Look whoooo's in the house!

The new Stampin' Up owl punch is in the house! Lol! This adorable punch was in the new SU! catalog, and I couldn't resist it! All the pieces are in one punch, so it makes it super easy to use. The branch is from the birdie punch that SU! makes. This was Sara's birthday card this year, and I thought the owl was just perfect for her! The patterned paper is from Basic Grey's June Bug line, and I cut the scallop squares from my nesties and Big Shot.

Here is a close-up of the adorable owl:

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Shower Gifts

Hi! I wish I had time to scrap tonight because I am in the mood for it, but I have to babysit George tonight in about an hour. Sometimes things just don't work out! I'll share with you the rest of the gifts I made for Christine for the bridal shower this past weekend. First up is this card set and matching box. The pattern for the box was found on Splitcoast Stampers, and I used Unity Stamps to decorate the outside lid.

These are the cards I made to go inside:

Each features a birdie stamp from Hero Arts and sentiment stamp from SU!. Each card has the same design, but different patterned paper.

My final gift was the card (because really the card is like a gift, right?) I used this adorable SU! image from a mini catalog a few years ago, as well as BG "Porcelain" paper. The bride was stamped in Craft Chocolate Chip ink and then covered in clear EP and embossed. I cut the roses out of the BG paper, and the leaves from a Sizzlit die with my Big Shot.

Here is the inside:

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After the Holiday cards!

I made these 2 cards this weekend for 2 friends. I used a Stamping Bella stamp (they had been unused for far too long now that I've caught the scrapping bug!), as well as a sentiment from SU! The dp is by Basic Grey (Eskimo Kisses). Bella's dress and boots were paper pieced with the dp. The snowflake punch is by Martha Stewart, as is the border punch.

Here are close-ups of each:

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Ooohh we went out last niiiighttt...

Lol, I love that song! (Kenny Chesney btw for all of you non-country-loving-music fans!) I grabbed some inspiration from Kenny to make this lo tonight. These are photos from a fun night this summer at the 80's club "The Breakfast Club". I used dp by Basic Grey called "Urban Prairie" and the Hannah Montana cricut cartridge for the butterflies and the pink title mat. I love how that cartridge is totally not Hannah Montana looking most of the time, but instead is sorta fun and fresh. For the flowery/viney looking image underneath the left photo, I used the SU! set "Razzle Dazzle" and stamped it with black craft ink and then embossed with black ep. I used my Stampamajig to line everything up perfectly. The large scallop border was punched with the EK Success Diamond Lace punch (my Mom bought that and I just opened it tonight and it is super!). The top border is a Fiskars punch I can't remember the name of. The lo is based on sketch #32 at 52 Sketches 52 Weeks.

Here is a close up of those fun Hannah butterflies and mat: (oh and our chins..lol)

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An August Halloween!

Hello everyone, and happy Monday! This is my last full week off before school starts up next week. I'll be in my classroom most of the week starting tomorrow to get things ready. On Friday and Saturday, I'll be taking classes and shopping at the Somerset scrapbook convention here in NJ. It'll be the last big scrap hurrah of the summer!

I was in Michael's on Saturday, and they had a whole display of new Martha Stewart Halloween punches. They even had some really large ones, larger than I've ever seen. I picked up the large haunted house, witch, and the graveyard border. I immediately began to see a Halloween scene.

I found this great sketch from the Mojo Monday blog that fit my Halloween scene perfectly. Mojo Monday celebrated 100 sketches, and in honor, each designer made their own sketch. This sketch was made by Janette. Most of this card was punched, with very little stamping. The patterned paper is by Basic Grey, called Eerie.

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For your Shower

Hello! This is a card I made with some new SU! goodies for my good friend, Ninetta who is getting married in September. I used dp from the Walk in the Garden paper pack, and the Big Shot die cut "Lattice". I added rhinestones to the "flowers" of the lattice. There is actually a very small amount of stamping on this card, only the sentiment, which I placed hanging off the side oft the card.

Hope you enjoying seeing Ninetta's card! Have a super day!

Let's Have Some Fun!!

