A Couple of Cards

Today's post is just a quick one to share a couple of recent cards. I had a lot of fun using My Mind's Eye Stella and Rose on this first one.



I used one of the frames as the base of my card front. Then I added those adorable banner letter stickers.



The ribbon is May Arts. I love their wide striped ribbon and have been using it a lot since Cindy ordered it for Emma's.

This next card is one I did for my GDT gig with Cocoa Daisy.




The papers are Echo Park and Basic Grey. And the stamp is Papertrey.
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Happy April

It's April! I think this is one of our favorite month's of the year. It starts to get warm (hoping THAT happens soon), it's Ryan and my birthday month, AND we have Easter and Spring Break. It's a busy time, but fun.

Speaking of busy....yep that's me. It's constant! Sadly, I have another funeral to attend. Another friend lost a parent. I'm at that age and it's so sad. Work is busy as always, and I'm in the middle of a huge paper crafting project at the moment.
So, sorry if my blog is a bit neglected these days. Hoping things will slow down a bit in another month.

Today I have a something special to share. I'm the guest designer for Cocoa Daisy this month. My sweet friend, and fellow Memory Makers Master, asked me to design with her lovely kit this month. It was so much fun. You can see the entire kit HERE.

Here is one of the pages I did with it. This is a page I've wanted to do for a while. Sadly, it's a tribute to an amazing lady who passed away last November. Her name was Mary Ellen and she was Ryan's religious education teacher. We'd only known her for a short while, but were so touched by her. She was truly special.



Her death was such a shock to us all, as these things often are. Luckily for the children, her daughter is as wonderful as she was. She has taken over the class and we know that Mary Ellen's spirit shines through her. This photo is of Ryan with the two of them on the day he made his First Reconcilliation. I'm so glad we have it.

I used Basic Grey papers along with a Jenni Bowlin butterfly stamp on here. I wanted to keep it rather simple.



I'll be posting more of my Cocoa Daisy work soon, but thought I'd let this page stand alone.

One more announcement. My dear friend, Sherry Wright is doing a great giveaway on her blog. Just make a card using Emma's Paperie's March's sketch and post a link to her blog by April 10. . You could win a $20 gift certificate to Emma's!! She has the sketch and details posted for you, so head on over!

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day.

No Sentiment

Sometimes I have a hard time deciding where to put the sentiments on my cards. Today was one of those days. I just couldn't make it fit! So, I didn't. I found a really great sentiment to put on the inside of the card and left the front free. Works for me!



I used Webster's Hollywood Vogue mini papers on here. And a bloomer, some netting and a new pin. LOVE them.



Then I stamped and decorated the inside of the card.



Oh, and there's a doily. I can't seem to stop using those things!!

That's it for today. Thanks for stopping by!

So. Tired.

What a week it's been. I'm beat! I drove 3 1/2 hours to Long Island for a funeral on Tuesday and turned around and drove back today. It was wonderful spending time with one of my best friends in the world, but it was also so draining and sad. I went straight to work today and have to drive to the other end of the state tomorrow. Then, there's baseball all day Saturday and a scouting event on Sunday. I really just want to crawl into my scraproom and create, but I can't! Soon, I hope. Especially since I've got a big deadline coming up.

Anyway, I just wanted to share a couple of things. This first card uses Webster's Country Estate papers. Love them. I glittered a doily and added a sparkler and some of the funky Hollywood Vogue silver trim.




This next one is a fun card I made using some My Mind's Eye Stella and Rose doily stamps. I stamped them, cut them out, cut notches into the tops and turned them into butterflies. The paper is Sassafrass, as are the stickers.





That's it for tonight. I can barely keep my eyes open...
Thanks for stopping by.

Peeps

Happy First Day of Spring! You know what that means, don't you? Rita's free water ice!!! If you live in the Philadelphia region, you can hit any Rita's and get a free regular water ice. Our family LOVES Rita's. As a matter of fact, the one closest to our house openened last week and we've been twice already. Yummm!! We'll be there again today, for sure. It's a tradition!

Speaking of tradition, I love making cupcakes. Especially for my little guy. I let him pick out what kind to make and he usually even likes helping me decorate a few. Last year, we made Peep Cakes, little Easter baskets filled with peeps, green coconut 'grass', jelly bean eggs, and a Twizzler handle. I took them to school and the kids loved them.

This layout highlights these adorable cupcakes. Webster's Spring Market was the perfect papers to use for it.



I did a lot of handcutting and layered things foam adhesive. It was really fun page to make!



April is the birthday month in our house. Ryan, Pulu the kitty and I all celebrate them between April 3 and 9th! There's lots of presents to be wrapped. If you want some fun gift wrap ideas, head over to the Vintage Street Market blog. We're showing you how to use the papers in creative ways!
I did a whole collection of kraft wrapped presents decorated with Party Games. Here's a peek at one of them.



I'd love for you to stop by and see the rest!

Have a great first day of Spring! And thanks for stopping by!

Happy Birthday, Shabby Tea Room!

The Shabby Tea Room blog is one year old this week! Time sure does fly! To celebrate, Debbie has been having a week long celebration and I'm thrilled to be a part of it.

I created this birthday card for my guest designer spot this week.



It uses lots of Prima goodies - Annalee paper and rubon, Calcutta flowers, fairytale roses, Annalee flowers and some pearls. To shabby it up a bit, I painted the metal in the flower white.

The crinkled ribbon is from Kimberly Tracy.

This was a lot of fun to make. I used a die cut paper that I had to create the shape.

There are a ton of giveaways going on over at The Shabby Tea Room, so play along this week for a chance to win!

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Vintage St. Patty's Day

It's St. Patty's Day week. And you know what that means. Time to wear green, eat cornbeef and cabbage, and chow down on Creme de Menthe kisses. Yes, I discovered, they do make them. And that are amazing!! Imagine - girl scout cookie that melts in your mouth. I had to hide them because I was eating too many.

So, I decided to make a cute little project to go with my kisses. Vintage Street Market's vintage St, Patty's Day kit was perfect for it!



I started off decorating this cute little basket that I got at AC Moore. I added some of the vintage papers and made the rosette from the crepe paper that came in the kit. The shamrock sticker was perfect to place in the center.



I layered lots of goodies from the kit onto the tag. Another rosette and a vintage leprechaun sticker top it off.




That's pretty much it. I have plenty of goodies leftover from the kit and will probably make another couple of tags to give to Ryan's teachers.

Thanks so much for stopping by!