First Post of 2010

Hi Everyone! I am finally feeling back to normal, after about 2 weeks of fighting a bug. I was so excited to spend some time in my craft room yesterday making a couple of cards.

First up, I decided to participate in The Play Date Cafe challenge. Here are the colors:


And I decided to use the sketch from The Pink Elephant:

Here is my submission:

I really felt like making something not related to winter or the holidays! Plus I hadn't played with the new Blooming Button Bits set from Papertrey Ink.

The picture above shows some of the images from that set. I added some extra buttons and gems for some sparkle.

This bow is a little over the top!

The next challenge I tackled was the current challenge over at Mojo Monday:

Here is my card.

My Mom gave me all kinds of Papertrey Ink goodies for Christmas, and I just had to get them out!

These buttons are PTI Spring Moss. I have had that ink for awhile, but hadn't gotten the buttons yet - Thanks Mom!

And she gave me the Vintage Labels stamp set. These stamps coordinate with the Nestabilities Labels one set perfectly! The flower in the corner is made up of a few plain Prima flowers that I stamped with one of the little images from the Vintage Labels set. And I used the iTop with the background paper for the big brad in the middle.

Thanks so much for looking!

{Happy Mother's Day Details}
Solid Cardstock: Bazzill Basics
Patterned cardstock: K&Company, Amy Butler
Stamps: Papertrey Ink (PTI) Blooming Button Bits
Ink: PTI Dark Chocolate, VersaMagic Pixie Dust
Misc: Buttons, ribbon, twine, glass beads, gems

{Thank You Details}
Solid Cardstock: Bazzill Basics
Patterned Cardstock: K&Company
Stamps: PTI Vintage Labels, PTI Signature Greetings
Ink: PTI Spring Moss, PTI Ocean Tides, PTI Spring Rain
Buttons: PTI Spring Moss
Flowers: Prima
iTop with K&Company paper used for brad
Nestabilities Labels One dies used for sentiment label and frame
Misc: ribbon

2009 Favorites

I was visiting blogs this morning, and Louise over at With a Personal Touch gave me a great idea! Louise chose her favorite creation of 2009, and I thought I would do the same. But seriously, I couldn't just choose one - so here goes. If you click on the headings of the first 2 little section, you will be taken to the posts about the projects.


Chipboard Books
I started off this year making a few word books, and then a couple of dear friends at work had babies this year, and so I decided to make them each a special baby book. These books take quite a bit of time, but they are just so cute when they are finished.



Acrylic Books
I found the cutest little acrylic tag albums at Pat Catans. So I tried my hand at putting a couple of these together. These little albums are great because they go together very quickly, and they are perfect for smaller photos.


Cards
I spent a lot of time making cards this year (actually too much time!). These were my favorite cards of the year. If you click on the card, you will go to the original post (if there was one).

















I want to thank all of you who visit my blog and find any kind of inspiration here. I have so much fun visiting all of the blogs out there and am always in awe of all of your talent.

Colour Create!

It's that time again - Colour Create Time! Sharon chose the most beautiful colour scheme this week - Lemon and Lime.

Michelle's Scrapbooking is sponsoring this challenge. Details are over at Colour Create.

Head on over there to check out all of her new products.

I am sorry I don't have a lot to show today. We came down with a nasty bug that lasted up to Christmas day. And then we were traveling to visit my family for the holiday. I managed to squeak out some little Valentines.


These are just little 3" cards that a decorated. Those little stamps are from the Papertrey Ink Tiny Treats set. There are alot of cute stamps from that set that I am hoping to use for my kids Valentines this year, so please stay tuned.

If you really want to see some talent, check out the rest of the design teams projects. WOW - these ladies blow me away every challenge!

Chris
Dena
Di
Heather
Janiel
Jo
Karen
Mina
Sharon

Thanks for stopping by!

Joy to the World!

Hi everyone! I have really been out of commission the last week or so. I actually made this card last week, but never got around to posting it. We needed a quick card for my son's teacher at school and so I used the colors from the Play Date Cafe. I know this post is late, but I am linking back to the challenge anyway because I just loves these colors!



Here is my card:



I used the Cuttlebug Victoria folder to emboss the bottom of the tan cardstock. I added some gold pigment ink to the folder, and then I heat embossed with glittery embossing powder so it would give that sparkly effect

Thanks for Looking!

{Joy to the World Details}
Cardstock: Bazzill Basics
Stamps: Papertrey Ink (PTI) Holiday Button Bits
Ink and Buttons: PTI Enchanted Evening
Embossing with Cuttlebug Victoria folder and Archival Ink Galaxy Gold - heat embossed with Whispers Holograph embossing powder
Misc: Ribbon, hemp cord, glass beads

Burgundy, Pink, and Cream

Colour Create Time again! Seems like the last challenge just started, and we are already on to a new one. The colours this week were chosen by the lovely and talented Dena - Burgundy, Pink, and Cream.

Isn't that a cool inspiration photo? Our sponsor this week is Simon Says Stamp. Please head over there and check out their fabulous selection of products! You can get details about the prize at Colour Create.

And, here is my card:

I found this cute little set of Hero Arts stamps that included 2 little Asian dolls and one stamp that was a thank you message. So I used the thank you stamp with Papertey Ink Scarlet Jewel ink and made a background on a piece of pink cardstock - you can see the thank you messages peaking through the spaces on the burgundy paper. I also stamped the flowers with the same background.

For the doll, flowers, and burgundy background, I used images from the Cricut Pagoda cartridge. I welded the bamboo screen image to a frame. The screen image had all of the spaces that I wanted so that the thank you messages would show through

The "thanks so much" sentiment is from Papertrey Ink Mega Mixed Messages, also stamped in Scarlet Jewel ink. I inked all of the edges with Scarlet Jewel as well. And I added the fancy little jewel embellishments to the flowers.

If you get a chance, please head on over to all of the other design team members blogs. They all have some beautiful creations to share with you!

Chris
Dena
Di
Heather
Janiel
Jo
Karen
Mina
Sharon

Thanks for stopping by!

{Thanks so Much Details}
Cardstock: Bazzill Basics
Stamps: Hero Arts Asian Dolls, Papertrey Ink Mega Mixed Messages
Ink: Papaertrey Ink Scarlet Jewel
Flowers and doll cut from Cricut Pagoda cartridge. Bacground was a welded square frame from the Cricut George cartridge with the bamboo screen image from Cricut Pagoda.
Misc: gem centers for flowers