PSC: Birthday Card

"The Moment may be temporary but the memory is forever."

A client of mine had a birthday last week so I made this card for her. I hope that all of the temporary moments of her birthday will be a beautiful memory that can last forever.


I managed to use my new set of Spellbinders as well as a Cuttlebug folder and I must say I'm really loving that little machine. Until we decide how we're going to change up the loft I've decided to be a space conscience as possible and the Cuttlebug fits in just right.


What I used on this Card:

• Prima Flowers
• Spellbinders Die
• Bling (no brand)
• Diamond Embossing Folder (Cuttlebug)
• Paper: All random bits from the stash
• Stickles Distress in Shabby Shutters
• Snaps: Creative Memories
• Clear Expression (unknown)
• Stamps: Nature Walk (SU!)
• Ink: Cajun Craze, Chocolate Chip, Crumb Cake and Old Olive (SU! Classics)

Thanks for lookin,

I have busted out my new set of Spellbinders and holy moly they are soooooo COOL!!!

They are like the greatest thing since....ice cream! Now I get why everyone is into them and I must say I need to get more. 

I might make this card again and do something different in place of the flower as I'm not totally loving it but my MIL loved it so I thought maybe I was being my own worst critic and decided to post this anyway. I will keep playing with this card layout since I like how the banner looks against the die cut thingie.

What I used:

• Ink: Chocolate Chip, Early Espresso (SU!), Metallic Purple from a Cats Eye set and Walnut Stain (TH DI)
• Paper: Scraps from my drawer
• Stamps: Notably Ornate and Nature Walk (SU!)

Thanks for lookin,

Long time no talk...

Hi everyone,


I've been in a bit of a funk lately. My mojo is hanging on by a tread and I think its because I've been so busy with work. I sit down to create and I'm just not feelin' too much but the past couple of days I've been trying to do little things to bring it back. I did a little bit of drawing and I also picked up my very first Spellbinders set too so I'm pretty excited to get crafty with those. 


So the cards I'll share with you today were some I made a month ago for a friend of mine who's Mother passed very unexpectedly. I didn't know how to help so I offered up my creativity for her and made her these Thank You cards. Her mom loved the ocean so they had a lot of ocean colors for her Memorial and I've carried it through to the cards. 

What I used for these cads:

• Ink: Early Espresso, Baja Breeze and Crumb Cake (SU! Classics)
• Ribbon: Early Espresso (SU!), Blue shade is unknown
• Stamps: Four Frames (clear), French Foliage(wood mount) and Friends 24-7
• Punch: Frame punch (SU!)
• Glue: Sticky Strip (SU!), Dimensionals (SU!)

Off to create something new, wish me luck!

Spring is Blossoming Info

Hiya Everyone, 


Starting today if you order $20 or more you can qualify to purchase the new Decorative Labels Stamp set and Paisley Petals Designer Paper pack. These are previews to the new 2011-2012 Catalog that is going to be released....not soon enough :).

Aren't those papers gorgeous?!?! The detail on the stamp set is great too, I love labels and I'm totally in love with these!

So don't wait, get shopping now!

I'm going to go off and play with all my new toys, I'm in such a creative mood now!

Sneek Peek for a new stamp set from SU!

I'm pretty excited, I finally got my SU! box in the mail yesterday and inside was quite a bit of fun stuff! 


Like the banner? Its a NEW stamp set that is the spring preview set for the 2011-2012 Look Book catalog. This is just one of the 4 stamp sets that come in the Four Frames Stamp Sets (W:$20.95, C: $15.95) and I also picked up the XL Decorative Label Punch...I love love love how these all fit together! I don't know how but I managed to leave off the new Decorative paper that is also premiering with that stamp set.


Starting April 1st if you order a minimum of $20 you will qualify to be able to purchase the Decorative Labels Stamp set and Paisley Petals Designer Paper.


What I used on this card:

• Stamps: Nature Walk, Decorative Labels (SU!), Alphabet (Hero Arts)
• XL Decorative Label Punch
• Thick String
• Inks: Early Espresso, More Mustard, Crumb Cake, Cherry Cobbler, Bravo Burgundy, So Saffron (SU! Classics)
• Markers: Certainly Celery and a Blank Marker  (SU!)

