I {Heart} YOU

Hello Everyone,
Yes, I'm still Beaming with Excitement and beyond words over here about my news yesterday. Click here to read all about it. I'll get right too it as I'm getting this in under the wire for some challenges. Some of my favorite things to use in card making are embossing and using paper punches or die cuts(those wafer thin kind). It makes things quick and easy for making cards in moments notice.  I finally got around to getting this card out of my head and down onto some paper to see it come alive and I'm so glad I did. Hope you like too.

I'm entering this into the following challenges:
My Creative Time - "Embossing (Heat and/or Dry)"
3 Girl Jam - "Anything Goes w/Ribbon"
Basic Grey Challenge - "Your Favorite"
More than Favors - "Valentine's Day"
Celebrate the Occasion - "Valentine's - Anything Goes"
Ribbon Carousel - "Love is in the Air" (include ribbon or twine)
D.L. Art Thankful Thursday - "Anything Goes" (February LINK Party)

Craft Recipe:
Papers: Echo Park(Love Story), Basic Grey(Clippings), Recollections, PTI
Tools: Stampin' Up Heart-2-Heart Punch, Cuttlebug(Swiss Dots), Martha Stewart(Heatbeat Pattern Punch),Embossing (Heat & Dry)
Stamps: MCT (Lots of Love), MFT(Lovey-Dovey Sentiments)
Embellies: Twine(MS), Ribbons(Stash), Glossy Accents

Happy Valentine's Day...

Hi Everyone,
Just popping in here on this Lovely Day of Love...to say
"Happy Valentine's Day" whether you have someone special to celebrate with or not...take this time to show yourself a
"I Love ME" kind of day. No one can Love you better than yourself, right and You Deserve It! I was up a wee little bit last night trying to put together these quick treats for my daughter's dance class tomorrow. Of course, her being the little helper she is, it took a bit longer than expected... Sorry about the lighting too, it was waaaay past both our bed times.(lol) Hope you like.

I will be entering this into the following challenges:
The Cuttlebug Spot - Valentine Blog Hop Challenge
Bitten by the Bug 2 - Love is in the Air
My Craft Spot - For Your Sweetheart (make any Card, Packaging...etc.)
Peachy Keen Challenge - Anything Goes (oops, looks like I missed the deadline :-( )

Craft Recipe:
Paper: Recollections
Cart: George and Basic Shapes
Tools: MCT "XL Label" Die w/Cuttlebug, Mini Cellophane Bags, Inkjet Labels, PKS January'13 KOTM & MCT "Lots of Love" Stamp sets, $1 Bin Stamp.

SITM Update...

Hello My Friends,
At least I hope you are still my friends...<smile> Wouldn't you know that just when I think I have things planned out what I want to do and when I want to do it...there goes that thing called "LIFE" getting in the way again. I haven't even been home long enough to get a good nights sleep let alone...craft or even organize. My parents car broke down and they live almost 30min away so on evenings when picking up my daughter, sometimes I need to run errands for them or they need to use the car. Then on weekends I've been up early to drive to other commitments,  appointments, parents house or errands that needed to be taken care of. The shuffle of these few days and past weekend left me with a mounting headache where I couldn't almost see straight and I never really had that before. I am looking forward to this weekend because I only have two things to get out for on Saturday...(hopefully). My apologies for not having things here when I said I would,(I don't like disappointing you), but I didn't want to just throw some pictures up here that weren't presentable or organized. I will get around to doing this because, there is just waaaay tooo much stuff in my craft area for me to find any descent flat surface to craft.
In the meantime, I did however come across some cards that I never got to share with you all during the holidays. I was crafting like a Mad-Scrapper due to last minute card requests and my own personal gift ideas and cards. Just thinking back on it now I'm get a little upset with myself all over again because I never got around to taking pictures of everything before it left my house and hands...ughhhh!!!
Anyhew, here's a trip down memory lane of what I was able to snag a snap shot of before they left for someone else's home...enjoy!

I really enjoyed using those ornament dies from MCT, this helped me with a lot of mass producing cards along with some Christmas stamps from Hero Arts. I truly miss you all and my crafting more than you all will ever know. I honestly wish there was a true and safe way for cloning...(lol). I am determine to get back here soon and more often. I only hope you understand and will still be around when I do. Big Warm Hugs & Smooches...

A Gift Card Set and Giveaways Extended...

