Baby Shower Card

Today's card was made for a friend's baby shower. She's having twins sometime in March! Lucky her. :) This uses some retired stuff, including the stamp set "She's all that" and some designer paper. The silver hodgepodge hardware is current, as is the ribbon and buttons. I think it's pretty darn cute, how 'bout you? :)

Starting the New Year Right

So, how many blogs are going to start off with that today?! Not only am I posted to my blog after many, many months, I am posting my Christmas thank you cards! So, 2 birds with one stone, right? :) This is what I came up with for my thank you cards. If you pull the tag out, it says "Thank You" on the little card in the envelope. Cute huh?

Birthday Hugs and Wishes

This card uses the Stem Silhouettes stamp set and I just LOVE it! It's so versatile and you can do so many things with it. I also used the top note die from the Big Shot, which is another of my favorites of course! I used my markers to ink up the stamps and get the different colors.

Stamp-A-Stack

Here is one of the cards we made at my Stamp-A-Stack. We made 12 birthday cards and had a GREAT time! The next SAS is going to be Feb. 18, in Fair Oaks if you can make it. contact me to reserve your spot today.

Stamps: Crazy for Cupcakes

Bella Blossoms

I really liked this set when it first came out last catalog and finally got a chance to play around with it. I have made alot of cards like this with different colors and paper. I'll post them later, my camera battery is charging. :) But, for some reason this set is not listed in the new catalog, however it is still available on the dormant list. So, yes, you can still get this set even if you don't see it! :)

Sneak Peak

Here are some cards made with some products (paper, stamps, Big Shot Embosslit) coming out in our new catalog on Jan. 19. They are some of my favorites cards to date! :) I hope you enjoy them too.

September Card Set

Here is September's Card Set for purchase. It is $10 for the four cards, envelopes and delivery. Is that a GREAT deal! Or, just use my layouts and make your own cards. :) Contact me to purchase.








Ingredients:

Stamps: Eastern Blooms, Fresh Cuts, Much Appreciated, Stitched Exotics, Cute & Curly
Paper: CS: Pink Pirouette, Chocolate Chip, Rose Red, Whisper White
DSP: Pink Pirouette
Ink: Rose Red, Whisper White, Chocolate Chip,
Ribbon: Pink Pirouette Striped Grosgrain, Hemp Twine
Accessories: Punches: Scalloped Edge, Scallop Circle, 1 1/4" & 1 3/8" circle, Curly Label, Three for You
Brads, Stampin' Write Markers

Wedding Gift

My husband performed the ceremony last weekend for a friend's wedding. This is his 4th one and probably not his last. Normally he puts the ceremony in a photo album and gives it to the couple for a keepsake. Now that I am stampin' he asked me to make a nice album for the ceremony that we could give them. The bride LOVES the nickname her new hubby has, so I had to use that on the cover. I used silver rings to bind it and then made little tabs on each of the pages so it would be easier to turn the pages. I also made them some matching notecards as a gift. The wedding was beautiful! Greg did a fabulous job and everything turned out perfectly. :) Congratulations Lippys. :)

Card Set for Sale

I have many customers not knowing where to start and just want some home made cards. I have decided that I am going to sell small sets of cards together as a set. For those that can make their own, you can use my layouts for your own cards and for those that either don't want to make them, but would rather buy them, here's your chance. :) This is this month's set, you get 3 cards that are 5 1/2 X 4 1/4 and one card that is 3x3 all with envelopes for $10. This includes shipping or personal delivery, whichever is easiest. Please contact me if you are interested.







Ingredients:



Stamps: Dreams Du Jour

Paper: Bella Rose DSP, Pink Pirouette, Riding Hood Red, Kiwi Kiss

Ink: Kiwi Kiss, Riding Hood Red

Accessories: Scallop Edge Punch, Three For You Punch, Silver Brad, Circle Punch

Baby Shower Invitation

My good friend Genevieve is throwing her sister-in-law a baby shower and wanted to make the invitations. She knew the colors and the stamp sets she wanted to use, but it took us a while to come up with the design. It was a fun putting these together and I really hope that Genevieve was happy with them and that Lauren likes them as well. :)

For Laura

As you can tell, I have made journals for my friend and her parents. They are a 2nd family to me and I wish I could be closer, but they are in Denver and I am in Auburn, CA. Not too easy to be there for them. I make my phone calls and hope to get a package of stuff in the mail to them this week. This journal and card are for Laura, I know she'll love them, I just hope she uses them! :)

Ingredients:
Paper: Bali Breeze DSP
Accessories: Thickers (just love the name!), hodgepodge hardware, flower fusion, brads, grosgrain ribbon

For John

These little items are for John, Faye's husband. He has found himself having to do alot more and keep track of a lot of little things so I wanted him to be able to keep track of them. It's a small little journal I found at Target and just covered it with some paper. I think it turned out pretty cool and isn't too girly.

