{Spring Upsy Daisy}

I could not ask for a more beautiful day then what we have here in Southeast Oklahoma today! I wish it could be like this every day of the year! Since the sun is shining I was inspired to create this springy card using the Stampin' Up! set "Upsy Daisy". I love how easy it is to create a beautiful card using this set! The main image was embossed with white powder, and a quick tip when you heat emboss, aim the heat gun on the opposite side that you embossed, and the image will be glossier. It works, it really does! The DSP is "Material Girl" by Cosmo Cricket. I used the SU Scallop Trim Border Punch, and my Janome for the stitching. I used a folder from my Cuttlebug "Romance" collection for the elegant embossing on the top of the card. I am very happy with the way this card turned out! I hope that you are having a great day today, and thank you for visiting my blog!

ICSketches #59- Happy Together!

Good Morning! Today I am posting a card I made using the challenge sketch from ICSketches #59 . I have noticed so many sketch challenge blogs and thought ya know, maybe I am missing out so I will be trying my hand at them now to! For this card I used the adorable Stampin' Up! set "Happy Together". This set was one of my freebies from "SaleABration". It is so cute! The DSP is also from SU, and features the current in-color Melon Mambo. The super cute Felt Flower I used is the "Sweet Pea" felt flower and leaves collection that can be purchased in the current Spring mini. If you have not yet gotten your hands on these I HIGHLY recommend doing that before the Spring Mini is over. The card stock is SU's textured Choclate Chip, and Kraft, and I used my handy dandy Janome Sew Mini to add the stitching. The ribbon is a spool I picked up at Hobby Lobby. I had fun making this card, and using my SU set for the first time. Thanks to Inspiration Card Sketches for this super fun sketch and challenge!

Lovin' The Sunshine

Today has been the perfect spring day! Yesterday it was cold, wet, and snowing with no accumulation to speak of, but cold nonetheless! What is going on with the weather this year? Oh yeah, global warming. lol Anyways, since it was bright and sunny, and Cam is finally feeling better I was inspired to play with my new stamps today and this is what I came up with! The set I used today is by Papertrey Ink (PTI) and it is called "Everyday Button Bits" I have loved this set since I first started seeing cards made with it, and I know I will be going back to it over and over again. I used Stampin' Up! Real Red Card stock, and ink, and the cherry stem was stamped in SU Green Galore. I'm not crazy about Green Galore, and wish we had a better shade of green but, it works. The DSP is from the SU Hostess pack from a few years ago. And I used my Janome to sew around the square. The white square was made using my Labels 1 Nestabilities. This was a fun, and easy card to make, and after my last card that took me a few days it was nice to make something more simple, that didn't take so long. I guess I don't really have a particular style, or brand of card making I can do easy, and I can do several layers. I think it is a good thing if you can do both. Anyways, I am always grateful and happy to read your comments, and I thank you for visiting my blog today!

I'm Back with a (late) OCC Challenge!!

We got back home from our week long trip to Corpus Christi Texas on Saturday. It was so nice there, and truthfully I had no idea that the gulf coast was so beautiful! I hope to go there again this summer and maybe we will do some beach camping. (I have always wanted to do that) Anyways, I started the card I am posting today before we left, and finally finished it yesterday. It was from the OCC March 6 Challenge. I have had a sick little munchkin since we got home from Tx, so I have not had much time for anything else. I used a WishRak image that I received featuring an adorable High Hopes Bunny Rabbit! I used my Prisma's and OMS to color him. The DSP is by K and Co, and was stitched with my little Janome sew mini. I layered felt flowers, and used an Embossing folder from Stampin Up. The ribbon is also SU. I love this cute card!

Two weeks ago I was super lucky enough to win this blog candy from the Paper Crafts Magazine Blog and I got that package on Monday! I can't wait to play with my new stamps! I rarely win anything, so this was a very nice surprise. I hope that you are enjoying the beautiful spring weather, and if not, I hope it comes your way soon! Thank you for visiting my blog!

Lazy Saturday Afternoon

I am sitting here with the cool breeze blowing enjoying this beautiful spring day and I hope you are enjoying this day as well! I LOVE this time of year when everything starts to green up, and the spring flowers start blooming, and that is where the inspiration came from for the card I am posting today! I am in the process of un-mounting most of my retired Stampin' Up! stamp sets and have found that I am reaching for them more often now that they are easier to use! That being said I dusted off my retired SU set "Butterfly of Happiness" and inked up for the first time in a lonnnnng time. I used SU More Mustard to stamp the sentiment, and the Butterfly is clear embossed with clear powder, and SU More Mustard Craft ink. The butterfly DP is from KI Memories and the other odds and ends were just embellies that I had on hand. The layered card stock that my sentiment is stamped on was made using my Cricut, and SCAL software. LOVE my SCAL program. =0) The pearls I used on my card today were a gift from Rebecha (Garagesale Diva). Thanks my friend! I hope that all of you have had a great Saturday! Thank you for visiting my blog!

