A bright and cheery card...

Last night I made a few cards. This card is for a friend's relative that is in the hospital. She said she needed a card for a man and didn't want it to say "get well" just I'm thinking of you. I was totally up for the challenge. I made a mess in my scrapbook room but I think the end result was worth it!

Hope everyone is having a great week!

Sometimes we all need a little "retail therapy"

I wanted to pop in to say a quick hello! It is late and almost time to turn in. I made this card yesterday using Jen Del Muro's sketch from Saturday. http://www.iheart2stamp.com/. I love the way this turned out.

I used the set from My Favorite things and then hand cut out the shoes and the purse and popped them up. I used Purely pomegranate and Kiwi Kiss as well as the new Raspberry Fizz paper from Stampin up. Love it! The inside of the card says "Good Friends are priceless" which is so true!

Hope you enjoy the card and have a wonderful week!

A lazy weekend full of reading and stamping!

This weekend has been fantastic. The weather is cool and windy which is unusual for TX. I spent most of the day yesterday crafting and reading "A Good Woman" by Danielle Steele. Great book if you haven't picked it up. I read half the book in one day if that is any indication.

Anyway...today I created two cards....

St. Patty's Day

On this card I used my favorite St. Patty's day moose from Hanna Stamps. I used some stickles for the gold in the pot and the shamrock in the hand. I used Wild Wasabi paper (print on print and solid) and black cardstock. I wish Wild Wasabi had beccome part of the permanent color collection. I stamped the inside with "Lucky me, I've found you".

I also made another card for someone who is expecting. I pulled out my Amy Butler pad and my favorite Shadow girls set from Stampin up and got to work. The kiwi kiss and blue bayou complemented this card so well....

I am offering these cards for sale on e-bay if you are interested.

Item # 220358503621 for the St. Pattys day card

Item # 220358510115 for the "Mom to be" card

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Valentines Sweets anyone?

Hello! I am back. Well actually, I haven't gone anywhere. I have been creating things just haven't been posting. Life has been hectic. I am going to try and get back to sharing more this year. Here is a card my friend Kim and I designed. The card was a lot of work but well worth it. The paper is pink pirouette and red riding hood. We ran the red riding hood paper through the swiss dots cartridge and then used the new nestabilities tags 2 for the moose cut out. We also stamped using the canvas background stamp in red riding hood ink and then on the pink pirouette paper and then cut the couch out and paper pieced it around the moose. The inside says "Happy Valentines day". I can't wait to get it in the mail to my friends.

Valentines day is one of my favorite holidays. I just love sending cards and I used to love having the little valentines parties when I was in grade school and looking in my valentines mailbox.

Last night I made some valentines quilted coasters. Love em! I will post them in a bit.

Hope you are all having a great day!

Verve Visual stamps....I can't get enough of em!

This is my last post before I head off to California... I made this card for an employee that is getting promoted tomorrow. I really like the way this turned out. I used the patterned 6x6 paper and coordinating card stock from paper trey. This paper is awesome. I have used it twice already. I used the cuttlebug embossing folder with swirls for the front and some buttons I had laying around. I used the scallop punch from stampin up for the inside. It is so much easier than using the slit punch to create a scallop. The stamps as mentioned above are from Verve Visual. I have used these stamps a ton! They seem to be just right for any occasion.

Hope you have a great week!

September birthdays a plenty

Hello! I wanted to pop in and share this card I made for my good friend Stacey. I used the ChiChi Boulie stamp and then mixed it with the Bella Rose paper and the red riding hood red cardstock. I used a chocolate chip ribbon and my nestability rectangle to add something. I also used some diamond dust on the wings and cake. The card is really pretty IRL. I like the way this turned out! It seems like there are so many birthdays in September. I know of at least five right off the top of my head. It sure will keep me busy. Speaking of busy, I am getting ready to fly out to San Francisco for vacation with my husband this weekend. We are going to road trip around California. I imagine we will stop at some scrapbook stores along the way :0).

Hope you all have a great week!

And......I am back!

Things have been so hectic at work lately and I have been quilting up a storm. Sorry I haven't updated. Hopefully you haven't removed me from your blog lists forever. I really get frustrated when people who I love to see their blog don't update so I am sorry for being one of those people. I actually have been creative lately. I finished two quilts in the last two months thanks to my friend Kim who keeps pushing me to finish projects before starting new ones (even when I fuss about it). My desire to cut into new fabric causes me to stay focused on finishing my already started projects.

Anyway, enough about that. Have any of you read "The Kite Runner". If not, you definitely wanna pick a copy up! It is the best book I have read next to To Kill a Mockingbird. I absolutely love this writer. I would actually read it again right now but I will refrain. I think I am going to read "The other bolyen girl" next. I heard it is a fantastic book. I am taking a break from the chick flick books which are normally on my bookcase.

This weekend I saw The Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants". It was so fantastic! I liked it even better than the first one.

I also made my way to Jo-anne fabrics this weekend. They are having a fantastic sale on all their scrapbooking supplies. I got this collection of the colorblok fruit papers. It is so cute. I made this mini book from a tutorial on splitcoast I saw a while ago. I have been meaning to do this tutorial for awhile. I used some of the coordinating rub ons on the inside on top of the scalloped circles.

Also...did you see the new set from Eclectic Paperie MERRY MUFFINS

Check out this Taylor Van Bruggen's blog http://www.tayloredexpressions.blogspot.com/ an awesome card. Scroll down to her Friday August 8th posting.

Hope you all are having a great week!

I am going to place my order for all the new Stampin Up stuff! I have to have all the new ribbons and some of the fantastic paper. I also really want the Upsy Daisy set.