Life Happens. Love Helps.

Hello everyone!  I hope you have had a wonderful weekend.  It has been beautiful here in Northeast Florida the past few days...just the way Florida is supposed to be! 

I have been busy cleaning my craft table today.  I have two 6 ft. tables and you could not see the top of either table so it was time to organize and put stuff away.  I decided some had to go so I have cleaned out a few areas. 

Todays card is two challenges in one!  The first is my weekly color challenge.  The color of the week is Pink Passion.  Those of you that know me know if it comes in pink I want it so pink is an easy color for me to work with.  I used the sketch from the Stamping 411 blog weekly challenge.  I pondered about the original sketch but I try to challenge myself to step outside the box and change it up a bit so rather than the straight line section, I cut and collapsed the Top Note Die stamped with the Very Vintage roller in Pink Passion.

I have found the Top Note die to be very versatile when doing projects.  You can use parts of it or the whole thing. Play around and let me know what you come up with!

I hope everyone has a great week!

Birthday Celebrations

Today's card is made using the "Black Magic" technique.  I saw this on Lee's blog this morning and had never tried it so I googled and found several variations so I picked one and went with it.  It's a simple technique but I thought my card needed a little more wow so I added a little glitter to the base of the flowers....total BLING! :)

The pink paper and the ribbon actually match but I couldn't get the lighting just right to show it! :)

Wishing You Sunshine

Every once in a while you gotta get out a little contraband!  lol  I have had the image on this card stamped for over a month and it just looks at me when I sit down to stamp.  I started this card early this morning and when I came home and was trying to figure out what I was going to put on the card there was that cute little image with the buttons!

I love the little flower buttons and when I put this card together I couldn't believe how long it has been since I created something with PINK!  How could I let that happen???  Leave a comment and let me know what you think!

Happy Easter!

Three challenges in one weekend!  Here is the last of the challenges I completed this weekend.  This one is from Karen Giron's blog.  I used to make a lot of 6X6 cards because there was so much room for design but since postage has skyrocketed I hardly ever make them anymore.

The rabbit was stamped on Shimmery White Cardstock using Chocolate Chip.  I then used a dauber to "color" in the white space.  That makes him a shimmery chocolate bunny!  I used my scallop punch and stencilled the clouds in the background.  I picked up this quick and easy technique from my monthly demo meeting this week.

I hope everyone has a great week and beautiful weather!

Birthday Bliss

This card was inspired by the stamping411 blog weekly challenge.  I was hoping to get this posted yesterday but time got away from me with errands and commitments so here we go!

I embossed the background paper with the dots embossing folder.  I love how the embossing adds that extra wow to your cards.  I stamped the birthday bliss twice and used dimensionals for the top layer.  The ribbon was doubled for an extra layer.

Color Me Sunday Challenge - Real Red

My Stampin Up groups color challenge is Real Red this week.  When I look at this color the first thing I think of is Christmas and I didn't intend for my card to look like a Christmas card but it does to me! lol

I used the God's Beauty stamp set and stamped the leaves in Old Olive and colored the flower with red prismacolor.  I have been practicing with my knot tieing and they are beginning to look pretty good if I say so myself.  I used the distessing tool around the edge of the white and embossed the background. 

I have a couple of sketch challenge cards I will be posting later today and tomorrow morning.

Until then...

GIRLZ....a scrapbook page

Hello everyone!  Today I am featuring a scrapbook page mad with Stampin Up products.  I have alot of people ask what Stampin up has to offer scrapbookers and believe me...It's alot!

Stampin Up has exclusive dies you can only purchase through Stampin Up!  The jounal box on this page is called the top note die!  It is one of my craft room essentials for card making and scrapbooking.  It has so many uses...a journal box, cut a photo into that shape, mat a photo, or mat an embellishment!  I also used the hearts and brackets die for the heart and title on the page.  I used the alphabet simple for my title.  These dies can cut chipboard so they are a must have for any scrapbooker!

The border punch can be used to make a border or, if you purchase the matching corner punch, you can cut a perfect mat.

The designer papers all coordinate so that work is done for you!  The 12X12 paper is the same high quality paper as the 8 1/2 X 11.  I love the heavier weight to the paper.  You can definiately notice a difference the minute you touch it!

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P.S. The designer paper used on this page is from the Ski Slope collection which has been retired.