Easter Bunnies & Miss You Cards

Easter is fast approaching us.... Just over 3 weeks away. NOW is the time to dig out all of your Easter stamps and start stamping. This is a quick card to make, and would be perfect to mass produce if needed. Only 3 stamps were used on this whole card, a bit of coloring, and ribbon to finish it off. Nice and springy!

Stamps: Bunny Border, Easter, Veggies
Cardstock: White, Desert Orange, Emerald Green
Ink: Onyx Black, Lime
Other: Sheer Orange w/ White Dots Ribbon

I was inspired by this card Nami posted on the blog. I just needed a quick little note to send to my parents, so I simplified it a bit. It is a 4 1/4 by 4 1/4 square card. I used the same grass stamp as I did on the Easter card above.
Stamps: Curly Butterfly, Rosebud Trio, Assorted Greetings
Cardstock: White
Ink: Onyx Black, Lime
Other: Quickie Glue Pen, Extra Fine Glitter, Hot Pink Ribbon

Totally Cute Scrapbook Page

I'm working on a few cards...... hoping to finish them up this afternoon and get some pictures taken of them. Until then, I though I'd share these cute pictures of my daughter. They are a few years old, but just as cute. She enjoys the process more than the end product when it comes to finger-painting. My son, the perfectionist loves the end product. Crazy how different my kids are. Honestly, I am REALLY enjoying getting some pictures scrapbooked. Out of order, not too fancy, but so glad they are DONE - that is my new motto!

Lake Tahoe Getaway

I don't post many personal photos on my craft blog.... but thought a few would be okay. My husband and I spent the last few days in Lake Tahoe - CA/NV. This is only the 2nd time we've ever went anywhere without our kids. It was nice at times, but I missed them too. We had wonderful weather.... I didn't know they had the olympics there in 1968? I think that was the year. We enjoyed walking around the olympic village- shopped and ate lunch. We met my best friend from college there.... hadn't seen her in 2 years. She lives in Chicago now.

Self portrait I took of us. My camera was propped up on a wet plastic table. Worked ok.

I purchased the color cubbies for my copic markers. I thought I had them organized just right, but my sweet 5 year old re-arranged them for me. I cringe when she uses them, since they are so expensive. It just shows how good the tips are, because they are still in great condition after 2 years of use by US.

Easter Chicks - 2S4Y

I made this card using Laura's Sketch #47 at 2 Sketches 4 You. Easter is during our spring break this year, so I need to get all my cards sent out in the next few weeks. Seems like we just had Valentines Day!! I love this DeNami Easter Chickies Circle Stamp. It is perfectly sized for the Marvy punches and will also work with the Nestabilities Dies. Who knew one stamp colored in with some markers could look so cute! OH, it must be the glitter - I added citrone glitter to the chickies & xtra fine to the rest.
Cardstock: DeNami Design--White, Magenta, Lime, & Emerald. Patterned Paper is Bella Press -Watermelon Polka dots.
Accessories: Versafine Black Ink Pad, Hot Pink Grosgrain Ribbon 5/8, Stampin Up border punch. Marvy Scalloped Circle Punches, Quickie Glue Pen, Citrone & Xtra Fine Glitter, Tombow Markers.
I had a semi-clean desk when I started crafting this morning. I can't believe how many trips I made up and down my stairs. This is what it looks like now.........

Scrapbook Pages - Simple, but DONE

I normally don't post many scrapbook pages, but I've been doing a lot lately. For 2010 I purchased the Becky Higgins project life. My family has really enjoyed the picture a day approach. This is going to be the way I scrapbook most of 2010. Any vacations, and big holidays will be scrapbooked the traditional way.
Mostly, I am posting these for my friend Paulina - she mentioned she would like to see some... so here you go Paulina.

DeNami Wedding Card - 2 Sketches 4 You

DeNami Design is the sponsor this week at 2S4Y. So excited to participate in Kazan's awesome sketch and use some fun DeNami Stamps. I love this classic DeNami contempo couple. I normally would emboss it in silver, and make an elegant card. It has been a neglected stamp for the last 5 years so I wanted to pull it out & try something new. I dusted it off and decided to make a more funky and fun card by adding the aquamarine cardstock and fun rhinestones. I wanted the focal image to really stand out so I mounted it onto chipboard and added some punched out 1" circles around it. I had been scrapbooking earlier in the day and had used a large circle with the same concept on my page. I think I am finally getting to a stage in my crafting that my brain actually can use scrapbooking & card techniques interchangeably. The scrapbook page is green because that is my favorite color, and we bought it around my 30th birthday, so I claimed it as my birthday gift.

DeNami Card Supplies:

Cardstock: White, black, and aquamarine

Ink: black versafine and silver.

Stamps: contempo couple, congratulations script, and starlet

Accessories: silver edge white ribbon, black grosgrain ribbon, DeNami clear embossing powder, Nestabilites Circle Die, 1' circle punch, rhinestones, chipboard, embossing gun.

Papertrey Ink Spring Challenge

Papertrey Ink Challenge, yippee! I chose to use Dawn's color combo। Aqua Mist, Hibiscus Burst, Spring Moss & White. Sometimes I think my little PTI Ink cube colors are a little off, like this hibiscus burst color looks more raspberry, and my aqua mist is almost light grey. I wonder if I should upgrade to the larger pads.... anyone else have this problem? I'm Spring cleaning, so I'm trying to use some sets I've neglected, or let them move onto another home. Beautiful Blooms is such a pretty set, perfect for spring. I also used the fillable frames set. I love the ruffled grosgrain ribbon and buttons, adds some much needed texture. OH, and the glitter is there, it is just really hard to see. I lined the inside of the frame with quickie glue pen & added DeNami xtra fine glitter. So pretty.




My daughter has been really sick with a "Virus" since Wednesday night. Poor thing. STILL has a temperature today, so no school or leaving the house for us. So I've had time to do crafty stuff when she watches tv. and this is one project I did when I was sitting with her. I saw this on a blog a few months ago, and finally took the time to do it. I'd give credit to the person who thought of it, but I can't remember where I saw it. Wish I would have done it months ago!! The PTI cases are awesome, but the labels on the spine are hard to read. So I added a little strip of white paper with some red line tape to the inside behind the stamp set name. Can you see how much easier they are to read now? It didn't take long to do, and the end result is awesome!! Feel free to email if you need more info. Happy Monday!