Christmas Cards

I've been playing around with photoshop a lot lately and having a ton of fun doing it! I am so not a manual person. If I have to read about how to do something, I'll never figure it out! It's so much easier for me just to dive in and start playing around... more fun too! I've been making Christmas cards lately. This is an example of one I made for our family.

It still needs a little editing. I've made several and I haven't decided which one to use yet, or maybe I'll use a combo of all the ones I've created.

Have a great day, and be sure to stop by my shop and see the new goodies going in today!

Thank you...

I made this card for one of my husband's aunts, so I thought I'd share it with you. No matter what is going on, they always remember our children's birthdays and send out gifts. It is so nice of them to think of the kids, this year I wanted to send special "thank yous" out. Sooo... handmade cards here we come! I'm still trying to keep up with my goal of making a couple of cards every week. That way when things like this come along, I have a special card already to go!
I just love those Jenni Bowlin bingo cards. You don't even have to use the whole card, just a piece of one (like I did here) adds so much. I just used my fingers to rough up and tear the edges of the paper before I inked it. I inked the white flowers as well to tone them down a bit.
I used a Sparkled Felt Blossom from my shop. Go here to get a better look. Notice there is a button missing from one of the white flowers. I had a wonderful assistant while taking these photos, my 2 year old son Connor couldn't resist that one particular button. But don't worry, I stuck it back on so now I can mail it out. :)

Making cards is also great way to jump-start your creativity, so get scrapping! I'll be adding more goodies to the shop again today. Be sure to stop in and check them out!

Card Fun

Happy Thursday everyone! Yeah! That means Friday is almost here! I'm really looking forward to the weekend. It will be the 1st weekend we've had at home for a while, my son has his very first soccer game, and it's Mother's Day weekend. Now if we could only get a little sunshine here...

I'm sharing another card today. I love using greens and browns together, it's such a fresh cheerful color combo.


I used one of my artisan labels from the shop and stamped my sentiment on it. They are so versatile, I just love them. I have new color combos coming to the shop soon too. I also used a cute new Mini Journaling Card from the Tooty Fruity set. I don't have them listed in the shop yet, but I thought they were so cute I just couldn't resit using them. Wouldn't they be cute with glitter sprinkled on the fruit too?!

I'll be working on some Mother's Day Cards and projects today, so I'll share those with you later! :)

Today's Card Idea

So to continue with my plan to make more cards this year (my goal is to have a stash so whenever I need one it's there waiting), here is a new one I made.
I actually plan to add another "title word" to it once I know who I'm going to give it to. (IE: Baby what a wonderful word, Friend what a wonderful word etc) I used one of the Life is Sweet Mini Journaling Cards from my shop. They are one of my favorites.
I love adding dimension to my projects. So for this card I added some thick adhesive foam tabs to the back of the butterfly stickers. I made a layout using these same goodies and I layered the small and large butterflies with the foam tabs. They look like those fun dimensional stickers/chipboard sets for 1/2 the price!

Have a fantastic day everyone! More goodies going in the shop today. I'm off to finish up my projects for Ready Set Create!

Make a Card Today!

I'm really trying to make more cards this year. I love to give handmade cards because I know how much fun it is to receive them! :) I love getting a handmade card in the mail, don't you? So once a week I'm going to get my scraps out and make some cards. That way I'll always have one on hand when I need it!

Today I'm sharing a friendship card I made. I love aqua, so I thought I'd make this one monochromatic and use up some of those lovely scraps I have.

I also used one of the Mini Journaling Cards from the Pretty Words set in my shop. They make wonderful flower centers too. Go here to see the full set.
I love the way big flowers look when you fold them in half and put them along the edge of a page, card, photo mat etc. It's a fun and different way to add flowers. You can also cut them in half and use the other half somewhere else. It will get you more miles out of your flower stash too.

Have a great day! Be sure and stop by my shop to see the new goodies that have been going in!

A Cute Idea

Since Valentines Day is just around the corner, I wanted to give us all a boost of creativity in the card making area. So today I thought I'd share a cute card made by the super sweet and mega talented Pamela Young. Miss Pamela is such a creative scrapper, you have to go check out her blog and see all the fun stuff she does!

She used one of my Sparkled Doily Blossoms from the shop; I just love seeing what creative things you gals do with my embellishments! Be sure to stop by the shop today and take advantage of the February Special (see previous post for details) or snag up some Valentine goodies before it's too late! :)

Coconut Scrapshop Inspiration!

Ok everyone, are you ready for some serious fall eye candy? I was asked by the wonderful Jen who runs the Coconut Scrapshop to be a part of their October kit of the month. They included my Fall Fun Glittered Artisan Labels and pieces from the Autumn Splendor Embellishment kit. I had so much fun making all those goodies! I have been a little addicted to orange glitter lately, so you can imagine my delight when I got to use it on everything! I wanted to show you some of the amazing projects the Coconut Scrapshop's Design Team came up with using the kit. You HAVE to go there and check it out! The kit looks like its going to be amazing, it's not up for sale quite yet, but you get the idea from the photos. They do an amazing job picking things out, and I love all the vintage touches too!

Look at all those fabulous layers! I just love the trims and papers is this kit. Those are the felt leaves from my Autumn Splendor Kit.

She used one of the artisan labels here and added "happy" to it, great idea! I love how she used all those buttons on the card too.
These 2 projects were done by Grace from the Design Team. I just love the wall hanging. I'm such a project girl, it's right up my alley. Those little leaf cupcake pics are soooo cute too. See, I told you it was a fun kit!


This kit is loaded with buttons, YEAH! Here's another use for the artisan labels.

This is so adorable! Look at all that wonderful stitching! She used the felt leaves and the vintage image journaling blocks.

What a clever gal! She used a cookie cutter dipped in paint to make the leaf shapes on the background paper. We all have to try that one! She also used one of the vintage image blocks from my Autumn Splendor kit.
These 2 layouts and the card were done by Pamela of the Design Team. What a fabulous bunch of creations! Love them!



These papers are so rich in color, perfect inspiration for the season! I love all those detail photos of fall how fun, and the journaling around the papers, super cute. She used more of the vintage image blocks here too.
This layout was done by Cheryl of the Design Team. I can't wait to see what else she does with her kit!

Wow! Jen did a great job putting such a talented group of women on her Design Team. I look forward to seeing what they all come up with! Be sure to go check the design team (I didn't show all the ideas and I think they have more coming) and Coconut Scrapshop out. They only do a limited amount of kits, so be sure to snag one up quickly. Thanks soooo much Jen for including me! Thanks to the Design Team too for letting me post your goodies!