The Box

Even the box is scrap related as it was the box my big Cricut Expression came in:) My son thought it was a great seat to watch a little TV from, so cute. The paper is from the DCWV Green Stack, I love this paper line. Such cute patterns and a lot of it is great for boys. I also got the chipboard pack which I rarely get, but just had to have it and used it for the title and little "what a hoot" sentiment. The trees are from Kim Hughes set, Making the Grade availible at Cornish Heritage Farms. Hope you have a laid back day:)

Floral Note Card Set

I made this set of six note cards and holder for my MIL's birthday. I decided to leave a sentiment off so that she could use them for anything. The flowers are from the Shady Tree Studio line at Cornish Heritage Farms. I love these flowers as they are big enough to stand on their own and so much fun to color. The background was also stamped using Scalloped backgrounder also from CHF. I added just a bit of PTI Ripe Avacado ribbon and inked the edgeds of the oval Nesibility. I wanted them to be completely flat so she didn't have to worry about postage cost.

I have some really BIG and exciting news to share with you all on Monday! And part of it will be some blog candy:) Thanks for coming by...hope you have a great Friday!

Clear Dollar Stamp Guest DT submission

I decided to try my hand again for the Clear Dollar Stamps June Guest Designer spot. This month the challenge was to use designer paper, brads, ribbon and one stamp set including the sentiment or you could computer generate one. I used Charlie Daisy again and pulled out some adorable MM Chloe's Closet paper. The little flower brads I've had for ages and was happy to use up so many:) The ribbon is some $ store cream grosgrain and I added a punched border with my new Friskars Apron Lace punch.

This card will go to a good friend of mine who loves horses and she just got one of her own, so I am very happy for her! I hope you like it:) Thanks for taking a peek and for your wonderful comments. Be happy!

The Greatest of These...

Well, I have a a very stressful week which has just gotten a lot better! On Monday my husband had a chance to work some overtime and took it. He works in a big manufacturing plant where they make napkins, towels and toilet paper. He is the one the fixes these huge machines when they break down. While working an accident happened and his right hand got trapped/crushed in a big, heavy gear of the machine. It wasn't running or anything, it had been jammed and suddenly fell. He had to get 20 stitches and they were very concerned about a tendon in one finger possibly being severed. We just found out that that finger will be fine and he didn't need extra surgery! We had already planned a week off so by the time he goes back to work his finger should be healed enough for him to work. I am so thankful and relieved. So, now that all that has settled I have time to post again:)

My card uses a Thomas Kinkade image A Perfect Yellow Rose, availible at Cornish Heritage Farms. I colored it using Prismas. I was going for a photo vintage tint look and like how it came out. The background was stamped using Spanish Script and the flourishes are from the Rummange Bin, Beautiful, and the sentiment is from Scripture Essentials 1 also at CHF. The flower is from Paper Blooms. Thanks so much for visiting!

Rock a Bye Baby....

Had fun making this cute little baby card with a play on the Rock-a-bye baby song:) The entire thing is stamped, a backgrounder, Petite Pattern, and then 2 Kim Hughes sets, Baby Love and Pretty Birds for the images, available at Cornish Heritage Farms. Colored with Primas and the blue was sponged on. Added some faux stitching and white pen work. Hope you have a great day! Thanks for stopping by:)

So Sketchy Sunday

Good Sunday to you! I have a So Sketchy card to share with you today using another fabulous circle sketch by Ally. I used my Cricut to cut the circle card base and then Nestibilites to cut the scallop and plain circle mats. The tulip image was stamped and then colored with Prismacolor pencils and the sentiment is from Mona Lisa Moments, Friend Centers availible at Cornish Heritage Farms. The pretty flourishes were also cut with my Cricut. To finish it I added a bit of faux stitching and inking. Hope you are having a lovely Sunday and if you have tomorrow off have a great long weekend! Thanks for stopping by!

How About A LO

Hopefully you will be seeing a few more LO's from me as I am really getting back to doing them. I have re-connected with my Cricut and enjoy making them again:) I love this BG paper, Urban Prairie and had to use it with this pic of my daughter. I have the matching stamp set too so I got to combine stamping with all my Cricut cuts which I love. I used a new cart, Lyrical Letters which I highly recommend getting! It's got tons of extras on it and 7, yes 7 different fonts! The little journaling spot was also stamped using the recipe box from Ornamental Beauty from Cornish Heritage Farms. I scrap my son also just so you know*lol* but little girl pages are easier for me since I can go on pink and flower overload! Thank you for all your comments and for visiting. Hope you have a wonderful Saturday!

