Happy birthday with Jillibean Soup

I created a birthday card the other day using the Bohemian Brew Collection by Jillibean Soup!  I even created my own little flower with paper, a sequin and a pop dot-I'm pretty happy with how it turned out:

I have plan for this card already-for someone who loves this sort of design and who's birthday is in June- ;)
Thanks for popping in!  Today is a busy one, class, dentist and a track meet to officiate at! 

fruit pun cards!

My challenge for these cards was a FRUIT focus--SO super fun, loved using the Happy Place by Scrapbook Circle.

 Individual card pics:

 thanks for the quick visit today!!

love cards.

Hello patient friends!  I have a couple of cute cards to share with you that I made for JustNick Studio:

For these cards I used the following cuts:

Kiss Me

Mini Hearts Background

Candy Hearts

Heart Strings Background

All of these cuts were done on a white background and then I misted them with my favorite mists; Color Shine. 

Thanks SO much for the visit today--hope your day is FANTASTIC!!

merry christmas, a card.

oh, did I have FUN getting messy with this card!  I again used scraps from the Good Cheer and add on Wish List to make this card:

1. I cut the background to just fit the front of my base making it 4" x 5.25".
2. I then punched my scalloped circle (it's an anywhere punch)
3. I used some water color to paint--then added some gold color shine.
4. After my background dried (I made helped it along with my embosser gun)
5. I then backed each cutout with a scrap piece of paper.
6. My paper was buckling so I decided to sew around the edges and in the middle to secure it.
7. finally layered up the embellishments--SUPER fun!

thanks for the visit today, I really appreciate it!

numbers and cards.

Seems like FOREVER since I have shared a few cards here on my blog, don't faint! ;)  I had a blast using the hello, hello kit from Scrapbook Circle for these two fun cards:

Both of these cards were made from the scraps left over from my pages this month--LOVE when you can still make something cute from the left overs.  That tells you that the kit was AWESOME!!

thanks SO much for the visit today, I really appreciate it!

a few random cards.

I was looking through my pictures and I found some cards I made for birthdays that I haven't shared yet:

I made these fun cards with leftovers from several kits--it was sort of liberating to just PLAY with fun embellishments and paper.

Well, like always I am OFF and RUNNING--thanks SO much for the visit today!

2014 year in review

So as I was looking through my folders "trying" to pick a favorite layout for each month, I had a difficult time!  I ended up with 19.  2014 was a super creative year for me and I really had fun looking through what I created, remembering why I loved each creation (For American Crafts, Scrapbook Circle, and Jillibean Soup), so in no particular order:

thanks for the visit AND for hanging out with me in 2014!  Happy New year!

holly jolly christmas.

t-minus 2 days!

wanted to share this fun little card I made for my guest spot over at Jillibean Soup.  I just love this card-there I said it out loud! ;)
This is more like a drive by post as holiday activities are in full swing--THANKS for the visit!!

rock on.

I wanted to quickly share a card I made for the Jillibean Soup guest spot:

LOVE how this came together--fun mix of papers and designs and directions.  Have you been running like crazy like I have?

The other day I was counting things up and making sure everyone was "even" when I realized I "needed" one more item.  For several years now I have followed some advise that my friend gave me:
NEED
WANT
WEAR
READ
we do add something from Santa.  This little guideline helps me to keep things simple, focused and ON BUDGET!
I sure hope that you are truly enjoying this season of giving--Christmas time is my favorite!  We are running wild this week with finals, soccer games, and parties but I can truly say I am GRATEFUL to be able to do it!
Thanks for the visit!

Jillibean Soup Guest designer!

This month is my month to be the Guest designer over at Jillibean Soup!  Wanted to share a couple of the fun creations I made using their AWESOME product:

Thanks for the visit--I'm off and running!

favorite techniques on cards.

So I was looking through my folders and these are the last American Crafts projects that I made for the blog--i REALLY loved the techniques that I used on each of these cards,

quilting:

layering:

watercoloring:

I loved working with my scraps, no holds bard using different collections all together!  Thanks SO much for the visit today!!

father's day cards.

summer has been SO busy and FUN but I did want to share my Father's day cards I had up on the American Crafts blog:

 I LOVED using the DIY shop line for these--Thanks SO much for the QUICK visit today!

hello. I love you

I wanted to share real quick a card I made for my niece, it also doubled as one of my gallery items this month for American Crafts:

I used a mix of collections including DIY shop, and Polka Dot Party.  I will be sharing the mini album I made to go a long with this cute card in an upcoming post--thanks SO much for the visit today--sure hope you are having a FANTASTICAL day! ;)

AC nesting dies.

