Whew! Was I really gone THAT long?

Hi Everyone! At least, hello to those still out there! I had a wonderful blog break. I did many fun holiday things. I learned to cut hair (at least my son's and hubby's). I read books (how cool is that) and I even made some cards. Not that I posted them (bad blogger). I was in a card making frenzy, I actually made and sold over 100 cards for the holidays. So that was fun. I just got back to work today after 13 days off and it was weird. I would also like to give a shout out to the stay at home moms, you guys are amazing. I had Jack with me for 5 days straight and yesterday I told my hubby that I think he really needed to go and run around with his two year old friends at daycare.

But I digress. This card I made in mass quantities to send to all the people I needed to thank over the holidays. It is deceptively simple. The hardest part was glittering the snowflake, which you could skip, but I think it really makes the card. I used the new signature greetings stamp from Papertrey- love that set. My hubby gave me 5 sets for christmas. He knew I kept a wish list and he even ordered under my name so I could get the bonus set this year! How cool is that?

I am hoping to post a bit more this month. I won't call it a resolution. I am making fun crafty things, I just am a lazy blogger. Here's to changing that!

I Love Dad

edited: I don't know why this posted. Notice that it says it is posted on Saturday, yet today is Thursday. This irritates me. I have another post I want to schedule, but I don't want to bombard the blog. Sigh....


Happy Father's Day! I hope that all the Dad's out there will have a great day! Since I am on vacation, i am sure fishing will be on the agenda!



This card is a layout I have used before (truth time, I frantically made this card when I remembered I needed a Father's day card for my husband and that I needed to go and pack for my trip...like immediately.) Colored Bronto with copics, added some buttons....Perfect!



Supplies:

Carstock: Bazzil, PTI

Patterned Paper: Basic Grey

Stamps: Studio G, Paper Makeup Stamps

Markers: Copics

Buttons: Basic Grey
Twine:PTI

Congrats Grad

I am going on vacation, so I won't be posting as often. Hopefully I scheduled the posts correctly. I won't have internet either (gotta love the Northwoods), so don't think I haven't forgotten about everyone!

This card is another that I made for a graduation. Very quick and simple. I just a patterned paper from my stash and added some hibiscus burst ribbon, the star stamp is from PTI and the swirls are something I picked up at the $1.99 bin.

Supplies:
Carstock: Papertrey Ink

Patterned Paper: Anna Griffin

Stamps: Hero Arts, Papertrey Ink

Ink: Memento

Ribbon: Papertrey Ink

Quick Graduation Card

This is my fall back card template. I needed a couple quick graduation cards for this week, and this became one of them. I really love the contrast of black and white with red and to be a bit different I used my other favorite - Kraft! Nothing fancy here folks, of course the bow looks terrific because nothing ties like the PTI ribbon.

Supplies:

Cardstock: Papertrey Ink

Patterned Paper: American Crafts

Stamp: Hero Arts

Ribbon: Papertrey Ink

Father's Day Card for Michelle

So here is another Father's Day card I was asked to make. This one is for Michelle's husband's father. The main image is a journaling card from Fancy Pants. I mounted it on sme Kiwi Kiss, popped it up and then added the piercing and button treatment. The stamp is from an old Stampin Up set....sorry it's so short my little guy has a 102 degree fever and I have to take care of him (he is sleeping now but it promises to be a looong night).

You're the Bees Knees!

Another Father's Day card. This one is for my friend Christina to give to her father, who keeps bees as a hobby (which sounds really cool, but I would worry about being stung).

This image from Saltbox Studio was so fun to color, and I have to thank Tiffany for having the perfect patterned paper for this card! The inside of the card reads "Happy Father's Day". Hopefully Christina likes this!

I know that people always think that Man cards are hard to make - but think of them as opportunities to stretch yourself creatively!

Supplies:

Stamps: Saltbox Studio, Amuse

Ink: Memento, PTI Fresh Snow

Ribbon and Twine: PTI

Markers: Copics

Button: PTI

Doggie Father's Day Card

A couple friends have asked me to make them some father's day cards. This card is meant for my friend Michelle's adorable little Yorkie to give to her husband. I love doggie Father's day cards they are such a cute idea! This card was fun to put together. I wanted to use Papertrey Ink's white snow ink and polka dot basics, and also use the I heart my dad stamp from Studio G and a Paw Print from Inkadinkado. It was more fun then usual because my friend Tiffany was over when I was making this card and we had a great time staying up late and crafting.

The ribbon is also from Papertrey Ink. I hope you enjoy my card! Look for more Father's day and graduation cards this week.

