Hello Sweet Heart,,,,,,,

Good afternoon!

I keep thinking it's Sunday,,,isn't that ludicrous? I have no idea why I'm several days ahead, but I seem to be LOL

Today I have a quick, easy card I put together for my sister,,,,,

I have been having an affair with Stampin Up stamps lately,,,,,,and I think I've bought a dozen sets on Ebay over the past couple weeks,,,,,oy.

Anyway, here's the card,,,,,,,

I just love this Stampin Up Stamp! Once you figure out how to put the pieces together to make wreaths, it's easy peasy!!!

Hope you enjoyed the card, and thanks for looking!!!

Card Recipe:

Papers: Scraps
dies: Cottage Kutz Teatime Doily, Spellbinders hearts and scalloped hearts
Stamps: Stampin Up All Season Wreath and Sweet Shapes
Inks: Memento Bamboo Leaves and Rhubarb Stalk, Stazon black
coloring medium: Derwent Inktense pencils (chili red for the roses)
pins, clip, ribbons: My stash

Silhouette Cards!

I lovvvvvvvvvvvve my silhouette! I don't use it for every project, but I use it a LOT.

I love it for guy cards, because I can cut card shapes,,,,,,or I can download an image I like and be cutting it in about 40 seconds.

It doesn't get much better than that!

so yesterday was my husband's 55th birthday. Happy Birthday, Jaime! Love you!

and of course, that meant CARD MAKING :)

My husband loves few things more than his camper! So this Silhouette image--turned into a card-- looked perfect!

And he also loves coffee! This is a cute card in the Silhouette store that has a space for a gift card inside.

Just thought I'd share!

Thanks for looking, and I hope you're having a lovely week so far!

Card Recipe:

papers: The Paper Company
Stamps: Hero Arts Operation Write Home stamps
Inks: Memento Tangelo, Rhubarb Stalk, Bamboo Leaves, Stazon black.
Die Cuts: Silhouette store.
Embossing folders: Cuttlebug Swiss Dots, Stampin Up square lattice.
Buttons, String: my stash.

Graphic 45 by the Sea, Stampin Up,,,,and some new pencils!

Good afternoon!!!!!!!

I hope everyone is enjoying their weekend! Nothing fun going on here this weekend,,,,,my husband is working, so I'm working on some cards!

Next weekend, however, we're going on a camping rally here in FL, and we're having a Yankee Swap,,,,,,,I have to bring something worth 20 dollars.

So I decided, since I got this fabulous paper for my birthday, and I just bought some amazing Stampin Up stamps (discontinued, of course,,,,,why is it I always fall in love with Stampin Up stamps AFTER they are discontinued??), so I thought I'd make a set of cards and a matching box,,,,,,

and boy did I have fun!!!!!!!

Here is the box, itself, with that gorgeous Graphic 45 paper, By the Sea.

Close up of the Bow. Isn't that "note in a bottle" darling?

Cards in the box, with envies.

Here they all are laid out so you can see each one.

And here I wanted to show you my NEW LOVE,,,,,,,,Derwent Inktense pencils! Oooo la la, love that vivid color!

I had SUCH a hard time NOT adding bows, buttons, gems, etc,,,,,,,but since this is a gift set, I don't want the recipient to have any issues with postage and have them go unused due to that,,,,,,,

so, I made up for the FLATNESS of the cards on the cover of the box!

I hope you enjoyed the box and cards! Leave me a note so I know to go see YOUR blog!!!!!

Thanks for looking, and I hope you have a wonderful weekend!

Card Recipe:
Paper: Graphic 45 By the Sea
Stamps: Stampin Up Summer by the Sea and Seaside Sketches, Stampabilities (note in a bottle)
Ink: Stazon
coloring: Derwent Inktense pencils
die cuts: Silhouette Portrait (Silhouette store) and Spellbinders Postage stamps, circles large, labels 22, labels 14, ovals large, lacey ovals
Ribbon: Hobby Lobby
Bottles: the Paper Company (Hobby Lobby)
shells: Walmart
Pearls, twine, cheesecloth: my stash

Mother's Day Card,,,

Good afternoon!!!!!  Leave it to me to hop ahead LOL,,,,,,,I really need to make Easter and Passover cards, and instead, I'm having a ball making Mother's Day cards,,,,,,,

