Parisian Bouquet – I Used My Fav DP!!!!!

FINALLY!!! I finished a whole card from start to end in one sitting! Well, to toot my horn a bit, I actually did TWO cards in under an hour – wow!
I went with the sketch challenge posted for this week. Details can be found here. I really like this sketch. It is great for scraps, [...]

Black Eyed Susans

  This is the last challenge card from VSN I’m going to share, I promise! This challenge, Run for the Black Eyed Susans, was hosted by MelenaPrincess (Kim). Check out her gallery here, and the gallery with everyone else’s entries here. Basically, her challenge was to use a Summer Sun and Chocolate Chip color scheme to make [...]

Yet Another VSN Card!

This was for stargirl’s (Carla) challenge, which was to use adhesives of some kind to emboss something on your card. Carla is an amazing creator of cards – check out her  SCS gallery!
The challenge really stretched my brain – I had no idea you could even do this!! DD was uncool enough to break two [...]

My Favorite Card from VSN

This card was for a monochromatic color challenge. I am such a fan of using a monochromatic color scheme on a card!
I decided on yellows because I spent the afternoon outside in the sunshine with DD. So I was feeling kinda sunny
I started with a More Mustard base. I cut a piece of [...]

I can quill! (sort of)

The first VSN challenge I did involved quilling something for the card. I’ve never tried this technique before, and was more than a little skeptical!!
 I immediately thought of the easiest approach – just quill a plain old circle.  Doodle This was already out on my table, so this flower caught my eye immediately.
 The color combo [...]

My Sample Card for VSN

Well here it is!!! My challenge for VSN was called Sharing the Light - the basics of it was that you should make the sentiment the focal point of your card! And WOW did those SCS ladies come up with some stunners!! I’m never gonna be able to pick just five for the “honor gallery”, which is [...]

A Challenge for Myself!

I have found that stamping really relaxes me – gets me in a good mood. I love it (which is good, considering how much money I’ve invested in it!)!!!! I find that I am not prioritizing my time well, and don’t get as much stamping done as I’d like. Part of it is that DD [...]

Different is good, right?

So here is another card I made for SIL. Same paper and colors scheme as the previous card, just a serious twist on the layout.
I mounted a strip of Chocolate Chip and used the slit punch to put a “holder” for the Fancy Pants dp.  I mounted both of those to thte Certaianly Celery layer, [...]

Fun and Funky…

This is another one of the thank you notes I made for SIL. I had this fabulous patterned paper left over from a coaster book I made for her mom for mother’s day (and filled with pics of DD – huge hit!), so I figured I’d go ahead and use the scraps, rather than selfishly [...]

A Few More Thank You Notes

So I finally got some thank you notes done for SIL. Whew! It is hard to see in the picture, but they both have the large doodle from SU’s Doodle This stamped on it – the tall one just once, the horizontal one has it twice. Each card is based on Whisper White, with a [...]

All Occasion Notes

I made some all occasion notecards last night – good for thank-yous, thinking of yous, birthdays, whatevers. It took me forever to come up with something I liked – I started out with one set of colors, switched to another partway through, added the embossing at the last second, the Primas were an afterthought. But [...]

I Got Mail!!! And My Friends Got Birthdays!

Look at what I got in the mail yesterday!!! Isn’t it fabulous?!?!?! My friend Sara’s daughter has a birthday today (HAPPY BIRTHDAY JULIA!!) and for her birthday she got an American Girl doll that looks just like her. Well, I figured, every little doll needs jammies, right? And every little girl deserves to be spoiled [...]

Another Jar of Primas!

Ok, I admit it. I loooove me some salsa, seriously. But I also love to make these little jars and fill them with goodies. I just think they are so cute and fun to make! Plus, they are an excellent way to share Primas with my friends. I suppose I could put other things in them [...]

A Cased Card for a Secret Someone!

Yesterday Sara showed me an AWESOME card she made, and I instantly fell in love with it.  I have to make a bunch of cards this weekend, so I figured I’d cheat and case her design for at least one of them! Sara’s original card can be seen in her gallery – be sure to check [...]

Reduse, Reuse, Recycle!!

I love this Jack Johnson song from his Curious George Soundtrack. It is such a happy little melody…
This used to be a salsa jar – good salsa, at that! I do have a serious love of  black bean and corn salsa……mmmmmmm….. 
Anyway, it occured to me the other day after throwing out countless empty jars [...]