WW: Mini Album

I have noticed that inspiration seems to strike me in the most wonderful of ways. This was the case with my latest creation! Inspired by a picture mat I bought at Wal-Mart...



Rotated and distressed with Tim Holtz alcohol inks, stickles, and grungeboard elements I have to say I am incredibly pleased with it.

I embellished the grungeboard with alcohol ink and stickles

I used flocked patterned paper for the back cover which gives it a vintage-y look

Patterned Paper: Kimberly Poloson Flocked Cabana Blooms

Embellishments: Tim Holtz grungeboard, 7Gypsies gaffer tape, Tim Holtz alcohol inks, Tim Holtz Stickles, Picture Mat

WW: November ATC

This is my entry for this month's A Piece of Craft ATC club cards.

WW: Damask and Velvet

This is a very special birthday card for me since I have never combined so many textures and patterns in one card.

Cardstock: Stampin Up Pacific Pointe, Riding Hood Red, DCWV Yellow scallop textured

Patterned Paper: Scrapworks Valentine's Day

Ribbon: Green organza, Sweet petites brown tiny check

Embellishments: Heidi Swapp Damask ghost sticker, 7Gypsies gaffer tape, Dymo caption maker, Daisy Bucket velvet heart (sunset), tiny clock face

WW:Ought to be...

WW: Time flies by

For this installment I decided to try coloring. I loved coloring as a kid and I am still a kid at heart.
Cardstock: Stampin Up kraft, certainly celery, white
Inks: Versamagic gingerbread, Colorbox olive pastel
Rubons: Kaiser craft flourish border, SU Bella Rose
Embellishments: Making Memories pebble brad, dollar sticker (Michaels), zig painty gold, signo white gel, sakura souffle

WW: Feliz Navidad!

These are some of fthe 25 Christmas cards I created for one of my customers. I love the look of the new Stampin Up Felt Flurries. They are a wonderful addition to any card.
Cardstock: Stampin Up Kraft
Patterned Paper: Stampin Up Holiday Treasures, Frances Meyer Cleopatra
Embellishments: Stampin Up Felt Flurries, SU Pretties kit, SU Filigree Brads, SU rhinestone brads, Dymo caption maker
Ink: Colorbox Alabaster Chalk, Dew Drop Gingerbread

WW: 100% wonderful birthday

This is a lovely card I created as a special commission for my friend Dom's Mom. Her birthday is this Saturday and I had a real blast creating it.
Cardstock: Stampin Up Barely Banana
Ribbon: SU Old Olive grosgrain
Embellishments: SU Hodgepodge hardware aged copper clips, Marcella by K Sabrina rhinestones, EK Sticko Inspirables Canvas labels-Feminine
Rubons: Bo Bunny Greenhouse, Royal & Langnickel butterfly glitter
Flowers: SU Flower Fusion Too, Prima Marseille

WW: 20th Anniversary

This year Stampin Up is celebrating 20 years in the business, and they have been gracious enough to send us these commemorative pins!

CREATIVITY! OPPORTUNITY! SERVICE!

WW: Krafty Heart

I apologize for totally missing the boat on my WONDERFUL Wednesdays last week. For this week I decided to make it a wonderfully sparkly Wednesday. ENJOY!
Cardstock: Stampin Up Kraft, Riding Hood Red, Kiwi Kiss
Patterned paper: KI Memories Pop Culture
Stamps: SU Handle with care
Embellishments: K and Co glittery hearts

Wonderful Wednesdays: Copper friends

In this installment of wonderful wednesdays I choose to try something I had not done before.... stamping directly on the cardstock. It was one of those instances where you just take a deep breath and say "whatever happens, here goes!" LOL

I chose a stamp that I could color (bringing to mind my childhood days of coloring books and crayons).

Enjoy!!

Cardstock: Stampin Up Kraft

Specialty paper: White glossy

Stamps: SU Time well spent

Inks:Tim Holtz Distress (broken china, vintage photo)

Pens: Sakura Souffle, Krylon Copper Leafing

Embellishments: Flowers and Pearl Beads from SU's Pretties Kit

Ribbon: Offray

Wonderful Wednesdays: August ATC

On this my first installment of "Wonderful Wednesdays" I wanted to show you how I used those butterflies. I wanted to keep as much of their vibrancy as possible so I printed them out on inkjet transparency sheets. These are my first ATC cards for APieceofcraft . Marion Smith is an inspiration with all the embossing idea videos on Youtube. My strong in divine guidance allowed me to find her online. In these I used Arithmetique gaffer tape by 7Gypsies, Stampin Up Vanilla cardstock and jewel brads from the pretties kit, as well as stamps from the Make it Count stamp set. I have also always wanted to play with some Dee Gruenig brush markers I bought a while back. I wanted to make the stamps echo the colors of the butterflies and I found myself wondering why I hadn't thought of the idea before. I will definitely make up for that oversight from now on.