Carefree

Love this carefree image by Mo Manning.  Put it together on a Sunday afternoon while I was feeling pretty carefree myself.   8)

I added glitter to the flowers & liquid pearls to the centers.  Wish I was stronger with the Copics now that I see the photo... I think it could use more shading.  The little white flowers I found in the wedding section at Michael's and the pink centers are from Stamping Bella.  Here's the inside:

Hope you all had a wonderful "carefree" weekend too!

Baptismal Card

I was asked by my sister in law to make her a Baptismal card. After much fussing (and even trying to channel Elly - lol)... I came up with this:

Can't believe I didn't use any ribbon - seriously must be a first for me... but it just wouldn't fit - LOL.  I kept the inside pretty simple:

The large border is a Martha Stewart punch - love it!  Picked it up at Michael's on my way home last night.  The sentiment on the front was just typed on my computer and printed, but the cross & sentiment on the inside are from Verve.

Well I'm off to give this punch another go.  Happy Weekend all!!

Mother's Day Cards in my Etsy Store...

Actually made 5 Mother's Day cards this weekend and just added all of them to my Etsy Store.  Here's the first one:

Now I need to do one for my Mom................

Our PERFECT Companions

I don't know about you but I love animals... all kinds... but the loveable household dog or cat would rank pretty high on my list.  I didn't realize how many stamps I have that are actually animals...

This sweet dog is an image from Eat Cake Graphics.  Coloured with Copics.

Paper is (once again...) MME Dilly Dally combined with a small bit of BG Max & Whiskers (yellow).  Sentiment is from an MFT set... as are all of the dies, except the Spellbinder oval.  Butterflies were made with a Martha Stewart Punch.... and I couldn't resist placing the smallest butterfly right on the tip of this guys nose.

Happy April everyone.  Hope you survived all the April Fools jokes from yesterday.........

To a Beautiful Friend

HELLO WEEKEND!!  I've missed you. 

After work I raced to get all of my nasty have-to-stuff done and over the past couple of hours I've been piddling away in my craft room to some great music and having a blast.

This PSX stamp is about a ga-zillion years old but I've been going through a lot of my old stamps lately and selling them locally.  Thought I'd use it one more time before someone bought it!!

Sentiment is from a beautiful MFT friendship set.  The paper is also a bit of a dinasaur... I've had it for years and was thrilled when I came across it in my scrap drawer.  Love the roses and the aged look.

Coloured with Copics, used my Romantic Rectangles Spellbinder die, MFT flourish die, Martha Stewart butterfly punch & another Spellbinder border die.  Ribbon, sewing, mini brads and a little distressing... all the while I was de-stressing.  lol.

Well that's it for now!  Hope you all have great weekends planned!

Nothing

"Nothing is impossible to a willing heart."

Love this quote - picked up the free digi from Create with TLC.  Paper is MME Dilly Dally and the cool fence border was made using Becca Feeken's tutorial for linear punches. 

Love this paper... going to be a few more cards coming with this... he,he.

Well I've got a banana bread in the oven, laundry in the wash and supper on the stove.  Off to see my nieces in a couple of hours... wish the weather was nicer; they love the park.

Toodles........

Blessed by Your Friendship

Hey Bloggers!  Tonight I've been experimenting a little with my new Classic Decorative Inserts from Spellbinders.  The leaf die is also Spellbinder.  The flourish is a Sizzix & the rose centers are MFT.

Paper is a Jillibean Soup (that I've been hoarding... love it).  Both sentiments (inside & out) are from an MFT set.  Little pink flowers were sent by a dear friend... they sparkle.

Well for someone who didn't manage a card all weekend, I surprised myself considering it's Monday!  

Breathe Deep

Love this pretty quote (digi) from Create with TLC.  This card was a chance to use my new Romantic Rectangles from Spellbinders and also the new Edgeabilities "Classic Decorative Inserts One". 

Image is stamped an MFT set, "Spring" and the flourish die cut is also from My Favorite Things.  I finished the inside and stamped the bird with Close to Cocoa, stamping first on scrap to get rid of the excess ink and then again on the white cardstock.

With today off to make a long weekend, you'd think I would have made more cards then just this one... but I've been on an organizing-spring-clean in my condo and today with the beautiful weather it was so nice to have all the windows open and the sun shining in... even gave me more energy!

Sweet Sarah Turns Five

My little niece Sarah turns 5 today and she is in full birthday mode.  Birthday breakfast with presents, then birthday fun at the Mall, followed by The Lorax (Dr. Suess) at the movies... then birthday cake and more presents after supper.  Then a nap... for me, not Sarah...lol.

I thought this sweet image by Mo Manning went well the the Verve sentiment "Big Wish" that I placed on the inside:

DP is all American Crafts.  Die cuts are from Spellbinders & MFT.  Love that #5 from MFT !!  She's extremely proud of her age today - so fun to see.  The pink sparkle flourish I found at the Dollar Store.

Gotta Run........... can't be late for Dr. Seuss! 

Keeping it Simple

Isn't there a lot of truth to this? 

Found this quote on TLC Creations (freebie) and added some blue/green highlights with my Copics. 

I used the MME Dilly Dally DP and my Spellbinder Fleur de Lis die to layer.  A little stitching, some sparkle, pearls & ribbon... and it's done.

Kept the inside simple:

Back soon... I feel a "card weekend" coming on.........  8)

Sentiment?

I searched through my sentiments for something that would go with this image.  I was looking for something like, 'keep on trying' or 'here's a leg up' or something equally corny... lol.  Anyway, I couldn't find anything.  I think I'll just put this one in my Etsy store as a blank card and it can be used for whatever someone chooses.  If you think of something - let me know!!

