Winners!

Hello!

I owe you a couple of winners from this giveaway!  :)

The winner of the first bundle, shown here...

...is Ami!  Congrats!  Please email me with your mailing address by Friday, and I will get that out to you ASAP!

And the winner of the second bundle, shown below...



  

...is Kathi!  Congrats Kathi!

Well, I have to run for now, but I will have some projects and things to show you very soon!  :)  Have a great rest of the weekend!

Memory Makers Magazine May Blog Bounce

Hello and welcome to another Memory Makers Magazine Blog Bounce!

This month our blog bounce is all about the people/things/events that shape us and make us who we are today.  If you have been following in order, you should have hopped on over from Wendy's blog.  If not, don't worry!  You can go to the Memory Makers Magazine blog and begin the blog bounce, or you can continue on and find your way back around.  Hope you enjoy the bounce!

So as some of you may be able to guess, one of the biggest "things" to impact my life is my furbaby, Fluffy.  She came into our lives when she was just a few months old, in 2004.  I definitely cannot imagine my life without her!

I drew inspiration from this PageMaps blog sketch - I love this sketch and see myself using it again, changing it up even just a little bit!

There's a bit of punching and stitching going on here. :)  The journaling reads:  "As soon as we brought you home (really as soon as I looked into those sweet little eyes), my life forever changed.  My sweet puppy Fluff. :)" I don't know what I'd do without her!  And this picture.. well.. this picture always makes me smile!  She looks so funny in it. :)

The flower in the corner of the photo was created by ripping a strip of Designer Fabric, then twisting it and rolling it around in a circle.  I used Crystal Effects to hold it together, and to attach it to the layout itself.

My flags were created by first cutting a rectangle of Designer Series Paper, then inserting the edge into the corner of the Curly Label Punch.  Doesn't it make such a cool edge?  Love it!

Your next stop on the blog bounce is Lisa's blog.  Thanks for stopping by, and enjoy the rest of the bounce!

Because of you page supplies:
Stamps:  Nature Walk
Ink:  Soft Suede, Baja Breeze, Early Espresso
Paper:  Newsprint, Botanical Gazette, and Green Tea Designer Series Paper, shipping tags (office supply)
Accessories/Tools:  Curly Label, Scallop Edge and Spiral Punches, Old Olive Designer Button, Very Vanilla Designer Button, Victoria Crochet Trim, Pear Pizzazz Seam Binding Ribbon, Early Espresso Baker's Twine, Alphabet Soup On Board Chipboard Letters, Basic Black Stampin' Write Journaler, Billboard Decorative Strip Die, Big Shot, sewing machine and vanilla thread

Happy Mother's Day!

To all of you wonderful mothers (even of furbabies, like me :) ) - Happy Mother's Day!

Here is my last of the Mother's Day cards!

The shipping tag was first stamped with VersaMark, then embossed with clear Stampin' Emboss powder.  I inked up the tag using Crumb Cake and Soft Suede ink, then stamped with the French Script background and the butterfly.  I colored in the sentiment tag just like as on the first Mother's Day card, adding shadowing using the Stampin' Write markers in the same color as the ink pads.

Hope you've enjoyed these cards!  Don't forget that the giveaway is still open in the post below!

Thanks so much for stopping by.  Have a great rest of the weekend! ♥

Wonderful Mother card supplies:
Stamps:  Nature Walk, Four Frames, Well Scripted (retired), French Script background (retired)
Ink:  Crumb Cake, Old Olive, Early Espresso, Rose Red, Soft Suede, VersaMark
Paper:  Baja Breeze, Early Espresso, and Very Vanilla cardstock, Botanical Gazette Designer Series Paper, shipping tag (office supply)
Accessories/Tools:  Rose Red and Old Olive Stampin' Write Markers, Blender Pen, Pearl Basic Jewels, Victoria Crochet Trim, Linen Thread, Baja Breeze Seam Binding Ribbon, Early Espresso Baker's Twine, Marina Mist Designer Button, Clips Assortment, Clear Stampin' Emboss Powder, Heat Tool, Decorative Label Punch, Stampin' Sponges, Square Lattice Textured Impressions Folder, Big Shot, sewing machine and espresso thread

Another Mother's Day card and a giveaway!

