Always Smiling

Good evening! My routine is definitely off this week with the girls being home from school but I am enjoying every minute of it. I have done very little scrap booking the past two years and have really missed it so I made a New Years resolution to start again. This is my first attempt, I am a little stale so bare with me as I get back in the groove. I used the Define your Life stamps and some retired Jersey Shore DSP. Ok, the BIG news I eluded to yesterday.....it will have to wait a little longer but I can tell you this much it will involve Scrap Booking in a BIG way. Thanks for stopping by.

Sending Sprintime Wishes

Good afternoon, I have had a slow start this morning. Seems like a Saturday since the girls are out of school and Saturday's here always move slow. Today I have a verrrry clean and simple card. It is hard for me not to add a layer of DSP but I wanted something quick as well. The eggs and the sentiment are from the stamp set Easter Blossoms and are stamped in Pretty in Pink, Bashful Blue, and Certainly Celery. 


Don't forget SAB ends tomorrow, if you want to  place an order or join my team....contact me at dls8383@gmail.com .  Also, don't forget Scrap Book class Friday and Saturday April 1 and 2.

P.S.  check back tomorrow for BIG announcement!!!

Sweet and Sour

 

I am not sure what happened to the posts had scheduled to share with you while we were gone but they got messed up somehow.  Anyway, here is one of them, this is a different take on the easel card.  Not difficult at all, you can find a tutorial on Splitcoast.  I used Sweet and Sour Specialty DP and Sweet Summer SAB stamp set.  This was inspired by a card I saw done by Teneale Williams.

Spring Birthday

Good afternoon! I have been in a Spring mood all week and then this morning we woke to 40 degree weather:( So I tried to brighten up the day with a colorful birthday card for a friend who is turning 30 this week. Happy Birthday Elizabeth! I used some retired DSP(no clue what the name of it is) andWhisper White and Old Olive card stock. I cut the flower with the Daisy #2 die.

If you haven't RSVP'd for upcoming classes make sure you do that today as I am cutting the paper today! Technique class Friday and Saturday. Scrap book class April 1 and 2.

There are a lot of challenges going on for Spring cards so I entered this card here at Stamp With Fun blog, and at the Stamps R Us blog.

...Something Borrowed, Something Blue

Good evening, I am posting really late since I just haven't felt well today. This is a wedding card I made several weeks ago using the Framed Tulip embossing folder and the Perfect Details Texturz Plate but I hadn't added the sentiment to it until I got this new set of stamps called Four Frames which will be available in April as a Special Offer and then will be available in the new Idea Book and Catalog.   I used a sentiment from the retired Vintage Labels set.  I love how this card came together and how simple the design is and how the pearls add just the right touch of elegance.  Thanks for stopping by.

To Infinity and Beyond....

Good Monday morning, hope you had a good weekend! The sun is shining, the birds are singing me a song, the kids got off to school without any problems, my husband is teaching this week(yes!), and I am caught up with laundry for the moment. What more could I ask for!!! Ok, enough about how good I feel today...here is a cute project I made which is totally cased from Ellen Kemper. I always make two of any thing I make because it is just as easy to do while all the stuff is out for the one. Well, I am glad I did because I thought Dalton was being very quiet for some reason and when I checked on him I knew why. He was sitting under the kitchen table with Buzz or should I say pieces of Buzz. When he realized he was caught he looked up and said, "Mems" which is what he says for M&M's. He knows I put candy in my treat containers most of the time and that is all he wanted! It was so funny all I could do was laugh and give him a few "Mems". If you want the directions for making Buzz(she also has directions for making the full body of buzz) check her blog here .    Thanks for stopping by!

Easter Sneak Peek

Good afternoon! Today I have a cute little treat basket (minus the treat, I think 2 girls are responsible for that) for Easter. I used some retired DSP and I am not sure what the name of it is along with Pretty in Pink and Certainly Celery card stock. Notice the stamped Decorative Label? I used a stamp set called Four Frames which will be available in the Summer Mini. The sentiment is from Teeny Tiny Sentiments. Thanks for stopping by!

Happy Easter

Good evening, hope your Saturday has been good! I went to the state VBS workshop this morning and was so inspired that I had to get started right away working on VBS. I do crafts at our church but I also teach the Association craft class which is next month so I know as hectic as my life is I need to start preparing now. I do have a card to share as well, this is one that I made as a set for a special order. I used the Vintage Wallpaper embossing folder on Crumb Cake for the base followed by a piece of Pretty in Pink card stock and a layer of Springtime Vintage DSP. The silhouette is stamped on Very Vanilla and framed with a Baja Breeze scalloped oval and Baja Breeze seam binding ribbon finishes it off. 

Don't forget SAB is ending soon.  Let me know soon if you need to place an order and take advantage of SAB FREEBIES!

 

Hey Chickie

Good afternoon! I have been absent for a couple days, I think I have Spring fever! The sun has been shining and the temperature at 70 degrees so I have been outside enjoying it. Today Dalton and I took a walk and saw hundreds of birds and flowers popping up everywhere. When we came back in I was gathering up a few things to photograph and he noticed the chick on this little basket and said "bird". I explained this was a chick and he repeated "chickie"! Now this probably doesn't sound like a big deal but since we have been worried about his language development being a bit slow it was a huge deal for me. So of course I had to share my little basket with the "bird chickie" on it today. It is made with the Two Tags die and the bird punch, I just cut the bird down a bit to resemble a chick. The eggs are from the stamp set Easter Blossoms but were too big stamped as they are so I cut them to fit better by punching them out with the small oval, cutting the bottom off, and rounding it a little. Hope your day is filled with sunshine!