Hope you like it,

Happy Valentine's Day

I meant to post this on Sunday but I forgot my cards at my friends house, ops. These are quickie photos, sorry if the quality isn't as good. 

Card 1:
This card is featuring one of the new stamp sets from the 2011 Occasions Mini Catalog that just came out.

Card 2:
I started out trying to make a "simple" card...this is what happens when I try to do simple, I get elaborate. :)

Card 3:
This was a card we made in a class I held this past sat as a quick little 5 minute card.

Oh no I forgot to photograph one of my cards...I'll have to take some pics and post this in another post. 

Happy Valentine's Day,

PSC: Clean vintage card

What I used on this card:

• Cardstock: Black random scrap, Pretty in Pink (SU!)
• Ink: Basic Black (SU!)
• Gold Embossing Powder
• Stamps: Friends 24-7, Day of Gratitude (SU!)

Have a beautiful Sat!

Keys to my Heart

Here is one of the cards I made this past week.

• Cardstock: Kraft (generic), Red (SU!)
• Stamps: French Foliage, Artistic Etchings, Baroque Motifs Stampin' Wheel (SU!) Love you much sentiment from a retired set.
• Ink: Soft Sued, Early Espresso and Cherry Cobbler (SU)

Thanks for looking,

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I'm back, and have GREAT news!

So first off my cousin Delaney made it through her surgery, she had a lot of bleeding but we got a miracle and almost all of the tumor was pulled out. Her vitals improved once it was out but has remained in the ICU since. Her recover will take time but she is a fighter so she marches on towards health everyday. Thank you all who have prayed for her, everyone in my family truly appreciates it.

I was able to get a few cards made in the last few days so here is one...

What I used for this card:

• Cardstock: Pink & Cream (Recollections)
• Stamp:  Set Unknown (Prima), Wonderful Words ( SU!)
• Ink: Cherry Cobbler, Basic Black (SU!)
• Brads in a dark color (no brand)

Thanks for visiting,

PSC: Guilded Floral Love

Another cute card courtesy of Project Scrap Cleanup. Unfortunatly I can't exactly say where all the elements on this card come from, the only one I know for sure is the SU! Stampin' Wheel I used with the Early Espresso flourish. "Love" stamp is a clear one that for some stupid reason when I first started I thew away the packaging for :/

Until next time,

PSC: Satin & Lace

It felt good to be able to sit down today and just create. I've loved seeing this type of ribbon on other's cards so I decided today would be the day for me to try it out, I had also picked up a bit of lace a few days back so I was excited to use that as well. 


What I used on this card:

• Paper: Kraft (generic), Floral (unknown), Blue (DCWV: Be Mine)
• Ribbon (unknown)
• Flowers: Prima
• Stamps: Baroque Motifs (SU!), Studio G
• Ink: Frayed Burlap, Faded Jeans (TH Distress), Night of Navy (SU!)
• Glue: Sticky Strip (SU!), Stampin' Dimensionals (SU!), ATG (3m)

Thanks for checking in,

PSC: Valentine Card

Even though I've made quite a few cards in my Project Scrap Cleanup, I've barely made a dent in my piles :(...this is going to take quite a bit of time to accomplish. I will press forward though and once I've dwindled it down I will start to kill off my neglected paper stacks so I can bring in some cute new papers to play with.


So for this card I used:

• Tag (K&Co)
• Stamps: Hero Arts mini alphabet, French Foliage (SU!)
• Paper: White Cardstock (SU!), Green (DCWV stack), Flower (unknown paper sheet)
• Ink: Early Espresso, Old Olive (SU!), Tattered Rose (TH Distress)
• Marker: Daffodil Delight (SU!)

Have an inspired day,

Mod Podge Medicine Bottles

I always thought these old medicine bottles had potential so I kept hangin on to em even though I wasn't totally into their design but now that I've learned how to use Mod Podge...its like a whole new world of possibilities have opened up to me!

This was Slavic's favorite because 1 it was a vintage car and 2 I made it look dimensional  by placing the grill over one of the edges. I totally did that on purpose too...not really but nobody needs to really know that right?

