Christmas in March

My wonderful hubby took Ryan to visit the inlaws yesterday and guess what I did? I went to the gym and came home and scrapped all day! I get a chance to do this every once in a while and it was soooooooooooo nice. AND, my SIL made a filet mignon dinner, so guess who was brought some leftovers??? ;)

I made 3 layouts yesterday which I'll be able to post soon. In the meantime I have a couple of fun things to share.

This first project is one that I did using Webster's Lullabye Lane papers. This particular die cut is my favorite of the whole release. I had a picture of flowers that Fran brought me for Christmas and thought it would be perfect with the papers. I added a bit of Winter's wings and layered on some Prima Winter roses. They are stunning...they have little bits of glitter all over them. I have to say, I love this page!



Here's a new technique that I tried. I originally printed a 5 by 7 picture of the flowers, but it was a bit blurry. So, I made a frame from it by adding some glitter. I think photos with lots of colors right up to the edge would be perfect for this technique.



Also, I used Glimmer Mist on the white cardstock to create the spritzed border.


My next project is one that was just published in the new Paper Crafts special issue, Go To Sketches. I haven't had time to peruse the issue yet, but I can't wait. I'm such a sketch addict!!!



This little note pad is the perfect size for a holiday planner. The pad is from Papertrey.
I used Papertrey Ink's Take Note set on here along with Tattered Angels chipboard and Webster's paper. (Winter's Wings)




Maybe I'll be really ahead of the game and start my holiday planning NOW. ;)

Thanks for stopping by. I have been working on some Easter projects. I created a couple of layouts this week with last year's Easter photos- just in time to start taking this year's batch! :) I'll be posting them this week.

Have a great day!

More Shabby Goodies

This week is really flying by! I just wanted to pop on and post a couple of cards. This first one uses a sketch by Jessica Witty. It was my card at Emma's last week. I did a similar Prima card in a post a bit down from here. Notice the pleated paper again?? I just love the Shabby Chic line and I paired it with some of American Crafts Botanique.




This next card uses Webster's Lullabye Lane line, something else I can't get enough of! I applied a Hambly rubon to it and cut it out to frame the sentiment.




That's all for today! Thanks so much for stopping by and have a great day.

The Shabby Tea Room

This week's new challenge is up at the Shabby Tea Room and I'm really excited to be a part of it.



This week's challenge is to make a Spring inspired card using some stitching, either faux or real. I came up with this one.



The papers are from Webster's Lullabye Lane line. I can't stop using them! I love the vintage image. It's Crafty Secrets. The resin is Melissa Frances, the flower is Prima. I got some of the beautiful scrunched seam binding from the site that Melissa Phillips recommended. I'm hooked on this stuff now!



It's kind of hard to see the stitching in the main photo. I created the ruffle along the bottom with a vintage book page and added some stitching to that. Then I stitched along the sides of the card.


Hope you'll stop by and play along with The Shabby Tea Room this week. I'd love to see your creations!

Thanks for stopping by and have a great Monday. It's my favorite day of the week, you know. LOL!

Happy Spring!

Yay! It's official! It's the first day of Spring. And while it's felt that way this past week, we can now kiss winter good-bye for real!! One of my favorite traditions for today is heading to Rita's for water ice. It's a regional goodie, kind of like an italian ice or a slushy! Well, most Rita's locations open up today. (Our's opened last Friday, woo hoo! We've already been there 3 times!!!) The fun part is that they give free water ice away. A couple of years ago my nephew and his friends drove around to 16 Rita's locations for the free treat on the first day of Spring!! One is fine for me. ;) They have a new flavor this year. Peeps!!! As in the yellow, marshmallowy chicks. I think this flavor may be a bit too sweet for me, but Ryan is dying to try it!

Anyway, in honor of Spring's arrival, I made this card.



I used Dawn McVey's color couture collection on here along with Background Basics: Tin Types and Tags for Spring stamp sets. I used Spring Moss ink and ribbon and Rustic Vintage and Poppy Ink cardstock.

So, hope you're all out enjoying this fun day! Thanks for stopping by.
Happy Spring!

Challenges!

Happy Thursday!
Earlier this week I mentioned that there is a fun new challenge blog,
The Shabby Tea Room. Well, I found some time to create a card for their first challenge. Here is the fun photo that Debbie selected.

I love the colors. Here is what I did with it.


I used some more of that yummy Prima Shabby Chic line. I added a Papertrey stamp and a little bit of Cosmo paper. (the green one..love it)
This card is also based on the Card Patterns sketch for the week.

And see this cute little blinkie?


I get to use it through next week! You can see my Guest Designer card on Monday when the second challenge is posted. So excited!

That's all for today. Gotta run.
Thanks for letting me share and for stopping by!
Have a great day!

My Prima Cardigan

I had to pop on and show you what I wore today! As you know, I love all
things Prima. So, I've had these Romani flowers for a bit and had decided to make a bib necklace with them. I'm just loving all of the fun necklaces that are out right now. Anyway, I found this antique lace panel and thought it would be perfect. I hot glued the flowers to it and then cut a piece of fun foam slightly smaller than the lace and glued everything to that. I added a couple of chains and I was done. Well, this morning, I was trying the necklace with the cardigan I had put on. I loved how it matched, but it wasn't sitting quite right on my neck. So, I decided to take off the chains and attach it right to the cardigan. I just got my JCrew catalog yesterday and was totally inspired to wear ruffles or blossoms!! Being that I was running late (yeah, I'm in my scraproom doing this when I should have been getting out the door), I just pinned it to my sweater. But, I love how it looks, so I'm going to sew it on later.
Anyway, got lots of compliments so I thought I'd share. Sorry the pics aren't so great, but that's what you get when you have a 6 year old photographer who wants nothing more than to get onto Playstation!
So, what do you think???



I've got more designs floating in my head. Now, I just need to get more flowers. :)
Thanks for stopping by!

Happy Monday!

It's Monday again! My favorite day of the week. LOL! Actually, I had a much better week, last week, so facing this Monday isn't quite so bad.

In the midst of creating several things that I can't yet share, I was able to create a couple of cards just for fun. I got my huge order from Emma's the other day. In it was some Prima Shabby Chic. Oh my! How I LOOOOVE this line! The colors and style is so me. So, here's what I whipped up.

I embossed the cardstock on this first one. The buttons are from A Million Memories and I adore them. I love how they go with the embossed background.


This next card uses some of the same elements. I added a pleated strip. I've been doing a lot of pleats lately. LOVE the texture.




I saved the scraps from the paper because I love it so much. I'm sure you'll be seeing a couple of more cards with it. :)

Speaking of cards, I wanted to share a new inspriation site with you. My friend Debbie Marcinkiewicz has just launched The Shabby Tea Room. I"m always looking for inpiration and if it has anything to do with 'Shabby', I'm in! Definitely head over and check out her blog. I'm hoping to post my card for the challenge later on this week.

Well, that's it for this morning. Thanks for stopping by!