Inside:

Paper is a mixture of MME Dilly Dally & Pebbles Floral Lane.  I used my new MFT Notebook Edge die - love this one - you can use both sides of what you cut... easy peasy.  The rolled flower is also from MFT.  The image of course is Mo Manning and I used my Copics to colour it up.

So if you think of a good sentiment or caption, let me know, k?! 

Sunshine

This little Lily of the Valley stamp just steals my heart!  Isn't she adoreable?!  She's coloured up with Copics and I've cut her out with my circle SB just slightly to the left so I could add the Verve sentiment under the flowers.

I was finally able to get my hands on this new MME "Dilly Dally" - love it!  My local stamp store got a portion of their order in, so I wasn't able to get it all (yet).  Love the wood grain.  The rolled flowers were made from an MFT die, leaves were made with a MS punch. 

Off to do my nieces birthday card - she's going to be 5 and she's beyond adoreable... so I'm going to have to UP the cuteness level on that one.  lol

Fluttering By...

Love this adoreable silloutte stamp from Stamping Bella (Jane Girl... by Jane Davenport).  I paired her off with this beautiful Prima paper (Flights of Fancy Collection) I had... then proceeded to cover it all up.  lol

I used Spellbinder & MFT dies with Martha Stewart punches.  I embellished with piped nylon ribbon & velvet ribbon with adhesive pearls... and the sentiment on the inside is once again from Create with TLC (yes, another freebie!).

Well I'm about to flutter out to the television because Batchelor is about to start and I'm secretly hoping that Courtney has got her bags packed.... lol

Night all.

Bonjour

MFT is in da house!!  Picked up my order on Friday from the post office... in a snow storm no less.  So I've been playing a little this weekend with the "Who's That Parisian Girl" set. 

I used two of my new MFT border dies, notebook edge and monarch - gotta try all the new stuff out right away! lol

DP is Basic Grey... I was searching through my stash to find something with a small enough print to paper piece.  Reminds me of doing those cut-out dolls when I was a kid.  8)

Inside not done (yet) ... gotta sleep sometime!  lol

A Good Friend

Love love love making friendship cards so this image from Mo Manning was a must have for me.  Nobody understands like a good friend, right?

I dug into my new batch of Pebbles paper - love the texture of this stuff (the pink strip is from my stash).  I used Spellbinder & MFT dies & a couple of Martha punches for the leaves.  As always, coloured with my Copics. 

The sentiment on the inside is a FREE digi from Create with TLC. Their digi stamps are AMAZING!  All the sentiments are in gorgeous fonts and I thought this one especially matched up nicely with the Mo Manning image.  Unfortunately I didn't leave room on the front for it - lol - but I like it on the inside too.

Well that's it for me.  It's Friday night and it's pj's & tv time!  Yup - party girl - that's me!  Not... lol.  Love weekends though... hope you are enjoying yours. 

Plain or Not Too Plain?

I've had a hankerin lately to do something in vanilla & white.  Too bad I didn't have a wedding to attend on the horizon... so instead I decided in the end to go with a birthday theme.

I had fun working with the different Spellbinder & MFT dies, but honestly I was really wanting to add some colour.  I snuck a yellow rose in at the end just to add a focal point because the whole thing was just putting me to sleep!!  Maybe it's just too "wedding-ish" ??  I dunno...I've seen others do the white/vanilla theme and my jaw drops.  But I may try it again with some COLOUR.

Here's the inside.........(caution:  ZZZZZzzzzzzzzzz's ahead)

I used a mixture of pearls & brads with some sheer ribbon.  Stamps are from Just Rite.  Along with the SB & MFT dies, I used a MS punch at the bottom along with an embossing folder.  A little machine stitching finished it off.   And a long nap finished me off. 

Happy Birthday Mom

Okay, I'm a little behind in posting. This is the card I made for my Mother's birthday...

Sentiment and frame are Just Rite and all dies are SB.  I added a mixture of pearls and brads and embossed the white layer underneath.  DP is Jillibean.

The inside:

Love the MS candle border punch!

And just one more pic of the chocolate cheese cake I made for her birthday.  I'm not sure I like the look of the center - it's just an Aero bar that I tried to shave into curly-q's... but as you can see it disolved into a chocolate powder!  LOL - anyway no one cared as it tasted pretty good. 

Keep Looking Up

Okay... the life of a card-makin-blogger-chic....one finger holding down a bow of a birthday card... the other hand typing this post for yet another card.  Love being back in the "card game".  Whoohooo!

Here's another Mo Manning - isn't she the sweetest?  Haven't a clue what they are looking at... but it makes me feel good.  I used MFT, SB & Memory Box dies, a few adhesive pearls & dew drops.  Sentiment on both inside & out are from a treasured & well used Stampendous clear set.

The inside:

Well that's it from me - I'll be back tomorrow with a birthday card... so long as my finger isn't still glued to the front of it....

I am here for you

What's better then bending a friends ear over a cup of tea?  Exactly!... A cup (pot) of coffee!  BUT... in keeping with the image, this one is for you tea lovers.

I believe this paper is BG... I'm determined to use my scraps up so the designer names have long been chopped off.  Image of course is Stamping Bella (coloured with Copics) and the sentiment on the front is from a Hero Arts clear set.

The inside sentiment is from Stampendous:

Purple is not a go-to colour for me so I'm not sure why I dove in so deep - lol - "Deep Purple"... (now huming Smoke on the Water). 

PS - I have no purple adhesive rhinestones left.  Overkill maybe?  LOL

Monday = Holiday

This is certainly not how I feel about winter... but it is how I feel about having a Monday off work!  LOL

I can't get over the cuteness of Mo Mannings adoreable baby image.  Sentiment is from a small Verve set and I thought they went well together.

The inside:

Happy Monday all!