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Monday, April 22, 2013

Hope

My son-in-laws mother has breast cancer. She is taking chemotherapy treatments at this time, and then the doctors will decide if a lumpectomy is in order, or total breast removal. While undergoing these treatments, because her immunization is compromised, she has basically needed to stay away from anyone who might be sick, including the six grandchildren we share. She has had to miss one of their baptisms, birthday parties, and probably our oldest grandchild's upcoming first communion! They love her very much, and I'm sure it is total torture for her not to take part in these milestones. Just recently her cell count was good enough to let her keep them overnight. I'm sure they were all thrilled!!

Anyway...I wanted to send her a card, and had some stamps in mind that I could use, just didn't know where to start. Then I came across a video on how to make a pocket card that Joy from Obsessed with Scrapbooking made and decided it was perfect, and very easy to make...just a few folds! Joy has lots of great how-to videos on her website, and I go to them whenever I need help with my Cricut Expression machine. You can find this pocket card video on her blog under the video tab. All the papers used on the pocket and tags were from the Martha Stewart Playful Pink pad. The border on the front of the pocket is a Martha Stewart punch. I cut all the tags on the Cricut using the Plantin Schoolbook cartridge. All the inspirational sayings and Hope ribbon are from Our Daily Bread Design sets called "Hope" & "Bookmark Verses", with the exception of the birdhouse tag. I just printed that one myself on my computer. The ribbons & pearl are from my stash. She knows her faith will get her through this awful time, and I just thought she might like to use the tags as little bookmarks! Hope she likes it!! Sorry for such a long post. Thanks for stopping by!

Challenges Entered

Great Impressions Pastels and/or Polka Dots

Oozak #13 Anything Goes with Lace, Pearls & Ribbon

Visible Image Get Stamping with visible image

Bunny Zoes April Favorite Color Combo Challenge

Fantabulous Ciruct #157 3D Project

Whimsy Inspires #58 Pretty in Pink

Challenges4everybody #18 Anything Goes

Lacy Sunshine # 6 Spring Fever

QKR Stampede # 35 Punches or Dies

Catch The Bug Bingo Pastels, Pearl, Designer Papers

Card Makin Mamas Time for Ribbon

Brown Sugar Challenge Get Well

Sassy Thursday # 123 Fancy Folds

Crafty Ribbbons Pink & Green #43

Cutie Pie #42 Clean & Simple

Card Mania # 19 Photo Inspiration

Pile it On #16 Budding Colors

Wednesday, March 27, 2013

Last But Not Least

I have just now finished my sister Mary's Easter card! I wanted to make an Easter card for everyone in my immediate family and am always shocked how long this takes me!! I start early with great expectations, and then find myself scurrying around at the last minute to get them out!! My sister Mary is a truly loving individual that takes pleasure in making holidays a happy time for everyone!! Although this was the last card I made, and it is quite loud in it's colors, I hope she will smile when she sees it!!! Love you Mary..Happy Easter!! This is a Bugaboo Stamp Image called "Scene It - Easter", Colored it with Spectrum Noir Markers. Image is placed on Spellbinder's Classic Rectangles Large, then Classic Scalloped Rectangles Large, then under that is a Sizzix die cut that I cannot remember the name for, but reminded me of a springlike Sunburst Image! I will update this post when I find out exactly what the name is...It's the only Sizzix die cut I currently have!! Thanks for stopping by!!

Challenges Entered:

