You make me smile

Happy almost 2010 y'all! Anyone have spectacular plans for ringing in the next decade? We'll probably keep it low key here, which is a-ok with me :-)

Here's a little card I whipped up the other night with the creative pocket I bought from Melissa Phillips. She makes the prettiest stuff I tell you ... not even close to my style of stuff, but I just love it and wish I could put things together like she does! Not quite shabby chic, but probably about as close as I can get! LOL I stitched around the paper and inked up the cream card base to age it a bit. I also inked the tag and the silk ribbon on the tag to age those as well. The sentiment and ribbon are from PTI - Signature Greetings and some pretty Sweet Blush grosgrain. Other than that I have no idea who the products are by - sorry!

Hope you are enjoying the winding down of 2009 and looking forward to 2010 and all that will may bring! :-)

Thanks for stopping by :-)

Quilled Crab Anyone?

Happy Tuesday y'all! Just popping in to share a little project that I created for my aunt and uncle who are big on shore living. My uncle is a boat captain and they have named their house "Crab Cove." When I saw this little quilled paper crab, I knew I had to make them something with it. I decided on making a little art piece using a 3.5 x 5" frame. I made some waves with some blue paper and a border punch. I did 3 layers and inked over them with a little blue ink to give it some texture. For the sand, I ripped some kraft paper and smushed my chamomile ink pad over it as well. I hand wrote "Crab Cove" with a navy marker and glued the crab down. A super easy and fast gift that I hope they will enjoy.

Thanks for stopping in! Hope you are having a great week :-)

Gift Card Set

Hi again! Thanks for all your sweet comments about my PTI Blog Hop project. Today, I am sharing another gift idea. I made a set of note cards for my best bud for Christmas. I kept the colors fun and cheery and used a variety of sentiments from PTI's Signature Greetings stamp set. I love Dawn's sentiments - they are so fun.

Here's the set all packaged up in a clear card box. This really makes it look professional! And here's the assortment of cards. To start, I stamped the polka dots and then the flourishes. I went back and added the sentiments and a strip of twill tape to separate the two spaces. In general, these were super quick and easy. I kind of wanted to add a button on the left side of the tape, but thought it best to keep them nice and flat for mailing. The set got a rave review, so I will whipping up more of these soon! :-)

Thanks for stopping by! :-)

Supplies Used (all PTI):
Stamps: Polka Dot Basics II, Signature Greetings, Fancy Flourishes
Ink: Black, Raspberry Fizz
Paper: White, True Black
Other: Raspberry Fizz twill

Papertrey December Blog Hop

Hope you all had a wonderful Christmas! Papertrey's monthly blog hop is tonight and the challenge for December was to use some holiday decorations to inspire a project. I decided to create a framed piece of holiday art.

I love this little Santa ornament that I got last year. It's just fun and I love the classic colors. He's my inspiration piece ...I made a little ribbon tree to fit a 5 x 7 frame I picked up a craft store. I started with a New Leaf card stock triangle and roughed the edges up some. Then I cut varied lengths of New Leaf grosgrain and tied them in knots to use for the tree. I adhered the ribbon using some Zip Dry paper glue and added buttons from the Holiday Mix collection in Spring Moss (kind of yellowish), Pure Poppy and White using foam tape. To finish it off, I filled the space between the ribbons and the holes of the buttons with Star Dust Stickles. This is so cute! And I will definitely make some of these for gifts next year. The red paper in the background is from the Holiday Vintage Prints patterned paper collection.

Here's a closer view of my tree ... Thanks for stopping by to check out my project!

Supplies Used (all PTI unless noted):
Paper: Holiday Vintage Prints, New Leaf
Accessories: New Leaf grosgrain, Dark Chocolate grosgrain, Holiday Mix buttons (Spring Moss, Pure Poppy, White); Ranger Stickles (in Stardust) and foam tape

Merry Christmas!

Just wanted to pop in and wish you all a very Merry Christmas! :-) Hope you enjoy the day with friends and family.

Anniversary Wishes

Hey everyone! I can hardly believe that it is almost Christmas ... I managed to get all my orders in the mail on time and make a few gifts. Need to wrap a few more things and I will be all set!

Today is my parents' 31st anniversary. Here's the card I made for them ...
I really like how this turned out. I used the Giga Guidelines and the Guidelines II set to make the background paper and the Damask Designs for the sentiment. Super easy. I distressed the edges with ink and a distresser tool as well as added some Martha Stewart adhesive pearls on the medallion images. Super easy, yet a really nice result.

Thanks for stopping by! :-)

Supplies Used (all PTI unless noted):
Stamps: Giga Guidelines, Guidelines II, Damask Designs
Ink: Ripe Avocado, Aqua Mist, Chamomile
Paper: Kraft, White
Accessories: Ripe Avocado stitched ribbon, MS adhesive pearls, foam tape

My FIRST Publication!

Hi everyone! I just wanted to share that my first published card is available in the new edition of CARDS magazine - the January 2010 issue! Learn more about the magazine here - you can even order an online subscription for just $4.99 per month. My card is on page 26! So, so excited! :-)

Thanks for dropping by!