A "Different" Inspiration

Have you ever just been going around doing your daily routine, not really thinking just "doing stuff", and have an idea or inspiration just "grab you"? I do, colors, shapes things just pop into my head sometimes! Yes, if you really want to know I do live in my own world sometimes but, hey, it's a happy place! LOL! The inspiration for this card came from my oldest daughter. She chose to get a quite interesting tattoo in a quite interesting spot...a girl skeleton head on her inside forearm. I wasn't very happy about it but, well, she's over 21 so it's not up to me to be happy or not right?! What I was happy about was when I realized the other day, thinking about my favorite new Halloween stamp from "The Rubber Cafe" and it "clicked"! HEY! I can use that tattoo of Jessica's to make a neat new card! YES....and the rest is history! LOL! Take a look at what it inspired;

Full view


Close up of the skeletons, what do you think of that background? I cheated...he he he!


SO , yeah, confession time here! I hand drew the bow, coloring it in with colored pencils but here's the neat part! I wanted a different background on the pink (New SU Raspberry "In-Color") so I used one of those mesh bags that you get "stuff" in sometimes. I balled it up, patted it onto my SU Basic Black ink and just patted it all over to get a rough look! Talk about cheap and fun! You can stamp with just about anything! I roughed up the edges with my scissors too! I used one of my new Martha Stewart punches for that cute white edged piece, scrap ribbon and random bling that I had that just so happened to match! Now the important stuff right?! Where'd I get that totally cool stamp?! That really cool saying too?! Lets not forget the pretty Stickle covered hearts too! Well how about over at The Rubber Cafe?! Yep! That's where I got them! The skeleton is part of the new Halloween series and is called "You Shake My Bones", the hearts are actually this Lori Renn stamp "I Adore You". I simply stamped it twice, cut the hearts out and covered them with stickles! The words are ones I thought worked with the stamps for this card and I used the "Just Rite" stamps to stamp them on using white craft ink! So it's a different Halloween card with a different source of inspiration too! Tattoo artists are really awesome with their work! So if you know someone who got married or engaged around Halloween, wouldn't something like this be a great congratulations card?!

Enjoy!

Until next time....

Life Is Better With You!

Awe...isn't that what every woman wants to hear from her honey?! I know I enjoy hearing it from mine....I'll wait while you recover from choking and gagging....better?! Now, seriously it's so sweet to know when someone loves you SO much right?! Lately my DH has really been showing his affectionate side and I've been loving every minute of it! So when I got these TOTALLY ADORABLE stamps from The Rubber Cafe, I totally "felt it" and knew they were perfect to make a super cute card! These little guys are called "Stella and Angus" and don't they look like they're SO in love with each other?! Sweethearts! Well here's my first project with them;



I chose to color these with my colored pencils and gamsol. I am SO in love with that technique! I was able to achieve the same level of softness in the paper I used which, by the way, was a scrap on my table so I apologize for not knowing the maker! The shape around the turtles is cut using my Cuttlebug and my nesties. I had to add some bling too so there are Stickles in the centers of all the colored in flowers and the smaller Prima flowers. I am a big fan of pearls, both my girls have pearl birthstones! I used little half pearls from Bella (gotta love the name right?!) for the center of the big flowers. That fun ric rac...I'm pretty good at scavenging in store sale bins and was lucky to find this at JoAnn fabrics for 99cents! I love a good deal!!!
Here's some great news about Stella and Angus too....there's more in the series! Interested?! Well head on over to Melissa's store, The Rubber Cafe, and check them out! They're a little on the big side so be sure to grab a set of her "Rock-a-Blocks" too! I know they're on my next order too! I'm always looking for great blocks for my stamps too and think these will be a perfect fit!

I hope you liked my turtles!!

Until next time....

BOO....!