Hi Everyone,
I trust you all are just as busy as I am. My Birthday (Month) Bash was a BLAST and very Memorable! As I'm winding down from all the lost sleep, it dawned on me that I still have even more to celebrate this month. My Wedding Anniversary is coming up next week (10/9-8yrs and counting <3)!...eek! (It's not that I forgot, but you know how things just slip up on ya...). Well... DH had plans for that weekend so, I will be M.I.A. from Blog-land for a while (sort of...lol <wink>). With that being said. I thought this would be a Great Time for all of You out there to still get in on the Giveaways that I have going...

All Birthday Bash & Grand Giveaways are extended for another week until next Saturday (10/13). 

If you're just coming here and want to know more about the Birthday Bash Weekend & Giveaway (Click Here). I would like to have more participants so help me Spread the Word by putting this post on your blog with a link back here.

Wooo Hooo! I know Right! Now you have No Excuse for not participating. It's Easy Peasy and The Prizes to be won are Fantabulous! I wouldn't give away anything I wouldn't use myself, so I know the winners will definitely enjoy them.

Now Get to those Comments and Create That Project!

In the meantime, I was able to crank out a quick card set last night for my step-daughter to give to her tutor (a family friend/Teacher) that's been helping her prepare for her SAT's the last few weeks (remember those days...yikes!). Anyway, they wouldn't accept any monetary payment from us, but we wanted to do something for them to show we appreciate them stepping in on such short notice. (Her test is this Saturday...please pray with us that she does an Excellent Job!).

Being that her tutor is a male, I didn't want to get to frilly with this card. You know how we crafters can be sometimes...lol. Here is the Gift Card Holder and Matching Card that I made for her to give to him after their last study session today. 

 (Inside this Card we put a Visa Gift Card)

 (Inside this Gift Card Holder we put a Subway Card, his favorite place)

I Love how this monochrome toned set turned out. It will fit him perfectly; colors and all. I will also be entering this into the following challenge(s):

Papertrey Ink (PTI) Make it Monday - Glittered Tabs
Simon Says Stamp - Glimmer & Sparkle

Crafty Supplies:

Paper: Recollections, Cloud 9, Stash

Sentiment: Papertrey Ink, My Creative Time, Simon Says Stamp, Inkadinkado

Tools: EK Success Punch (Circle, Scalloped Heart Circle), Glossy Accents, White Embossing Powder, 

Embellies: Twine, Bling, Buttons(PTI), Glitter(MS), Ribbon, Black Rosette(behind scalloped heart punch, hand-made)

Cards & Note Card Set Pt. 1 of 3

Hi My Friends,
Well last night I delivered my "Care & Comfort Goodie Package" to my girlfriend. I didn't want to show too much here because I'm not sure how often she checks my blog. Luckily she hadn't seen it in a while (gotta get on her about that). Well... She Absolutely Loved, Loved, Loved IT!!! Forgive me, I didn't think to get pictures of the other stuff I put in here (shame on me) but I can share that there were some food comfort goodies (granola trial mix, V8 energy drink, sutter home, pre-sliced ready to eat fruit bowl...etc). She dug in right away. She LOVED all the cards so much, she wasn't sure if she might be able to give them away. I told her, I can always make more so feel free to share. She's a crafty person herself so I had to make sure (putting pressure on myself) that this package was crafted to the "T" or "C", whichever ...here is a glimpse of the paper crafts loaded in with her goodies along with the post from yesterday. (**Note: In an effort to post these multiple times in same challenge, I had to split up the posts, but hopefully when reading it will all flow together.)

I am really loving the latest release of dies & stamp sets from My Creative time. I used the 3x3 Tri-Fold Die and the 3x3 Envelope dies for this set. Paired it up with some DCWV paper, PTI buttons, Twine a little embossing and bling and it became quite a Notable Gift Set. This set will be entered in the Simon Says Stamp Challenge - "Anything Goes", Craft Your Passion - "Emboss It", The Pink Elephant - "Sympathy/Thinking of You".

Cards... Pt. 3 of 3

This other card was also created using items in my stash where I'm trying to get the most bang out of what I already have. The stars and sentiment are from the latest Simon Says Stamp of the Month Kit for September. I'm so glad I joined. The items in their kits are all very useful and Awesome. It the perfect variety and portion. My little one looks forward to the mini lollipop that's always tucked inside the packages. I think that is so cute. This card will also be used in the Simon Says Stamp Challenge - "Anything Goes", Anything Goes - Make Your Own Background, Craft Your Passion - "Emboss It".

