Live, Laugh, Love

Hello! I hope everyone had a safe Labor Day weekend! I had to work Monday (yay for time and a half!) so I had yesterday off and was able to make a card. It seems to take me forever to make a card anymore! I had these grand plans to make a bunch of cards and I got *one* done : ) One's better than none, and I do like it. I used The Sweet Stop Sketch #72 for my card, except I added the photo corner to cover up a mess up in my sewing. I was at war with my sewing machine yesterday, and of course, since I know NOTHING about sewing the machine won! Oh well, I have at least figured out how to thread the thing so dear husband doesn't have to do it for me anymore, lol! Thanks for looking!

Paper: CTMH (sorry for the life of me I can't remember it's name...its so long retired!)

Image: Bugaboo, Sentiment is an Ippity stamp

Copics: 0, C1, 5, 7, BG000, G82, 94, E33, 37, RV19, 23, Y08, 15

Prima Flower, CTMH button, misc ribbon, twine

Rejoice and Be Glad

Happy Hump Day! For my Grandma's birthday last Sunday I gave her a set of 3 cards I had made. This is my absolute favorite of the 3, its simple but I LOVE it : ) I used Card Patterns Sketch #79 again. I also used Stampin' Sisters in Christ Challenge #54 to use metal embellies on your card. Thanks for taking a look!

Paper: CTMH Key To My Heart

Stamp is from Hobby Lobby

CTMH embellies, ribbon, buttons

Prima flowers, misc twine

Distressed Birthday

Hello! Today I have another card I was able to make last weekend. My Grandma's birthday was Sunday and I made this card for my parents to give her. My cousin and her fiance came back from Florida and my sister and her boyfriend came from Chicago to celebrate. It was fabulous to have everyone together, it's been since Christmas since thats happened! I used Taylored Expressions Sketch #126. I loved how Taylor used her Scor-Buddy to emboss the border around her card and thought I'd give it a try. I used black embossing powder on the sentiment to add a little more interest to the card. With the embossing and distressing, this card is also my submission for Our Daily Bread Designs Challenge #27: Texture it!

Paper: CTMH Emporium

Stamps: Bugaboo, Mom: Verve, Happy Birthday unknown

Copics: R39, 85, RV19, G94,99, B93, 97, N0, 0

CTMH buttons, misc embroidery thread

Dinomite Birthday

Hello! I hope everyone had a great weekend. I actually got quite a bit of stamping done so I'll actually have posts this week, yay me! I made this card for Caleb's birthday, it is so hard to believe my little boy is 6! He started kindergarten last week- it's going great so far, but we figured it would, he's such a social boy- my total opposite! He is obsessed with dinosaurs now and knows so much about them, it's amazing. When I'm reading his books to him at night if I mispronounce one of the dino's names I get called out on it right away, that's a lot of pressure on mommy! : ) As soon as I saw the dinosaur digital stamps from Bugaboo I knew that he would love coloring them and I also used 2 for his birthday card. I used Card Patterns Sketch #79. I loved this sketch and used it again on another card I'll show later this week. Thanks for taking a look!

Paper: CTMH Stardust

Stamps: Bugaboo, Happy Birthday and alphabet for Dinomite and Caleb: Stampin Up

Copics: YG25, G20, 21, 24, 82, BG000, B 21, 23, 24, 26, 29, R20, 35, Y08, 15

Prismacolor pencils for the background

CTMH buttons, Stampin Up embossing powder

Hugs & Smiles

Hello! I made this card for a friend from church who seems to be having a lot of changes in her life recently. I just wanted to let her know I was thinking about her! I used Jen Del Muro's latest SFYTT. The sketch was great and I love how this card turned out! Thanks to Gina K's tutorial on editing photos I am actually pleased with my picture, there's hope for me yet! Hopefully my card will bring a smile to my friend's face. Thanks for looking!

DP: CTMH Magic Moments

Image: Bugaboo digital stamp, sentiment is Gina K Designs

Copics: sorry I didn't write them down this time

Prismacolor pencils for the background

Misc ribbon and buttons