Dashing Through the Snow

Both dies used in this card are by Memory Box/Poppy Stamps. Love the horse and sleigh....brings back memories of fun sleigh rides with the kids! Layered on Metallic paper and finished off with Crystal stickles. Add a Christmas sentiment to it or perhaps a Happy Birthday to give to your January birthdays!

Easter Bunny Auditions

I created this card for the Share Joy Challenge #22 by Taylored Expressions http://sharejoychallenge.blogspot.com/

I used the TE Leafy Vine Cutting Plate, TE Burlap Embossing Folder, MFT Stitched Banner, TE Somebunny Loves You stamp set and die set and Copics to color the images. 

UPDATE: Winner Winner Chicken Dinner! Excited that my card was selected as the winner of this challenge!! 

Cascading card with Cheery Lynn dies!

After I did my Mother's Day Cascading card class in April, I got several requests to make up card kits for people. I seem to get them all the time, actually. So I made up this card kit for the store. It sold out in 10 days! I'm currently working on a new kit for a women's birthday card but until them, enjoy this one!

After cutting and scoring my two pieces for the card, I used a Martha Stewart lace punch to punch out the top edge of each piece. Put both sides together and then added the double layers of paper (brown and floral). I cut a flourish from MFT. Doily and butterflies from Cheery Lynn. Label from Spellbinders. Happy Birthday from Elizabeth Craft. I simply LOVE how this card folds in to fit in a standard A2 envelope but folds out to become 3D!
Who wouldn't love to recieve a card like this? Look for Cascading card kits at Picture This!

C C Design Stamp 'Gone Fishing' and Copics

When this stamp came into the store I just had to buy it and try it out! 

This isn't the type of stamps I typically buy as I've always been intimidated by the amount of detail in them but I took it slowly and one element at a time and like how it turned out!

Here is a list of the Copics that I used to color this card.

E25, E35, E37, E84, E97, E99

YG03, YG05, YG07, YG61,YG93, YG95, YG97

BG0000, BG000, BG34, BG90, BG93, BG96, BG99

Y26

B41, B91, B93, B97, B99

C0, C2, C5

YR12

T0, T1, T4

R37

W1, W3, W5, W7

If you are like me and find stamps like this intimidating, I strongly urge you to give them a try. They aren't as hard as they look. They do take some amount of time, but really, you end up with a work of art that people will appreciate! I added an IO bird flying in the picture to give it a little added pow factor.

Simple Life Scrapbook Kit

I made this page using the Simple Life Scrapbook kit that was on sale for National Scrapbooking day at Picture This. I used coordinating card stock to make the embellishments. 

Banners are MFT Fishtail Banners with the holes punched with a Crop-a-dile. Flowers are Cheery Lynn Judy's Blooms, Daisy and Shasta Daisy Dies. I used the MFT Stiched scallop die to make the aqua border and a EK Tools punch to make the border on the flower paper. Candi dots and gems are used in the center of the flowers. I used twine to string together the banners. I placed a sticker from the kit under the left photo area. 

I think there are still some of the scrapbook kits left at Picture This. I like this page so much I'm going to buy another one! 

Christmas in July?

We were talking the other day about doing a Christmas in July event. As a result of our conversation I made up these cards using dies that I personally own. I love these IO puppy and kitty die sets!

Other dies used were Memory Box tree, Memory Box window die, IO trio of deer die (used large deer) and I also used the Martha Stewart twig punch to do the swag, but you could also use the Memory Box twig die! 

Pink Flamingos by My Favorite Things!!

Those that know me know that I LOVE Flamingos! I'm a huge flamingo nut! Flamingo paper, flamingo embossing folder, flamingo dies. Yes, DIES, with an S!! As in multiple. Flamingo stamps. Flamingos are, simply put, an obsession!!

For this card I used the Spellbinders Nestabilites circles, the Memory Box stitched circle, Spellbinders border die, MFT Fishtail banner die, and MFT Flamingo die, floral embossing folder and pink gems. 

This was my first Flamingo die. 

Since I purchased this die, I have since bought flamingo dies by Cottage Cutz and Die-versions. More to come using those dies! 

Scrapbook page just for Dad!!

Nothing is more special to little girls as their daddies! This was my first Father's Day without my Dad and I spent it going through old photos and reliving memories. I created this page in celebration of my daddy!

Arrows and Dad title were custom cut at Picture This. I used the MFT Fishtail Banner dies and this wonderful 2 sided paper. (My dad's favorite color was blue and mine's green so this worked perfect!!)

Now for me to find just the right pictures to add!

Cascading Mother's Day card

I'm a little behind on posting things to my blog. Okay, perhaps a lot behind. It's only July and Mother's Day was in May. Not too far behind. (Sheepish grin)

I made this card and matching A2 clear card box for a Mother's Day Card class. 

This is my most favorite card I've made to date. I just love it!

Here is a picture of the card in the card box. Snug as a bug in a rug! 

For this card I used an Eggplant colored cardstock for the base and used a coordinating floral paper. Then cut out Cheery Lynn flowers in matching card stock. I punched out leaves with the Marha Stewart punch in 2 different colors of green. I used Bubble gems for the centers of the flowers. 

Here is the card opened up and the card box. 

What better way to say Happy Mother's Day?

Exploding box card

My nephew Adam's little boy was baptized a couple of weeks ago. What a wonderful day to celebrate! For his special day, I decided to make an exploding box card. PaperCuts makes a great kit to get you started on your card. All the main pieces (base etc) are in the kit. All you need to do is add your papers and dies and assemble!

For this card I used blue Coordinations card stock, cut to size and embossed with an argyle embossing folder. Then I sanded the embossed to make it pop. 

I added coordinating papers to the flaps. I used the deer trio from IO, The tree trio from IO, clouds from Memory Box, hot air balloon from Memory Box, Baptism saying by Cheery Lynn. Acetate strips were used to float the clouds. 

You can pick up your box card starter kits at Picture This! What kind of card are you going to make?

Curious Duck!

Cats aren't the only curious things. Ducks are pretty curious as well! Yesterday I did a card class with three different duck images. I just HAD to use this curious little guy! How cute is he? It took me a little longer to figure out what I wanted him to be looking at. Bugs? Flowers? Then the idea of a puddle popped into my head. And what do you see when you look in a puddle? Your reflection of course!! Love it!!

My Mind's Eye papers were used for the background. I used Orange Candi dots for accents. Tree is by IO. Colored the image with Copics. Used Pink Liquid Pearls to make buds on the trees.

Spellbinders Create an Aster

Just tried the new die from Spellbinders called Create an Aster. They have lots of new flower dies out and I just had to get some! 

Can't wait to play around some more with this sweet die!!