Love is in the air!

Love is in the air and everyone is thinking about what to get their special Valentine.  Who wouldn't love to receive this card from your special someone. Valentines is all about hearts and lace and the adorable scalloped heart with pastel roses from Creative Charms sets off this card.  It is accented with lace ribbon embellished with pink Gradient Pearl Stickers from Creative Charms.  The paper doily heart is embellished with a red Vintage Jewel also from Creative Charms.

Birthday Wishes from Tilda!

This Birthday card features one of my favorite little Tilda's from the Magnolia Stamp Collection.  These little cuties just can't help but make you smile!  She is accented with the blue Fancy Polka Dot ribbon and the blue Fancy Felt Flowers.  Aren't they just the cutest flowers you have ever seen!  Also used a MS edger punch for the lacy edge and Spellbinders Nestabilities to cut the scalloped circles.  Paper was from an old DCWV paper stack. 

I also made a few of these adorable Tissue Covers for Christmas gifts this year.  I used a Winter Theme so they could be used beyond the Holidays. The snowflakes are in the Winter Medley set of the Seasonal Medley collection and layered over the punched snowflakes from blue glitter CS.

They are accented with the Gradient jewels to give them more sparkle and are also added to the snowflakes on the top border.  The panels on the tissue cover are embossed using the Cuttlebug embossing folders and inked to bring out the embossing.  These were a big hit with the recipients!

Last Chance and a Fall Project!

Top view

This tissue box cover was made using the technique of the week over at Split Coast Stampers.  My version was made using the Naturals White CS from SU and embossing with Cuttlebug embossing folders and applying ink to paper to bring out the embossing.  I added some embossed punched leaves and inked them to bring out the veins in the leaves.  Added some embellies from Creative Charms, the orange Fancy Felt Flowers and one of the stickers from the Thanksgiving Multi-dimensional chip board stickers.  The top of the tissue box was created using Nestabilities Large Oval die #1 and the Small Scalloped Ovals die #1,  Then the panel was adheared on top and embellished again with the punched leaves and orange felt flower.  This cover will fit righ over top of the kleenex box and can be used over and over again.  Love how this turned out.  Now will have to make one for my DIL as her favorite season is fall!

Here we have a simple Birthday card created using a scallop square front cut on my Cricut Expression using Make the Cut Software.  I used the Fall Harvest Deal of the Month adding the  Yellow Fancy Polka Dot Ribbon, Amber Pure Blossoms and Orange 3D butterflies.  The sentiment and background flora are from SU Watercolor Trio and sentiment was punched out using the oval and scallop oval punch and then pop dotted on for dimension. CS is Bazzill.




















This layout was made using the Orange Fuzzy Daisy Kit (love the leaf ribbon!) and the Amber Gem Stickers.  Also added the new a Fall Sticker from the Thanksgiving Multi-Dimensional Chipboard Stickers.  These adorable chipboard stickers are perfect for the fall and Thanksgiving. 

This was an amazing Deal of the Month, so much to choose from in this deal!  Happy Fall Y'All !!

Just Rite Christmas Card

This is my second Christmas card for 2010.  Used the new Vintage Accent Frames to make my own embellishments.  Also used the JustRite Hearts Come Home stamp set for the center. The bottom border was created with a MS border punch.  Used Bazzill CS for the card base and SU designer paper from last year.

Be Merry!

Today is World Card Making Day and here is one of my creations to celebrate!  This is my first Christmas card for 2010 and I hope to get all of them done by Thanksgiving so they can go in the mail on Black Friday! I used one of the new Creative Charms Christmas Twinkle Multidimensional Stickers for the sentiment.

Halloween Fun

It's officially fall and what better way to celebrate the season of beautiful colors than with Creative Charms October Kit!  I just love those cute Halloween Twinkle Stickers and the Black Velvet Ric Rac ribbon!  I also used the Black Gem Stickers and the Halloween Vintage Frames.

The image used is from the Fall Collection of Bildmalarna stamps.  Just too cute! The image was colored using the Gamsol Magic technique and Prisma colored pencils.  It was then layered on Bazzill Raven CS. 

ScrapPink....Breast Cancer Awareness Local Crop!

Creative Charms has teamed up with The Crop Shop to help promote their BCA Crops.  Join me at the Crop Shop and help support Breast Cancer research. 

 Scrap Pink Crop

• Saturday, September 25th 10am - 7 pm
• $20 ($10 will be donated back to breast cancer research)
• Includes: table space, use of equipment, snacks and beverages, give-aways and dinner
• Location: Crop Shop - Greensburg, PA  724-832-3004
• http://www.thecrop-shop.com/

Sydney Rebecca

When I saw the new Deal of the Month I couldn't believe how adorable the It's A Girl set was.   Just love that little Teddy Bear and it was just perfect for this baby card.  I used one of the MS punch around the page punches for the lacy border and added some dotted green ribbon on this precious baby card.  It was very timely as 2 weeks ago we welcomed Sydney Rebecca into the world.  She is the most beautiful granddaughter in the world and so very Precious!