Note Card Set

Hi My Friends,
I'm here with another craft project that I was working on to give to a Super Awesome GirlFriend (more like my Sister/SIS since I don't have any). She travels a lot with work and is hardly ever in town, but I recently spoke to her and she's been under the weather. I thought I would put together a little care package for her before she has to leave again and included a few cards that I've made along with some tummy goodies. I'll provide more pictures of everything as I'm assembling it, but here is a note card set I made for her using her first name initial. I got my new My Creative Time Stamps and Dies from her latest August Release, "click here" in the mail and I just couldn't wait to play with them. This is so going to help me with my quick notes card that I love to make so often. Now I can make a quick envelope just as fast with this die. 

These all came together rather quickly with some confetti paper I had in my stash, pattern paper, MCT dies, distressed square punch, Thank You stamps set from Inkadinkado, twine and a little bling. I noticed after this photo shoot that my twine got a little out of place, but rest assure that it was quickly cleared up before adding it to the care package. Hope you like...Thanks for stopping by today. I love reading your comments. I'll scrap you later... <3

Owl Always Love You...

Hello Friends,
I'm Baaaack! well sort of any way. I'm still organizing and trying to scrap in between (still haven't learned my lesson). My family and I along with other S. Floridians really dodged a bullet this time with the onset of Hurricane Issac. We did endure a lot of rain showers but thankfully no power outages. I've been working on some projects here and there and I decided to post this one as I thought it was so Darn Cute!...lol
It was very simple and easy to make and I scrapped using Washi Tape for the first time. I have a few other rolls, but the verdict is still out on my full review yet. The stuff rips too easily for me...or maybe I don't know my own strength (lol). Here's my card...

During the photo shoot, I thought it was still missing something so I regrouped my thoughts and Voila! Now it has that perfect touch I was looking for. I haven't been keeping up with the latest challenges out there but I did find these few that my card would fit for. If you find any others, let me know so that I can update my post the same day.

CAS-ual Fridays - Banners and Flags
Paper Playtime - Polka Dots + a Sentiment
Krafty Girls - Anything Goes
Craft Supplies:
Paper: MS Design Paper, Recollections
Tools: MCT Banner Dies, White Gel Pen, Studio G Stamp(s), Alpha Stamps, Corner Punch
Embellies: SSS Washi Tape, Ranger Stickles

Somebunny Special...

Hello There...
It's ME! Here with another card I made that is really cute. I used several papers from my stash (I love when I can do that). This card is for the wonderful challenge going on over at Pink by Design - "Get Your Punny On". I have quite the collection of PBD stamps so I need to stop hoarding them and use them (lol). Here's my card using the Go Green stamp set. This set is loaded with punns. I was laughing just reading some of them.

My little niece who loves to scrap herself, would go crazy over this card. I might just have to surprise her with it too. Gotta go now, scrap you later...

Love, Love, Love...

Hi My Friends,
I here with another card. I wanted to challenge myself in making a single layer card. Believe me it wasn't as easy as I thought it would be (I'm so used to layering something), but I like how it turned out. Please forgive some of the photos. I couldn't get the best pics of this. Taking pics at night is not the best. I'm going to need more light or I'll have to craft at night and take pics in the AM. Hmmm... Not! I'll make it work. Over at CAS-ual Fridays, bloggers were asked to create a Clean and Simple (CAS) card based on the color combo. Here's the card I came up with; All in One Layer.

Lime -  Aqua  - Navy

The stamps are from MCT 100% Sweetness set. I heat embossed the "LOVE" stamp. I use Stampin' Up inks and added some bling. I felt it needed another added touch and I made some score lines along the side. That's it and I just LOVE It! Scrap you later... 

Wedding Bliss...

Hi There Friends,
I've had a busy weekend but fun nonetheless. It was my Mom's Birthday on Saturday (7/28) and my Dad's is Monday (7/30). Yep, they're both Leos and they still manage to make it through 51 (going on 52) years of marriage..lol. Well it's Sunday evening and I've washed, cooked, cleaned, entertained my energized 3yr old, snuggled with hubby a little and now as the evening winds down, I find time for one of my pamper passions..."crafting". Ahhhh, So Relaxing.... Enough of that. Let me get down to my project for tonight. I created this card for the challenge going on over at Fantabulous Cricut - "Wedding Bliss". I'm glad I got the chance to create it because I'll need it for a couple's Anniversary that's coming up.

The papers is DCWV and the sentiment is from MCT - Gift Card Sentiments. I embossed with Ranger Super Fine Silver embossing powder and embellished with some silver & black pearls. I thought it needed a splash of color so I popped the red heart on there from my stash. Hope you like it. Thanks for stopping by. Scrap you later...