Babies, Babies Everywhere!

Hello Stampers and fellow Paper crafters!

This morning I would like to share with you some sweet baby cards I made for several of the baby showers I have been invited to this month!  I cased the idea from Pinterest and would love to give credit to the original designer but unfortunately no name was listed.  So here you go, my version of her work: 

I used Pretty in Pink CS and Baby Bundle stamp set (both of which are retired).  I used two different embossing folders on these cards the bib was made using the lattice folder and the onesie was made with the polka dot EF.  Too Cute!

Here's a close up of the Bib.  I stamped in E. Espresso on W White cs and used my blender pen with C Cake to add color. 

This cute little boys version is adorable.  I used retired Bashful Blue cs and Pear Pizzazz ink, so cute!

 

 

 

 

Ok, folks until next time...Happy Stampin'!

Owl Birthday Card

Hello Stampers and Paper Crafters!

Today my Son-In-Law turned 31. For the occasion, to show our love, I made him cupcakes and a little gift basket full of his favorite things which included a bouquet made from five dollar bills! My Grandson Peyton (who's visiting for the week) was a big help in the craft room and helped design Greg's card.  We used the Owl builder punch from SU and for the most part card stock from the Brights Collection. The basket, which is actually a box I pull from under the bed (hehe), we wrapped in tissue paper and using the handy dandy E2 we made "Happy Birthday" to go on the sides.  We were very limited on ribbon in primary colors so...red, white and blue curling ribbon left over from the Fourth of July was used, I think it worked out pretty good!

As always, remember to click on pics for a closer look! 

Here are all his goodies, the white box holds his vanilla and chocolate cupcakes, YUM!

Ok, until next folks...Happy Stampin!

Happy, Happy Day!

Hello Stampers and Fellow Paper Crafters!


First, let me begin by saying Happy 4th of July!  Now, I know most folks are out celebrating the holiday but my Hubby had to work so I found this to be the perfect time to do some extra housework.  Yea, fun! But, I did want to quickly share the card and gift I made for my little sister for her Birthday.

Since I'm not currently doing classes or workshops, I just didn't feel the need to do anything red, white and blue but the main reason was because I was busy, busy working on homemade chocolate cupcakes and a card and gift set up for my Sister Sheila, who turned 46 today!  Happy Birthday Sheila!!!

 

Here is the card and note pad holder I made for her, that's suppose to be a cowboy hat on the little owl there, but...I didn't quite pull it off, looks more like a farmer, hehe!

Card close up, amazing how that designer paper (NON SU) matches the pool party card stock perfectly!

Inside from Bring on the Cake stamp set!

SU clear stamp case made into a cute note pad holder

Left side has a pocket for receipts, there's a RSVP ink pen which I filled with the same designer paper (forgot to take a close up) and a 4 x 6 note pad

Different view of note pad holder just to give you a better idea of what I cute little gift this will be!

 
 Ok, folks, gotta run, until next time, Happy Stampin!

Happy Father's Day!

Hello fellow Stampers and Paper Crafters!

It seems every time I sit down to post to my blog I have one foot out the door and have to just throw "IT" out there, but I did want to quickly share how I expressed "Happy Father's Day" to all the Dad's in my life, so of course the best way I could think of was to bake cakes and make cards to show my love!

I won't bore you with the cakes, although they look lovely and I'm sure are going to taste great AND it just hit me that apparently I never posted the Mother's Day card to Mom Perry, which means I probably never took a picture of it << heavy sigh >> anyway......here are my Father's Day Cards, not in any specific order since I love them all equally and dearly!  (Remember to click on pic for larger view)

Also, real, real quick I thought I would share another card I recently made for my neighbor who is getting married. As you may notice I didn't do a lot of bling, very simple but still very sweet! 

Ok, gotta run folks, until next time...Happy Stampin!

Easter Blessings

Hello Stampers and fellow Paper Crafters!