Here's my own mother's Mother's Day card,,,,,,,,fortunately, she has no clue what a blog IS much less that I have one LOL

I had so much fun with this card,,,,,,,,,,,somewhere, I saw a similar card,,,I don't remember much about the card, except that it had letters or papers bundled together with a lacy die cut (like mine),,,,,,

but if you know where I got this idea, please let me know,,,,,,I'd love to credit the person I got that idea from,,,,,,,,,,

other than that little lacy die cut bundle, it's pretty much my design,,,,,,,I hope you liked the card and are having a lovely week!!!!

Please leave me a note so I can come visit YOUR blog!

Card Recipe:

Papers: Graphic 45 Botanical Tea 8x8 pad
Embossing folder: Anna Griffin Rosa
die cuts: Heart Felt Creations decorative lace border.
Stamps:Hero Arts (Happy Mother's day) and Stampendous (music)
Inks: TH distress ink Tea Dye, and Versafine Vintage Sepia
Ribbon: Really Reasonable Ribbon
leaves: Prima
stick pins: Handmade by me.

Happy Bee day, My Son!

Good afternoon!

My son, Nick, turned 26 years old on sunday,,,,,,we share a birthday (we won't talk about how old *I* am), and we have spent every birthday together since,,,,,,,

except this past Sunday,,,,,,

My husband took me on a lovely 3 day trip to disney. We stayed in a hotel (NOT the camper),  Ate at Be Our Guest (this is HARD to get a reservation to!) and generally had a lovely time,,,,,,,

but I didn't get to spend OUR birthday with my son,,,,,,

so I had to make him an extra special birthday card,,,,,,,do you like the bees hanging off the edge? I totally swiped this design and the honey technique from Debbie Blake. You can see her amazing card HERE.

Here's a close up of the honey!

Glossy accents makes the honey look shiny!!!!!

So Happy 26th Bee day, Nicky! I love you!

thanks for looking, and I hope you had a super weekend!

Card Recipe:

paper: Recollections, My Mind's Eye
Ink: Tim Holtz Distress Inks, Brushed corduroy, vintage photo, Wild Honey,,,,,,and Versafine onyx black
Stamps: Inkadinkado bee stamp
die cuts: Silhouette Portrait (silhouette store)
Honey: Glossy Accents by ranger
embossing folders: Cuttlebug (hexagons) and Stampin Up (square lattice) for the bee hive

Justrite Friday Challenge!!!!

Yep, it's me again,,,,,,,,more than you've seen me in six months LOL,,,,

Just dropping off another card, this time for the Justrite Friday challenge!

This is one of my favorite challenges, because it uses my favorite brand of stamps,,,,,,and because it's always so full of amazing talent!!!!!

This week's challenge is to use a spring color palette,,,,,,,,,and I've done so here, with this card for a friend of a friend suffering from cancer,,,,,,,,she needs as much springy cheer as I can possibly send!!!!

I hope you enjoyed the card, and I hope you have a chance to pull out those Justrite stamps and get into the spring mood!!!!!

Card Recipe:

Stamps: Justrite
Ink: Memento
papers: Graphic 45 Secret Garden
Ribbon: Really Reasonable Ribbon
dies: Spellbinders Floral Ovals, Spellbinders Framed tags one
Punches: Martha Stewart Winter branch punch, unknown small flower punch
stickpins: handmade
ribbon decoration: Recollections

Simon Says STAMP!!!!!

Good afternoon! I hope everyone had a lovely weekend!  I'm here with another challenge entry, this time with Simon Says Stamp,,,,,,,and this week, Simon says HAPPY ANNIVERSARY or CONGRATULATIONS on your marriage!

I was working on another challenge card for the Justrite Friday challenge, and I had these papers out,,,,,,since I love this stack, I went with another card with this stack for the Simon Says challenge,,,,,,

Of course, with Simon's challenge,,,,,,,one must STAMP,,,,,and I've used a rarely used but much loved stamp for wedding cards here,,,,,,,the Happily Ever After stamp,,,,,,,

thanks for looking, and I hope you enjoyed the card,,,,,,,,,

Card Recipe:

Stamp: Seven Gypsies/Hampton Arts
Paper: Graphic 45, Secret Garden Stack
ribbon: Hobby Lobby
stick pins: handmade by me
key and pearl string: my stash
border punch: Martha Stewart
Embossing folder:Anna Griffin Cuttlebug Rosa.

