Happy Valentine's Day

Happy Valentine's Day everyone!!  I hope that everyone has a special someone to celebrate with today.  I made my card today for my husband.  It is really difficult for me to create "men" cards - I like to make frilly girly cards but I think this one came out really nice.  I'm sure my hubby will like it.  I'm going to put it next to his coffee maker so that he will see it first thing in the morning as he is making his coffee.  I am very fortunate to have such a great supportive husband.  "I love you Mike".

I decided to use the sketch that was over at Splitcoast Stampers last Wednesday.  It is a fairly simple sketch, perfect for a "man card". My card also fits into the challenge over at Crazy 4 Challenges site - to use hearts on your card. 

I diecut the hearts using Spellbinders Classic Hearts as well as the Classic Scallop Hearts.  The white heart was then embossed with the Cuttlebug Swiss Dots embossing folder.

My sentiment is from the "Happy Everything Mini Tag Kit".  This kit comes with 18 mini sentiments (perfect for every occasion), the dies to cut them out with, and the clear stamper.  It is truly a complete kit and is priced very reasonably.  My sentiment is diecut with the JustRite Custom Nested Frame Dies.  The white portion was diecut with Spellbinders Fancy Tags.

The bottom portion of the card has a layer embossed with the Cuttlebug Swiss Dots embossing folder.  The heart border was created with the Martha Stewart Lace Hearts border punch.

Thanks for stopping in for a visit today.  I hope everyone has a day filled with "LOVE"!!

Supplies:

Stamps:  JustRite Stampers - Happy Everything Mini Tag Kit

Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black

Dies:  JustRite Stampers Custom Nested Frames, Spellbinders Classic Hearts, Classic Scallop Hearts, Fancy Tags, Labels Trio

Accessories: Martha Stewart Lace Heart border punch, Cuttlebug Swiss Dots embossing folder, Kaiser pearls

Thank You Quilt

Good morning everyone.  Today I decided to create a card following  the great quilt tutorial shown over at Splitcoaststampers.  This was a lot of fun to do.  I have tried the traditional quilting once.  Needless to say I never finished the quilt.  I am an instant gratification kinda girl and quilting does not fit that definition.  I love the look of quilts and appreciate the time and patience that it takes to create - it just is not my thing.  I'll stick to creating "paper quilts".

Since this is a "quilt" I decided to dust off my sewing machine and stitch each quilt square.  For my sentiment, I chose a center from the JustRite "You're So Sweet" set, stamped with Memento London Fog, diecut with Spellbinders Classic Circles, and matted onto Spellbinders Eyelet Squares.

This was really a lot of fun making.  I'm sure that I will be making more in the future.

Thanks for stopping in for a visit today.  Have a great day!

Supplies:

Stamps:  JustRite Stampers - You're So Sweet

Paper:  DCWV Sweet Stack, Recollections Itsy Bitsy Ditsy Caramel Latte, Murdock Country Creations Lemonade and Cotton Candy Polished Stone paper, DCWV cardstock

Ink:  Memento London Fog, Copic Markers (W3, RV10)

Accessories:  Spellbinders Classic Circles, Eyelet Squares, SU 3/4" square punch, ribbon

Get Well Soon

Good morning everyone.  Today I am playing along with the sketch challenge over at CPS.  It is a fairly simple sketch that could be used for any type of card.  I chose to make a Get Well card that would be suitable for either a man or a woman.

I really liked this Stampscapes stamp as soon as I saw it.  I stamped it with Memento Rich Cocoa and added a Fiskars Rope Border below.  The sentiment is from Stampin' Up and diecut with Spellbinders Classic Squares and Classic Scallop Squares.

Sorry about the short post today.  Today is one of those days that I have so much to do and not enough hours to get it done!

Thanks for stopping in for a visit today.  I hope you have a great day!

Supplies:

Stamps:  Stampscapes

Ink:  Memento Rich Cocoa

Paper:  DCWV The Natural Stack, Worldwin cardstock

Accessories:  Spellbinders Classic Squares, Classic Scallop Squares, Fiskars rope border, ribbon

Superbowl Champions - Green Bay Packers!!!!!

