Christmas Ornament

Hello! Today I'm focusing on Iris Folding. Lots of people don't know what Iris Folding is. Iris folding can be very easy if you have a rubber stamp that has it mostly done for you. Have you checked the iris folding stamps at Stamp N Plus Scrap N? You can find this one, F-IR215, here.
Have a question, just ask, I like to help! Have a great day!
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Happy Easter!

Hello! Happy Easter! I haven't posted in a whole week. I have been busy working with my daughter on her invention project for school. She is making a American Girl Doll accessories-clothes holder. Yesterday we made the bias tape for it. We made 26 1/2 yards of bias tape. Making that tape sure brings back memories from when I made it in high school. Back in my high school days, we cut our fabric with scissors, now we have awesome rotary cutters and a mat. Also folding bias tape is so easy now, there is a new tool that you put the fabric in and pull and iron.
Last month at Ladies Aide at church, I was asked to make up card kits for the ladies to make cards for the Shut-inns. Here is one of the cards we made. The stamp set is Spring Florals from Gina K Designs. When I bought this stamp set, I got a card kit with it, which was designed by Jessica Fick. I used Jessica Fick's card kit ideas to make my own, with a little different paper and colors but almost the same. Most of my colors are Stampin Up. The textured paper is made with the Cuttlebug Textile Emboss Folder. The ladies at church were very impressed with making this card. Some of the ladies have never made a homemade card before. The die cut shape is Spellbinders Labels Four.
Have a GREAT day!
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Happy Anniversary!

Hello! A few days ago, hubby's grandparents celebrated their Anniversary. Here is the card I made them. The stamp set is Gina K Designs Elegant Post.

Have a great day!
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Long Stemmed Rose!

Hello! Here is the last of my Black and White Challenge cards and my favorite and last made one! The rose is X1399 Long Stemmed Rose and can be found at Stamp N Plus Scrap N.
I'd like to know what was your favorite of the Black and White challenge. Please leave me a comment of your favorite, I would love to here from YOU! ;)
Have a GREAT day!
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More Easter Blessings!

Hello! Here is another Eater blessings card. I love this stamp! This is the same image as yesterdays post, so if you need the link to it, check yesterdays post.
Come back tomorrow for my last Black and White challenge card!
Have a GREAT day!
Smiles... :)

Easter Blessings!

Hello! Easter is right around the corner! I don't make too many Easter cards. The background on this one is The Cuttlebug Swirls embossing folder. The image J1519 Easter Blessing can be found at Stamp N Plus Scrap N. It's such a pretty image! Maybe when I get done with the Black and White challenge that I have been working on, I can make new cards similar to my Black and White ones but colored in!
Have a GREAT day!
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Male card!

Hello! When I made this card, I thought this would make a great card to give to a male. It probably would be more beautiful colored in, but this was made for the Black and White challenge. I used the Cuttlebug Emboss folders distressed stripes and fancy tags. Stamped images are from Stamp N Plus Scrap N.
Keep coming back, only three more Black and White cards to show! I also have some Easter cards to show soon!
Have a GREAT day!
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More fluttering!

Hello! Don't you just love butterflies? If you hadn't noticed, I love butterflies! Both of these butterflies are embossed with black embossing powder. These are nearly the same cards but I changed up the ribbon a little.
Keep coming back everyday for the rest of the Black and White challenge cards. I have four more to show you.
Have a GREAT day!
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Fluttering high...

Hello! Today I'm showing you a pretty butterfly card with the same image as yesterday but at a much smaller scale.

You can find the butterflies at Stamp N Plus Scrap N . They have a nice selection of pretty butterflies.
Have a great day!
Smiles... :)

Happy Spring!

Hello! Well yesterday was the first day of spring, so today I'm posting a springy Black and White card. This was my first time doing one of these half and half images. I embossed it with embossing power. All the stamps can be found at Stamp N Plus Scrap N.
Have a great day!
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A little more snow!

Hello! A little more snow? Well not on the ground here but on my cards...LOL. This is the same image used as yesterdays post. It's fun changing things up a bit with the same image and a different layout.
Today is actually the first day of Spring but it's a little nippy outside today. Come back tomorrow for a more springy card... black and white of course but springy.
Have a great day!
Smiles... :)

Lets build a snowman!

Hello... The company that I design cards for, Stamp N Plus Scrap N, was having a challenge for its DT. The challenge was to make three Black and White cards. I made 12 cards for this challenge. This is one of them. A few weeks ago I posted one of this same image. I really love this image.
Come back tomorrow to see more of the other 10 cards...
We are having family movie night tonight. Hubby bought the movie Astro Boy and is planning to surprise the kids with it and some candy.
Smiles... :)
Have a GREAT day!

Last of the shaving cream cards...

