Crochet Flowers

Good morning all. I recently learned how to make crochet flowers and I have been having so much fun trying to figure out how I wanted to make them and what was the best yarn to use. The 3rd picture is what I started off with and the first 2 pictures are what I ended up coming up with. I hope you enjoy them.

Happy craftin critters DT card challenge

Good evening ladies. I hope everyone is enjoying their weekend and happy early Easter to those that celebrate it. Here is my DT card for Happy craftin critters In like a lion, out like a lamb Challenge. I just love this image. I couldnt really find anything I liked in the lamb or lion so I ended up doing a good search for lamb coloring pages and this adorable little guy came up. I hope you think he is as cute as I do.

Things used in this card:

Paper: Recollections All Girl paper pack purchased from Michaels.

Ribbon: From my stash of ribbon from swaps

Flowers: Recollections Boutique Fleur

Other: I used liquid applique for his wool and the cuts were made using spellbinders lable 2 nestabilities.

Markers: Copic Ciao

Thank you all for stopping by my blog!

"The witch" ATC

Good afternoon ladies. Back with another ATC I created over at ATC Sisterhood @ cafemom. One of the creative ladies over there started an ongoing swap where you post an ATC you created and if someone wants it then they claim it and has to post one of their creations for the taking. So here is my ATC up for grabs. Its another Victoria Cadet image that I used on it. I love love love her work as you all can tell. It is similar to the one that I created last. Hope you like it.

Now I am off to see what I am going to do for Easter cards this year. Hope you all are having a terrific day!

Fairy ATC and a card

Good afternoon ladies. I hope everyone is having a wonderful weekend. I havent done many cards or atcs lately as I am going thru a divorce and trying to get everything settled. But I am trying to get out of my funk and slowly getting there.

This ATC was a Fairy swap from ATC Sisterhood over at Cafemom. Love the way it turned out.

Paper: Pink Cardstock

Flowers: Prima flowers colored in with copic to match the colors

Image: Magic Garden by Victoria

Cricut Cart: Storybook

Other: Bling flower, stickles on the roses and fairy wings

Well here is a card that I made for my grandmother that I wanted to share with you all.

Paper: Pattern paper was from a scrapbooking kit swap a couple of years ago.

Markers: Copic Ciao

Digi stamp: by Anne Bodil ( many free digis on her blog)

Flowers: Prima

Others: Bling and ribbon

Happy Craftin Critters Challenge (Spring)

Well this month I was asked to become a DT for Happy Craftin Critters. What an honor.  The challenge for this month is spring and what a challenge it was as I havent touched a card since chirstmas. Hopefully this will get me outta my funk I have been in. I am please with the way this card came out and I hope you enjoy it as well. Now off to go put it in the mail to my cousin.

Digital image- By Anne Bodil

Paper- Recollections (All Girl)

Markers-  Copic Ciao

Flowers- Prima

Other- Studio G Spring stamp, Bling,  a favorite paper punch, and grossgrain ribbon.

Another Atc Holder

Hello ladies. I hope everyone is having a wonderful night. I made another ATC Holder that I ran across at  http://createwithdee.typepad.com/my-blog/2011/01/gift-card-or-atc-holder.html . My goal this year is to work on all the projects that I wanted to get to last year but couldnt. Here is the one I made. I REALLY need to find some embellishments as I had to part with alot of my things when we had to move.  I know its plain but dont think it turned out too bad.

Mardi Gras RAK

Good evening Ladies. I am trying to get over some sort of cold that is really kicking me in the rear so I havent done much lately. The beginning of march, our cafemom group ATC Sisterhood did a Mardi Gras challenge and one of the ladies in our group Donna created an ATC showing just what you have to do to earn your beads. She is a crack up. I loved it so much I asked if she would mind making me one and what a doll she was. Today in the mail I not only recieved the ATC but a Mardi Gras RAK.  She sent beads, ( and I didnt even have to flash her lol), An adorable hair tie and a beautiful Mardi Gras Sticker. Thanks so much Donna!!

ATC Card Accordian Folder

Hello ladies. Am starting to get back into a creative mood again.  Good thing too, I was beginning to think I was creatively challenged.  A dear friend of mine Jamie posted this wonderful tutorial for this box in her group ATC Sisterhood on Cafemom and knew I had to give it a try. This project is super simple to make and doesn't take too long. I did make a change from the original tutorial as I found that the accordion folds along the side tend to pop out of the box. So I solved that issue by putting in dividers in between the folds to secure the Accordion folds.  Hope you like it.

