It's a Good Day

I love this sentiment from MFT Stamps Chalkboard Greetings set.  I heat embossed it with gold embossing powder and then sponged some ink on the panel for some added detail.

Thanks so much for stopping. Happy Friday, hope you have a great weekend.

Congratulations

Happy Friday! Today I have a card to share featuring the LJD Together Forever set from My Favorite Things Stamps. I heat embossed the sentiment with gold embossing powder and added some sequins for some sparkle. This card also features twine, washi tape and a piece of paper doily.

Thanks so much for stopping by. I hope you have a great weekend.

Stay Awhile

The card I have to share today features a sentiment from My Favorite Things Stamps Western Sentiments set and the boot stamp from Paper Smooches Buckaroo set. The boots are paper pieced with papers from My Mind's Eye.

Thanks so much for stopping by. I hope you're having a great day.

Sending Get Well Wishes

Today's card features a sentiment from My Favorite Things Get Well Wishes stamp set and the tissue box stamp from Paper Smooches Healthy Vibes set. The box of tissues is mounted with foam tape for some added dimension and has a slit in the top so I could add faux tissues.

Thanks so much for stopping by. I hope you're have a wonderful Wednesday.

One Day at a Time

I just love this sentiment from Verve Stamps. I paired it up with the Polka Dot Greetings border stamp and matching die from My Favorite Things (MFT) and papers from Pink Paislee's Prairie Hill collection.

Thanks so much for stopping by. I hope you have a terrific Tuesday.

Time to get back to blogging

Hello all.

I can't believe I only posted twice in 2014. I continued to create but sadly I didn't take the time to photograph and blog about my cards. We'll see if I'm able to do better in 2015.

Today I have a card that uses the Life's Direction set from My Favorite Things and papers from My Mind's Eye.

Thanks so much for stopping by. Hopefully I will "see" you again soon.

Happy Friday the 13th

One of the Christmas cards I sent out this year.

Happy Birthday, Ali

Today is my niece's birthday so I had a great reason to get out some of my new supplies from MFT and play. All of the fun designer papers are from a 6x6 pad of Pebbles Front Porch. The solid card stock (cosmos black and desert storm) are both from Neenah's Environment line which can be purchased at The Paper Mill Store.

I used the Die-namics Vertical Greetings II die and a sentiment from Chalkboard Greetings for the main panel. I also used the little strip die from Die-namics Blueprints 6 for the polka dot strip. And for fun I added some vintage sequins I had in my stash.

 

On the inside of the card I used a sentiment from the LJD Birthday Greetings set.

 

Thanks so much for stopping by. I hope you're having a magical Monday. Happy Stamping!

XOXO

Today's card uses papers from My Mind's Eye Love Me 6x6 pad. The grey strip is actually two strips of washi tape under the chevron patterned paper strip. For the heart, I used the largest die from the Clear and Simple Stamps heart dies and then ran it through my paper crimper to give it the corrugated look. I also swiped it with a ColorBox Frost white pigment ink pad to tone down the kraft cardstock. The flower is made from the My Favorite Things mini rolled rose die. I cut the paper flag and repeatedly stamped the xo stamp from Paper Smooches Chubby Chums. Finally I added a bow with Stone twine from The Twinery.

Thanks so much for stopping by. I hope you're having a fabulous Friday. Happy Stamping!

Birthday Buttons

How about another birthday card today? This one has a little bit of everything. Papers are from the My Mind's Eye - Stella and Ruby - Gertie collection. The button card is a stamp from Unity Stamp Co and the birthday sentiment is from Paper Smooches. The twine is from May Arts and the lace trim is from Hero Arts. The heart dies are from Lil' Inker Designs and the button dies are from My Favorite Things. I love how they all come together on this card.

Here's a close up of the button card with the die cuts.

I'm linking this card to the Unity Friends with Flair challenge. You can find that post here.
Thanks so much for stopping by. I hope you're having a fabulous Friday. Happy Stamping!

CSS Fly Away

Today I have my version of a clean and simple card to share. I love how the white clouds pop against the light teals and the splash of orange. I also think it helps highlight the plane and clouds by using the kraft card base.

This card features the Fly Away mini stamp set from Papertrey Ink, cloud dies also from Papertrey and the Textile Rectangle die from My Favorite Things. I also added the dot background stamp from AMuse Studio on the stitched panel with versamark ink.

Thanks so much for stopping by. Happy Stamping!

Canvas Butterfly Birthday

Today's card is for one of my girlfriends. Her birthday was yesterday and to celebrate we went to the Rick Springfield concert this past weekend. We even dragged our husbands along. Here we are living the 80's dream, heading off to dinner and the concert. I've never been a big Rick Springfield fan but it was a very fun night.

Ok, on to the card. I used one of the new 6x6 pads from My Mind's Eye (Follow Your Heart - Be Amazing) for the sentiment panel, mat and paper flower. I added a doily, a die cut leaf and a canvas butterfly. I die cut the butterfly using canvas and the A Muse Studio butterfly die and then I stamped with the ColorBox Chalk dark brown ink and the musical note background stamp from Unity. I also sponged a little Walnut Stain Distress Ink on the butterfly and then added a pearl pin to the center. 