I just got an order of brand new SU! goodies in the mail! We actually only ordered like 3 stamp sets, and then some Sizzix new dies. The set I used here is called Friends Rock, and the coordinating wheel is called Rockin'. I thought the set was super fun and it screamed out to me! I kept my card here pretty simple to highlight the fun images. The bottom image is the wheel part of the set (I now have all my wheels unmounted and on E-Z foam which I attach to an acrylic mount to stamp) which I colored with all the new In-Color markers. The top portion is a stamp from the set which I also colored with the In-Color markers. I used some In-Color ribbon and paper for the rest. The Bermuda Bay paper is punched with an EK Success edge punch.

Thanks for taking a look today!

Happy Birthday, Grace!

I made this card for my cousin Grace who will be turning 10 in August. I have to mail her gift to her because she lives so far away. Being the girly girl she is, I thought it was time to get her into Vera Bradley, so I got her a Cupcakes Pink lunchbox, and my Mom got her a matching purse and change purse. I wish I could be there to see her open it!

I made this card using the card sketch from Let's Scrap for this week. I stamped this Sophie image from Paper Pretties, paper pieced her dress and colored her with Copics. The dp is by Basic Grey (Gypsy). The sentiment is from a new SU! set, and the felt flower is also from SU!.

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Raglan Road

Good evening! Have you ever made a layout and just loved it? This is one of those for me! I started out by using the Color Combo #126 on Color Combos Galore, but I kind of cheated because I added the Purely Pomegranate color (the original combo was orange, green, cream, and grey). Despite my cheating ways, I really like the results! I used patterned paper by SU! and Cosmo Cricket (Little Man, and Early Bird). I traced the decorative edge on the orange and grey paper from another sheet that already had this pretty border. On the edges of the background paper I used the stamp set "Razzle Dazzle". I also used the small flower from this set, which I stamped and cut out to accent, and also stamped them on the orange paper. The chipboard accents are from the Cosmo Cricket "Early Bird" line. The letter stickers are fabric Thickers.

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Viva Mexico!

I made this page today featuring Donald Duck at Epcot in Mexico. I followed a sketch from the blog "So Sketchy" for July. Check it out here! I loved that big star in the background, but couldn't find a stencil with a star pattern in my stash. I found a star in one of my Cricut cartridges, and cut it out from there. I used a combo of pp by My Mind's Eye, KI Memories, and Stampin' Up. I found the green tag in an old folder of distress techniques from a class that I had taken years ago. It matched perfectly! I made a fabric flower from some Moda fabric from the line "Soriee" by Lila Tueller. On top of my flower is a SU! stamp from the set "Cheers to You." This page matches another page that I made with photos from Mexico in Epcot. Thanks for stopping by!

Perfect

Hi! Been awhile, huh? I've been very successfully scrapping a lot of my photos lately! Yay! I am finally back in my scrapping kick, but sadly not too many cards are being made. I was proud of myself tonight because I combined scrapping and stamping on this layout. I just received the new Scarlet Lime July kit in the mail today, with exclusive papers by Chatterbox's Melody Ross. The kit is just gorgeous and I immediately put it to use! This layout features a photo of my Mom and myself when we went strawberry picking. I layered a lot of the patterned paper from the kit over a piece of SU! designer paper. In the lower right corner I made my own fabric flower with some beautiful fabric by Moda. I also journaled on a stamped image which came in the kit.

I used a stamp set by SU! for the butterfly, frame, and sentiment in the upper right corner.

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The Plaid Family

I made this layout this evening with a photo from this past Memorial Day following the latest 52 Sketches 52 Weeks sketch. I used some new paper by Cosmo Cricket called "Early Bird". I stitched on the layout with my Janome mini machine. I added some transparent letters underneath the main title which says "Family". They are easier to see in the close up below. I split "Family" so that part of it is on the left side of the photo and part of it is on the right side of the photo. I stamped some flowers from "Eastern Blooms" and embossed them 3 times with clear embossing powder, then used some In Color buttons tied with floss to top them off.

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Bird Houses

These are the favors that Christine and I made for her and my brother's engagement party.  I found the template for the birdhouses on Nichole Heady's blog.  The roof and the base are made with  scallop nesties.  All dsp is from SU!.  We made 40 of these birdhouses, and at the end of the party only 6 were left! Our guests loved them, and they were the perfect favor to complement our spring theme.