Did I scare you?! He he he! I'm totally excited about some new Halloween stamps I got in the mail from The Rubber Cafe! I LOVE Halloween and I LOVED making Halloween costumes for my kids! I just love making costumes for anyone! The best part of Halloween, besides decorating, is the trick or treaters! I just love to fill those little pumpkins! The kids are SO excited and happy to be showing off their little outfits! Just adorable...but I'm getting off track here so let me tell you about my fun new stamps! I got quite a few to share with you but, if, and I say IF I had to choose a favorite it would be VERY hard to do but....I LOVE this skeleton stamp! Isn't it just a great stamp?! I've used it for a few projects, so far, let me show you the pictures and I'll give you some details on it!





Oooh green eyed skeletons......scary...LOL!!


The first card uses;
PaperTrey Ink Kraft cardstock
The Paper Place orange cardstock
Recollections plain black and run through the cuttlebug using an embossing folder
Ribbon from JoAnn Fabric's 99cent rack
Rhinestones from Target $1 spot
Skeleton stamp
Happy Halloween stamp
Spiderweb stamp
Black ink
orange ink
white ink
Green glitter glue

The second and third cards use;
Recollections plain black cardstock
The Paper Place orange cardstock
Papertrey Ink Kraft cardstock
Bright green scraps
Rhinestones from Target $1 spot
White ink (looks beige on kraft cardstock though)
Black ink
Orange ink
Green glitter glue

I have other "skeleton" projects that I'm working on to share later! I need candy corn to finish them but, get this, I see Christmas in a lot of stores but NOBODY has candy corn! LOL! What is the world coming to?! LOL! When I ate sugar and candy I could eat a whole bag of that stuff! It's gooooooood! LOL! So now, I hope, if you get the skeleton stamp for yourself you give me a link here so I can see what you did with it! I must have a trillion ideas........!

Enjoy!

Until next time...

Adornit Blog Hop

Is it magic....is it recycling....or just simply, a darn good idea?! I think it may be a little of each?! Welcome my little page on the web, my world and my creations! No it's not always all about me as I do post about my family here too!

If you came here just to see me, thank you! As you can see I am participating in a "blog hop" with the Adorn-It Carolee's Creations girls! YEAH - fun! I'm sure, now, you want to see who else is playing and what they did right?! Well then, let me suggest you start at the beginning, at the Adorn It Blog . There are 79 other participants in this huge event so, sit back and enjoy the run!

The project I'm posting today is something I have thought of several times and, now, finally have it done! Have you ever gotten "stuff" from the store and thought "hey this packaging is pretty cool"?! I do all the time! Well, I use these makeup remover towels sometimes after a run or whenever I need it and my little light bulb went off LOL! Here's the before, the store packaging that instigated the thoughts;



See the little box it is sitting in?! That's it! I thought, you know I could recreate that box and put something else in there and make it a little gift?! Well, I did! Here's what I created;



How'd I do that?! Easy! Just simply, and carefully take the box apart. This box just so happened to be exactly 12" wide! I laid it out on my scrapbook paper, traced it out, cut it out, recreated the creases using my Scor-Pal (don't have one?! Hurry up and get one - you won't regret it!) decorated it how I chose, taped it and Voila! Cute box! How much time elapsed? Maybe....10 minutes if you know exactly what paper you're going to use?! The goodies inside you can tell are Bath and Body Works and were on sale for $1 each a while back. So, once they're decorated too, my total cost for this great project?! Less than $4 - yes FOUR dollars! Now when I have company, like this coming weekend, I'll have a cute little gift to put in their rooms! Now for the details, of what products I used! The paper is from "The Paper Company" and I believe it's called Espresso, the purple striped paper and the solid cardstock are from my stash of scraps so I didn't have a name, the ribbon is from a roll I got out of the $1 spot (AKA dollar vortex) at Target, the little pearls are from the same spot but...get this...he he he I picked them up at our Goodwill for 29 cents! Yep! LOL! I can find crafting stuff just about anywhere! LOL! Now, that gorgeous butterfly stamp is one of my newest favorites! Well I got it from The Rubber Cafe! She as the most beautiful butterfly stamps and I am working hard on having my own full collection! LOL! She also carries the Scor-Pal so it could be one stop shopping there! LOL! I love that! Gives me more time to come home and play and, the way my life goes....I need all the extra time can get! So when you're done with shopping at The Rubber Cafe, please visit all the other talented ladies in this blog hop! I mean seriously,it's Friday so kick back, relax and don't forget it starts here, at the Adorn It Blog, and the next talented lady on the list to visit.... Debbie Raymond! Now she is one talented lady you don't want to miss!

