Thursday, April 30, 2009

Somebody's expecting...


we got some good news from friends of ours...they're expecting a little one this October! Here is a card I made for them. I wasn't sure if somebody might see what I was trying to create on the front of the card, but GQ looked at it and said "that's a cute bib!" So I know it's not only me that sees it ;)

elements:
cardstock: Papertrey Ink - kraft (base), misc scraps of Bazzill for bib
patterned paper: Basic Grey
pearls: Hero Arts
ribbon: Michael's



Wednesday, April 29, 2009

For the bride-to-be...


a fabulous Bella card! She would actually work for a bridal shower and/or engagement card.

elements:
cardstock: Papertrey Ink - white
patterned paper: 3 Bugs in a Rug - Color Me Pink Leaves
markers: Copics
ribbon: Michael's
bling: Hero Arts
ink: Tsukineko Brilliance Graphite Black


Sunday, April 26, 2009

It's that time of the year...

time for bridal showers and weddings! I was commissioned to make a bridal shower and wedding card last week for upcoming events. I ended up making three to give some options. Here is the first of three:



elements:
cardstock: Papertrey Ink - kraft
patterned paper: Basic Grey
ribbon: Michael's
pearls: Hero Arts
ink: Color Box Fluid Chalk Olive Pastel


Wednesday, April 22, 2009

Cheer up!


Another card made with a stamp from my sweet friend Karie! She gave me two Bellas, how awesome is that?!

elements:
cardstock: Papertrey Ink - white base, Stampin' Up & Bazzill small accent pieces from stash
patterned paper: scraps from stash donated to my by my friend Scheffie
rub-ons: Doodlebug
markers: COPIC
ink: Tsukineko Brilliance Graphite Black


Tuesday, April 21, 2009

I have sweet, wonderful, awesome, generous friends!




I have a great group of friends! We might not all live close-by each other but through email, Facebook and phones we keep in touch. Thank goodness for technology...makes moving away and keeping in touch so much easier!

My sweet friend
Karie, who (or would that be whom?) is also very talented and crafty gave me a couple new stamps to add to my stash. Bella Stamps! I love Bella Stamps! They are just darling and so fun to color and paper piece their outfits. I guess they're my version of paper dolls. ;)

Again, loving my
pebbles So Tweet Collection paper, I had to use more. The birds and colors worked so well with my Veggiebella image. The Birdies...I just love them and it was perfect as my background and corrdinated so well with the Chirp that I used to paper piece Bella's clothes and basket. Isn't she just darling?

elements:
cardstock: Papertrey Ink - kraft
patterned paper: Pebbles Inc - So Tweet Collection
ribbon: American Crafts
markers: COPIC
ink: Tsukineko Brilliance Graphite Black


Friday, April 17, 2009

Monogrammed Card Set




Aren't these pebbles So Tweet Collection papers darling? As soon as I walked into Southern Scrapbooks I was drawn to them. I can't wait to use them on a spring layout for GQ! I also thought they'd be perfect for the monogrammed card set I was making for a client. She likes greens and browns...colors from nature and I thought these papers would be perfect! I love the way the turned out, now I need to make a set for me!

Moving forward, I will try to list all supplies used for cards. Hopefully you'll see the elements section at the end of each post. I might not always list the specific color(s) but I'll try...


elements: cardstock: Papertrey Ink - kraft, misc scraps from stash
patterned paper: pebbles So Tweet Collection
ribbon: American Crafts

pearls: Hero Arts
droplets: Kaiser Scrapbook

glitter: Stickles - Diamond

ink: SU pigment ink - chocolate chip
embossing powder: Ranger - clear


Sunday, April 12, 2009

Saturday, April 11, 2009

Very simple...


Trying to squeeze some creative time in this weekend...time is limited so I tried to keep it very simple with one color cardstock and one color ink. The Hero Arts pearls give the card a touch of elegance.

Have a good one!


Friday, April 10, 2009

Thank you, thank you...





A few more cards I made up using the layout inspiration by Ali Edwards. Again, other than the white base on these cards, they are made up from scraps donated to me from my wonderful friends Paula and Scheffie. Thanks ladies!

Wednesday, April 8, 2009

Some much needed inspiration...

I check out Ali Edwards blog on a daily basis. She makes the most amazing scrapbook pages; they are clean, simple and gorgeous! I love her style and it's truly an inspiration to my work. The last couple weeks, while sitting in the hospital waiting room reading her blog and others was a bright spot in my day.

Ali posted a layout she had made of her and her sweet baby girl and I LOVED it! I couldn't wait to do something with that piece of inspiration. Today I found something to do with it...



I love this card! Sympathy cards don't usually come so easily for me, but this one did. It's clean and crisp and pretty. Thank you Ali for such a beautiful inspiration piece!

I used PSE to print my sentiment along with a beautiful poem my very talented husband wrote on the inside cover. This is the first time I've used PSE on a card...I think I like it and will continue to use it for cards!


I'm also continuing to use papers from my scraps stash. The butterflies were punched from some small pieces of patterned-paper I had laying. The blue cardstock was donated to me from my wonderful friend Scheffie. I stopped to visit her in Cincinnati and she gave me a large box of all her cardstock and patterned-paper scraps. How awesome is that?

Caught in the act...


Every six months or so, just when I think we've figured out little bug out, he changes things up on us. Our system of time-outs and taking away cartoons doesn't seem to be as effective as it once was. So we've added a little more incentive to the mix. A money jar. He'll earn money for good deeds and behavior but he'll also see money removed for inappropriate behavior. We're hoping the visual of the money going up and down in the jar will maybe be a light-bulb moment for him (fingers crossed!)

I used spaghetti sauce jar that would otherwise have hit the recycle bin. I used my new
Stampin' Up Top Note die cut to create the front card. I PSE to print out the Caught in the Act! with the dinosaur graphics. The saying seemed appropriate since he's earning for good and loosing for bad behavoir, we can catch him either way. Some scraps of ribbon and a few pieces of Me & My Big Ideas bling finished it off nicely.

The jar is now sitting on our kitchen counter waiting to be filled.
Wish us luck...

Sunday, April 5, 2009

Returning to normal...

We've had a lot going on in the past month...a move, visitors, a trip up to Ohio to visit friends and family (to see my dad who is recovering from major surgery) and then a call back to Ohio for an ill family member. I've sort of lost track of the day and even month we were in...it was all a very stressful time.

Sadly the last part of our stay in Ohio included my grandfather passing away and planning his funeral. I was very close to my grandpa and haven't taken this very easily but it gets better each day. My little bug, GQ, got to know and love my grandpa in four short years which was very important to me. They just loved each other and grandpa certainly got a kick out of GQ! We miss you grandpa!


Our flight home to SC wasn't stress free...cutting it close to check-in times, long lines at a generally low-traffic airport, running (ok, walking quickly) to gates to be the last on the plane, zero time to make a connection...but we're home and I'm so going to love my comfy bed tonight!
I'm hoping that after a few days of laundry and cleaning I'll be back to making some cards and scrapbooking. I've missed it and I need to do it, I have lots of cards to get made! Stay tuned...

Lastly, I'm going to share w/you a picture of a cute library tote I bought for GQ. Putting his books in my purse was too much. I'm going to make him haul his own books around. Maybe he'll reconsider checking out so many at one time. :D I found the tote on etsy by Earth-n-Works. It's so cute! Be sure to check out her shop if you're in need of a cute tote!

Have a good one!