Exciting news - new Design Team!!!

Good morning! Hope you had a wonderful weekend - and Happy  Mother's Day! I have some exciting news to share with you this morning!!! I have been asked to join the My Craft Spot Design Team!!! So excited to be joining this talented design team - and playing with Kimberly's fabulous stamps, and wonderful selection of crinkle ribbon and twine!!! Here are the cards that I made with some My Craft Spot goodies for my Mom and Mom-in-law for Mother's Day:

The cards are the same, except for slightly different background paper! I used my Silhouette Cameo to cut out the chocolate bars (file can be found HERE), and covered the wrapper with Glossy Accents and Martha Stewart coarse glitter, and the chocolate with just Glossy Accents.  

I wrapped some Pine Cone Crinkle Ribbon (you can find it HERE) around the pattern paper, adhered that to the card base, and stamped my sentiment from Inside and Outside Set #1 (click HERE to find it). I also forgot to take a picture of the inside, but I stamped a Happy Mother's Day sentiment on the inside from the Happy Easter set. Finished off by attaching the dried chocolate bar with pop-dots for some fun dimension!

Thanks for stopping by to share my news today! Make sure and hop on over to the My Craft Spot blog to meet the rest of the new additions to the team! Kimberly is having a giveaway as well, so make sure and leave a comment here and at all the other blogs as well for a chance to win! 

Unity Hearts Challenge

Good morning! A week or so ago, my sister asked me to make a shower for her to take to a bridal shower. The colors the bride is using for the wedding were navy and lavender. So, this is what I came up with (and it perfectly fits the challenge this month over at the Unity Stamp Co. blog - to use hearts, but in a color other than red or pink!): 

I started off with some Theresa Collins 6x6 paper, and some lavender Cardstock. I used one of my Spellbinders Nestabilities to cut out the lavendar cardstock, and inked the edges.  

The flourish was cut with a My Favorite Things Dienamic - love how pretty and intricate it is! 

The heart was stamped with a random Unity Stamp I won some time ago - not sure what set it is from. I then cut it out by hand.

Pulled out my Baker's twine and tied a bit around the heart, then layered it with pop dots over the flourish. I didn't completely glue the flourish down, cause I wanted it to have a little dimension. Some some of the outer curls pop up from the card.  

Finished off by stamping the sentiment (which I thought was PERFECT for a baby shower!) - added some stick on pearls, and layered everything together with more inking on the edges. 

Hope you all are having a wonderful week! I have sick kids, so we have been laying low and watching lots of movies! Which means I have had a reasonable amount of crafty time - and have been working on cards for the latest Papercrafts Magazine Submission call. So - I will probably have lots of those to show you in the near future - because I figure if I am lucky enough to have one of them selected, I will still have lots left over! Haven't made it yet - but I still gotta keep trying! And either way, I love the cards I end up with, so either way, I win!

Peachy Keen Release Day Post 2

Hello again! Here is my second post for the day! Here is the second card I made with the new releases:

And here is the set I used for this card:

PK-562 Gnomegrown  $10.95

I love how elegant this set can turn out!  

I used some papers from a Theresa Collins 6x6 paper pad for the background. The flowers were stamped 3 times, then colored with Copics.  

I rounded the edges of the white cardstock, then inked the edges of everything with Tim Holtz distress ink in Antique Linen. 

Finished off with some Baker's Twine, and some October Afternoon trim from the Sidewalks wrap pack. 

I'm off to post the last card for the morning now!!! 

MFT Getting Sketchy #59 - A Simple and Sweet Card

Okay - when I started this card, I actually planned on paper piecing and coloring the whole thing, but when I put her on the papers I chose, I just couldn't get over how sweet and simple it looked - so I did do anything else to it! I made this card for the My Favorite Things Getting Sketchy #59:

And here is the sketch I followed:

I used (once again) one of the Pure Innocence line of stamps from My Favorite Things.

The papers are all from a Theresa Collins 6x6 paper stack called Spring Fling. 

I added some machine stitching in two different colors of thread (and I think I must be getting older...'cause it's getting harder and harder to thread that stinkin' little needle!)

I also inked the edges of everything with Tim Holtz distress ink in Antique Linen. 

The final piece, the banner, was just hand-trimmed and stamped with the sentiment. 

And that's it! I just love when I card comes together that quickly and easily!!!

Thanks for stopping by today! I can't wait to share some of the stuff I have been working on this week with you! Wait until you see the adorable new Peachy Keen stamps!!! Made me totally SQUEAL when I saw them! You will LOVE them - I promise!!! I also noticed that I am almost at 500 followers (NEVER in my wildest dreams did I imagine that would ever happen!) - so be looking for a special giveaway to celebrate!!! See you back here soon!