... mermaid greetings ...

Hi friends!!! Wowzers, here I am AGAIN. I made this card a couple weeks ago. When this image came out from Stamping Bella, I *had* to have it. Don't ask me why, I just adored her. Well, that was MONTHS ago, and I'm just now getting around to using her! Sad, isn't it? I like to think that happens often to many of you stampers so I don't feel so bad.

Supplies: new leaf c/s (PTI), shimmer b/g paper - i have no idea, I got it on clearance at my LSS in NC. Button is from PTI's aqua mist collection - love the shimmer! I used my Sakura glitter pen to go over her scales to make them shiny, too. Sentiment from TAC.

... BFF cherries ...

Wow... isn't this a lovely card? I think it looks especially pretty because I didn't take the picture! My BFF, Amber, stamped me some of these cherry stems from everyday button bits and I just LOVE them, so I had to make her a little card out of them. ;-)
I used spring moss, avocado twill (to save on ribbon, I tied the knot, and just adhered it to the front of the card rather than all the way around. That paper is from basic grey -- lemonade, I think??? Sentiment is from TAC - it's a mix of tons of words that you put together to write whatever you want.

We are planning to take the kiddos to see the Toy Story movies today - wish us luck!!!

...goodies for mom...

Here I am trying to make up for lost time blogging, huh! My mom's birthday was in July, and I wanted to make her something unique that she couldn't BUY. I think that was the month that Lauren's picnic template was released, so that's the one I used.

Here is the basket- I used an old set I had from TAC. Not sure what it's called anymore. . . Can you tell I was going through a yellow phase??? =)

sweet cherries!

Hello dear friends! I've been on a stamping frenzy now that I actually have my STUFF again! Still waiting for a house, but at least I've got my goodies to play with.
My sweet friend, Amber, stamped me some of these PTI cherries from Everyday Button Bits, and I'm smitten with them!

The patterned paper is Basic Grey -- not sure which line, sorry! The sentiment is one I've had for ages that I got free from TAC. Spring moss cardstock and ribbon is from Michaels... Oh - the swirly thing my friend sent me and I threw out the packaging, so have no clue where it came from!

I added some stickles to the cherry leaves and I love the sparklyness!

... twin girls ...

So... my friend, Erin, is due to have twin girls next month. She told me she's liking pink & orange for their room decor.... I'm supposed to be making cute name frames for them, but have been a bit lazy thus far. Anyhoo... I did make her shower card in pink & melon berry and I love how it turned out! She e-mailed me last night and asked if I'd make her announcements that looked like this! Yippee --- I totally will!!!! Um... details - the footprints are an old TAC set I've had forever. The b/g words and rattle are TAC and PTI. I thought it needed softening, so I stamped the little white dots and then added really tiny white dots using my white sharpie. I also spruced up the rattles w/ the sharpie. I think that's it. Ribbon is from The Ribbon Retreat - it's satin on BOTH sides.

... my favorite baby card ....

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

... 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!