Liz's Labours of Love

Papertrey Ink MIM #28

2011-08-18T09:59:00.000-07:00

Hello!! I have a few of my grandkids starting school this year. I made this card for our oldest granddaughter. She is actually starting her junior year of high school! She has grown into a lovely young lady. I can remember being in the room when she was born and so proud to see my first grandchild being born. I so love spending time with her and am so glad that she still wants to hang out with her grandparents.
I saw Papertrey's Make it Monday challenge this week and decided to join in with this card. The challenge was to use a die shape for glitter. I used a circle and used red glitter around that circle for the sentiment. Her school colors are red, black and white so those are the colors I used. She received the card yesterday and really liked it. I liike mailing cards to them even though they don't live that far away.
That is it for me today.
Have a wonderful day,
Liz

Thinking of You

2011-07-29T13:30:00.000-07:00

I was just getting ready to post a card I made for my husband since today is our 33rd wedding anniversary when my brother called and said his wife's son was in a horrible motorcycle accident. So I thought I would put that aside for now and make a card to let them all that we are thinking of them especially during this rough time. A big rig crossed over the double yellow lines and caused him to go off the road and into a ditch, he was pulling it out and then hit a concrete bridge and wrecked. He wound up in a field and couldn't seem to get anyone's attention for a least a couple of hours in the 100+ heat. He broke his back and pelvis and bruised his splene and lungs. I don't usually ask for this but if anyone would say a prayer for them I would appreciate it.Thank you to all that visit my blog and hope you all have a wonderful weekend.
Liz

Supplies:
Stamps: Justrite, PTI Vintage Picnic (sentiment)
Paper: PTI Fine Linen, Simply Chartreuse, Hawaiian Shares
Ink: PTI True Black
Accessories: PTI Finen Linen satin ribbon, die dynamics die from MFT, copics and white smooch, PTI duo dye ink, sewing machine

4th Birthday!

2011-07-26T14:31:00.000-07:00

I just wanted to stop in real quick to show you a tag/card I made for our granddaughter. Today is her birthday. I needed a tag for her present but I didn't want to make it too bulky since I had to mail it. I decided since it was big enough that I would also make it a card also. I also made it so she could hang it if she liked. It is pretty self explanatory and all products are PTI except for the pattern paper which I had in my stash.

Thank you for stopping by and have a wonderful day,
Liz

PTI Make It Monday #24

2011-07-22T14:07:00.000-07:00

Happy Friday!! I ws out shopping a few days ago and say the color combination of pink, grey, black and white. I knew I wanted to do something with it but wasn't quite sure just yet, so I sat on it. Then I found out the my sister and her granddaughter both were diagnosed with cancer (two different kinds). So I decided I needed to make them a card. I wasn't sure what I wanted to do then I saw the Make It Monday on the Papertrey Ink blog and decided to do something with it. I liked the idea of the dry brushing and did it on the edges for some softness.
Here is a picture of both cards together. I didn't want to do the same color scheme so I went with the colors for each of the cancers they each had.

Here is a close up of one of the cards up close:

It is hard for me to know what to say right now so I will just leave you with the supplies that I used.

Stamps: PTI Modern Basic, Verve Stamps (sentiment)
Paper: PTI Select White,PTI HIbiscus Burst, SU! Taken with Teal
Ink: PTI Hibiscus Burst, True Black, SU! Taken with Teal, Going Grey
Accessorie: Bakers Twine, Acrylic ink:Bridgeport Grey
Have a wonderful weekend
Thank you for stopping by,
Liz

Belated Birthday

2011-07-20T13:53:00.000-07:00

Hello! I have been so bad in keeping up with my blog but life has just taken over and crafting hasn't been much of a priority. Last week was one of my BIL's birthday. My husband's family isn't much on sending out cards to each other so I was certainly surprised when he asked if I would make his brother a card. I think it was more to get me back into crafting so he was actually helping me out. This is the card I came up with. I used the Road Trip pattern paper from Papertrey Ink. Since he lives in New York and we live in California I thought it fit. It is pretty explanatory. All products are from Papertrey Ink except for the die I used for the strip borders. I do need to do more because I find it to be very relaxing. I also need to get around to everyone's blog that I have been neglecting. I haven't forgot about you I just have had others things going on and haven't spent much time in the crafting world.

I think that is about it for me today.
Thank you for anyone that does stop by my blog and has a look. I appreciate all that do!!
Have a great day!
Liz

With Sympathy

2011-06-22T10:05:00.000-07:00

Good Morning! Hope everyone is having a wonderful week so far. I was in need of a sympathy card for a former coworker of my husband's. He recently lost his wife suddenly. I wanted a simple card since it was for a male. When I saw the MIM for Papertrey ink, I thought this would help me in making a card. I used Mat Stack #5 and did the reverse masking with Spring Rain ink. The image is from Botanical Silhoutees anniversary set. I embossed the dandilions with white filigree embossing powder. The base of the card is Rustic Cream CS. I layered a mat to give it a little dimension. Very simple but I am pleased with the way it turned out.

Thank you for stopping by,
Have a great day,
Liz

Happy Anniversary !!

2011-06-17T10:21:00.000-07:00

Wow!! I can't believe that I am posting two days in a row. My youngest daughter and her husband celebrated their anniversary yesterday and this is the card I made for them. Since they were just here I should have had a card made and ready to give them but I am one that seems to put things off with lots of excuses so I didn't get it done and had to mail it to them. Oh, well they will have something to open in the mail. But of course it won't arrive in time. It is a very simple card. She carried Lilies in her bouguet and these were a few flowers that I had left over from the cake I made for them. It took me a few years but found them when I was going through my cake decorating supplies and decided to use them on this card. I hope they like it.
That is it for me.
Have a wonderful day,
Liz

7th Birthday

2011-06-16T09:06:00.000-07:00

Good Morning! I know I haven't been on here very much, but I do have a card for you today. My daughter and her family were here for a visit last week. Her oldest daughter had her birthday on the 4th and that was the day that they flew in. It was so nice to be able to celebrate her birthday with her. I was even asked to make her cake for her. She requested that I put pink butterflies, blue flowers and a rainbow on it. I actually make the flowers and butterflies out of candy. Of course that was a big hit!! We had such a busy week and it sure did go by way too fast!!! One of the days we went to the beach. We took a walk on the pier and saw some men fishing. We watched what they were pulling in and it happened to be a shark. They weren't huge but it was a sight to see. I know that is the closest I want to be to a shark either on land or in the water.
This is the card I made for our granddaughter. All products are Papertrey Ink.
That is about it for me at this time. I hope to be able to start crafting more and getting on here on a more regular basis.
Thank you so much for stopping by,
Hope to see you again soon!!
Liz

Make it Monday #16

2011-05-24T14:43:00.001-07:00

This is a very simple card but I like how it turned out. All products used are Papertrey Ink. Ocean Tides CS and Swiss Dot Satin Ribbon, Vellum, Ocean Tides ink, versamark. BB:Petal Power and Fillable Frames #2 stamp sets, Edgers#2 die.

Have a great day,
Liz

Make it Monday # 12

2011-04-30T12:24:00.000-07:00

I can't believe that I am actually posted a project. With Mother's day coming up I needed a card. My mother had a set of dishes (I say had because my sister now has them) that had real gold on them and when I saw the label basics I wanted to make a card to mimic them. The flowers in the middle were actually roses but I don't have a small enough rose to fit in the center.

I will just leave you with the supplies I used for this card. I hope I will be able to post more as I have really missed it.
Have a wonderful day!
Liz

Stamps: Mother, Label Basics, Vintage Picnic
Paper: Pure Poppy, Select White
Accessories: Label Basics restangle die, gold embossing powder, copics, fine tip black pen, deco color gold pen

Two Birthdays

2011-03-30T09:45:00.000-07:00

Hello, I am redoing this post. I was told the last one the pictures didn't show up :(. I hope they work this time.
I am making this short. I won't be posting very much for awhile. I have been having some issues in my life that make it hard for me to craft and to even get creative. I would like to do more because it actually keeps me sane. We will see what I can do. I even told my husband that I should stop buying supplies because I am not using them much. But he told me that if it helps me that I should still go ahead. I have a wonderful husband that supports me in my adventures. Eventhough sometimes it is different than what I think but that is what makes us different and makes the world go around. Sorry I didn't me to go off on what I came to do. I appreciate all of you that come by my blog and visit and for any comments that you leave. They are so appreciated and thank you for the love you share. I hope you can stick by me at this time and hopefully I can get back to this wonderful craft on a more regular basis.

This candy container was made from a KFC side dish container that I gave to our granddaughter.

This is the card for our son-in-law whose birthday was a few days after our granddaughter's.

This is the card I made for our beautiful granddaughter whose birthday was last week. She is a joy to be around.

Have a wonderful day,
Liz

Have a wonderful day!

2011-03-18T09:40:00.000-07:00

I have another card for you today using the Papertrey Ink Make it Monday Challenge. I actually made this one at the begining of the week but never posted it. I decided to go ahead and do it today. I used my Linen and Canvas impression plate for the bottom of the mat using New Leaf CS layed onto my base of Kraft CS. The image is from Floral Fusion #1. I had made a mat with thin cardboard from another project (which I wound up not using after all) and didn't want to throw away the cut out so I used it on this card and stamped my image. I used New Leaf ink for the stem and leaves and Raspberry Fizz for the flower.I tied embroidery floss on my button and glued it to my flower. I also used some liquid pearls on my leaves and round the button. I stamped the flower again on white and cut it out and popped it up with a pop up. The ribbon is Raspeberry Fizz saddle. I did score three lines above my impression and then used a white gel pen for some faux stitching. When my husband first saw it he thought I did some sewing on this card. When I first saw this set I was really drawn to the sentiment because I have been using it as my signature in my emails and at the bottom of my posts so I just had to use it. I stamped it with Raspeberry Fizz ink onto a Fillable Frames #11 and cut it to fit the top of my card. I used a couple of brads that I have had for ages. I used a corner rounder from Creative Memories. I distressed all of the edges with Snow White ink.

Hope you have a wonderful day and a terrific weekend,
Thank you for stopping by,
Liz

Thinking of you and Smiling..

2011-03-16T11:10:00.000-07:00

Good Morning or Afternoon!! I have a card for you that I have been wanting to try the technique for a few weeks now, well actually I have but I couldn't get the right sandwich for my cuttlebug for it to work. It was in the weekly newsletter for SCS and then when I saw this weeks' Make it Monday challenge I thought it would be perfect. I finally was able to get it figured out this morning and this is what I came up with.I really like how it turned out and feel it was worth it for me to stick with it until I finally got it.
Supplies:
Stamps: Turning a New Leaf, Hello, Friend
Ink: PTI Melon Berry, New Leaf
Paper: PTI Stamper's Select White, Melon Berry
Accessories: Cuttlebug folder Birds and Swirls, Spellbinders Label Nine, Glitter Adhesive dots corner rounder, SU! three flower punch
Have a wonderful and thank you so much for stopping by,
Liz

Verve Stamps Mojo Monday challenge

2011-03-13T10:10:00.000-07:00

Hello!! I have had this card done for a few days now but am just now getting around to posting it. I was having some trouble with my computer and since I am not an electronics type of person I decided to shut it down and leave it alone for awhile. Sounds like having a fight with a real person and instead of making things worse I chose to leave things alone and cool down. I guess the computer is our friend and we should be nice to it. :)
I am playing along in the MOJO Monday 181 challenge this week over at Verve stamps. I have been seeing blue almost everywhere I go and for a long time I had a blue kitchen. So now I wonder if I should have kept it. I have had this paper in my stash I would say years. I saw it at Joann's and bought several sheets since I had the blue kitchen I would find things to do with it, right? Well it took me a long time to cut it up. I just wanted to look at it. I have recently realized hoarding it, isn't doing it or me justice.
Here is what I came up with for the challenge.

