Friend to Flower

Good Friday morning! Ahhhh! It's finally Friday! I am looking forward to my massage this afternoon and some 'play' time with friends this evening. Tomorrow will be another busy sports day with pictures bright and early then a baseball game (I hope we play better than last night) then two soccer tournament games! Should be a fun day!!

Today's card is an older splitcoast sketch. My upline sent me a container of these flower brads. I am so glad she did!! Thank you, Jan!! I never did order these and one of the cards she sent me had this idea. I wasn't sure what stamps were used but I modified it for what I had on hand. Super easy card! Thanks for stopping by and have a great Friday!


Card Recipe: Stamps- Pocket Silhouettes; Paper- Kraft, Chocolate Chip, Pumpkin Pie, Very Vanilla, Old Olive designer paper; Ink- Old Olive, Chocolate Chip; Accessories- flower designer brads, circle punch, scallop circle punch, window punch, crafter's tool kit, dimensionals

Pink Daisies

Good morning everyone! I hope your week is going the way you want. We are pulling through, here! I have four more tests that I need to give between today and tomorrow then I will be done with grading!! I also need to finish grading some research papers. So, we are getting it done! I just hope that I can keep their attention for two more days!!

Today's card is one that I got from Dawn McVey. She posted a card that had the same layout as this one. I also used her color choices for her Raspberry Suite Challenge. I was too late to post to her challenge but I wanted to play along anyway. I really like how the Regal Rose and the Pretty In Pink compliment each other. And then the Basic Grey helps it 'pop'. Pretty simple layout! Thanks for stopping by!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Upsy Daisy; Paper- Regal Rose, Pretty In Pink, Basic Gray, Whisper White; Ink- Regal Rose, Basic Gray; Accessories- Pretty In Pink taffeta ribbon, scallop border punch, dimensionals

Color Challenge #51

Good morning all! It's Wednesday! That means it's downhill to Friday. Yea!! I need to remind myself to not wish away the week. I need to enjoy each day as it comes. It all goes too fast anyway. I can't believe how fast the year has gone.

Today's card is one I did for Kristina's color challenge. It is too late to post it for her challenge but I still have fun playing along! The colors were More Mustard, Rose Red, Chocolate Chip and Whisper White. Another easy card! Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Very Versatile; Paper- Chocolate Chip, Rose Red, More Mustard, Whisper White; Ink- More Mustard, Chocolate Chip; Accessories- vintage brads, scallop border punch, trio flower punch, dimensionals

Heavyweight Card

Good morning everyone! I hope your week is off to a great start! I thought I would put up a quick post before the day really got started for me.

This is a card layout that I had seen from Kristina Werner. Of course I had to change it up a bit to be able to use what I had on hand. A super simple card! I called it a heavyweight card because of the large brads. I got these brads when they first came out so I was glad to find a use for them. But taking a picture was a little difficult! The card kept wanting to fall over on me. You couldn't mail this card without major postage due!! But it was still fun to make anyway! Thanks for stopping by!

Card Recipe: Stamps- NONE!!; Paper- Sahara Sand, So Saffron, Baja Breeze, Sweet Slumber designer paper; Ink- NONE!!; Accessories- circle designer brads, scallop border punch, dimensionals

Star Birthday

Good Monday morning everyone! Only one more Monday of school! I can't believe that this is the last week of grades for me! I still have a lot to do!! We will push through this week. But everyone is really anticipating the last day.

Today's card is a super easy one! I love these kind!! I just wish that I had stamped my greeting a little more straight. Oh well. I had seen a card similar to this and sketched out the idea. I had forgotten about it till recently when I had some time to play. I used the big shot and the star #2 die. Not much else to it! Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Garden Greetings; Paper- Sahara Sand, So Saffron, Baja Breeze, Sweet Slumber designer paper; Ink- Basic Black; Accessories- Basic Gray corduroy button, big shot, start #2 die, dimensionals

Hey Mom!!

Happy Mother's Day! Hi Mom!! How do you like your card? You would think that with all these cards that I make, I would actually send some of these out. Shame on me!!! I do use them, but mainly for those that I need on the spot. I am a terrible 'mailer-outer'. Anyway, this card is dedicated to all those fabulous women who are moms, grandmas, great-grandmas, aunts, sisters, and those who mother all of our children. Thank you!!

