Ribbons

I know I have said it many times before but I LOVE Stampin’ Up! ribbon.  I am officially addicted, I wish I had the room and money to have it all.  I love using it on my cards and crafts but I use it for so much more.  The ribbon are so wonderful and such high quality that I am always making bows and do-dads for my girls hair with them.  I also use them to wrap up little goodies.  I had made a batch of banana bread and wanted to send some to school to the kids teachers, just as a little token of thanks.  Of course I couldn't sent just plain banana bread so I wrapped the muffins with some of the polka dot in color grosgrain and it made the muffins look fabulous. 

Both of the kids teachers commented on how cute they looked with the ribbon and that of course they have saved the ribbon for their own future projects.  So next time you think of giving a little something to a friend, teacher or a neighbor tie a little ribbon on it to make the person feel extra special.

Accessories:  Melon Mambo and Bermuda Bay Polka Dot Grosgrain Ribbon

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Baptism Invites

I tried to create some pretty invitations for my daughters baptism.  I really struggled with this one because I wanted the card to be mostly white and simple, but still pretty and elegant.  I think that I was finally able to create the card that I intended.  I was so happy with the final results but so very disappointed in the pictures.  I tried taking pictures at different times of day with different lights, no lights, every which way I could imagine but I could not get one shot that showed of the simple beauty of the card.  (I took 109 pictures and these are the 3 best, thank goodness for digital cameras!)   The card was made using the shimmery white cardstock and sprayed with 5 complete coats of shimmer paint spray.  I would spray them all wait a minute for them to dry before spraying them again.  The cards really shimmered! 

Shot #1 Colors closest to real life Shot#2 Shows a little bit of the sparkle.  (The card REALLY sparkles in real life) Shot #3 This is the way that most of the pictures turned out  because there was so much shimmer paint on the cardstock.  I guess it was picking up the color in the paint instead of the shimmer although the card still looks completely white in person.

Stamps: Wedding Sweet

Ink: Melon Mambo

Paper: Shimmery White Cardstock

Accessories:  Pretties Kit, Champagne Shimmer Paint

Tools:  Big Shot, Stampin’ Up! Elegant Bouquet Embossing Folder

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8 year old b-day

Wow, I cannot believe that my baby is now 8, I guess I can’t really refer to her as a baby anymore but I call all my kiddos my babies and it drives them nuts.  Time sure does fly.   Every year when we make the birthday cards I involve the kids in the process.  They pick the theme, color, stamps, and help me to design the card itself.  It is up to them how much more they want to do.  This year Kaitlyn wanted to do all of the stamping by herself.  I showed her how to do a OSW (one sheet wonder) and she actually did one pretty well but she was not happy with it.  I thought it was great for her first try and I tried to get a picture of it but she was too embarrassed and ran over to the shredder and destroyed it.  She did help with the gluing of all of the layers and the other stamping but I made the OSW.

The picture really does not do the card justice.  The OSW was created on shimmery white cardstock and the finished osw was sprayed with the combo of champagne shimmer paint and rubbing alcohol.  So the card is nice and sparkly, perfect for any young girl.

Of course we had to bring in some sort of goody bag/ treat to her class so we decided on the little “sour cream” containers.  Theses were made out of the 6x6 Good Neighbor Designer Series Paper pad.  After the incident with her not wanting a picture of her stamping she arranged these and came and told me that it was ok to take a picture of them.  So here you go!

 

Stamps:  Flight of the Butterfly, Look Who’s Turning

Ink:  Regal Rose, Pretty in Pink, Melon Mambo,  Basic Black

Paper:  Pretty in Pink, Melon Mambo, Shimmery White, Basic Black

Accessories:  Champagne Shimmer Paint, Melon Mambo Polka Dot Ribbon

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Diva Coffee Break Designs #170

Oh my goodness, where does time go.  I cannot believe that it is Wednesday again already.   This week was a color challenge.  Some nice springy colors…

… flowers, leaves and dirt, were the first things to come to mind when I got a look at the colors.  Here is the card that I created:

This is a really simple straight forward card.  I love the sweet pea stitched felt and have been trying to use it instead of hoarding it. 

I have been busy trying to get things ready for a school open house and a class that are both happening tomorrow night so I will have lots of stuff to you coming soon.

Don’t forget to head over to the Diva Coffee Break Designs Blog to check out the samples that the other divas have made and to play along with us!

Stamps:  Teeny Tiny Wishes (I LOVE THIS ONE!)

Ink:  Close to Cocoa

Paper:  Pretty in Pink, Close to Cocoa, Certainly Celery, Sweet Pea DSP stack

Accessories:  Sweet Pea Stitched Felt, Certainly Celery grosgrain ribbon

Tools:  Small Oval Punch, Oval Punch

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Diva Coffee Break Designs Challenge #169

Happy St Patrick’s Day.  I am not a big fan of the holiday but I put on a happy face and make corned beef and cabbage for my husband and make sure that all of the kids will be wearing green so that they do not have to endure any pinching at school.  So I decided to use green in my cards. This week we have a fun and simple sketch to go with.

Again this week I made two cards for the challenge.  Over the weekend I made this card, my first attempt.  Then last night as I went to upload it to the Diva website, I noticed that there were two other cards that were very similar.  So I decided to start over and make something completely different.  Here is my first card to wish you all good luck and a happy St Patty’s Day.As you can see, St Patrick’s Day gave me a bit of a struggle.  But I was pleased with how it turned out.  The next card is a design that I might use for a swap, but of course I would tweak it a little bit.  I realized that I had zero, yep zip, zilch, zero birthday cards for boys so I tried to create a fun bright card that a young boy would enjoy.  I will have to see if it passes the test with my son. 

 

Don’t forget to head over to the Diva Coffee Break Designs Blog to check out the samples that the other divas have made and to play along with us!

St Patty’s Day Card

Stamps:  I {Heart} Hearts

Ink:  Old Olive

Paper:  Whisper White, So Saffron, Old Olive, Tall Tales DSP

Accessories:  So Saffron Brads, Dimensionals

 

Skater Card

Stamps:  Extreme Skateboard (FREE WITH SALE~A~BRATION!)

Ink:  Tempting Turquoise, Green Galore

Paper: Whisper White, Tempting Turquoise, Green Galore, Basic Gray, Pink Flaming DSP

Accessories:  Dimensionals

Tools:  Big Shot, Perfect Details Embossing Plate

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