Celebrate

Hi. I'm on a roll!

I made this card tonight.  I used one I saw on My Chic N Scratch as a guide.  I don't have that stamp set, but I decided to let it inspire me a little bit.  I played around with some different ideas, but came back tot his one.  I don't have a whole lot of ink colors, so I had to make changes to the design to use the ink that I have on hand.

I used some scrap paper, my nestabilities, floss, and Outlined Occasions from Stampin Up.  The ink is also Stampin Up.  I kind of like how it turned out

Beautiful Dress Card

Hi friends,

Today is April 17th!  You know what that means?  It means the official end to another tax season!  I work for my sister and we have a large client base of 450 corporate clients and a few hundred personal clients. This time of year is very tough for us and for our families.  Thank goodness it is over!!!

I sat in my office and made a few little projects. I'll share them one at a time. My first share is a dress card.  I have a few blogs that I check out regularly and one of them is Becky Roberts at Inking Idaho.  She is fantastic and very creative.  I love to see all that she comes up with.  Well, I decided to learn how to make this little dress card.  I didn't make it identical to hers, but I found what I thought would work and I like how it turned out.  I think it makes a cute Mother's Day Card.

Hope you have a great week.

I used Stampin Up for the base.  The patterned paper is Me & My Big Ideas.  I used Ranger Ink Liquid Pearls and the textile embossing plate for the Cuttlebug.

MPS Mother's Day blog hop & Challenge

Good morning friends,

I know I've been behind on blogging.  The silver lining is that tax season is over in TWO days, so I will be able to devote more time to my love of crafting...and plan to venture out into other fun projects that I see you all making.

Last night I was surfing - very late - and found that Robyn was hosting her blog hop. I normally don't do the challenges because I'm too chicken, frankly.  Well, since it had been a while since I'd been able to make anything fun, I went ahead and played along.  This is my Mother's Day themed SUPER SIMPLE card.  I intended to make a little purse to match, but then I got sleepy and well...the rest is history.

The sentiment is from MPS Family & Friends.  The ink is Stampin UP Island Indigo.  The patterned paper is Me & My Big Ideas.  Base is Bashful Blue by SU.  Stickles is Waterfall.

Have a great day!

Dress Shirt Card

Happy Saturday, friends!

I was actually able to do a little card this morning before the kids got up.  You know, when the house is quiet and the coffee is brewing and nobody is calling your name or fighting, or throwing something inside the house.  :)

I made this card for my uncle.  I wanted to make a shirt of some kind and after I played a little bit, I came up with this.  I used Stampin Up DSP from last year.  The base is Stampin Up.  The sentiment is My Creative Time.  The inside and is cream linen from PTI.

I sure hope he likes it.  I'm going to come up with something else as well, just in case I change my mind.

Have a wonderful day!!

Action Wobbles

Hi friends,

Well, I have had my eye on Action Wobbles since I first heard about them last year.  Let me tell you...they were a little out of my budget.  BUT!!!!! I got an email with a discount on Amazon and I bought some a couple of weeks ago.

I had to make a card for my son's classmate who it celebrating his seventh birthday today!  He has a sports themed party.  Bryan was very helpful in making this card.  He designed it and picked out the paper himself.   It has no frills or anything, but that is exactly what he wanted  And...we got to use an Action Wobble!  Super adorable how those little springs work.  I wish I could post a video.  The ball bounces.  Very cute.

The base is Stampin up. The designer paper is all Echo Park.

Have a great day!

Hello Kitty invitation

Hi my friends,

I've been "thinking" of an invitation to make for my friend's daughter who turns one in May.  She showed me what she liked from a blog called Handmade by Odette.  I worked with what I had...and really couldn't figure out the purpose of the band around the card with the hello kitty, so I incorporated it a different way to also save paper.

I used Tempting Turquoise from Stampin Up.  The patterned paper is Me and My Big Ideas.  That paper is so thick.  I love it. The cut is from Hello Kitty Greetings at 3".

I'm still trying to figure out a good way to keep the band closed...I used a glue dot, but don't know if that will work or not.

Hope you like.

Hanging Out with PTI

Hi friends,

I got to play this morning with my new Papertrey Ink stamp and die set called Hanging Out. You can find it here

I have mentioned how uninspired I've been feeling, so I had to use other work as a starting point.  My sister needed a cute card for a baby and I wanted to use this set, so this is what I came up with.

The ink is all StampinUp and PTI (black) and the paper is also Stampin Up .  The designer paper is DCWV.  Twine from someone on ebay (sorry).  I hope you love it.

My inspiration came from THIS forum on Papertrey Ink.