PTI Princesses Blogging Group Challenge #3

I am part of a blogging group and every couple of weeks we have a challenge and this time it's my turn to host:) My challenge to you is to make a one layer, no other paper besides the card base, stamps only card! Hope it sounds fun!:)

I love one layer cards, they are usually fast, easy to mail and I love that they focus on purely stamping. For my two cards I pulled out my PIT Wishing You set for the focal images. The first card also uses PTI's Polka Dot Basics and some Sandy Lion border stamps. The second card was even faster than the first and I decided to use the same stamps I already had out. I really like the clean and simple look and am really liking the color combo on the first card of Avacado, Spring Moss, Chocolate, Aqua Mist and Raspberry Fizz.

I hope you all play along! Can't wait to see your one layer wonders!:)

Paper Blooms Challenge #8- Red, White and Blue

This week over at Paper Blooms we are celebrating Memorial Day by using the colors Red, White and Blue. You don't have to do a patriotic theme, just use those colors. Here is my card for the challenge. The background is all stamped, End Diamonds and Spanish script and the sentiment is from Motivational Centers from Cornish Heritage Farms. The leaf sprig was cut with my Circut and embossed and the bloom and trim are from Paper Blooms. Do you like the lacey trim? I'm going to be adding some to the shop! Please come visit us and join in:) Hope you have a wonderful day!

Little Dear

A bit of a non-traditional baby card done all with stamps, there is no pattern paper on this one! Isn't that row of flowers the cutest? It's from a Heidi Grace baby stamp set I got at Mikes with a coupon. The scallops at the very top are from PTI. The "dear" I hand wrote and that adorable deer image is Chloe, from Kim Hughes available at Cornish Heritage Farms. The clouds are from another Kim Hughes set, Whimsical Wishes. Colored in with Prismas and I cut out and popped up Chloe. I hope you have a wonderful day! I'm off to visit a friend this morning:)

Lovely

I finally got my hands on some of the newest stamps released over at Cornish Heritage Farms, Ornamental Borders scrapblock and Ornamental Beauty and Tree Swallows. I love how this design turned in to a monochromatic look. I added just a splash of pink with my Prisma pencils.

Well, dear hubby and I had a fabulous time out! It was so relaxing and fun. We went actually went out of town to a creek that is spring fed and walked around this "park" area, so pretty. It had a little bird reserve and everything. I didn't take pics, though I thought about it, but sometimes just memories are the best.

I've added several new mini kits to the Paper Blooms shop and I'm going to be adding trim! These will be shorter pieces as they are all hand crocheted by me and you can't cut them, so I am making them card size appropriate but they would work just as well on a scrapbook page too. Thanks for visiting and all your lovely comments, makes my day!

Happy Birthday Dad

Tomorrow is my Dad's birthday so of course I wanted to make him a card. I used all Cornish Heritage Farms stamps for this, except the sentiment. The background is End Diamond and the lighthouse and sail boat are from Beacon of Hope, Scene it! line. I really enjoyed stamping a "scene", it's the first time I have and for certian people/occasions it just really works. I stamped the images onto Kraft from PTI and colored with my Prismas. The sentiment is from PTI also. Added a bit of piercing and called it good. I hope he likes it.

I am now carrying mini kits in the Paper Blooms shop. They are super cute if I do say so myself:) I am adding little handmade felt embellishments along with the blooms and some coordinating ribbon, buttons, stick pins etc. Please take a look! It's free shipping if you are in the U.S!

It's a bit late in coming but my dear husband and I are going out tonight to celebrate Mother's Day. He had to work last weekend so we never got to do anything special. My parents are going to watch my two littles and we are going out, alone, for the first time in 3 years!! I'm looking forward to it:) Hope you all have a wonderful weekend!

So Sketchy Friday

Another great sketch over at the So Sketchy blog! I loved all the ovals, would have probably never thought of that on my own;) All the ovals were cut with a classic Nestie and the swirly ones were stamped with a background stamp from Verve. The image is yet another one of my own:) I love that quote which is from Motivational Centers available at Cornish Heritage Farms. The butterfly is a BG stamp cut out twice, you may recognize it from the MDC blog roll. A bit of punched lace and a few rhinestones to finsh it off. I hope you have a wonderful Friday and no matter what's going on in your life, don't give up!

