Summer Card Camp Week 3 (Card #2)

My second card made with this week's color combo -


Cardstock: Memory Box (Card Base), American Crafts (Kraft)
Flower: Prima
Stick Pin: Tim Holtz
Ribbon: Michaels
Stamp: A Muse
Die Cutter: Cuttlebug with Large Labels Spellbinders Nestabilities
Patterned Paper: Making Memories, Geometric Mocha Paperie
Ink: VersaMagic, Red Brick

Summer Card Camp Week 3 (Card #1)

This week's color combo joins my favorite colors. Big change from the mood of the first two week's colors. My goal during this card camp was to make cards that I will actually use and won't just sit around. I made two cards today with specific recipients in mind and it seemed to make creating easier. Thinking about those loved ones in mind inspired me.



Supplies:
Cardstock: Memory Box
Flowers: Prima
Button: My Mind's Eye, Lost & Found Collection
Patterned Paper: Lily Bee Design
Phrase Sticker: Lily Bee Design
Die Cutter: Cuttlebug with Labels 8 Spellbinders Nestabilities

Summer Card Camp Week 2

I've very excited to be participating in the Summer Card Camp hosted by Jennifer McGuire and Kristina Werner. Seeing hundreds of cards based on the week's color combo is so inspiring and participating with others from all around the world is amazing.

Here are my cards for this week's color challenge:

I'm Back!

After almost of year of ignoring this blog, I'm hoping to get back into the swing of posting more often. With this is my resolve to create more so that I'll actually have something to post about! My crafting time had seriously taken a back seat to everything else which has made me very crabby! :)

Dinner Tonight: Tortellini Florentine Soup

As much as I try to plan my dinners in advance, my plans don't always work out in the summer. Tonight was prime example of this as I pondered my dinner options at 6pm. So I fell back on one of my tried and true quick dinners - Tortellini Florentine Soup. Yes, soup in the summer. OK, probably not the best idea in this heat but hey, we're in air conditioning anyway. Its quick, easy, delicious, and even the kids eat it.

Camp Thank You Cards

End of camp this week so that means small gifts and cards for the girls' counselors. I made these quick cards using the only summertime type stamp I had and the girls will sign their names to a short note I write.

Baby Album Finally Finished

Finally finished my niece's 1st year baby album and am very excited to present it to my sister this coming weekend! I made my nephew's album two years ago in an 8x8, one photo per page style. I wanted to include more pictures in hers so I did a 12x12 using the gift album formula in the Dec 2009 Creating Keepsakes issue.

Here are a couple of pages from her album...I'm really pleased with how it turned out. Isn't she a cutie?

Ella Inspiration Chain

I completed this layout "Finally Friends" as part of the Ella Inspiration Chain which inspired me to update my long abandoned blog.

From the last link of the chain, I was inspired by the hand drawn box & notebook paper but used shaped paper with gridlines instead. I also loved the placement of the title and journaling which I also used in my layout.

Here's to being inspired to create again and to keep posting my creative pursuits on my blog more often as well!