My Pink Stamper new stamps!!!!

Robyn at My Pink Stamper has a new set of stamps that she announced this weekend. I am thrilled that she is going to try out the Spanish market.  I hope all of my fellow Latinas decide to buy them.  I'm sure there will be more coming.  In fact...I have insider information that there is more stuff in the cooker.  :)

Check them out HERE

Bee Mine

My friend Liz from Which Craft let me borrow this super cute stamp that says Bee Mine.  She made a great project using Walk in my Garden cartridge and I really wanted to make something with that theme. Since I didn't have that cart, I used Create A Critter instead.  It was pretty fun.  I made two different cards and will probably play around with them some more.  Click on Liz's link to see her Bee Mine card. It's super adorable!  Thanks Liz!

I used Martha Stewart Opaque White to outline the wings.  After this picture, I ended up using a micro dot on his antennae.

I used a makeup sponge and some chalk to give this card a little color and shading. I thought it was too plain without it.  

Congratulatory Card

My good friend, Francis, was recently chosen for a very prestigious position with the federal government. It is her dream job...next to the next dream job.  

I am very proud of her.  I made her this card and took her some candles since they represent friendship and all.  I know she will shine!  Good job, Francis!!!

Valentine's Day

Hi everyone! I decided to make some Valentine's Day cards.  I have two sisters and a BFF who is like a sister so I figured we would all have matching cards.  Ha!  I hope they like it as much as I did.  The hearts couple tutorial is on the webpage of an amazing woman from Australia.  Visit her Valentine Heart Couple Tutorial and learn how to make this great couple.  I used a variety of materials.  Most of them were from DCWV.  The card stock is basic grey from Stampin up and the red dress is a red from the Regals pack in Stampin Up.  I cut the background from Storybook cartridge. It's called Marquee.  The sentiment on the gray "forever" is a Stampin Up set.  The others are all My Pink Stamper.   I had fun making these.  

I used chalk to do the shading and stickles for the button.

The embossing is Tim Holz distressed powder.  (Uh oh...the tie is crooked)

Sweet Magnolia Rose

I was checking out Robyn's site this morning.  First, Happy Birthday Robyn!  I came across an amazing lady named Misty.  Visit her blog HERE  She has an AMAZING giveaway!  Amazing!  Here's just a little taste of what she's got for you.  She's got another HUGE prize.  Her work is awesome too, so if we don't win, there's a lot of inspiration!

Get Well for a Cake Lover

Okay, here's the scoop.  My birthday was on January 14th.  We had a celebration weekend because, after all, it was MY day and I am very special.  (I sound so stuck up, right?).  Well, my friend Francis invited us to her house and we had a little celebration.  The running joke was that her husband, Angel, was eating too much cake.  Well, A couple of days later, Angel was in the hospital having his gall bladder removed.  Oh my goodness!!!  Did I feel guilty!  His first words after surgery to me were, "now I can have THREE pieces of cake."  So...I ran with it.  I made him a get well card with a cake on it.  I hope he loves it as much as he loved that chocolate cake!

I used "Just Because" Cards cartridge.  I was going for a bigger cake, but since it cuts in proportion to the card, I set it at 4" and this is what I got.  I didn't want to waste paper, since I'm only using my stash. The paper is all Stampin Up.  The base is Sahara Sand, the rusty one is part of the regal pack and the blue is Not Quite Navy.  The top layer is Very Vanilla.  I used a Fiskars edge punch to make the border pretty and stickles to embellish.  I love Stickles!  Seriously.  I have 15 colors!  The stamp is from Stampin Up.  I used my embossing powder to make it nicer....and then a gold glitter pen for the little stitching.  It is so cute! I love this card.  The funniest part is that they are a University of Miami family and I am a University of Florida Gator fan...so he gets a Gator-inspired card.  


I hope he likes it!

Valentines Day is around the corner

Seriously...where has time gone?  How do you guys do it?  I just realized I need to get cracking on Valentine's Day cards if I plan on getting any out.  So...I'll be coming up with some ideas.  I really want to use the Sweethearts cartridge and get some Spanish stamps in there too.   Keep an eye out.  I'll be posting them soon!