MDC Card Challenge Thursday

This week over on the Mother's and Daughter's blog the challenge is to use polka dots. Not hard since I think most of us use them a lot. So I tried to add a few extra "polka dotty" elements to my card. I fussy cut all those little owls and mounted them on 1" punched circles so they would be sitting in a big polka dot. Then the MS punched border has lots of holes in it resembling polka dots and the yummy background and pattern paper by BoBunny added to the whole dotty feel. Make sure to visit the blog and I hope you have a wonderful day!

Sweet Pea

With the blogging group I'm a part of it was Michelle's turn to host the challenge, and it was a good one! Ink up a set that hasn't seen some love in a while. So I did just that by using Green Thumb to make a sweet little baby card. I also used Retro backgrounds for my patterned paper. The tiny green flower is a center from Beautiful Blooms, so yea! I managed to use 3 sets on one card:) I added some paper glaze to my "peas" which makes them shiny and a bit raised in person. I used Hibiscus and Ripe Avocado for my colors...I hope you like it! And remember to pop on over to the Paper Blooms blog to be inspired by the DT!

A Card and a LO

I was asked to make a graduation card for a lady at my church and really enjoyed coming up with this one. I am really trying to use my Cricut more and use die cuts...I have been primarily stamping for the past year or so and yet have a huge amount of Cricut stuff too! So, I incorporated a die cut sentiment and the little diploma. I love these flowers from Cornish Heritage Farms, they are called Artys Blooms from the Shady Tree Studio line. I stamped a background using Spanish Script and the lovely flourishes are from the Rummage Bin line, Beautiful. The image was colored with Prismas.
So, in the effort of using my cricut more I also want to do more LO's. I really do enjoy preserving the pics of my family. All embellishment is from the Cricut on this one, and I just adore those birds! Aren't they the cutest? I did add a bit of stamping because that's my real goal, use die cuts and stamping together. I hope you have a wonderful day and thanks for visiting!

Mother's and Daughter'sCreations First Annual Blog Roll

Happy Mother's Day to all of you! And big hugs to those of you that this is is a hard day...whether you don't have your mom with you or you long to be a mom. Well, I'm going to share a couple of pictures with you and in doing so discovered that I don't have a recent picture of my mom and I together! Something I'll need to remedy today:) My mom and are blessed with a very close relationship and I am so grateful. She is truly one of my best friends. And she is an amazing Grandmother to my children. I thought I'd share one of my earliest memories of her with you.

I was about 4 years old and we had chickens. I remember having a basket to go collect the eggs in and loved it. Well one day one of the chickens escaped, and my mom went running around the outside of the house to catch it. It is a very funny memory to me because I can still see her running bent over with her arms out stretched trying to catch this silly chicken:) She did catch it after what seemed a very long time to me and I don't think I'll ever forget that. It was a lesson of sorts. Perseverance, don't give up no matter how hard things are, even if you are running after a dream, or a lost chicken;) Here are a couple of photos for you, not the best quality but they do reflect our real life.

My Mom and my two blessings

Me and my two loves

Now, Big Thanks to all of you who participated in our First Mothers & Daughters Creations Blog Roll, you have until May 16th to upload your projects, everyday is a special prize, the more you play with us, more chances to win!!!
Here is the list of the challenges already posted, hostesses and prizes!!

Day 1: Card with multiple layers challenge hosted by Cathy : Prize: Daisy Bucket Summer Cottage paper and 2 lengths of ribbon

Day 2: Scrapbook Sketch Challenge hosted by Robin. Prize:Crafty Secrets Accordian Album

Day 3: Treasure Boxes and Gift Bags hosted by Cathy. Prize:Green & Yellow Treasure Box

Day 4: Candle or Table or Tray Decoration hosted by Maria. Prize:Lilac Flower Rinestones from Kaiser

Day 5: Vintage Style Borders and Embellishments hosted by Tamara. Prize: Collection of Vintage borders and embellishments

Day 6: Spring theme ATC hosted by Leah. Prize: ATC Kit

Day 7: Recipe Card Challenge hosted by Melissa. Prize: SEI Morning Meadow epoxy stickers.

Day 8: Card with at least 3 flowers challenge hosted by Giovana.
Prize: Butterfly Kisses Stamp.

Day 9: Homemade Touch Gift Challenge hosted by Dawn. Prize: Stamps from Daisy Bucket.

Day 10: Flower bouquet challenge hosted by Mia. Prize:3D Bouquet in a Tea Cup

Thanks so much for all your support. Now Mothers & Daughters Creations wants to celebrate with you a great Mother's Day offering you for today ONLY Free Shipping in orders $50.00 or more. What a better way to celebrate your day!!!