Enjoy the hop!

Until next time....

Beautiful Butterflies

Did you know that butterflies symbolize "new life"! Kind of cool when you think about it, a worm transforms itself into a beautiful winged creature! Amazing how things work in nature! I'm sorry I haven't been blogging much the last week or so but life put a couple of HUGE boulders in my way including an overnight stay in the hospital and my DH hasn't left my side for more then a 4 hour period of time! Now that's SWEET! LOL! Last night he even sat in my crafting room and studied while I created this beauty and, if you know my DH, THAT is saying something as I am not a neat crafter AT ALL and he is a neat freak! LOL! Take a look at my creation;




I chose to use this stamp, The Rubber Cafe's "Small Trailing Butterflies" as a symbol of new things going on in my life! I colored the image with my Koh-I-Nor pencils and Gamsol but outlined it with my B00 Copic Marker. I also used Stickles in the centers of the butterflies to give them a little bling! This was my first 1 layer card too! I hope you like it!

Sometimes those boulders that get put in your way, so to speak, you don't climb over them or go around them but blast right through them! I'm doing just that!

Until next time....

TGIF

YEAH! It's Friday! Woo hoo! Why is it 4 day weeks seem to go SO long?! I'm excited for this weekend though so maybe that's it! I have my first "official" race tomorrow and I am no where near ready?! Oh oops! LOL! Nah I'll be all right but, want to see what I was doing instead of training as hard as I should have been?! I was "playing" and have the messy crafting room to prove it! LOL! Just ask my honey, he'll totally vouch for that! Here's one of my creations;



I found some of this reall neat stuff called "Flower Soft" at my local scrapbook store last weekend and HAD to try it out! I used some of my stamps from The Rubber Cafe to make this! The butterfly I stamped on the same paper as the background DP but it looks watercolored instead doesn't it?! I was tickled at how this card turned out! I hope you like it too!

Until next time....

Time....

Did anyone see my weekend? I could almost swear it was here! I mean I wake up and it's Saturday...blink and it's Monday morning and time to get ready for work! UGH! What happened to my time off?! LOL! I did accomplish quite a bit and manage to entertain some company as well - a bit! I cleaned house, took Breanna to gymnatsics, went to a mall in Cincinatti, ran 4 miles on the trail (more races coming soon!) ran crazy errands, got ready for company and I also made some of the best beef stroganoff - mmmmmm good stuff! I've used this Better Homes & Gardens recipe for years and my family always liked it - beef stroganoff at least they let me think they did! LOL! So what did I do this weekend?! I managed to complete a 24 page 8x8 scrapbook for my boss who we found out about 2 weeks ago was leaving - this week or next week! Nothing like short notice there! He's been a good boss to me, challenging but I am a better assistant under his tutelage (whoa - that's deep! LOL!) I'll post pictures later of the different pages but they're really not that elaborate and is why I was able to finish it! Since I don't have those pictures yet how about I show you another butterfly card I made using one of Melissa's butterfly stamps from The Rubber Cafe!



I used my large swirly butterfly stamp and embossed it! I wasn't going for that marbly ink look but using an old versamark ink pad and fresh pink ink and voila! Happy accident! YEAH! I used mostly SU items here except the DP and darn if I can remember what it is! I can look it up but it may take a bit to dig my way through the mess I made in my room trying to accomplish that book! LOL!

Well, Monday starts too soon!

Until next time....

It's "Love"...

I love pink and black together! It's such a great combination especially when you add a little green to it! Wow do they "pop"! Well, they did in this combination! I used some of my "Lori Renn Designs" stamps from "The Rubber Cafe" to create this awesome card!



