Justrite Stamps and a Sketch!

Hello!  I hope everyone is having a wonderful weekend. I had SO much to do this weekend,,,,,,and I did none of it LOL.  I just happened to glance at the JustRite Stamps challenge for this week and fall in love with the sketch! Of course, I just had to join in!

I wanted a winter card (because SUPPOSEDLY we are still in winter,,,,even if my thermometer says 84 degrees), but I didn't want Christmassy,,,,,,so here's what I came up with!

 

 First I cut and embossed the bottom of my white 5x7 card base with a spellbinders Edgabilities.  Then I embossed my card stock base with a snowflake embossing folder.  I cut a 2010 snowflake pendant out of my base and then off set another die cut onto the negative and backed the negative with more winter blue paper. I used winter blue and white banners on the left,and Justrite Stamps for the center of my snow flake and the lower right for my sentiment.  Finally, I cut and embossed a strip of white cardstock with the same edgabilities and the same embossing folder and placed it across the top of my card. A bow, some blue dew drops and a hint of sparkle, and she's done!

You can click on the pictures to better see the detail.

Here's a close up of my snowflake and those gorgeous Justrite Stamps.

Card Recipe:

Cardstock: white: Walmart white 110 lb card stock  PP: scraps
Stamps: Justrite "Just the right words" set
Ink: Versafine Onyx Black
Dies: Spellbinders 2010 Snowflake Pendant, Circles Large, Picot Edge Circles, Classic Petal Edgabilities, Resplendent Rectangles
Embossing folder: Tim Holtz
Glitter: Martha Stewart
Dew Drops: Robin's Nest

I hope you enjoyed the card, and I hope you run over to Justrite and join the fun!  Thanks for looking, and your comments are more appreciated than you know!

Thanks and Get Wells,,,,,,,,and a big disappointment,,,,,,,

Good Morning!  I hope everyone has been watching the RNC and the DNC,,,,voting is an amazing right. So let's do it!

This morning I have two cards to share,,,,,,,,the first is a thank you to the Cuban American friends we spent a lovely day with last week,,,,,,,they sent us home with a lovely bottle of wine, and we wanted to send a thank you card,,,,,,,it probably would have gone out sooner, but I've been busy working on the album for his mother,,,,,

The rolled roses are felt,,,,,I cut them myself free hand, easy peasy, and just rolled them up and glued with a glue gun,,,,,,,,the paper is MME Lost and Found Two Blush collection,,,,,,Oooo la la, I love this paper! I also used my FAV new stamp set, Just the Right Words set by Justrite to create my sentiment, which I then matted with circles large and picot edge circles.

My next card explains the big disappointment,,,,,,,,,,it's a get well card made for Jose,,,,,,the man whose mother is becoming an American Citizen today,,,,,,,,,,he had an emergency appendectomy yesterday morning and won't be able to go to the ceremony for his mother. I can only imagine how he feels. My husband called home and asked me to make a get well card for him, and of course, I did,,,,,,,,,,,and I feel so badly for him.

Now guy cards are tough for me,,,,,,,but I did my best.  I used MME Lost and Found Two Sunshine deck, and went with a color scheme of gold and black,,,,,,,,,with a bit of off white. Labels 14, some shiny gold ribbon, some leaves inked thhrough the die, and a fancy gold corner piece, and she's done.

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

Just "Layering" Around,,,,,,,

Good Afternoon!!!!! I just love love LOVE the look of how spellbinders layer,,,,,it's the reason I started collecting Spellbinders,,,,,,it's an obsession,,,,,it's why I now have over 50 of the bleeping things,,,,,,

But for some reason, I have to remind myself to do it,,,,,,,Probably, because it often means a LARGER card,,,,,and I tend to like smaller cards,,,,,,,but the more spellbinders I get, the more layering I want to do,,,,,,and the larger my cards have to get to not look over crowded LOL.  So today, I decided to make a card layered with spellbinders,,,,,

I used scraps of Christmas paper, even though this card isn't a Christmas card,,,,,so here it is, and I hope you enjoy it!

From the bottom up, the spellbinders I used are postage stamps, Parisian Motifs, Picot Edge Circles, and labels one to cut out the center of Picot edge circles,,,,,,A couple of roses made with spiral blossoms one,,,,,,,,,some bling,,,,,and a gorgeous bow, and she's finished,,,,,,,

I hope you enjoyed the card,,,,,,thanks for looking! Leave me a comment, and I'll come over to your blog and see you!

Have a great week!

Sugar Creek Hollow Saturday!!!!

Good Saturday morning! We have a PHENOMENAL challenge for you today over at Sugar Creek Hollow!

CIRCLES!!!!!!!!

We want to see circles ON your card or project,,,,,,,,,and/or the card SHAPE must be a circle!!!!

I had SO MUCH FUN with this project! It was one of those things that just grew and grew as I worked on it!!!!! And I have a TON of pics for this, so here we go!

I created a pretty glass canister for bath salts by reusing a Prima flower jar.

Here's my project!

