Good morning everyone! Well, we are home once again! We got home late last night. Well, not real late but late for old people who don't like driving in the dark - lol! We would have stayed another night but a storm was forecasted to come in and we didn't want to drive in the snow. When I woke up this morning I see that it is very cloudy and wet looking. So that probably means snow in the mountains. I think we made a good choice. Nick's basketball team was able to win their last game so that was exciting for them! And all the games were very exciting and close! Not bad for a team that has only been together for two months!
Today's card was inspired by an older card that my friend Becky did in her card class. It is super simple!! I took a piece of Basic Grey and ran it through the Big Shot with the edgelits die to make the scallops. Then I glued a piece of the Twitterpated designer paper to that. I tied a piece of Whisper White taffeta ribbon to cover the seams. I added three white brads just above the ribbon and glued this to the front of a Whisper White card base. At the bottom of the card I stamped the greeting from Outlined Occasions in Basic Grey and colored the hearts with a Riding Hood Red marker. Then I used the heart to heart punch to punch the three hearts from Riding Hood Red card stock. I glue dotted the smallest one down and the other two are popped up. Done! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!
Card Recipe: Stamps- Outlined Occasions; Paper- Whisper White, Basic Grey, Riding Hood Red, Twitterpated designer paper; Ink- Basic Grey, Riding Hood Red; Accessories- Whisper White taffeta ribbon, neutral brads, heart to heart punch, edgelits dies, dimensionals
Good morning everyone! Well, the two games that I cared about the most didn't turn out the way I had wanted. Bummer for the Broncos but I am looking forward to seeing what next year will hold for them! As for Nick's basketball team, they played awesome! But they ended up just losing at the very end. I think they should be very proud of themselves. So we are up early, had our breakfast and now we are packing up to head to the next game. We will see what happens! Just a lot of fun!!
Today's card was one I made for the shoebox club I am in. My card base is Pool Party which I ran through the Big Shot with the new edgelits embossing folder (they are little hearts - too cute). Then I attached a piece of Calypso Coral card stock. On a piece of Very Vanilla I stamped the heart from I {Heart} Hearts. I wrapped a piece of Calypso Coral ribbon from the Everyday Enchantment ribbon and brad pack (from the SAB brochure). This is attached to a piece of Calypso Coral. I punched three holes for silver brads and then popped this up on the card. I stamped another heart from the same set on Very Vanilla scrap paper in Calypso Coral and cut it out. This was popped up onto the card. Then I stamped the greeting from Teeny Tiny Wishes in Pool Party onto the card base. Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!
Card Recipe: Stamps- I {Heart} Hearts, Teeny Tiny Wishes; Paper- Pool Party, Calypso Coral, Very Vanilla; Ink- Calypso Coral, Pool Party; Accessories- Everyday Enchantment ribbon and brad pack, silver brads, edgelits embossing folder, dimensionals
Good morning, Friends! Are you ready for a great weekend? We will be heading to Denver later this morning because Nick has a basketball tournament over there. The bummer part about this is that his first game is later this evening when our beloved Broncos will be playing. We have told him that we may have to stay at the hotel and watch the Broncos - lol! No really... And then again, maybe we really don't want to watch? So I said that we could watch the beginning and see how they are doing and then if they aren't doing well, we could go and watch Nick. I know... Bad parents. But he will be well cared for by his coaches. O.k. we will continue to think about it. Too many exciting things going on!
Today's card was inspired by one I saw on the Hero Arts blog. I love clean and simple cards and this one definitely fits the bill! My card base is Whisper White to which I rounded the corners on the top and bottom of the right hand side. Then I stamped the dotted outline heart in Riding Hood Red. I attached a piece of designer paper from the Twitterpated pack and flagged one end. On scrap pieces of Whisper White I stamped two other hearts (all images are from the I {Heart} Hearts set) - one in Baja Breeze and the other in Blushing Bride, and cut them out. I attached the Baja Breeze one with glue dots because the glue dots gives just a hint of dimension instead of gluing it down flat. The Blushing Bride heart is popped up. My final touch was to punch a flower from Riding Hood Red using the itty bitty shapes punch pack and add a rhinestone. And it's done! Thanks so much for stopping by and have a super day!