Stamp Something- Pink Birthday Somethings

Over at the Stamp Something challenge blog you were to make a pink birthday card. I love pink so this was a lot of fun. I used some yummy BG paper, an adorable Kim Hughes cupcake image available at Cornish Heritage Farms and a sentiment from PTI. I added some sewing, paper piercing, embossing and of course a glittery frosting of Stickles. The corner embellishment is a Cuttlebug die, one I haven't used in a long time. Thanks for stopping by:)

Each Day

Lots of layers happening on this card. The bird and swirl was cut with my Cricut. The image is another one of my own, colored with Prismacolor pencils. The sentiment is from Cornish Heritage Farms, Motivational Centers. And the bloom is from Paper Blooms. I hope that you have a lovely Friday and a great weekend! Thanks so much for stopping by and leaving your wonderful comments:)

Day 10 of the Mothers and Daughters Creations First Annual Mothers and Daughters Traditions Blog Roll

As we roll to the end of our Mothers and Daughters Traditions Blog Roll, we are offering our final chance to win some blog candy! Today's candy comes in the shape of a hand made bouquet of flowers, created by our resident floral expert, Cathy. In keeping with the tradition of the blog roll, you should begin your journey today with Mia who is today's challenge host. Today Mia will be explaining the last part of the Fabulous Floral Extravaganza and how you can win the gorgeous antique china piece that was the inspiration for Cathy's floral projects. Laurie will show you even more projects to inspire your own designs.

We would love to her about your special memories of mothers, grandmothers, aunts and other special women in you lives and hope you'll share them with us. Giovana shares some special memories and photographs on her blog, be sure to stop there on your journey today.

Thanks for stopping by today, be sure to stop in tomorrow for a recap of our First Annual Blog Roll and a special offer from the MDC Store!

Day 9 of the Mothers and Daughters Creations First Annual Mothers and Daughters Traditions Blog Roll

Need a quick, but meaningful gift for Mother's Day? How about creating a magnet for your mom or other special lady with a picture of her grandchild, you and her together or her beloved pet? Using scraps of paper and some simple embellishments you can whip together a little magnet gift in 10 minutes. Recognize the flower embellies? Yep, those are the ones I made just a couple of days ago. I printed out a wallet size picture of my daughter, punched a cute border, matted it on some coordinating paper and viola! A sweet, simple little gift. Magnet strips are cheap and you only need a small piece of one. This one is going to go to one of the Grandma's for Mother's Day. Want more?


Visit Dawn for a fabulous challenge and some great ideas for quick projects you can make from things you have on hand. Kathryn has also joined in with samples so drop by her blog for even more inspiration.

And don't forget to visit the MDC blog and store!

Day 8 of the Mothers and Daughters Creations First Annual Mothers and Daughters Traditions Blog Roll

Today is the regular “Thursday Card Challenge” at Mothers and Daughters and our blog roll continues with a special treat. First I'll tell you about the card challenge, use at least 3 flowers on your card. The flowers I made using a punch and some primas and bling in the middle. The adorable image is from Stampavie colored in Prismacolor pencils. Now on to more of the blog hop.

Giovana is hosting the challenge so hurry on over to her blog for all the details – challenge, blog candy, and a stunning card to inspire you. Melissa, has also made samples for this challenge. Don't forget to stop by the MDC blog and store:)

Paper Blooms Challenge #6

This week over at the Paper Blooms blog the challenge to is create something for that special woman in your life, whether she is your mom or just a very dear friend. For my project I picked up a $1 wooden bird house and decided to make it pretty for my mom for Mother's Day. She loves little things like this and if she papercrafted she's be a clean and simple kind of gal, so that's what I went with.

First I painted the house white, nice and clean looking and springy! Then I painted on some stems and grass. Then came the blooms that can be found HERE. I added a tiny rhinestone to the center of each one. For the eves I punched some pretty brown and polka dot paper with my MS punch that also embosses, gives it a little extra something in person. And what is a bird house without some birds?! I stamped my favorite birds from 2 different sets of Kim Hughes, Pretty Birds and Mocha Chia, availible at Cornish Heritage Farms.

I hope she likes it! I am very happy with how it came out and it was a fairly fast project too. Please come on over to the blog and join us, we'd love to see what you create!!

