"Give Thanks"- banner

Good day everyone, today I would like to share with you a banner I made for this month of giving thanks for all that we have.  I hope you like it, I do.  I actually sold this banner at Peach Days to a good loyal customer and friend. 

 

Cartridges used: Pretty Pennants, Accent Essentials, B is for Boy, and Plantin Schoolbook

I stamped a watermark background with the My Cute Stamps Celebrate Today stamp set and my Versamark ink pad. I designed it on my Gypsy so I could get the letters to fit just right. I inked up my edges with Chestnut Roan from Colorbox. I don't remember what paper I used. I use paper from many different companies and I don't have the storage solutions that would make it possible for me to separate the companies that I use. Some brown, cream and green ribbon tied it all together. 

 

Thank you for taking the time to visit me today!

A couple of cute Wedding cards!

I had kind-of a crazy weekend how was yours? I just love weddings don't you, today I am sharing with you a gift card holder and a card that I made for some cute little brides earlier this summer.  I don't know about you guys but when I make someone a card for a wedding I personalize it by using their wedding colors and their personalities.  I hope you like them!

This is the gift card holder that I absolutely love and so did the bride and groom.  Their wedding colors were really fun and the reception was beautiful. I have to thank Kristina Werner for sharing her awesome creativity with all of us she inspires me all the time.  I learned how to make these gift card holders from her videos and the design of this particular one is from a card that she made. 

 The hearts were made from a Stampin up set and an Inkadinkado set. I cut some hearts by hand and others were from a punch. The "congratulations" stamp is from My Cute Stamps.  The red ink is Stampin' Up & the blue ink is from SEI.  I used the threading water border punch from Fiskars. The ribbon is from my stash and I used silver stickles for the bling. You can't see it in the pictures but I also used glossy accents on the blue hearts.

This card was created for the daughter of a friend of mine, and I was so happy she really liked it.  She is a cute girl and I have gotten to know her a little bit more recently.  I created this card and matching envelope from the Wild card cartridge. I used stamps from My Cute Stamps for the bride and the flowers. I used momento rich cocoa for the ink.  I cut the flowers and banner by hand and added some bling I have on hand from JoAnn's.

 

Thank you for visiting my blog today, I hope you enjoyed my creations today and are inspired to create something for someone you know!

Teacher Appreciation 2013

Hello everyone, it's been a while because I spent all my time making an inventory for a craft booth I had at our local city festival.  I wanted to show you some of my older projects that I forgot to post in the spring.  Today it's all about Teacher appreciation. 

My daughter's second grade teacher loves Mickey and Minnie Mouse, so this is what I came up with to decorate her door.  She loved it! I cut some Mickey ears using the Mickey and friends cart. and put the names of each kid in her class on them. The red ones are the girls and the boys are the black ears.

Now this thank you gift bag was made for my 14 yr. old daughter's art teacher.  I used the Once upon a Princess cart for the bag. Patterned paper is from a Colorbok paper pad.  The stamps and punch are from Stampin' Up. The ink used was from SEI.

This bag was made for Tehya's Chinese teacher.  Cartridge is TBBM. paper is from SEI. I used prima flowers and the brads and ribbon are from my stash.  The thank you stamp is from My Cute Stamps and the ink is Colorbox.

I love making things for other people and seeing their faces light up at receiving the gift.

I have many more projects to show you now that I have more time.  I look forward to catching you guys up on all my creations and I can't wait to check out what you all have been up to.

Thanks for visiting my blog today and I hope you will return to see more. Let me know what you think of my projects, I love to read your comments!

My Sweet 6 year old

Well, I finally have a little time today to do this post.  I wanted to show you the layout I made of my other daughter.  I absolutely love this picture, doing this layout was a lot of fun.  It is hard to believe that she is only six years old.  She is such a fun girl with a spunky personality.

B. Couture Photography is so great!  She is really fun to work with and her photos are wonderful!

This layout was also from a Liz Qualman sketch

I made my own patterned paper using a stamp set from My Cute Stamps

A Martha Stewart border punch

Butterflies cut from the Indie Art Cartridge

Circles cut with George and BS

Ribbon is from Michaels

I used black stickles in the center of the butterflies

and I used Glossy Accents on the butterfly wings

Thanks for visiting my blog, I hope you liked what you saw and come back for more inspiration.

True Love stories..

Good morning!
I am sharing with you today a wedding card that I made for a special bride, whom I am pretty close to.  She is having her bridal shower this saturday.  Her colors were kind-of different but in the end I like how it turned out.  Simple and elegant. 

Bride Stamp is from My Cute Stamps

(Colored with colored pencils)

The sentiment stamp, I believe, is from a Fiskars set all about love

Silver Embossing powder from Stampendous

Martha Stewart border punch

Silver stickles

Thanks for stopping by!  See you next time!

Heartfelt Thanks

How is everyone this morning?  I wanted to do a quick post before we have to head out for swim lessons. 
This is a card I made for my card swap group for the month of April.  I know it's June.  We actually haven't swapped cards in a couple of months because of different things happening with all of us.  But I am caught up now, so for our June swap I will have the cards for April, May and June. 
The theme for April was just to use spring colors.  Well, I think of pastels during that time of year.  I ended up making it a thank you card, and I really like how it turned out.  So here it is:

I made my card on my gypsy with the Mini-Monograms cart.

The striped paper is from Breezy Design

Stamp set is from My Cute Stamps

"Heartfelt Thanks" stamp is MPS stamps-Simply Sweet Occasions

I stamped the images on DCWV pastel stack

Colorbox ink was used for stamping and edging

I shaded a little bit on my images with Pearlescent chalk from Pebbles Inc. (it doesn't really show in the picture but they really shimmer in the light.)

Thank you all for your support in visiting my blog.  Let me know what you think, I love comments!

Hello my crafty friends!

Good day to all of my crafty friends.  I apologize for being gone so long.  My life got flipped upside down on April 13.  My Dear Mother died and I have had a hard time adjusting.  I feel that I am finally able to get back into the swing of things.


I actually had some easter projects that I was going to share with you before I got the news of my Mother. 
I will go ahead and share them with you even though it was a long time ago.  I have some other things to share during the week as well.  I have also just finished more calenders, that is what was keeping me very busy. 


I feel bad I missed out on so much and I still need to catch up on all the fun things that are happening in blog world.  I hate missing the blog hops and challenges but oh well, I am back and ready to have fun. 

Here are some goodie bags I made for my daughter's 1st grade class and some I made for visiting teaching:

For these goodie bags I used the Doodlecharms cart. 

Paper from my scraps

I used the cuttlebug to emboss the eggs

some ink for shading

I hand wrote "Hoppy Easter" since I don't have a stamp.

I made four of these baskets. 

They were cut using the TBBM cart. 

The embellisments on the basket are a stamp set from "My Cute Stamps"

I used some ink for shading

Stickles for that extra touch

Thanks for taking a look at my projects,  I hope you like them.

I have a cute card to share with you tomorrow!  C-you then.