Catching Up!

Spring chores have taken control of my schedule over the past few weeks and I have neglected my card crafting and needlework.  I have found time this week to work on a model cross-stitch project for Beth at Heartstring Samplery (the project is my little secret until it is completed and Beth releases the pattern).  I also met with three friends on Monday for some papercrafting fun!  I am currently working on a bridal shower card, two Mother's Day cards and some birthday cards.  May seems to be a busy month for birthdays! 

I thought I would post some pictures of a few cards that I made earlier this month......

Here's a cute card for a bridal shower - I got the inspiration for it on Pinterest:

Easter cards.............

And a baby card for a new great-nephew!

The stamps (buttons, frame and sentiment) on the baby card are from PaperTrey Inc. 

It's That Time of Year for..................

Bridal Showers! I'll be hosting a bridal shower brunch next week. I thought I would post a photo of the invitations I crafted for the brunch.





After much searching (online and in-store), I finally found an umbrella stamp that I was pleased with.  The stamp was actually of a girl holding an umbrella - I just inked the umbrella part of the stamp.  I found the stamp at an Archiver's store.  It is also available on the manufacturer's (Stamping Bella)website.  The "bridal shower" stamp  is by A Muse Artstamps.  This was another stamp that I had a hard time locating.  I wanted a simple font  for the stamp.  I ended up ordering from the website.

The hearts were embossed and die-cut using Fashionable Hearts Embosslits Die that I got from Stampin' Up.  I used different colors of pink cardstock to make the hearts. 

I adhered the hearts with glue dots and rounded the corners of the white and pink cardstock. I used the computer to print (in pink ink, of course) the brunch "details" on white cardstock (rounded those corners too) and glued it to the back of the invite.  Pink ink was used to "distress" the edges of the white cardstock.

 

Signs of Spring.....A Picture Blog - Part 2

 

Dogwood

The "not for hire" Gardener

Redbud

sweet Tater

Dogwood

Dogwood

Enjoy!!

 

Signs of Spring.........A Picture Blog

  The tea olive - blooms are *very fragrant* - We have two of these planted in front of our house....if the wind/temperature/weather conditions are just right, we can smell the tea olive blooms even if we are in the backyard.  One of my favorites - I was introduced to this plant on a fall visit to Charleston...the scent was in the air everywhere because most residents had them planted in their gardens.

 

For rent........"cheep"

 

I noticed that one of our lilac bushes already has flowers!

 

flower buds on the pear tree

  another favorite!

 

 blossoms on the pear tree

Hope you enjoy these photos............I have a few more for a later post.

Ooh La La......Paris #2

Several months ago I posted a picture of a card that I made for my friend Judy.  Judy *loves* Paris so I made her a Paris collage card.   Recently Judy gave me a thin strip of paper that had a Paris theme to it.  As a card maker, NO piece of paper is safe with me.  I now look at everything thru the eyes of "could I do something with that on a card?"   Little did Judy know that the Paris-themed strip of paper would be returned to her on the front of a greeting card.  Judy received this little goodie in the mail yesterday.......

I adhered the Paris-themed strip of paper to the left side of red cardstock.  In the bottom right corner, the following is stamped:

The world is a book.

If you do not travel........

you read only a page

The stamped message is very hard to see in the photo.  I also used a postage stamp rubber stamp as background over the rest of the red cardstock (also hard to see in the photo).   If you click on the photo you can see the stamped images a little better.

 I used my Stampin' Up Riding Hood Red ink pad to stamp the sentiment and the postage stamps.  The postage stamp rubber stamp is also a Stampin' Up product from the retired Letters from Friends set.  The "World is a book" rubber stamp is a Verses Rubber Stamps product.  The 2 cutouts near the top of the card are from K&Company's "Life's Journey Stamp Collage" collection.  I attached these with foam squares to add dimension.  I rounded the corners of the red cardstock with a paper punch.  The red cardstock was adhered to a dark brown card using my adhesive tape runner.  Since the inside of a dark brown card is "dark brown" (duh!), I cut a piece of lighter paper and adhered to the inside of card so that my handwritten greetings could be easily seen (I was going to use the word "legible"; however, sometimes my writing is not legible even on plain white paper)!

A Showcase of Cards

Thought I would finish posting the pictures of cards I've made over the past several weeks.  So, here goes.............

 The inspiration for this one came from the gallery on the Graphic 45 website.  The papers and butterfly embellishments are from their Botanicabella collection.  I really like their products. 

The stamps are from Stampin' Up - Lovely As A Tree.

More Stampin' Up products!

  The flower stamp is a Stampin' Up product.  "Celebrate" is a Cross My Heart product.  The background printed paper is from the Graphic 45 Botanicabella collection.

  More Stampin' Up product.



I didn't do any explaining on technique for making these cards and some products that I've used have gone unnamed.  If you are interested in any of the card making techniques or would like more info on a product that I've used, either leave a comment or email me and I'll get back with you.  I think this post pretty much catches me up on posting some of the newer cards that I've been working on. 

These Have Been Keeping Me Busy!

Here are some pictures of cards that I've made over that past 2-3 weeks.  To save time (which will allow me to get back to crafting), I'm not going to list supplies for each card.  If there is one that intrigues you and you would like to ask about a particular paper, stamp, embellishment, etc, just email me or leave a comment and I'll get back with you.  I still have more photos to post.........maybe tomorrow!