This is the back side of the bottle above with a cute airplane on it

So for my first adventures into Decoupaging I'd say it was a success! I really had fun and loved the results, I think I'll do a little bit more tomorrow and maybe spruce up a bland mirror.


What I used in this project:

• Various size/shapes antique glass medicine bottles
• Mod Podge with a Sponge Brush
• Paper: Mariposa paper (DSWV), Flowers from a back that lost its cover but I think it might be K&Co, Vintage Images from a massive paper pack (maker unknown)
• Marker: Daffodil Delight (SU!)
• Ink: Frayed Burlap (TH Distress

Thanks for lookin,

I (Heart) You!!!

Sorry the lighting is totally horrible on this card, I blame the cat! Prior to taking pics using my desk as my background I used the kitchen island to do my pics but usually my nosy little kitty wake up and decide to play with my cards or background. Anyways, I love making my own card backgrounds and here is a perfect example of me doing what I love. This has to be one of my favorite and hands down most used stamp sets (French Foliage) since I first layed my hands on it back in Oct. I love the small block of script, the vainy faded tipped leaf and the water/paint splotches...this is a all around perfect stamp set in my eyes. I mean I use this thing religiously, how could one not?!?

...deep breath, okay enough of the love ballad to a stamp set here is what I used:

• Stamps: French Foliage (SU!), Mini Wood Block Alphabet (Hero Arts), Frames with a Flourish (SU!)
• Inks: Early Espresso, Old Olive, Crumb Cake, Soft Suede, Cherry Cobbler (SU!-Classics)
• I embossed the heart with gold but I'm not sure who or where that powder came from.

Thanks for looking,

ps. want to meet the kitty I was talking about?

That is Mirepoix (pronounced Meeer-pwaw), notice what has little bum just landed on, can you see it?

If you can't I'll tell you, its this card! I guess he thought it would make for a great chair while he ate his dinner. 

Re-Purposing of a Tea Crate

My MIL got me this cool glass tea pot with flowering teas for christmas but I must say when I first unwrapped the gift my first thought was what a cool storage crate this will make on my new desk! I love flowering teas so this was an all around perfect gift and the fact that I got a cool new container, shredded fluff and pretty cardboard was like 5 gifts in one :D....yes I was excited when I found well formed corrugated cardboard under all of that fluff, I'm easy to please.

So here is what I did:

Take one tea crate and carefully un-stick the paper logo stuff. This had glue dots on it that hung on for dear life!

One the bog was free of the paper I was left with shredded fluff, I stuffed this into a ziplock for later use. I never imagined when I started this craft that it was as "eco-friendly" as it is. I re-purpose stuff like crazy now!

Next I started to stamp. I used wood blocks and clear stamps on this box. I really didn't have much of a theme I just started going for it, figuring it would probably turn out perfect in the end. I did discover that using Early Espresso wasn't dark enough to really show up and that I actually had a use for black ink after all.

Since I had already stamped lots of things onto the box in Early Espresso I just went and stamped over some with the Basic Black and with others I off set the stamp to create a layering affect on it the image. I like the was it turned out with the 2 colors, gave it a old burned wood kinda feel to it.

I added a little bling to it to make the flowers pop a bit more, I like it so far but I think the box as a whole needs something else so for now its just a work in progress until I figure out what that thing is. 

Here is where I will store my ink overflow and clear stamp overflow for the time being.

What I used on this project:

• 1 Numi flowering tea create
• Early Espresso and Basic Black (SU!)
• Stamps: French Foliage (SU!),  Cantaria (Prima), Vintage Stamps in Liberty and Paris (Hero Arts), and some various other stamps that I do not know the names to.

Thanks for looking,

Fighting my way back from the dead

So last weekend I held 2 open houses and both of those houses were REO's (foreclosures) so they hadn't been heated in awhile. So for 4 hours at each open house is sat/stood/ and mingled in 52°f  temps but I thought ahead and had layers on. Sadly wed night right after my fun bbq dinner party I got a chill but then that chill turned into a shake and when my back shivers bad things happen. Now its Sat and I feel a little better, got a cough (which is aggravating the back & neck injury) that feels deeply rooted but at least there is no arthritis pain today, THANK GOD!!!!!