Creatalicious Challenges #46 Lovely Easter

Simon Says - Anything Goes

Totally Papercrafts #159 Easter Extravaganza

Clearly I Stamp - Anything Goes

QKR Stampede #31 Whats in your Basket

Digi Haven Easter Challenge

Card Makin Mama's Spring Colors

Brown Sugar #34 Anything Goes

Dis Digi Designs Challenge Easter/Spring

The Squirrel & Fox #40 Easter/Passover

Crafty Calendar March Challenge Easter

LisaStampz # 37 Easter/Spring

Natalie & Amy # 7 Diecuts

Oozak Challenge - Anything Goes/spring

Catch the Bug Photo Inspiration

Crazy Stella

This is another Easter card I made for a family member...won't say who because some of my family look at my website and I don't want to spoil their fun! Bugaboo Digi Stamps make some great images...some are kooky, some are cutesy, and some are just too funny and truthful....like this image "Stella Calendar Months - Easter". Apparently I've been known to make some blunt "speak before you think---first thing that came to my mind" comments that might seem brazen to some! People I don't really know would be taken aback, but most people that know me will just laugh at the honesty/bluntness of the comment. It's not that it's funny, but so truthful that they are amused and sometimes jealous (I think) that they didn't say it themselves! ANYWAY...without further adieu...my card. The striped paper is from my stash, I colored Stella with Spectrum Noir markers, both the die cuts she is framed on are Spellbinders Resplendent Rectangles, and the sentiment came with Stella and is framed with Spellbinder's Classic Scalloped Ovals Small. It's a terrible photo, but best I could do at the time! Hope you like it!

Challenges Entered:

Creatalicious Challenges #46 Lovely Easter

Simon Says - Anything Goes

Totally Papercrafts #159 Easter Extravaganza

Clearly I Stamp - Anything Goes

QKR Stampede #31 Whats in your Basket

Digi Haven Easter Challenge

Card Makin Mama's Spring Colors

Brown Sugar #34 Anything Goes

Dis Digi Designs Challenge Easter/Spring

The Squirrel & Fox #40 Easter/Passover

Crafty Calendar March Challenge Easter

LisaStampz # 37 Easter/Spring

Natalie & Amy # 7 Diecuts

Oozak Challenge - Anything Goes/spring

Catch the Bug Photo Inspiration

Friday, March 22, 2013

Another Easter Card

I finally decided to think outside the box and make a card that is mostly white on white. This Easter card is for my daughter Emily's family. I had a couple of problems with this card. The gold die cut that frames the cross is Spellbinder's Floral Ovals. I cut one with gold foil paper, but got damaged when I was assembling the card. When I cut the second one, even though I ran it through the Spellbinder twice, once without a shim and once with a shim, the very small detailed pieces did not pop out. Since it was my very last piece of gold foil paper, I didn't want to ruin it trying to poke these small pieces out, so I just left them in! I still think it looks really pretty! The image is "Easter Lily" by Stitchy Bear Stamps. I used pencils & promarkers to color it. I ran a glitter pen over the cross & rays, it really doesn't show up in the picture, but it sparkles in person.
The second die cut behind the cross is Cheery Lynn's Sophie's Heart. Behind that I used another layer embossed with a Spellbinder's M-Bossabilities EL-009 and added three pearls on each corner. Then it all went on top of the white card base. I used pop dots between each layer. Thanks for stopping by to take a look!

Challenges Entered:

Digi Darla's #54 Easter/Spring

Cutie Pie # 40 Easter

Paper Take Weekly - Easter Treats

Sweet Stamps #109 Crosses

Cute Card Thursday #261 Easter Parade

Digi Stamps 4 Joy #63 Celebrating Easter

One Stop Craft # 220 Anything Goes

Send a Smile 4 Kids - Anything Goes

Challenges4Everbody #16 Anything Goes

One Stitch at a Time # 155 No Design Papers

Cheery Lynn Designs #72 Think Spring

Thursday, March 21, 2013

Happy Easter Mom

My mother loves the color purple/lavender and she loves butterflies! She has butterfly jewelry, butterfly home decor items, and probably some clothing with a butterfly stitched on it! I used the From the Heart Digital Art Stamp called Spring Baskets to make her Easter card. I knew immediately that the big bow around the basket would be purple, along with other elements of the card! I used Copic & Spectrum Noir markers to color the image, and the papers are all from my stash. Although you probably can't tell much by the picture, I embossed the white card stock with Cuttlebug's Decorative Tile set. The purple die cut on which the image sits is Spellbinder's Fleur de Lis Squares, the sentiment is from My Creative Time's Teeny Tiny Tags set. The butterflies on the corners were made using a Martha Stewart punch, and I used a glitter pen on their wings after I colored them. Of course my camera took a really crummy picture of this card....it is much prettier in person! Thanks for stopping by to take a peek!