A couple of weeks ago the cards I made using the nesting dies by American Crafts went up on their blog, just wanted to share quickly with you:

Supplies: Counterpart Paper (366807) - Plus One, Party of Two Paper (366815) - Plus One, Accomplice (366822) - Plus One, Companion (366824) - Plus One, Mini Stapler Refill (366946) - DIY Shop, Taffy Kal Barteski (366832) - Thickers, Remarks (366840) - Stickers, Dimensional Dots (61709) - Adhesive, Mini Washi Tape (366839) - Plus One, Accompany Clear Stamp (366856)

Supplies: Nesting Die Set (366731) - Daydreamer, Enamel Dots (366785) - Daydreamer, Aqua Lemon Drop (366769) - Thickers, 6 x 6 Paper Pad (366767) - Daydreamer, Love Note Paper (366764) - Daydreamer, Juggling Paper (366757) - Daydreamer, Tic Tac Toe (366765) - Daydreamer, Hula Hoop Paper (366760) - Daydreamer, Sticker Book (366778) - Daydreamer, Dimensional Dots (61709) - Adhesive

 

Supplies: White Weave Cardstock (71081) - Cardstock, Date Paper (366811) - Plus One, Die Cut Shapes (366849) - Bits, Associate Nesting Dies (366860) - Plus One, Dimensional Dots (61709) - Adhesive

LOVED working with these FUN dies--SO diverse!  Thanks for letting me share today-hope your day is WONDERFUL!!

hello. April fools...

April fools day, has always been a curiosity to me..I like a good HARMLESS prank that doesn't hurt peoples feelings.  Like jumping out and scaring people...(I don't like it done to me but it sure is fun to scare people.  I know I am a bit of an enigma but hey--who isn't?!)  I get a little irritated when they are lies...I DO NOT like lying...Once I tried to play a prank on my mom--it was not nice..I got about 3 sentences into it (I was talking to her over the phone) and I just couldn't do it...I felt bad...Anyway, I wanted to share with you a card I made for my blog post a few weeks back on the American Crafts blog it was featuring the DIY line.  guess I'm pretty original with card greetings? ;)

Supplies: 6x6 Paper Pad (366983) DIY Shop, Ali Mistable White (53372) - Thicker, Large Pattern Brayer Set (366607) - DIY Shop, 2" Banner Punch (63117) - Punches, Sequins (36609) - DIY Shop, Wood Venner Butterflies (366618) - DIY Shop, Kraft Scallop 

There were a lot of supplies that went in to this fun card, embossing powder, brayer, mist, sequins, veneer, wash tape, punches, banners, sewing and paper--with that all being said can you pick them out?  (like the where is waldo game!)

For this card,  I REALLY wanted to use the polka dot brayer to give a subtle background. I stamped with clear pigment ink, then embossed it with clear embossing powder to make the kraft banner shine!  One other fun touch was that I covered the veneer butterflies with the gold patterned washi tape.  After I ripped the washi tape into small pieces I placed the washi over the butterflies, making sure it was adhered well.  After adhering I flipped it over and cut with a craft knife around the edges.

Thanks bunches for the visit today--hope your April fool's day is full of FUN!

enjoy today.

For this card I used the leftover scraps, journaling cards and mask from the Portobello Road kit from Scrapbook Circle--seriously came together in like 15 minutes!

Love that it has dimension and FUN color and it was fun to emboss on!  Thanks for the quick visit!

hello today.

one of the two cards I made this month using the Portobello Road kit from Scrapbook Circle--seriously LOVE this kit!

The star card comes from the Crate Paper Boys rule journaling cards, and the hello comes from the exclusive printable from Scrapbook Circle.  Hope your day is FANTASTIC!!

hello there.

For this card I really wanted to feature quite a few of the papers from Jillibean soup that I had on hand.  (this is the final card I made for my tryout).  I REALLY like how this one turned out too!

The hello is in the silhouette studio and is from Jillibean.  For this card I cut some strips at 1" and some at 1 1/4" and then put them at an angle.  Then for the final touch I sewed them down--easy peasy,  little time consuming but LOVE it still the same--Thanks SO much for the fun visit!