Normally this time of year I would have been busy, busy having Classes and Workshops showcasing Easter Cards and Treat Holders and don't normally have time to make and send Easter cards out. This year since I have put classes on hold for a little while I thought I would make a few cards up and send out to a few immediate family members.  

Below is my first attempt, using punch art to make a cross and using a little masking technique...too much work and I didn't really like the final products but thought I would post the pics at the very least.  :O)

Several days later and after much thought I decided to utilize the 4" paper doilies I purchased some weeks back and came up with this:  

I simply adored these! Although there was still a little work involved; it was a rather simple process once I finished stamping the butterflies from the Papillon Potpourri stamp set in VersaMark onto Crumb Cake cardstock and began an assembly line. I hand punched the flag out of retired Blushing Bride using a 1 1/4" square punch, added the doily, then punched a Decorative Label from Perfect Plum. Add a little 5 petal flower punch and half back pearls and there you go!  Love it!

In closing today I wanted to share the sentiment that was inside my card, it read:    

Sometimes we have to 

lose something "Precious" 

to gain something 

"Priceless"!

I think that about says it all folks, I hope you have very Happy Easter, until next time...Happy Stampin!

St. Patrick's Day Anniversary

Hello Stampers and Fellow Paper Crafters!

My Hubby and I are "Lucky" enough to share our Wedding Anniversary with St. Patrick's Day. My Hubby jokes he planned it that way so he would never forget the day, but it was really just a happy coincidence. :O)

This year, instead of a card I did what I love to do the most and made him a favor to show how much he means to me.  I'm sure I saw something similar on Pinterest since this seems to be my "go to" place for ideas these days.

Close up of Bag Topper

 
Originally, I was going to just use Lucky Charms with some kind of gold wrapped candy or coins mixed in but...forgot to pick those up while I was out yesterday.  So, since time's a ticking and I wanted to get this finished and posted; I just improvised and filled a 6x8 cello bag with his favorite trail mix (which so happens to have M&M like candies in the colors of the rainbow) and threw in some lucky charms.  I cut the Topper, Cloud and Rainbow pieces with my Cricut and the Something to Celebrate cart. The rest is Punch Art using assorted SU punches, Cardstock and Glitter papers, love the Gold, the picture really doesn't show how much it "Glitters"!

Ok Folks, until next time...Happy Stampin!

Hostess Club Cards

Hello Stampers and Fellow Paper Crafters!

I hope you had a great weekend, I sure did!  I met Saturday with all the Ladies in the new Stampin' Club and  wanted to quickly share the cards I took with me. 

First is the card I gave Karina, one of the members who was celebrating her birthday. I think I've made this card before but sold it among others to my dear friend from CA.  Here I used the adorable Cupcake Builder Punch for the Pretty in Pink CS w/ matching Ribbon in addition to Early Espresso DSP, I also used a retired Eyelet Border Punch for the bottom, too cute!

Next up are the the note cards I made to donate to Aamance Regional Cancer Center, I made two of each design.   Here I used my favorite masculine set The Open Sea ...

 and here I used my all time favorite set Element of Style and the retired Greenhouse Garden set.

The next cards are my Swaps and our Challenges for this month.  I was going to share everyone's Swaps and photos but forgot to ask permission to post on my blog while I was there and will just make up for it next month.  :O) Anyway, here's my two challenges which were based off Connie Stewarts new Flash Card Techniques 1.0 and 2.0.   I myself, found these extremely "challenging" since I am not very creative on my own, basically a creative copier, if you want more details on the technique just check out Connie's blog!   

And finally, here are my Swaps, I love this color combo, Very Vanilla, Soft Suede and Calypso Coral. If you click on the pics you can get a bigger view of our new Fancy Fan embossing folder.  I have to say this is becoming my favorite folder.  

Well, that's it for right now folks, I hope to get my Anniversary/St. Patrick Card ready and posted before the end of the month, which would be great since I've had trouble getting more than one post a month in this year so far. Until then...Happy Stampin'!