I know I didn't follow the sketch exactily but I hope I did it justice with what I did do. I am pleased with it and now to decide who will receive it. Thank you for stopping by and I will leave you with the supplies that I used.
Stamps: Verve Sweet Treats
Ink: Papertrey Ink Enchanted Evening
Paper: Papertrey Ink Soft Stone, Enchanted Evening
Die: Verve Classy Label, Martha Stewart border punch
Accesssories: White Opal Liquid Pearls, white ribbon PTI

Hello, Sunshine

2011-03-07T11:02:00.000-08:00

Happy Monday morning!I have been in a more creative mood lately! I am sure happy about that since I was in a slump for so long. This card started out with squares that were leftover from the card I made yesterday using Take Three die. Since the card wasn't finished and I saw the new Make it Monday challenge at Papertrey Ink, I decided to distress the edges of the squares. Thank you, Lisa for doing the video this week!. I have been trying to get out of my comfort zone and use colors that I wouldn't normally put together. I would say this card does just that. I love the sentiment from Handwritten Notes. I know many would love to see the sun shine more. We have the sun popping in and out of the clouds today. We are expecting rain.
I sure hope you are having a great start to your week,
Liz
All supplies are Papertrey Ink
Stamp: Handwritten Notes, Delightful Doilies
Ink: True Black, Fresh Snow
Paper: Blueberry Sky, Harvest Gold
Accessories: gems, white embossing powder, Royal Velvet Topnotch Twill Tape, Extra Fine Polka Dot Satin ribbon

A Kind Word

2011-03-06T17:34:00.000-08:00

Good Evening!! I am back with my second card for another challenge over at Papertrey Posse. The challenge for this card was to make a spring card. I had daffodils on my mind so I pulled out my YOF set and got busy. I stamped the image with Smokey Shadow ink because I thought black would be too harsh. I then set to coloring it with my copics, again. I am not certified and not the best at coloring but I enjoy it and it is relaxing to me. I used a T1 copic to go around the edge of my daffodile. I think it make the image pop off the paper some. I stamped the sentiment from the same set in Orange Zest ink. I then distressed the edges also with Orange Zest ink. The pattern paper I used was Bitty Box in Lemon Tart and then used a Martha Stewart punch and again used Orange Zest.I am really liking this one.
Have a great evening!
Liz

Ahoy Little Sailor

2011-03-06T17:05:00.000-08:00

Hi, I am back with another project I was able to get down this morning. I made this for the challenge over at the Papertrey Posse group that I am apart of. I was able to spend a part of my Saturday at the beach and was able to sit on the sand and read some and look out at the sailboats and parasailers. Please don't throw things at me.LOL I know many of you are still buried under with snow. This time I had to myself gave me the inspiration for this card. The challenge was for some kind of window card. I used Blueberry Sky CS and cut the windows using the Take Three die. I did pop it up with 3D dot strips. I first laid it on my card and traced lightly with a pencil so I would know where to stamp my image. I used Bitty Baby Blessings for the image and sentiment. I tried to make it look like the sailboat was actually sailing. I used my copics to color them in. I sewed white grosgrain ribbon and just pushed under my sewing machine foot as I sewed. I hoped it would look somewhat like waves. Somewhat of a simple card but I do like how it turned out. Since it isn't for any pacific occasion so I just might send it to one of my grandsons for no particular reason but to say hello.
Hope you have a enjoyable rest of your day!
Thanks for stopping by,
Liz

Things to do

2011-03-06T12:25:00.000-08:00

Hi! I am back with another project using fun foam. I saw a notebook made with foam and decided to make one for myself. I cut the cover with fun foam. The paper with library ledger paper and cut it in fourth so that determined what size my notebook was. It was just a quick project but I like how it turned out. I cut the die from Button card and made and stamped four on my foam with fresh snow. I cut another from vintage cream and stamped it with images from Take Note using Dark Chocolate. I then used one of the little images to stamp in the corner of the background images.
That is about it for now. I do have a couple of other projects that I made this morning and will be back later to post them.
Thanks for stopping by,
Liz

A Delightful Waste of Time

2011-03-04T09:25:00.000-08:00

Hello! It is Friday, Yea!!! It has been one of those weeks that you want to hurry up and get over with. Looking forward to the weekend. I was blog surfing one day and came across this new blog. Well, new to me "A Delightful Wste of Time". She is celebrating her 2nd blogaversiary. She has some challenges going on. She is awarding badges and as a final grand prize she is giving a Waltzingmouse stamp of your choice. So why not give it a try. You have until Sunday night to play along. I decided to do the sketch challenge. I seem to be in need of a boost of creativity and thought this might do it. My CS stock is from SU! I am sorry but mixed some of my papers up and don;t remember the colors. The PP is some I had in my stash. That is another area I need to fix. I seem to hoard my paper because I don't want to cut it up. I stitched around each panel with my mini sewing machine. I used PTI's Limitless Labels and Round and Round Limited Stamp set for my focal image. I used cream wrinkle ribbon and made a dowble bow for more fullness. I actually painted the bird with some frosted ink, but am not quite sure if I like how it came out.
Hope you have a wonderful day and weekend,
Liz

Make It Monday #4

2011-03-01T11:02:00.000-08:00

Hello! It is time for another Make It Monday Challenge at Papertrey Ink. This week Heather Nichols challenged us to us Fun Foam. I have never used it in my crafts until now. I don't have any little ones at home so I wasn't able to raid their craft supplies. So it was off to the local craft store to get some. I just picked up a few colors to give it a try. I do like how easy it works with the dies. I am sure that I will using it again. This time I went with something simple. I am beginning to like these CAS cards. Fot the base of my card I embossed it with the Picnic Plaid embossing plate. I cut mat for the butterfly and used some rub ons for the Butterfly trail. The butterfly was cut with fun foam and stamped with an image from Butterfly Dreams. The sentiment is also from Butterfly dreams stamped with Aqua Mist.The button and ribbon are Aqua Mist. I used some gems for some added sparkle. The corners were cut using the ticket punch from SU!.
I am going to make this short. My husband is home today. He had to report for jury duty this morning but his group got excused so I am going to take advantage of the time we have together.
Have a wonderful day,
Liz

Dare to be Fabulous!

2011-02-27T14:12:00.000-08:00

Good Afternoon! Hope you all are having a fabulous weekend. We decided to make today a relaxing day and just kick back. I just thought I would get in a little crafting before my husband got up this morning, but I am just now getting it posted. I am late in getting to the challenge over at Papertrey Posse. We were challenged to use our favorites and whatever project we would like to do. I had a hard time deciding since there are so many things that are my favorite. I decided to go with dies since I actually do love them. They sure do make alot of things easier in crafting. I also did some heat embossing which I am starting to really like it.

I started our with Select White for my base. I love the look of the cut borders with the dies. I used the Victorian Lace border die to achieve the look. Since it actually cut it away from the CS, to attach it to the card I taped it and then used some scor-tape to attach my ribbon above it. I use the Limitless Layers 2 1/2 die for my background of my flower with the Royal Velvet. I cut a doily with Select White. (I love these!) I found that the points of this doily fit in every other point of the Limitless layer. I wanted to have a varigated flower so I cut several with the Beautiful Blooms #2 in the largest and smallest. I made the flower with the largest first and then I tucked the smaller one inside. The sentiment is from Big Bold wishes. I stamped it with versamark in black and using clear embossing powder. While it was still warm I sprinkled some Prisma glitter to give it some sparkle. It sure is hard to photograph, plus it just gives it hint of glitter. The colors I used were Raspberry Fizz and Royal Velvet. The leaves were cut with Delightful Dahlia leaves from Spring Moss CS and stamped with Ripe Avacado.

Have a great rest of the weekend,
Liz

Papertrey February Blog Hop Challenge

2011-02-25T09:18:00.000-08:00

Happy Friday!! It is time for another PTI blog hop. I almost forgot about it. For some reason I keep thinking it is on the 26th. I would like to first wish my granddaughter MacKenzie a very Happy 2nd Birthday! Hope you have a wonderful day little one! Love and miss you!
I made a very CAS project for this one. I needed some note cards and scallops were perfect for what I wanted. I couldn't decide on a color so I just started pulling different color CS and started cutting scallops with my Md. Scallop border die. I found that the smaller buttons in the Button Boutique set fits perfectly in each one. I stamped it in versamark and then clear embossed them. I love how it turned out. I then took Swiss Dot Satin each color and wrapped it around my card and tied a knot. The tag is the jar label die stamped with a sentiment from Signature Series: Dress Form. I just may have to make one in each of the PTI colors.
Here are my note cards:

Have a fun hopping! I am off to see what everyone has done as soon as I get this posted.
Liz

Easter Wishes...

2011-02-24T09:32:00.000-08:00

Good Morning! I know that Easter is a little bit away but it came to mind when I saw Betsy Veldman's blog on how she used the Favor-it boxes. I have the Favor-it #2 and of course an Easter basket came to mind. Then I saw NIchole's challenge this week for the Make it Monday was to use scor tape with glitter. Then those glittery eggs popped in my head. This is what I came up with. It didn't turn out exactly what I had in my mind but then it rarely does.
Have a wonderful day,
Liz
Supplies:
Stamps: Daily Designs for the little chick, Tiny Treat: Valentine for the bunny, It's a celebration for the tag, Mega Mixed Messages for the sentiment
Paper: Select White, New Leaf, and various colors for the eggs and pattern papers, Su! Creamy Caramel for the basket
Ink: Dk Chocolate, True Black
Accessories: Wrinkle Ribbon, copics, gems and pearls, glitter I have, scor-tape

2nd Birthday

2011-02-22T10:35:00.000-08:00

Hello.I have a granddaughter who is turning 2 on Friday. I finally am at the last of my birthdays for this month. I guess my kids sure didn't like the idea of me having the month to myself since they gave me four of my nine grandkids this month also with one just a few hours after mine. That is okay I don't mind, it just keeps me busy, which is a good thing, right?
I just love this new big cuppcake die from Papertrey Ink. I started out with Select White CS and I ran the top layer through my sticker machine and then used white fun flock to give it a soft feel and maybe look something like icing. I know it is hard to see in the picture. I used some pattern paper from PTI (when they had the 6X6 packs) Pink Patterns to cut the cupcake holder. I also used some paper from the same selection to glue onto chipboard and used the By the Numbers to cut out my 2. The lace is some I had bought from Joann Fabrics. I also wanted a little bling so I decided to use gems on the scallops and my banner with the sentiment. The two is on a pice of Spring Moss CS that is also distressed with Spring Moss ink and it is cut with the 1 1/4 Limitless Labels. The button is Melon Berry tied with embroidery floss.
That is all I have for today.
Hope you have a wonderful day,
As always thank you for stopping by and having a look at what I do,
Liz

Have a wonderful day!

2011-02-16T09:33:00.000-08:00

Good Morning!! It is a rainy, dreary, morning here in Southern California. We are suppose to have rain the rest of the week. Where is Spring? I know our weather isn't nearly as bad as some of you have had, so you are probably wondering why I would say that. I am an outdoors person and I so want to start working in the flower beds of the backyard.
I made this card for the new weekly challenges over at Papertrey Ink. The challenge was to put your sentiment on vellum. I have been wanting to make one of these flowers so I thought about putting the sentiment on the stem of the flower. I made the flower first by ironing some material onto freezer paper. I used PTI Beautiful Blossoms #2 to cut our several of the flowers and then layered them and sewed a Orange Zest button on top with some thread. I just fluffed the edges up some. The sentiment was stamped onto a strip of vellum cut out with the XL Rickrack die with versamark first on my stamp and then New Leaf ink and then I heat embossed it with clear embossing powder. I distressed the edges with some ink as well. The sentiment is from Out of the Box. The base of my card is Vintage Cream distressed with Vintage Cream ink and Orange Zest. The mat is Vintage Cream distressed with Orange Zest and the corners punched with SU! ticket corner punch. The second mat is Hawaiian Shores and distressed with Vintage Cream. I then put a strip of score tape (1/8) and used Prisma glitter.

Has my title says "Have a wonderful day"
Liz

Thank you so very much!!!

2011-02-14T09:38:00.000-08:00

Happy Valentines' Day!!! Hope everyone gets to spend time with the special person in your life!!
This is for all of you that either stop by blog and leaves a comment or just has a look. I really do appreciate you taking the time.
Sorry the picture isn't the best but I hope you get the idea!

Have a wonderful day!
Liz

PTI Make It Monday

2011-02-10T08:45:00.000-08:00

Good Morning!! I have another birthday card for you today. I have another Grandson's whose birthday is today. Whew... half over for this month. This is a busy month for birthday for us. With four grandkids and my own this month it has really kept me busy. Not to mention extended family memebers that are also this month. When I saw the challenge at PTI for the Make It Monday, I realized why I have waited to make this card. It has been mailed and hopefully he has it in his hands. Love and miss you T. Happy Birthday and have a wonderful day!!!!!

I started out with my base card with Blueberry Sky (Love this colot). I used Summer Sunrise for most of my sentiments but wanted one main birthday wish to stand out so I used True Black. I distressed the edges of my Harvest Gold and Select White with my fingernail. He loves cars (like his father) so I knew I wanted to use Enjoy the Ride bug. I colored it with copic. It is really dark in the picture. It is R59 and R 89 with a touch of V99 for some shadowing. I mounted it on Mat Stack 2 die and used eyelets and strung some embroidery floss through them. The actual stamps that I used were: Enjoy the Ride, Butterfly Kisses, Men of Life, Cupcake Collection, Blooming Button Bits, Birthday Basics, Make a Wish Additions, Mat Stack 2.
That is about it for me today,
Have a wonderful day,
Thank you as always for stopping by and taking a look,
Liz

Just for You..... And a WINNER!!!

2011-02-08T08:50:00.000-08:00

Good Morning! Hope your week is off to a good start. I have a little note card and a hat that I have been working on. I have crocheted for awhile now and had the itch to get back into it. I saw this hat pattern book and thought my granddaughters might like them. It was sure a lot easier than I thought it would be. I have also been seeing these yo-yos around blogland and wanted to give it a whirl. They were so easy and decided to add some to the hat.

This is the card that I made to write them a little note for when I get them sent off. I saw this challenge over at Verve Stamps but didn't get this posted in time to enter but that is okay I like how it turned out. I also put a yo-yo on the card as you can see.