Ingredients:
Paper: River Rock, Blue Bayou, Western Sky DSP
Stamps: Office Accroutement, Make it Count
Accessories: Hodgepodge Hardware, 5-petal flower punch, oval punch, circle punches

For Faye

I have a dear friend, Laura, in Denver whose mom has been diagnosed with lung cancer and brain tumors. I'm not real sure on the prognosis and "they" aren't real sure of it either. I do know that she is going through chemo and it's VERY tough on the family. I thought she might like a journal to record her thoughts through out her ordeal. Not a day goes by that I don't think about her and pray for her. I love her and her family and want her to get better. I also made a matching card for her and I hope she enjoys them both.

Ingredients:

Stamp: Always

Ink: Red Riding Hood Red

Paper: Bella Rose DSP, Pink Pirouette CS and Riding Hood Red (All available Aug 11)

Accessories: White grosgrain ribbon, pink taffeta ribbon, large oval punch and Scallop Edge Punch (Available Aug. 11)

Gift for Lindsay

I am going to see my friend Lindsay in Puerto Vallarta and I have made these as a little gift. She LOVES cards and anything paper, so I'm sure she will like these. At least I hope so. :)

Ingredients:

Stamps: Just Rite Stamper, Best Friends Alphabet, Phrases for a Friend

Paper: Basic Black, Whisper White, Taken With Teal

Accessories: Brads, corner punch, white ribbon

Sock Monkey Love

I was so very excited when I saw the Sock Monkey stamp set. And I am totally laughing that there are so many different posts and polls and all sorts of commotion about the Sock Monkey. I personally LOVE it! And it goes perfectly with the sock monkey blanket that I crochet!!!! I just love coordinating the wrap and cards with the gift so this is absolutely PERFECT for me and my gift wrapping anal-ness. :) This blanket is for my dear friend Laura, she had her son, Sawyer a few months ago and I am FINALLY getting her blanket done for her! Sorry it took so long, but hopefully it was well worth the wait! I also made the cute little tag with the new Sock Monkey stamp set coming out in August! Do ya want it? Let me know and as of August 11, I can order it for you. :)

Tag Ingredients:

Stamp: Sock Monkey (Available August 11), Weather Background Stamp (retiring Aug. 10)

Ink: Chocolate Chip

Accessories: eyelets, Stampin Write Markers, Water color pencils and blender pens

A Thank You

I have been trying to get better at including Thank You notes in customer's orders. My new friend Suzie bought some stamps so I included this little thank you when I dropped off her order. I sure hope she likes the card as well as her new purchases.

Ingredients:

Card: Love Notes card
Ink: Rose Red
Stamps: Taking Care of Business
Accessories: Flower Fusion, Rhinestone brad

Baby Shower Gift

As many of you know, I love to crochet. So, all the babies in my life get a handmade blanket. And of course, I love to have everything match! Matching card, wrap, tags, blankets, etc. I even checked the registry to make sure my colors matched hers. :) This friend is "lucky" enough to be having twin girls! Oh boy!!!! What a way to start out, these will be babies #1 & 2! So, here are the blankets, card, tag and wrap that I put together for the gift. I sure hope they all like it. :) Congrats Josh and Jami!!!!

Genevieve's Card

I have been trying to get some friends and family to send me photos of cards that they have made and haven't had any luck. Well, my friend Genevieve was over making invitations (will post after they are mailed) for a baby shower and she needed to make a card for a different baby shower. So, she went into my creative cave and came out with this:

I think it turned out pretty cute!

Sorry for the bad photo, we are covered in smoke around here, so there isn't much natural sunlight and everywhere I tried to take a photo, I got a bit of a shadow on it. So, we'll just have to go with this one. :)

Card for Lindsay

I am going to visit my friend in Puerto Vallarta next week and I am sooooo very excited! She is such a wonderful person and was trying EVERYTHING to get me down there. So before I even knew if I could go or not, I sent her this card. It's been about a month now and I don't think she has received it because she is always very good at thanking me for the cards and stuff I send her. Maybe she'll get it while I am there next week! hahaha If not, I will make sure she checks my blog. :) Either way, I hope she likes it. :)

July Workshop Cards

Here are the projects for my July classes, I only have 2, so if anybody would like to book one, I have plenty of free days! :) I wanted to try and use some retiring sets, so I have Carte Postale, Office Accroutement and one of the hostess sets. These are retiring on August 10, so please let me know if you like 'em and want 'em. :)