Hugs, Kisses and Get Well Wishes!

Good morning! 

When I came across this image from an old retired Stampin Up set I had to use it, to make some fun Get Well soon cards for my card swap group.  

 Because I was making 8 cards total, I ended up using two different patterned papers for the background. 

I pulled out my Lawn Fawn Jet Black ink and stamped a bunch of images, and colored them in using my Prismacolor pencils. 

I used the Lawn Fawn outside-in stitched square dies to cut them out and also used a fun stitched scalloped rectangle die from My Favorite Things to cut out the white panel.

I shaded around the edges of the paper using a Picket Fence Blending brush and Simon Says Stamp Cobblestone ink. 

 For the finishing touch, I tied some twine around the panel with a bow. 

I kept them pretty clean and simple, don't you think they 

turned out super cute! 

Thanks for visiting me today, I hope you have a wonderfully crafty day! 

A custom made dog sympathy card

Hello, my crafty friends! I know it's been a while, but I have so much to share with you! I was busy all summer making projects for a booth at our local fair that was held on Labor Day weekend and just didn't have the time to post them. I also have been working with a web designer in creating my own website with an online store called Imagination Attic! I am so excited about it, it launched just before the fair was held. I am still putting some final touches on it and adding products to the store, but it is up and ready for shopping! Okay on with the project that I am sharing with you today! I got a message from a friend a couple of weeks ago asking if I could make her a card that had this poem on it, they had just taken her husband’s service dog to the vet and sadly it had to be put down. I got to work right away, I pretty much just copied the photo that she sent me-pictured below. Here is what I came up with from the above photo:

I used my Cricut to write the poem, stamped a cute dog stamp I have from Stampin’ Up with Lawn Fawn Jet Black ink and colored it with Prismacolor pencils. I die cut the panel with Lawn Fawn outside in stitched rectangle dies and used a piercing tool to add a line of holes/dots between each line of the poem, used tea dye distress ink from Tim Holtz around the edges of the panel then mounted the panel onto some green cardstock that matches the color of their dog’s collar, it was also distressed on the edges but with Tim Holtz walnut stain distress ink

 

It came together pretty quick, it just took me a while to get it posted! Thank you for visiting my blog today, I hope I gave you some inspiration for your next project! Happy Crafting!

Have a Magical day!-Birthday card

Good day everyone! I have the cutest custom design Birthday card to share with you! The adorable little girl who recieved this card loves the color pink, unicorns, and sparkles; so that's what I made for her! I hope she liked it!

The background and the card base are on Neenah Classic Crest solor white cardstock. I cut out some hills with post it notes and used them for masks to blend some Tumbled Glass and Broken China Distress inks for the sky and then some Stampin Up Green Galore ink for the hills and grass. I thought the Lawn Fawn Spring Showers die set would go well with the background so I cut the sun out of some yellow cardstock and the clouds from some white scraps. I inked the edges on them to add a little extra color, and added some Wink of Stella to the sun.

I used the "Be a Unicorn" stamp set from Avery Elle for the unicorn and the sentiment. Lawn Fawn's Jet Black ink and my Misti were used for the stamping. The unicorn was stamped on Strathmore watercolor paper and I used some old watercolor paints (that I am trying to use up so that I can get me some really nice ones) to paint a bright pink mane on that cute little unicorn. My paint brushes are from the Silver Brush company the black velvet line in sizes 2 and 6. I added some stickles to the horn for an added touch of sparkle.

The outside edge of the card base was distressed with Picked Raspberry distress ink to match the unicorn. I adhered the panel to the base with my ATG gun, popped up the Unicorn, sun and clouds with some foam adhesive, added a few sequins from Pretty Pink Posh for the final touches and there you have a super cute card for a super cute little girl!

  

Thank you for visiting me today, hope you have a wonderful day! Happy Crafting!

Love stretches your heart...non-traditional color Valentines

Hello, how is everyone today? 

I have a Valentine card to share with you that uses some non-traditional colors, it's a simple design and helped me to use some paper scraps from the mountain that I have of it! (I have to apologize that some of the products I used are nowhere to be found, I am trying to use up a lot of old supplies and scraps so that I can buy newer stuff!!)

I like using different colors to mix things up a little bit. We all have different tastes and so I like to make cards and projects for the variety of personalities that we all have. I myself like pink and sparkles, but others don't. So this card is for those who like more muted colors and earthy tones. What are your preferences? 

Supplies:

Lawn Fawn outside in stitched rectangle and square dies

Sentiment stamp from an old Stampin' Up stamp set

Versamark ink

Early Espresso embossing powder from Stampin' Up

Gathered twigs distress ink with foam blender

Paper from my mountain stash

an old die cut embellishment that I don't know where it came from

some brown embroidery floss

my atg gun for adhesive as well as some scotch mounting foam. 

