Gingerbread Girl Thank You

Hey! Just a quick post for me today!

I made this card with Emmaline! She picked everything about it! I just helped her put it together. Super cute, right?! 

It's all made with Pebbles Home for Christmas collection. 

I just thought I would get a jump start on my Christmas thank yous. :) 

The stamp is My Creative Time: Once Upon a Time

The ribbon is May Arts Ribbon.

Thankful for You

Happy Thanksgiving everyone! Today I am thankful for my momma.

I bet you are LOVING seeing a new collection on the blog! We are loving it too! This collection is.. random.. It has everything from board games to zoo themes to crayons. It’s called Family Fun and is aptly named!

The “b” sides of these papers are awesome. It’s a FULL rainbow. I should have taken a picture. Every color except for pink was represented. Nice. So if some of the front patterns are too busy for you (as they are for me) then flip them over and have a ball! I used the d-stress to add a little distressing here and there. :)

Fall is just starting here and I am loving the fall leaf spirit!

My mom has been helping out a ton while my husband has been working like crazy - for like 6 months - so I just wanted to make her a card to say thank you.

The leaves were darling but I wanted to add a little umph. The buttons and enamel dots were JUST the thing to help! The buttons are super fun because each color comes in a big and a small button. love it. And the small size on the enamel dots is super small which is awesome for card makers! They could easily be used for dots of an “i” etc. :) Grab them! Fun colors!

I had some fun with the dimension on this card. Lots of foam adhesive was used.

I hope you enjoyed my fall card today and it inspires you to pick up some Imaginisce goodies and create a card for someone you love! 

Supply List:

Imaginisce: Patterned Papers (Family Fun)

Imaginisce: Buttons (Family Fun)

Imaginisce: Enamel Dots (Family Fun)

Imaginisce: d-stress

Stamps and Dies: My Creative Time (Piles of Smiles)

Zebra Card with Family Fun

Okay, so isn't this zebra kind of darling? This card was made with Imaginisce's new Family Fun collection. LOVIN' these "b" sides.

I wanted the adorable zebra die cut to take center stage. 

I stitched around the outside of the circle for some anchoring. It may be some of my best stitching to date! Be impressed. ;)

I used three buttons and really kept going back and forth on whether or not to put twine in them. I am glad I didn't.

You can barely see it but the red layer is actually tone on tone stripes. I think it actually focuses your eye without you actually knowing it. 

Here it is form the side. Not too much dimension for me. Only the zebra is popped up.

I grabbed the tiny sentiment from My Creative Time.

Thanks for continuing to stop by and leave me messages! It is taking a LONG time for me to get my feet under me again as a mommy of two. I wont go on a rant, but let's just say this and last year have been incredibly challenging.. and I hate cancer. Anyway, thanks for sticking with me! BIG hugs!

May Arts New Release Ribbon Blog Hop

Court from Court’s Crafts here! I received this awesome silk ribbon! It’s so soft and .. well.. silky! :) It’s quite flat - there is virtually no thickness which is awesome for cards!

For my first card I used loops to emphasize my sentiment and distract from the busy background. 

My second card was actually where my inspiration came from. I wanted to weave the silk ribbon. As the ribbon is a 1” width, I wove it on a 4” x 4” piece of card stock. Then I had to find a way to get the sentiment on the background without covering up the weaving. I achieved this by using the loopy method. :) 

My last project is a quick tag. I wanted to tie a bow with this gorgeous ribbon and the way the folds worked on the top of the tag - ugh. lovely. I have always said that May Arts Ribbon is the BEST for tying bows and this ribbon is no different. Luscious. 

Here is the line- up for the week!!!! 