Here is the hat that I made.
Now is the winner of my giveaway from last week:
Lorie
Congratulations, Lorie! Contact me with you mailing address and I will get that out to you.
Thank you all for stopping by my blog and leaving whatever comments you might have.
Have a wonderful day!
Liz

Happy 1st Birthday!!!

2011-02-02T07:00:00.000-08:00

Edit: I have a giveaway going on. You can find it
here.

Good Morning!! I have another birthday for you today! Our youngest grandson turns a year old today. I like to call him my birthday present from last year. I spent most of the day at the hospital waiting for him to be born. I was actually hoping he would actually be born on my birthday. I guess he wanted to have is own day and came into this world a little over four hours later. That is okay he is here and we love him and is so cute!!
We actually celebrated his birthday about a week and half ago. His dad is in the military and they were transferred and left last week to their new duty station.

My daughter asked me if I would make him a banner for his birthday party. This is what I came up with. She really liked what I did. Instead of it saying Happy Birthday she wanted his name, this way they can hang it on the wall in his room.

Here is a close up of a couple of the banners. He seems to be drawn to ducks so I had to add a couple on a few of the banners. After I was done making the banner I still needed to make him a card so I decided to make it to match the banner. Instead of putting a little in the circle I put "Happy 1st Birthday". I really liked how it turned out and will be making more.

Happy Birthday Garrett! Love and miss you! Grandpa and I hope that we will be able to make a trip to see you and your brothers before too long. Have a wonderful day!

Thanks for stopping by,
Liz

A Birthday and a Giveaway....

2011-02-01T07:00:00.000-08:00

Happy Tuesday... It is my birthday!

This little one is actually me several years ago..... well 57 to be exact. Actually I think I was a couple of days old in this pic. I wanted to show you the announcement my dad made. But it seems that it is hiding somewhere. I know I just saw it not to long ago but now it isn't there but I found this pic which is the one he used. You would think being the 10th child it wouldn't be that exciting but I guess he was excited to have another girl. He didn't have any sisters himself and there were 5 boys.

Since it is my birthday and instead of me getting the gifts I would do a little giveaway to one of my readers. I am not asking you to do anything but to leave me a comment. It can be about whatever you want. You could even give me some advice about my blog. I will leave this open until Sunday evening and then announce the winner here on my blog Monday. Here is a pic of what I have to give away.

I would also like to wish my sister-in-law Beverly and niece Christina a very Happy Birthday.
Thank you to everyone who stops by,
Have a wonderful day,
Liz

Making a Cameo Appearance

2011-01-31T09:01:00.000-08:00

Good Morning!! Happy Monday!
I am starting out this week with another Moxie Fab World Challenge. I saw the challenge using cameos and since I love them and have wanted to use one on a card so this gave me the perfect opportunity. I am pretty sure that I have a couple of my own put away somewhere but I didn't take the time to look and see. I found this one on my little outing by myself on Saturday and fell in love with it. So of course I got started on it the first chance I got.

Have a wonderful day and thank you for stopping by,
Liz

Supplies:
Stamps: PTI Damask Designs
Ink: True Black
Paper: White, True Black, PP from Making Memories Black Tie
Accessories: Cameo Blue Moon Beads from Michaels, Heidi Grace rub on, PTI True Black satin ribbon, Labels 11 nesties

Be Mine

2011-01-28T09:57:00.000-08:00

Hello and Happy Friday!

I saw over at Verve Stamps a challenge to make a project with the theme "Baby Love". Since I just recently received an order from them so I thought I would play along. I was in need (or should I say wanted) to make some Valentine's cards for my grandchildren. I used two of their sets for these, Sweet Treats and Swirling Hearts. I also used the Embossed Oval die.

I used the single heart in the Sweet Treats set and stamped it three times under the sentiment. To me it symbolized a group hug from my husband and I for each of them.

I was looking through my candy molds because I wanted to also make them some little treat to go along with my mini card. I found this mold of hearts and saw this one with the three hearts so I knew I had to use it. I also had the three colors of candy melts so I went to work. I also had some cotton candy flavoring so I added some to them.

I hope you like what I did.
Have a wonderful and a great weekend!
Liz

Supplies:
Stamps: Verve Stamps, Sweet Treats, Swirling Hearts
Ink: PTI Pure Poppy, Scarlet Jewel, Raspberry Fizz and True Black
Paper: PTI Pure Poppy, Select White
Accessories: Labels 8 nesties, Martha Stewart glitter, corner rounder, and embossed oval die

Papertrey January Blog Hop Challenge

2011-01-25T09:26:00.000-08:00

Happy Tuesday! It is time for another PTI Blog Hope! I can't wait to see what everyone has done with this challenge. I know I have a few stamps that I haven't used for awhile or haven't seen much ink. I wanted to use Make a Wish Additions because I bought it so I could make some birthday cards for 4 of my grandkids which are all in February plus my own. I had intentions of making them ahead of time but of course that didn't happen so this challenge gave me the push I needed. This card came out brighter than I intended but I think it will be okay for one of my grandsons who is turning 2.

I know you want to get on with your hopping so I will cut it short and leave you with the supplies that I used.

Have fun hopping! Now I am off to see everyones creations myself.
Liz

Supplies:
Stamps; Make a Wish Additions
Ink: Terracotta Tile, True Black, Dk Chocolate, Summer Sunrise
Paper: Summer Sunrise, Terracotta Tile, White, New Leaf, PP Happy Spots, Dotty Biscotti,and some from my stash
Accessories: Make a Wish Dies, LG Basic Banner die, button twine

Moxie Fab Tuesday Trigger- I'm So Pretty

2011-01-23T09:11:00.000-08:00

Good Morning!! I am finally getting this posted. We had a very busy day yesterday and I was so tired last night to get on here.

I saw the trigger for Moxie Fab World this week and I immediately thought of rolled flowers. I have been wanting to make some for awhile and this gave me the push I needed. I started our by tearing strips of material that I had and hated to actually cut it up but I did it! I forgot to take a pic of it, sorry:( I did a running stitching on one long end and then pulled it tight and stitched it at the bottom to make the flowers.

Here is a picture of the trigger:

I took a close up shot of the sentiment I used. After stamping it I took a glitter pen and traced fabulous. I love the extra sparkle it gives.

This is the card that I made. I love how it turned out.

Hope you have a wonderful day,
Thanks for stopping by,
Liz

Wishing You...

2011-01-21T10:28:00.000-08:00

Happy Friday!! Yah! It is going to be a busy day for me but that is okay. I have a few things that I need to do for tomorrow. We are going to be celebrating our youngest grandson's 1st Birthday (about a week and a half early). They are going to be heading out on Monday for their new duty station. More about his birthday later.

On to my card for today. My stepson's birthday is on Sunday. This card is a little late getting in the mail but I hope he likes it anyway. I am working really hard on making masculine cards. My husband likes it. I was just a little worried about the ribbon and buttons mostly.

I am going to leave you with the details of the supplies I used. Have a wonderful day and weekend!!
Thanks for stopping by,
Liz

Stamps: PTI Everyday Classics (limited edition),
Ink PTI Dark Chocolate, Aqua Mist
Paper: PTI Dk Chocolate, PP Basic Grey Nook and Cranny
embellishments: Aqua Mist Buttons, Polka Dot Satin, Verve Stamps die cut Vintage Oval and stamp

Papertrey Posse Monthly Challenge

2011-01-18T13:28:00.000-08:00

Happy Tuesday!! I am so late in getting this posted. Sarah, our hostess this month challenged us to do a black base card. I hope I am ok with doing just a black background instead of fully black. I have had this idea in my head for some time now and just now getting it executed. I really am pleased with how it came together.

I need to make this short, I have to leave in a bit to take my mother to her doctor's appointment. I just wanted to get it posted and linked to the site.

All products are Papertrey ink except for the glitter which is Martha Stewart.

Have a wonderful rest of the day!
Thank you for stopping by,
Liz

I will try and get back later to edit this to give you the details on what I did.

Miss You

2011-01-15T16:17:00.000-08:00

Hello, how is your weekend going? I was able to get a little crafting done. This is a trigger for Moxie Fab World Tuesday trigger challenge. I thought I might give it a go. I started with the flowers that I crocheted. I wanted to keep it simple and feel this is. I just drew lines to each flower with a copic Olive spica pen. The brads with in my stash. I had just recently purchased some wrinkle ribbon and decided to just tie it around the whole base of the card.
Here is my card:

Thanks for stopping by,
Liz

A Note card....

2011-01-13T10:19:00.000-08:00

Happy Thursday everyone! It has been a long week for me. I can't put my finger on why. I just seem to be dragging. I need to get outside and get moving! LOL!

I made this card as a challenge. I saw these colors for a challenge but not sure if they are exact so I don't think I will be entering it. I have been trying to get out of my comfort zone and do more color combinations in my work. I would say this note card really does that, don't you?

All products are Papertrey Ink except where stated.
The base is Orange Zest measuring 3 3/4 X 4 1/4. Then matted a piece of PP from Beautiful Blooms onto True Black CS. The focal image is from Justrite stamp set Beautiful Blossoms and colored with copics. I used my Standard Oval Nesties to cut it out and layered it on a mat of Standard Scalloped Oval and then took some White Opal liquid pearls for dots in each of the scallops. Now to decide who will receive a note from me using it.

Have a wonderful day,
Liz

Thinking of You....

2011-01-06T13:47:00.000-08:00

Happy Monday Morning! I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend. My could have been better. I had a headache that wouldn't seem to go away. I seem to be having those more lately. I just try and deal with them when I have them. That is what I seem to be doing more of lately, just dealing with things.

On to my card for today. I did a challenge for Papertrey Posse. The challenge is to do a single layer card. No CS except for the base of the card. I needed this challenge because I don't seem to do these kind of cards much. So this is what I came up with.

I started off with PTI Fine Linen CS for the base of my card. It is 4 1/4 X 6 3/4, which is another thing that I don't do. I usually do the basic A2 size cards. I distressed the edges with New Leaf (PTI) ink and also stampe the Fancy Flourish with the same ink. The flowers are Prima with brads that I had. The tag is from Verve stamps. I used a negative to sponge some Scarlet Jewel ink for the inside of the Vintage Scallop Tag die (Verve Stamps) then used the stamp to go along with the tag for the edge in True Black. The ribbon is Spring Rain satin for PTI.

That is it for me today.
Have a wonderful day and thank for stopping by,
Liz

Birthday in White

2011-01-06T13:45:00.000-08:00

Happy Friday!!
I had planned to post this sooner but my computer was acting up and I wasn't able to get it done.
I decided that this year I was going to try and get some challenges in. This card is for Moxie Fab World Trigger Tuesday. The trigger was an all white Wedding Cake. I decided to add a little color to mine. I hope that works (at least the card is mostly white).
I used a negative from my new Verve A cut above Vintage Oval die. Then I popped it up using pop dots. The flowers are cut with PTI Beautiful Blooms 3 die with white and Sweet Blush. I made a frame around my focal point with my Martha Stewart scoring board. Then put clear gems in the corners, center of my flowers and on one side of my cut out.

I need to make this short since I have company coming.
Have a wonderful weekend and thanks again to all who stop by and have a look at what I do.
Liz

Life in Southern California....

2011-01-03T09:46:00.000-08:00

Happy New Year everyone!

This is my first post of the year. I thought I would start out with a pic of what we are experiencing here in So. Calif. at the moment. A few weeks ago we were having winds, rain and flooding, now after the first of the year we are getting snow! Leaving in the high desert of So. Calif. you wouldn't think we would get this kind of weather. We actually leave between two mountain ski resorts. It is pretty to see the snow capped mountains in the distance but we don't see it all that often. It is so pretty to look and see all the white and the falling flakes. It gives me such a peaceful feeling.

I am going to make this short. I hope to be back soon with a crafty project!
Have a wonderful and a beautiful start to the new week and start of a new year!

Thank you so much for all who stop by and have a look at what I do,
Liz

5th Birthday....

2010-12-30T09:32:00.000-08:00

Happy Thursday!! Can you believe there are only two days left of the year? If I don't get on again before the new year I would like to wish every a very "HAPPY NEW YEAR"!

Today is one of my grandson's 5th birthday. I can't believe it has been that long since he was born. I can remember the day as if it was yesterday. His father is in the Air Force and they were stationed in Alaska at the time. My husband I were lucky enough to be able to be there when he was born and I was in the delivery with our daughter and her husband. It is so wonderful to see a new life coming into this world. Of course I would love to see Alaska in the spring or summer and not the middle of winter. It is a beautiful place even with all the snow and temps below freezing.

On to my card for today. I had the idea in my head using my nesties for some time now and decided it was time to implement it. I took my large pinking circles and classic rounds to make the rings. I just put the circles inside the pinking circles to cut them at the same time. I then wound up with the rings and circles. I used my daughter's PTI Sunshine impression plate on one of our craft days and used that as my background. It doesn't seem to show up in the pic. But it does make a statement, I think. I stamped the 5 from Fresh Alphabet and stamped it on one of the circles and but a dome sticker on top to help it stand out more. I then popped it up. The base of the card is PTI Blueberry Sky. I used the double ended banner for the sentiment that was from Birthday Basics. The vintage buttons are Ripe Avacado tied with Button Twine.