Card Recipe: Stamps- I {Heart} Hearts; Paper- Whisper White, Riding Hood Red, Twitterpated designer paper; Ink- Riding Hood Red, Baja Breeze, Blushing Bride; Accessories- corner rounder, itty bitty shapes punch pack, rhinestone, dimensionals
Good Friday morning everyone! I hope you are ready to play along with us this week at Sketch Frenzy Friday! This week's sketch is provided by Tammy Fite. Take a look!
A super simple, very fun sketch! SO many possibilities with this one! And here is what I came up with!
I just got some new goodies to play with and one of thing I ordered was the Tea Shoppe stamp set. I just love the tea cups in this set! I drink more coffee than tea but these could certainly be used for coffee as well! What I did was to start by stamping the three cups onto scraps of Confetti Cream card stock in Pool Party, Daffodil Delight, and Soft Suede. Then I cut them out. Then I took a strip of Soft Suede and scalloped one end with the scallop edge border punch. I glued a piece of designer paper from the Attic Boutique designer paper pack to this and tied a piece of Pool Party seam binding ribbon around it. I glued the Pool Party cup and the Daffodil Delight cup to this strip. I popped the strip up onto a card base of textured Pool Party. I stamped the greeting in Soft Suede onto the card. Then I popped up the Soft Suede cup in between the other two. My finishing touch was to punch a flower from Poppy Parade card stock with the itty bitty shapes punch pack and attach it to the Soft Suede cup and added a pearl. Sweet and simple!
Continue on the tour by clicking 'here' to see what Jennifer did with this sketch. I hope you will join us this week at Sketch Frenzy Friday for some fun! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!
Card Recipe: Stamps- Tea Shoppe; Paper- Pool Party, Soft Suede, Confetti Cream, Poppy Parade, Attic Boutique designer paper; Ink- Soft Suede, Daffodil Delight, Pool Party; Accessories- Pool Party seam binding ribbon, itty bitty shapes punch pack, scallop edge border punch, pearl, dimensionals
Hello All! Another week seems to be flying by! It's Thursday already and time for another fabulous challenge from the Create with Connie and Mary team! This week we have a sketch challenge! Take a look!
What a very fun sketch!! And simple, too! Love that! Here is what I came up with!
I truly do not have many Valentine sets but this little greeting from the Outlined Occasions set is just too cute! The greeting here is actually two separate stamps! These will be stamps that you can choose for FREE from the upcoming Sale-A-Bration brochure! That will start on January 24th! Back to the card... So I took a piece of Whisper White and stamped the two greetings from Outlined Occasions. I colored it in with Blushing Bride and Riding Hood Red markers. Then I glued down a thin strip of Basic Grey. I added six hearts from Riding Hood Red that were punched with the Heart to Heart punch. I glued this panel to a piece of Riding Hood Red that was scalloped with the scallop edge border punch. This panel is popped up onto the a card base of Blushing Bride. The last thing I did was to punch a heart from Blushing Bride card stock with the Heart to Heart punch and pop it up onto the card with a rhinestone! Really easy!!
Be sure to visit the Create with Connie and Mary website to get more inspiration from the other designers! While you are there, why don't you sign up for the Create Occasions Edition? You will not be sorry!! I hope that you will find some time to play along with us this week! We love to see what you come up with! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!
Card Recipe: Stamps- Outlined Occasions; Paper- Blushing Bride, Riding Hood Red, Basic Grey, Whisper White; Ink- Blushing Bride, Riding Hood Red, Basic Grey; Accessories- Heart to Heart punch, scallop edge border punch, rhinestone, dimensionals
Good morning everyone! I hope your week is off to a great start! I got my grocery shopping done yesterday and did the laundry and did a little something for dinner and even made some cookies! I was pretty exhausted! Looks like today I need to get some crafting time in! And I think some new toys should be delivered today as well! Yea!!
