Friday, October 31, 2008

... HAPPY HALLOWEEN ...

Hey friends and stampers - happy halloween! I made these a little while ago and just took their picture yesterday before giving them away to Levi's teachers. These are frappaccino bottles that I altered w/ some cute halloween paper and PTI stamps to make the tags. I made loads of these last year at Christmas and filled them w/ Hershey kisses or M&M's. They are great gifts for teachers, neighbors, etc.

Thursday, October 30, 2008

... case from pine ...

I saw *this* card on Pine's blog a couple weeks ago and fell in love with it. I had to get that set as soon as I saw the first peeks of it. Anyhoo - I changed the coordinating color from avocado to ocean tides (my new favorite color) and made up a little set of them. I was going to give them to my sister who loves coffee, but I ended up using most of them myself to send notes b/c I loved them that much!

... more pink & craft ...

I made this card a little while ago and never got around to taking a picture of it. I had done 2 versions of it - the first one did not have the pink liquid pearls in the center of the flowers. At first I thought it was too much, but now I like it on there. The daisy b/g stamps are from stamping bella and the sentiment was sent to me from a friend, so I don't know where it's from. Ribbon and cardstock are from paper trey.

Tuesday, October 28, 2008

... pink Christmas card ...

I am totally in love with this Christmas card! I used the swirly trees stamp from Stamping Bella - it's soo cute and whimsical... I went a bit crazy w/ my quickie glue pen and traced over the "snow" and sprinkled w/ rose quartz glitter from Martha Stewart. I then decided it needed a little something *more* so drew a frame around the scene - also w/ the quickie glue pen and more glitter. The pink & brown are from PTI. The pink & gold ribbon I got from Michaels and it's what inspired this color-scheme. I went back to get more and they had only ONE SPOOL LEFT! Yikes -- maybe I'll get my sister to check her store for me... I ran half the card base through the cuttlebug w/ the dots folder... This didn't really leave me any room for a sentiment, so I have the "Merry Christmas" on the inside along w/ various other sentiments (I couldn't pick just one).

Anyhoo - I've got to run to dance class. I've got 2 more cards to share either later today or tomorrow!
Oooh - we had our first frost this morning, too! =)

Wednesday, October 22, 2008

... owl thank you's ...

I mentioned yesterday that my family gave me some owl gifts for my birthday, so I had to make owl thank you cards (of course!). Here they are...

The patterned paper is from a pack my friend, Amber, got at Target. I used my quickie glue pen to trace some of the owl and sprinkled rose quartz coarse glitter on top from Martha Stewart. It looks so cool - I am using this glitter on my Christmas cards, too!
Here is a fall-colored one. The paper is from basic grey "mellow" - and I used stickles for the glitter on this guy. Ribbon is from PTI (spring moss).
Another fallish colored one. I only glittered his eyes. I'm not sure where this patterned paper is from - it's been in my collection a while... The ribbon is from PTI - I am nearly out of this - I love it so much!

Tuesday, October 21, 2008

... bella thank you ...

The color is dark on this - SORRY! I got this bella on a whim and never have a chance to use her, so a few weeks ago, I got my hair cut and highlighted, and made this card for my stylist....

Also, I just celebrated my birthday this past weekend and had the BEST time w/ my mom and sisters. I've got pictures to share from that... and loads of thank you cards to make! For some crazy reason, my family has decided I love owls. Well, I like them, but from the looks of my presents, you'd think I'm a BIG collector of them! ;-) I got owl pajamas, an owl shirt, an owl ornament, lotion holder shaped like and owl, and a hand towel for my kitchen! Craziness... Anyhoo, my friend, Amber, has the owl set from PTI, so I borrowed it to make thank you cards for my mom & sisters. I'll post those pictures tomorrow...
Have a great night!

Wednesday, October 15, 2008

... little boy fishing ...

The lighting isn't the best, but the card is gone, so it's all I've got. My husband has been taking the boys fishing lately, and when I saw this set on Storage Units, Ink and More, I HAD to get it...


Last night, I was trying to jazz up a shirt for Levi and thought I'd find some stamps to use, and remembered I had this , so that's what's on his shirt. I then made one for Kyle. I used the palette noir ink pad and it showed up just fine.

Monday, October 13, 2008

... a good guy card ....

What? Did you read that right - a GUY card? Gasp - I know - they do exist in my craft room ~ on occasion... =)

I often see cards w/ lots of layers of patterned paper before their "main" image, so I was going for that look here. I even threaded that button w/ linen thread from SU!. The b/g papers are from Basic Grey.

... halloween bellas ...

So, I had some time to stamp this weekend and here are two of the cards I made. I got these images from my friend, Amber.... The owl & cat are embellishments I got at Target - so is most of the b/g paper. Baubles are from stamping bella - super cute - I think I love baubles more than brads and eyelets b/c you don't have to worry about punching holes and the prongs showing on the back. I found this glue that I LOVE, too. It's by Tombo - it's mono METAL liquid glue. It looks just like the mono-mult, but is gray and bluish-purple, and the glue is much thicker, so the baubles just stick right to it. There's my two-cents for the day... Enjoy looking!