Happy Friday!  Here is another Mother's Day card!

I used one of my favorite stamp sets from the Occasions Mini catalog, Nature Walk - let's hope that one makes it into the Idea Book & Catalog in July! :)  I love, love, love this set and see myself using and keeping it forever, hehe.

I stamped the flowers from the set on the shipping tag in Rose Red, then stamped the butterfly in Old Olive twice - once on the tag, then once on Very Vanilla cardstock.  I cut out the one on Very Vanilla, and adhered it over the image stamped on the tag, bending the back wing up slightly.  I stamped the French Script (retired) stamp in Crumb Cake on the piece of Woodland Walk DSP, then stamped the bird cage over top of the script in Early Espresso.

Next, I sewed around the DSP, just like the previous card.  A strip of Sticky Strip on the back of the Early Espresso cardstock allowed me to quickly and easily create a ruffle from the Springtime Vintage Designer Fabric (still available).  Added some embossing, and other embellies shown, and the card was complete!  :)

Shabby Mother's Day card supplies:

Stamps:  Nature Walk, Teeny Tiny Wishes, French Script background (retired)

Ink:  Crumb Cake, Soft Suede, Early Espresso, Rose Red, Old Olive

Paper:  Crumb Cake, Baja Breeze, Very Vanilla, and Early Espresso cardstock, Woodland Walk Designer Series Paper, shipping tag (office supply)

Accessories/Tools:  Baja Breeze Seam Binding Ribbon, Linen Thread, Very Vanilla Designer Buttons, Springtime Vintage Designer Fabric, Modern Label and Word Window Punches, Square Lattice Textured Impressions Folder, sewing machine and espresso thread, Big Shot

Ok, now on to the giveaway!  In appreciation of all of my lovely followers and readers, I am giving away two prizes!

-  One person will win the It's the Thought wood-mount stamp set + a roll of Always Artichoke Seam Binding Ribbon, and...



  
-  One person will win a pack of Rhinestone Basic Jewel Accents + the new Strength & Hope clear-mount stamp set.

To enter the giveaway, please leave a comment telling me which prize is your favorite, and what you love about spring!  Please leave your comment by Thursday, May 12th.  Although I love my international readers as well, to comply with SU! rules this giveaway is only open to U.S. residents... sorry!

Well, I hope all of you have a fabulous weekend!  All of you wonderful mothers out there - Happy Mother's Day! :)

Oh, and did you know that tomorrow is (inter)National Scrapbooking Day?  Hope you get some scrappy time!  Thanks so much for stopping by!

Botanical Mother's Day card

Hello!!  Guess what, I have a card to show you today! :)  Actually, I made several cards yesterday, but you will have to wait in suspense to see each one, hehe!

Here's the first one!  I used Stamping 411's sketch this week to create this Mother's Day card:

What do you think?  Hope you aren't bored with me using Rose Red, Old Olive, and Not Quite Navy together yet!  Haha!

Nothing too complicated on this card!  I did use the now-retired Botanical Gazette Designer Series Paper from the Occasions Mini on this card.. I feel like I should have bought a couple more packs of that one!  I also colored in the flowers and leaves on the label there with the ink pads and Blender Pen.

Well, I gotta run!  Hope you have a fabulous day, and thanks for stopping by!

Happy Mother's Day botanical card supplies:
Stamps:  Strength & Hope, Four Frames, Teeny Tiny Wishes
Ink:  Rose Red, Not Quite Navy, Old Olive, Early Espresso
Paper:  Crumb Cake, Early Espresso, Whisper White, Old Olive, and Not Quite Navy cardstock, Botanical Gazette Designer Series Paper (retired)
Accessories/Tools:  Pearl Basic Jewels, Rose Red Seam Binding Ribbon, Decorative Label Punch, Blender Pen, Rose Red and Old Olive Stampin' Write Markers, sewing machine and espresso thread

Project 12 - March 2011

Hello!

As usual, I'm working until the last minute. :D  Here's my Project 12 layout for March!

This page isn't too detailed this time.  I did do a lot of stitching between the papers and pictures, and I may add some buttons or something later.  I cut some of the felt trim in half to create the flower stems, and layered some Pear Pizzazz seam binding ribbon to create grass, randomly pleating it.