So whilst in a fever stuper I to tidy up my picture files on my computer and came across a couple cards I never posted. That makes me happy because I've been quarantined to my room or the living room, I cannot go anywhere near the loft for fear of getting Babushka sick (she's 89 and we don't want to chance it) so that kills craft time. Enough with the ramble check out this card...

This card was a collaboration piece with my friend Tracy for a class we taught together.

What we used on this card:

• Paper: Whisper White (SU!)
• Cardboard 
• Stamps: Vague Vintage, French Foliage, Frames with a Flourish (all SU!)
• Ink: Rich Razzelberry, More Mustard, Old Olive, Cherry Cobbler, Crumb Cake, Early Espresso, Soft Suede (SU!)
• Stickles: Cinnamon
• Big Shot with Sizzix Alphabet (name unknown)

Thanks for visiting,

PSC: Quickie

Here is a quick card I put together with a piece of scrap kraft. I have been dying to use this super cute folksy looking stamp since I got it for Christmas, I'm in love, what about you?

What I used on this card:

• Paper: Scrap of Kraft 3.5" x 3.5", Mini White Scrap
• Ink Antique Linen (TH Distress Inks)
• Stamps: Day of Gratitude (SU!), St. Patricks Day set(Studio G)
• Snaps (Making Memories)
• Embossing Powder in Lavander (Zing by American Crafts)

Thanks for lookin,

PSC: Just Because

Here is another card created via my PSC (Personal Scrap Cleanup) mission. 

This card was based off of a very ugly tag I had gotten in a kit, I know it wasnt the tags fault but the colors were kinda fugly so I flipped it over and used the backside which was a nice shade of white...I can work with that! For the flower I decided I would stamp it but also add a touch of embossing powder to it to give it a little shine.

What I used on this card:

• Paper: Rich Regals-Polka Dots (SU), Brown (unknown),  Tag (kit left over), Vintage Paper (DCWV), White Cardstock (generic)
• Ink: Always Artichoke, Bravo Burgundy and Early Espresso.
• Bling (unknown)
• Stamps: Happiness Shared, Notably Ornate
• Fibers (unknown)

Thanks for swingin by,

PSC: Thank You card

I had a whole bunch of Church Carolers come to my house 2 nights ago to sing to Babushka (DH Grandma), so while there were singing to her I was busy making this little card for them. This also gave me a chance to use some of my new inks and stamps I got for Christmas too. 

What I used on this card:

• Paper: White (generic), Purple Polka dots (SU Regals)
• Stamps: Notably Ornate, Happiness Shared, 
• Ink: Crumb Cake, Always Artichoke (this is quickly becoming one of my favorite greens!) and Bravo Burgundy (SU-Classics)
• Stampin' Write Markers: Certainly Celery and a Blank one temp. tinted with Milled Lavender (TH Distress ink)

Thanks for stopping' in,

From Trash to Treasure #2

I have 2 pictures of my Mom that are sweet and hilarious so I thought they would be a perfect candidate for one of my Trash to Treasure shadow boxes. I also got to use a few new colors from the Regals Classics Ink Pads i got for Christmas :D

For this frame I used a basic Ivory card stock around the outer part of the frame and layered it with stamped images to give it the vintage feel. 

Here is it on my wall, I like to stagger my frames to they all fit together like puzzle pieces, this is currently a work in progress.

What I used on this project:

• Paper: 12x12 Purple polka dot paper (SU Regals), 12x12 Ivory card stock (maker unknown)
• Stamps: Friends 24-7(SU-wood mount), French Foliage (SU - wood mount)
• Inks: Espresso, Always Artichoke, Bravo Burgundy, Cherry Cobbler (SU -Classics), Fired Brick and Frayed Burlap (TH Distress Inks)
• Flowers ( Prima and Hero Arts )
• Snaps (Making Memories)
• Stickers: Memories (K & Co) Butterflies (K & Co)
• Frame: An old awards frame courtesy of my friend Tracy.

Thanks for lookin',