Supplies:
Cardstock: Papertrey Ink, Archiver's

Stamps: Polka Dot Basics (PTI), I heart my dad (Studio G), Paw Print (Inkadinkado)

Ribbon and Twine: PTI

Ink: Memento and Staz On

Mother's Day Cards

I found a pack of Amy Butler Purse embellishments at Archiver's and I thought they would make the perfect embellishment for Mother's Day Cards. Then I found the matching paper at Michael's - how fun is that? These cards were so easy to put together, and I love how they came out!

Supplies:

Purses: K and Company

Patterned Paper: K and Company

Stamp: Papertrey Ink

Ribbon: from the stash

A Mother's Day Card

I had time Saturday night to play with my new stamps from Papertrey Ink. For this card I used the Mother and Life sets. I stamped the wildflowers first in sahara sand, kiwi kiss, baja breeze and lavender lace. Once I had a pattern I liked I went over the flowers with some twinkling H2Os. This card really sparkles! The sentiments were stamped using Memento Rich Cocoa. The ribbon is May Arts. This card took a while to stamp and paint, but I think the results are worth it.

On a fun note - I just found out one of my submissions to the September issue of CARDS Magazine was accepted for publication! I am beyond excited!

Supplies:
Stamps: Papertrey Ink
Cardstock: Kraft (Papertrey Ink), River Rock (Stampin Up)
Ribbon: May Arts
Other: Twinkling H2Os

What do you think of these Easter Baskets?

My son has 5 teachers in his daycare classroom where I am the parent rep. I thought it would be fun for Easter to take up a collection for Easter baskets and this is what I wound up with. Walmart has a fabulous section that had the candies by color, so I just went through and picked out some of each. The hard part was to make sure that none of the candies were made in a facotry that also processes nuts (which means no M and M's). I did add a name tag on the wooden sticks in the baskets.

So what do you think? Would you like a basket like this?

Easter Boxes and my opinion on Bows

I made these boxes for some of the support staff at my son's daycare (just wait until you see the baskets for the teachers tomorrow!) I use my silhouette to cute the boxes from Easter colored DSP from KI Memories, and ribbon by Basic Basic (from Michaels).

They really were easy to make. Thanks to my mom for helping to fill the boxes, she really stuffed them (peanut free candy only!)

And about bows; in my left brained opinion, when you tie a bow the tails need to be pointing down. This takes some fussing with the ribbon, but you can bet I fuss with them because it is annoying to me to see the tails go in different directions. I think it goes back to my mom, on all of our packages the bow tails always pointed down :)

And another thing..I have worked out my pattern for crocheted flowers! Look for those on some cards in the next week!

Supplies:
Cardstock: KI Memories

Ribbon: Basic Basic

Stamps: Amuse

For Peep's Sake

I loved this peep stamp from Amuse, and I had to have it when I saw it released. I am working on finishing my Easter Cards, and I put this card together very quickly. I stamped the peep multiple times in So Saffron ink, used a glue pen to trace the outline, and then poured on glitter. The ribbon is also from Amuse, as is the sentiment. The inside of the card has one peep and "Happy Easter". I put a clear overlay over the top of the card so that the glitter did not go everywhere.

Supplies:
Cardstock: Yellow (Archiver's), Pink (DCWV), White (Wasau)
Stamps: Amuse
Glitter: Art Glitter
Ribbon: Amuse
Ink: Stampin Up

Easter Card 2

If you have never looked at the clear stamps from My Favorite Things I would really recommend it. Call it enabling, but look how cute this main image is from the Easter Greetings set.

Supplies:

Cardstock: Neenah Cardstock (White), Stampin Up (Pink)

Ribbon: Stampin Up

Stamps: My Favorite Things

Copics

Easter Card 1

I made this cute Easter card the other night. It was really easy, all the shapes were cut using my silhouette! I cut a bunch of the eggs and grass so that I could make a bunch. I modified the design to make cards for my son's daycare teachers as well.
Supplies:
Cardstock: Stampin Up and Papertrey Ink
Stamp: Amuse
Ribbon: Papertrey Ink

Happy St Patty's Day!

This was a quick and easy project. I wanted to make gifts for Jack's teachers at the daycare, and my silhouette sure came in handy again! I simply cut out the shamrock, and then used the computer to write the sentiment! The mini shamrock stamp is from Papertrey Inks Limitless labels set. The bag has Andes mints - they go with the holiday and they are made in a peanut free facility!

I can't wait to give them out tomorrow!

Supplies

Paper: Some random green from my stash, Certainly celery (SU)

Ribbon: Offray

Ink: SU
Stamp: Papertrey Ink

Bags: SU