Here's the 1st page by itself:

Here's the 2nd page by itself, where you may be able to see my journaling better:

Yes, we printed out a picture of our dear friend Lisa, who couldn't come along with us to CKC in Louisville last month.. "Flat Lisa". :D  It was so fun to text her with pictures of her adventures... mammoth water bottles and all!  Haha!  We love you Lisa :) ♥♥

I just love that the title letters almost look like plant pots!  I inked the chipboard with Crumb Cake Craft ink, then when it dried I inked up the edges using Soft Suede.  To create the "hello", I stamped the upcoming Hello Blossoms stamp with VersaMark on the tag, then embossed it with the new Melon Mambo Stampin' Emboss powder!  (I'm so excited that we're getting embossing powder in "colors"! :)  Hope the offering is expanded even more!)

Susan and I went to CKC on Friday (as well as the big flea market next door).  I plan on making a mini album of my trip. :)  Susan took me to this awesome place called Lynn's Paradise Café nearby... definitely delish!  The wait times can be very long, so make sure you don't arrive hungry. ;)  I meant to put a small picture of this on my layout, but I ran out of printer ink.  I had a yummy coffee drink called a Nut Tree Latte, in a fun mug shaped like a cowboy boot!  Yum!

I'll share more pictures of Lynn's when I create my mini, which I hope is sometime soon! :)  Thanks so much for stopping by!

Project 12 - March 2011 page supplies:
Stamps:  Hello Blossoms (available May 1st), Sanded background stamp
Ink:  Soft Suede Classic ink, Crumb Cake Craft ink, VersaMark ink
Paper:  Very Vanilla cardstock, Woodland Walk Designer Series Paper, Paisley Petals Designer Series Paper, Ice Cream Parlor Accents
Accessories/Tools:  Melon Mambo Stampin' Emboss Powder (available May 1st), Pear Pizzazz Seam Binding Ribbon, Early Espresso Baker's Twine (available May 1st), Alpine Ribbon Originals (retired), Sweet Pea Felt Flowers (retired), Clips Assortment, Antique Brad, Rhinestone Basic Pearls, Eyelet Border Punch, Spiral Punch, Corner Rounder Punch, Basic Black Stampin' Write Journaler, Stampin' Sponge, shipping tag, sewing machine and vanilla thread

Botanical Thanks card

Hello!!

Just a quick post today - I have been meaning to share this card!  I actually created it as part of a contest entry [which arrived at its destination nearly two weeks after its expected delivery date... after winners were chosen!  Ahhh.. oh well!] and I think it's safe to share it now. :)

Not too complicated of a card, but just a lot of layers!  I used a lot of my favorite items from the Occasions Mini (which by the way, is ending April 30th!  Did you get the items you were wanting?).  The beautiful frame around the sentiment is part of the Four Frames stamp set, available through April 30th as a sneak peek item.. after that, you'll have to wait until July 1st! :)

I colored in the flowers and the bee's body with ink pads and a Blender Pen, and then created some shading using the same colored Stampin' Write markers.  I also stamped the bee onto vellum and cut it out, layering it on the other bee to add dimension and make the wings look more real.  Then I added a touch of sparkle using the Smooch Illuminate Top Coat.

Oh!  I noticed that I hit over 100 followers.. how awesome!  Thank you, everyone, for always stopping by and reading my blog!  Like I talked about before, I will have a giveaway to celebrate the occasion... look for more details on that soon!

Thanks for stopping by!  Hope you have a fabulous day!

Botanical Thanks card supplies:
Stamps:  Nature Walk, Four Frames, Occasional Quotes
Ink:  Early Espresso, Old Olive, Rose Red, Not Quite Navy, More Mustard, Soft Suede
Paper:  Soft Suede, Very Vanilla, Not Quite Navy, Baja Breeze, and Old Olive cardstock, Botanical Gazette Designer Series Paper, Vellum Paper
Accessories/Tools:  Rose Red Seam Binding Ribbon, Blender Pen, Smooch Illuminate Top Coat, Rhinestone Basic Jewels, Decorative Label Punch, Lots of Labels Sizzlits die, Framed Tulips Textured Impressions Folder, Big Shot