Monday

Charlene Driggs

Valerie Gee

DeeDee Catron

Tuesday

Emily Lanham

Gini Williams Cagle

Jen Shears

Wednesday

Jenifer Cowles

Jennifer Davey

Karen Baker

Thursday

Lalo IK

Latrice Murphy

Rhea Weigand

Friday

Courtney Lee

Shellye McDaniel

Virginia Fynes

May Arts Ribbon Used:

EA-1- 01: 1" Solid Wrinkled Ribbon (white)

EA-1- 06: 1" Solid Wrinkled Ribbon (moss)

EA-1- 09: 1" Solid Wrinkled Ribbon (ivory)

EA-1- 10: 1" Solid Wrinkled Ribbon (black)

EA-1- 17: 1" Solid Wrinkled Ribbon (pink)

EA-1- 22: 1" Solid Wrinkled Ribbon (fuchsia)

EA-1- 46: 1" Solid Wrinkled Ribbon (parrot green)

Partners in Craft Supplies Used:

Imaginisce: Welcome Spring

Xyron: 3/16" Adhesive Dots

Xyron: Teresa Collins Mega Runner

Other Supplies Used:
My Creative Time: I'm Here for You Rain or Shine
My Creative Time: Chunky Jar Accessories Set

Make sure to check out the May Arts Blog! There are THREE prizes up for grabs!!! THREE spools of May Arts Ribbon! Check it out HERE!

Quick Thank You Notes

I have been needing a lot of thank you notes recently and with my daughter's 2nd birthday on Saturday, I knew I needed a quick design to whip up some more.

Here I let the patterned paper do the work!

Hope you are having a great summer! Mine is going by WAY too fast! My little one is 5 months old!!! What in the world!?! And how did Emmaline turn 2?!? Heavens to Betsy (how do you spell that and were did the phrase come from?!) haha. Have a great day!

recipe:

patterned paper: Imaginisce: My Baby: Girl

sentiment: My Creative Time: I'm Here for You Rain or Shine

ribbon: May Arts Ribbon: EA-01

Written in the Raindrops: Doodlebug Vellum Love

Hellooooo and good morning! Court from Court's Crafts here with some vellum love inspiration for you!!

I got my inspiration for this card here. It is where the idea for heart shaped clouds came from. 

I needed some more thank you cards and couldn't find a spot for the sentiment that I liked. I gave up on it for the night and slept on it and then remembered the cute cloud with the rainbow drops that I had been wanting to use from the Springtime line. Then Teensy Type came to mind and I thought - why not put the sentiment in the raindrops! I got super excited! :) 

This may be one of my favorite cards that I have made recently! TIP: I cut the vellum and sugar coated cardstock hearts twice - one out of white cardstock and the other from the sugar coated cardstock and vellum. That way they would be thick and I could put foam dimensional tape behind them to pop them off without it showing through the vellum. The white dot vellum is adhered behind the clouds. :)

Of course that little bird has been on my mind to use. Isn't he/she just the cutest!?! 

The background just needed a little something so I thought - more vellum!!! I cut a white cloud with my die cutting machine, added a stitching row to anchor the card and voila!  

recipe:
doodlebug: sprinkles vellum: lily white (4253)
doodlebug: sprinkles vellum: swimming pool (4250)
doodlebug: sprinkles vellum: limeade (4249)
doodlebug: sprinkles vellum: bumblebee (4248)
doodlebug: sprinkles vellum: tangerine (4247)
doodlebug: sugar coated cardstock: swimming pool (1545)
doodlebug: sugar coated cardstock: limeade (1544)
doodlebug: sugar coated cardstock: bumblebee (1543)
doodlebug: sugar coated cardstock: tangerine (1542)
doodlebug: teensy type: ladybug (3428)
doodlebug: teensy type: tangerine (3429)
doodlebug: teensy type: bumblebee (3430)
doodlebug: teensy type: limeade (3431)
doodlebug: teensy type: swimming pool (3432)
doodlebug: teensy type: blue jean (3433)
doodlebug: teensy type: lilac (3434)
doodlebug: teensy type: bubblegum (3427)
doodlebug: icons: springtime (4188)

other:
My Creative Time: Stitched Heart Layering Dies

Baby Girl Onesie Shaped Card

I am UP on the Imaginisce blog today!!! Go over and leave me some love if you feel like it! :) I would appreciate it! :) 

What a sweet collection this is! From polka dots to hearts to chevron patters, this collection has a patterns for everyone let alone giraffes and elephants too!

