Merry Christmas

Just wanted to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a blessed time with your family and friends! Thank you all very much for reading my blog and for taking the time to leave heartfelt comments. They really mean a lot!

Pink Strawberries

I made this journal for my daughter's friend who just celebrated her birthday. The paper is from the DCWV Nana's Nursery Baby Girl collection. I painted the spine with acrylic paint to match the paper. The green scalloped paper is Bazzill cut with nestibilities. I used my JustRite stamps once again to stamp her name. I really love my JustRite stamps. I have used them so much...definitely worth the investment. The swirly stamps are from Boxes, Bags and Tags (Papertrey).
Of course, I had to make the card to match. I made a pop up gift card holder, as seen on the Hero Arts Blog. The image is from Girlz & Boyz from The Angel Company, colored with Copic markers. The flower is from the Bride Collection at Michaels, rhinestones are Martha Stewart.
Here is a look at the inside. The circle stamp is from Borders & Corners Circle (Papertrey) and the sentiment is from The Paper Company.

Have a great day!

Jim Brickman

I love Jim Brickman's music. I am such a fan of his. My wonderful husband took me to his concert Saturday night. It was fabulous, as always. This was the third time I have seen him in concert, and I am never disappointed. It was a great break from the hustle and bustle of the season. If you have ever been to a Jim Brickman concert you know just a relaxing it is. I really needed a time out and it was perfect. Thanks, honey, for an amazing evening. I love you!

Blogger Challenge #4 Completed!

This is the card I made for Blogger Challenge 4 hosted by Sue. The challenge was to use only black & white. I made it for my sister-in-law's birthday. I love it when I can multi-task my cards!

Here's what I used-
Stamps-Florentine Scroll Background (Hero Arts), Expressions & Frames (Inkadinkado)
Ink-Palette Noir
Paper-Papertrey White, Bazzill Black
Other-Ribbon (Offray), rhinestones (Martha Stewart)

Have a fab day!

Blogger Challenge #3 Completed!!

I wanted to make a birthday card for my grandfather and I needed to complete a challenge for my blog group, so I thought I would combine the two. This was a sketch challenge hosted by Danielle. I had a lot of fun with this card. It was really nice to take a break from making gifts and make a card that wasn't Christmas.

Supplies:

Stamps-Papertrey Father Knows Best
Paper- Dark Chocolate, Ripe Avocado, White, Father Knows Best Pattern Paper (all Papertrey)
Ink- Palette Burnt Umber, Papertrey Ripe Avocado, Spring Moss
Other- Nestibilites Double Ended Tags and rectangles, Making Memories Slot tool, corner rounder, Papertrey Ripe Avocado twill ribbon, brads, leather photo corners

Have a blessed day!

Blossoms & Butterflies

I used Lauren's All Boxed Up template to make this gift for a girl that we sponsor at an orphanage. I used DCWV Blossoms and Butterflies paper as my inspiration. I am listing my supplies at the end of this post.

Card 1

Card 2

Card 3

Card 4

Supplies-

Stamps: Papertrey Ambassador Monogram Edition, Papertrey Boxes, Bags & Tags, JustRite Harmony Rectangle Stamp Set (small), JustRite Times New Roman 50 pt. alpha, butterfly stamp (Purple Daisy Designs)

Paper: DCWV Blossoms & Butterflies, Papertrey White, Spring Rain, Bassill

Ink: Papertrey Spring Rain, Palette Chartreuse, Burnt Umber

Accessories: My Timeless Templates All Boxed Up, EK Success butterfly punch, Ranger turquoise embossing glitter, Fiskars treading water punch, Papertrey Spring rain grosgrain and twill ribbon, Offray ribbon, silver cording, curved rectangle, petite circle, and classic circle nestibilities, swiss dot Cuttlebug folder, rhinestones

Thanks for looking! Have a great day!

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Monograms

I found these unfinished letters at Michaels and thought they would make great gifts. I spray painted this one brown. I used the Cricut cartridge Home Accents to cut the swirls and my Cuttlebug Olivia alphabet for the letters. I cut the letters out of fun foam and paper and then used my Xyron to adhere them. I like the dimension it gives. I added pink rhinestones to some of the swirls and to dot the i. Sorry the pictures are not that great.
I made a bunch of these. I will be sharing more in the next few days.

Have a great day!

Winter Centerpiece

I was going through my pictures and found this centerpiece I had made for a Ladies event at our church, so I thought I would share.

I should have some things to post soon. You see, the big problem is, that most of the stuff I am working on is for people who may be reading my blog and I don't want to spoil any surprises. I do have some things that I will be posting in the next few days, so hang tight.


I also want to acknowledge another award I received from Amy. Thank you so much, Amy. I will try to get links posted to those I am passing it on to soon.

So stinkin' busy...and an award

I have been so ridiculously busy lately and have not been posting. On the up side, I have been working on tons of projects and have lots of things to share just as soon as I find the time to take and post the pictures. I still have lots of things in the works that require my attention, but I will try to do better with the posting. I apologize to those in my blogging group for not visiting your blogs, I am working on getting caught up. I am excited about completing the challenges I missed...those are on the to do list, too. Anyone else's to do list growing instead of shrinking?

I want to thank Sara for the award she gave me. I feel very honored! You should really check out her blog if you haven't already. She makes the most darling House Mouse cards. I am posting it now before I forget and will try to get back over the next few days to pass it on. Thanks again, Sara!