Boo! Halloween Card

Getting ready for fall using up some leftover scraps.  Boo was cut using the Cricut expression and embossed with Cuttlebug embossing folder in CTMH Hydrangea and shadowed with White Daisy.  I colored Tilda w/Spider Web from StampingScrapping.com using the Gamsol Magic technique and Prisma color pencils.  You can find a tutorial for this technique here.  Base CS is Orange and Hydrangea from CTMH and discontinued DP I had leftover from last fall.

Fit for a Princess...

This adorable Birthday Party invitation would make any little girl feel like a princess.  The little crown is featured in the Creative Charms September Kit of the month, the pink version, which can be found here.  They also have a blue version for little boys.  Their deals of the month are fantastic and you get so many embellishments!.  DP used was from DCWV and Bo Bunny, gotto love those dots! Sentiments were made using Just Rite font sets.  Love how you can make any sentiment you want using these stamps.  The little flower gems are also from Creative Charms and are a great way to add a little glitz to any card. 

Here is a photo of all you get for $7.99...what a steal!

Pink Deal of the Month $7.00

Girl Deal – 143 Pieces

·         18” Red Fancy Polka Dot Ribbon
·         Yellow Fuzzy Ducks (4 pcs)
·         It’s a Girl Felt & Epoxy Brads (18 pcs)
·         It’s a Girl Epoxy Stickers (18 pcs)
·         Playtime Girl Felt & Epoxy Brads (14 pcs)
·         Pink or Purple Sparkle Buttons (12 pcs)
·         Red Gem Stickers (76 pcs)
·         Pink Felt Crowns & Purses (4 pcs)
·         Assorted Girl Themed Brads (3 pcs)
·         Assorted Flower Brads (6 pcs)

Blue Deal of the Month - $7.99

Boy Deal – 161 Pieces

·         18” Blue Fancy Polka Dot Ribbon
·         Beige Teddy Bears (4 pcs)
·         Yellow Fuzzy Ducks (4 pcs)
·         It’s a Boy Felt & Epoxy Brads (17 pcs)View Blog
·         It’s a Boy Epoxy Stickers (18 pcs)
·         Playtime Boy Felt & Epoxy Brads (11 pcs)
·         Blue Sparkle Buttons (12 pcs)
·         Blue Gem Stickers (76 pcs)
·         Assorted Sports Brads (6 pcs)
·         Assorted Star Brads (6 pcs)
·         Assorted Animal Brads (6 pcs)

You're So Kind

 This is a little notebook created from coaster sized chipboard and covered with DP from the discontinued Inque Boutique line. I got this at a super steal price from a local craft store and love this cardstock. To embellish this notebook I used some of the new Fancy Polka Dot Ribbon in yellow and green from Creative Charms. I also used on of the Shimmer Flowers in green and white and a white Dream Garden butterfly. I dotted the "i" with one of the Gradient Gem Stickers for a little bling! Stamp and sentiments as well as the punch are from SU.

You're Too Kind...

A simple act of kindness deserves a simple card to thank someone for that kindness!  The card base is made at 5 1/2" square using Gemstones cardstock from Core'dinations in Pink Diamond.  The DP is from the BoBunny a gift of love collection using the Jazmyne Dew Drops.  I love the glitter on this card stock.  I embellished this card with a pink picot satin ribbon and a large pink posey and stamped the sentiment from SU using Vintage Labels and Whimsical Words and punched it out with coordinating SU punch.  Love how these work together and think I will be using them a lot!

A Little Something...

We had our semi-annual Girlfriends Scrapbooking Retreat a couple weeks ago and this is the gift bag I made for everyone.  The flowers were cut using the Make the Cut software with my Cricut and the borders were punched with the MS zig zag embossing punch, I love the look of this punch!  CS and DP are all from CTMH.  This was very simple and easy to make.  It was fun filling it up with little gifts and treats.

Spread a Little Sunshine...

I finally finished the card for the Green, Yellow, Brown challenge on the Bildlamarna challenge blog but I am a day (actually more like a week) late and a dollar short as usual.  Sometimes those creative juices just flow kind of slowly (or it could be I am going a little more slowly these days!).  Anyway here is the card I finally finished. This little cutie is named Mimosa from the Bildmalarna Stamps which come from Sweden and she reminds me of my precious little granddaughter.  I think these stamps are soooo adorable!  I colored Little Mimosa using my copic markers: skin (E000, E00, E11 & R20) hair (E25, E29 & E31) ant the Dress (YG0000, YG01, YG03 &Y11, Y13 & Y15).  The CS used is the Colonial White Textured for the base from CTMH, Coordinations Gemstone in Citrine, Basic Grey Origins double sided CS and green stripe vellum I had in my stash.  I embellished the card with the Layered Vintage Flowers from Creative Charms and accented the flowers with the 3D Vintage Brads Antique Flower also from CC.  Can I just say that I love the Vintage look these embellishments give to this card.  Here is a close up of the stamped image and the flowers. I also added a couple sprigs of leaves using the MS punch.  If you want to see more of my creations be sure to become a follower or sign up for email updates!