Happy Birthday Wy!! We will see you Saturday for your party!!
Have a wonderful day,
Liz

Moxie Fab Glitter is Glam Challenge...

2010-12-27T08:36:00.000-08:00

Good Morning! I hope everyone had a terrific Christmas!
I decided to play along with Moxie Fab "Glitter is Glam" Challenge. You need to use glitter on your project and with this card I glittered up the butterfly.
I am so late with this card. My stepson's wife's birthday was last week and with all that was going on it slipped my mind. I had just received my winnings from the Papertrey Ink November release and wanted to play. I decided to use my YOF: Mums stamp set. I colored it with copics and then the butterfly is from Butterfly Dreams and stamped with Smokey Shadow and decided to glam it up with SU! Dazzling' Diamonds.
I used Martha Stewart' corner and border punches for the Raspberry Fizz background piece. I also used Raspberry Fizz ribbon and used some pearls to decorate it some.
I popped this up with foam adhesive dots.

That is it for me today.
Hope you are having a wonderful start to your week.
Thank you so much for stopping by and taking a look.
Liz

We Wish You a Merry Christmas...

2010-12-23T09:09:00.000-08:00

MERRY CHRISTMAS !!!

Can you believe that the day after tomorrow is Christmas!! This year has just flown by. This isn't the best picture but I hope you can see it ok. I started off with vintage cream CS for my base. The deer (Rudolph) is stamped on Fine Linen. I used vellum for the snow and then used some Martha Stewart tinsel glitter to give it some sparkle. The tree is Pinefeather felt using PTI tree die and then cut them in half. I used a spica olive glitter pen and ruler to make the border around my main image. The sentiment is from Signature Christmas.

I am going to keep this short. I need to get to some last minute baking.
Hope you have a wonderful time with family and friends.
Liz

For you With love...

2010-12-17T13:34:00.000-08:00

Happy Friday!!! Boy, am I sure glad this week is over. I had every intention to post this earlier but then I got sick and it hit me like a rock. I am just starting to feel better today. I hate being sick!!
I made these envelopes for either gift cards or even money. I started out with making the envelopes with SU! white and my Martha Stewart scoring board. I distressed the edges with Vintage Cream ink. The trees are from "Believe" stamp set from Papertrey Ink. I first stamped them with Smokey Shadow ink and then went to work with my copics. The gifts are also from the same set. The hand stamp image is from the 2010 holiday tags set. I used Fillable Frames #6 and stamped the "For You, With Love" from my new Wplus9 stamp set. I will write the receiver's name on there. It was also distressed with Vintage Cream ink.

Here is a close up look:

That is about it for me today,
Have a wonderful weekend and thank you for stopping by,
Liz

Cookie Exchage

2010-12-13T09:31:00.000-08:00

Happy Monday! It sure has been hard for me to get back into blogging again with such a long break. I hope to remedy that and start blogging more often.

I went to a cookie exchange party this weekend. It was sure nice to be able to get out and be with other women just to chat and enjoy each other and meet new people. Of course being able to sample so many different cookies and get a few recipes was an added bonus.

I made some very simple cookies with a recipe that my daughter gave me a little while back. I pretty much left it until the last minute to make them so I needed something that was quick. I actually made the recipe cards before I made the cookies so of course I needed to make them now. I printed the recipe on my printer and adhered it to PTI Dk Chocolate (3 1/2 X 5) and used my corner punch to punch the corner out of Itty Bitty Stars pattern paper. Tied a twine bow and glued it to the corner. I masked a sentiment from Enjoy the Ride set to get the word "Enjoy" alone, then used a white smooch to puts the dots on each side. Not to much embellishment so it could fit in a recipe box. They seemed to go over pretty well.

That is about it for me today!
Have a wonderful day!
Liz

Happy Birthday X 2 !!!!!

2010-12-02T06:00:00.000-08:00

Good Morning!! As you can tell by the post name I have two birthdays to share with you today. My two oldest daughters have the same birthday. No they are not twins. As my oldest daughter would say when they were younger, "they are 1 year 1 hour and 2 minutes apart". I was always asked if I planned it that way, NO. Who would plan two birthdays in the month of December? I would always say the youngest was jealous because her big sister was having a party and so she wanted to join in on the fun. I actually left the party and delivered her within an hour of arriving at the hospital.

The above card was made for my oldest daughter. The butterfly is not a stamp. It is an iron on for embroidery. I received it from my mother-in-laws stash. I saw the idea on a blog and to the life of me I can't remember who. I wish I did so I could give credit where credit is due. I am just going to have to start writting these wonderful ideas down when I see them. Another thing I need to get into the habit of.
I added some glitter to it for some bling.

For my other card you can see it here.

Hope you both have a wonderful Birthday!!

Have a great day,
Liz

Papertrey November Blog Hop Challenge

2010-11-25T07:00:00.000-08:00

First of all I would like to wish everyone a very Happy Thanksgiving!
It has been a little while since I have participated in a blog hop and thought it was about time I got back into it again.
This monthe was to create our own tags. I have made one of my ideas. I wasn't able to finish the others. This tag I used the Tag Sale #1 for my base. When I saw Dawn's new Signature Series dies and saw the flower I wondered if it would work for a poinsettia. I cut out three in Pure Poppy and distressed the edges with Scarlett Jewel ink. I then crumpled them up and smoothed them out a little. I glued some gold beads to the center. I used an image from Turning a New Leaf and stamped it in New Leaf ink. I distressed the edges of the tag with Tea Dye Duo ink.

These next tags I made special for my grandkids. I just love Dawn's Vintage Ornaments dies and wanted to use this one especially since it is my favorite! My husband printed me out copies of some of their pictures and I then cut them out using a 1" punch. I used Shimmer paper and distressed the edges with Encore metallic silver ink. It doesn't show up well in the picture. I used my copic R29 to color the silk 1/8" ribbon and the little bells I found at Joann's.

Happy Blog Hopping!
I would like to thank everyone for stopping by and anyone who would like to leave a comment. They are very much appreciated.
Liz

Happy Birthday

2010-11-16T09:28:00.000-08:00

Hope everyone's week is off to a good start. Today is my husband's birthday! He likes the Fluer de Lys design. With Tiffany Pastor's PTI Embellishments stamp set I have able to put the image on his card. I started out with Kraft CS for the base. On my Vintage Cream CS I stamped with Dk Chocolate (which is stamped off once before stamping on my CS)using Background Basic Text Style. I even stamped a couple of images with Tea Dye Duo. The image is stamped with Dk. Chocolate. I used my md. scalloped border die with dk. chocolate. The grosgrain ribbon is Blueberry Sky. I was going to put a button on it but that it looked better without it.

This is going to be really short. I have a few things I need to get done before my husband gets up so we can at least go out for lunch before he has to head off to work.

Happy Birthday, Robert!!
Have a wonderful day,
Liz

Thank You....

2010-11-15T00:01:00.000-08:00

Happy Monday!! Hope you are off to a great start on the week!

I am here with my Papertrey Posse Monthly challenge project. The challenge was to make a thank you card using fall colors. I made this card with someone in mind. The recipient has already received it.

I hope you can join us in this challenge I would love to see what you came up with.
Have a wonderful day,
Liz

Supplies:
Stamps:
Big Bold Whishes, Leaf Prints
Paper: Terracotta Tile, Orange Zest, Harvest Gold, Simply Chartreuse, Autumn Abundance PP
Ink:
Dk, Chocolate
Accessories:
Ripe Avocado Saddle Ribbon, Dk Chocolate button, Mat Stack 4 die, rustic jute button twine, Leaf Prints die, pop up dots

Skating by.....

2010-11-12T10:19:00.000-08:00

Happy Birthday!! I am so glad that the weekend is almost here, how about you? My oldest grandson is turning 7 next Friday (19th). We will be celebrating his birthday tomorrow. His family will be traveling next Saturday to go see my youngest daughter and her family for the Thanksgiving holiday. I wish I was going!

On to my card. I have had some images that I stamped at my daughter's for some time now. I ran out of my skin color copic and just got my refill in this week and was able to do some coloring of this images. Oh I was like a little kid again and was able to sit down and play. I don't know what it is but I love coloring people images. When I went through my images I wasn't sure if I had anything for a young boy. I saw this image and knew it was the one I was going to use. Then I was sure how I was going to cut him out and then the idea popped into my head to have him skating along so I cut all the way around the image. I used the Simple Alphabet set from Papertrey Ink to make the Skating by to say.. The Happy Happy Birthday is from Fillable Frames 1. I started off with Blueberry Sky CS for my base. The hill or sidewalk is Soft Stone CS and embossed with the Linen & Canvas Impression Plate then distressed with Smokey Shadow ink. The clouds were cut with the clouds 1 & 2 die out of felt. A very simple card but I think it turned out pretty cute.

Thank you to everyone who stops by and has a look!!

That is about it for me.
Have a wonderful day and weekend,
Liz

New Toy....

2010-11-10T10:21:00.000-08:00

Hello, everyone! Hope everyone is having a great week! Look what I found at Michael's!! My husband commutes to work and sometimes when he has to work on Saturdays it is a short day so I will go with him and have a day out shopping or whatever. It is close to the ocean so I take a drive along the coast or sometimes even stop and sit on the beach and watch the surfers or boats and even read a book. Oh, how I miss living down there but do not miss all of the traffic that goes along with it. I did a little shopping on this trip and went to a local Michael's and was just looking around and happen across this wonderful tool! My daughter has the red one and I thought this one was small but she says it isn't. Since I have been wanting one for a long time now but I didn't pick it up then because a 50% coupon I had wasn't until the next day I decided to wait because the price was 39.99 and with a coupon how could you go wrong, right? Well our local Michael's doesn't carry it but went to another and they had quite a few, so now I have one! Not only is it pink but a portion of the sales goes to the Susan G. Komen for the Cure foundation. This is one close to my heart because many women in my family have fought this disease and my sister lost her fight to it almost 29 years ago. I really miss her!

Hope to be back with a project real soon!
Have a wonderful day,
Liz

Tribute to Grandma B.

2010-11-05T10:43:00.000-07:00

Hello again!!Eventhough I haven't blogged but I did get a few things done and so I am back with a project I did a little while back with my daughter. She saw a project like this awhile ago and was starting to make one using Martha Stewarts doilies. When I saw it I remembered my dad had given me quite a few years ago a tin full of buttons that were my Grandmother's. I didn't want to use them but didn't know exactly what I wanted to do with them so a lightbulb came to mind and then my daughter and I got together and used some of the buttons so that way we can look at them every day. I just used a random source of supplies. My daughter started hers in pink, brown and white which are the colors of her craftroom. It is quite striking and I love the colors. There were enough pink and white buttons for her to use. We just made sure that there was at least one button in each doily.

Thanks for stopping by and having a look,
Have a wonderful weekend,
Liz

Papertrey Posse Mini Challenge

2010-11-03T15:00:00.000-07:00

Hello. I know it has been quite some time since I have been gone. I apologize for my absence. Life just got away with me. I hope to get back into blogging on a more regular basis. I would like to thank those that checked up on me. You are very sweet and also appreciated!!

I am here with my first mini challenge this month for the Papertrey Posse. I am hostess for the month of November. This is my card that I made for the challenge. I am challenging everyone to use a die on their project. Would love for you to participate!! http://www.papertreyposse.blogspot.com/

Supplies:

Stamps: PTI Birthday Basics
Cardstock: PTI Plum Pudding, Lavender Moon, Select White
Ribbon (PTI)
Picnic Plaid Impression Plate
Victorian Lace border die and Jar label

Thank you for stopping by!

Liz

Papertrey June Blog Hop...

2010-06-25T10:30:00.000-07:00

Good evening everyone. Well it is that time of month again. Time sure is flying by anymore. Since this month we were to select a color combo that we really liked. There is so many that it is so hard to choose. I was watching the news the other night and the achor (female) was wearing a jacket the was lime green with a grey print. I immediately thought of Simply Chartruese and Smokey Shadow. So that is the combination I chose to use.
I received the weekly newsletter from SCS this week with this treat box so I made one with the color combo I chose to use. I started with Simply Chartruese to make the base and distressed it with Smokey shadow. The above picture shows the box open.

The band is Simply Chartruese stamped with images from Honey Bees with Simply Chartruese and Snow White. Then stamped the larger bee and popped it up on the band. Tied a Snow White Satin ribbon around the whole box and took a Bridal flower from Michael's and used a dark grey copic marker to color it. I used some Lemon Tart buttons tied with button twine.

This is a picture with the box fully closed.

Have fun blog hopping tonight. I know I am excited to see what all of your color combos are and going to take plenty of notes.

