Clean and Simple Sketch 133

I've had these pretty Martha Stewart flowers in my stash for a little while. I inherited them from a friend who is much better about cleaning out her supplies than I am. Good thing I am teaching preschool and have a place to use all my crafting supplies! Anyway, when I saw this Clean and Simple sketch, I immediately thought about these flowers and the Sweetheart papers from CTMH.



The black strip under the flowers is the reverse side of the polka dotted pink paper. It's just a muted version of the same pattern. This was a nice and quick card!

Supplies used: (D1475) Card Chatter - Birthday stamp set, (X7134B) Sweetheart Level 2 paper packet, Martha Stewart Flowers, (Z2103) Black stamp padPin It

Happy Spring

Today, I felt cold. I checked my car thermometer to see what the outdoor temperature was at about 10am and it was 33 degrees fahrenheit...only one degree above freezing. I think if we hadn't had those nice days (when you didn't even need a coat) last week, I could handle this temperature better than I am handling it now. Plus, it's been spring for 5 days now! I know it'll be sweltering soon enough so, instead of complaining, I decided I should just think spring. I used the Tiny Bubbles Cuttlebug embossing folder for the bottom Sky piece. The little bird and middle umbrella are popped up on foam tape. My card was loosely inspired by this lovely card.

Supplies used: (D1415) Springtime stamp set, (X5761) Sky cardstock, (1385) White Daisy cardstock, (Z2194) Sky stamp pad, (Z2195) Lagoon stamp pad, (Z2167) Creme Brulee stamp pad, (Z2310) Buttercup marker, (Z2364) Sorbet marker, (Z2394) Sky marker, (Z1151) Foam Tape, (Z534) Micro-tip ScissorsPin It

Scrap for a Cause

Are you in need of some scrapbooking or card making time? Sometimes, we just need to make appointments with ourselves to get some time to be creative. Well, here's one opportunity for you to make this happen. On April 9th, come to Lorton, VA and Scrap for a Cause. Not only will you get in some crafting time but you will be helping to support an important cause.

This crop is put on by Team Cancer Sucks which is participating in the American Cancer Society's Relay for Life and all proceeds from the crop will go to the American Cancer Society.

The crop will take place on April 9th, 2011 from 9am-9pm at:
Rent-A-Crane Training Center, 7901 Hill Park Court Suite 2, Lorton, VA 22079

The registration fee is $45.

The crop includes:

•Ample crop space
•Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner Served
•Drinks and Snacks provided all day
•Drawings throughout the day
•Personal trash with trash pickup
•Sizzix and QuicKutz Die Cutting Center
•Tool Table

Go to http://scrapforacause.com/ for more information and to register. I hope to see you there!Pin It

Singing Birdie

The other day, at about 4:50am, I was awakened by what sounded like the tweeting of ALL the birds who had ever flown south for the winter and who had now decided to return, all at the same time, back up here for the spring! I woke up and said," The birds are back," to my sleeping husband. He said something like,"Huh?" and promptly went back to sleep.

Well, I hope this little stamped bird evokes a kinder and gentler mode of tweeting. I love the new background stamp, Universal Backgrounds. It has a wood grain pattern, a mesh pattern, a cursive writing pattern, and then, of course, these pretty musical notes.

Supplies Used: (A1104) A Tweet stamp set, (D1477) Universal Backgrounds stamp set, (Z2114) Cocoa stamp pad, (Z2167) Creme Brulee stamp pad, (X5754) Creme Brulee cardstock, nestabilities, (Z1131) Designer Ribbon Rounds™ Créme Brulee Coleection -- this is currently on sale!

Check out the "While Supplies Last" section of my website to see what else is on sale.Pin It

Woo Hoo!

I had a really nice time at my card workshop today (thank you ladies!). I had hoped to post a sneak peak of the cards we would be making at the workshop in advance during the week but it was a very challenging week for me so it just didn't happen. Anyway, here are a couple of the cards after the fact!

Supplies Used: (C1407) Hot Diggity stamp set, (C1362) You're a Hoot stamp set, (X7134B) Sweetheart Level 2 paper pack, (Z2166) Tulip stamp pad, (Z2114) Cocoa stamp pad

Supplies used: ( G1022) Mayberry Workshops on the Go, (1292) Crystal Blue cardstock, (Z2153) Sweet Leaf stamp pad, (Z2114) Cocoa stamp pad, (Z1151) Foam tape

Now here's something unrelated: I read a variety of different blogs, not really regularly but I browse here and there. Sometimes I concentrate on craft blogs (mostly scrapbooking and stamping, of course), sometimes I look through different teaching and educational blogs to help me with work (and my children), and sometimes I like to read food blogs. One of my favorite blogs is Taste of Beirut. Whenever I am tired of cooking the same old thing, I just browse through her blog for a new recipe. The other night, my daughter had to help plan and make dinner for extra credit, so we decided on Chicken Meatballs from the Taste of Beirut blog. I could eat the whole dish all by myself. We didn't have basil so we substituted parsley for it and it was fine. Sometimes I make the pesto noodles to go with it but we didn't the other night. It is just yummy. Even if you don't find a recipe you like, the pictures are just amazing.

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Studio J Layouts -- Bella and Miracle

I just placed my March Studio J order so here are a couple of layouts from this batch.

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Mojo 180 - Wishing You Well

I used sketch #180 on the Mojo Monday blog to make the following card for my mother-in-law who just had surgery on her knee.

The teacup and sentiment are popped up on foam tape. For fun, I used liquid applique sprinkled with cinnamon on top of the teacup to look like whipped cream or frothed milk. I had some ladies over for a card workshop last Saturday and we used liquid applique as frosting on a cupcake on one of the cards we made. We applied it to the paper which had the stamped cupcake, heated it up to make it puffy, and then attached that piece to the card. It wasn't the easiest thing to attach it to the card at that point since we didn't want to place our stamped image upside down on the table and possibly flatten our "frosting" while applying our tape runner to the back of the paper. We tried to apply adhesive to where the image needed to go on the card which also isn't that easy. So for this card, I attached all my pieces to my card, put the liquid applique on the part I need to, and then heated it up. Of course, my card warped after using the heat tool! But I just lay some flat items on top of the places it warped to try to flatten it out and it seems to be okay now!
 
Supplies used: (X7127B) Magnifique Level 2 paper pack, (A1109) A Sip stamp set, (D1283) Say it in Style stamp set, (Z2192) Pacifica stamp pad, (Z2125) Grey Wool stap pad, (Z1385) Designer Ribbon Blue Collection, (Z308) Liquid Applique, cinnamon, (Z1151) Foam tape
 
It was a challenge for me to make a square card. For some reason, I tend to stick to standard size cards but it was nice to try something different (my card is 5" x 5"). Here's the sketch from Mojo Monday.

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Free My Acrylix® Block

During March, you can earn a free 3" x 3" or 2" x 6.5" My Acrylix® block when you order $25 or more in Close to My Heart stamps. There is a limit of one free My Acrylix® block per order per customer. Qualifying stamp purchases include A-, B-, C-, D-, E-size stamp sets, and Stamp of the Month sets purchased at full retail or at a discount. K-size stamp sets, Stamp of the Months earned for free, and Workshops on the Go™ are excluded.Pin It