You Make Me Happy

Hi everyone! I'm back from our family vacation in New Mexico. That was a good 2 weeks. Our time was split between Albuquerque and Taos. My parents and 90% of my relatives live in Taos. My dad is undergoing radiation treatments in Albuquerque, so we spent more time than usual in Albuquerque. My sister and her family live in Albuquerque, so we stayed there several nights.

I took some crafting supplies and some pre-stamped and pre-cut odds and ends for the nieces to play with after Kalino's birthday party was over on August 1st. They had fun customizing some mini notebooks and they made cards. I also joined in the fun and created this card with a design I cut from my Silhouette months ago. I should have faux stitched the design before I put it on the card with foam tape, but I made my job a little harder. I threaded the button with linen thread from SU! and attached it to the card with a Glue Dot.

Here's a picture of 2 of my nieces at work.

Thanks for stopping by!

Happy Secretary's Day - Two Cards

I made a couple of cards for the great women you meet when you walk into my son's school. Secretary's Day was last week, but we were on Spring Break, so we celebrated the day this week. I don't have any Happy Secretary's Day stamps, do you? But I wanted to tell them Thank You for all they do. Their job is definitely not easy.

Both cards use one of my favorite Papertrey Ink sets (Everyday Button Bits). I wanted the cards to be similar, so I chose to use Kraft cardstock (my favorite) for both. They also have the new Dotty Biscotti paper from Papertrey Ink.

Half the button are "threaded" with thin strips of Dotty Biscotti paper; the others with linen thread.  The "Soaring by to say" card has the Thank You sentiment stamped on the inside.

Thanks for stopping by!

Card Ingredients (all Papertrey Ink except where noted)

Stamps: Everyday Button Bits, Big & Bold Wishes

Paper: Kraft (SU!), Dotty Biscotti

Ink: VersaMark, Memento Rich Cocoa (Tsukineko)

Tools: Corner Chomper (We R Memory Keepers), Embossed Curve punch (EK Success), embossing gun, Big Shot with Fillable Frame #3

Other: clear embossing powder, white gel pen (Sakura), Linen Thread (SU!), Zots, Lemon Tart ribbon, buttons, May Arts aqua ribbon (Practicing Creativity), Tim Holtz Paper Distresser, foam tape (3M)

Sending You Sincere, Heartfelt Thanks

Here's a simple card I love that I forgot to post. It's using the Hero Arts butterfly design for the Silhouette. It's the last time I'll use toothpicks behind this butterfly...I promise! See my other toothpick cards here and here.

I cut the butterfly from the a sheet of digi paper from Cheery Glen by Misty Cato (Sweet Shoppe Designs). To give it some shine, I used VersaMark ink on the entire butterfly and embossed it with clear embossing powder. Sorry, you can't see the shine in my photos. I also used the same ink and embossing powder on the "Sending You" part of the sentiment.

Speaking of Sweet Shoppe Designs, I stepped down from the Hybrid Babes Design Team. I didn't have enough time to devote to the SSD community. I'll continue doing hybrid projects. Thanks, Jen, for the awesome inspiration to even try doing hybrid cards!

Card Ingredients

Stamps: Big & Bold Wishes (Papertrey Ink)

Paper: kraft (SU!), Cheery Glen by Misty Cato (Sweet Shoppe Designs)

Ink: VersaMark, Rose Red (SU!)

Tools: Silhouette with butterfly design, Corner Chomper (We R Memory Keepers)

Other: clear embossing powder, toothpicks, Tombo Mono Multi Liquid Glue, white gel pen (Sakura), foam tape (3M)

Happy Birthday, Mom!

Hope you're all having a great weekend. My sweet mom celebrated her 65th birthday yesterday. This is the card I made for her yesterday. I can't believe she's 65 years young!

My mom is very active. She seems like she never sits down. Several times a week she goes for very long walks. A few weeks ago, she joined my sisters and brother-in-law for an extreme hike outside of Taos, NM. It was 16 miles round trip and it took 10 hours! She wanted to accomplish it before her 65th b-day. She did it! She has better knees than I do. I wouldn't be able to do this hike.