Hello... Here are the last of my shaving cream cards. All stamps are Gina K Designs.
Have a GREAT day!
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Spring is in the air...

Hello! Yesterday was such a wonderful day. First day we were able to go outside without coats on. Most of the snow has melted and the sun was shining brightly. The temperature was around 65 degrees but a little windy. The kids got out their bikes and had a ton of fun outside. After hubby got home from work, we went over to a playground and let them have more fun.
Here is another shaving cream card, number 4. All stamps Gina K Designs. It's just perfect for a spring day.
Later, Smiles... :)

Shaving cream...

Hello... I sure loved making shaving cream cards, here is card number 3. The flowers were paper pieced with another coordinating shaving cream paper. All stamps Gina K Designs.
Come back tomorrow and see another shaving cream card!
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Another Hope is Faith

Hello! A few days ago I made up a bunch of cards with the shaving cream technique from a challenge over at StampTV. This card was my second one. The first one from my last post won in the random drawing on Friday.
The butterfly on this one is from Stamp N Plus Scrap N J838.
Hope you have a wonderful weekend... Smiles :)

Hope is faith...

Last week while visiting StampTV, I saw an interesting challenge. The challenge was the shaving cream technique. While I have seen this technique before, I myself have never tried it till the other day. I made about a dozen pieces of paper with this technique. The first few were the best since the more made, the more the colors got mixed up. Here is one of the 6 cards I made this week, with this one being my favorite one. It just looks so springy and kinda looks like some of the speciality Easter dyed eggs.
The stamp set I used is Hope is Faith by Gina K Designs. Each of the next 5 days I will have the other cards I created with this shaving cream technique.
Smiles.. :)

Black and white winter fun...

Hello! Just the other day I was going through some stamps that I had picked up last summer at a Garage sale. Well, little did I know at that time, that one of the stamps in that pack is made by the company that I design cards for. I remember seeing this stamp on a card over at SCS and thought, this is an awesome stamp. Well a few days ago I was looking at the disk with the stamps that Stamp N Plus Scrap N gave me, and there it was... So if you are looking for this stamp, you may have to ask about it if it's not in their store.

Thanks for looking and have a wonderful day...
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Happy Birthday!

Hello stampers! We are on our second day of vacation. Yesterday we went Mall shopping and out to dinner. Today we are going swimming and relaxing. Today I'm show casing a birthday card I made for a special person. I'm sending it out today. The stamps are Peter Pup from Stamp N Plus Scrap N. Peter Pup is a stamp that anyone would surely love to have on their card. The background is the new SU emboss folder dots and the red punched area is the new SU Scalloped Trim punch. I added yellow stickles to the candle flame to bling it up. The image is colored in with Copic Markers. I tried coloring Peter Pup in with the brushed method to make him look like he has fur.
Thanks for dropping by, have a nice day!
Smiles... :)

Vacation...

The kids and hubby are on vacation this week, so I probably won't get much time to do crafty things. I did make a birthday card last night, so I will post that tomorrow. We are not doing much for vacation, just staying around in local area. Probably swimming, shopping, and playing. This week is also my birthday, so what a great week to have off.
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Beautiful Flowers

Hello stampers... Today's card I stamped with a Stamp N Plus stamp called Beautiful Flowers. I mixed CHALK-AH-LOT with Buzz N Magic Paint and painted on the image with a little brush. Buzz N Magic Paint is an awesome product because it has shimmers mixed in with it. Make sure you check out LuAnn's store, she has a free shipping special going on until 02/20... who doesn't like free shipping and what a great time to get some goodies for yourself!
Thanks for looking and have a wonderful day!
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Waterin' Robin

Hello stampers... for today's card I used Waterin' Robin, she is a Patti's Kid stamp from Stamp N Plus. I used CHALK-AH-LOT and chalk enhancer to color her in. Over at Stamp N Plus Scrap N, LuAnn is having a Valentine special. She has Free shipping until 02/20/2010 for her special. Go check her out, she has many, many stamps.

Come back tomorrow for another CHALK-AH-LOT card....
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Best Fishes

Hello... This week I have a few challenge card I made. This one is a shimmery one made with a fish stamp. First i stamped the fish and then I Versamarked it and then cottonballed it with CHALK-AH-Lot. The background is run through the Cuttlebug with the Swirls folder and then Versamarked, then cottonballed with the CHALK-AH-LOT Stardust. The sentiment is computer generated. The fishy bubbles are the plastic round thingys that you can find at Michaels on the flower area.

Thanks for visiting, Have a nice week!
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A Year of Flowers

Hello... Mel Muenchinger over at melaniemuenchinger.blogspot.com is having a flower contest. In order to participate you have to use one of her created Gina K Designs stamp sets called "A Year of Flowers". Here is the card I made for the contest.
Thanks for stopping by... and have a wonderful weekend!
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