I used Spellbinders circles large and spellbinders picot edge circles to create the circle behind which I glued lace before setting it on top of the glass jar and securing with pop dots. As you can see, I also created a matching tag for whatever gift giving occasion I eventually use this for!

Here's some more pictures!

I got this stunning image from Bumble Button, added a bow of gold ribbon, gold netting and some pearls,,,,,

Another gold netting bow tied around the neck of the jar, a prima flower and leaf,,,,,,

And then filled the jar with pretty pink bath salts for pennies!

I printed an additional image larger, and cut the front label from that with rectangles large.

Pretty, inexpensive, and will be beautiful in someone's bathroom!

I hope you enjoyed my circles project,,,,,,and thanks for looking! Run right over to SCH and load up your vintage, shabby chic, or primitive circles project!! And be sure to stop by Bumble Button and see all the gorgeous images they have FOR FREE!

PARTY TIME TUESDAYS # 67!

GOOD MORNING!!!!!!!! It's Tuesday and we have a lovely challenge for you all this week at Party Time Tuesdays!

We want to see your Mother's Day Cards! If you haven't made yours yet, you'd best get cracking,,,,,it's coming up fast!

We are being sponsored this week by the Fab Elisabeth Bell,,,,,,her images are SO CUTE! And for 4 of our 5 challenges this week, it's MORE FROM

Fantastic Ribbon! So thank you so much to both our lovely sponsors!

I had this adorable image from Elisabeth Bell, and here is my card!

I colored the image with copcs, and then cut it out with spellbinders Labels 18, using the die as a stencil to add just a bit of shadowing around the image. I matted that onto Picot Edge circles and again onto Lacy Squares.

Papers are K and co and Echo park scraps,,,,,,,I tied a double butterfly bow of orange, topped it with a scrap of teal netting and a clear button onto which I glued some Echo Park paper,,,,,

My sentiment is Just Rite and I used my Happy Everything tag kit to cut it o ut!

I hope you enjoyed,,,,,,,,thanks for looking,,,,,,,and I wish you a lovely Mother's Day!!!!! Run right over to Party Time Tuesdays and upload your Mother's Day card!

PARTY TIME TUESDAYS!!!!! #66!

Good Morning! It's Tuesday!!!!!!!! And it's time to PAR-TAY!!!!!!!

The theme this week at PTT is TWO OR MORE RIBBONS! and who doesn't like ribbon?????? Seriously, there's something wrong if you don't like ribbon LOL!

So come on over to PTT and upload your 2 or more ribbon card, and you might win a prize!!!!

This week's fab sponsors are Digi Stamp Characters, Sassy Studio Designs, Stitchy Bear and

Fantastic Ribbons will be our month long sponsor this month, and will be handing out some AMAZING prizes! So come on over!!!!!

I was assigned this adorable image by Stitchy Bear! And here's my card!

I colored the image with copics and cut it out with Ovals Large,,,,,I matted that on Moroccan Motifs and then again on Picot Edge Circles. the paper lace is an amazing die made for HeartFelt Creations by Spellbinders called Decorative Lace Border, and it's totally YUMMY. Love it~!

I made a double bow with dark blue ribbon and a single bow with lighter blue, tails up with one color and tails down with another,,,,,,,,,It's a large, lucious, yummy bow! The paper is a ltitle 6x6 pack I picked up in the 1.50 bin at Michaels,,,,,,,,totally pretty!

Here's a closeer look at this adorable Stitchy Bear Stamp!

I hope you enjoyed the card, and thanks for stopping by!!!!!! Run on over to Party Time Tuesdays, and while you're there, say congrats to our new Design Team members and see what all the DT has for inspiration!

PTT 64!!!!!!!!!

Good morning everyone!!!!!!!  It's TUESDAY!!!!!!! Time for Party Time Tuesdays challenge of the week! And this week, we have a GORGEOUS color combo for you to inspire you!!!!

Such gorgggggggggeous colors!!!!!!! Light pink, dark pink, black/brown!!!!

And of course, we have our sponsors joining us!!!! Our month long sponsor who has been so generous to provide us with stamps is Bugaboo Stamps! We also have Digital Delights joining us with stamps as well,,,,,,,,and Cheery Lynn will provide a prize! How amazing are they? Thank you so much sponsors!

So without further ado, here is my darling card made with Bugaboo stamps! Isn't she just DARLING??

I am just LOVING this card,,,I have no idea who I am going to give it to, so I left it without a sentiment at this time, but I can always add one later.

She is so precious!

I colored her with copics, and cut her out with Circles large, then matted her with picot edge circles. Behind that, I cut a green piece of paper from my scrap pile with Romantic Rectangles, sprayed a white heart doily pink, a few flowers, a lace bow and a couple pearls, and such a sweet card for next to no effort!

Here's a close up of this darling stamp from Bugaboo,,,,,,

I do hope you enjoyed the card, thanks for looking, and run right over to PTT and load up your color isnpiration project! You might just win a fantastic prize from one of our sponsors!

Just a Card!

