An {It's been too long} Card...

Today is the last day of our cruise. I'm sure I'm more than ready to come home and see my babies.  They opened this card this morning:

It has been too long!  I hope my kids feel the same way.  Wouldn't it be awful if they weren't excited to see us when we went to pick them up?  I just love the buttons on this card.  They really make the card shine.  


Our cruise ship docks at Cape Canaveral tomorrow morning, then we'll drive to Orlando and fly back to Cincinnati.  I hope we don't want to kill the other couple that went with us, or each other.  That would be awful too.  But being with each other all day for 7 straight days might be a little much.  


Hopefully I'll have some photos to share with you on Monday, although I might just sleep all day.  Not sure how I'm going to feel.


Thanks so much for putting up with all my kids cards this week.  I hope you enjoyed them and that my kids appreciate all I put into it.  


Have a great day!

{It's been too long}

Stamps: Everyday Button Bits (Papertrey Ink)

Card Stock: Kraft, Pure Poppy, Vintage Cream (PTI)

Ink: Glamazon Green, Perfect Little Black Dress (CSS)

Accessories: Buttons (Doodlebug Designs), Oval & Labels 9 Nesties (Spellbinders), Foam Dimensionals

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A {Sending a Smile} Card...

Today is the second day of our Caribbean cruise!  This morning our kids will open this card:

This card is so simple, yet so graphic.  I absolutely love it!  It was really easy and quick to make too.

Today we are at Cococay, Bahamas.  This is the cruise-lines private island.  We'll probably be spending the day snorkeling, tanning, and just relaxing.


Have a great day!

{Sending a smile across the miles...}

Stamps: Everyday Button Bits (Papertrey Ink)

Card Stock: Simply Blue-tiful, Trendsetter Blue, Green With Envy, Glamazon Green, Your Style Blue Me Away (CSS)

Ink: You Style Blue Me Away (CSS)

Accessories: Corner Rounder Punch 

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Papertrey Ink: August 2011 Blog Hop

Today is the 25th and that means the Papertrey Ink blog hop!  I really debated posting this card.  To be honest, I'm not in love with it.  It's just sort of meh.  This month's challenge was to be inspired by the phot on their blog.  The photo had a summery feel, so that's why I chose to use butterflies and polka dots.  There are smaller polka dots on the yellow panel, but they are hard to since they are stamped in white.

For the sentiment, I used a little trick I picked up at PTI's Stamp-A-Faire, and that was making a banner that didn't fold.  It's just one piece of card stock with "flags" cut on each end and then a smaller rectangle with the sentiment on it popped up on foam adhesive.  Pretty clever, huh?  

Have a great day!

{Hope you're feeling better...}

Stamps: Everyday Button Bits, Polka Dot Basics, Butterfly Kisses (Papertrey Ink)

Card Stock: Dark Chocolate, Lemon Tart, Lavender Moon, SS White (PTI)

Ink: Vinatege Cream (PTI), Dish All the Dirt Brown, Brown Leather Satchel, VIP Purple (CSS)

Accessories: Spiral Notebook Die (PTI), Corner Rounder Punch, Rhinestones (Michaels), Foam Dimensionals

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A {Just a Little Something} Card Set...

Hey guys!  I thought I would start out simple since this is my first day getting crafty in a week and a half.  Well, my card is simple but I made a whole set of 5.  The idea for today's card came about when I saw this card on pinterest (click here to see my pinterest boards).

This was so easy!  I simply punched a bunch of hearts using scraps from the Offbeat paper pad from Basic Grey.  I scored a line down the center of each heart, stacked three and sewed a line down the center.

One the lines were sewn, I fluffed up the hearts a bit to add some dimension.  Then I stamped the sentiment.  

Thanks so much for taking a little time out of your day for a visit, it means so much!  See you tomorrow!!!

{Just a Little Something}

Stamps: Everyday Button Bits (Papertrey Ink)

Card Stock: Kraft Like a Rockstar (CSS)

Patterned Paper: Offbeat (Basic Grey)

Ink: Dish All the Dirt Brown (CSS)

Accessories: Heart Punch (Paper Shapers), Sewing Machine & Thread, Baker's Twine (May Arts)

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A {here to give you a lift} Card...

Happy Friday!  I hope you all had a great week.  I made this fun card using some flowers I've had lying around for a while.  You are supposed to put buttons on the balloon strings stamp to make it look like a bouquet of balloons, but I like how the flowers look.

The sentiment is a straight line.  To get it to curve, I just placed it on an acrylic block and kept bending it and testing it out, bending it more and testing it out, until I got it just right.

This is not a card I'll be sticking in the mail, it's way to bulky.  That's okay though, since I love handing out cards in person.

