Insider Class-Day One

So I decided to sign up for the INSIDER CLASS yesterday and I'm so glad I did. I have been in a creative rut lately and this class has pulled me out and has opened my mind to many ideas. Here is a card I created after watching Day One's video.....

The class focuses on bringing your card from the outside to the inside with details. I decided to do a pop-up greeting on the inside....

 

So my advice to you is to run, not walk, and sign up for this class.You can find out more about it HERE. Happy crafting!

Until next time...thanks for stopping by!

Paper Smooches....

I'm a big fan of Paper Smooches Stamps! I recently got THIS stamp set and wanted to make a few cards with it.

I think these next cards will be great for Valentine's Day...

I have a lot of friends expecting babies so I needed MANY welcome baby cards. This stamp set was perfect for that. I wanted to make them all a little different but with the same idea for the design...

I created these cards pretty quickly thanks to the Paper Smooches coordinating dies. What a time saver! THIS is the other set of dies.

 

Well, that's all I got for today. Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful weekend!

Shaker Card Tutorial...

Hi! I am honored to be a guest designer over at the Little Tangles Blog today. Head on over to check out my photo tutorial on how to create this shaker card.....

"Shake it like a Polaroid Picture!" ;)

Have a great weekend!

Cards with a little something extra....

Hello! I'm back today with a couple of cards that has a little something extra for the recipient just for fun. I find myself creating cards that keep on giving a lot these days.

This is a card that I made for my sweet friend Jana...

As you all know, I like Target. A lot. I always find the cutest things in their dollar bins. I bought a few of these light bulb shaped post it notes and included some on the front of the card for her to use.

On a side note, I chose this light bulb theme because it went with the gift I gave her that day. For her birthday, I got her one of THESE. I got one as well and LOVE it. It's a perfect mini light that I take to crops and retreats.

 

The next card is a card I made for my friend's daughter who started college this week. I wanted a fun and bright card, so I broke out the neon papers and inks and here is what I came up with....

I also found a neon pink library card pocket in my scrapbook stash so I stuck some spending money inside and wrote her a little note on it telling her good luck...

 

I hope this inspires you to put a little something extra inside your next card. Thanks so much for stopping by!

For the love of enamel dots...

I'd thought I'd share a picture of my latest obsession. I can't seem to get enough of enamel dots lately. They seem to be the perfect finishing touch to any project. Here are a few examples..

 

I decided to play with some distress markers and a stencil to create the background of this card. Not really what I had pictured in my head, but I like it. Sometimes the happy accidents are the best part of being creative. I'm loving the blue/green color combo lately.

I also used some enamel dots to finish off the flowers on this card...

It's hard to see in the picture but I'm also loving white ink on kraft cardstock. It gives a ghost-like look. On this card I stamped the Hero Arts Envelope Background  stamp using THIS ink.

 

That's all I got for today. Have a great day!

This summer...

 

...has been very busy, but very fun. I noticed my last blog post was on the first of June (my poor neglected blog). So here's what I've been up to since then:

 

On June 2nd, I celebrated a birthday and was a lucky girl to be spoiled by my mom and hubby and received some Project Life to scrapbook with. Not just any Project Life goodies, but some signed by Becky Higgins herself. It was part of a big national contest and was just so fun to play along. ....

My sweet step-son Alex made me a list of concerts that were coming to Riverbend for my birthday and told me to choose any one I wanted him to take me to. I chose Matchbox Twenty and it was SO much fun. I'm a HUGE Rob Thomas fan so it was an amazing gift. Do I have a great kid or what! ? :)

Also in June, we went on a vacation with my whole entire family to Destin, Florida. It was so much fun and this little guy's first trip to the beach....

We have also been having fun hanging out with friends. On this day, we took my nephew J.T. to Chuck-E-Cheese. ...

And just this past weekend was my hubby's work picnic at Kings Island. My little man and I on the train...

So now that you see we have been busy just enjoying summer, I have a couple of creative shares. First up, a card inspired by Summer Card Camp 2, an online workshop taught by the amazing Jennifer and Kristina. Such a fun, inspiring class.

 

I used lots of Distress Stains on this card. I love how the embossed greeting resisted the stain and made it pop on the frosted vellum.

So, one more share I discovered through the web. You MUST check out this video. I was laughing so hard that I was crying. As a crafter, I can totally relate...



I hope it made your day as it did mine. Thanks for hanging with me and stopping by! Hugs!

Guest Designer...

I am honored to be a guest designer over at A Blog Named Hero (one of my favorite blogs). Their theme/challenge for this month is masculine and they are featuring Neat and Tangled Stamps, which I am SO excited about. Danielle Walls is the owner/creator of Neat and Tangled Stamps and not only are her stamps adorable and high quality but so is she! I had the pleasure of crafting with her at a couple of retreats and she is super sweet.

Here are the projects I came up with. The first one is a card for my hubby for Father's day...

I used the woodgrain border stamp from THIS set along the bottom of the card to create my own patterned paper. I liked that it felt masculine. THIS stamp set from Hero Arts is great for masculine cards and I used it for the sentiment. For the two smaller colored cardstock strips, I used Hero's Butter Bar Ink and Wet Cement Ink and just swiped them along a piece of white cardstock. For the pool colored larger strip, I stamped THIS Hero Background with Tide Pool Ink. I added glossy accents to the wooden hearts. A closer look...

For my next card (the one featured on the A Blog Named Hero Blog), I was looking for some color inspiration and found it on the ink cubes sitting on my work station...

I think they fit the masculine theme so I created this card...

I absolutely love THIS stamp from Neat and Tangled and knew I had to use it. I stamped it with Wet Cement onto white cardstock. I stamped the greeting from THIS Hero set using Black Staz-On ink onto acetate and stapled it on my card. Then I added some die-cut stars that I swiped with the ink colors from above cube set and then gave them some shine with glossy accents. To finish it off, I added coordinating twine from Doodlebug. A closer look...

For my last project, I wanted to make some cute post it notes to put in my hubby's lunch or on the bathroom mirror or to leave him a message of who called or...well, you get the idea....

So I took some yellow post-it notes and stamped them with THIS Hero background stamp in blue. Then I die-cut them into the shape of notebook paper (die from Paper Smooches) and added some sentiments from THIS Neat and Tangled stamp set. To finish it off, I rounded the bottom corners. A closer look...

Well, I hope you were inspired to create some masculine cards. Father's Day is just around the corner! :) Have a great weekend. Thanks so much for stopping by!