I just love the unique-ness of an acetate card! Isn't this a great anniversary card? Just think of the smile that will cross your loved one's face when they get this beauty! I'm one of those people who remember all the important "anniversaries" so I need lots of these cards. Good thing I have this great stamp to add it to anything I want! They're made of red rubber but can be purchased "unmounted" to help with storage. I personally keep mine in CD cases and then store those in a CD tower! It doesn't get much easier then that ya know what I mean?!

Until next time....

Onesies

I'm sure by now you can tell I'm infatuated with a new little guy in my life! I think while I was gone I took like 400+ pictures of him and his family! I even got a sneeze play by play using the "sports mode" on my camera! Let me know if you're interested....no?! That's okay! LOL! So with a new baby you have to have new baby stuff right?! Well how cute are these little onesies here;







Ooopsie...how did this cute onesie sneak in here..... ;)






The stamps I used for the 3 with words are from JustRite Stamps. It's part of their new collection. There are quite a few more in this box but if you go to Melissa's store "The Rubber Cafe" you can see the set and all it has to offer. For $13.95 plus shipping it's a great deal! Go check it out! The star is from her exclusive "Rubber Cafe" collection and is one of those that is a cube with multiple designs on one block. I like this kind because of it being just one stamp and I only have to store one! When you have a ton of stamps the more condensed...the better! Not only is this star perfect for shouting out to the world your new star has arrived like I did here but, don't forget Memorial day and the 4th of July are coming! Wouldn't this stamp be perfect for decorating for those cookouts?! Possibilities are endless here! If you like my onesie card and want to make one for yourself, I must tell you that the pattern came from Lauren Meader, My Time My Stampendence, , an amazingly talented lady! I hope you like my interpretation! Oh and that gorgeous baby....one of a kind!

Until next time....

Just An Idea!

I'm tired today! Well I guess I should be since I stayed up until almost midnight last night and here I sit 0600 about to get ready for another day! I made a really cool discovery yesterday though! Easter is Sunday and what is Easter without deviled eggs?! So I bought a small pack of pickles, individual serving size, so I can cut them up to put in my egg mixture. Looking the packaging over (future craft potential here?!) and I saw this "Calories - 0"! YEAH! Now that's what I'm talking about! Zero calories! YESSSSS! Sooo what kept me up until midnight was making my meatless meal for tonight, making muffins to take in to my co-workers (they love the Fiber 1 muffins I make - you totally have to try them!) hanging curtains, cleaning etc.. all in preparation for my Dad coming to visit! YEAH!! I'm so excited! Anyway I had to finish up a gift I was making my boss.

Can you believe this is a drink carrier?!!



I had gone to lunch with some other girls a few weeks ago and they had a drink carrier and, gasp..., were going to throw it out! Can you believe that?! I mean how often do you get these with NO advertising?! Rarely right?! I knew I could do something with it! I got two plastic cups from Target with bright colors and used that as my color inspiration! I can't remember the origin of the DP but the cardstock is, well, you know...SU! Not too shabby for having started it at 1100 last night and finished before midnight! Had I started earlier I would have embellished it more! That's okay thought as I'm sure he'll give the "Michelle you shouldn't have" look anyway! He's a lot like me and is careful about what he eats so I filled it with mostly stuff I know he likes and, for his wife, I added chocolate! I have treats for his dogs too but they don't fit in the basket! Over all I spent less then $8 on this! Not bad since my other option was boring flowers that were $9! LOL! Yeah....patting myself on the back for this one...! LOL!

So, if you're wondering.....the drink container came from Bob Evans!

I hope you like it!

Until next time....

Eeeeek!! A Mouse.....

A House Mouse that is! LOL! So raise your hand if you love the House Mouse stamps that are out now?! I know I raised my hand! I have been in love with them for a while and finally purchased my first one! He is SOOO cute! I ordered this one, "Attentive Friend" from The Rubber Cafe. I thought his face had that "cute" and "innocent" look as if he was trying to say something so....I paired him up with some Lori Renn words "I Love You"



So doesn't he look like he's saying that though?!! Oh so innocent!! LOL!
Here's my recipe;

Card base - SU Going Grey
DP - Basic Grey Marrakech
Stamp - House Mouse "Attentive Friend"
Ribbon - Random ribbon from my box
Accessories - Paperclip - Target, silver dots, JoAnn Fabric
I also used the scalloped square nestabilities on here!