Good morning everyone.  Are there any football fans out there?  Did you watch the awesome Superbowl game?  I sure did.  I usually watch it all by myself - my husband goes to a Superbowl party with all of his buddies every year.  They have been doing it since high school.  No wives or girlfriends invited!  That's okay with me - I like to have the house all to myself - nice and quiet (until Green Bay makes a touchdown or intercepts Pittsburgh!)  I'm not exactly a Green Bay Packers fan but I DO NOT LIKE PITTSBURGH so I was pulling for Green Bay.

For my card today I found a new challenge site called Ann's Creative Nook.  The challenge was to create a card using either Green and Yellow (Green Bay Packers colors) or Black and Yellow (Pittsburgh Steelers colors).  I created my football quarterback by using my Cricut Expression along with the Everyday Paper Dolls cartridge at size 4.  The background white layer was embossed with the Cuttlebug Diamond Plate folder.

Thanks for stopping in for a visit today.  I hope you have a great day!!

Supplies:

Paper:  Worldwin

Accessories:   Cricut Expression, Everyday Paper Dolls cartridge, Cuttlebug Diamond Plate embossing folder

JustRite Sketch Challenge _048

Good morning everyone.  Today I am playing along with the sketch challenge over at JustRite Inspiration. 

Here is a look at this great sketch:

And here is my take on this sketch:



I chose the "Baroque Nested Frames" stamp set, stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black and Memento Cottage Ivy, and diecut with the JustRite Custom Nested Frame Dies - a perfect match!!  No more trying to "eyeball" the cuts.  The corner embellishment is included in the JustRite Custom Nested Sentiment Dies.

The background paper is embossed using the Cuttlebug Textile embossing folder and then I sanded the raised portion to give the multi colored look. 

Be sure to check out  these other team members for their takes on this sketch:
Sharon Harnist
Michele Kovack
Becca Feeken
Stephanie Kraft

Thanks for stopping in for a visit today.  Have a great weekend!!

Supplies:

Stamps:  JustRite Stampers - Baroque Nested Frames

Dies:  JustRite Stampers - Custom Nested Sentiment Dies, Custom Nested Frame Dies

Paper:  My Mind's Eye Home Stack, DCWV cardstock

Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black, Memento Cottage Ivy, Copic Marker G21

Accessories:  Cuttlebug Textile embossing folder, Martha Stewart Arch Lattice border punch, Kaiser pearls, flower

Snow Tubing

Good morning everyone.  I found another really cool challenge site called Die Cuttin' Diva's.  This challenge blog requires use of one of my favorite "toys" - my Cricut Expression.  The challenge that I am doing today was to create a fun winter card.  Since here in Maine we just got over 12" of snow I thought this was a very fitting card to try.

I used the Everyday Paper Dolls cartridge at size 4.  I used a face stamp from Peachy Keen to make her smiling face.  The embossed snowflake background was created using the Cuttlebug Snowflakes embossing folder, then I brushed over the raised sections with chalk.  The sentiment is from the JustRite Stampers Christmas Joy set with a mat diecut with Spellbinders Deckled Edge Ovals.

Be sure to check out this challenge site.  I know that I will be checking in and playing on a regular basis!

Thanks for stopping in for a visit today.  Have a great day!

Supplies: 

Stamps:  JustRite Stampers - Christmas Joy, Peachy Keen face stamps

Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black, Memento Rich Cocoa

Accessories:  Cricut Expression, Everyday Paper Dolls cartridge, Spellbinders Deckled Edge Ovals, Cuttlebug Snowflakes embossing folder

Thanks

Good morning everyone.  Today I have a simple card to share.  I used the new cling set by JustRite called "Kindness", stamped with Memento Cottage Ivy (large frame) and Memento Bamboo Leaves (smaller frame).  I handcut the frames but these are compatible with the new Spellbinders Labels 20.  The sentiment is also from the Kindness set.

The green card layer was embossed using Cuttlebug Victoria Embossing folder and then applied Memento Bamboo Leaves ink over the raised sections.  I also made the pretty flower in the center by following a video that I found here on You Tube.  Now I won't need to spend the money to buy my paper flowers.  I'm just going to use the different sizes of Spellbinders scallop circles and make lots of different sizes.  How cool is that!!

That's it for today.  Thanks for stopping in for a visit.  I hope you have a great day.

Supplies:

Stamps:  JustRite Stampers - Kindness - cling

Ink:  Memento Cottage Ivy, Memento Bamboo Leaves

Dies:  Spellbinders Classic Scallop Circles, Spellbinders Tags Trio