Make It Monday #31

Wow, its been a long time since I did anything crafty. Between our vacation in August, the earthquake, Hurricane Irene, and Back to School, life has been crazy.

But Papertrey Ink's Make It Monday video was so inspiring, I had to try my hand at making a stamped background.

The triangles are actually the ice cream cones from the Papertrey Sweet as Can Be set and the sentiment is the Think Big Favorites #5. I wanted a more masculine card so I used some Versamagic blue inks.

Thanks for checking it out.

CAS-ual Fridays Challenge CFC15

Here is a card I made for the CAS-ual Fridays Challenge as well as the Clean & Simple Challenge #153


Supplies: Cardbase: Memory Box, Cardstock: Bazzill, Stamp:A Muse, Sentiment: Hero Arts, Pearls: Memory Box, Ink: Brilliance Pearlescent Lavender, Momento Tuxedo Black, Ribbon: Michaels

End of Camp Goodies

This week marks the end of summer camp for my three girls which means cooking for the end of camp party and making little gifts for the counselors.

We made rice krispie treats as well as these yummy smores pops. All the deliciousness of a smore in one bite and so easy to make!


Gifts were little bunches of candy favorites as well as a modest gift card to Target.


Best part of the gift was the handwritten note by the girls on the stamped tags I made. I really hope they like them.


This week marks the end of summer camp for my three girls which means cooking for the end of camp party and making little gifts for the counselors.

Clean & Simple #152 - Take 2!

Supplies: Cardbase:A Muse, Stamp: Memory Box, Dies: Nestabilities Label 8, Sentiment: Savvy Stamps, Patterned Paper: My Minds Eye, Ink: Versamagic Hint of Pesto, Colorbox Chalk Ink Prussion Blue & Creamy Brown, Ranger Adirondack Espresso.

Since I was so unhappy with my first attempt at this challenge, here's my second try. I'm a wee bit happier with this one.

Clean & Simple Challenge #152

Supplies: Cardbase: A Muse, Apple Stamps: Hero Arts, Patterned Paper: Becky Higgins (Yellow Notebook), SEI, Sentiment: Stampin Up!, Ink: Brilliance Pearlescent Poppy & Momento Tuxedo Black, Dies: Nestabilities Labels Eight


I made this card as part of the Clear & Simple challenge.

It calls for a tall & skinny card which I haven't made before. I made a teacher thank you card which will come in handy at some point during the coming school year. But after not creating for a couple of weeks, my first attempt wasn't perfect. It still looks good but some of the little mistakes are annoying - the die cut wasn't straight for the notebook paper background, the sentiment was tad crooked, the inking on the apples not quite smooth.
I'm not happy with this so I'm going to try again later.....

Hero Arts August Challenge

Supplies: Card Base: Memory Box, Stamps: Hero Arts, Patterned Papers: Imaginisce, Markers: Copics, Ribbon: Michaels Stores, Punches: Marvy Uchida, Adhesive: American Crafts

I made this card for the Hero Arts August challenge. My card met two of challenges - its a card for a kid and it uses a creature. I absolutely love this Hero Arts set and I use it often. While I am generally happy with this card, I feel like all my cards are starting to look the same because I am using the same techniques....stamped image which gets punched out using one of the Marvy Uchida shapes and patterned paper base. I am in such awe of all of the beautiful cards I see online and I always have the best intentions to try a different look or technique but I find myself always going back to the same thing. Maybe I just need to make more cards to be able to move past my tried and true 'look'. Any other ideas?

Thanks for stopping by.

Supplies: Card Base: Memory Box, Stamps: Hero Arts, Patterned Papers: Imaginisce, Markers: Copics, Ribbon: Michaels Stores, Punches: Marvy Uchida, Adhesive: American Crafts

Clear & Simple Challenge #151

Here's a card I did for the Clear & Simple challenge. My first time. It was great using a sketch but I found it still was a challenge finding the right papers, etc as well as to create a card I would actually use.

Have a great weekend!
Supplies: Cardbase: DCVW, Patterned Paper: October Afternoon Roadmap Blue & White Motel, Cardstock: Bazzill, Border Punch: Stampin Up!, Stamp: $1 Bin Michaels Stores, White Pen: Gelly Roll Sakura, Ink: Momento Tuxedo Black, Glitter: Stickles

Happy Cards

Made some happy cards today. And I call them happy because they celebrate good things but also because they are for people who make me happy.

Supplies: Cardstock: Memory Box Patterned Paper: SEI (Scrap found in my stash but I think its an old SEI pattern), Punches: Marvy Uchida, Stamp: Hampton Arts

This one I originally stamped the rows of houses in Versamark ink but they were really tough to see. So instead I restamped them in Brilliance blue so it would melt into the background and the sole yellow house could stand out. This card I made as a thank you for some friends who had invited us to stay at their cottage in Maine for a long weekend.

Supplies: Cardstock: Memory Box, Stamp: Hero Arts, Ink: Brilliance, Bling: White Blossom