Thanks for stopping by,

Liz

Papertrey Posse Mini Challenge #2

2010-06-22T15:07:00.000-07:00

Since I saw the challenge over at Papertrey challenge I have been trying to figure out what I wanted to do. I was sitting at my desk this morning and wanted to play around with my new dies and that is how this card came about. I first cut the jar out with clear cardstock to make the see through jar. I went through my PP and found this paper in my Nook and Pantry pack which made me think of strawberry jam and cut it using the same die. I still wasn't sure what I wanted to do for the challenge which is to do some kind of folded card or project. This is actually a 3x3 tri-folded card. I started with a 6x9 piece of CS and scored the 9" side at 3 & 6. Then scored the 6" side at 3". I cut the top left and right squares on the 9" side leaving a 3" square in the center. Folding the left and right squares over and the top square down. I decided to cut off corners of the top square to make it look more like a flap. I measured down an 1" on each side and from the center of the bottom I marked a 1/4 " on each side and then cut from the marks to cut off the corners.
This is the card open to show the how the cards folds up.
Here is the card fully open.I was thinking this would be a perfect little gift card to go along with a gift of strawberry jam since the inside has a little image from Vintage Picnic of a couple of strawberries.
That is about it for me today.
Have a great day and as always Thank you for stopping by,
Liz

Supplies:
Stamps: Vintage Picnic, Friendship Jar
Paper: Pure Poppy, Select White, Turning a New Leaf PP, Basic Grey Nook and Pantry
Ink: True Black, Smokey Shadow, Ripe Avacado
Accessories: Jar die, Jar Label die, Jar toppers die, button twine, gelly roll pen

Happy Father's day!

2010-06-20T08:40:00.000-07:00

Good Morning!! Hope everyone is enjoying a Happy Father's Day with all of the men in their lives. We are going to our daughter's today to enjoy a day and dinner hanging with the family. It is always good to enjoy family!

My father and father in law are no longer with us but we do have sons and sons-in-laws so as with my daughters I make cards for them. I even made a card for my husband. That is the one on top. He means everything to me so the sentiment from Masculine Motifs "You mean the world to me" was perfect for him.
I clear embossed the design from A Little Argyle. I thought it gave it a little more dimension.
I am going to make this another short post. Have a wonderful day!!
Liz

Supplies: All Papertrey Ink except where indicated
Stamps: Masculine Motifs, A Little Argyle
Paper,: Soft Stone, Terracotta Tile, Ripe Avacado, Ocean Tides, Enchanted Evening, Dk Chocolate
Ink: Terracotta Tile, Dk. Chocolate, True Black, Enchanted Evening, Tea Dye Duo, Ripe Avacado, Spring Moss, New Leaf, versamark
Accessories: DMC embroidery floss, clear embossing powder,

Hats off!

2010-06-19T09:04:00.000-07:00

Good morning! I have a quick post for you today. A friend of mine has a son who is graduating from High School. They sure do grow up fast!

It is going to be a busy day for me so I will just leave you with the supplies that I used.

Have a wonderful weekend!!
As always thanks for stopping by and taking a look.
Liz

All Supplies are Papertrey Ink.
Stamps: For the Graduate, Faux Ribbon, Dot Spot
Paper: Select White, True Black
Ink: Encore Gold and Silver True Black
Accessories: White envelope, envelope die, embossing power

So Happy for you!!

2010-06-17T10:01:00.000-07:00

Good morning! I am so off on my days it isn't funny. I was thinking all day yesterday it Tuesday. I guess that makes for a short week because this morning I realized it was Thursday.
Yesterday my daughter and granddaughter came over and did come crafting. I love it when we can get together and do things like that. I know it just makes my day a whole lot better! My daughter had a silohette machine and she brought it so I could cut some things. I love it!! I will show you some things later that I did when I make a project with them. My daughter was finishing up a sewing project and my granddaughter did a few things. One thing she did that I am going to proudly display is a drawing she did of me in anime cartoon character. I told her that I was going to frame it and I definitely will. Thanks for coming over T & J!!! I had a great time!
On to my project for this post. My husband's sister got married at the end of last month as you can see by the date on the candle. I made this for them. I just haven't gotten it posted until now. Since we weren't able to attend I don't know if she had a specific color for her wedding. I decided I wanted to use Summer Sunrise. I thought it was a cheery color and went well with the daisies. The image is from JustRite's Beautiful Blossons set. I love how Nichole Heady does the tape and glitter so I decided to do it with this card and used two different sizes for under the image. I think it really stands out. For the candle I stamped my image on tissue paper. I colored it with copics as I did the main image. I found out you have to have a light touch and smooth paper to do the coloring with copics. If there is any kind of wrinkle it will run along it. When I found the yellow candle I wasn't sure how it would take the tissue paper, but I was pleasantly surprised that it turned out like it did.

Have a wonderful day and as always thank you for stopping by!
Liz

Supplies:
Stamps; JustRite Beautiful Blossoms
Paper: PTI Select White, Summer Sunrise
Ink: momento black, copics
Accessories: Nestablilites classic ovals, two sided tape, prisma glitter, candle from Michaels

Papertrey Posse mini challenge Color Trio

2010-06-16T11:00:00.000-07:00

Hello!! I have had this card done for a while now but haven't blogged it yet. This is a mini challenge over at Papertrey Posse. I wasn't sure what I was going to do with them until I realized that my youngest daughter had an anniversary coming up (today actually). When I was at my oldest daughter's she made me a few cut flowers and they are so much fun to play with. I am not sure of the actually color of the CS but I distressed the edges of each layer with Enchanted Evening. Instead of using a gem in the middle I used an Enchanted Evening Vintage Button and dmc embroidery thread to match. I hope they like this card. Happy Anniversary L&C!!!

Hope you are having a wonderful week!

Thanks for coming by,

Liz

Supplies:

Stamps: PTI Damask Designs, Vintage Labels

Paper: PTI Select White, Terracotta Tile, Summer Sunrise

Ink: Summer Sunrise, Enchanted Evening

Accessories: Linen Impression Plate, MS corner punch, cut flowers, vintage button, dmc floss

Papertrey Posse Challenge #1

2010-06-15T00:01:00.000-07:00

Hi there!! It has been awhile for me for uploading anything. I have a few things done but haven't been able to post them yet.

How was everyone's weekend? Our's was pretty busy. On Sunday we went to LAX airport. Not an airport that I like going to. The only thing about going is that you have a greater chance of maybe seeing a celebrity. That was the case on Sunday. We were waiting around for our party to leave and then we spotted a few photographers taking pictures of someone. The photograher was right in front of us and then we noticed this guy trying to fit in with the crowd and he was right there in front of us. It happened to be Channing Tatum (Dear John).

Now on to my card for this challenge. It is a sketch challenge as you can see above. These challenges sure make it easier to get a card done. I wanted to use my YOF: Lily of the Valley and decide I would ink it up for this challenge. I used my Ripe Avacado copic trio to color the leaves and used T1 to shade the flowers. I cut it out with my classic ovals nesties. My DH saw it in the die and said he liked how the color of the die looked with it so I cut the scallop using Kraft CS and used Tea Dye Duo to distress the edge.

Hope you have a wonderful day!

Thanks for stopping by,

Liz

Supplies:

Stamps: PTI YOF: Lilly of the Valley

Ink: Momento Black

Paper: PTI Aqua Mist, PP Polka Dot Parade, Kraft, White

Accessories: Nesties, Copics, Lemon Tart Ribbon, Aqua Mist buttons, Button Twine, clear gems from Michaels

You're so sweet

2010-06-06T09:01:00.000-07:00

Good Morning! Hope everyone's weekend is going good so far. As I stated in my last post my husband and I wanted to take a ride down to the beach and along the coast. Well I am glad to say that we were able to do that yesterday. It was a nice ride and enjoy being able to get away and just having time with only the two of us. We have to go through a mountain pass from the high desert where we live now. You could tell the difference in weather as so as we started going through the mountains. The beaches were overcast but still nice for a bike ride and even going to the beach. There was a volleyball tournament going on and saw even a few sailboats in the ocean.
I was over at my daughter's one day last week to do some crafty things. She has a cutting system on her machine so she bought the cut file from My Time Made Easy and she cut some of the flowers. She played with one so we could see how they looked. She gave me a couple that she had cut so I came home and played with one myself. She also told me about a challenge over at Belles 'n Whistles that was to use your own flowers that you made so what better way to use this flower. You had to use one of their images so she let me stamp some that she had. It was really hard to decide which image I wanted to use but when I this image I just loved it so I had to color her. I love my copics for coloring. When I showed it to my DH and told him that I never thought I would enjoy coloring again he kind of chuckeled a bit and responded with "and you can also stay in the line". I had to laugh at that one.
Have a good rest of the weekend.
Thank you for stopping by,
Liz
Supplies:
Stamps: Belles 'n Whistles, PTI Cupcake Collection for sentiment
Paper: PTI Select White, Melon Berry, New Leaf
Ink: Momento black, PTI True black for sentiment, PTI New Leaf
Accessories: Nestabilities Labels 4,PTI Delightful Dahlia dies, gems from Michaels,MS doily tags, dimensionals

Happy Birthday S!!!

2010-06-04T09:20:00.000-07:00

Good Morning and happy Friday!! I know this has been a short week but it wound up being a long week for me. I get so messed up on my days sometimes that I am not even really sure what day it is. We have been having some really hot days and says we are suppose to have some triple digit weather this weekend. Since we live in the high desert of Calif. and own a motorcyle my husband and I are going to take a ride down to the beach (well that is what we are wanting to do) and take a ride along the coast. Do any of you have some great plans made for this weekend?
On to my card. I have a granddaughter who is having a birthday today. She is turning 6. She also lives in Wisconsin so I got this card in the mail to her already. I hope she gets it in time. I don't know where the time is going but I can remember being there right after she was born and it not being too long ago. Maybe that is because she has a younger sister and brother and I visited then also. LOL!! It would be nice to see them more often. My husband and I are hoping to sometime soon be more centralized with our kids so we can see them more often. I guess I did get of track her a bit. Thinking ahead and wishing.
I love the birghtness of this card. I just recently purchases some of PTI's white envelopes and love how the envie die works with them and just finishing everything.
That is it for me today.
Have a great weekend and enjoy whatever you do!
Thanks for coming by and have a look!!
Hope you have a very Happy Birthday, S!!
Liz
Supplies:
Stamps: PTI Cupcake Collection, Birthday Basics
Paper: PTI Select White, Hawaiian Shores, Simply Chartreuse, Beautiful Blooms and Dotty Biscotti DP
Ink:Pure Poppy, Simply Chartruese
Accessories: Simply Chartreuse Bitty Dot ribbon, glitter, since i don't have Simply Chartreuse buttons yet I used Spring moss, twine, nestabilities labels 6

Off the Wall Craftiness Challenge #9

2010-06-03T10:48:00.000-07:00

Hi there! It has been a little since I have done a challenge and saw this one and thought I would join in. The challenge was to use Raspberry Fizz, Orange Zest and Hawaiin Shores.

I just started by pulling out the colors and just putting them together. I didn't have anything in mind when I started and came up with this. I am pretty pleased with how it turned out.

There isn't really much to explain on how I did this card so I will just leave you with the supplies I used.

Have a great day!

Liz

Supplies:

Stamps: PTI Damask Designs, On My Couch and Additions

Paper: Raspberry Fizz, Orange Zest, Hawaiian Shores

Ink: Hawaiian Shores, True Black

Accessories: Embroidery floss, Eyelet border die

Wishing you....

2010-05-28T09:57:00.000-07:00

Well, this is going to be a long weekend. Yeah! I have my hubby home for three days. We don't get to spend much time together during the week so weekends I really look forward to and especially the long ones. Anyone have special plans for this holiday weekend? We are going to spend tomorrow with my daughter's family and then we will see what happens after that.

Our neighbor's daughter graduated from High School this week. We have know her through her high school years and I wanted to do a little something for her.

Since the school colors are black and gold I started out with my base card of True Black. I used Summer Sunrise for one of my layers. The white is Stamper's Select and I embossed it with the new linen Impression Plate. I stamped the sentiment from For the Graduated. I used Labels 4, and stamped it with the image also from For the Graduate. I used Summer Sunrise ink but it looks more like a light yellow. I was able to use the cap and stamp over the hat image in black. I ran a Quickie Glue pen over the stars and then used some yellow glitter from Sugar Coated. I also ran the pen over the line in the sentiment and used some black glitter. I then used some True Black buttons with white embroidery floss. I also stamped the hat image on the front of the envelope and stamp 2010 in Summer Sunrise. For the inside of my envelope I stamped the hat image and the year on some Stamper's Select White and used the new envie die to cut it out. I don't have any of PTI's white envelopes yet so I had to cut the edges for my envelope.

I think that is about it for me today.

Have a wonder Memorial Day Weekend!!!

Liz

Papertrey May Blog Hop....

2010-05-25T09:13:00.000-07:00

Wow!! Can you believe that it is time for May's bloghop already? Where is this year going?

I will keep this really simple because I know you want to get to everyone's blog to see what they have done. I know I want to see all of your creations.