After having a baby girl recently I am in need of a few thank you cards! Imaginisce My Baby Collection to the rescue! I whipped this one up and it is already on its way to a person who knitted Charlotte a baby blanket! 

I thought the baby overall onesie was too cute of a shaped cared to pass up. It was simple to put together and that chevron paper - darling! 

There is baby collection inspiration all this week! :) Make sure to check out Monday - Thursday’s posts as well on the Imaginisce Blog!

Supply List:

Imaginisce: Patterned Papers (My Baby)

Imaginisce: Buttons (My Baby)

American Crafts: Cardstock Neutrals

Other:

My Creative Time: I'm Here for You Rain or Shine

Silhouette + cut file

May Arts Ribbon Burlap String

St. Patrick's Day with Imaginisce

Hello! I admit that I don't send a lot of St. Patty's Day cards which is embarrassing since I am mostly Irish. But I do enjoy sending them to smaller humans as I think they get a real kick out of getting something cute and quirky in the mail. :) 

This little worm was super fun. I hid the face that was originally in the die cut and replaced it with a stamp so I could add a little more character. St. Patrick's Day is all about the sparkle for me so I added some glitter pretty much wherever I wanted to accent. 

Now break out your Imaginisce patterned papers, find the greens, golds, and oranges and make a card for someone random - just to make them smile. :) 

Supply List:

Imaginisce: Patterned Papers (Welcome Spring)

Imaginisce: Bling (My Baby)

Happy 30th Birthday! - Masculine Card

This was made for the Godfather of our baby that is about to be born. He turned 30 on the 9th of Feb. I hope he enjoys his card! :) 

Recipe:
Imaginisce: Perfect Vacation Papers
Imaginisce: Perfect Vacation Polaroid stamp
MCT: Some Days Simply Require... (Happy Birthday)
MCT: What's Growing On? (mustache and glasses)
Doodlebug: Teensy Type in Bon Bon
Xyron: Teresa Collins Stapler
Xyron: Mega Runner

Valentine a la Imaginisce Travel Collection

What?!? Made from the travel collection?!? yep, you read right.

LOVING this tone on tone striped red. so good.

I'm up on the Imaginisce blog today so feel free to pop over there and see what we have been up to this week! :)

Imaginisce: Perfect Vacation "This Way" (tan with polka dots)
Imaginisce: Perfect Vacation "Good Times" (red)
Imaginisce: Button from My Baby

Kourt's 30th Birthday!

It's my best friend's 30th birthday and I wish to pieces that I could be there to celebrate with her! She uses this phrase all the time.... like she could get rid of me... please. ;)

Supply List:
Imaginisce: Welcome Spring "Hello Little Friend"
Imaginisce: Welcome Spring "Flying Colors"
May Arts Ribbon: DD-03 5/8" Grosgrain Dots Ribbon
Brads: MME
Stamp: My Creative Time
Xyron: 3/8" Adhesive Dots
Xyron: Teresa Collins Stapler

My Creative Time Farewell Blog Hop

 "Welcome to our "Farewell Blog Hop"! We are doing this hop to HONOR & send off our "Current design team" in a fun way. Since all of us have become friends, we are doing our LAST blog hop together making it a "Friendship"  theme.  I hope all of "YOU" thoroughly enjoyed this team as much as we did! Since this is a special day, there will be a giveaway at EACH STOP! Yep, that means we are having a total of 19 giveaways! All you have to do is leave your comments in order to qualify! Emma will announce all the winners on Monday, 12/23/2013 on here blog! Here is what I am giving away today:

You should have gotten here from Cindy's blog.

Eek! I am having some difficulties with my project. I will do my best to get it up tomorrow morning! 

