Celebrate and It's all about the journey

Here is a card using the Sale-a-bration Free Stamp set. 

I think of the Phone booth as being from England. And always the color red. I colored an image red and didn't like it very much, so I just used red paper. Worked fine for me. 

I used the Chevron Embossing folder for my background so I could have some texture on the red paper. 

I think the black brads were cute in the corner and they added a lot to the card. 

Then for my sentiment, I made the Celebrate into a flag banner.  

Here is my second card using the Sale-a-bration Stamp Set. Both of these stamps are in the same set. The third stamp is a Ferris Wheel and very old fashioned. 

Of course the Sale-a-bration program is over now. 

But glad I got my set, I have used them on several cards. 

I used the Argyle Embossing folder for the background on this card. Added a designer paper strip in the middle along with 2 large brads on both sides. 

Love the It's all about the journey. This stamp is from Great Impressions, I just thought it went perfect with the bicycle.  

Thank You for stopping in at my blog. 

I would love to hear your comments, they would mean so much to me. 

Stamps: Stampin Up and Great Impressions. 

Papers: Cloud 9 and Bo Bunny

Embellishments; from my stash

Birthday Wishes

I got this idea from Connie Stewart, a cyber friend on the internet. 

It was so pretty, I had to try it. 

Here is a card that I really like.  

Love the Rose Red color and the black accents on Vanilla Paper. 

Stamp set is Creative Elements from Stampin Up 

I used a embossing folder for the texture layer. 

Border trim is a punch also from Stampin Up. 

I attached my bow with a glue dot. 

What do you think. Pretty huh? 

Happy Birthday

Almost everything on this card is Stampin Up items. 

Love the blue paper and the red brads. 

I used the Honeycomb and Lattice embossing folders. Gorgeous design with both of them.

And the new mini curly punch is fabulous and some new stamps that goes with it. 

I tried to be creative with this card, but I am not sure if I was creative or not.
I like the textures on this card, it's kind of plain to me.
I like more embellishments on a card.

Thanks for dropping by, and see you the next time. 

Happy Birthday (Zinnias)

I have another gorgeous card to show you. 

These are the prettiest Zinnias. I colored them with a Tombow Marker. I think they turned out so pretty. 

The stamp set is from Flourishes. 

Here is another stamp that is in the same set. I like this one also, but a lot more coloring to it. They are in a Ginger Jar, the lid wouldn't fit on the circle, so I cut it away. 

Below is a picture of my sister's flower garden from last summer. Aren't they the prettiest?  Yes, the Zinnias are in the cluster of these gorgeous flowers. That is where I came up with Red Zinnias for my card. And can you tell she loves the STEELERS.  

Thanks for stopping by my blog and come back again real soon. 

Happy Birthday

I made this card a while ago and thought I would show it to you. 

Love the blue berries.

The stamp set is from Flourishes and I colored it with watercolor pencils.

The label and circles are from spellbinder dies. 

Thank you for visiting my blog, please come back again.

I hope to get some pictures of my cards and get them posted.   

Best Wishes

I needed a card for an elderly lady, and I like the vintage look. This is what I come up with...

Don't you think these colors are perfect for the vintage look? 

You can't go wrong using the violet and olive green for a Vintage Card. 

I added the butterflies for accents.  

Paper from my stash, love the news print and the lacy look of the purple. 

Stamps are from Stampin Up

May Arts Olive sheer ribbon

Best Wishes from a sticker sheet

Punches from Stampin Up 

And the border punch is from Martha Stewart.

Hope you enjoyed stopping by and come back again soon. 

Thank You 

Here's the dirt

How about a PINK pig?

Not one of my favorite animals. But this pink pig is a cutie. And the sentiment is totally awesome with the pig.

"Here's the dirt."

And the inside sentiment, is 

"A little birdie told me it was your birthday."

So cute.

So perfect that Great Impression had so many cute stamps this month. Let's hope next month has some great stamps too. If you're interested in purchasing some of these stamps from Great Impressions, let me know. I would be more than happy to help you out. Just email me and let me know.

Below is the stamps that were released for July.

Check out the new stamps for July 2012

Gorgeous stamps this month. Well, I enjoyed stamping with them.

