Wedding Day

So, I was one of those people who got up at 4 am to watch the Royal Wedding. It was so worth it!! My sister in law spent the night and brought scones. We got up and were glued to the TV, tissues in hand. We had tea and scones and oohed and ahhed over everything. I remember being in high school when Charles and Diana got married, so I didn't want to miss this special occasion. It was just magical!

I have a couple of things to share today. This first card is one I did for Emmas't his week. I used a Maya Road chipboard heart album. I painted two of the pages and added glitter to one. Then I added Webster's Country Estate papers, a silhouette cameo and some Storyteller Alphas. I tied them together with some vintage ribbon.




I really like how it turned out!

This next project uses an old vase I found at a thrift store. I paid a dollar for it. Adding some Prima flowers, gems and trim gave it a facelift.




That's about it for today. I'm going to head back to the TV to see if there's any more coverage. Yeah, I'm a sucker for romance.

Thanks for stopping by!

Happy Belated Easter!

I hope all of you who celebrated, had a wonderful Easter. We certainly did. I had a small intimate dinner for 17, LOL! It was great, though.

Ryan is on Spring Break this week, so I'm pretty much off, except for teaching my class. Today didn't feel much like a vacation day, though. I have been cleaning, switching over clothes and doing laundry all day. The weather is GORGEOUS, though. Seems like we went from Winter to Summer all of a sudden. Poor Ryan is dying with the allergies, though. He played outside for about an hour and a half and his eyes are red and so swolen. He just fell asleet with an ice pack on them.

So, here is the card I did for The Shabby Tea Room this week. I'm the guest designer and the inspiration photo is amazing! (You can see it HERE along with all of the other DT cards.)








I used Webster's Country Estate 6 by 6 papers, a silhouette cameo, some whimsies and a big floral thingy cut from a regular sized Country Estate paper. The butterflies were punched with a Martha Stewart punch.

That's about it for today. Thanks so much for stopping by!

Websters Giveaway

So, one of my absolute favorite Webster's Pages products is the 6 by 6 mini paper pads. I love how the patterns are shrunk down and are perfect for cards. I reach for my pads all of the time.

Lucky for you, Brandin has decided to make the paper pads this week's Friday Freebie! Check out the Webster's Blog for details on how to win. While you are there, drool over Audrey Petit's gorgeous cards. I love her work and she does amazing things with Webster's!

I made a card using the papers in honor of the Friday Freebie. I decided to use the gorgeous color scheme from CR84FN24. I'm such a sucker for aqua, light blue and cream!




In addition to the Webster's Petite Papers, I used a fabric ticket (LOVE those), a new push pin, one of the pinwheel florettes and some trim. The stamp is Waltzingmouse and the white frame is Pink Paislee.

Thanks so much for stopping by to take a peek and don't forget to head over to the Webster's blog for a chance to win some of the papers.

Retro Easter

Even though Easter is late this year, it has still snuck up on me! I can't believe it's only a few days away. Even though I haven't done much decorating and my baskets aren't stuffed, I did manage to do a cute project using Vintage Street Market's Easter Tag Kit.

First up is this glassine bag filled with chocolate eggs. Everything is from the kit except for the seam binding which is from Craft Spot.



The kit comes with several manilla tags. I dressed up a couple of them using the sweet vintage die cuts, trims and tickets that came in the kit. I think I will attach these to a treat bag for someone special.




Thanks for letting me share! Have a great day and thanks for stopping by. :)

Bright and Colorful

We finally had a beautiful day here yesterday! It was sunny and pleasant. I think the rain is on it's way back, though. I'm so ready for warm weather. This has been such a cold and dreary spring.

So, to brighten things up around here, I thought I'd share a couple of bright things that I've made recently.

This card was made for the Emma's color challenge this month.


I used soem Anna Griffin papers and flowers on here. The ribbon is May Arts.

This next card uses Crate Paper. I made a tri-fold pocket to hold a gift card. The stamp is from Papertrey.





That's about it for now. Thanks for stopping by!

Easter Bunny Blog Hop

Welcome to my stop on the Vintage Street Market Easter Bunny Blog Hop!(Now THAT'S a mouthful.) What exactly is and Easter Bunny Blog Hop, you ask? Well, each of the Design Team members has their favorite color egg posted today and you need to hop from one blog to the next collecting our favorite colors! You can see the prize available at the VSM Giveaways Page on their webite and get more details. A list of the DT's blogs is there, too. You can also access them from my side bar. Once you visit everyone's blogs and collect those colors, hop back over to the VSM Giveaways site and leave a comment with your answers. Speaking of Easter, I have a post going up on the VSM blog next week. I worked with the adorable Easter Tag Kit. Can't share it all yet, but here's a little peek... I CAN share this card I made last week using Dimestore Vogue. I created the flower using a technique Danielle Flanders shared as GDT. Take a piece of tape, stick it onto a book page and peel it off. I used the Linen Tape for this one. Then I folded the pieces into flower petals and created the card. And, don't forget, you could also win a wonderful collection of Vintage Street Market goodies just by heading over to their Facebook Page and liking it. Thanks so much for stopping by and happy hopping!

Challenge Card

I took a little break from my assignments to create a card that went along with a couple of the current challenges out there right now. I love doing challenges and haven't had the chance to do one in a while. Here is my card.




I used the color palette from CR84FN23. I love pink and don't normally use a lot of black, but Webster's Hollywood Vogue papers were perfect and I really like how it turned out. The sketch is from Waltzingmouse Sketches. The sentiment and frame are from Waltzingmouse's Fancy Phrases set.
And the scrunched seam binding is from Craft Spot.

That's it for tonight! Thanks for stopping by. Don't forget to visit again on Friday for Vintage Street Market's blog hop. And don't forget to become a fan on VSM's Facebook Page. You could win a lot of fun goodies if you do!