Popping in,,,,,,,

To drop a simple card,,,,,,,,

I had so much fun with this little typewriter from the Silhouette store,,,,,so many sentiments could be used with it!!!!!!

Hope you're enjoying your weekend!!!!!  and thanks for looking!!!!!!

Card Recipe:
Papers: Romance Novel
Die cuts: Silhouette store
Stamps: Hero Arts
Ink: Versafine Onyx Black
Ribbon: Really Reasonable Ribbon

Just a cute card,,,,,

In trying to be here more often, I'm just posting a cute card I made for my grandson for his birthday,,,,,

his grandfather and I are taking him out to a popular, local all you can eat seafood place for his birthday this March,,,,,,,,he's been begging and begging, so that's where we're taking him,,,,,,

since he LOVES lobsters, and plans on eating about a dozen of them LOL, I wanted my card to feature a lobster,,,,,,,,this is TOTALLY not my style,,,,,,but every now and again,,,,,I just love some paper piecing :)

How's that cutie for you? LOL,,Although I usually decorate the inside of my grandchildren's cards at least a LITTLE bit,,,,,,,,,,I went a bit OVERBOARD there too!

Hope you enjoyed the card, and have a lovely weekend!!!

Card Recipe:
die cuts: silhouette store
Paper: Recollections
stamps: Inky Antics
ink: Versafine Onyx Black and dollar bin brown
embossing folders: The Paper Studio wood grain, cutlebug polka dots, cuttlebug (smaller dots, can't remember the name, WHY don't they put the names on these things???), Stampin up square lattice
google eyes: Michaels

Oh good Lord,,,,,,,

It's been way too long,,,,,,,,,

and I don't even have a good excuse,,,,,,,

Life has just gotten in the way,,,,,,,

I won't bore you with the details,,,,,

But in ANY CASE,,,,,,it's always the challenges that draw me back to crafting LOL,,,,,

and today, I have an entry to the Justrite Papercrafts Friday challenge.

This week's challenge is to  create your project using at least one  JustRite flower or butterfly stamp OR a butterfly or flower die in your project. 

and let me tell you,,,,,,I have all of those,,,,,,,and I started out USING all of those,,,,,

and somehow, this simple card just HAPPENED.

 Here's a close up of the embossing and the stamp,,,,,,

Card Recipe:

Paper: Recollections
Stamps: Justrite "Cast all your cares"
Ink: Versafine Onyx Black
dies: Spellbinders Les Papillons 2
Washi tape: Recollections
gems: Recollections
embossing folder: Stampin Up square lattice (love love LOVE this!)
buttons: my stash

I hope you guys have all had a wonderful few months and an easy winter,,,,,,,,

I promise LOL,,,,,,,I'll get it together :)

Thanks for looking!

I Think I'm Getting Sick of Christmas Cards LOL!

Good morning!

You may be happy to know, that YES, I am finally getting sick of Christmas cards,,,,,

I have two to show you today,,,,,,,

and at LEAST for a couple days,,,,,,I'm going to try and concentrate on fall cards LOL. For a few days. Hopefully. LOL.

The first is this pink, gray/silver and black card,,,,,,,,I'm not sure I like it,,,,,,,,but it's definitely a striking color combo,,,,

Card Recipe:

Papers: Recollections
Stamps: Justrite (snowman and sentiment), Inkadinkado (snowflakes)
Inks: Versafine Onyx black
Dies: Spellbinders classic large round, picot edge circles, and Cottage Cutz Tea time doily
Embossing folder: Cuttlebug
Ribbon: Really Reasonable Ribbon

My second card is this Poinsettia Card,,,,,,,,,,,again, not sure I like it, but the colors (more traditional) are pretty striking,,,,,,,

I absolutely love the focal point,,,,,,,,,it's striking. I should have used a different ink to stamp the sentiment on the DP though. Hmmmmmmmmmmm.