Take a close look at the silver dots and you can see me taking the picture! LOL! How funny!!

Well I hope you like today's card!!

Until next time....

What Happened To Spring?

So yesterday, walking through the parking lot at work, I was dodging puddles that had FROZEN over! Later on, looking out the door from work - SNOW! OMG! Can anyone tell me what happened to Spring?!! I miss it....I need to get back outside running as I have too many races coming up and, well, you all know I don't do treadmills! LOL! Okay since I'm in mourning for my warm weather how about a nice, bright, sunny card that'll make you "feel" warm?! I made another butterfly card that I just love and, it's a bright sunny one! Take a look;




Here's my card "recipe";

Base card - SU Apricot Appeal
Green - Scrap bin
White - Georgia Pacific white
DP - Scrap bin
Stamps - The Rubber Cafe
Ink - Versamark, SU Orange, SU Green
Ribbon - Michaels $1 bin
Coloring - Copic Markers
Accessories - Piercing mat, Fiskars threaded water edge punch

I think the paper piercing adds a neat touch!! I also used the same swirled butterfly stamp and used it as a background stamp with Versamark ink - can you see it?! If not just click on the picture and you can!

I hope you like it and it helps you think warm Spring thoughts too! Mmmm warm Spring thoughts.....

Until next time....

Is It As Hard For You...

Is it as hard for you as it is for me to come up with handcrafted items that a man would like and, perhaps, actually use?! That was my frame (he he he - no pun intended!) of thought when I made this item! I wanted to do something altered and when I recently saw these giant clothespins at a get together I thought "hey......potential"! Well this is what I came up with!



Here's what I used to create this manly gift - a giant clothespin, Basic Grey Marrakech paper pad, Making Memories dots (another sale bin rescue BTW!), 2 brass brads, random ribbon that coordinated, and a great stamp from The Rubber Cafe! The square is actually a coaster that I recovered using more of the Basic Grey paper and my glue stick to adhere it. I used my recently deceased Cuttlebug (I'm still in mourning!) on this to cut out the stamped image. I took a small scrap of the DP I used to redo the heart in the stamped image and just glue it on top of the other one! Could you tell?!
Well, did I get the "manly" part good enough? Now, the toss up - give it to my Dad...give it to my DH or....turn it in to Melissa as a sample....he he he I'm turning it like a good girl but I sure am tempted to keep it! LOL!

Well...

Until next time....

Feeeling The Warmth..........

Aaaaahhh I'm soooo feeling warm right now! The sun is shining through the windows, my daughter is stretched out like a cat again on the floor...it feels SO good! Where we live you can even see hints of green in the brush and on some tree tips - Spring is HERE! So to celebrate I'm going to share another bright and happy card with you!



I think this frog is echoing my feelings! Dontcha think?! LOL! This is a Stampin' Up set but, I kind of "frogot" the name of it! LOL! It's probably Unfrogettable but,since I don't have the set, I can't check it! I got these stamped images from my bestest running/scrapping/cyber scrapping buddy Vanessa! We did this like "Mad Scrapping" event last summer, poolside no less, before I left so that we could get the images we wanted from one another! LOL! Too funny! Here we are stamping and coloring and all the other people are in the water or sunbathing...aah good times, good times! LOL! Signs of true dedicated scrapper/stampers right?! LOL! Since then we've "Cyber Stamped and Scrapped" together! Chatting on GMail while crafting and then sending photos via our cell phones of our creations! Gotta love it! Living in the age of technology is awesome!!
Everything is SU with the DP being the only exception and that's Basic Grey "Chemistry" (again) that I got from "The Rubber Cafe". You totally have to check her store out! She has the bestest Spring stamps - butterflies, dragonflies... all sorts of good stamps!
Well, I wish you all happy, warm sunny days like I'm having here right now....aahhhhh off to bask in the sunlight now....