I have been trying to think of something different that what I have seen done before. I am not that creative but I came up with a frame idea. I cut my frame out of Dk Chocolate Felt and used my Mega Curved rectangles to cut it out. Then I stamped Woodgrain stamp set in True Black to give it some texture look. I cut and stamped three of the Up,Up and Away Balloons and used my copics to color them. I just played around with different colors. Some of them I used two different colors together to make a different shade. I popped them up with dimensionals to make them look like they were floating. I used the cloud dies and distressed the edges with Spring Rain ink. The background is Spring Rain CS and I used the new linen impression plate for some testure there. The sentiment is also from Up, Up and Away. The buttons are from the Spring Moss Vintage buttons.

Looking forward to seeing all of your creations!!!

Thank you for stopping by and having a look!

Liz

Happy Birthday!!!

2010-05-17T06:00:00.000-07:00

Hello, I can't believe that it has been so long since I have posted! Life just got away from me and never got around to posting this card. I have a step-granddaughter that just turned thirteen. Well this is a little strange because it is my step-son's step daughter' birthday. But I still make her and her sister cards because after all they are part of the family now. They are very sweet girls and let's face it I just love to do things for people.

I have to give credit to a few people for this card because I took inspiration from a few different blogs to put this one together. I am sorry but I can't remember all of them but if you browse the PTI designer blogs which if you are like me you will know who's blogs I got these ideas from.

All products are Papertrey Ink.

I started out with a piece of Spring Moss CS for the base of my card. Then I embossed the white CS with Picnic Plaid impression plate and traced a few of the lines with copics to go with the colored CS that I used. I used the medium scallop die and used Hibiscus Burst, Spring Moss and Plum pudding for the side borders. The ribbon is Plum Pudding statin that I actually made one bow and the wrapped the satin ribbon around the CS and put the one bow in the middle before tying another bowaround it. and used a white Vintage button and twine around the whole thing. The semtiment is from Delightful Dahlia and is stamped with Hibiscus Burst and then I used the egg die to cut it out. I distressed the edges with Hibiscus Burst also and popped it up.

Hope everyone has had a wonderful weekend!!

Thank you for stopping by and taking a look at my projects.

I haven't been so good lately about getting around and seeing everyone's blogs but hope to remedy that very soon!

Liz

Happy Mother's Day!!

2010-05-05T10:57:00.000-07:00

*SPOILER ALERT*
My girls if you don't want to see your card before you receive it, don't go any further.

Good evening! Can you believe Mother's Day is on Sunday already. I make cards for my DDs and DILs. One of my daughters asked me why I made cards for them. I told that if it wasn't for them I wouldn't be a mother and they are mothers themselves and I love doing things for them.

I made all the cards the same but used different colors. I used YOF: Sweet Pea. I loved this set so much that when I saw the previews I went out and bought some seeds to grow my own. I bought seeds because I wanted the picture to give me ideas on how to color them. But would you know it I threw it away after I planted them, so I just went with it. I am not too patient so I wish I had just bought the plants to have the flowers right away. My plants have started to grow. Now I have to wait until they get big enough to bloom. I colored my Sweet Peas in PTI copic trio in Aqua Mist, Hibicus Burst, Summer Sunrise, and Plum Pudding. After coloring them I used my Nestabilities Mega Curved Rectangles. I used my two way glue pen and edged the edges with Prsma Glitter and popped them up with pop up dots. I used a black pen and ruler and outlined the edge and stamped my sentiment from Delightful Dahlia before finishing the bottom. I wasn't sure about the white on white but I do love how these turned out. Hope you do too! I took a close up pic so maybe you could see it better.Thanks for stopping by and taking a look and any comments you might leave.
Liz

Supplies:

Stamps:PTI YOF: Sweet Pea, Delightful Dahlia

Paper: PTI Stamper Select White

Ink: Momento Black, Black pen

Accessories: Prisma Glitter, two way glue pen

Betsy Veldman's sketch callenge.

2010-05-03T18:37:00.000-07:00

Good evening. How has the start of your week been? I am getting this up later than I had wanted to. I wasn't even sure if I would get it done but I am glad that I did. I had this card in mind since I saw this sketch. The colors weren't what I had originally thought of using, but I am happy with these colors.

I started out with Spring Rain for my main colors. The scallop punch is MS. I stamped Background Basics: Tin Type on a panel of Spring Rain in Raspberry Fizz and used Liquid Pearls in the centers. It shows up so much better in person.

I stamped the trees from Masculine Motifs in Vintage Tea Dye Duo Chai and also distressed all of the edges with the same ink. The sentiment was stamped with Smokey Shadow.

The button is from my stash which I used embroidery floss in the color to match Raspberry Fizz srung with pearls and beads from SU! Pretties kit.

Thank you for stopping by and leaving any comments you may have. They are so appreciated and welcomed.

Have a wonderful evening or day,

Liz

Waltzingmouse Sketch Challenge...

2010-04-30T14:24:00.000-07:00

Hi everyone! I finally was able to get time to do some challenges. This first one is for Waltzingmouse Stamps. It is their first anniversary. There is a release tomorrow May 1st.

She is giving away this month's release (which is eight stamps). You do not need to use one of her stamps but she would really love it if you do. My daughter gave me one for my birthday, so that is the only one I have at the moment. The stamp set I used is called Faux Fun. I used one of the images for the background on the main card. I used another for the circle on the upper left corner. I actually used my nesties to cut a circle in the front of the card so when you open it the sentiment is on the inside. I used PTI's Signature Greetings for my sentiment. I used a rub on for the scroll under it.The large rose and smaller ones I had in my stash. I used some gold liquid pearls on the scallops and on the dots in the image. The papers I used are PTI Pure Poppy and Vintage Cream. Oh, the size of this card is 4X4. It is a fun size.

Thank you for stopping by and for any comments you might leave.

Have a wonderful weekend!

Liz

April PTI Bloghop!!

2010-04-25T09:52:00.000-07:00

Wow!! Can you believe it is already that time of month? I love these blog hops! Seeing what each of you create is so much fun. You are all so talented and so much inspiration to be had.

Since this month challenge was to use tissue paper. I immediatel thought of flowers and used my Beautiful Blooms II #2 die to cut several ( I believe I did four) of each size with the tissue that our stamps come so neatly wrapped in each month. I then used Sweet Blush, Hibiscus Burst and Raspberry Fizz ink and sponge to color them the color I wanted for my flower. I scrunched the tissue up before I sponged them. It didn't quite turn out like I was thinking but I like it anyway.

I will keep this short so you can get onto other blogs and leave you with what supplies I used.

Thank you for stopping by and for leaving any comments you might have.

Have fun tonight!

Liz

Supplies:

Stamps: Delightful Dahlia

Paper: Select White, Hibiscus Burst, Itty Bitty Dots PP DK Chocolate, The scalloped paper was from some cards I bought at Target a while back

Ink: Sweet Blush, Hibiscus Burst, Raspberry Fizz, Dk Chocolate

Accessories, Beautiful Blossoms #2 Dies, Delightful Dahlia leaf dies, Dk Chocolate Vintage button, button Twine and sewing machine

Make a Wish

2010-04-23T19:18:00.000-07:00

Hi there! Boy am I glad it is the weekend. It has been a long week for me. Don't have a plans for the weekend but the hubby is home.

I saw a blog that a punch was used to make a tulip. I don't have that punch but I went looking through my PTI stamps and found an image in Take a Bough that I thought would work. I stamped it in Summer Sunrise, cut it out and distressed the edges with Orange Zest. The stem and leaves are from Wishing You along with the sentiment stamped using New Leaf. I used Nestability Labels five for the layers. The background is Cuttlebug Embossing Folder Textile. I used Lemon Tart for my layers with Select White. The punch is from SU! and the brads were in my stash.

Nothing new here so I will just thank everyone that stops by and also leaves a comment. They are always appreciated.

Have a wonderful weekend!
Liz

You'll be greatly missed, Stormy!

2010-04-21T09:47:00.000-07:00

Hello!! It seems like it has been forever since I have done any blogging. I have been trying to organize and do some spring cleaning in my craft room so I haven't done anything for awhile. My oldest daughter asked me to come over so we could do some crafting together. I wasn't sure what I was going to work on and then I received a call from my second daughter telling me of the loss of their family pet. She is the Chocolate Lab in the above picture taken a couple years ago. She was a wonderful dog. She actually felt like one of our grandkids. It was like she knew whenever we came over because she would always run to the patio door with her toy in her mouth waiting for us to come out and play with her. My husband and I would take turns playing with her. Of course I would get tired before she did and then I would go in and play with the three boys. Of course one is only two months old so I would hold him as much as I could.

Stormy was a wonderful pet and not that but part of the family. They recscued her a few years ago in Alaska at a Labrador rescue and brought her her to California with them. It is so strange because she was so lively on Easter Sunday when we were there and then all of a sudden she got sick and wouldn't eat.They took her to the vet the other day and they wanted to keep her a couple days because she didn't give them any sign of what was wrong and they wanted to run test. On the way home my daughter got a call and said that she went into convulsions and they couldn't save her. They found later that she had severe kidney failure. The vet doesn't understand because they figure she was only about 5 years old.

Stormy, you will so greatly missed!! RIP !

Thank you for stopping by today,

Liz

Supplies:

Stamps: PTI With Sympathy-Loss of a Pet

Paper: DK Chocolate, Basic Grey PP, Vanilla Cream

Ink: Dk Chocolate

Accessories: Brads, Ric Rac Ribbon

Birthday wishes.....

2010-04-11T19:17:00.000-07:00

Hello. How was everyone's weekend?

I made this card for Becky Ohlers' Compose a Card Challenge. I was sure if I liked how this card turned out at first but then I added a couple of things and am pleased with it. I decided to give it to my mother, she turned 92 today. She was happy with it. She survived lung cancer and also double pneumonia within a year of each and that was 6 years ago. She still gets around pretty good. Sometimes I tell her that she is in better shape than me and I am her care giver, she lives with me. She has to have some stong genes, you see I am the youngest of 10 children. Things were a whole lot different when I was young than it is now. My husband is from the midwest and I was raised in California and he teases me about having more of a farm life than he did when he was young. One of the things that gets most people is when I tell them I had a pet calf. Actually before I was born my dad and mom and older brothers and sisters built the house that I grew up in. It was great!

The base CS looks black but it is Dark Chocolate. I used some PP from Dk Chocolate Remix and took my Ripe Avacado Copic Marker Trio to color the butterflies and left the polka dots cream.

I will leave you with my supplies so I can get this posted.

Have a wonderful day and stopping by to have a look! It means alot to me.
Liz

Supplies:
Stamps: Butterfly Kisses
Paper: Dk Chocolate, Dk Remix PP,Vintage Cream
Ink: Vintage Cream
Accessories: Copic Markers, Ripe Avacado Vintage Buttons, EK Success punch, pearl stickers, Button Twine

I Just Love you!

2010-04-07T14:46:00.000-07:00

Hi, I have had this card in my head for a couple of days now, so I decided to make it. I was watching Dancing with the Stars the other night and when they were do some interviews with the stars I noticed the wallpaper and thought it looked similar to Beautiful Blooms II so that is where I got my inspiration. I used the smallest flower and stamped it in True Black. The leaves are from Turning a New Leaf. I made this card for my husband. He has surprised me with some flowers and cards lately especially when he knows I have had a bad day. He works nights so he leaves them either on my nightstand or downstairs so I see them when I get up. I wanted to show him how much I appreciate him so this card will be waiting for him when he gets home early in the morning.

I will just leave you with the supplies that I used. All are Papertry Ink except for the MS border punch.

Supplies:
Stamps: Beautiful Blooms II, Delightful Dahlia for the sentiment, Turning a New Leaf
Paper: True Black, Pure Poppy, Stamper's Select White
Access: Ribbon, Pure Poppy Vintage Button, Button Twine, MS Border Punch
Thank you for stopping by and taking a look. I appreciate each and every one of you!
Liz
Have a wonderful day!!!

Celebrate your day!

2010-04-02T10:18:00.000-07:00

Happy Friday! Can you believe that it is already April? I can hardly believe how fast this year is going already.

I decided to take a break from some of my sewing projects and make a card. I so need to organize my craft room but can't make myself do it. That has to be my next project!

I have a friend who's birthday is next week and decided to make her this card. It is pretty much an easy layout. I used my nesties for the main focus with the sentiment. I used Nichole's technique and used my 2 way glue pen to go around the edge and used some Prisma Glitter. I love that little extra sparkle. The flower I used my Marvy small flower punch and punched about 5 out and crinkled them up and then straightened them out some and pierced a whole in the middle and used a brad to hold them together and then squrenched the petals up some. The sentiment is from Signature Greetings. I just love Dawn's handwriting and it seems to give it a little more personal touch. I used New Leaf CS for my background. The PP triangles is from Green Tea Leaves collection. I used some pearl stickers under the sentiment. I also did some stitching around the triangles.

Have a wonderful weekend and a very Happy Easter!
Thank you so much for stopping by and taking a look!
Liz

Happy Birthday, Aaron!

2010-03-27T06:00:00.000-07:00

Hi! Well it is time for another birthday card. My SIL birthday is today. We will be celebrating it along with my granddaughter who's birthday was on Wednesday the 24th. I showed her card on this post. We also have a DIL who is having a birthday tomorrow. Her card is on this post. She lives in another state otherwise we would be celebrating all 3 together.