Sunday, October 12, 2008

... eloise greengrass ...

It seems that I sure do love my bellas, huh? This gal is actually from the chichiboulie line and I love them like crazy! It took me forever to make this card -- not that it looks like it! I paper pieced her clothes and flower and boy was it time-consuming! It looks like a solid orange dress, but really the paper had a speckly pattern to it and I thought it'd look more Halloweenish. Oh well - she still turned out super cute...

Saturday, October 11, 2008

... quick monogrammed gift ...


My son left a shirt here when he visited earlier this summer and I wanted to mail it back to him along w/ a little snack. These pretzels came in a big container (Archer Farms - smores pretzels) and I didn't want to mail the whole thing because it was big (and, really, I wanted to alter the container for something else - and try a pretzel while I was in there).
So, I wrapped up most of them with some ribbon and made this quick monogram using my Just Rite stamper & curls alphabet. Would you believe when he called to thank me, he said I messed up his initials??? I guess an 18 year old boy has no idea how a monogram is supposed to look... Anyhoo - this could be a great idea for a teacher or thank you gift and you could put words instead of initials in the center.

Tuesday, October 7, 2008

... amy's birthday card ...

My friend, Amy, doesn't read my blog (yet), so I'm posting the card I made for her birthday which is this Saturday. I used the quickie glue pen and lots of pink glitter on the big daisy, her shirt, hair bow and the sentiment. After I ran it through the cuttlebug, I punched all those little holes around the border for a little something extra. I can't believe there is NO RIBBON on this card - so unusual for me! Hope you like it.

Sunday, October 5, 2008

... my favorite baby card ....

I found a good picture of my favorite baby card that I made for that set of 10...

Saturday, October 4, 2008

... jay's birthday card ...

Jay's birthday was a few weeks ago and I forgot to post the card I made him. Fortunately, he doesn't mind that I do the pink and black thing for him b/c he knows I've got to get my girl fixes any chance I can. ;-)

I glued the b/g paper on upside down! Rats.... I used stickles for the eyes and crossbones. The sentiment is a rub-on.

... baby cards ...

I was asked to make a set of 10 baby cards for a friend of mine; she wanted them to be neutral b/c she just wanted them on hand... Well, I had to do one girl and one boy card, because I figured there was bound to be at least one of each at some point. ;-) There are 2 more designs that turned out blurry and I already gave her the cards, so you'll have to make do with these samples.
I got this patterned paper from JoAnn's when I went to Maryland in August. The sentiment is from SU! and you can hardly see, but I embossed some swirly stuff along the bottom also from SU!

Next, I used apricot paper and ink w/ summer sun ribbon from PTI. The footprint & rattle stamps are from The Angel Company, and the 'baby' stamp is SU!, lastly, the welcome baby is from PTI. Oh - baubles are "goldfish" from Stamping Bella
Stamps from TAC. Embossed w/ hologram EP, swiss dot cuttlebug folder, used silver liquid pearls on the "blanket" and colored w/ various markers....

Ducks & sentiment from PTI - don't remember where that paper is from (other than my LSS). This one is not my fave, but was trying to do something different.
Thanks for looking!


... susan's blog challenge ...

Happy World Card Making Day!!! I made this card for my friend, Susan's blog-iversary and sketch challenge. It uses her favorite color combo (which is tough for me, b/c I love using pinks and girlie colors). You have till next week to make a card and enter her blog candy... Good luck!

Friday, October 3, 2008

... birdhouses ...

I colored these birdhouses at my friend, Amber's, house last week. She got them from a wish rak, so I don't know who makes them... My sister, Tammy, collects birdhouses, so I sent this her way...

Wednesday, October 1, 2008

... a new-ish blog ...

My friend, Susan, started a blog back in August and I keep forgetting to add her link to my side bar. So, while I'm remembering, I wanted to mention her blog address in case you want to drop in and say hello... http://www.susansdayoffcreations.blogspot.com/
Some of my Maryland friends will remember her from my workshops. ;-)

Oh - and probably most everyone in blogland was aware of that HUGE blog candy that
Cammie had up for grabs last week...well, my good friend, Amber, won it! How amazing is that? Thankfully, she lives down the street, so it'll almost be as good as if I won b/c I'll get to see and touch all her goodies!!

Have a great night....

... doctor thank you ...

Hello - sorry it's been so long... I got a new card reader since I lost my last one - now I can upload pictures again...

My dear friend had surgery a few weeks ago and asked me to make a thank you card for her to give to her doctor for being so wonderful. Here's what I came up with.

I used pure poppy paper - gorgeous stuff! Basic Grey patterned paper, nesties, PTI white and chocolate c/s, pti satin ribbon, and buttons. Stamps are from Stamping Bella and SU! Oh - and to get those speckles, I used the inkworx air tool - it's been discontinued, but SU! has something that works and looks exactly the same.