Here's a close up of that,,,,,,,,,you can see how I should have used something else,,,,,,,,,,,live and learn, I guess,,,,,,,

And this last pic is a close up of the Poinsettia and focal point,,,,,,,

I think that poinsettia is my favorite part of the whole card,,,,,,love that die!

Card Recipe:
Papers: K and Company scraps
dies: Spellbinders Ironwork Motifs, Parisian motifs, postage stamps, layered poinsettia
Ribbon: Really Reasonable Ribbon
Ink: Versafine
Stamps: Justrite Nested Christmas Sentiments

I hope you enjoyed this trip down Santa Claus Lane the past week or so,,,,,,,,,,

but fall is coming, and I must get my Thanksgiving cards started!!!!!! Thanks for looking, and please leave a comment, so I can find your blog!!!!!!

Have a lovely weekend! My husband and I are off to Disney World this weekend!

Just Rite Stamps and Things with Wings

Good Morning!

It's a gorgeous, hot, sunshiny day here in Central Florida,,,,,,,,,,and today, I'm showing you,,,,,,,,,,,,

you guessed it! More Christmas cards LOL

I am determined to get my cards done EARLY this year, so I can have some fun making some fabulous, fun gifts I've been pinning on Pinterest for days now!  I have some fun ideas I can't wait to share with you,,,,,,,,,,but I want my cards done FIRST!

It's been so long since I played along with the Justrite Stampers challenge, and so this week, I was determined to do it!

The theme this week is "Things with Wings",,,,,,,,,,,,and of course, with my current Christmassy mood,,,,,,,,I had to use one of my favorite Justrite sets,,,,,,,,,an oldie but a goodie,,,,,,Backyard Birds!

It was so much fun to create a gift set of a card AND an ornament to go with it,,,,,,,,I played with this image last week, creating a similar ornament, but for the challenge, I just knew I had to go one step further in the wow factor!

This cardinal is just so gorgeous for Christmas cards, I couldn't resist,,,,,,,,,,,,

and since Justrite stamps mix so well with each other,,,,,,,I paired it with the Justrite Merry Christmas background stamp!  I just LOVE how gorgeous this stamp looks all embossed in gorgeous glittering gold! So Christmassy!!!!!!!!

Here's a close up of the ornament,,,,

And a close up of the focal point on the card,,,,,,

You can really see that gorgeous embossing here in this pic!


Card Recipe:

Stamps: Justrite Backyard Birds and Merry Christmas Background Stamp
Ink and embossing: Momento black, copics. Recollections gold glitter embossing powder
Paper: Recollections red, cream and mirror gold card stock
Dies: Spellbinders Holly Motifs, 2010 Snowflake Pendants, 2010 Heirloom Ornaments, Lacy Ovals, Ovals Large
Ribbon: Really REasonable Ribbon
Pearls and Gems:REcollections

I have no idea yet who I'm giving this little set to,,,,,,,,but I do hope they like it!

Thanks for looking! I hope you enjoyed the set!

You still have a day or so to join in the Justrite Challenge,,,,,,,,so ink up those Justrite stamps and get to it!!!!!!!

Where the heck has she been??

And a good question it is too LOL

I am NEVER gone this long,,,,,,,,except when life takes some amazing turns,,,,,,,

First,,,,,,,

My very lovely, amazing daughter got married in June,,,,,,,,,

It was a lovely day,,,,,,,

if you like hurricane like rain. For an OUTDOOR wedding. sigh.  Still, we were under cover, and it was a lovely day,,,,,,,,,

and of course, I had to make all the decorations, invitations, programs, etc, for her "Evening in Paris" themed special day,,,,,,

Then we had to spend WEEKS searching for,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,this.

Because that lovely, amazing daughter slammed into our old pop up,,,,,,,,,,,and ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,let's just say it went to camper heaven.

so then, of course, we had to try it out,,,,,,,,,,,,at Hillsborough River State Park here in Florida,,,,,,

AND of course, I had to spend a LITTLE time pondering WHO in their STUPIDITY would MOLEST alligators??????????? But I'm sure someone has,,,,,hence the signs,,,,,,

Then I've spent the last week TRYING to get caught up on family stuff, housework, emails, Facebook, and friends who posted cards and projects online,,,,,,,,,,and I am STILL not caught up,,,,,I have a list as long as my arm to go through,,,,,,,,,

But,,,,,I did manage to spend a LITTLE time this week making some cards and Christmas/Hanukkah projects (because it will be here before you know it.)

sooooooooooooooo I'm back. Finally,,,,,,,,,,and I expect to be posting at least once a week. Please God. Let my life slow down a little LOL.

