Sugar Creek Hollow!!!!

YAY for Saturdays, one of my favorite days of the week!!  This week over at Sugar Creek Hollow, we want to see LAYERS in a vintage, shabby chic or primative style!

Robyn's Fetish sponsored us this week, and she gave the DT images to work with. Isn't this primitive bear just ADORABLE? Thanks so much for the beautiful image!

I've colored him with copics and used MME Union Station paper to accentuate the card. As you can see, I have several layers,,,,,

card base
2 papers on top of the base
the bear which I've popped up with pop dots
2 hearts
twine
baker's twine
and a button

I also used stamps from Stampin D'Amour for the banner and Happy Birthday on top!

I just love how it turned out. Primitive cards are so hard for me, but this little bear just gave me the push I needed! So hop on over to Sugar Creek Hollow and link up a layered card in one of those three styles!

Thanks for looking, and I hope you enjoyed the card!

PTT 59!!!! Monochromatic!!!!!

Good Morning and HAPPY TUESDAY!!!!!!!! Today over at Party Time Tuesdays the theme is "Monochromatic cards",,,,,

We're being sponsored by the fantabulous Robin's Nest again, the Stamping Boutique and Spesch Stamps, who provided this adorable Alice stamp I'm working with today!

Isn't she darling???? I just loved working with her!  Since I had this gorgeous pink paper from Robin's Nest, I decided to go with pinks,,,,,,,I colored Alice with copics and cut her out with Labels 4, layering onto another bright pink paper from Robin's Nest. I hand made and glittered the pink lily and highlighted the center and the edge punch with Robin's Nest Dew Drops,,,,,,,a quad bow of hand died seam binding,,,,,,,,a Just Rite sentiment stamped in pink, some pink die cut and glittered branches from Spellbinders Floral dies,,,,,,,,and a feather I died pink with misting spray,,,,,,,,and she's finished.

How darling for my little 5 year old grand daughter who absolutely LOVES Alice????? I'm going to pop this in the mail to her with a little surprise inside,,,,,,,,,,just because I love her!

Thanks so much to our wonderful, generous sponsors,,,,,,,,I had so much fun making this card with beautiful papers, shiny dew drops and this adorable stamp!!!!!

Thanks for looking, and I hope you enjoyed the card! Run right over to PTT and upload your monochromatic card,,,the link is above,,,,,,,,,and see what gorgeousness the other Party Planners have for you to be inspired by!

Sugar Creek Hollow Again!

Good Morning! I hope you're all ready for some amazing inspiration from the Sugar Creek Hollow team! This week's challenge is Monochromatic Green!

Well, sometimes I just don't FEEL like making a card,,,,,and this week was one of those! So I dug through my scraps and found a piece of 4.5x5 leftover piece of chipboard, and decided to make myself a hanging plaque for my scrappy room.

I covered the chipboard in scrap paper, used a MS deep edge "fan" punch to add some interest, and a bit of lace along the bottom. Then I punched holes in the top and strung some green ribbon through. My center focal point is made from nesties,,,,,,,,from the bottom up, 2 layers of Moroccan Motifs, a smaller Moroccan motif, lacey ovals and then finally ovals to cut out the image. It's gorgeous, and SOOOOOOOOOOO vintage with the gorgeous dress and basque the lady is wearing. Too scrumptious!  I put a small layered crown on the side, a big quad bow and a stick pin,,,,and then added a few clear gems just for a bit of sparkle. It's hanging in my scrap room as we speak!

Here's a close up of all the layers!

I hope you enjoyed the project this week,,,,,,be sure to head over to Sugar Creek Hollow and link up your  monochromatic GREEN project!!!! And while you're there, take a look at the Design Team's inspiration for the week! You won't be sorry you did!

Thanks for looking, I really appreciate it!

The Men in my life,,,,

This is my second post for the day,,,,,,,,please scroll down for my Party Time Tuesday DT post!

so almost 24 years ago, on my 23 birthday, I gave birth to one of the most important men in my life,,,,,my darling son, of whom I am SO PROUD.  He dropped out of high school, and then went back a few years later, to get his HS degree, then went on to college and is graduating in June (but finishing in 2 weeks!) number one in his class!

He will be 24 this friday, and I wanted to make him a very special birthday card to let him know how very proud of him I am.

One of the OTHER most important men in my life is my husband, Jaime, whom I love more than you can imagine. It seems to me that whatever I have wanted to do in my life, he has only asked what he could do to make it happen. Not everyone receives such wonderful support,,,and I love him very much for all that and more. He celebrates his 53rd birthday in two weeks.

Obviously,,,,,,,I had some cards to make!  My sweet husband went out and bought me the Spellbinders Grand Calibur yesterday,,,,,,I got it early, because we are all going to Disney World together on Friday to celebrate, and there's no way to carry one of those around to give at the dinner celebration LOL. so Lucky ME!!! I got to play with it yesterday! And so, I made some birthday cards using all my new dies too!

The black and white one is for my DH and the blue and cream with a touch of black is for my DS.  Both of them use the new Moroccan Motifs dies and the nested hearts dies,,,,,,,

My husband's (black and white) center focal point is made from the following dies, bottom to top

postage stamps
Parisian Motifs
Moroccan Motifs
and  2 layers of nested hearts, the last layer inked with black while still in the die


My son's is a bit simpler,,,,

2 layers of the largest Moroccan Motifs
1 layer of the smaller moroccan motifs in black
2 layers of nested crowns.