I participating in the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge of Love is in the air. 

Thanks for stopping by and visiting today! Have a wonderful and crafty day!

Wishing you a Wonderful day!

Good morning friends! I posted this card on my Facebook page yesterday and didn't get a chance to put it up here until this morning. 

I had fun making this card, I got the idea out of an old Stampin Up catalog. I liked the colors used and just the overall layout. I changed my card from theirs by using different stamps, a different embossing folder, different ribbon, and I didn't pop up my panel-I just popped up the flower. They used a button for the middle of the flower and I used a brad. 

I stamped my images using Lawn Fawn Jet black ink, Memento Tangelo ink, Simon Says Stamp Audrey Blue ink and Stampin Up Green Galore ink. I then used Prismacolor pencils to add shading and depth to the flowers. The Swiss dots embossing folder helped to add that little bit of pattern without distracting from the focal point of the flowers. The Nested Circles dies from Simon Says Stamp and the Sentiment Banner dies from Lawn Fawn were helpful in creating this card also. Add some simple yellow ribbon and white twine to finish it off and there you have it! 

Thanks for visiting, have a wonderful and crafty day!!

(FYI, the stamps used were from the CTMH "Delight in Everything" stamp set, and the sentiment was from the "Bring on the cake" set from Stampin Up. I believe both sets are retired)

Lots of Smiles for the SSS Monday Challenge

Hey guys! Today I have a card that I hope will bring a smile to your face. 

I loved making this card, and using all the fun bright rainbow colors for my background. I am submitting this card over on the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog where we were challenged to make our own background! Here is what I came up with: 

I used an old retired stamp set from Stampin' Up for my smiley faces. It's amazing that even though things get discontinued and old they are still cute and fun to use in making our projects! I stamped the solid shape in various colors of Memento ink. The smile stamp was stamped on top of the solid shapes using Lawn Fawn jet black ink. 

I then started using my dies. I used Pink and Main's stitched round rectangles to cut out my background and then I cut out of black cardstock Lawn Fawn's Cole's uppercase ABC's. I cut out 3 of each letter and stacked them up for dimension. Once they were glued down I sparkled them up with a Wink of Stella glitter brush pen and then put a coat of Glossy Accents on top of that for a fun sparkly and shiny finish! 

And that is my card for today, thank you for visiting, and have a super fun and crafty day!

You Mean the World to Me

Hello and good day everyone, today I am finally getting around to sharing my cards that I made for my card swap group for the month of February. I know I am a month late, but better late than never right?

Our theme was a choice of wedding, anniversary, or love; and also based on a sketch by Julee Tilman over at Mojo Monday Card Sketch Challenge Blog I went with a simple love theme that I think is pretty universal.  I love this card, it turned out just like I envisioned from the sketch. 

SUPPLIES:
Stamps: Concord & 9th "Map Love" and CTMH "Charming Cascades"
Inks: SU Real Red, SSS Audrey Blue and Versamark
Embossing Powder in Clear, Black and Red
The MISTI was used for all the stamping
I used my Cricut to cut out the circle and scalloped circle
We R Memory Keepers Crop-a-dile Corner Chomper
PPP Sparkling Clear Sequins
Adhesives: ATG adhesive, Scotch Mounting foam, Ranger Multi Medium Matte

Links provided for easier shopping if you are interested in the products I used. Some links are direct to the company and others are to my favorite online craft supply store.-Simon Says Stamp!  Another source for some of these products is amazon.

Thank you for visiting today! Happy Crafting!

Valentines treats 2017

I made some fun treat bags for my son's class and teacher at school for Valentines, and I finally have the time to share them with you. 
I like to have my kids help me design what they want their bags to look like, so my son picked out the colors and the stamps that I used for the toppers and he wrote his name on the back of all 23 of them. I filled the teacher's bag with some yummy treats and paired it with some lotion and a cute notebook.

Supplies:
grey & white cardstock
patterned paper
paper trimmer
Martha Stewart scoring board
Create a box from Colorbok
clear treat bags
MISTI
Stamps: Little Layers Plus(Stampin' Up), Happiest Moments (MPS), Love is(CTMH)
Inks: Antique Pewter(colorbox), Real Red(SU), Angel Pink & Tuxedo black(Memento), Picked Raspberry(distress ink), Versamark
White, black and silver embossing powder
embossing buddy from Stampin' Up
Adhesives: Elmer's glue, Ranger Multi Medium Matte, foam tape & Velcro dot
PPP sequins in sparkling clear, raspberry and pink blush
black ribbon

Birthday Card Set

Hello everyone, today I am sharing a project I made for my Card swap group. This month's theme is Birthday.  We were supposed to make a card and tag for this. We also started to use sketches each month to change things up a bit.
I don't know about you guys but I like to coordinate things together. So I ended up making my tag to match my card and I went ahead and made a matching envelope also.  I love the colors and had a great time creating this set, I hope you like it too!

