Celebrate

Digital Stamps are from Lost in Paper Scraps Blog

Birds are colored with Distress Ink (and the background on front mat)

and then highlighted with Copic Markers and Stickles

Stamp (Happy Anniversary) from My Sentiments Exactly

Tag, Celebrate and Papers from Bo Bunny Ad Lib Collection

Leaves are cut from the  Martha Stewart Pine Bough Punch

Flashing the Flash Cards

I made this set of flash cards for my youngest grandchild, Brynn who will be turning 2 on the 7th.  She just loves flash cards and I thought it would be fun to make some for her myself.  I'm missing a few letters, they'll go out in a later post, along with some shapes and numbers and some people ones.  I want to do a set with photos of family and friends with captions like Uncle, Auntie, Grandma, Puppy, Kitty, etc etc etc.  I think she's gonna love the feel and colors of these!  And they were soooooooooo much fun to make!

A Glimpse of my Soul

Journaling Reads:
Sometimes this is how I feel like I’m looking out at the world from the inside and no one sees the real me in here.  My life has evolved to the age of not knowing or sometimes caring what day or hour it is.  Our life is most times uncomplicated and easy, we roll with whatever each day brings and plan little.  My children have grown and the roles shifted to their shoulders instead of mine, I no longer have to worry about school hours, or homework or the agony of growing, a Grandma only has to smile and love.  I can do that.  We hop in the car and travel and see, me with the camera in hand and lens open to seeing the world about me with new vision, seeking beauty in just the everyday.  I cherish all this time I get to create, to play with pixels and paper.   How wonderful to start with a blank screen or bits of paper and bling and end up with something that makes me happy to share my creative side with those I love.

Life, it’s certainly changed, it’s gentler to me now, or perhaps I’m more gentle to myself at this stage of my life.
Here's what I used from the Cottage Arts Store:
Simply Friendship Pak - Paper 2 and 6 blended together, Mat 1 elongated (3 copies), key 2, string

Quirky Back to School Element Pak -  Quirky Tree, Word Art 1, Hanging Chain, Brick

Font - Constantia distressed with Grunge Paints 1 Brushes & Stamp Set

Natures Sketchbook  -Photo Art Blends 2 - Blend 07, placed over photo at multiply blend, added texture Weave 4 over photo and tree

Plum Haze Page Pak- Word Art Personable

As Time Goes By Page Pak- Word Art Glimpse Soul

Gator Love

I have entered this card in the CES Challenge Blog

Challenge #48 - Water It!

I made this card for my daughter and son-in-law for their anniversary.

Don't ya just 'luv' these litter gators?

This is a digital stamp from The Paper Shelter

I used Copic Markers for coloring and restamped the image a second time on

plain white cardstock.  After coloring I cut out all the colored pieces and

glued them on top the stamped image.

The cat tails have an additional layer of Doddlebug Design crushed velvet on them

And the hearts have been popped up for dimension and covered with Glossy Accents

The 'love' sentiment I got at Michaels in the Wedding section
I used a fine mist of Tattered Angels Iridescent Gold over the whole card
and then added a smattering of Diamond Stickers to the sky

Sew Thoughtful

This is entered in the Papertake Weekly Challenge - Grow Your Own,
where you were to use a flower that you had made yourself

Card is made from a recycled pattern from the thrift store.

A piece of the pattern was cut and distressed and matted with brown cardstock

Inside strip is a twill measuring tape with you buy by the yard

The flower is made with the Sizzix 3D flower die and distress with Vintage Photo

Thread spool is a die cut and the thread is baker's twine

Snail Tails

This card is for the Peachy Keen Let's Face it Friday - Shaped Cards Challenge

I used the Cricut Paisley Cartridge and the first cut on it, the Snail.  I loaded the shape into my Gypsy and made it into a folded card.  The front circles have been run through my Cuttlebug.

Face is from the Peachy Keen Simple Sallies Face Assortment PK-531

Because the glasses on the stamped face are a little short I just extended  them a tad
and added Glossy Accents to make the glasses shine.
A little bling for the necklace and a hairbow to complete her outfit!

Here three more I created in the same way:

Face from the Peachy Keen Everyday Character Face Assortment PK-490

Ribbon is Martha Stewart

Face from the Peachy Keen Everyday Character Face Assortment PK-490

Bling is Recollections

Face from the Peachy Keen Everyday Character Face Assortment PK-490

Hat is K and Company

I uploaded my Gypsy file to 4Shared if you are interested you can retrieve it here.

Poppy Ladies

Poppy is cut with the Silhoutte out of red cardstock and misted with Glimmer mist

Papers are Graphic 45 Fashionista

More poppies, the gold and orange are cut on white paper and
colored using Distress Inks and Glimmer mist
the purple one is Glimmer Mist on white die cut

Another Birthday!

House Mouse - Chewable Aspirin

Created for a friends birthday
Inside says "OH NO - Another Birthday!"

Some Glossy Accents on the Ice Cube and water droplets

and Stickles on the cotton

Glaze pen on the Aspirin

Happy Anniversay

Colored with my Copic markers

(I only have a few so blending is challenging sometimes)

The printed image was sent to me to play with by Karen O'Connor

(You Tube - Scrapaway1)

This became my youngest one's anniversary card.

Flower  is from Studio 18

Bottom punch is EK Success - Graceful Heart
So many thanks to Sharon at Gramma's House of Cards
I was so drawn to her cards and how she did them, including finishing the insides
that I just had to try them myself!  Be sure and check out her blog.

Froggie Friends Forever

I became a Member of Lily Pad Cards today! Go become a member for a chance to win a collection of Hero Arts stamps. Contest closes at 11:59 p.m. EST on Friday, July 15!

Hey Dude

In a paper swap with Karen (scrapaway1 on YouTube) she included

a few stamped Magnolia's for me to try.

This darling guy was one of them so I did a card

for my Grandson's birthday.

No bows, ribbons or frills, I tried to keep it pretty

plain and boyish

Paper line is Pulse Collection from Priam

Hugs

I did a card class at the local scrapbook store. Dandylion Wishes

and used the Stella Roses Gertie 6x6 pad

I did a bunch of cards showing how you could use this one pad

of paper, one set of Stickers and a little pagination to make

a multitude of cards.

The butterflies are a Martha Stewart Punch
The little dots have Glossy Accents on them
and the Stickers are SRM

Card Two - same paper line

 The little rosette and brad are also the same line, Stella Rose Gertie

 Sticker SRM - Paper Punch Martha Stewart

Card Three -

 Fiskars paper punch

Card Four -

Card Five -

Card Six -

Paper Punches EK Success

Brad - My Mind's Eye
Pearls - Recollections

Card Seven -

Glimmer misted flower

Mat - Sizzix

Card Eight -

Flower -Tattered Flower Sizzix Tim Holtz

Card Nine -

Flower - Sizzix Tattered Flower Tim Holtz

Brad - My Mind's Eye

Card Ten -

Pattern for flower petals was just an oval I drew and cut out of heavy card stock for pattern

There were at least 5 more cards made from this 6x6 paper pad, plus several full sheets left over.

A little paper, some stickers and just an afternoon playing can result in a whole bunch of cards.