Birthday Wishes

This picture doesn't do this card justice. It is yummy, shimmery and sparkly in real life. I posted it anyway as it's the last card I had to show you. I made it for a friend who loves purses and is celebrating her birthday next week.

The base is square and is created using some yummy shimmer paper I got at Archivers. I punched the circle in the front first, then stamped the scalloped image perfectly over it using my Stamp-a-ma-jig. I used Versamark ink and heat embossed it with Iridescent Ice powder. The lighter shimmer paper is a yummy light purple, but it looks like washed-out white here. Anyway....I layered one piece inside and stamped a purse there using Blue Bayou ink. Then, the sentiment is by Papertrey Ink and double-layered on the ovals. When I first layered the ovals, the larger one blended in with the base card too much so I simply covered the entire thing with Versamark and heat embossed with Iridescent Ice powder to make it match the scallop. It stands out better now. That sentiment is with Blue Bayou ink, but looks black here. The last trick was making custom-colored ribbon. The sheer ribbon was white and I simply ran it over my Blue Bayou ink pad using a sponge wedge and let it dry before adding it to the card. This ribbon trick produces majorly inky fingers, so next time I'll use a plastic bag over my fingers. LOL The card fold is on the left. I made a slit in the fold using my craft knife and ran the ribbon around the card and hid the ends under the oval piece.


It's a soggy, rainy weekend here so hopefully I'll get some major crafting time and have more goodies to show soon. That is IF my mojo shows up. We'll see! Thanks for stopping by...

Welcoming Baby Riley

I made this card for a couple at our church who just welcomed their second child, Riley. He was at church on Sunday, but I missed him! Hopefully I'll see him this weekend.

Supplies:
Cardstock-Whisper White, Ballet Blue, Bashful Blue
Ink- Ballet Blue
Accessories-Cuttlebug, Blue self-stick bling, Bashful Blue grosgrain, 1 1/4" and 1" circle punches, Designer Label punch, ticket corner punch, Stampin' Dimensionals
Stamps by Papertrey Ink-Mixed Messages and Simple Alphabet

Just a short and sweet post for today. Thanks for stopping by...

Missing You

I will send this card to my sweet friend Michelle in Minnesota. We met many moons ago when I worked at Nordstrom in the Mall of America. I sure miss her! I hope this card makes her smile.

I stamped a retired SU! background onto the Blue Bayou card using Whisper White craft ink. I didn't want it perfect, so I inked some areas of the stamp more. The edges are inked with white ink, too. The retired SU! butterfly is stamped onto a scrap of patterned scrapbook paper using Blue Bayou ink. The scalloped strip is actually part of a pack of Doodlebug Designs strips I have in white. I used my shimmery chalks to color it red. The butterfly is chalked with the lightest white shimmer chalk. The final addition was the sentiment in Blue Bayou ink. The only part of the butterfly that is glued is the body. That way the wings will "pop" up. *click to see more*

Some blessings from yesterday:
lunch and a movie with family
6 new Yoplait yogurts in my fridge(the best yogurt ever!)
a clean house
no bills in the mail
soft sheets and snuggly jammies
Eskie dog kisses
oil changed and tires rotated by my hubby
and...the list could go on...

Thanks for stopping by. Have a great Thursday!

Celebrating Grandma

This is my grandma on her birthday last year. She is my last living grandparent (mom's mom). She will be 87 later this month! That is amazing!

Here's the card I made for her special day this year. *click for a closer look*

Supplies

Cardstock: Sahara Sand, Brocade Blue, Sage Shadow, Naturals White

Inks: Sage Shadow Craft

Stamps: Baroque Motifs, Lots of Thoughts (retired)

Punches: Large and small ovals, Designer Label

Accessories: clear embossing powder, heat tool, Prima flowers, self-stick pearls, white ribbon, Stampin' Dimensionals, Brocade Blue marker, Stamp-a-ma-jig

Today I will be going out to eat and to a movie with mom, my Uncle Richard and Grandma. We all live within two miles of each other. Is that a blessing or what?!

Night of Navy Trio

Happy Tuesday to all of you! I spent Monday night cleaning like a mad woman since I didn't do much this weekend. (I was so whooped from my crazy allergies.) The good news is the Allegra rep was in today and I'm stocked up with my allergy meds again! Yeah! Free meds is just one of the many perks/blessings of working in a medical office!

Here are the three cards I made using Night of Navy, Real Red and Green Galore as the main colors. The cards are 4x4. The idea all started with this fun felt ribbon my mom gave me. Thanks again, Mom! Love that you and dad always share and taught me to be a sharing person, too!

See you tomorrow! Thanks for stopping by...

But before you go. Listen HERE. This song brought tears to my eyes after the cleaning storm calmed and I sat and reflected on the many blessings in my life. No doubt He feels the same way about each of you that visits here as well. Every breath of every day is a gift to you from God. Isn't it amazing that He takes time for each of us because of His unfailing love?! :)

Barely Banana Trio

I had Barely Banana in my head for some reason before I made these three 4x4 cards. I grabbed a 12x12 sheet of the luscious textured cardstock! Yum! I had a pretty productive Sunday afternoon/evening stamping time. I recently rearranged my main table and some of the things within my craft area. It has really helped having several things within reach. I did watercoloring, heat embossing and used the Stamp-a-ma-jig several times on Sunday. I feel much more at ease with how things are arranged. Guess MOJO liked it, too. LOL Now, if I could just get Macy to lay about a foot away from the chair wheels. She likes to be touching them for fear she might miss something if her momma moves. Goofy kid.

I stamped the image onto watercolor paper using Timber Brown Staz-On. I used my AquaPainter to color the image. It's hard to see, but I added crystal Stickles to the shell. The base cardstock is Groovy Guava...one of last year's In Color colors. The stamped piece is adhered using Stampin' Dimensionals.

I eliminated the Groovy Guava and made this card more masculine. I covered the chipboard tag with patterned paper, then heat embossed the leaf image. The other patterned paper is from the Basic Grey Archaic collection. I inked the edges of everything and added the sentiment with Timber Brown Staz-On. It is so straight since I used my Stamp-a-ma-jig for precise placement. I love that tool!!! The base cardstock is Kraft. I used my Crop-a-Dile to add the large eyelets to the chipboard tag.

My co-worker let me borrow her Paper Dolls Cricut cartridge and I cut out this cute flower border. It was the perfect size for a 4x4 card. The main image is stamped on watercolor paper using Timber Brown Staz-On, then colored using my AquaPainter. It is adhered using Stampin' Dimensionals. I used the Stamp-a-ma-jig to stamp the sentiment along the left side. The original stamp has the words on four lines. See, I love that Stamp-a-ma-jig! It allows me to use my sentiments as I need them, not just as they come on the rubber. The bling stones are a neat lighter brownish color. They look black in the pic.

Tune in tomorrow for my other Trio using Night of Navy, Green Galore and Real Red as the three main colors. It all started with one piece of funky felt ribbon that mom had given me. I have several "treasures" in my stash from loved ones. I am so blessed!

Happy Anniversary

Double-sided patterned paper came in handy when I made this card today. One side is the funky floral print. The reverse is a light green distressed pattern. I ran the light green piece through the Cuttlebug for the fun dotted background. I covered the chipboard flower and sanded the edges. I inked the edge of the entire card, the raised dots, the flower petals and the sentiment pieces. The base cardstock is Sage Shadow from SU!. I added some buttons, the stamped sentiment and some fun fibers. This card is one I needed for someone's anniversary later this month. I'll show other cards throughout the week that I created Sunday, too.

Hope everyone had a good weekend! Thanks for stopping by...