Lots o Dots

Hello Blogger People!!


Its been a whole week since I last posted, some of you may have noticed;) I have several cards to share but I have literally been trying to figure out how to use my new watermark. I believe I made it WAY more complicated than it should have been. Well I take that back the istructions were very clear BUT some screens were just not opening like she said they would, I actually had to find them and one didnt show at all BUT I found out how to save it without that perticular window. Anywhoo I DID IT. Look at how cool it looks and for only $2, you know that I have been on the hunt for many months for a watermark. Now I will try to figure out how to save my new blog header in a jpeg. It looks really cool but blogger keeps rejecting it.

Okay enough rambling about nothing. I have only 4 days until my son is finished with high school, I think the only thing I wished to end quicker was my labor with this very son LOL. Come on Friday!!!

This awesome card (is that big headed of me) I actually REALLY like this card and think its simple but AWESOME!! The card showcases the May stamp of the month Cherish the Moments. So worth having in your collection, seriously it is!





I used the card pattern TOP VIEW from CTMH Wishes pattern book. I cut a 3 1/2 x 8 size card base in Honey. I added a piece of Cranberry piece of cardstock and layered it on the card base. I hand punched the circles using a circle punch and randomly placed them on top of the cranberry piece. I added the stamped image on top of a piece of black cardstock. I added 4 brads to the corners and adhered to the card. Last I added black grograin ribbon to the card wrapping a small piece of black and white ribbon to it. Final step a button threaded with white hemp. VOILA Oh yea a little bling rhinestone to mark the occasion.

Hope your week is amazing and happily enventful!!




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My favorite tree

Unity is celebrating a anniversary, there are challenges going on this week. I thought I would join the FUN. This challenge was to use a bird or tree stamp, I absolutely LUV this tree. Doesnt it look so peaceful and inviting. I can picture this tree out in a grassy pasture, calling the young at heart to sit down in that swing and let go!! I always liked to swing when I was a little girl and couldnt wait to take my baby to the park to swing. I remember the day very well, I was pregnant with my second baby and Kalen was about 14 months old. We went to the park and together we went down the slide and did our share of swinging on the swing. I remember my sweet baby boys face, he luved it! The park was a favorite place to visit a couple of times a week with my boys!

ETA: Happy Cinco De Miayo ( that just doesnt look right)




I stamped the tree twice on colonial white cardstock, the second stamped image I then embossed with my spellbinder label. I popped the label off the card base in the exact spot on the 1st stamped image. I took a strip of blush cardstock and randomly stamped polka dots in blush ink. I embossed a strip of hollyhock cardstock with my EK success border punch. I then ruffled a strip of olive ribbon on top of the hollyhock strip. Last I took several hydrangea flowers I punched with my martha stewart punch and glued them to several branches on the tree.

I really liked the way it turned out, unfortunately with all my hhmm hhaawwing I missed the deadline to post to the boards for a chance to win.

Happy Wednesday to you, were almost done with this week:)

Clean and simple

Good morning to you!! Good Monday too!!!

Here are those cuties I said I had to share with you. AAHHH the simple, clean, crisp card. So quick and fun to make. This set (April stamp of the month) is just too much fun, its not too late to get your hands on one. If your interested I need to hear from you by wednesday via email.




Card #1 I simply embossed my label spellbinders nestibilitie, stamped the flower pot inside and colored. I added a little prisma glitter in the flower centers. I punched two holes to tie that GORGEOUS gingham ribbon in!!

Card #2 I embossed the houndstooth folder on white daisy cardstock. I cut out a spellbinder label stamped the flower pot, on a seperate piece of paper I stamped the flowers and cut them out, I popped the flowers off the label and popped the label off the card. I finished off the card by wrapping more GORGEOUS gingham ribbon around it!

Thank you for all the wonderful comments on my blog hop post, I deleted the original post and all the wonderful comments. I had to repost it BOOHOOO:(

Have a awesome week!!

Lots to share!!!

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Sweet Smiles, look at some of the goodies!!





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come back tomorrow I have some goodies to share!!

Guess what time it is?

Blog hop time, that means its a new month. Well tomorrow is, bye bye April and Hello May. Close to my Heart has done it again, this months set is very versitle. I really like the vintage look of the stamps. Hopefully you came my way by way of Beths blog







Cherish the Moments by CTMH
Blush, Bamboo, and Vanilla Cream cardstock
Silhoette designer papers by CTMH
Border punches by Fiskars
Button misc

I stamped a random dot in blush on blush cardstock and used my corner rounder on the corners of blush and silhoette paper. I punched my scallop border on blush, bamboo and shilotte papers. I popped the scallops off the card with pop dots wrapping it in organdy ribbon. I used two sized of scallop circle punches to make my flowers. I used my nestibilitie label die to cut out my label, finishing that off by placing my birthday themed stamp on top of the label.

I am very pleased with this vintagey, girly bithday card!!!

Now visit Chris for more incredible art!

Enjoy the hop

Creatively Scrapping on a Wednesday

I cant believe this BUT I actually completed a layout, that means I SCRAPPED something. I havet scrapped in forever, I take out pictures and papers but never get anything done. I freeze and cant seem to move forward. I believe my mind is on overload on all the stuff I view while blogging and when it comes to scrapping my own I cant get anything out. So I thought I would start using sketches to get the ball rolling BECAUSE I know that once I get going the flood gates will open. I am tickled pink with myself.

I used this sketch from Creative Scrappers, awesome blog!






I finally used one of my kits from The Girls Loft, this is the first time I have used one of my kits. Really Iam serious, I have been a member for 8 months and finally used more than a piece of piece of b/t. I didnt even put a dent in the kit. I also used for the first time my grunge board letters, this stuff in incredible!! Its feels like nothing I have ever felt before in a scrapbook product, it feels leathery, its flexible, bendable and it just bounces back.I inked it with my stamp pad and it was a piece of cake, it took to the ink the butter!

Textured cardstock by Bazzil
Solid cardstock by CTMH
Designer paper by Collage Press & My Minds Eye
Grunge board by Tim Holtz
Button unknown

Getting Sketchy on a Monday

I have spent the last several days adding challenge blogs to my challenges folder.Get Sketchy card challenge is one of them, I checked it out going several pages back and I like the card sketches they have so I added to my favorites bar placing it in my challenge folder. I cant remember whos blog I found it on but I thank them!!

Sketch blogs seem to be all the rage right now, I cant believe how many are out there. There are card sketch blogs, scrapbook sketch blog, color blogs and challenge blogs that challenge your creativety. I even made a spiral book to keep track of all the above, that way I can open it up to tuesday and see what blog is posting new sketches etc. and then skip on over there and get to work. I know I wont create every thing they post BUT it will inspire me, challenge me and keep me creating at my own pace:)



Getting


So very happy with this card, its crisp with a pop of color. How gorgeous is that organdy ribbon? I added some liquid glass to the body of the butterfly and prisma glitter to help it shimmer!! I popped the circle and scallop piece off the base of the card.Card size is 5 1/2 x 5 1/2, I always wonder what sizes the cards are that the ladies post. Incase you wonder too I will now always tell you what my sizes are.

See ya Wednesday



card size 5 1/2 x 5 1/2
Embrace Life stamp set by CTMH
Houndstooth cuttlebug template
Organdy ribbon by Joannes