Comin' up Roses

The idea for this card came from a magazine. It was a small square card - only the roses. I fell in love with the look and incorporated it into a card of encouragement for a dear friend who is going through some trying times at the moment. It was a very simple card to make and took very little time. I began with three sheets of cardstock in graduating shades of pink. I made 3 flowers from each shade using a Die-Namics Rolled Flower Die. This is an awesome die which I purchased here. After making the nine flowers, I placed a pearl in the center of each and mounted them on the lightest cardstock. That was matted using the mid tone and wrapped with a bow made of seam binding ribbon. The entire medallion was then placed on the lighter shade and again matted with the midtone. I placed the medallion toward the top of the card, leaving room for the matted sentiment. I really like the way it turned out and am looking forward to making more of the same, using different colors. The cardstock I used came from Papertrey Ink. Their cardstock is awesome to work with! Check out all their beautiful papers here
Thanks for looking and your comments would be greatly appreciated! I'll be posting another card soon, but I'm going to enjoy this gorgeous Saturday with my beautiful grandbabies!

Cupcake Craft Challenge

I'm not really a participant in challenges; however, I discovered this "Cupcake Craft Challenge" (Cupcake 130) quite by accident at the same time I was making these cupcakes! What a happy coincidence! They are actually gift card holders, and if you look very closely, you can see the edge of the gift card on the pic on the left. We recently had baby showers in our church for TWO babies on the way - one boy, one girl. I love making these cupcakes. I'll have to say, they're not my original idea, and I apologize to the originator, but I cannot remember where I found the website that gave the instructions for making these. They are super fun to make, and I will try to find that website and post at a later date. My blog is fairly new, and I would LOVE to hear your comments! Thank you for looking!
I have Christmas cupcakes posted in one of my older posts. Please scroll down to that post to see how the gift card is attached.

Valentine Card

Happy Valentine's Day Everyone! I'm sharing with you today my favorite valentine card. It features a little "flying" Magnolia that is so adorable. I colored her up with copics, stickled her wings, and added a bow to her dress for detail. She is mounted on a large rolled flower that I made using some leftover drapery fabric I had. So the flower is quite large and heavy. The flower is mounted on a scalloped spellbinders circle and backed with tulle for some added interest. That entire element is backed by a die cut notecard page from dienamics that I embellished with some tiny little paper hearts tape. That was put atop a die cut heart shape that I purchased in a package from Michaels. I did distress is using a Rangers Tattered Rose inkpad. All this rests on multiple mats and is topped off with a Valentine "ticket". All the papers I used are from the new Making Memories Je t'adore collection. I'm SO in love with this paper!! I have to get more on order asap!!

XOXO Banner Valentine

Yeah, it's Friday!!!!! I don't know about you, but I'm certainly ready for another weekend. Please forgive the look of my blog. I've somehow messed it up and don't really know how to correct it. I'll be working on that over the weekend sometime between the banjo lessons, the church Valentine Banquet, church, working on my studio remodel, etc. etc. It's going to be a busy and wonderful weekend!!!! Anyway, enough of that - onto the card.
I love this little Magnolia stamp. She holds a dangling heart. So cute. I colored her up with Copics, "stickled" her wings, then cut her out with a small circle Spellbinders mounted on a larger scalloped circle. Finally, mounted on a dienamics doily die. The banner dies are also Dienamics. (Love this set!) The X's and O's are simply rub-ons. I've been pulling them out once again as of late. I find they are perfect for the banners! The card base is white with a layer of pink glitter paper and the little plaid is from the new Little Yellow Bicycle Cupcake Collection - a gorgeous collection. I just received another order of it yesterday. I love using it, and it's a good year round paper as well. Have a wonderful Valentine Day weekend!!!

Silouhette Birthday Card

I have always loved silhouettes and, in fact, scherenscnitte has been a hobby of mine for many years. Needless to say, when I saw this darling stamp, I HAD to have it. I stamped it using Tuxedo Black and embossed is with clear embossing powder. I can't recall the name of the paper pad I used, but it's a black and white "parisian-y" looking pad. Great paper! I used a Spellbinders label to cut her out, then stamped the sentiment onto shiny black paper and embossed in white. Some ribbon, a cute black bow, and voila, she's done. This card really went together very quickly and easily.

Lacey Valentine

It seems I've been on a Valentine kick lately. I just love this little Stampin' Up stamp. She's so fun to color - and fast! I colored her with Copics then cut her out using Spellbinders circle die. That was mounted on a Spellbinders Scalloped Circle. The paper is a darling new Little Yellow Bicycle paper from their new Cupcake Collection. The hearts border was cut using a MS border punch. Silk ribbon and a Little Yellow Bicycle stick pin complete the card.

Purr-fect

The music director at our church is starting a new music program/activity. We're going to have monthly sing-a-longs or "hootenannies" as she calls it, beginning in February. I loved the idea, so I made this card to send to her thanking her for her great ideas. I love this stamp. It is called "Cat Party" and is made by Crafty Secrets. The card does not open. It is a flat card, and I simply penned my message on the back side. I LOVE the new Spellbinders Grands!

JOY

I loved making this Christmas card. I actually made it after Christmas, so I have no one to send it to - this year! I used a cute Magnolia stamp and colored her with Copics. I cut her out and placed her over a combo of die cuts. For the diecuts, I used spellbinders circles and lacey circles. The bottom die cut is a Dienamics die. The banner was made using Dienamics as well. The letters "JOY" are actually rub-ons. I topped it all off with a beautiful red silk ribbon. I'll save her until next year. Guess I'm a little ahead of the game for next year's cards!