Birthday flower

Hey everyone! It's been snowing here in the Pacific Northwest for the last day and a half. Which means that I've had time to play in the studio!

This was inspired by a picture in my bathroom that had a shadow behind the main flower. So, I decided to see if I could create a very subtle shadow effect for this one. Stamp is from Paper Inspirations and stamped in Studio G light yellow chalk ink. Flower is from Memory Box and the sentiment is from Papertrey, Ink.

Added some tiny pearls for the center of the flowers. The little leaves were painstaking colored with a Copic marker. The yellow ribbon was a lucky find in my ribbon stash that worked really good with the ink I used for the shadow. Green designer paper is from Hot Off The Press.

I thought I'd also share with you a picture of Noah playing in the snow this morning. He's a year old today!
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Butterfly birthday wishes

Hey everyone! Wow - what a week it has been and I'm glad it went by quickly! Here's a birthday card done with some new stamps from Victorine Originals.

Butterflies were stamped randomly and then colored with Copic markers. I cut it apart in one inch strips and staggered the pieces up and down on the black card base.

Sentiment is cut out using the long rectangle nesties die. Layered with black and then a scalloped metallic silver. It's also popped up with foam tape.

The picture is a bit dark, but in real life it looks pretty cool. Thanks for stopping in and have a great weekend!

A big thank you

Hello! I got this sentiment set from Papertrey, Ink for free when I placed my December order and had to play around with it.


The swirl stamp on the top and bottom of the die cut are from an undetermined stamp company that I found in my drawer. I thought they went pretty well with the sentiment. Everything is stamped in Archival jet black ink.

Designer paper is from Once Upon A Time from DCWV. Green cardstock is from Bazzill and the ivory is from PTI. I cut the dp with the bracket die from Tim Holtz alterations line. Then I popped up the bottom portion with some foam tape. Self adhesive gold pearls used inthe corners and ivory satin ribbon used behind the label die, which is from PTI.

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Sketch Challenge at Victorine Originals

Hi everyone! I designed a sketch for the Victorine Originals blog challenge. The challenges usually last two weeks and if you participate you have a chance to win free stamps!

Here is the sketch.

and here is what I did with it!

Sentiment is from VO from the set Blank label and sayings set, which you can find here. The designer paper is from Kaisercraft.

I distressed the smaller vertical panel using Memento rhubarb stalk ink. The fancy doily like die is from Memory Box and cut out from a piece of cardstock from HOTP. Added a satin bow and ribbon in a rose color to match the cardstock and the colors in the dp. lastly, small self adhesive gold pearls added to the top right hand corner.

I kept it CAS for this one, but did use up some DP - which is my New Years Resolution - to use more dp on my cards so that I can begin to deplete my stash! So far so good!

Don't forget to head over to the VO stamp blog and participate in this challenge - the sketch is an easy one and can be used for anything!

3 hearts

Hello everyone! Since Valentines day is the next major holiday coming up, I thought I'd get a jump on card making now.

I used a die from Quickutz (lifestyle crafts) to cut out the hearts on the back of the kraft cardstock. Distress ink in vintage photo was daubered around the hearts to make them stand out a bit. Red polka dot designer paper is taped on between the red card base.

Pure poppy ink from Palette is used to stamp the sentiment which is from Papertrey, Ink and is all the dp and cardstock.

I like that this is clean looking, but it was not simple to line up the die three times even using a ruler and pencil! I guess I need to invest in a heart punch! (grin)

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Mojo 222 sketch

Hello! Found some time today (on my last day off from work) to take down the decorations, do laundry and make a card for the Mojo Monday #222 sketch.

It was a good thing that I was multi tasking today because all the designer paper that I went through making this card was pretty funny. I really have got to get some red dp! In the end, I left it clean and simple.


Stamps are from Verve - Flutter by and Kind Words. I embossed the butterfly, colored with a Tombow marker, cut it out and popped it up using foam tape. The flowers are done with LePlume markers and spritzed with water.

As you can see, I left the pennant top hanging over the card base. I was going to cut it off, but I like how it added some interest to the card. The red designer paper that I did happen to find, is from Kaisercraft. Self adhesive pearls used for the flower centers and on the left hand side.

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2011 favorites

Hi everyone. I decided to go through all my cards that I made for last year and pick out 12 of my favorites. In random order here they are:








Was there a particular card that I did this past year that was a favorite for you? If so, what was is? Thanks for stopping in and Happy New Year!