Until next time....

Bragging......

Okay we all have something we like to brag about whether it's the ability to always find the best deals on the sales rack (gosh I wish that was me!)or, most importantly, the people we love! I can't tell you how many times I get asked if I have pictures of my kids! Well, not in my purse but every where else! So when I saw these little photo albums at the Target $1 spot (vortex to me - sucks me right in every time!) I knew exactly what I could do with them!

Here's what I'm talking about;

Before (this was actually the before of another book I did - I made quite a few of these!)


After


The process is easy actually. Simply remove the cardboard that comes in the front and back (save for another project or to use as insulation in your closet like I do!) and basically create a card front. One thing to remember is you'll see the back of the front and the front of the back (KWIM?) so use double sided paper or cardstock to keep it nice. For this particular book I found the cutest stickers on one of my Target "red sticker" hunting expeditions so, using my letters from PaperTrey Ink (which are clear), I was able to position the letters of the little boys name to look like the monkeys were holding them! The leaves are from the same sticker pack but the grass is actually a stamp from "The Rubber Cafe" - such a versatile stamp by the way! So, just decorate and fill with your pictures! At about $1 for each book and using your scraps, it's the cheapest, yet best, gift ever! I made one for my Dad even of our last marathon/5K walk event we did! He loved it! This particular one is for my daughter's friend who threw her baby shower recently, a thank you of sorts. I know I can hear my daughter, Jessica, now saying "Mom, where's Logan's"?! Ha ha ha the fun of telling her to wait....ha ha ha!

For the curious - my oldest daughter, Jessica, is due to have a baby boy any day now. He's going to be named Logan Greggory. Once he's born I'll need more of these as I'm sure I'll be getting lots and lots of pictures - right Jessica?!! LOL!

Can't Get Enough of These Dragonflies!

I'm sitting here in the "morning room" with the sunshine streaming through the window! I'm so warm, so lazy right now and just want to curl up next to my daughter! She's laying in the sun like a cat enjoying the warmth! Something else that makes me think of warm sunny and lazy days of summer are dragonflies. I love these dragonflies! This stamp is one that I am having just so much fun with. It's another one that I got from The Rubber Cafe as part of my DT package




I used a recent challenge from SplitCoast Stampers for this layout. If, by chance, you haven't discovered SplitCoast Stampers website go check it out now! It's an excellent source of inspiration!

Here's a breakdown of what I used to create this card;

Stamp - The Rubber Cafe Large Paisley Dragonfly

Ink - Timber Brown Staz-On ink

Paper - Basic Grey Marrakech paper pad, SU for the solid colors

Accessories - Prima flowers, Making Memories Star brads

Punch - Martha Stewart leaf punch

The holes were made using my SU Mat Pack and paper piercer

I have some more neat projects coming with these dragonflies so I hope you come back soon!

Until next time....

Keep Your Place.....

Are you as bad as me with your books when it comes to remembering where you stopped last?! I fall asleep or I close the book and think "oh I can remember where I stopped no problem"! HAH! Yeah right....5 minutes later I am still looking for familiar words to remind me where I left off! Well, what if you had one of these pretty bookmarks to put in there?!






I used two stamps from The Rubber Cafe that I received in my Design Team package this month! I LOVE these stamps! The butterfly is called Small Paisley Butterfly and is one of 6 different butterflies available there! The dragonfly is called Small Paisley Dragonfly and is available in 2 sizes! I love these stamps, wait I said that already! There is just so much that you can do with them! Seriously! Yesterday I posted a card with the dragonfly where I did colored ink and this bookmark is using the "emboss resist" technique where you emboss them, rub ink over the whole project but then rub the ink off of the embossed areas and it really "pops" out with the color! I used all SU ink for these, the colored flowers are "Prima's" with a tiny brad from "Making Memories" and, the white ones are from a pail of wedding confetti from Michael's. The leaves are from scrap paper and I punched them out using my Martha Stewart leaf punch!
They sort of make you want to go read a book just to use them don't they?! I just got done with the series "Twilight"! Yeah, I know, behind the curve but that's okay! I still enjoyed the book reading all 4 in less then 3 weeks! He he he! I never have to wonder where my kids get their love of reading from! LOL!