Thanks for all your emails, etc wondering if I was ok,,,,,,,,,,I'm fine. Just exhasted LOL.

Thanks for looking!!!!!!! I hope you enjoyed the pictures!!!!!!

SVGcuts.com Tea for You and Me!!

Good morning!

Well, have I had a month! And I see it's been that long since I've been here!

Not to write a novel or anything,,,,,,,,,,,but my youngest daughter has been engaged to marry her fiance now for over a year. They suddenly decided they wanted to get married BEFORE he goes into the service,,,,,,,,

in June.

faint.

I had literally 3 months to get this thing off the ground, and I was NOTHING but busy in April. Between finding and booking a venue, dress fittings, shopping for dresses for the girls, outfits for the men, shoe shopping, making invitations (yes, I made them,,,,,,,the base was a kit, but I remade the kit), place cards, programs, and a million other things,,,,,,,,,,,,,,whew!!!!

It will be lovely, however :)  She's getting married at a lovely outdoor venue amidst gorgeous, huge oak trees, in an "Evening in Paris" theme. By the time it's done, I'll be ready for a vacation LOL.

And, of course, I had major computer problems that didn't help. Sigh. JUST got those fixed,,,,,

I'm still going crazy, but I wanted to stop by and drop off a project I've made recently,,,,,,,

I have fallen in love with svgcuts.com. Their projects are just adorable,,,,,,,and so easy. Mary and Leo always provide a video that walks you through the complicated projects and makes them OH so easy!!

so without further ado,,,,,,,here's my project.

Here's the tea cup alone,,,

And the tea pot!

If you've never tried Svgcuts.com, you really should go over and take a look!  There's a project to suit any personality,,,,,,,,,they have so many awesome 3D kits,,,,,,and quite a few 2D kits for cardmaking and scrapbooking as well! All their files come zipped with several type files inside, SVG and GSD and others,,,,,if you have Make the Cut or SCAL2 or higher or Silhouette Designer Edition, you're good to go!

Project Recipe:

Papers: GA Pacific white card stock, Lost and Found Two, Blush, Sweet Bouquet
Dies and Cutting Files: SVGcuts.com Tea for You and Me kit, Teapot and Tea cup, and 3D flowers kit, Spellbinders spiral blossoms 1,
Inks: dollar spot pink ink for inking flower
Ribbon: Really Reasonable Ribbon
Glue: Martha Stewart Craft Glue, hot glue gun
embellishments: Jolee's 3D stickers, and my stash.

I hope you enjoyed my project, and thanks for looking!

Later this week, I have a free Silhouette file to hand out that will be WONDERFUL for the winter holidays that will be upon us before we know it, so keep tuned!

Have a Beary Happy Easter!!!

Good Afternoon!!!!

I have a challenge card today, using a new (to me) product! And boy did I have fun with it!!!!

Isn't that bear just the cutest thing???????  I loved it!  It's an SVG from Little Scraps of Heaven Designs!  They have the CUTEST stuff, and I just couldn't resist!!!!  She was standing, but she's quite poseable, and you can (with a bit of maneuvering) make her sit, stand, do splits, whatever!

Too stinkin cute!  I spent WAY too much money in their shop this week LOL.

Here's a close up of this darling bear!

I just had the BEST time shading her with chalks, doing the eyes and the cheeks,,,,,,,love her! And I love the bright springy colors too!!!!!!!

I'll be entering this into the Little Scraps of Heaven card sketch challenge! REally, you ought to give it a try,,,,paper piecing is easier than it looks (OK, so my first bear looked like a ninja bear because I put the eyes on wrong, but all t takes is a bit of practice LOL) and it's so much fun too!!!!