Here is an inside view of it.

Sorry about the quality of the pictures. I'm not too sure that I like my new camera and I hope you all can see it. The box was made from this beautiful light purple pearl type card stock and fell in love with this beautiful patter paper by bo bunny call " Peacock Lane Tweet." I embellished the box with a couple of different paper flowers I had lying around. ( I am addict to flowers and wish that I could get my hands on more). Well I hope you like as much as I do. Thank you for stopping by. 

 you tube video tutorial

Love ATC

Good evening ladies. Its been awhile since my last post but things have been quite hectic around here. My son has had a learning disability and have been fighting the school system to have him tested for the last 4 years. We recently moved from California to North Carolina in November of 2010. I received a call last week from the school asking for permission to have him tested. Thank the good Lord that they are finally going to try to help him. Its been a long and difficult struggle for both my son and I and things are looking up.

Here are a couple of ATCs that I worked on for a swap in ATC sisterhood on cafemom. I remember a time that I used to love working on 6x6 albums because they were so easy to fill a page. Now, I complain that ATCs are so darn small. lol. This first one I made I really didn't like. Living out here takes some getting used to as there is not all the great stores that California had to offer. So I was able to pick up these stickers at walmart and here is the result of those.

The next one I REALLY fell in love with and the best part of it all was I already had all the supplies for it. Just took me a bit to think out side the box.

The word love was pink card stock that I applied double sided sticky tape to and ran thru my sizzix machine. After It was all cut out, I peeled off the backing and applied red micro fine glitter by Glitter Ritz and burnished it onto the tape. I am in love with this glitter as it gives it almost a smooth velvety texture. I glued the word love down on black textured card stock and punched the edges with my Tonic Studios 2-in-1 Corner Punch: Fleur 2. I embellished with some white flat back pearls and adhered it to red card stock.

Well I hope all you wonderful ladies have a great night and thank you for visiting my blog.

Betsy Bluebell

Good morning ladies. Yesterday I finally got out of a funk and decided to work on a card challenge we had in creative mommies over at cafemom.com. I really love this little clear stamp set by penny black called "Betsy Bluebell". There are some really cute images and cant wait to create something with all of them. I just love stamps like this. The paper used was some scraps that I had left over from other projects. The challenge colors were pink, black and red. Well since moving, there isnt any local scrap or stamping stores so I am EXTREMELY limited on paper. ~Cries~. The paper as well as the ribbon came from Stamping Fools and I just added a few jewels to the ribbon to mix it up a bit. The flowers I used were a mix of store bought as well as some that I recieved in a rak.  Below is a picture of the stamp set used so you can see all the images. I hope you all have a wonderful day.

Snowman ATC

Well it has been awhile since my last post. Alot has happend in my world since my last post. I moved from California to North Carolina. It has been a huge change and absolutely beautiful here. The one down side.... No scrapbooking or stamping stores!!! I don't know what I am going to do! On the bright side, my son has finally been put into a better school system and has finally made friends.

So my dear friend Jamie is trying to get me into making these atcs (2.5 x 3.5 cards). I am not sure I am really comfortable making these as I feel like I am way out of my league and don't know what I am doing to them. This is my first ATC that I have done in her group over on cafemom.com. The swap is "Snowman". There were so many cute digis I would have loved to use on this project however the ink in my printer has dried up while moving across country. So I used a dollar stamp that I got at Michaels last christmas and made this into a shaker card.The pattern paper is from a christmas stack I purchased last year to make Christmas cards with and some scrap pieces of card stock.

Hopefully with practice and when I am able to get some embellishments, I will feel more comfortable making these.

Lady Bug Card

This was a fun card to make even though it was very time consuming. This adorable little lady bug is a peel off sticker by "Elizabeth craft designs" made with  Ultra fine glitter, and double sided tape. The paper is black, silver, and red cardstock from the local stamp store Stamping Fools. The lady bug ribbon I ordered from a seller on ebay and I just love it. I hope you enjoy this card.