Thanks for stopping by today!  Enjoy your weekend!!!

{Here to give you a lift...}

Stamps: Everyday Button Bits (Papertrey Ink)

Card Stock: Dish All the Dirt Brown, Kraft Like a Rockstar, On the Catwalk Cream (CSS)

Patterned Paper: Gertie (My Mind's Eye)

Ink: Brown Leather Satchel, Dish All the Dirt Brown (CSS)

Accessories: Flowers (Maya Road), Oval & Labels 9 Nestabilities (Spellbinders), Foam Dimensionals 

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A "Hope you're feeling better" Card...

 Hello!  I hope you all had a great weekend.  Ours was super busy, but I'll let you know all about it in a separate post.  Fall break is over for the kids and we are back to the normal routine.  I love routine.  I am such a creature of habit.

Anyway, the card I made today uses this week's CPS sketch.  I love simple, so I immediately wanted to give this a try.  After I figured out what papers I wanted to use, I then had to figure out how to cut a perfect curve.  I thought about using my oval nesties, but the largest one wasn't large enough.  Then I remembered my Coluzzle.  It worked like a charm.  You don't hear much about Coluzzle's these days.  If you don't know, a Coluzzle is a circle and oval cutting device that SU sold before they came out with their new circle cutter.

Now that I look at my card, I'm realizing that I could have done this a much easier way.  I should have just cut a kraft oval, glued it to the card and then trimmed off the sides.  Oh well, next time.  The center panel is cork and I created a wavy banner for my sentiment.  I love that 3D effect.

Thanks so much for visiting!!!  Have a great day!

{hope you are feeling better}

Stamps: Everyday Button Bits (Papertrey Ink)

Card Stock: Kraft, Dark Chocolate (Papertrey Ink) 

Patterned Paper: Apple Cider (Imaginisce)

Ink: Vintage Cream (Papertrey Ink), Chestnut Roan (Colorbox)

Accessories: Cork, Red Rhinestones (Kaiser Craft), Heart Punches (Paper Shapers), Foam Dimensionals, Coluzzle

 

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OCC Challenge - Summer Inspiration

Hi!  Welcome to another challenge from Our Creative Corner.  This week we are letting SUMMER inspire us.  Pull out your summer stamps, paper, and embellies and make a card!

For my card I used some paper from the Sunshine Lollipops collection by Sassafrass.  Can't get more summery with a name like that!  I paired that paper with some hot air balloon images from the Papertrey Ink stamp set Everyday Button Bits.

My "sun" is sponged around the edges with an orange-y ink to make it pop off the page more.  The hot air balloons are stamped on white card stock.  I used a stampin' sponge to add some light blue to the background and edges.  The layer it is matted on is actually some light blue patterned paper.

I hope you'll all head on over to Our Creative Corner and see all the summery cards the design team created. I know you won't be disappointed.

Have a great weekend!  Thanks so very much for stopping by for a visit today!!!

{Enjoy the Ride}

Stamps: Everyday Button Bits (Papertrey Ink)

Card Stock: Dark Chocolate, SS White (Papertrey Ink)

Patterned Paper: Sunshine Lollipops (Sassafras)

Ink: Old Olive, Close to Cocoa, Really Rust, Bashful Blue (SU)

Accessories: Blue Satin Ribbon (Offray), Coluzzle, Foam Dimensionals, Stampin' Sponge (SU), Circle Punches (SU)

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Paper Maniac Thursday - Distressing!!!

Hello! It's Paper Maniac Thursday!!! This week, the Design Team and I are focusing on distressing. If you are not familiar with distressing in regards to card making, it's when you make your card look old and worn--but in a good way ;) . Paper Maniac has a lot of Tim Holtz products, which are all geared towards distressing and aging paper.

For my card today, I used the Green at Heart Card Kit by Basic Grey. All of the papers came from the kit (except for the piece of cream). These papers already had a distressed look to them. You can also find these papers in the Green at Heart 6x6 paper pad. I distressed the edges of the flowered patterned paper with a paper distresser and also the heart. The black stitching is actually a rub-on from the kit.
The oval was cut using an oval nestabilities die. I crumpled it up and sponged the edges and creases with Tea Dye Distress Ink. Then I used the ink on all the edges of my card.

Thanks for stopping by today for some distressing goodness!!! Have a great day!!!

{You're so sweet}

Stamps: Everyday Button Bits (Papertrey Ink)
Card Stock: Cream
Patterned Paper: Green at Heart Card Kit (Basic Grey)
Ink: Tea Dye Distress Ink (Tim Holtz), Basic Black (SU)
Accessories: Oval Nestabilities (Spellbinders), Heart Punch (Paper Shapers), Paper Distresser (Tim Holtz), Stampin' Sponge (SU)

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