Silver Anniversary 2015

Hi Everyone,

I am back with a silver anniversary card.  It's hard to see in the pictures, but the "love" heart is silver foil paper from a set of cards that were on special at Michaels.  I used an embossing folder from Taylored Expressions called sheet music on the pink cardstock.  The music paper is from Authentique the Irresistible Collection.  I cut the hearts using a Sizzix die and hand cut the love heart. The silver anniversary piece is Vellum,but I'm afraid I don't remember from where.  This is only my second anniversary card, and my first one I found on Google when I was trying to get ideas for this one.  I am hoping to make a similar one to this with the pieces that didn't quite work on this one.  It would be nice to have one in my pre-made stash, but with Christmas time fast approaching that may have to wait.
The challenges I am joining are the following:

Dream Valley Challenges - recipe.  My recipe is patterned paper, pink, and faux stitching.
Papertake Weekly Challenges - technique.  Embossing folder.
Sweet Stamps - anything goes.
Crafty Girls Creations - anything goes.

Congratulations to our friends on their 25th.
Thanks for stopping by today.  I hope you have a good one!

Embossed birthday

Hi everyone,

We have been enjoying a pretty hot summer here, so it's been a little hard to hang out in my small craft room without air conditioning, but I took a class a few weeks ago which I thought would make a perfect birthday card for some friends and family.  I also wanted to practice the technique.  This is a double embossed card I learned from Jessie Hurley.  The embossing folder of the butterflies is a Darice folder and the dots, I believe, is a Cuttlebug.  I used Memento ink to color the background and butterflies.

I am entering this into the following challenges:
The Friday Mashup! - Challenge #222
Seize the birthday - Anything that flies
Fussy and Fancy Friday - Challenge #146 Birthdays
Simply Create Too - Challenge #92 Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

YNS bouncy flower 2015

Hello Everyone,

It's been awhile since I have posted but I have been working on a few things.  I haven't posted until now because I thought my computer was broken.  Luckily, I have found it was a very simple fix and I did not lose everything.  As you can imagine, I quickly backed up everything on my external hard drive and gave a great sigh of relief since I had just made some digital purchases that hadn't been saved yet.

I made this project when I saw the YNS challenge #18.  I could not figure out what I wanted to do for my friend's daughter's birthday, so I used this stamp named "Daisy".  I hope she likes it.  I used some regular markers from Martha Stewart and a tria marker for the edging.  I also used 3d crystal lacquer on the eyes to give them some shine and depth.
I hope to be back soon with more of the projects that I am working on.

Thanks for taking a peek.

Elegant birthday

Hi everyone,

I wanted to post a card I made for my very special Mother-in-law a few weeks ago.  This is a brand new die that I found from Creative Expressions that I have been wanting to use, and am very happy with how it turned out.

Happy Easter everyone and thanks for stopping by!

Valentine treats

Hi everyone, 

Well, it's been a slow start to 2015 in the way of crafting.  This is my first project of the year.  I purchased this milk carton die from Sizzix for a totally different project, but sadly, never got around to it, so I am glad to turn it into a treat box for Valentine's day.  I am going to take these three to work for my co-workers.

I think this die will work wonderfully for Easter treats too!  I hope you have a nice Valentine's with the one(s) you love.
Thanks for stopping by.

Cocoa Cupcake 2014

Hi Everyone,

I made this card tonight for the mini challenge from Meljen's Facebook weekend challenge and incorporated the colors for the weekly challenge as well.  I love Meljen's designs cause they are fun to color.  I certainly hope I can join more challenges soon.

Have a nice day everyone and thanks for stopping by.

Around the world

Hi there,

Just as I am posting this card for the Meljen's challenge "Bookworm" I have found my card in the mouth of my new puppy :(.  I am so glad that I was able to take a few pictures before he got his hands on it.  My puppy actually ate my homework. haha.  This was a weekend freebie from Meljen's facebook page the other weekend, and I started coloring it right away, but didn't get it completed for the weekend challenge.  When I saw the challenge for this week, I thought of the hot air balloon and "Around the world in 80 days"  The background paper is from lime twist "out of the blue".  I am also going to add this to the "anything goes" challenge at Party Time Tuesdays.  Have a great night and thanks again Melissa for the wonderful images.