I'm Back!!!

Hello everyone! I bet you all thought I had fallen off the face of the earth or something! :) Well, not quite. I had the flu, or some kind of bad bug, for almost 2 weeks so I was feeling less than creative. Also during that time my husband was out of town for 5 days, so I had to play master and commander of our little ship here at home. It was not a fun time. But he is home now and I'm feeling much better. Here are a few things I created today:

The first one is a circle card that I created by off-setting a large Nestabilities scallop circle die on the fold of the CS. This way it stays together on the edge so that you can open it. Very simple and gives a great new look to your cards.

Supplies:

CS- SU bashful blue, brilliant blue, WW

SU markers

Image- SU "Just Celebrate"

Stickles- dark blue and frosted lace

Ribbon- Wal Mart

Stapler

No Posts Again--Sorry!

I'm so sorry I haven't posted anything yet this weekend but I have had the flu for the past week. I'm almost over it but am still very tired and weak. I haven't even thought about going into my craft room let alone felt any desire to be creative. I'll do my best to get something out to you later. :) Thanks, Mary

We've Moved!

Just one post today. I made 5 of these cards as a set for my friend and now I'm tired. Plus the weather is gorgeous here and I promised my kids we would go to the park.

I have had this DP for what seems like forever because I couldn't think of anything to use it for. But for this moving card I thought it would be perfect to simulate wallpaper. And the crimped white CS is supposed to be like wainscoting, and the ribbon is the chair rail. I hope she likes it and I hope you do to. Thanks for stopping by! :)

Supplies:

CS- SU bashful blue, always artichoke, WW

DP- Art Box

Crimper- Fiskars

Ribbon- JoAnn's

Image- SU "Right at Home"

SU markers

Lg & sm oval punches- SU

Scallop scissors

Spring Solitude

I just love this image of the birdie sitting on the branch. We have seen a lot of little birdies around our house lately. They are actually fat birdies because the rain we've had has brought up all the worms for them to eat. My cat just loves to sit in our bay window and watch them. She crouches down and chatters at them all the while her tail is flipping around like crazy. If she were an outside cat I just know I would have a "birdie present" at my doorstep every day. Those birds should be thankful! :)

Supplies:

CS- SU WW, almost amethyst

Stamps- SU "Spring Solitude" set

SU markers to color stamps

Crystal brads- Michael's

Ribbon- Wal Mart

Marvy circle punch

Card Fit For My Name

When I saw this card on Jen Del Muro's blogsite "i{heart}2stamp" I knew I had to try it because it's a picket fence and my last name is Pickett. I am so pleased how it turned out! I think I did a pretty good job getting it to look close to the original especially when you take into account that I had no directions and my supplies were a little different. What do you think?

Supplies:

CS- SU WW, always artichoke, so saffron, marigold morning

CB scallop circle dies

Marvy flower punch

Crystal brads- SU

Choc chip marker & ink pad

Mini Lunchbox

This is a quick little project I put together tonight. I found these miniature lunchboxes in the dollar spot at Target a while back not knowing exactly what I was going to do with them, but knew they would come in handy someday. It was so fun to decorate and because it was so small it took no time at all. I filled mine with Skittles because that's what I had on hand but the list of things to put in here is almost endless: chocolate, packages of gum, paper and crayons for the kids, love notes, tooth fairy money, paper and pencil to play hangman or tic-tac-toe, a little present like earrings, etc. Now I'm thinking I should have bought more of them! ;)

Supplies:

CS- SU choc chip, old olive, WW

Ink- SU markers choc chip and old olive

Felt flowers- SU Flower Fusion

Brads- Michael's

Ribbon- Wal-Mart and Michael's

Scallop scissors

You Have Got To Try This!

Hi everyone. I hope you all have had a good week. I want to get right to this technique. You have got to try this! It's a way of making clouds for your backgrounds. I learned this from Julie Buhler's blogsite "Paper Pleasing Ideas" (that's actually where I cased this entire card from). Isn't the image and coloring just great?! I have had this image for a long time but always thought of it as a beach theme like she is standing in sand. But Julie got me to look at it a different way like she is standing on grass. Now to the good part. To make the clouds you sponge over the edge of a scallop circle with blue ink and that's it! It's so easy and I just can't get over how great it looks! Go try it right now, you'll love it.

Supplies:

Stamp set- SU "Summer By The Sea"

CS- SU night of navy, mellow moss, old olive

Water color paper- SU

Water color brush- SU

SU Markers

Ink for sky- SU bashful blue

Hardware- SU Hodgepodge Hardware

Ribbon- Michael's

Stitching done on sewing machine