Today's card was inspired by an older PaperCraft's magazine. I took a piece of Very Vanilla and adhered a piece of designer paper from the Everyday Enchantment designer paper pack. I stamped the greeting from Perfectly Penned in Soft Suede in the bottom right hand corner. Then I attached a strip of Lucky Limeade that I had punched with the scallop trim border punch. On a piece of scrap Very Vanilla I stamped the image from Fresh Vintage in Lucky Limeade three times. I cut these out and attached them to squares of Soft Suede that were punched with the postage stamp punch. Then I stamped the small flower onto a scrap of Very Vanilla in Calypso Coral and cut these out. I put a mini brad in each one and used a glue dot to attach these to the squares. The squares are popped up along the strip of Lucky Limeade. Then I wrapped a piece of Very Vanilla seam binding ribbon this panel and used dimensionals to pop it up onto a card base of Very Vanilla. A pretty simple card! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!
Card Recipe: Stamps- Perfectly Penned, Fresh Vintage; Paper- Very Vanilla, Soft Suede, Lucky Limeade, Everyday Enchantment designer paper; Ink- Soft Suede, Lucky Limeade, Calypso Coral; Accessories- Very Vanilla seam binding ribbon, mini brads, postage stamp punch, scallop trim border punch, dimensionals
Good morning, Friends! I hope you all had a fabulous weekend! Last night's football game was a-m-a-z-i-n-g!!! I practically lost my voice cheering for that one!! My son is a Steeler's fan so he wasn't as excited as his dad and I. That was a fun one!!!
Today's card was inspired by an older PaperCrafts magazine. I took a piece of Whisper White and cut it down a bit. Then I glued three strips of designer paper from the Twitterpated designer paper pack and glued them down. Then I took a piece of the Blushing Bride pleated ribbon and glued it to the bottom of the strips. I stamped the greeting from Friendly Phrases in Basic Grey and popped the panel onto a Whisper White card base. Then I took a piece of Whisper White and ran it through the Big Shot with the labels framelits die to cut a label. I stamps the sprig of flowers from Bordering on Romance in black StazOn and colored it in with Baja Breeze, Blushing Bride and Pear Pizzazz. I also stamped a flower on a piece of scrap Whisper White, colored it in and cut it out. I popped this up on the die cut label and then popped the label up on the card. The last thing I did was to add some pearls to the flower centers. I just love these colors! So soft and pretty! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!
Card Recipe: Stamps- Bordering on Romance, Friendly Greetings; Paper- Whisper White, Twitterpated designer paper; Ink- black StazOn, Blushing Bride, Baja Breeze, Pear Pizzazz; Accessories- Blushing Bride pleated satin ribbon, labels framelits dies, pearls, dimensionals
Good morning, Friends! Well we went from a dark and dreary day yesterday to a bright and sunny day today! I am starting to get a little worried that we won't be seeing any snow around here this winter. And it hasn't been as cold as in years past, either. Not complaining, so much, but we do need the moisture. Still a lot of winter left. We will have to see what happens!
Today's card was inspired by a card I saw in an older PaperCrafts magazine. A good friend of mine had a birthday last week and I sent her this card. Of course it was late (and she may not have gotten it yet). Happy Birthday, Kim! I liked the idea of using the new framelits in a different way. I took a piece of the new Everyday Enchantment designer paper and ran it through the Big Shot with one of the labels framelits dies. Then I took a piece of Very Vanilla card stock and stamped the greeting from Elementary Elegance in Poppy Parade. I put some dimensionals on the back of my patterned piece (around the opening) and centered my greeting through the window. Then I wrapped some Very Vanilla seam binding ribbon around this before popping the whole thing up on my card base of Poppy Parade. Then I added some pearls around the sides of the frame. The last thing I did was to stamp a butterfly in Poppy Parade on Very Vanilla and cut it out. It is attached with a glue dot and the wings are gently bent up. A very simple card! But I do love how it shows off the beautiful paper! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day! Go Broncos!!