I struggle with masculine cards. But actually I am pretty happy with how this one turned out. I usual seem to over think my cards. I need to sit back and relax and the come together that I can be satisfied with.

All products are PaperTrey Ink except for the border punch which is EK Success. It seems to be pretty self explanatory so I will not go into it. Of course if you have any questions, feel free to email me and I will do my best to answer.

Thank you for stopping by and having a look. Have a wonderful weekend!
Liz

Papertrey Ink March Blog Hop

2010-03-25T14:58:00.000-07:00

Good evening!! It is hard to believe that it is time for another blog hop.

After seeing Nichole's clear cardstock card and a few others, I have been wanting to make one myself. This is what I came up with. Of course like everyone else I had to use the new Hawaiian Shores CS and Dawn's new set Delghtful Dahlia. I cut them out with the die cuts and embossed them with Filligree gold embossing powder. The picture doesn't seem to show how much shine there is to it. I also used the Botanicals BG set on my Dark Chocolate CS.

Here is the inside of the card.

I actually made this for my SIL who is going in for back surgery and I wanted to send her something since she will be down for quite some time.
I thought I would show you the inspiration for my card. I made her a lap quilt and couldn't believe some of the material that was in it was a match to Hawaiian Shores and Delightful Dahlia. I even made a label for the back of the quilt using Dawn's set. I have sewn it on yet because I still need to personalize it.

Have fun tonight blog hopping. I know I will. I love seeing what everyone has done.

I also wanted to thank everyone that has stopped by my blog and left such wonderful comments.

Liz

Happy Birthday, J!!!

2010-03-24T09:22:00.000-07:00

Hello. Today is my granddaughters birthday and I just want to wish her a very HAPPY BIRTHDAY!! I still remember the day and she was born and being in the room and so excited about being a grandmother for the first time. It is a day I will never forget. She was the only one we had for over 7 years so we were really able to enjoy her. I can hardly believe that she is turning 14 today.

This is a card I made for her. I love these new fairy stamps that I am seeing around. I bought this one over at Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps. It is called Tree Fairy. It is hard to see in the picture but I did glitter up the wings with Prisma Glitter and Sugar Coated Glitter. She is colored using Copic Markers. It is pretty much a simple card but am somewhat satisfied with the way it turned out.

I am going to make this short today so I can get this posted.
Have a wonderful day and thanks for stopping by,
Liz

Hope you have a great day, J!! Love you!!
Grandma

Two in One....

2010-03-22T18:52:00.000-07:00

Hello, how was everyone's weekend? On Saturday we took a day trip to Big Bear with our daughter and her family. It was a fun day. Her two oldest were born in Alaska and they wanted to go play in the snow. It was fun to be able to toss some snow around with them. We took a walk down to the lake so they could play there also. We did a little shopping. On the way home we stopped for dinner. A fun filled day with family. On Sunday my husband and I just relaxed and watched a movie. That was nice also.

On to my card for today. I was able to get two challenges in one with this one. Lisa Johnson is having her second Poppy Seed Challange and Melissa Phillips had her inspirational picture challenge. I haven't played in this one yet so I was glad that I was able to join in on this one.

All of my supplies are from Papertrey Ink except for the corner punch. It seems that they are about the only products I use these day. I do use others once in a while.

Thank you for stopping by and having a look.

Supplies:

Stamps:Polka Dot Basics, Wishing You

Paper: Select White, Hibiscus Burst, Spring Moss

Ink: Hibiscus Burst, Smokey Shadow

Accessories: Spring Moss Top Notch Twill Ribbon, Marvy corner punch, Vintage Buttons, Prisma Glitter, Button Twine, copics, quickie glue pen, dimensionals

Just Because...

2010-03-16T18:55:00.000-07:00

Good evening! How have everyone been doing? I didn't realize how long it has been since I have done any blogging. I have been busy with projects and other things that I needed to catch up on since I was gone for awhile last month. I am still not caught up but I was missing doing some paper projects. I made a simple card today. I haven't inked up my new Year of the Flowers: Violets set from PTI yet and was itching to. I tried something that I haven't done yet was to stamp on colored CS and then color it in. I stamped the Violet on PTI Lemon Tart with Smokey Shadow ink and then used my copics to color it in. I love how it turned out. I would love to hear what you think.

The size of this card is 4 X 4 1/4. I like this size for a note card. I think I will make a few more of these with different sentiments for a set to give as a gift for a friend of mine that is having a birthday in a couple of weeks.

I will leave you with the details of the supplies I used.

Have a wonderful evening or day depending on when you are reading this.
Thank you for stopping by!
Liz

Supplies:
Stamps: PTI Year of the Flowers: Violets, Background Basic: Tin Types, Sweet Little Things (limited edition)
Paper: PTI Spring Rain, Lemon Tart
Ink: PTI Smokey Shadow, VersaMark
Accessories: PTI New Leaf Satin Ribbon, Kaiserkraft Rhinestones (Island Lagoon), White gel pen, distresser tool, copics V91, V93, V95, YG03, YG17

Compose a Card Challenge #6

2010-03-04T15:09:00.001-08:00

Hello and thank you for stopping by my blog today. I have another challenge card for you today. It is for Becky Oehler's at PTI. I love her challenges. She has everything for you layout wise. All you have to do is come up with a design for that layout. How easy can that be? For me she has done the hard part. She even gives you a page you can print out and have in your library. That to me is a wonderful idea and I will have them for future references. Here is the card I came up with for this challenge. I love these colors and am sure to do more cards with this color scheme. I know I don't use Soft Stone enough. Thank you Becky for using this in a challenge so I had to pull it out and use it. I couldn't leave the corner alone and had to had something so I embossed a small butterfly from Butterfly Dreams onto Enchanted Evening CS and cut it out.

I will leave you with my supply list.

Have a wonderful day,

Liz

Recipe:

Stamps: Fancy Flourishes, Butterfly Dreams

Paper: Enchanted Evening, Soft Stone

Ink: Snow White

Accessories: Filigree white embossing powder, Enchanted Evening Vintage Buttons, Enchanted Evening Satin Ribbon, embroidery thread

Spring is in the Air

2010-03-03T15:25:00.000-08:00

I can't believe that I have actually been able to post the last few days. I told myself I needed to organize my craft room and get it cleaned up. But, it is more fun to create than clean. I received my Butterfly Dreams stamp set and the new butterfly die today, so I had to do something with them, right? I used the color challenge from Nichole's blog to create this card. I used Heather Nichole's colors and a layout that Mish had on her blog, but I did change a couple of things.

I don't really have a whole lot to say so I will leave you with my recipe for this card.

Hope everyone is having a wonderful week so far.
Thank you so much for stopping by!
Liz

Recipe:
Stamps: Butterfly Dream, Little Lady
Paper: Spring Rain, Lemon Tart, Spring Moss, Plum Pudding
Ink: VersaMark, Spring Moss, True Black
Accessories: MS border punch, Butterfly Die, Plum Pudding Grosgrain Ribbon, glitter and pearl stickers.

Shaker Box

2010-03-02T15:38:00.000-08:00

Happy Tuesday!! How is everyone's week going so far?

I been wanting to make one of these Shaker Boxes since I got the template but haven't taken the time. I needed a gift package for one of my SIL's and decided this would be the perfect opportunity to give it a try.It took me a little time but well worth it. I just wanted to take my time and had the instructions right in from of me the whole time.It wasn't hard. I just wanted to make sure I got it right. I love how it turned out. Next time I need to make all three sizes. This is the larger of them. I don't have a cutting program so I had to cut it our by hand.

I printed my template onto PTI Rustic Cream CS and then I distressed the edges with Dark Chocolate. The brads are some I had in my stash. The lining of the box is K & Company Life's Journey. The birds are also K & Company. They are dimensional. She likes birds so I wanted to add them. I am happy with the way this turned out. I know I will make more of these boxes.

Thank you stopping by and taking a look.

Have a wonderful evening or morning depending on where you are.

Liz

Poppy Seed Challenge

2010-02-27T14:39:00.000-08:00

Hello, How is everyone's weekend going so far? It is raining off and on here and gloomy. Nothing to complain about or compare with the east coast and the eartquake in Chili. With living in California and living close to one on the major faults, it is always in the back of your mind when will something like this happen here. I just wonder why something like this is happening so close together. I pray for all that is effected by this diaster.

I have another challenge card for you today. Lisa Johnson over at Papertrey has started up a new challenge. She will give us three seeds and then we need to make a project use these seeds. The seeds for this challenge is a floral stamp set, light yellow and crystals. You can use them any way you want, just make sure you use every one.

Thank you so much for stopping by and having a look.
Liz

Supplies:
Stamps: PTI Beautiful Blooms
Paper: Kraft, Lemon Tart, Stamper's Select White
Ink: New Leaf, Summer Sunrise, VersaMark
Accessories: Summer Sunrise Bitty Dot Ribbon, Labels 4 Nestie, Creative Memories corner punch, crystals, MS Butterfly trio punch

Compose a Card Challenge #5

2010-02-26T14:51:00.000-08:00

Hello everyone!! Thanks for taking the time to stop by blog and having a look. I finally am able to join in on Becky Oehlers Compose a Card Challenge. This is a terrific challenge. She gives you all the size for base and mats with the colors and you do the rest.

I still needed a thank you card so of course I decided to use this challenge for one.

I started out with my base card using PTI Stamper's Select White. The first mat is Aqua Mist. The second is Select White and stamped with Basic Polka Dots in Pure Poppy. The third is Bitty Dot Basics in Pure Poppy. I stamped a leaf from Turning a New Leaf in Aqua Mis and used some buttons from Pure Poppy Vintage Buttons. The label is SU! Modern Label Punch and used a sentiment from Handwritten Notes stamped in Pure Poppy, then used some Aqua Mist Vintage buttons. I also distressed the edges of my base card with Pure Poppy.

Why don't you hop over to Becky's blog and give it a try? She gives you a layout you can print up and then you will have it for future use.

Have a wonderful day,
Liz

Papertrey February Blog Hop!

2010-02-25T14:53:00.000-08:00

Good evening!! Thank you for stopping by tonight and having a look at my creation. It is hard to believe that it is time for another blog hop!

It was so hard to pick any certain designer as an inspiration. They are all so fabulous and so much creativity. Thank you Ladies for all that you do and all of the inspiration that you give!!! Seeing your wonderful creations makes me the motivation that I need to get started.

I chose tonight to use one of Dawn McVey's cards that she did for this month's release. I decided to rotate it and used a different color scheme. It is a simple card but that is good sometimes, right?

I have been gone for most of the month and haven't had much time to create so I needed a simple and quick card. I also needed a few thank you cards and thought this was a perfect card for that.

This card measures 7x3 which is different than what I usually do and wanted to give a different size a try.

Before I go I would like to wish my granddaughter a Happy 1st Birthday. Happy Birthday M. Love and miss you!!

Supplies:

Stamps: Background Basics: Text Style, Around and About Sentiments

Paper: Raspberry Fizz, Vintage Cream

Ink: Raspberry Fizz, New Leaf, Vintage Cream

Accessories: New Leaf Satin Ribbon, EK Success border punch, Recollections Pearl Stickers, SU! Round punches

Have a wonderful time hopping around to everyone's blog. I know I will and am excited to see what everyone has done and see which designer you chose.

Liz

I'm back..........

2010-02-22T15:28:00.000-08:00

Well physically anyway. I haven't been in the craft room for so long that it was hard to even get this card made. It seems my mojo has been on break for too long. I hope to get it back soon!!! This has been a very busy month. With the birth of a new grandson and two grandsons and granddaughter having birthdays beside my own. We also had to make an unexpected trip which wasn't for a pleasant reason. My MIL passed away after battling cancer for months. We weren't able to be there before her passing. It still doesn't seem real. I know she is in a better place and is no longer in pain and is with her husband and two daughters that precided her and I am sure that they were waiting for her and welcomed her with open arms.

I have a granddaughter having her first birthday on Thursday so I needed to make her a card so I can get her package sent off to her.

I used a stamp from Whimsy Stamps called Untamed Love. I just love the collection of Carousel Horses. When I first saw them I knew I had to have them. I just was now able to ink one up. This isn't what I had in my mind of the way I wanted to do this card but like I said earlier my mojo went on vacation and hasn't come back yet. I hope it hurries back soon. Maybe if I would get in my craft room and organize it a little more maybe it would come home. I started to do some sewing that I am so far behind on. Maybe that will help with the mojo.

I don't want to bore you anymore with my rambling so I will end this post.
Thank you for visiting!
Liz

Mother Love

2010-02-07T18:00:00.000-08:00

This just may be my last post for a little while. We are going to have to make an unexpected trip. My MIL who has been battling stage 4 cancer for a few months has lost her battle early Sunday morning. We were hoping that we would be able to get there (she is half way across the country from us) before anything happened. But unfortunately that wasn't to be. She is at peace now and not anymore pain. Love you mom and you will be greatly missed.