And let me tell you, the difference in embossing with the Grand Calibur is amazing! I had previously made the center piece for the blue card,,,,,it was just sitting waiting to be attached to a card,,,,,,but I had not previously made the focal point for the black and white card,,,,,,,and the difference in the embossing is amazing. That Grand Calibur was surely worth the money spent!

Maybe you can tell the difference in the close ups of each card!

Thanks for looking, and I hope you enjoyed the cards!!

PTT 58!! At the End of the Rainbow!!!!

Happy Tuesday!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I love Tuesdays,,,,,it's the day PTT comes out with their newest challenge,,,,and the day I get to see all the cards my team mates have created!

This week's theme is At the End of the Rainbow!!!! and we wanna see glitter,,,sparkle,,,,,,,,bling,,,,,,,,,gold,,,silver,,,,,,,,,ANYTHING that sparkles!!!!!

And for this week, we have the PERFECT sponsors! Robin's Nest Products supplied us with GORGEOUS paper and blingy dew drops! A Day for Daisies and Spesch Stamps provided us with images to create our gorgeous BLINGYYYYY cards!

And here's mine!!! Isn't that paper gorgeous???? It's SO glittery and sparkly!!!! I just couldn't resist it! I even made the flowers out of it! The dew drops sparkle so pretty on the Cinderella coach and inside the black and pink flower as the center!! And how PERFECT is this darling Cinderella coach from A Day for Daisies???? It's all ready for blinging up!!!! I colored it with copics and highlighted it with gold stickles and dew drops! And I've added a gold metallic quad bow, and heat embossed the rose leaf with gold embossing powder,,,, a blingy stick pin and a computer generated sentiment (You'll always be our princess!) complete the card.  So pretty! I've put this card away for the perfect card to give my daughter the next time I need one! And I know she'll love it!!!!!

Here's a close up of all the bling on my image!

So pop on over to Party Time Tuesdays and get your blingy card linked up!!!!!! We hope to see you soon!

Oh my goodness!!!

Have I been crazy busy this week!!! After not working for months, but having some 15 years in the travel industry, I decided to branch out on my own and start my own online travel business,,,,,between advertising, the legal details, reservations etc, I've been working 7 days a week! I've been CRAZY!!!!!!!!! PLUS my DTs,,,,,,,my head is spinning!

I did (barely) find the time to CASE this gorgeous card by Sasha found HERE!

Isn't it beautiful??

Here's mine!

It's not exact,,but it's quite similar,,,,,,,,

just plain blue and white cs, a MS border punch, some lace, some black velvet ribbon and a bow,,,,,,a few buttons and a Just Rite stamp mounted on Parisian motifs, and it was super simple, fresh and pretty to put together!

Thank you so much, Sasha, for allowing me to CASE this gorgeous card! I just loved yours, and had to make one!

Pop on over to Sasha's blog and see how gorgeous hers is!! It was truly inspirational!

Thanks for looking, and I hope to find more time to blog now that most of the legalities of my travel agency are handled!!!! I'm so very lucky and blessed to have the backing of a standard in the industry, CruiseBrothers. It makes it SO much easier to get bonded, insured, etc :)

I hope to get over to y'all's blogs this week!!!! sorry I am behind!

Have a great week!

Shabby Chic Altered Tin and an announcement!

Good morning!!! I have the most exciting news!!!!!!

Are you ready for this? I have the distinct honor of being one of the DT members for Sugar Creek Hollow,,,,,,,,one of my absolute FAVORITE challenges in the whole of blog-land!!!!!!!

I may or may not have danced around the kitchen like a mad person when I was asked LOL.

AND this week's challenge is one of my FAVORITES that they do too! WOO HOOO off to a good start!

Trash to Treasure is this week's theme! Take something that would ordinarily head to the trash or the recycle bin, and make vintage/shabby chic/ or primitive TREASURE with it! Although you may USE scraps, they can not count for your "trash", so go get crafty with it and make something GORGEOUS.

Without further ado,,,,,,,,,,here is my "trash"! It's a cookie tin, the tall skinny kind.

I have been wanting to make something with this tin for weeks now! And I was so THRILLED that I get to use it for my first DT project with Sugar Creek Hollow!

Here's the front,,,,,

Here's the back,,,,,,,,,,

I covered the tin with this gorgeous pink, pearlescent paper from DCWV's Luxury Stack,,,,,,it's stunning. I found the vintage ballerinas on the Graphics Fairy, button to the right,,,,,,,,,,aren't they GORGEOUS? I just LOVE them,,,,,,I actually used the same prints for another project about a year ago, but they seemed so perfect for this project, I couldn't resist them.

I cut each of the prints out with Ovals large, and then matted with more pink DCWV Luxury Stack paper which I cut out with Lacey Ovals. I adhered beautiful white eyelet lace around the bottom and layered a string of pearls around that,,,,,,,,and trimmed the rim of the lid with 1/4 inch velvet ribbon. I covered the lid with more pink paper and then a gorgeous rose vintage image was adhered on top.

I cut several heart locks out with my big shot (spellbinders Heritage dies), glued them together for thickness and then painted the whole with TH crackle medium,,,,,,a bit of white paint and a center pearl to look shabby chic, and I hung that on a silky ribbon with a gold key. A gorgeous bow with both pink and white sheer ribbon, a flower and some looped pearls,  a vintage rose ticket, and she's done!

Here's a close up of the heart, key and bow,,,,

We at Sugar Creek Hollow would also like to welcome Sherri Willshire as guest designer!!!!! Click on the link to see her phenomenal stuff! Thanks so much, Sherri!

I hope you enjoyed the altered tin, thanks so much for looking, and be sure to go dig through your recycle bin and get crafty!!!!!!!