Card Recipe: Stamps- Elementary Elegance; Paper- Poppy Parade, Very Vanilla, Everyday Enchantment designer paper; Ink- Poppy Parade; Accessories- Very Vanilla seam binding ribbon, pearls, labels famelits dies, dimensionals
Good morning everyone! I hope that your first week of the new year was great! I am glad that it was a short one of waking up early! It was sure nice to sleep in today. Especially since the weather is sort of dreary today. Not used to that as it has been so nice around here! You wouldn't think it was even winter! I do hope the mountains get some snow because they are kind of hurting for it right now.
Today's card is one I did for a recent swap I was in. The swap was to showcase the new products in the Occasions mini. I do like how this one turned out! My card base is Blushing Bride. Then I cut a piece of Whisper White and stamped the greeting from Friendly Phrases in the bottom right hand corner in Basic Grey. This piece was glued to a piece of Basic Grey and the glued to the card front. Then I cut a piece of the Twitterpated designer paper and flagged both ends before gluing it down to the Whisper White piece. Then I used the new labels framelits dies and cut a label from Whisper White. I popped this up on the card. For my flower I stamped the image from Mixed Bunch in Blushing Bride onto Whisper White and cut it out by hand. Then I adhered it to a flower that I punched from Riding Hood Red with the blossom punch. I only put adhesive in the middle of the flower and then gently curled the edges of the petals to give it a little more dimension. This part is popped up on the label. Then I stamped the flower center with Riding Hood Red onto Whisper White and cut it out. I put a silver brad through the center and then popped this up in the center of the flower. Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!
Card Recipe: Stamps- Mixed Bunch, Friendly Phrases; Paper- Blushing Bride, Basic Grey, Riding Hood Red, Whisper White, Twitterpated designer paper; Ink- Blushing Bride, Riding Hood Red, Basic Grey; Accessories- labels framelits dies, blossom punch, silver brad, dimensionals
Good morning everyone! Are you glad it's Friday? Well, I hope you are when you see the newest sketch from the team at Sketch Frenzy Friday! This week's sketch was created by Tammy Baldwin. Take a look!
And here is what I did with it!
When I saw the sketch, it was very easy for me to figure out what I wanted to do! I grabbed my new SAB set and went to work. This card is very clean and simple but I am sure happy with how it all turned out! I took a piece of Crumb Cake and stamped the image from Elementary Elegance in Early Espresso. Then I adhered this to a piece of Early Espresso card stock and popped it up on a card base of Crumb Cake. I took a thin strip of Early Espresso card stock and flagged both ends and glued it to the card. I stamped the greeting from the same set in Early Espresso on Crumb Cake and punched it out with the curly label punch. I sponged the edges of this in Crumb Cake and popped it up on the card. The last thing I did was to take some pearls and line them up on either side of the image. Simple!
Please click 'here' to go and see what Jennifer did with this sketch. Make your way through the tour to see what all the designers came up with. Then create your own project using this sketch and upload it to the Sketch Frenzy Friday blog so that we can all see what you did! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!
Card Recipe: Stamps- Elementary Elegance; Paper- Crumb Cake, Early Espresso; Ink- Early Espresso, Crumb Cake; Accessories- curly label punch, pearls, sponge, dimensionals
Good morning everyone! I hope your week is going great! It's time once again for a fun challenge at Create with Connie and Mary! This week we are being challenged with color. Take a look at these lovely colors!
The challenge colors are Blushing Bride, Pool Party and Soft Suede. I love this combination!! And this is how I used these beautiful colors!
