October 28, 2008, Upward Soccer Banquet

Tonight was my boys' Upward Soccer Banquet. It was a good time and the kids were so great! Our church did such a great job at putting this together. The coach, Mr. Furr, was wonderful so I wanted to make a card that thanked him for what he had done. This is the card.

Unity Stamps

Okay here is my submission to the Unity Stamps gallery on split coast. This was so much fun and just to add to the "witchy" effect, I did it backwards so that the card opens from left to right instead of from right to left. I really like the stamp set, my friend Dawn brought over last Wednesday and shared. The "i luv being witchy" caught my eye and for my friends; Yes, I know it is sooo me. :) Seriously though, I do like this set and then I found this GREAT paper by Cloud 9. It is another member of their Sparkle Cardstock and the name is Sparkle Cat Circles. I used ribbon I had on hand and did a little twist, it is Halloween right?!? and then I used Stampin Up water color pencils and black marker to color and make the borders. I also used crystal effects to add some glitter to my image to match the paper. I used Creative Memories cardstock (black and the orange pattern) and the other paper I got from Family Memories in Charlotte, NC. This card was really fun for me and when my son looked at me and said, "Mommy, you are an artist." I almost cried so it really is more special than most of my cards.

It's Fall...

This was fun! I love fall and the fall holidays. This is a card I did for my brother. He visited me when I was in the hospital and brought me and card and just was very caring to call and check on me regularly. I used several different techniques doing this, I colored with water color pencils, embossed with versa mark and clear embossing powder and then just cut out each piece and applied it to the card with tape or glue dots. I always do the brads and then adhere the paper, i don't like the brads going through the paper so that you can see it when you open it. If I do the brads through because of necessity I always put a new piece of paper on the inside to hide them. These stamps are a combination of 3 stamp sets. Fall Whimsy was one of the sets and the other was the Thankful Thoughts and the final was an independent stamp, the hay bales.

I used the hay bales several years ago to make cards for my best friend when she lost her father-in-law and they were out of town so we had to pull a bunch of people together to unload hay before the rain since the funeral and family stuff all happened at the same time. So I made Thank You cards for her to send to those that helped her. They were cute, I hate I didn't take a picture of them.

Here is another couple of cards that I made with the same set:

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October 18, 2008

Welcome! This is my first post and I am trying to figure this whole thing out so bear with me as I do.



Here you will see and hear about my favorite things and maybe not so favorite but I love these blogs so I hope you will enjoy.

My first card I am going to post is one I did in September 2008 for my daughter's birthday, we loved it.

The stamp is from Stampin Up (Lots of Thoughts), the ribbon from American Crafts Elements, the pattern paper is from me & my BiG ideas (pattern CC-05), the pinks at the bottom are from a generic card stock I had in my scraps pile. I used the scallop punch from Stampin Up (my friend, Dawn K Mills is my enabler!, she'll kill me for saying that but I love her for it!) and I used a paper piercer to make the pattern along the scallop (again, thanks Dawn).

Okay, so there is my first post; Now, let's see how it looks.

Thanks,

Dawn