Card Recipe:

Paper: Graphic 45 Secret Garden 8x8 pack, Recollections

Die cuts: Little Scraps of Heaven Bear with Rough fur single, Spellbinders Labels 22, Die-namics Mini Royal Rolled Roses

Chalks and Inks: Pebbles, white Uniball, black artist pen .1, Versafine vintage sepia

Ribbon and lace: Really Reasonable Rbbon

button: Bazzill

Stamp: Michael's dollar bin.

Hope you love the card!  I'm so sorry I've not gotten around to any blogs this past week or two,,,,my youngest daughter is getting married in June,,,,,,,,I have three months to get this thing off the ground, and it's killing me LOL,,,,,,This week alone, we've chosen and deposited a venue for the wedding, chosen colors, invitations, flower girl dresses and today,,,,,,,,,,THE dress. Busy, busy, busy! But a fun time!

I promise I'll get around after Easter and Passover!!!!!!

May all my Christian friends have a lovely Easter,,,,,,,,,and may all my Jewish friends have an amazing Passover!!!!

Free Studio Window files,,,,,,

Good Morning!!!!!

Well,,,,,,,it's early morning,,,,and my sleep habits officially SUCK. Lemme tell you ladies,,,,,,,menopause isn't all it's cracked up to be,,,,,,hot flashes, no sleep,,,,,,,,awful, I tell you LOL

anywho,,,,,,,,

I'm still having fun playing with my Silhouette,,,,,,and I haven't forgotten my beloved metal dies either,,,,,,,they really go so well together!!!!

Here's a little Christmas card I made mixing the two kinds of dies,,,,,,,

I tell you what, I just had the BEST time creating this card,,,,,,,so much fun!!!!  The window is a file I made myself (with a little help from some friends!)  I actually made 3 different window files, and you can pick them up at the bottom,,,,,,,,a picture window (or sliding glass door) pictured here,,,,,a regular window with flower box, similar to the Grand Madison Window, and a six paned door or tall window,,,,,,,

The Santa, tree, lamp, and children are all Silhouette Studio files,,,,,,,,,,and the snowflakes and pine branch are metal dies,,,,

It was just so much fun to make this little scene!

I am DETERMINED to be ready for the holidays this year,,,,,,,so stay tuned for some Chanukah cards as well!!!!!

Card Recipe:
Paper: Recollections Cardstock, Bobunny Father Christmas
Vintage Image: The Graphics Fairy
Dies: Silhouette Online Store, My own creations (available below in Studio format), Impression Obsession Pine Branch, MFT Die-namics Let it Snowflake dies
Ribbon and gems: Michaels
Ink: Vintage Sepia

Download the Regular window HERE. Download the picture window HERE and finally, the door is available HERE

Use them for any purpose you want (you are free to sell any craft made with these files), but please don't sell or share the file itself,,,,,,,,send them here to get the file :)  Thank you!

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

Silhouette Silhouettes!!!!!!

Good Afternoon!!!!

I love silhouettes,,,,,,people,,,animals,,,,,things,,,,,

I love cutting them out of dark card stock and I often cut a bunch out of black card stock and then grab them when I want a quick card,,,,,,or a quick element to add to a card,,,,,,,

And NOTHING cuts silhouettes better than,,,,,,,,,,,well,,,,,,a Silhouette!!!!!

Today I have two cards to share,,,,easy, quick cards!

This first card is another Christmas card to add to my stash so I'll be ready for Christmas,,,,,,and it was OH so easy,,,,,,,,

I grabbed a couple silhouettes I had cut a day or two earlier and glued and pop dotted them down!  Piece of cake!  To make the snowy hills, I simply drew wavy lines in Studio and edited the points! Once cut, I embossed them with a polka dot embossing folder. Easy peasy!  I saved the file so I can cut them quickly,,,,,,,,,,and done up in blue paper, they'd make pretty water too!

Card Recipe:
Paper: MME Noel pack, Recollections
Die cuts: Silhouette America onine store and my own design
Ribbon: Really Reasonable Ribbon and Walmart
Pearls: Recollections
button: my stash

This second card was a bit more involved,,,,,but oh so much fun!

I just love the pop of apple green and the sparkly button!!!!

