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!

Prima Goodies

Well, I'm happy to report that life is getting back to normal around here after our week of partying last week! It's nice to slow things down a bit.

My papercrafting life hasn't slowed down much, though, LOL. I'm in the middle of two big projects, so I don't have a lot of new things to share. But, I do have these two layouts that were recently on the Prima blog.

This first one is one I made for CHA. I used lots of new Donna Downey canvas items on here - the canvas sheet, the word and the flowers and trim.




I printed out photos of some of my favorite Prima layouts. Then I added some of the resin flowers and the jewel trims. I made it for the booth at CHA.

Speaking of CHA, here's a page I made using the Melody line. It's of my sweet friend Jessica Witty and me. I just adore this girl. She makes me laugh, we talk about everything and she's such an inspiration to me. Truly, she's one of those people I wish lived next door.



I used a mask to create the background and added some big flowers and crystals.




Be sure to stop back on Friday. We are doing a Vintage Street Market blog hop and you'll have a chance to win some new goodies! Another way you can win some of the new VSM products is by visiting their Facebook Page and becoming a fan. (Tell them I sent you!) They are doing a giveaway once we hit 1,000 fans.

Thanks so much for stopping by and have a great day. :)

He's Eight!

Eight years ago today, my little guy came into my life. Being a mother has been the best thing I've ever done! I remember when I was pregnant, I could see myself with an infant, but I didn't imagine myself with a school aged kid. Well, here we are! He's getting so big, so fast. Everyone tells you how fast it goes, and it does. I try to cherish every step and stage along the way. He carries my heart with him wherever he goes.


I love this picture of him that I took recently. He looks so grown up in it. I still see glimpses of my little one in the roundness of the tip of his nose, and his cheeks, but so many things are changing so quickly. He has a personality, likes, dislikes and dreams all his own. Just as when I was pregnant, I can't imagine myself with a teen or grown son, but I know all too well that I'll find out before I know it.



I used papers from Webster's Ladies and Gents and Country Estate lines. I've been so hooked on grey lately and it was the perfect backdrop for the papers. I used a Doily Thread, Fabric Ticket and a bunch of whimsies on here, too.



So, that's all for today. We've been celebrating and eating lots of treats. Time for some more.

Thanks for stopping by!

Birthday Week

This is a fun week in our house! My birthday was on Monday. It was a nice relaxing day (though I worked) capped off with dinner at one of my favorite restaurants. But, the big event comes on Saturday. Ryan will be 8! I'm bringing cupcakes to school on Friday and then we have the birthday party. So, I'm busy preparing for that! On Saturday morning we have scouts, and he wants some cake pops for that. Yes, it's been busy, but fun! He's so excited about his big day. That's the difference between us. I dread turning another year older. Now that I'm 46 I'm on the downslide to 50! Yikes!

Anyway, just wanted to share this page with you. It's one of my favorites that I've done lately. I used a mix of Webster's lines - Ladies and Gents, Country Estate and Wonderfall.



I created the flowers doing a fun technique. I cut strips of trim and adhered them to cardstock. Then I ran them through my die cut machine, cutting two flower sized shapes. I adhered the smaller one to the larger one.





Can't wait to make these again!

Anyway, the new challenges are up at Inspire Me. The traditional challenge this month is to 'Use Your Trims'. You can find the details HERE. And the digital/hybrid challenge is to use the digital fabric tickets. Info. for that one is HERE.

Thanks for stopping by! Have a great day!