Martha Stewart Sticker Fun

I never thought I would make a sticker card let alone use stickers but I won these and just had to play with them. They are from the Martha Stewart "Fiesta" collection. The package came with two sheets one in teal and one sheet in this color. I decided it would make for a cheery "QUICK" get well card. I layered the flowers with some pop dots to give it a 3D look and I am somewhat surprised that you can not even tell it was created with stickers. I embossed the lower portion of card with Cuttlebug flower folder in matching color. I then added an embossed border around upper portion of card, stamped my wishes using SU word to finish it off with Colorbox rouge chalk ink.

It isn't too ugly, right?

Thanks for visiting, have a great evening!

All Girl Birthday Card

I too like Kathy, could not sleep in fact, we spent a few minutes on AIM this morning chatting. Birds of a feather! I almost have a whole week of cards to share due to my lack of sleep! This card I created for my glitzy 15 year old cousin who loves orange and pink. I used the sparkling gel pens Kathy sent me for Mother's Day to color it in. I had a scrap panel of paper left from my Mother's Day project so I punched out 3 3/4" holes and inserted some big yellow Making Memory buttons. To the background I embossed Happy Birthday using my Cuttlebug Birthday folder I then added some matching ribbon to finish it off.

Thanks for stopping by, enjoy your Sunday.

No Color Challenge

I created this card for Allison's weekly challenge. Although, I made it into a guy birthday card it would make an excellent Father's Day card too. The antique auto stamp is great left uncolored especially with the colorful K&Company paper behind it. I believe the paper was a freebie in a Take Ten issue some time back. I stamped the auto using black ink, mounted it to turquoise then brown stock, applied some pop dots and completed the card using a matching strip of brown that I inserted turquoise eyelets into for added bling. Very quick guy card to make. The auto stamp is from Sparkle N Sprinkle.

A Pink Paisley Daisy card

I hope everyone had a wonderful week as you can see from the lack of my post, mine was extremely stressful and my creativity is just coming back to me. I still have yet to finish my moms Mother's Day gift. I have picked it up every day this week and then set it back! It's a good thing a quality of any mother is patience because mine might need it. She is lucky if I get it done by her birthday in September at the rate I'm going. I really think my hangup is with the colors I chose to use on it they are the same colors I used to create this card.

I picked this paisley paper up at Michaels on sale a few weeks ago by Making Memories line. I paired it with some Lasting Impressions blush and mounted it to cashew stock which picks up on the lightest color of the paisley. The ribbon is also from LI. I stamped wording using both coral and rouge Colorbox Chalk inks. I sewed the edging around pink using white thread and as you can see bobbin was messed up but it ADDS a nice look so I left it! The daisies are a Boss Cut die that I pleated in center of petals to give more of a 3D look.

Have a good Saturday morning and thanks for stopping by.

Niffty Ribbon Storage Idea

Yesterday I was asking Kathy how she stored her ribbon and she suggested an idea I have seen before which was to wrap the ribbon around clothes pins and tossing them in a large fish bowl. I knew I had the perfect bowl so off I went in search of my clothes pins when I came across these fasteners I had left over from the days my husband and I had a business. A light bulb went off in my head that these would be PERFECT and the ribbon would stay put. This may not look as pretty as ribbon wound around clothes pins but they take up less bulk and can even be sorted by color in mason jars easily for a impressive display. I couldn't remember the source of mine so I searched online this morning and came up with this site for those interested. They had the best prices. The self adhesive strip makes it nice because they do not slip as you are winding the ribbon on to them

Hope you enjoy this handy tip - Have a great evening!~

Diane's Address Book

Good evening tonight I thought I would share the address book I created for Diane, the final blog candy winner. She is a SU rep and her email said she loved so saffron,white and also black. So for her book I decided to use all 3 colors and I am quite pleased at how well all the colors go together. Hopefully, she thinks so too:) I did not have SU card stock so used a color that I think is very close to SU so saffron.

I still have not finished Mom's Mother's Day gift to share but I do have a niffy ribbon storage idea that I came up with yesterday that I will post shortly.

I am one Loved Mom!

I want to wish all my readers a wonderful Mother's Day it is my hope each and every one of you are treated as special as me. My daughter is the most sweetest, loving, caring daughter in the world and so is my SIL! I am the luckiest mom on the planet to have been given such a wonderful daughter and SIL. She certainly knows how to pamper her mom. Check out all I received in the mail from her and my SIL. My lens on my camera could not even capture it all I had to take pictures in sections! She recently attended the Lasting Impressions warehouse sale and I think she may have bought them out judging from the box of goodies I got. Inside this huge 27 lb box was paper, ribbon, thread, rub ons, templates, envelope templates of all sizes, 6x6 paper stacks galore,template organizers, buttons and more buttons, envelopes, scrapbook pad with templates, CANDY, and the favorite of course was the picture frame she created for me by paper piecing LI paper using a new MFT stamp set. The detail on this is incredible! She did an awesome job on it I don't think I would have the patience to make such a beautiful piece. I certainly will cherish it for years to come. One last thing she sent me a Mother's day card and on outside it says "gratitude" I am the one that should be sending HER that card because I am so grateful to have her as my daughter. Motherhood was easy with her in the house she was the perfect child in every sense of the word. Thank you Kathy for being my daughter! The only thing missing this morning is my burnt toast and of course, her being here.

Happy Mother's Day to all and thanks for stopping by. Check back later to see my measly gift to my mom if I get it finished and get all my new goodies put away.