Card Recipe:
Papers: MME Lost and Found Two Rosy pack, Recollections, GA Pacific, Coordinations
Die Cuts: Silhouette America online store
Ribbon: Really Reasonable Ribbon
Button: Recollections

I hope you enjoyed the card, and I'm sorry for staying away so long,,,,,,,I was busy re-organizing my scrap room,,,,,,,,,

Oy, now THAT was a chore! LOL!

Thanks for your lovely comments, I love to hear from you,,,,,,,,and I'd love to visit your blog!

Probably the most clean and simple card,,,,,

You'll ever see me make LOL.

Mostly, I was playing around with making a studio file to share with a Dingbat font,,,,,,It turned out looking rather Oriental, so I went with it, and finished up the card with a Chinese Lantern,,,,,,

Card Recipe:

Paper: Recollections
Die Cuts: Silhouette online store (Chinese Lantern), Self made studio file (background), Silhouette for the ovals,,,,,,

and that's it,,,,,,,,an easy peasy card!!!!!!

I hope you enjoyed the card,,,,,,,and feel free to grab the studio file. You may use it for anything you'd like,,,,,,but please don't share,,,,,,send them here to get the file!  Thanks!

DOWNLOAD STUDIO FILE HERE!

Here Comes Peter Cotton Tail,,,,,,,

Hopping down the bunny trail,,,,,,,,,,,

Hippity Hoppity Easter's on the way,,,,,,,,,,

Good morning!!!!

I can't believe how CLOSE Easter and Passover are coming!!!!! Before we know it, summer will be upon us!!!!!

Today, I have some fun little Egg shaped totes filled with some goodies to show you,,,,,,,,I made them for my grand children,,,,,just a little something,,,,,,

for obvious reasons, Easter isn't religious at our house, but my grand children are being raised in a Christian church, and so I like to give them a little something at Easter time,,,,,,

And boy did I have fun this year!!! My Silhouette was HUMMING,,,,,,,,

These darling totes are from the Silhouette online store, and much easier to put together than I ever thought!  This machine even makes perfect score lines to aid in folding and putting them together!!!!!! A bit of hot glue and some decorating, and they're done!!!!!!

Don't you just LOVE those Bunny Bums?  You can get them in the Silhouette store too!!!!

Inside each little tote is a small chocolate bunny, a chocolate carrot and some chocolate eggs! (Later I'll show you what I did with the jelly beans!) 

There's also a darling card made out of a Silhouette cut (I flipped and welded the base to make a card) shaped like a chocolate bunny,,,,,,,,a pretty satin bow and a googly eye, and it's easy peasy to make! Inside the card is a bit of cash for my grand babies to spend,,,,,,,

Project Recipe:
Cardstock: GA Pacific and REcollections
Ink: Memento Summer Sky
Die Cuts: Silhouette Store
Ribbon: Really Reasonable Ribbon
Googly Eye and chocolates: Walmart

I hope you enjoyed the project today, and thanks for looking!!!!!

For My Sister,,,,,,,

Good morning!

I've had such a lovely time playing with my new Silhouette Portrait (Her name is Sophie),,,,,she cuts so amazingly clean it's,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,well, it's amazing!

This week, my sister is going through hell and back,,,,,,I'm down here in Florida,,,,,,,and she's 1200 miles away in New England,,,,,,,running over for coffee isn't an option,,,,,,,,

Sending a handmade card to tell her I love her and how amazing I think she is,,,,,,,,,well, it's second best :)

So here's the card I made for her,,,,,,,,

I can't believe how CLEAN this thing cuts!!!!!

Here's a close up of those intricate cuts!

I think my sister is amazing,,,,,,,,,she has many health problems that are life long,,,,,,and she still goes down kicking every night!  So, of course, I had to tell her,,,,,,,,,

Another amazing flourish from the Silhouette Store!!!!!! I just love how it dresses up the inside of my sister's card!

Card Recipe:

Papers:Coordinations, Recollections, GA Pacific, and MME Lost and Found Two Breeze Pack
Stamps: CTMH
Ink: Versafine Onyx Black
Dies and Die Cuts: Silhouette America Online Store, Spellbinders Classic Circles Large
Ribbon: Really Reasonable Ribbon
Cameo: Recollections

Thanks for looking at my card,,,,,,,,,,,and I hope you leave a comment so I can go visit your blog!