Thanks for stopping by 

Pocket full of wishes

Great, this is the second day for posting, hope I can continue and post everyday. 

I made this card thinking of all the family that I need to send a card to and I thought it would work for anyone. 
The flowers are so bright and cheery to fit any kind of event. 
This one is for a birthday. 


I colored the pocket and flowers with prisma pencils and blended with Gamsol. I stamped an extra pocket and used a foam pop dot to make it off the original pocket. Love the layering. The lacy bottom border is from a Martha Stewart punch. The lacy layer is really a teal color and the camera really made it look a green. 


Stamps are from Great Impressions. 


Thanks for stopping by.  

Happy Birthday (Flowered Heart)

Just wanting to post a card so that I could let you know that I am still trying to get some cards on my blog. 

Some how I am having a hard time adding the cards that I make. This time it is TAXES and card parties. Just to much things going on at one time. Sorry that it is taking me forever to get my cards on here when I make them. 

This Birthday Heart card I made a while ago. I thought it was so pretty with all the colors in the heart. I added Happy Birthday that is a gold sticker. 

I like making the easel cards, I think they are so pretty. 

The watermelon colored ribbon and flowers makes the card very colorful. 

Stamp from Great Impressions. 

Paper from Bo Bunny 

Punches from Stampin Up 

Thank You for stopping by and hope you come back soon.

Happy Birthday

Gotta love the blue glitter paper, it is so shinny and gorgeous.

I made this card for my sister's birthday because she loves blues.

The blue flower is popped up and that adds some dimension to the card.

I added some greenery and pearls.

The bottom border is from a Martha Stewart Punch.

Stamps and the flower punch are from Stampin Up

Designer and Glitter Papers are from Pat Catan's

The Greenery leaves are from Cheery Lynn's.

Thanks for visiting my blog and come back again soon.

Have a delicious birthday

Hope you enjoyed those really nice days we just had. I was wondering if that was our Indian Summer Days. Well, lets hope not because we could use a few more nice days before that cold weather comes.

On to my card.

I need a birthday card, so why not make one.

I thought turquoise, mambo melon and black would look great together.

I love the turquoise and mambo melon together.

Isn't the border of hats and presents cute?

It is a Martha Stewart border punch.

And the first time to use it, too. 

I like it and hope to use it again real soon. 

I am not to fond of the cake stamp, but it worked. 

Love the sentiment stamp. I got it from The Stamp Pad in Zoar, Ohio.

If you need to know who makes it, let me know, I will check my stamp and see what company it comes from and let you know.   

That's it for now. Hope to see you in a day or two with a few more cards.

I am working on my next Card Class which is in a couple weeks.

Thanks for stopping by.

Make a wish

Love this card, it is so pretty. I made this card for a special friend. Happy Birthday Susan, I know it was a while ago, but just now getting the card on my blog for everyone to see. I used this card for one of my classes and everyone loved it and commented on how nice the card was. Some of the ladies even said it was there favorite for the day. The designer paper is so pretty. I need to look up the name of the company for the paper, I never can remember who makes the paper. I put the card on the computer in a different room then my scrappin room, so it is difficult to find out all the supplies that I use. The paper is really old and probably not available today. I sure wish I would have bought 25 sheets of it. I think this would make an awesome Christmas Card. Must be the red and olive green mixed together.

I stamped the Make a wish with the window word punch and layered it on red with the modern label punch. More dimensional here, too.  

All the punches are from Stampin Up. 

The squares are punched 1 inch with the design paper and 1 1/4 inch on the red card stock. I also pupped up the designer paper with a pop up. It gave the card a lot of dimension. With a black sheer bow and large green brads, wow this makes an awesome card.

Thank You for checking out my creations.
Please leave a comment, I cherish every one of them. It means a lot to me.

It's your Birthday, Wish Big

I wanted to show you a Birthday card that I made for my nephew.
I didn't want it to sissy looking for him. So I just added a balloon brad and some jute string. The design paper from Karen Foster has all about a birthday, so it worked well for him.
I colored the Big with Tombow Markers. I think it is cute and my nephew will love it.