Supplies:

Stamp & die set from Sizzix-Lori Whitlock

SSS Christmas 3x4 stamp set

SSS Happy & Smile stamp set

Memento Tuxedo Black ink and marker

SSS Audrey Blue ink

I used my MISTI for all of my stamping

 I stamped the sentiment for the card using Versamark and then heat embossed it using Stampendous Marcasite embossing powder.

SSS Nested Circles dies

My Cuttlebug was used for all the die cutting

SU 2 3/8 scallop punch and also the 1 1/4 scallop punch

I colored in the images with EK Success colored pencils

I used my ATG to adhere everything except I used the 3M Mounting Foam tape on the party hat and the small scallop circle on the tag.

I used the Zig two way glue pen to add some Crystal Art Glitter to the hat for an added bit of sparkle.

Thank you for visiting my blog today, I hope I helped inspire you in some way.

Happy Crafting!

Lots of Birthday Goody Bags!

Hello to all of my crafty friends, I will be sharing with you in the next few posts about some fun Birthday Goody Bags that I have made for my Relief Society sisters. In my ward they called me to the position of "The Birthday Girl". This means I am in charge of making sure all of the Women in my ward receive a little something for their Birthday. In The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints we all have different jobs to do that we don't get paid for, we give of our time and talents freely to better serve the kingdom of God. 
 I just received this call about a month or so ago and so I got to work right away. It is amazing to me how many Birthdays there are everyday. I thought for the first year in this calling I would make something pretty easy to put together so I could get them their gifts quickly. Here are some of the first batch that I have made:

Here is the list of supplies I used, I get a lot of supplies from Simon Says Stamp

Stamps came from CTMH, Stampin' Up, My Pink Stamper, Fiskars,

 Studio 112, & TPC Studio

Ink from Memento: Rich Cocoa, Tuxedo Black, Rose Bud, Cloud White, & Thatched Straw

Pool Party Ink from Stampin' Up

Scallop Punch & Memory Colored Pencils from EK Success

Tombow MONO Adhesive

Scotch 3M Mounting Foam

Wink of Stella Glitter Brush Pen from Zig

White Gel Pen

Washi Tape

Ribbon from my stash

All the Paper is scraps from my stash

Thanks for stopping by today!

Masculine Card for this month's card swap!

Good crafty day to you all, I want to share with you the card I made for my card swap group that met last night. Our theme this month was masculine to help us get ready for Father's day coming up.  

I have to admit I hate making masculine cards, they are so hard for me because I am just a girly girl and like all the glitter and embellishments. And I love pink and bright colors.  

I'm not sure how I feel about this card, the other ladies liked it though. Let me know what you think of it, I would love to hear your feedback. Well onto the card:

Supplies:

Tim Holtz "Life's Possibilities" stamp set

Versamark ink 

 Stampin' Up Early Espresso embossing powder & embossing buddy

Simon Says Stamp "Goldenlocks" ink 

"Tea Dye" Distress Ink from Tim Holtz & Ranger

"Rich Cocoa" Tsukineko Memento ink

Embossing folder from Darice

Tombow MONO adhesive tape 

Mounting foam from Scotch 3M

cream and dark brown cardstock

Thank you for visiting my blog today!

Bloom where you are planted

Hello my friends, today I am sharing a grouping of cards that I made for the SSS Monday Challenge-Pastels and I am also going to use these cards for my card swap group for the month of April. 

Now I started out pretty good with the pastels and then it ended up going a little brighter for some of the colors, but I still feel that it looks like spring.  I had fun playing with a stencil and inks; and layering up some Cricut cuts to give more dimension and of course I had to add some sequins for that extra touch!

SUPPLIES: 

Bazzill Marshmallow Cardstock & DCWV glitter stack

Gypsy Wanderings Cartridge

Heat & Stick Powder from Stampin' Up & Crystal Clear Glitter

Daisymania 6x6 stencil from Judikins

Inks from Memento: Angel Pink, New Sprout, and Grape Jelly

Distress Inks: Mustard Seed, Evergreen Bough, Picked Raspberry,

 Peacock Feathers & Spiced Marmalade

Sequins from Pretty Pink Posh: Marshmallow, Sparkling Clear and Metallic Silver

Stickles in Yellow, Orange Peel, Lavender, Fruit Punch, Lime Green and Silver

Zig Wink of Stella Fine Glitter Dust Markers in Dark Pink, Violet, 

Yellow and Silver

Zig Memory System Writer markers in Pale Mint, Blue Bonnet, and Pure Orange

Scotch ATG adhesive

Tombow Mono Multi-Glue

Multi Medium Matte from Ranger   

  

Thank you so much for visiting my blog today, I hope you were inspired!