Card Album

Fathers Day Card My Son Made

Friendship

Starbucks Coffee Sleeve Album

This was a fun project for me. I had a blast making this coffee sleeve mini album. I havent gotten around to do anything to the inside yet.  The paper I used for this album is a set of pattern paper from Stampin up. The paper flower I made using cordinating cardstock. The letters were cut out using my cricut.

Card Challenge

This was a card sketch challenge I did in one of my Cafemom group.

Birthday Accordian Card

This accordian card was so much fun to make and was perfect for adding a few pictures for my dad. The stamped image is a digi stamp by karens doodles. Love all the masculine stamped images they have available for that someone special in your life.

Tennis Tammy

Another great stamp from Whipper Snapper. The flowers are from Prima.

Claire

This stamp... well... what can I say about it... Other than it is different. But I had fun making this card and trying to make it more "girly". lol. The stamp is another Whippersnapper stamp. I colored it with copic markers. I really need to start writing down which ones I used. The Jewels I found at Michaels. Love that place.

Mocha Locha

This is a card I created using the Mocha loca stamp from whippersnapper. I just love their stamps. I used my copic markers to color in the image. My new punch for the border and made the flower using the tutorial from my last post.

Paper Flower

I love how this flower turned out and it was the first one i ever made. I cut the flower out with my cricut and followed the instructions on a great youtube tutorial. It is called "paper flower tutorial" by tracylovestoscrap. She rocks. Thanks for the tutorial.

Star Box

Good evening ladies. It is getting late here and I am going to get ready for bed in a few mins. This has been a very busy day for me. Had so much yard work to do this morning, then it was off to Stamping Fools to find me some Goodies to make cards with, then I went back home and jumped on Cafemom for a bit. One of the groups that I am in had this cute little "Star Box" tutorial and so I just had to try it out. Well, From there I decided that I would turn this into my tables center piece for our 4th of July gathering. I loved how it turned out. And believe me, the picture does not do it justice.
Well I am off to bed, I hope everyone is having a wonderful weekend!

Another Balancing Act

Good Afternoon Ladies. I just love how this card turned out. This sweet little stamp is called "Another Balancing Act" by Whipper Snapper Design Inc. The image was colored in by using my Copic Ciaos. The paper was paper i found at the local stamping store. I loved the colors it had and felt it matched the stamp image well. The flowers I made using a couple of the punches that Stamping fools carries. Well I am off to go create more cards. Have a wonderful weekend!

Nurse Millie

Good afternoon ladies.... This is the last of the 4 cards that I needed to finish this week for the stamping store. I am not too happy with the way it came out. But I guess everyone has an off day. The stamp used was "Nurse Millie" by Inky Antics.

Birthday Millie

Good afternoon ladies. Well I was able to get one more card finished for the local stamping store today. I wasnt too sure about this card and I am loving the finished product! This stamp is "Birthday Millie" by Inky Antics. First time I have seen their stamps but went on to their website and they have an adorable selection. I think that I am going to lay down for a bit. Hopefully I will be up to making another card in the morning. Have a great night all.

finders keepers

Good morning ladies. Well I never did get back to creating yesterday but was able to get this one done this morning. I was happy with the way that this turned out. I love this stamp. Its called "Finders keepers" by WhipperSnapper Designs. I hope the ladies at the stamping store like it.

Bearing Gifts

Good morning ladies. Its been 2 weeks since I was asked to make cards for the local stamping store and let me tell you.... The pressure is on... I have been drawing a blank for the last couple of weeks. My DH tells me that I am too hard on myself. I am not ever really sure of any of the things that I create. So here is the 1st official card for them. I hope they like it. Anyways, This adorable little stamp is called "Bearing Gifts" by Penny Black. The pattern paper is by Lemonade. I just love their papers. The image was colored in by Copic Ciao markers. The flowers are a mix of prima flowers and punches i have laying around the house. Well I am off to go see what I can do with the other 4 images I need to make for them. Have a wonderful day!

Fathers Day

I just love these digi stamps by http://www.karensdoodles.com/ . She has some adorable images. The paper was some scraps that I had just laying around.

Shanna's Birthday

This is a card I made for my friend Shanna's Birthday. I love this stamp "turtle w/ frog" by Whipper Snapper Designs.

Many Thanks

This is a Thank you card I made for my mom and 3 sisters. I had such a womderful birthday and they spoiled me with all kinds of playboy bunny Gifts, some adorable skull thigh high socks, a tinkerbell watch, and a book of poetry.