I had SUCH a blast being a part of My Creative Time for the past year. Emma is so incredibly generous, kind, understanding, and she cares SOOOO much about all of YOU!!! I am very very very proud to be an alumni of the My Creative Time team. I chose not to re-apply with a baby on the way, but I absolutely think ALL OF YOU SHOULD! I think you have until midnight tonight. :) 

Emma, thank you SO much for inviting me to be a member of you team! BIG hugs!

***SALE ALERT***

"There will be a sale in the My Creative Time store HERE FOR THIS WEEKEND ONLY starting Friday, December 20th & ENDS on Sunday, Dec 22 @ midnight PST!  

Use code:  FAREWELL2013 to get 25% off all IN STOCK ITEMS ONLY!!!

Now hop on over to Glora's blog!

May Arts Christmas Card Hop + Giveaway Day 4!!!

Good morning and welcome to the May Arts Ribbonista Christmas card blog hop! This is also my Day 4 of my 12 Days of Christmas giveaways! :) 

Ribbon:

May Arts KS-14 Wired Colored String in Red

May Arts FD-10 Sheer Glittered Dotted Ribbon

May Arts PV-10 Velvet/Woven Ribbon

May Arts 390-58-10 Lace Ribbon

Partner Supplies:
Spellbinders: Layered Poinsettia
Basic Grey "Aspen Frost"
Xyron Mega Runner

Other Supplies:
Die Cutting Machine
Feathers
Brads
Stamps from My Creative Time

May Arts is sponsoring my 12 Days of Christmas Giveaways today with two spools from the Christmas section - YOUR CHOICE! :) THANK YOU May Arts Ribbon! Just leave a comment to win! 

The previous days for giveaways. 

Day 1 Giveaway

Day 2 Giveaway

Day 3 Giveaway

There is also a giveaway going on the May Arts Ribbon Blog for 3 spools of ribbon from the Christmas section - so this is a 5 spools of ribbon giveaway announcement! :) 

My Creative Time and Giveaway #3!!!

There are 5 days of My Creative Time Christmas ideas going on on her blog complete with giveaways of her own!!! I whipped this out super fast and think it's kind of fun! :) 

Thanks for all of your sweet comments and encouragement. Emmaline is doing MUCH better and Spoon (the dog) is too! I am looking forward to sleep time tonight! :)

Today MY CREATIVE TIME is sponsoring my giveaway!!!! PLEASE if you have the time hop on over to her blog here and thank her for the giveaway! :) 

Recipe:

MCT: All Around Holidays Stamp Set

MCT: 100% Sweetness

MCT: A Day In December

MCT: Fun Variety on the Inside and Out

Paper: Doodlebug: Home for the Holidays

Ribbon: May Arts Ribbon

Here is the giveaway! I've been using it SO much and I know the winner will get SO much enjoyment out of it! :) 

It's Teeny Tag Holidays and Teeny Tag Layering Dies! 

Just leave a comment on this post if you are interested in winning this fabby prize! 

Day 1 Giveaway

Day 2 Giveaway

My Creative Time Blog Hop

Hello and welcome to the 28th release blog hop for My Creative Time!

You should have gotten here from Cindy's blog. If not, start HERE to join the fun and maximize your chances of winning! 

Supply List:

My Creative Time: Just Tags

My Creative Time: Classy Girl Accessories

 My Creative Time: Fun Stitched Edges

 My Creative Time: Fun Variety on the Inside and Out

Other Supplies:

May Arts: 340-33

Echo Park Bundle of Joy

Xyron: Mega Runner

BLOG HOP GIVEAWAY!

For our blog hop giveaway, we will have 2 winners! 

Winner #1 ~  $50 gift card to "My Creative Time's Store'! 

Winner #2 ~ $25 gift card to "My Creative Time's Store"! 

All you have to do is leave your comments on our blogs! You are NOT required to comment on ALL blogs, but the more you comment on, the better chances you have! 

GOOD LUCK! :)

Now you are off to Glora's blog!