Time to put some Valentine cards together! This is a very clean and simple layout. I started with a piece of Blushing Bride. I stamped the Solid Stripes single stamp across the bottom in Blushing Bride ink. Then I stamped the greeting from Grateful Greetings in Soft Suede. I tied a piece of Pool Party seam binding ribbon around this and glued it to a piece of Pool Party card stock. This whole panel is popped up on a card base of Soft Suede. Then I took a piece of Soft Suede and ran it through the Big Shot with the scalloped heart of hearts embosslit. I punched a piece of Pool Party with the full heart punch. I sponged the edges in Pool Party and glued it to the Soft Suede heart. Then I punched a small heart from Blushing Bride using the itty bitty shapes punch pack. I popped this up on the other hearts and added a pearl. There you have it!
Be sure to check out the other designers work with these colors on the Create with Connie and Mary site! Then create your own project using these colors and upload it to their site so we can all take a look! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!
Card Recipe: Stamps- Solid Stripes single stamp, Grateful Greetings; Paper- Soft Suede, Pool Party, Blushing Bride; Ink- Blushing Bride, Soft Suede, Pool Party; Accessories- Pool Party seam binding ribbon, scalloped heart of hearts embosslit, full heart punch, itty bitty shapes punch pack, pearls, sponge, dimensionals
Good morning, Friends! Today I get to tell you something very exciting! Connie and Mary have asked me to be a guest designer for their Occasions Edition 2012!!! I had so much fun doing their Holiday Edition that I jumped on this chance to do another round! Today's card is giving you just a little peek of what I will be using for my project! I also want to make sure that you know that Connie and Mary are offering early bird pricing of $29.95! The only way you will get to see my special project will be to subscribe to the Create Occasions Edition 2012. I will be featured during week 3 which runs January 29 - February 4. I hope that you will hurry over to Create with Connie and Mary and sign up for this edition! I promise, you will NOT be sorry! The designers come up with the most amazing projects! And I am so excited to share mine!
My card starts off with a card base of Whisper White. Then I cut down another piece of Whisper White and adhered it to piece of Pear Pizzazz and popped it up onto the card base. Then I attached a piece of designer paper from the Twitterpated designer paper pack with one end flagged. Then I used Labels framelits die and cut a label from Whisper White card stock. I stamped the image from Bordering on Romance in black StazOn inside the label and then again on a scrap piece of Whisper White. I watercolored both images with an aqua painter and Blushing Bride, Pear Pizzazz, Riding Hood Red and Island Indigo ink pads. I cut out the cluster of three flowers from the scrap piece and popped them up on the stamped image on the label. The label is then popped up on the card. I added three pearls to the flower centers. Then I stamped the greeting from Happiest Birthday Wishes in black StazOn on a strip of Whisper White and flagged one end. This is glued to the label.
So don't delay! Hurry to the Create with Connie and Mary site and get yourself signed up for the Create Occasions Edition 2012! I look forward to seeing you there! Thanks for stopping by and sharing in my excitement! Have a super day!
Card Recipe: Stamps- Bordering on Romance, Happiest Birthday Wishes; Paper- Whisper White, Pear Pizzazz, Twitterpated designer paper; Ink- black StazOn, Blushing Bride, Island Indigo, Pear Pizzazz, Riding Hood Red; Accessories- pearls, aqua painter, labels framelits dies, dimensionals
Good morning everyone! This is the last day that I can sleep in. Bummer. And Nick doesn't think it is so great, either. His vacation will end today and tomorrow he goes back to school and starts the third quarter. I can't believe that he is so close to being a seventh grader! What happened? Time to get back to a routine for all of us. And that IS a good thing - lol!! I was so glad to find time to stamp a few cards yesterday.