{A Card For a Friend}

I have had a wonderful weekend and I am sad that it is coming to an end. I love it when my hubby is home and we are all together. I hope you have had a great weekend also.
For this card I used some old DP that I have had for awhile. I am really trying to hard to get thru my stash of DP (designer paper) so that I won't feel so bad for continually adding to the stack of DP I already have. I am sure a lot of you know exactly what I am talking about. =0) I used my Cricut Exp. to cut out the butterflies, and then I embossed them with 3 different Cuttlebug folders. I used the new SU border punch that you can get FREE during Stampin' Up!'s Sale-A-Bration sale. This punch will be in the new catalog that comes out in the summer. Sweet right? The pink background is another CB folder that I sanded with my SU sanding blocks to give it a touch of distressing. Finally I finished off the card with 2 chocolate brads that I had on hand. I hope that you had a nice relaxing weekend, and as always thank you for visiting my blog today!

My Special Project!

These cute little creations have been mailed out, and should be arriving to their destinations any day now so I am going to share them with you! I have always wanted to try stamping on cloth baby onsies, but had never tried it until last week. I am HOOKED! It was so easy! For these onesies I used the Stampin' Up! set " Fox and Friends". Is this not the perfect set to stamp on clothes!? Since Stampin' Up! offered this set in "clear mount" it made stamping so much easier, seriously, I can't tell you how much I LOVE LOVE LOVE the new clear mount stamps. I will never buy SU wood mount again. I had no problems with them sticking to my acrylic block, and they take up much less room and they are cheaper to! Anywho, all of the items used to make the cards are from SU, and the sentiment on the onesie is also from SU "Little Angel", and can be purchased clear mount as well. I hope that you are having a great week and again, thank you so much for visiting my blog today!

A Set of Cards

I made this set of cards to donate to a family in need and I will be mailing them out tomorrow! These cards were made using 99% Stampin' Up! supplies which is a rare thing for me! I love so many different kinds of stamps, and supplies I will never be able to be exclusive to any single company but SU stamps are my favorite kind of stamps. Anyways the set is used is " For All You Do". This set is SO pretty and has been a set I have gone back to over and over. The colors I used are the SU In-Colors, Rich Razzleberry, Soft Suede, Bermuda Bay, and Melon Mambo. I used Kraft card stock on all of the card bases. I thought I would do a little photo editing and make my cards easier to view by putting them all in one picture. I have never done anything like that so I am proud of myself. lol I hope you all have a wonderful weekend and I thank you for visiting my blog!

* I also want to remind the members of the "Busy Bee Bloggers" to check out our thread at Split Coast stampers because I have made a few additions, and deletions to our blog list. Thanks everyone and WELCOME to our new members!!*

{Babies All Around!}

Well, I have been busy making baby cards lately because two dear friends have new baby boys! Hopefully they are too busy to check my blog and they won't see this card but I just HAD to post it! This card was made using DP from the DCWV Baby Boy stack. I am so glad that I bought 2 12x12's of this one. It is one of my all time favorite's and it will be a sad sad day when I finally run out. I used my Janome Sew Mini to stitch all of the blocks together to make the background look like a baby quilt. Yes, it did take a while. The sentiment is from Stampin' Up!, and the Giraffe is a clear set by "Recollections". I embossed the white ruffle with a Cuttlebug folder, and used my Fiskars Threading water border punch. I loved making this card, and will get it in the mail this week! Thank you for visiting my blog, and have a wonderful week!

{Fun With Buttons}

Good afternoon! We have been battling colds this week but thankfully we are all on the mend. Being sick is for the birds! LOL Anyways, this is a card I have been working on for days now and today I finally finished! This set features a super cute Turtle with matching sentiment by Inkadinkado. I used my SU Markers and Bics to color the turtle, and the light blue circle was made using a circle stencil and SU pastels. The DP is from DCWV, and I used my Janome to sew around the outside square. I thought it would be fun to add the buttons flower, and the stem, and leaf I hand cut from a piece of green felt. I did the stitching by hand as well. Crafty eh? I am really loving the felt embellies that are popular right now! I hope that you all have a great week and again thank you so much for visiting my blog!