Day 7 of the Mothers and Daughters Creations First Annual Mothers and Daughters Traditions Blog Roll

With just a few simple supplies you can create your own custom embellishments. Try fussy cutting some flowers out of pattern paper and layering them on top of each other. If the paper is double sided alternate the sides. Got some flower punches? Punch scraps of left over cardstock and or pattern paper, layer and finish off with a rhinestone center. And then there is always stamping. Stamp an image twice on a scrap piece of cardstock or pattern paper, cut out and layer together using a pop dot for more dimension. Hand made embellishments don't need to take a lot of time or supplies and will perfectly cooridinate with what you already have on hand.

This is lucky Day #7 of the Mothers and Daughters Traditions Blog Roll. We’re getting away from cards and scrap pages to take a crack at recipe cards. Share your recipes and get some cool ideas for making recipe cards from Melissa. (Hint, I hear she has a template to share as well.) Drop by and see what Robin, Giovana, and Laurie have also come up with.

Don't forget to visit the MDC blog and store!

So Sketchy- Semi-circle card

The sketch over at So Sketchy is a semi-circle, fun! When I saw it I thought of a yummy slice of watermelon. So that's what I did:) The yummy papers are from K&Co. and the words and melon were cut with my Cricut. I added some rhinestones, stitching, a punched border and some pen/ink work. Hope your day is as delightful as a juicy piece of melon! Thanks for stopping by!

Day 6 of the Mothers and Daughters Creations First Annual Mothers and Daughters Traditions Blog Roll

This spring ATC was made using a stamp by Serendipity and was colored with Prismacolor pencils. The cute little felt flower and bling is from Zva. Now be sure to check out the samples made by Cathy and Giovana too.

Want to know what to do with those ATC’s? Tamara will show you how to use them to embellish scrap book pages. You can also use them on cards, boxes, or frame them. Check out Cathy’s blog for more ideas as well as “how to’s” if you’ve never made an ATC before. And don't forget to visit the MDC blog and store!

Day 4 Of The First Annual Mother's and Daughters Blog Roll

The Mothers and Daughters Traditions Blog Roll continues with a challenge hosted by Maria. If you are planning on serving Mom, Grandma, or anyone breakfast in bed, why not make that breakfast tray extra special with a quick and easy decoration, or make lunch, brunch or dinner extra special with pretty, hand made table decorations.

Visit Maria’s blog for all the details and a chance to win some glitzy blog candy (think spring, think BLING).

Cathy, Robin, and Giovana have also made some samples for this challenge. Drop by their blogs for some more great ideas.
Enjoy!

I'm a Guest Designer for 365 Cards!

The challenge today is called floral fest, use at least 8 flowers, well that couldn't be more up my alley:) Here is my card. I used a piece of transparency to give the look that the flowers are really in the wheelbarrow. The wheelbarrow was cut with my Cricut using Walk In My Garden. I added some stitching, a punched MS border and a large button for the middle of the wheel. I punched some butterflies and glittered them and added some leaves and pearl brads to the blooms. The sentiment is from PTI and all those pretty flowers are from my little shop, Paper Blooms. Hop on over to the 365 Cards blog and play along! Thanks for stopping by!

Day 3 of the Mothers and Daughters Creations First Annual Mothers and Daughters Traditions Blog Roll

The Mothers and Daughters Mothers Day Traditions Blog Roll brings two challenges today and two chances to win a wonderful hand made treasure box.

Visit Cathy’s blog for some innovative ways to do really special things with hand made boxes and gift bags. She’s posting templates and a detailed tutorial for Part 1 of our Fabulous Floral Three Part Challenge. And if you need a last minute gift idea (need something to put in that gift bag), stop by Kathryn’s blog.

Dawn and Giovana have made some gorgeous samples for these challenges.

Need some general info about the blog roll? You can find it on the MDC Challenge Blog.


My little treasure box is to hold some gift tags. A very simple square box using some pretty BoBunny double sided paper and Scenic Route stamps. I added a punched scalloped border to the top edge of the box and some twine to tie on the gift tags with. Thanks for stopping by!

Day 2 of the Mothers and Daughters Creations First Annual Mothers and Daughters Traditions Blog Roll

The fun at MDC continues today with a fabulous Scrap Book Sketch Challenge. Robin designed a beautiful page to show off pictures of her grandmother and daughter and shares the sketch for her page with all of us.Drop by Robin’s blog for all the details and a chance to win a Crafty Arts chipboard album.

Melita and Laurie are also posting some stunning pages made from Robin’s sketch. You can see them here…..

And if you need some ideas for journaling, stop by the MDC Challenge Blog. Linda has put together a collection of fund and sentimental poems, sentiments, and journaling suggestions.
Enjoy!