Thanks so much for stopping. I hope you're having a terrific Tuesday. Happy Stamping!

Happy Valentine's Day

I don't have a card to share today but I have a photo of some of my valentine decorations and the canvas treat holder that I sewed for my daughter. I used pinking shears to cut out the heart shape and sewed a pocked on the front then embellished it with an assortment of flowers and hearts made from felt and ribbon. The sentiment flag is a stamp from A Muse Studio.

Wishing you all a Happy Valentine's Day! I hope you are able to spend it with those you love. Happy Stamping/Crafting!

Cupcake Cards

Today I have a couple of cupcake cards to share with you. I got the template for the cupcake from Paper Smooches. For the first one I used papers from Authentique and added a button using the My Favorite Things Button die and some May Arts Burlap string. The second one uses papers from the Basic Grey Sweet Threads line and has butterfly dies from A Muse Studio and a small rolled rose from My Favorite Things mini rolled rose die.

Thanks so much for stopping. I hope you're having a terrific Tuesday. Happy Stamping!

You Are Beautiful

Today I have a card featuring the Celebrating You set from The Craft's Meow and papers from October Afternoon's Farmhouse collection. For the sentiment panel I die cut a circle with my Nestabilities and then left the piece in the die while I sponged Antique Linen and Vintage Photo Distress inks to the center of the piece. The sentiment was stamped with A Muse Studio Slate. For the flowers I used My Favorite Things small scalloped rose dies and Spellbinders Foliage dies for the leaves.

Thanks so much for stopping by. Happy Stamping!

Wishing you a Happy New Year

Well, I hope 2012 is off to a good start for all of you. I'd like to start the year off by sharing one last Christmas project and also a couple of New Year's cards.

First is the Christmas tag and bag that I put together for my office assistant. I used a variety of papers from the October Afternoon Good Cheer collection and letter stickers from October Afternoon's Detours collection to spell out Hayden's name on the tag. I also added a die cut/embossed snowflake from Cuttlebug with a button center. For the finishing touch I added a couple of small jingle bells and some twine from The Twinery.

The bag is just a brown paper lunch bag that I added strips of paper to the bottom to dress it up. I used my cropodile to punch a couple of holes in the top of the bag and threaded some twine through the holes to close the bag and tie on the tag.

Next, I have a couple of New Year's cards using the fun Happy New Year set from The Crafts Meow and papers from the Crate Paper Portrait collection. The first card also uses some Tim Holtz tissue tape, twine, gemstone and is mounted on a purple card base.

 The second card uses a little lace and stone colored twine along with a button die cut using the MFT Button dies. I die cut the button from PTI Rustic White cardstock and colored it with a Copic (C7).

Thanks so much for stopping by. Wishing you all a Happy New Year and Happy Stamping!

Blue Christmas

I was looking at Chicken Strings from Whipper Snapper Designs the other evening and decided he would make a fun Christmas card. I pulled out some Good Cheer papers from October Afternoon and computer generated the "I'll have a blue Christmas without you" piece. I fussy cut around the chicken and his microphone to mount them on the card and then I added a bit of holly leaves and berries (mini pearls colored with a red Copic) to the microphone. For the finishing touch I made a little embellishment with some tulle, twine, holly spring and a paper rose (using the small rose die from My Favorite Things).

Thanks for stopping by. Hope you've got a fun weekend planned. Happy Stamping!

(as always, you can enlarge the photos by clicking on them)

SCS Sketch Challenge Card

Today's card is for the sketch challenge (SC361) posted yesterday on Splitcoaststampers. It's a great sketch for using up scraps. For my focal piece I went with a paper rose. To create the rose I cut two pieces using the MFT large rose die and then ran them through my crimper a couple of times to give them some added texture. I rolled the two pieces together to get a fuller flower. The leaves are from the Spellbinders Foliage set and were also run through my crimper. The tag is from the Tiny Tags Cuttlebug set and the greeting is from a limited edition stamp set from Clear and Simple Stamps.

Thanks so much for stopping. I hope you're having a great day. Happy Stamping!

Black Friday

Happy Black Friday! For those of you out shopping today I wish you luck.

I have another Christmas card to share today. This one uses the same stamp set from Inkadinkado as yesterday's card. For this one, I embossed the tree with clear embossing powder on October Afternoon patterned paper and then sponged Walnut stain distress ink over the entire piece to bring out the embossed image. I added some brown trim I picked up at an estate sale recently along with white seam binding and a paper rose made from some vintage sheet music. The die for the rose is from My Favorite Things. I applied B00 Copic to the flower to give it some subtle color and help match it to the patterned paper. The leaves are from the Spellbinders Foliage dies. The scalloped image and sentiment both use the Spellbinders Long Classic Scalloped Rect dies.

Thanks so much for stopping. Happy Shopping to those of you participating in Black Friday!

Happy Happy Floral Birthday

Today I have a card featuring Papertrey Ink's Fillable Frames #1 stamp set and matching die along with the large rolled rose die from My Favorite Things. I also freehand cut some leaves from a scrap of burlap. The papers are some old scraps that I've had forever. 

Thanks so much for stopping. I hope you're having a great day!