This card evolved from s Splitcoast sketch. The sketch is an old one. It was fairly simple. Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!


Card Recipe: Stamps- Wonderful Favorites; Paper- Not Quite Navy, Kiwi Kiss, Whisper White, Baja Breeze, Urban Garden designer paper; Ink- Kiwi Kiss, Not Quite Navy, Baja Breeze; Accessories- vintage brads, My Way punch, Trio Flower punch, dimensionals

Great Friend

Good morning everyone! What a beautiful Saturday morning it is here in Western Colorado! We have two soccer games today. This is the last day for the soccer season. Then next Saturday and Sunday is the tournament. Then we will just have to wait and see if Nick makes the cut to the new academy team. He has a lot of great competition!

Today's card is one that I had sketched out from somewhere. It does look different than I had originally sketched but I really like the way it turned out. I inked up the whole greeting in Kiwi Kiss but then used the Basic Black marker to ink up the 'friend' part of the greeting before stamping. The butterfly in this set does not come with antenna. I had seen the idea of giving the butterfly antenna using the stem of the leaf from this set. So, I cut out two stems from the leaf and glued them to the back of the butterfly and you get antenna!! I thought it was pretty clever! However, if you are not inclined to want to cut out that tiny leaf stem, the butterfly looks just fabulous without antenna! I hope you are all inspired today! Have a great weekend!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Great Friend; Paper- Whisper White, Kiwi Kiss, Cameo Coral, Walk in the Park designer paper; Ink- Kiwi Kiss, Basic Black marker, Baja Breeze; Accessories- silver brads, scallop border punch, dimensionals

Thinking of You

Good Friday morning!!! It's finally Friday!! I hope that we can get some learning in today. We have a few interruptions today so I will have to rearrange my schedule but I still hope to accomplish everything. By the way... Remember me talking about the track meet that our school participated in last week? Well, our kids did so well that our school took SECOND place for the meet!!!! This is the first time our school has ever placed! I was so excited to hear that!

Anyway, on to the card. I had this sketch in my sketch pad for a while but every card I made with it just didn't set right with me. Until this one. I wanted something more spring-like and I think this fits the bill. I really like how it turned out. Thanks for stopping by and have a great Friday!!!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Thoughts & Prayers; Paper- Whisper White, So Saffron, Cameo Coral, Walk in the Park designer paper; Ink- Kiwi Kiss, Cameo Coral; Accessories- gold brads, dimensionals

Top Note Butterfly

Hello everyone! I just want to make sure that I take a time out and thank everyone for your wonderful comments! It has been a rough few weeks for me and I am so thankful for your nice comments! This blog and all these cards help me stay positive! Thank you all, you are the best!!

Today's card was inspired by the recent cards magazine. It turned out nothing like the card I was looking at but it still inspired me. I really liked the way this one turned out. I used the top note die. Very simple!! Enjoy and thanks for stopping by!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Simple Friendship; Paper- Bordering Blue, Whisper White, Bella Bleu designer paper; Ink- Bordering Blue, So Saffron; Accessories- grosgrain ribbon (non SU), gold brad, big shot, top note die, dimensionals

Fabulous Friend

Good morning! It's Wednesday and that means we are getting closer to the weekend! My body is needing some rest. Today, at school, I get to play 'parent' and go with my son on his field trip! I am so excited! We are only going to be gone a few hours so I still have to be at school but I am looking forward to being with my son.

For today's card I had seen someone do this idea using the designer paper for the image. I really liked how it turned out and it is so easy!! I also got a chance to use my new set Oval All. Fun set! It is designed to be used with our oval punches and the new scallop oval punch. I stamped it twice in Not Quite Navy. Then I used a blender pen and colored in the flower. I punched one out and then cut the flower out of the second one putting a brad in the center. Then I popped it up. Enjoy!!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Oval All; Paper- Kiwi Kiss, Very Vanilla, Baja Breeze, Urban Garden designer paper; Ink- Not Quite Navy; Accessories- oval punch, oval scallop punch, silver brad, blender pen, grosgrain ribbon (non SU), dimensionals

Soft Summer

Good morning everyone! I hope that you are ready for a great day! Not much has happened yet so I will get right to the card.