We purchased the tree branches, and buckets at G and G (a florist outlet store), and filled the buckets with sand, and then covered the sand with some river rocks.

Hope you enjoy seeing our favors!

Lovey Dovey Birdies

Good evening! We just got home from my brother's engagement party which was today.  I thought I'd share another card I made for them, featuring some brand new SU! products.  I used the stamp set "Great Friend" along with the matching dsp "Walk in the Park" and the new rub-ons.  Whew, what a list!  I stamped the butterfly from the set 3 times, and then cut each out and layered them on top of a piece of baja breeze, stamped with the frame and the leaves.  The love sentiment and birds are from the rub-on sheet.  I machine stitched around the bottom layer.  This card also follows the Mojo Monday #78 sketch from last week (I've become a little bit behind on these!).  

That's all for this evening, I will share the adorable favors we made for the party sometime this week. Thanks for stopping by!

Some Love and Happiness

We've been planning for the past 2 months for my brother's engagement party, which is finally tomorrow! I made this card this morning for him and his fiance to go along with my gift.  I bought them these adorable plates and bowls from Pottery Barn with a fruit pattern (shhh...I bought them for myself too!).  

This card follows Taylor's Cupcake Challenge for this week (TECC61).  I featured this adorable Bittybloom by Stamping Bella, who was colored and paper pieced.  I used my new Nesties that I just received in the mail yesterday to cut her out.  The dp is by Stampin Up! called "Sweet Always".  The sentiment is also SU!.  I used a new EK Success border punch for the scallopy scallop border.

Thanks for stopping by! I am off to make one more card for tomorrow for my Mom to give.

Mr. Bunny

Hello out there! I know it's been awhile, but unfortunately sometimes life gets in the way of stamping! I made this card for the TECC60 challenge on Taylor's blog.  I received my new spring mini catalog pre-order, and this adorable bunny was one of the stamps I ordered.  He is from the set "An Egg-cellent Easter".  The bunny was colored with Copics, and cut out with nesties.  I added some machine stitching around the bottom layer.  The dsp is an oldie from SU! called "Sarah".  My sentiment was stamped and then punched out with the word window punch, I used some linen thread to attach it to the ribbon.

Thanks for stopping by today!

Hello Princess!

Hello again! Squeezing in a quick post in between Dancing commercials!  I made this card using "Good Night Ellie" which is an adorable set!  I used SU! dp available during sell-abration right now.  For Ellie, I paper pieced her pajamas, and then masked her to stamp the stars from this set behind her.  I stamped and cut out the moon, and then used pop dots to adhere it.  I used the Sizzix top note die cut behind Ellie, and a piece of Sahara Sand that I ran through my Cuttlebug embossing folder.  On the main panel, I added a sentiment and then a bauble on top.

I'll be sending this card off to my little cousin, a true princess at heart!  Thanks for stopping by tonight!

Another Sunny Card

I made this card using the "We R Memory Keepers" Nonsense paper again, along with Daisybella.  I also followed Jen's Sketch for you to try (SFYTT) from her blog.  The sentiments are from the SU! set "Best Wishes and More".  I added some Doodlebug glitter to bella's daisy, and colored her in with Copics.  I added a EK Success wavy border punch along the bottom edge of the orange panel.  I also punched a flower out of acetate and layered it underneath my bottom sentiment, secured with a rhinestone brad.  That's all for tonight!

Have a great week!

Just for Fun!

Hello! We have a snow day today because of the snow storm that hit the eastern part of our country last night and this morning! It's still snowing a bit, but that doesn't stop anyone, does it? Cars are flying by right outside my window. Sometimes I wish they'd all stay home and let the snow accumulate on the roads so that we could get another snow day out of it! Oh well, a girl can wish, right?

I had this image left over from last night at the Prettie Pajama Party, so I thought I'd make an Easter card with her.  This is the Sophia from the Bunny Hop set, which was just released last night on Paper Pretties.  I colored her with my Copics, and added some Doodlebug glitter to her bunny ears and the eggs in her basket.  I used the Delicate Dots dsp, which is available through the Sale-a-bration promotion that SU! is currently holding.   I layered some SU! punches for the sentiment panel.  The final touch was some ribbon tied around the corners of the bottom layer.

I'll be back later with a Mojo Monday card, enjoy the rest of your day!