Thanks for stopping by and come back again soon.

Birthday Wishes

I wanted to make a clean and simple card with lots of color.

I think this one will fit the challenge. 

I used Kraft paper and some design paper to accent the flowers.

I stamped the flowers, colored them with Tombow Markers and then cut them out.

Then I painted the flowers with glossy effects. Then I punched the corners on the top of the card.

Added some ribbon and done.

Stamps: There She Goes (Dance)
Paper: My Stash
Embellishments: Corner Punch, Ribbon and Brads.

Thank you for stopping in today and hope you will come back again soon.

Happy Birthday Poppies

Here is a very pretty Poppy Card that I made last month.
I love the orange color of the poppies, I colored my poppies with a Tombow Marker the same color as my sister's poppies. She has oodles of them. I have only one poppy plant and it is white with a deep purple center. It is pretty, but I love the orange poppies.

The Poppy Stamp is from Hero Arts
Paper and Ribbon are from my stash.

                               Here is my sister's Poppies... 
                               aren't they pretty?



Thank You for stopping by...

Wishing you the best of everything

Love this clean and simple card.

I think it looks very elegant, and the rhinestone really set it off. The rhinestones didn't show up very well in this picture, but they are gorgeous. I don't know if you noticed the 3 rhinestones at the bottom along with the 3 under the word Everything. Maybe pearls would have shown up better. I will have to try them the next time.  

Inside the card, I added more Design Paper with hearts and a Birthday sentiment. 

Design Paper is from Creative Imaginations,

          the Marah Johnson Collection,

Stamp is from There She Goes

Martha Stewart Heart Punch

Old Olive Ink

Diamond Rhinestones.

Thank you for stopping by.  And see you the next time.

Birthday Wishes

Love the colors of this card, the purple ribbon is so pretty with the black paper.

I stamped two of the flowers with the purple ink and then one in the middle with black.

Added some diamond rhinestone here and there and wow so pretty.

Also I did the border with the scalloped Stampin Up border punch. Love how this turned out.
Stamps: There She Goes.
Ink: Stampin Up and Memento Black
Paper: from my stash (Purple, Black and White)
Ribbon and Rhinestones: Memories

Thank You for stopping by, see you the next time.

Butterfly

Here is the prettiest butterfly card.

It is called an Easel card.

I love making these cards, they are so pretty and easy to do.

and here is other positions of the card

 and one more position

The card is made with yellow card stock, design paper and vellum.

I ran the design paper and the vellum through the cuttlebug using the scripted A 2 folder to give the paper more texture. 

Sponged the vellum paper with distressed ink.

Then added 2 flower centers for the antennas and small beads for the body.

I think the butterfly is adorable.

I thought it would make a pretty birthday card.  



Thanks for stopping in.

Hope to see you back here again soon.

This is no day for just a sliver

I can't believe it has been so long since I have added a post.

I think I am to busy getting ready for my next workshop.

I have my May workshop cards to add sometime, too.

This birthday card is from April workshop.

And believe it or not, I am having my June workshop this Saturday.

So crazy and not enough time in a day.

But then, that is my life style now a days.

Sorry for not posting my new cards when I get them ready.

I hope I can get caught up and be more ready to post at least 3 or 4 times a week.

Anyway this card was so cute with all the cakes lined up across the card. And I love the balloon paper, and with this card being from April, I have no idea the name of the paper. I added Glitter to the strings on the balloons. Turned out really cute. This stamp set is from Stampin Up and the hats and present punch is from Martha Stewart.

Thank you for stopping by today.

Have a great week.

Birthday Wishes

Love, Love these purses. And they are made with the cupcake punch from Stampin Up. Who would have thought that huh?

I punched the purses with 3 different design papers and added the closure and handle. The closure is the small oval and the handle is the medium size oval with the little oval cut out of the middle.

Perfect card for a lady who loves purses, like my daughter. She is now selling 31 Purses. Yep, I need to send her this card. She would love it.

(Hey Chris, here is you card in case it doesn't get in the mail soon. I know it isn't your birthday, but wanted you to see the card.)

Of course added some ribbon and rhinestones and a perfect card.

Have a great week and come back again.