This card evolved from a sketch that I found. I was really baffled by the sketch when I first saw it but then this idea came to me. My friend, Becky, let me borrow her Soft Summer stamp set. This is one that I thought about getting but just haven't yet. I hope that you all are inspired! Thanks for stopping by!

Card Recipe: Soft Summer; Paper- Kraft, Kiwi Kiss, Basic Black; Ink- Black StazOn, Tangerine Tango, Kiwi Kiss; Accessories- black brads, blender pen, scallop border punch, dimensionals

Live Once

Hello everyone! I hope that you are having a fabulous start to your week. Mine could have been better but there is always tomorrow! We have another baseball game tonight and it looks like it could storm. Hopefully it will hold off until later.

Today's card is a sketch that I found. I wish I could remember where. My notes are at home and I am still at work. If I find it I will let you know. I loved how it turned out! Very simple!! I seem to be into these very simple cards lately. I had a question about setting the grommets. Here's what I do: I use my 'squishy' mat from my Crafter's Tool Kit and lay my paper on top of that. Then I take the grommet (large or small) and push it through the paper into the mat. Then I turn my paper over and use my bone folder to push the prongs toward the center of the grommet being careful not to push them too far in (so they don't poke back through to the other side). I hope that made sense. I am very tired right now. Anyway, let me know if you have any other questions. I think these grommets are one of my new favorite embellishments! Thanks for stopping by!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Fifth Avenue Floral; Paper- Baja Breeze, Basic Black, Very Vanilla, Urban Oasis designer paper; Ink- Basic Black; Accessories- spiral punch, basic small grommets, dimensionals

Masculine Birthday

Good Sunday morning to you all! Remember yesterday when I said that I thought the weather would hold out for us? Well, it didn't! Yuck!! The baseball game was great. Nice and cool but not too cold. We did pretty good, too! Then it started to sprinkle and I rushed home to get the umbrellas. Good thing I did because it just poured at the soccer game! Those poor boys! They were just soaked by the time it was all done! They played well and won! I can't believe that the soccer season is almost over. Just a double header next Saturday and then the tournament. Which means school is almost over too!! Yea!!

Making masculine cards seems to be hard for me. I don't really have any that are just for men so I have to really think about the sets and colors I use to make a card more manly. Then I thought that these basic jumbo grommets are just the thing to make a card more manly! I really liked how this turned out and so I decided to use it for my swap for this month. Thanks for taking a look!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Thoughts & Prayers; Paper- Always Artichoke, Sahara Sand, To The Nines designer paper; Ink- Chocolate Chip, Chocolate Chip and Always Artichoke markers; Accessories- scallop border punch, basic jumbo grommets, dimensionals

Oval All

Good morning all! We are heading out the door for another baseball game and then a soccer game! Busy!! But it is so much fun to watch!! I think the weather will hold out for us. The wind didn't blow too bad last night and I think the rain will hold off until this evening. We do need the rain. Anyway, it's nice and cool and looking good!

This is a layout that I saw while blurfing over the weekend. The one I sketched out was a lot different than this one but I guess that's good! I liked how this one came out. I hope you are inspired as well!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Oval All; Paper- Ruby Red, So Saffron, Baja Breeze, Sahara Sand, Sweet Slumber designer paper; Ink- Ruby Red; Accessories- silver brad, oval punch, scallop oval punch, Big Shot, Stars #2 die, dimensionals

The Other Thank You Card

Good evening everyone! I am about to head out for a baseball game. It's supposed to be windy. Oh joy! Seems like the last few games I have been eating dirt. I really don't like the wind! But it will be fun to watch some baseball. We had day two of our school's track meet. The kiddos did pretty good! They were fun to watch!

Here is the other thank you card for our secretaries at school. It evolved from a sketch that I had on my sketch pad. I also wanted to used these small grommets that I got from the Occasions mini catalog. They are a new product. I am having a lot of fun with these new embellishments! I also have the jumbo grommets. Anyway, fun and simple! Thanks for stopping by!





Card Recipe: Stamps- Fifth Avenue Floral, Garden Greetings; Paper- Kraft, Basic Black, Whisper White, Baja Breeze; Ink- Basic Black; Accessories- Basic small grommets, My Way punch, scallop border punch, dimensionals