Today's card was inspired by a PaperCrafts magazine. I went through some of my old magazines yesterday to see if I could find some inspiration. And I did! It's fun to re-visit some of those. This is a really simple card, too. My card base is Pear Pizzazz. I added two strips of designer paper from the Twitterpated designer paper pack and then stamped the greeting from Friendly Phrases above those. Then I punched a circle from Basic Grey card stock with the 2 1/2" circle punch and stamped a flower image from the Mixed Bunch set with Basic Grey ink. For my flower I punched two flowers using the blossom punch and Blushing Bride card stock. Then I took my bone folder and curled the petals until the fibers in the paper weakened. Then I could carefully separate the petals. Makes it look like there are more flowers, doesn't it? I adhered the flowers together. Then I stamped the flower center image in Basic Grey ink on Whisper White card stock and cut it out. I glued it to the center and added a Basic Grey button with some white baker's twine. The flower is glued to the circle and then popped up on the card. Something a little different for me and a lot of fun! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!
Card Recipe: Stamps- Mixed Bunch, Friendly Phrases; Paper- Pear Pizzazz, Basic Grey, Blushing Bride, Whisper White, Twitterpated designer paper; Ink- Basic Grey; Accessories- white baker's twine, 2 1/2" circle punch, blossom circle punch, neutrals buttons, bone folder, dimensionals
Good morning, Friends! I hope your New Year is off to a great start! I think this is still considered vacation to many of you. I am looking forward to watching the Rose Parade and football games today!! I always love watching the Rose Parade. Such beautiful floats! And it is always interesting to see what they use. Nick has been getting a bedroom make-over and it should be done today. Pat and Nick have been working hard on it and it looks pretty good! Now if I could just get a craft room make-over...
Today's card uses some great new products! You will soon be able to order these, too!! My card base is Very Vanilla. Then I cut a piece of Soft Suede and attached two different designs from the Attic Boutique designer paper pack. Then I added a strip of Daffodil Delight with both ends flagged. This was to cover up the seams. This whole panel is popped up on the card. Then I cut a piece of Very Vanilla with the labels framelits die and glued it down. Then I stamped the image from Apothecary Art onto Very Vanilla with Soft Suede ink. I colored in the flowers with Pool Party and a blender pen. Then I cut around the image. I stamped the greeting on a strip of Very Vanilla in Soft Suede and flagged both ends of this before gluing it down. This frame is popped up onto the first frame. The last thing I did was to add a few pearls to the flower centers. Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!
Card Recipe: Stamps- Apothecary Art; Paper- Very Vanilla, Soft Suede, Daffodil Delight, Attic Boutique designer paper; Ink- Soft Suede, Pool Party; Accessories- pearls, labels framelits dies, dimensionals
Good morning, Friends and HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! We had a quiet evening last night. We got home early evening (picked up our dinner on the way). Then unpacked (the part I hate the most) and then watched some football. After the game we were so tired that we went to bed. Looks like the new year came in just fine - lol! I hope you all had a very safe and fun time celebrating!
Today's card is one that I copied from the Stampin' Success magazine. This magazine is one that Stampin' Up! demonstrators get every month that is filled with beautiful samples and ideas along with great business advice. I saw this card and knew I had to make one, too. The card base is Very Vanilla. Then I cut another piece of Very Vanilla and stamped the images from Fresh Vintage in Lucky Limeade, Pool Party, and Soft Suede. Then I sponged around the edges with Soft Suede and used my color spritzer and Soft Suede marker to add some "splatter". Then I took a piece of designer paper from the Everyday Enchantment pack and flagged one end before adhering it to the stamped piece. Then I popped up the panel onto the card. I stamped the flower image onto a scrap piece of Very Vanilla and cut around it and glued it to a Soft Suede piece that had been punched with the blossom bouquet triple layer punch. I used the Everyday Enchantment ribbon and brad pack to add a brad to the center and popped it up on the card. Then I stamped the greeting from Thank You Kindly in Soft Suede on a strip of Very Vanilla and glued it to the card. A super simple card! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!
Card Recipe: Stamps- Fresh Vintage, Thank You Kindly; Paper- Very Vanilla, Soft Suede, Everyday Enchantment designer paper; Ink- Pool Party, Soft Suede, Lucky Limeade; Accessories- Everyday Enchantment ribbon and brad pack, color spritzer, blossom bouquet triple layer punch, sponge, dimensionals
