Celebrating 18

Hi there! Hope your week is off to a great start! Is it too soon to mention how much I'm looking forward to the upcoming Memorial 3 Day weekend!? If I'm honest, I've been looking forward to it since January! ;)

Our Nephew turned 18 on May 1st, and graduated high school last Thursday! It was such a sweet ceremony. We are so proud of him! This was my first time attending a graduation ceremony since moving here from Florida. What a difference! His graduating class consisted of 20 kids! My high school had hundreds! I think I would've liked going to school with the same 20 people every year! I don't do well with crowds, and in my high school I felt lost in a sea of kids! Anyway...

This is the card I made Sam for his 18th birthday.

I just want to share one more thing real quick...a new addition to our family!

Sorry for the bad photo...I took it with my phone this morning. But that is our new dog, Izzie! We are so excited and in love with her! Friday night we were on the front porch, and she came running up all excited with her brother, and they were just like, 'we're home!'. We woke up Saturday morning and they were still on our front porch! My mother and Father-in-law took her brother, the black lab who they named Max, and we kept our Izzie! They seem to be older puppies, less than a year, maybe? So, we suspect that someone probably dumped them off on the side of the road somewhere, and we were lucky enough that she found her way to us! She is just so sweet and good! If you haven't followed my blog long, or don't remember, my Miniature Pinscher of 13 years passed away a couple days before Christmas. We'd really been wanting another dog, but also wanted to wait until it was the right time and the right dog. Well the right time was Friday, and the right dog was our perfect lil' Izzie! I will definitely have more and better picture soon!

Thanks so much for humoring me and hanging in there while I gushed about our new baby! :)


Supplies: (All Papertrey Ink unless otherwise noted)
Stamps: Movers and Shakers Sentiments, Modern Wood Mats
Paper: Kraft, Simply Chartreuse, Rustic White, Echo Park for patterned paper
Dies: Mat Stack 1 and Mat Stack 1 Layerz, Large Scallop border
Other: Rustic Cream Button Twine, Vintage Wood buttons

MIM #66

Hey there! Hope you are having a nice weekend! I finally got around to playing around with a Make It Monday again. I made a card for one a couple weeks ago, then didn't get around posting it. I actually have a few cards I need to catch up on posting, so I'm hoping to catch up this week a bit.
Anyway, this week Ashley challenged us to use our border dies to create flowers for our cards, and this is what I came up with:

I used the rickrack border die to create my little buds. I also used some felt I just got in from Ellen Hutson in Buttercream and Mac ~n~ Cheese. I think Mac~n~Cheese is a funny name, but it is the perfect way to describe the color! I actually used the rick-racks that I cut out on the card, and used the negative cuts to make the flowers. I recently bought the Sweet Baby set off the forum, and got the dies with my April order, so wanted to use them. I don't need or make baby cards very often, but I'd always loved this Sweet Baby set and just got the Gingham background set by Impression Obsession, also from Ellen Hutson, and thought this MIM would be a good excuse to use them together!
Anyway, I'm going to get back into my craft room while I have some weekend left! :) Time just flies so quickly on the weekends, and there is always so much to do!
Thank you so much for stopping by! I'll be back real soon!

Sending Prayers

Hi, there! Happy Hump Day! Over half way through the week, now! Just stopping in to share a card I made a couple weeks ago. I actually needed 2 sympathy cards within 2 days of each other, which is never a good thing, especially when they are for your close family...my sister and a woman who has always been like a second mother to me. Anyway, I cheated and made the following card for both of them.

I used Iconic Images for the vase and flowers, and Beautiful Butterflies for the sentiment. The paper is October Afternoon. I used the button card die for my layers, some rustic cream twine, and bling from K & Co.

That is all for today! I hope to be back soon!

Have a great rest of your week!

Papertrey Ink April Blog Hop

Hey there! It's time for April's Blog Hop for Papertrey Ink! I almost didn't participate this month, but I decided after work last night, that I would try to come up with something...

This month we had an inspiration challenge. We were to make a card or project using inspiration from:



For some reason this was a little tougher for me. And with the limited time I had to make my card, this is what I came up with:

A little different from my usual cards. I drew my inspiration from the colors and patterns of the fabric. I used Friends Till The End and dies. I cut the flowers from Papertrey's Damask Pattern Paper to go along with the damask in the fabrics. I also used flowers as my focal point to go with the flowers in the fabric. I chose the Polka dot paper from Funky Town to go with the polka dot fabric. Finally, I chose to use the doily and white trim to soften the look a little, like the inspiration photo.

Well, that's all for me today! I can't wait to see what all you talented Papertrey lovers did with this inspiration photo! I'm sure you will all blow me away, like always!

Thanks for taking the time to stop by my little corner of the web!

Supplies: (All Papertrey Ink, unless otherwise noted)
Paper: Stamper's Select, Damask patterned paper, Funky Town pp
Stamps: Friends Till the End, Tiny Tags
Dies: Friends Till the End, Tiny Tags, Doily
Other: 1/4" Silk Ribbon, Papertrey vintage buttons, Queen & Co gems,

Hello you

Hello you! Long time no see! Sorry for my absence from my blog...I have been going through a dry spell. I have just been having the hardest time getting a card made! I have been trying not to force it, and just let it happen when it strikes me, and not put too much pressure on myself. My husband and I have been spending a lot of time in the yard and garden, which has been taking up most of my free, creative time. This is the first time I have ever really enjoyed working out in the garden! I just love seeing the results of our work!
Anyway, I did manage to get a card made this weekend, because as well all know, there is no cure for lack of mojo, like a new box of goodies! My Papertrey release order made it to me on Friday, so I was so happy to play with the new Trendy Trees stamps and dies! This is what I came up with:

I don't ever say this about my cards, but I love this card and how it turned out! So cute, right? I also caved and bought the 'Meadow' hill dies after seeing Betsy and other designers using them with these trees. So, I started with the patterned paper, and pulled colors from the flowery pattern to stamp the trees. I stamped them in Pure Poppy, the new Hibiscus Burst, and Summer Sunrise. I am really loving this stamp set, so I'm sure you'll be seeing lots more of it from me!

I do have another card that I'll be back soon to share.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Papertrey Ink March Blog Hop

Hello, Blog Hopper's! This month we had an inspiration picture to use for our project.



I really loved this picture! I had just recently pinned something very similar to this! So, I really enjoyed working with it! This is what I came up with:

Please excuse my picture quality. They changed around my usual photo editor, photobucket, and when I try to upload my fixed pics, it loads the original photo. So, I went a different route, that I am not happy with. I will figure it out later. I just wanted to get my card linked up. :)

Anyway, I went with Harvest Gold ink and Polka Dot basics II for the background, which reminded me of one of the candy toppers. And the Aqua Mist base and silk ribbon was also brought in from the photo.

Thanks so much for taking the time to stop by! I'm off to see what everyone else did! I'm sure there will be some amazing creations!

Make It Monday #57, Colored Kissing

Hello! Happy St. Patrick's Day! No. No green cards from me. I am just stopping in to share the card I made for this week's Make It Monday, which is about Colored Kissing. I always wanted to try this technique, and was glad to have a reason to finally try it! I worked on this card a little after work a few nights this week, and finally finished it up this morning. I am not thrilled with the card, but I like how the Kissing technique turned out! I found that I don't own a lot of stamps that this technique will work well with, so when I stumbled upon the On My Couch set and saw the solid couch, I decided to roll with that! This is what I came up with:

I used On My Couch and Background Basics: Newsprint for the technique.
Patterned Paper is Echo Park, This and That.

Thank you so much for stopping by! Have a GREAT weekend!