For the LOVE of Paper

Cards for my old past boss who loves green AND turned the big FIVE OH!  I hope nobody believes I am even close to my age when I get to be old[er].  Josh told me today I looked 15, so I think I will be safe.  Or perhaps he was talking about my maturity!?

A little [snail] mail to cheer up my Aunt who is about to have brain surgery.  You can't see the glimmer misting goodness on this beauty, but believe me it's there!  While stamping, Eli is my assistant and this song by Gretchen Wilson goes through my head...'with a baby on my hip'.

Halloween/Birthday cards for my Aunt, gotta love the holiday where any color combo goes!

Needless to say, women and men, young and old all LOVE paper!

Rusty

Using glaze pens to color in an embossed image, normally if i emboss I don't color in, (perhaps I am just lazy) but I liked coloring the lava lamps and there was no way to color outside of the lines with the embossed borders!

A card can really be created using only a few scraps!

Stamping on patterned paper in different colors to add texture and dimension.

Stamp the sentiment, then run through machine with embossing folder.

Emboss an image, and if it's hard to cut out a part, simply stamp it a second time on the background paper.

The flower embossing folder we used was not my favorite, but is just enough texture I don't even mind it on these cards!

I really liked this corner chomper we used, called deco.

Enjoy my poor stamping- yikes!  Almost looks like I tried to stamp on it after embossing!  Sadly those are my current stamping skills.

Lovin' the black, melon and lemonade color combo with off white and kraft!

I took a class at Archiver's on a suggestion from a friend.  It was just what I needed.  A little time to be creative and a little time to be by myself.  Both were desperately needed.  And thanks to Josh for letting me celebrate my birthday in true style some shopping!  Not until I sat down to stamp did I realize how rusty I was!  Notice my stamped images are a bit blotchy.  When the first stamp hit the paper I thought, geez it has been a long time!  I also find that I do not work in a 'kit' environment well.  Meaning I like to have room to stamp to make a mistake and not have to worry about running out of paper.  It made me realize that I start with a stamped image first then continue with the creation of the card.  I picked up some goodies, this was my 'ooh I must have one of these tools!' after using it to pick up the teeny tiny rhinestones in the class.  Genius.  I got a set of Tim Holtz's embossing folders, a stamp set of his, and his great flower dies so I can cut out cute felt flowers like Toni and Kemi.  Chose only a few glimmer mists to start with, black cherry, electric blue, graphite, key lime, and viva pink.   Found some great alterable flowers to glimmer mist!  Some glamorous buttons in clear and black like Janet used here, she used the green ones for closures of a gate card on a page.  Some keys and a pen to make shading on titles and images like Heidi Swapp used here.  And to get prepared to make Eli's book...some chipboard letters in white and black, an album and these page protectors, and these ones too (thought they would be great since I have a MILLION photos of this boy.  I plan to create his album and use 12x12 pages and 8 1/2x11 like Ali's book here.  I have some baseball card holders waiting to mimic this type of page too!                    

Making it myself...

I am taking a 3-D class at UGF and needed a sketchbook so of course I headed over to Barnes and Noble to see what they had. Liked a lot of the books but never fell in love with one. Just grabbed a spiral bound black one that said sketchbook on the front. Also found a book of old pin ups and two magazines I read (I love how they have a selection of NICE magazines) got to the line to pay and realized I left my wallet in my backpack at home. What a doink. So I asked them to hold everything. While I was driving back I thought geez, why don't I make my own sketchbook! Well here it is!! I bought a sketch pad from michaels for a $1.66, cut it to size and slapped it into the bind it all. I am still not comfortable with this little bugger when clamping the wire down. Any tips?? I also dangled a silver charm and fancy black bead that I had to attach with jump rings. Those little puppies are a pain in the neck. So I stopped off at my friendly bead store to say- I need help or am I just crazy!? She showed me this little tool that is the bomb! Jump rings you have met your match!

Goodbye to another...

Made these for Kelli's last day at the office, she is going to be a stay at home mom to her three children. Good for her huh!? I used the left over letters from the heidi swapp class for the canvas. Everyone was overwhelmed with the canvas. And Kelli was glad to see the roses from her actual wedding on it since her cats tore up her bouquet.

Birthday at the Office

My boss LOVES lime green. Thought it was appropriate.

Thank you, thank you very much (in an elvis accent)

These were my thank you's for coming to my House Warming. I got this embossing folder and had to try it out immediatly, and the vision in my head came to life. I used up the card bases that I had cut for classes. So used some new product, got rid of some scrap, and sent off the thank yous. I know, I know I am really making large strides here. I think I am starting to like it!

Hey BeBe

This card is an unusual size for me, oh wait it's my favorite size right now! What can I say I love baby cards. I really need to start making envelopes for all of my tiny pieces of art. This is the bebe stamp I got from a clearance bin at Hobby Lobby in Billings. Probably the fastest I have used a stamp EVER! I'm setting new records all over the place.

True Love

This couple has to be my favorite, they have been together since high school. I call them cheesy, but they have to be the coolest people I know. You simply want to be around them! Matt and Tammi have such a great marriage, they are best friends and love each other unconditionally. I made this little page for her birthday, I took this photo of them while at a BBQ out at their house.

Mini book craze

So this gal at work is expecting a baby girl the day after my sister. I made this book for her soon to be baby girl, Keyera. I talked with her mom on the phone to get some of the baby stories from her past.

And I am pretty psyched to go to Melissa's tomorrow and scrap/watch grey's/chat/you know the usual.

***Updated*** I am so flattered, Peata found my mini book and featured it on her Scrapbook Crazy About Mini Albums blog!!

Sit back

This was the last card I made at my aunts house, my old dwelling. Saw the stickles idea somewhere (can't remember where) for salt and thought it was just too cute. Time to do some relaxin'.

mmmmm...cupcakes

KWERNER is a genius, she put my two favorite things together cupcakes and the perfect color challenge!!!! I love black, white and gray together didn't I tell you July was going to ROCK!? And this is only the second day. Yeah hoo, or woot woot as I read from my past teenage girl scouts - they keep me hip.

Scored the background with my score pal- the best pal EVER, to make it look like the little cupcake paper cup dealio. And cupcakes are a bit high maintenance so rhinestones were in order.

Just a little gift set...

I have been obsessed with my scor-pal here for the last month. I bought mine from Toni as one of my 1/2 off items! What a deal, and let me tell you it is worth it. I am really pleased with it! I got the template off of the Scor-pal website. These are 3x3 cards which Beate inspired me to make if I need to help get my creative juices flowing. The stamps used in this little card set will only be available until August 11. I thought I would use Snow Flurries in more of a springy less ho ho ho style.

Inspired insomniac

Another color challenge from KWERNER. Not much stamping going on here, I got really sick with a stomach flu last night- yuck. Well I slept all day so I guess I will stamp all night! Not a bad trade off until the alarm rings in the morning!

What the sketch... there are a lot of color combos!

SCS color challenge 88 and sketch challenge 168. I have waited a long time for this set, it was the right place and the right time.


I like the simplicity of this bad boy. SCS color challenge 52 and SCS sketch challenge 143.


SCS color challenge 79 and sketch challenge 164. The sentiment was wrote with a pen and covered with red stickles.


SCS color challenge 59 and sketch challenge 152.

I did it!

Kwerner had a color challenge and I completed the card that day! What an accomplishment for me! Although there wasn't a photograph taken until the next day and croping the next, but hey I did it! Check out the inspiration here. Also it is one of Toni's sketch challenges, check out the sketch here.