I saw this saying on Melissa Phillips blog and loved it. Since our daughter just gave birth to a beautiful baby boy, I thought I would make up a little project to give her. I started out with a canvas board I had (8x10). Distressed the edges with some dabber paint. I used three differ ent papers and sewed them together with my sew mini with a zig zag stitch. I just placed some rub on images in a couple of places and randomly added some buttons that I had in my stash.

If you would like to know the saying, here it is:

Mother Love

Lie still, dear birdie,
In cradle rest.
The gentle breeze rocketh thee
Softly to rest.
Thy Father is singing thee
Sweetly to sleep,
While thy mother her little ones
Softly doth keep.
Sleep peacefully, Baby,
The Spring's come to you;
The grass is a carpet
of violet's blue;
The birds are all singing thee
Softly to rest;
But the love of a mother

Is sweetest and best.
Thank you for coming by!
Have a good one,
Liz

Birthday Wishes

2010-02-06T18:00:00.000-08:00

Hello!! It is raining here. So is a gloomy day but we do need the rain.

I actually have two cards for you today. Can you believe it? I have 2 grandsons birthday next week. One will be five on Wednesday and the other will be a year on Thursday. Since the birth of our newest grandson we have 3 grandsons and 1 granddaughter in February and mine, so I think I will forgo my birthday and just concentrate on the grandkids from now on. It won't stop me from aging but it is more fun with kids birthdays.

The first one is for our 5 year old grandson. I actually had this Whiff of Joy image colored up for awhile and thought it would be perfect for his card. I believe that I stamped this image from my daughter's collection. I so need to get me some of the adorable images. I used alot of my scraps I had for this card. I did use PTI Ocean Tides for the base of my card. The Dark Chocolate was already punched with the border punch so I decided to use it and then found some paper paper that I thought looked good together. I tied some twine around the first layer for some texture and decide to put a dk. chocolate button tied with twine in the corner. The gray is from SU!
This second card is for the one year old. The image is from Motivet. I added the balloon from a set from PTI called Love Songs.I stamped the one in the center for his age. The Blue cardstock is from SU! I am sorry but I don't remember the name. I should have wrote down my supplies but I didn't. The Pattern Paper is PTI Itty Bitty Box in Summer Sunrise. The buttons are also PTI in Enchanted Evening and Summer Sunrise. I stamped an image from Background Basics: Spots and Dots in Versamark on the bottom.
Happy Birthday T & C. Hope you have a wonderful day and wish we could spend it with you.
Thanks for stopping by.
Have a wonderful weekend!
Liz

PTI Embossing Resist Challenge

2010-02-05T15:25:00.000-08:00

Hello!! It is Friday, finally. It has been one heck of a week around here. It looks like we are suppose to get rain all weekend. Maybe some snow in the mountains and who knows we may get some flurries. We don't get snow very often so it is nice to see now and then.

Nichole Heady at Papertrey Ink is have a technique challenge. She wants you to do the embossing resist technique. She even has a video showing you how she did her card. I needed to make a Thank You card so I thought this would be a nice technique to use.

I started out with Aqua Mist CS and cut a portion of the front off and then used some vellum CS. For the panel I used Vintage Cream CS. The stamp is from With Sympathy. I first stamped it with VersaMark ink and embossed it with clear embossing Powder. I first used Lemon Tart ink and went over the whole image, then went over it again with Summer Sunrise and the final touch was Terracotta Tile ink. The butterflies are cut from Aqua Mist CS using a MS butterfly trio punch and glittered them with Prisma Glitter and randomly placed them on my design. The Top Notch Twill Ribbon is Terracotta Tile.

That is about it for me today,
Thanks for stopping in and taking a look.
Liz

Happy Valentine's Day!!

2010-02-04T16:29:00.000-08:00

Good evening!! How has your week been going so far. It sure has been a whirlwind for me. A lot of ups and downs.

My granddaughter's kindergarten class has asked their families for Valentine's cards. They will use them to learn where they all came from on the map. They want to see all the different places they may come from.

I need to get this in the mail soon!! It will be going to Wisconsin.

Thanks for stopping by and having a look!!

Liz

Supplies:

Stamps: PTI Basic Backgrounds Hearts,Tiny Treats Valentines, Heart Prints

Paper: PTI Pure Poppy, white scallop from Target

Ink: Pure Poppy, Snow White, True Black

Accessories: MS Heart lace punch, SU! punch, heart brad, ribbon from stash

Our Newsest addition!!!

2010-02-02T18:14:00.000-08:00

Hello!! I don't have anything crafty for you this evening. I do have the newest addition to our family. Our daughter gave birth to her third son this morning at 4:53 am. His name is Garrett Howard and weighed in at 8lbs. 1 ounce and was 21 inches long. Mother and baby are doing great!!! He missed his grandmother's (me) birthday by not quite 5 hours. My birthday was yesterday. I was with her and her husband at the hospital was also in the delivery room. She didn't want to know the sex until the baby was born but we weren't surprised when she had a boy. He is adorable and to me he looks like his oldest brother when he was born.

I hope you have a wonderful evening or day depending on when you are reading this.

Thanks for stopping by today and I hope to have something crafty for you to see soon!!

Liz

Do me a Favor

2010-01-29T19:30:00.000-08:00

Good evening!!

I was just over on Nichole Heady's blog at Papertrey Ink and just saw that she had the GSS winners up for January. I can't believe that I received Honorable Mention for my Do Me a Favor project. This was the template that they released this month.

I printed my template on Vintage Cream cardstock. I used Terracotta Tile CS for the base and lined it with some ribbon in my stash that matched their Aqua Mist. I used the stamp set Blooming Button Bits. the inks I used were Aqua Mist, Lemon Tart and New Leaf. The buttons are Aqua Mist and Lemon Tart Vintage Buttons and tied with Button Twine.

I was so excited to be chosen that I am at a lost for words tonight.

Have a wonderful evening and thank you for stopping by,
Liz

Papertrey January Blog Hop

2010-01-25T13:20:00.000-08:00

Good evening everyone!! Can you believe that January is almost over. Time is sure flying by way to fast. I would like to thank everyone for all the wonderful comments on my last post.

I wasn't sure what I was going to do for thid blog hop but then we just found out that one of our nieces is expecting her first child in September. This blog hop was the perfect opportunity to make her and her husband a card to congratulate them.

I decided to use Bitty Baby Blessings for my image. I love this set. Since we suppose to do the inside of the card I decided to carry the labels 1 to the inside and used it for my sentiment. I used the Vintage Labels stamp set for the edge and the top and bottom. The sentiment is from Simple Little Things ( first anniversary set). On the envelope I used some paper from Bitty Baby Blessings collection and stamp the small images from Bitty Baby Blessings.

Thank you for stopping by!

Liz

Supplies:

Stamps: Bitty Baby Blessings, Vintage Label, Trademarks, Simple Little Things (limited additions)

InK: Summer Sunrise, True Black, Smokey Shadow, Spring Moss

Paper: Stampers Select White, Spring Moss, Summer Sunrise, Lemon Tart, Bitty Baby Blessings Collection

Accessories: Nestabilities Labels 1, Spring Moss top notch twill ribbon, Martha Stewart Border Punch, copics

This & That

2010-01-15T14:33:00.000-08:00

Good afternoon! There really isn't much happening here lately. I have worked the craft room for a couple of days now and thought is was about I time I did something. Actually I should be straightening and organizing it.

Nichole Heady from Papertrey Ink make a note pad and made a template of it to share with everyone. I new I needed a note pad to have by my computer because I am always jotting down notes and then misplace them and of course nowhere to be found when I need it. Maybe this will help me get a little more organized also. We can always hope.

It is pretty expanatory so I will just leave you with what I used. I know I punched the hole for my pencil little off center but it is for me.

Supplies:
All supplies used were Papertrey Ink except for the Nesties Blossom Die and Sticker Gems
Stamps: Turning a New Leaf, Take note
Ink: New Leaf, Versamark
Paper: Spring Rain,Lemon Tart, Bitty Box Basics,
Accessories: Nestabilities Blossom Die, Sticker gems from Michael's

Thanks for stopping by,
Have a great one,
Liz

Raspberry Suite Color Challenge #21

2010-01-13T10:28:00.000-08:00

Hello, everyone! I am back for a quick post. I saw on Niki Estes blog her cute little carriages and she was kind enough to have put her template for us to download. I wanted to make one right away. I wasn't sure what colors I wanted to make it and then I saw Dawn's color challenge and thought the would be perfect colors for a new baby. I started of with PTI's Lemon Tart for the base of the buggy. The panels I used Vintage Cream and stamped it with Basic Backgrounds Star Prints in Aqua Mist. I also did the handle the same way. The inside also has a panel of the same pattern. The wheels I punched out in Dark Chocolate with a 1" punch and the centers were punched with a 3/4" punch and stamped with an image from the same stamp set and then put a brad through both layers. For the card I started with Vintage Cream and then layered another pattern print that I stamped onto Aqua Mist on top of it. I used my Labels Six nesties(It reminded me of a cloud)and stamped the saying in Dark Chocolate. Then I distressed the edges with Aqua Mist and then used my glitter pen for the edges and used Prisma Glitter. The ribbon is Lemon Tart satin. I wanted to do something on the inside of my card so I took two of the label dies and did the same thing to them.

Hope everyone has a wonderful day,

Thanks for stopping by,

Liz

Hey There

2010-01-12T18:00:00.000-08:00

Hello to everone out there. Can you believe that January is almost half over? Where do all the time go? We are still waiting on the baby. My daughter has a doctor's appointment today so maybe we will find out more. I am so excited to see a new life come into the world and then to finally know the sex of the baby. She wasn't wanting to find out until the birth. Her husband knows and his mother any maybe a few extras that he told. More on this when I find out more.

This card is for a sketch challenge over at Motivet. This cute image is Eddie. Isn't he adorable? I decided to color him with Prisma pencils and odorless mineral spirits. I think I just might have to do this more often. I love how he turned out.

I decided I would go with a different size card on this one. I made the base 5 1/4 square. It is unusal for me but that is what a challenge is for, right? The pattern paper is from Cosmic Cricket that I bought a Michael's. The colors are my usual either. I used my Nesties classic circles and the pinking circles to cut Eddie out. The card base is Summer Sunrise from Papertrey Ink. The sentiment is also Papertrey Ink from a stamped set called Bold Wishes. I used a Martha Stewart border punch. The flower I believe is from SU! and I stamped some leaves in Ripe Avacado on Ripe Avacado CS also from Papertrey Ink. The ribbon is some I had in my stash along with the butterfly charms that I bought in the jewelry section from either Michaels or Joann's.

That seems to be for today,
Thanks for stopping by and have a good one,
Liz

Just Because

2010-01-11T16:35:00.000-08:00

Good evening and thanks for stopping by an having a look today.

This card is for a challenge over at Caardvarks. I have been wanting to do this challenge for a little while now and finally sat down today and did it. I actually changed the sentiment to the opposite side. I hope that is okay. I started out with the basic white for my base. I used a fiskars border punc for the scallops and it had holes so I was able to weave some thin ribbon through it. The Polka Dot paper is from PaperTrey Ink Itty Bitty dots PP in Melon Berry. I scored my lines with the Scor-Pal scorer. I love how it give you little bumps. The sentiment is stamped on white with Vintage Duo Tea Dye ink and cute with the Word Window punch for SU!. I used one of my fancy tags from Spellbinders to layer it on and then put a couple of pearl gems on each side. This is pretty much a simple card by I love how it turned out.

Have a wonder evening or day whatever time you are reading this.

Liz

In a Pinch

2010-01-08T12:30:00.000-08:00

* Second post for today scroll down for newer post*

Edit: No baby yet. It seems it might not be too much longer, though. So waiting with phone in hand.

Hello, I am sitting by the phone waiting to find out if I need to make a trip to the hospital. My second daughter is pregnant and was having some pain so the doctor told her to go to labor and delivery. We are not sure if they will keep her so I am waiting. It is about and hour or so away so I hope they don't wait too long. She really isn't due until next month so she is almost a month early. So I just might be welcoming our 9th grandchild into the world today. She didn't want to find out the sex until the baby was born so I am excited to find out so I can start making things. I like to do gender spacific and have ideas either way. I will let you know either way.

Now onto my project. I made this "In a Pinch" template from Lauren Meader. She just recently opened her own web store. She has the most fabulous templates. She also now has her own line of clear stamps to go along with them and even digital paper to match. She has all right there for you to make a fast and easy gift packaging. Papertrey Ink has her older templates called Timeless Templates. This month she has Butterfly stamps which would go with this one but I don't have them yet. They were just released at the beginning of this week.

I used some textured CS from SU! for the box itself. The PP is from Basic Grey Sultry. I just love the colors. The border punch is Martha Stewart deep cut border punch. Reminds me of a lattice fence. The flower is from Maya Road. I used some sticker silver brads for extra detail. The ribbon is Spring Moss saddle stitched from Papertrey Ink. I used a large button I bought at Wal-Mart for the closure. I punched double holes a threaded it with Button Twine.

I made this yesterday afternoon and nothing in mind to do with it. I just may put a little gift in it to give my daughter if she does happen to have the baby today.

Have a wonderful day,
Thanks for stopping by and having a look.
Liz