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.

Happy 4th Birthday

Hi there,

I managed to squeeze in another card this month.  I had hoped to join more challenges and do more cards this year, but I have fallen way behind.  I was happy to see the challenge at Meljen's for a birthday card, because it reminded me of this great image for my friends' son's birthday.  I had the paper from DCWV already, so I colored it to match.  I also used pop dots to raise the image.

My card is being submitted to these challenges:

http://meljensdesignsdt.blogspot.ca/2014/06/challenge-216-make-wish.html
http://thepapershelter.blogspot.ca/2014/06/challenge-164-travel-world.html


Thanks for stopping by.

Butterfly wishes

Hello everyone,

It is a beautiful day here, and I am going to head out to my garden soon, but I wanted to share a new card I made.  The stamp and co-ordinating die are from Local King Rubber stamps.  I used the markers from Local King Rubber stamps to color the stamp as well.  I am adding this to a few challenges this week:

Simon Wednesday Challenge - Die crazy
Sparkles Monthly Challenge #56 - Celebrate Mom or Special Lady
QKR Stampede: Challenge #88 - Punches or Dies

I hope everyone has a great day and thanks for stopping by.

Hello friends,

I can't believe it has been so long since my last post.  I have to admit that I have not been crafting as much this year, but I am into my busy birthday season now, so I should have some more work soon.
This card was made for a tween boy, but clearly could be for anyone.  The top right circle is completely glitter, and you may notice a bit of black got into the white circle (boo).  For the other circle I used white card stock in the center.  That wasn't the plan, but sometimes you have to make alterations. :s  It's hard to see with this picture, but the "Happy Birthday" stamp is also colored with a glitter pen at the top making it two tone.
I am planning to try this again with other shapes, using my Spellbinders dies, and I hope with practice I can make it a cleaner look.

Thanks for stopping by.