Oh boy, have I had a busy week! A couple weeks ago, DH and I bought a camper, the pop up kind. Used,,,,,,,,,and in fantastic shape. Of course, once you start PUPping, it's a disease,,,,,,,,ask anyone who does LOL. We HAD TO HAVE a larger tow vehicle. Yep, as soon as we bought it, we realized the minivan would have a tough time towing it with a full van of people and several hundred (if not a thousand) pounds of gear inside. Since DH needed a new car anyway, out we went to buy a pick up truck with an extended cab for him.

If I live to be 200, I will NEVER understand men! He did nothing but talk about, look at, google pick up trucks for a week!!!!!!

What did he buy?????????? A FORD EXPEDITION!

Maybe that's not so far off,,,,,it IS made on a Ford F150 (truck) frame. All I know is the man LOVES his new truck LOL, so I guess that's all that matters! We'll see how much he likes it as the gas prices increase LOL.

So, anyhow, I've been busy this week looking for and buying DH's new truck,,and buying things (mostly storage) for the camper,,,,,,,,,storage for dry foods, storage for clothing when we're camping and storage for a cooking kit (pots, pans, dishes, etc),,,,,,,,,,and storage for a home made first aid kit (I want to include items for the removal and treatment of jellyfish stings that do not come in most first aid kids, as we will be camping at the beach at least several times a season).

to say the least,,,,,,,,I've had little crafting time this week! But I did manage to throw together this card,,,,,,

From bottom to top, the nesties used to create this focal point are:

Labels 23 Grand
picot edge circles
Iron work motifs
Parisian motifs
Circles Large


The stamp in the center is Justrite, and I've fancied it up with a small bling flourish, some stick pins, and a bow made from navy blue sheer ribbon topped with white seam binding.

I hope you like the card, and thanks for looking! Tomorrow night, I am sleeping in the camper with my grand children for a  "Camp Backyard" experience! It should be fun for them,,,,,,and useful for us to provide practice on setting it up and breaking it down!

Have a lovely weekend! My Sugar Creek Hollow post will be tomorrow morning!

Home Sick Cards,,,,,

Good Afternoon,,,,,it's Sunday,,,,,,,,and I'm homesick.

Yep. Badly too.

Sunday was the day our whole family got together for dinner,,,,if there was a birthday, that's when it was celebrated. Everyone would bring something,,,,,on a rotating basis,,,,,,main dinner, side dishes, deserts, drinks, whatever,,,,,,we rotated. And we all met at my sister's house (hers was largest) and had dinner.

Ten years ago, My husband and I moved ourselves and our 3 children to Florida. The housing in Massachusetts where we lived was astronomically expensive IF you could find it. We searched for months after the owner of the house we were renting sold it. Couldn't find a bleeping house, townhouse, apartment or mobile home. There was a serious shortage of housing. My husband's boss asked his wife (a real estate agent) to look,,,,,,MY boss who owned a ton of rental housing looked. NOTHING.

So we moved,,,,,,,,what could be more fun than living in Florida? Close to the beaches, close to Disney World,,,,,,,we moved and we LOVE it.

I couldn't get my husband to move back for anything, even though the housing has improved.

Nope, we love love LOVE living in Florida.

But I miss my family and my friends like no one's business. Oh my mom comes down usually once a year for 2 or 3 weeks, and I love having her. Last time she brought my baby sister and her new son down, which was really nice. I've been home once or twice.

But I haven't seen everyone TOGETHER in ten years.

I miss my sisters, I miss my brother, I miss my nieces and nephews,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

I just miss them. Enough to cry. It's not all bad,,,,,,,,all my children and grandchildren live here in Florida,,,,,,and I see my mom at least once a year. And the beach and Disney are as wonderful as we thought.

But I want to go home. Badly. At least for 2 weeks.

so we're planning that :) And I couldn't be happier.

Anyway, after that book you are probably wondering what on EARTH was the point of,,,,,,

I had to make cards for my family,,,,,,,,and I am thinking of them as "homesick cards". Because I am. Homesick, that is.

I used my new paper, Echo Park. The two red ones are Echo Park This and That "Graceful", and the yellow and green one is Echo Park This and That "Charming". Each one was made special for the recipient,,,,

Top, red pink and blue is for my Mother.

bottom left, for my sister, Ellen,,,,,,,and bottom right, for my sister, Amy.

Brother's and friends to follow another day.

I used quite a few nesties,,,,,,,but one of my fav new ones that I used on all 3 of them is Spellbinders Picot Edge circles. REally lovely,,,,,,they can be very feminine,,,,,or not. Love them.

Other nesties used:

lacy ovals
postage stamps
moroccan motifs
circles large
Ironwork Motifs.
Labels 23 Grand
and of course, Picot Edge circles

I didn't embellish too much more than the nesties shapes and a ribbon or bow,,,,the paper is so gorgeous. I added a couple stick pins and called them done!

Thanks for looking,,,,,,I hope you enjoyed the cards! And I hope you don't have reason to be homesick too often!!!!