I Am Back!

You haven't seen much activity on my blog recently. I have been away seeing family while my husband and 2 sons have been climbing Mt. Kilimanjaro! I am pleased and proud to say that all 3 of them made it to the top! While I was gone I shopped and stamped. I did not want to take my whole craft room with me, ( but it felt like I did ), so I bought this neat K&Co. Tag Pad at Michael's. I have had such fun with it! It is easy-peasy to make a card using it. I just cut the tags in two for the front of my card and went from there. I scanned a picture of the tag pad and the 2 cards I made using the tags. Then I found a pad of K&Co. flowers that punch out and of course they coordinate with their lovely papers. I used the roses from that pad on the last card. You punch out the different sizes of flowers and layer them. I had to scan these cards since my husband took my camera as a backup! I have had such a time with this. My scanner is acting up. Grrrrrr!  I will be glad to get my camera back! LOL!

Love Is In The Air

The theme for the Just Right Challenge is Love Is In The Air. This is my card for the challenge. I used the Just Right  Follow Your Heart oval. Behind this saying I used the Fleur de Lis Spellbinders die and brushed it with rose ink. The decorative paper is from DCWV. I also punched out the hearts from this paper. I finished the card with a lace bow and silk rose.  You can click here to see the challenge -- http://justritestampers.typepad.com/

Gift Card Holders

Here are the gift card holders I mentioned a few days ago. I used a scalloped nesties for these and folded them toward the front. They didn't quite meet in the middle, so I used a Spellbinders label die to cover the front. These are very easy and fun to decorate!

Tag You're It!

Hi! I hope everyone has had a good week. I have been working on some challenges. This card will be entered into the Cat's Pajamas and Cutllebug Spot challenges.  At Cat's Pajamas we had a color challenge. The colors are red, black, kraft or white with yellow. I used black color core card stock for my background, ran it through the paisley cuttlebug folder and sanded it so the yellow would should through. In the Cuttlebug Spot challenge they are still doing inspiration challenges. This week we were to make a card inspired by a child's game. I chose Tag. It seems like every child in school has played that. I remember playing it a lot! You can see the challenges here - http://dancinginpajamas.blogspot.com/     http://thecuttlebugspot.blogspot.com/

Card Holder Instructions and Tea Light Cake

Hi Everyone!

I hope you are having a good week. We had our stamp club last night and I really enjoyed it as usual. What's better than a girl's night out, stamping and  learning new things right?  First of all here are instructions for my card holders below. These are real easy to make. I made 4 cards per holder, but I think 6 can fit in as well. You can click on the picture to see the measurements better.

Last night we made these cute little tea light cakes. These are so cute for a birthday gift or as a little favor at each person's seat at the table! Thanks, Marie, for showing us how to make these. We used a standard tea light, cut a strip of decorative paper 5" x 3/4" to wrap around the tea light. I used a scalloped punch by Stampin' Up for the top and bottom of the tea light. You can also use a scalloped die cut. A Martha Stewart border punch was used as "icing" around the "cake". Then decorate the top the way you want. I glue dotted the bottom scallop to the bottom of the tea light on one side so that I could flip down the other side in order to turn on the little switch. We also made cute little gift card holders that I will upload tomorrow. So stayed tuned!

Card Holders

Last weekend I went on a stamping retreat and had a great time stamping, eating and fellowshipping! One of my friends showed me how to make these card holders. I have had fun making them this week. Thanks, Helen, yours were so pretty!

Love is in the Air

Judikins has taken over the Posh Impression stamps and the Posh board is up and running again! The contest for this month is Valentines and we are to use teal, purple and silver. These colors go so well together, but I rarely use them. I need to use this color combination more often! I had this neat teal, swirl paper and layered it over purple card stock. I used a Heartfelt Creations die and ran silver ribbon around the edges. The heart stamps are from a Posh Impressions double up set. You can click here to see the challenge -- http://www.clubposh.com/forum/showthread.php?t=6157