaving everything to the last minute.

The second card was one I made for my boss for his birthday. All of my Happy Birthday stamps have flowers on them, so I had to use this one. I love the circle paper (it came in a pack I got about 2 years ago and still haven't used.

My second resolution is to get my craft room better organized. I have so many things I forget that I have them. I plan to work on this. My mom sister and I will be going to Ikea in a couple of weeks to shop for organizational stuff.