My design was inspired by this card created by Angie Tieman. I love all her designs! The faux stitching was inspired by the fabulous Kristina.

I used my QuicKutz Silhouette to make my own chipboard again. I created the 65 using the Rockwell Extra Bold font on my computer. I cut out the numbers several times from Kraft cardstock and glued the layers together. I also the Silhouette to cut the numbers out from some pretty Carolyn Gavin for K & Company paper (thanks, Ericka!). No craft knife or sanding block required! I used the Big Shot to emboss some dots onto Melon Mambo cardstock. The brad-type embellishment is actually a clear button that I backed with some more Carolyn Gavin paper. On top of the button I added a kraft colored heart. I also did some faux stitching on the heart.

Thanks for looking. Have a good one!

Card Ingredients
Stamps: Teeny Tiny Wishes (SU!)
Paper: Kraft, Melon Mambo, Baja Breeze - textured (SU!), patterned paper (Carolyn Gavin for K & Company)
Ink: Melon Mambo
Tools: Big Shot (with Dots embossing Texturz plate - SU!), QuicKutz Silhouette (65 created using Rockwell Extra Bold font), Corner Rounder (Fiskars), 3 Heart Punch (SU!), Circle Cutter (Martha Stewart)
Other: White Gelly Roll (Sakura), Kraft Taffeta ribbon (SU!), clear button (SU!), foam tape, Tombo Mono Multi glue, Diamond Glaze (JudiKins), twine

Holiday Wishes - Moxie Fab Holiday Style Stamping Challenge

Those of you who follow my blog are probably shocked to see me post so many blog entries in one day. I'm shocked too.

This is the last one, dearies! Last one for the day. This card is for Cath's Moxie Fab Stretch Your Holiday Style With a Stamping Challenge.

I CASEd my Christmas card from last year. I added a lot of faux stitching. Kristina has me addicted to faux stitching! I love the detail it adds.

Thanks for looking!

Card Ingredients (all SU!, excepted where noted)
Stamps: Holiday Collection, Merry
Paper: Kraft, Riding Hood Red, Whisper White, Riding Hood Red Patterns paper
Ink: Riding Hood Red
Other: White gelly roll pen (Sakura), rhinestones (Jolee's), foam tape

Feliz Navidad - Using the Medallion Stamp Again

Here's a second card for Cath's Moxie Fab Classy & Elegant Challenge. I started this card last week. I've been obsessed with the SU! Medallion stamp. Here's one more use for it. I took a large star chipboard piece and stamped the Medallion stamp on it. I embossed it with white embossing powder. I love how it looks. It felt "Christmas-y" to me, so I decided to post it on Cath's challenge.

I added small pearls to the star and continued with additional larger pearls. I used my Big Shot to emboss large dots with a Texturz plate.

Card Ingredients (all SU! except where noted)
Stamps: Medallion, Felicades Siempre
Paper: Whisper White, Kraft
Ink: Whisper White Craft Ink, VersaMark ink
Tools: Big Shot, Dots Texturz plate, corner rounder (Fiskars), Threading Water edge punch (Fiskars)
Other: Whisper White taffeta ribbon, white gelly roll pen (Sakura), pearls (Michael's), white embossing powder

Merry Christmas - Moxie Fab Clean & Graphic Challenge

We're back from a long weekend and I'm rushing to get my challenge cards posted for Cath's Moxie Fab Clean and Graphic Challenge.

I love when I see clean and graphic designs! Here's my attempt. This card is 4.25"x4.25". I used my QuicKutz Silhouette to cut out the mod type of background. I used my gel pen to faux stitch the entire design.



Card Ingredients (all SU! except where noted)
Stamps: Teeny Tiny Wishes
Paper: Riding Hood Red, Whisper White
Ink: Riding Hood Red
Tools: QuicKutz Silhouette, Modern Label punch
Other: silver beads (Micheal's), foam tape, white gelly roll pen (Sakura)