I hope you like them!

Until next time....

Hooray For Spring!!

This morning at 0744 it will officially be Spring! I am SO excited for warm weather to come AND stay! Thinking about this warm weather and playing around with my new DT stamps from The Rubber Cafe really made me want summer to come fast! I wanted to do something a little different here. A clean cut card so you could see all the detail in this dragonfly stamp!



It's part of the paisley designs that are available at The Rubber Cafe and is called "Small Paisley Dragonfly"! I see this as having so many possibilities don't you?! You could color it in, emboss it (which I have a sample to post next!) just do it in different color inks like I did, use it as a background stamp....so many options! I also wanted different words from what I was finding in my personal stash of stamps so, using my JustRite stamps with my "curlz" font I made my own! How often does that happen that you want words but to only use them once?! It happens to me a lot so I got these stamps and now I can put whatever I want on my cards! Here's a list of what I used to create this card;

Stamps - The Rubber Cafe Small Paisley Dragonfly ,
JustRite stamps

Paper - Kraft paper from PaperTrey Ink, black and white from SU

Inks - SU

Dry Embossed Lines - Scor Pal

Piercing mat and tool for the line of holes

Brads - SU

More Hearts!!

Okay I have a question for you, when you buy stamps do you buy them for just one "event" or do you buy them because they're versatile and can be used for multiple "events"? I try to think I'm in the latter group but, am guilty of being sucked right in by the mere cuteness of a stamp! Sssshhh, don't tell but I even have stamps that I haven't used yet! I know "gasp"! I think that will be my goal next - use the unused stamps!
So, on to MORE hearts! I've noticed a lot of people are making different shaped cards so I decided to jump on the bandwagon (where did that term come from anyway?!) and I made one too! YEAH ME! I used my floral heart stamp from "The Rubber Cafe"



Here's what else I used: Pink Pirouette and Whisper White paper from SU, 2 largest sizes of Nestabilities, an ancient flower shaped punch, $1 glitter glue from Michael's, a silver button leftover from another project, sheer ribbon pulled from deep within the depths of my ribbon box, Timber Brown Staz-On ink and colored pencils for coloring!
So I think I might have a few more heart cards out there! I made so many that I can't remember if I posted them all or not! Sad huh?! With a teenager in the house who's only communication with some friends is chat on facebook, well time on here is hard to get! The distance between posts (thank goodness for pre-posting abilities!)and my memory is getting bad so I'll have to go back a few posts to see if I shared them all!!

Until next time....

Heart Strings...Again!

Don't you hate when you get some ideas stuck in your head and you can't think of anything else?! Yesterday I tried to focus on my bosses agenda, to do my work, but I actually watched the clock all day! Lucky for me we had some mattresses delivered yesterday so I did get off a little early! Oh, I'm sure you're wondering what had me so preoccupied right?! When I posted the "Heart Strings" card in peach, red and brown it dawned on me ....helloooo cute for a baby card! I could NOT wait to come home, be finished with those chores just so I could get upstairs to my craft room and get to "work"! LOL! So, without much further "ado"...here it is!



You know I put this card together and used mostly scraps, lately I seem to have a lot! I'm suspecting it was my NY resolution of keeping my new room clean but, anyway, if you really want to know just email me! I love messages so feel free anytime actually!

I have another picture to share with you too that I discovered on the camera! Breanna, my youngest, seems to have an excellent "eye" for unusual pictures that I would never think of yet, when I see them I think "how cool"! She took a picture of the footprints my DH left in the snow from putting out some bird seed! I love how the shadows from the trees play across the snow too!



Baby's got talent that's for sure! LOL!

Until next time....