Father's Day Cards

In honor of those special men in our lives, I've created a few cards. I used some Graphic 45 papers and lots of Papertrey Ink Stamps.

I hope all the men in your life had a Happy father's Day!

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cards for men

i always have such a hard time making cards for men. i got the idea for this card from last month's Papercrafts Magazine and new i had to make it. i just love the Graphic 45 papers and i have been saving them for just the right card. i love how it turned out and plan on making another version of it for a Father's Day card.

monkey birthday card

this cute monkey card is so fun and playful! I used a variety of goodies to create this card. the monkey is colored with copics. the kites are fussy cut and stamped with some jenni bowlin inks. i used a few PTI stamps as well as a Lawn Fawn set for the sentiment.

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more enjoy the ride

i am so glad i dug this PTI stamp set out. i am having so much fun with it. i made this card for my brother's birthday. i love the combination of stamps that i used. i will be playing with the Lawn Fawn set, Say cheese for more cards...i just love the possibilities!

Supplies: Blueberry sky card stock (papertrey Ink), Enjoy the Ride Stamp Set (Papertrey Ink), Say Cheese Stamp set )Papertrey Ink, Twine ( Twinery) Momento black ink.

enjoy the ride

I have been in a card making mood this week. here's a graduation card i made for my nephew. blue and white are his school colors, so i incorporated them into this card. hope he likes it.

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Mother's Day

I hope everyone had a wonderful Mother's Day. Mine was terrific. We went to my sister's for brunch, and than spent some time just relaxing with the family.

Here are some of the Mother's Day Cards I made.

This card I made using the Button Boutique from Papertrey Ink. My sister is a quilter like myself, so I knew she would appreciate it and she did.

These two cards I made using the Stella & Rose Doily Stamp set, lot of PTI goodness and a Jenni Bowling butterfly.

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PTI Rocket

When I saw the Rocket stamp set on Papertrey Ink, I know had to get it. Santana loves Buzz Light Year and walks around the house saying "to infinity and beyond". Here is the card I made for his third birthday. I got my inspiration from The Papertrey Ink Gallery.

The background is done with Tim Holtz distess inks. The images are colored with copic markers. I especailly like the "bling" used for the Rocket window. I think I will be making more of these cards for the little men in our lives.

easter cards

my easter cards are ready to go. i made these for a card challenge on my scrapbuddies message board and i'm very happy with the way they turned out.

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project life is fantastic! i am loving it so much this year! i have everything nicely stored in a wicker basket under my desk and i just throw little things in it all week long. when i'm ready to work on it, i just pull out the basket and everything i need is right there. this is what my dinningroom looks like when i working on it. this is the best part about project life...passing these memories on to those we love. ava can't wait to see what i put into our book. it just warms my heart to watch her looking through our album.

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MIA

i know i've been MIA but life just got in the way. it's time to get back to blogging and creating! i was inspired to do this layout of Bear as a puppy after a friend lost her best furbaby. bear was such a hansome man!

where does time go....

i can't believe i haven't blog in months. life has been crazy, but when isn't it? fall is upon us and halloween is just days away. for now i'm going to leave you with these photos of our fall fun....

apple picking....

pumpkin picking

my favorite pumpkins...

just say hello

i made this card for a challenge on a message board that I belong to. the theme was just say hello, using the colors yellow and green. i love the PTI stamp of the car that i used and i especially like the matching die that you can get with the stamp set. if you like the stamp set and die you can get it here. on top of the fact that this was a fun card to make, it also placed in the challenge. i'm really enjoying making cards!

time flies and cards

i can't believe we are almost half way through the summer already. where does the time go?

here are a few of my latest cards that i've made.

this one i made for ava's dance recital. she loved it and she even asked me how i made it. it was a wonderful night for all of us. i remember sitting through so many recitals with melissa. to see ava up there on the stage dancing, brought back the same butterflies i used to get watching her mom!

here are a few cards i made for a card olymics i'm participating in on one of the message boards i belong to. i had so much fun making this red, white and blue card. i used my cricut to make the layered flag and stars. It's hard to tell from the photo, that i used a glitter glazed pen on the stripes of the flag and to make stitch lines around the navy background. i will admit that the card is pretty heavy with all the layers so it will need some extra postage for mailing.

this card was made for a fall card challenge and it won first place! I was totally caught by surprise! you know when you're not loving something and you just keep playing with it...well that was how i felt about this card, so you can only imagine my surprise when i found out that it placed! it's hard to tell from the photo, but the gold sprigs are done with glitter and the autumn greetings tag is layered and pop dotted.




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happy father's day!

happy father's day to all the dad's out there today. we have a bbq planned for later today with my dad...the best dad there is!

june is here

i can't believe it's june already! yeah...summer fun is about to begin. i plan on spending time exploring the island with ava and santana and getting some much needed relaxtion in by the shore. sounds like a great combination for new photos!

in the meantime here are two of my latest cards.

this graduation card was quick and easy, a little kraft cardstock, a border punch, butterflies, cut with my making memories slice, ribbon and some wonderful thickers.

i always find masculine cards to be a challenge. i found a good tutorial for this card and made it for my dad for his birthday. i plan on making a few more variations of it , for father's day cards.

Here is the link to the tutorial: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=so6VmrBSFfY

yes...more cards

i haven' t had much time to play with paper over the last few weeks, but here are some of the cards i recently made. i am in love with my new cricut. it is so much fun! i need to start making cards ahead of time instead of making them day before i need them!

teacher appreciation

i'm so excited! i made these cards for teacher appreciation week at ava and santana's daycare and i got recognized over on Club CK. my cards are shown in the post on inspiring scrapbook pages. here is the link to the post: http://clubcreatingkeepsakes.com/blogs/ck_community/archive/2010/05/07/inspiring-scrapbook-pages-from-the-club-ck-gallery-may-7-2010.aspx

i made these cards using a notebook theme. the apples are cut on my cricut and i used black cardstock as a base. the inside sentiment is stamped with vintage cream ink (PTI) on the black cardstock, so it gives the effect of a chalkboard. these are the two styles that i made.
this is what the inside of the card look like. these would be perfect cards to give teachers at the end of the school year as well!
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mother's day

i've been busy making mother's day cards. here are a few of my favorites.
here is the card ava and i made for her mom for mother's day.

hope everyone has a happy mother's day!

a lot of cards

That seems to be what I've been making over the last few weeks.

I really love these flower cards. I stamped the image, colored with Copics, cut it out by hand and adhered it with pop dots.These a few quick cards that I made, using various techniques.

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ava's spiders

ava is becoming very artistic. she is love with my tape runner and jumps at the chance to use it. the other morning while watching a barney halloween dvd with santana, she asked me if she could make the spiders that barney was making. i got here the supplies she needed and this is what she came up with. we now have a lot of these running sround our house!