Thanks so much.

Yay, it's Friday!

OK - it's just my Friday because I'm off tomorrow and Friday - woooo!

I've got a couple of thank-you cards to share today featuring patterned papers & chipboard by Prima, kraft envelopes from Maya Road, and a fabby Verve sentiment (this was one of the free with purchase stamps and I reallllly like this one!).

Hope your Friday, um, your Wednesday, is great!

More Material Girl.

I'll tell you what, I just love saying or typing "Material Girl" because it totally gets me singing that Madonna song from back in the day. I used to love me some Madonna.

You must be my lucky star....cuz you shine on me wherever you are....

So...yeah. 2 days, 2 Cosmo Cricket Material Girl posts. Has anyone tried the new inks from Papertrey Ink - with the new formula? This is the first one I've gotten that way - Terracotta Tile - and, um...not a fan. It's like too pasty/sticky or something and when you take the stamp off from the paper, it pulls off some of the ink and just does not leave a nice impression. I wish all the dark colors could stay the old formula and just the light ones changed.

This first card has some Material Girl chipboard, some Prima Say it in Pearls with the little roses, and a new Verve sentiment from Let it Shine.

Got the same goin' on with my second card except with a lil' Hero Arts stamp.

Thanks for stopping in today!

Material Girl Easter cards.

Happy Monday! - is that an oxymoron or something?

Happy and Monday....hmmm.... Anywho - hi!

Today I've got some Easter cards that I made with Cosmo Cricket's Material Girl papers (and chipboard). This line is soooo cute, but for me the most challenging of all the new lines out. I'm not sure what it is. Perhaps I'm overthinking it. But I saw Danni had some Easter treats made with this paper and I thought what the heck - give it a go. So here I am. I've got a thing for Rustic Cream lately; and of course, my most favorite Easter sentiment from Verve.

Hope your week starts off just ducky!

Birthday wishes.

Happy Sunday, Girls!

I've got 2 cards for you today both featuring one of my very most favorite Studio G stamps, and also patterned papers by My Little Shoebox.

I tried the new ric rac die from Papertrey Ink. My opinion is the same as it was with the egg die: really cute and fun, but the paper doesn't come out of the die and that's frustrating. However, because I only did like 6 strips, I got over it much quicker this time - heh.

I love that cupcake ribbon that I got on clearance at Michael's a longgggggggggg time ago. And I was bound and determined to get some of it on this card. Not sure I love what I did with it, but it's there and I'm happy!

Have a great Sunday!

Challenged by kraft.

Happy Saturday!

You know, I really like kraft cardstock. But I'm still learning how to use it. When I see the more drab kind of patterned papers I think that would go well with kraft. But as you can see here, that's probably when I should NOT go with kraft because drab + drab = blah. Cosmo Cricket comes out with the cutest papers and here I've struck out with them by using kraft. Ah well - all part of the learning process, right?

Hope your weekend is anything but blah!

A hodgepodge of mini cards.

Happy Friday!

I've got a mix of some happy little mini cards to share with you today.

Patterned papers from My Little Shoebox....

......American Crafts......

....and My Mind's Eye.

TGIF!

Papertrey Ink Blog Hop

Hello and thank you for stopping in
along the Papertrey Ink Blog Hop.

The theme for this month's Hop is BUTTONS!! Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! I couldn't not play along this month *giggles* I sort of changed the theme to Hawaiian Shores and buttons as I really wanted to start trying different color matches with Hawaiian Shores.

On my first card I worked some True Black and Pure Poppy with Hawaiian Shores. I used patterned papers from Black & White Basics, Prima chipboard, Making Memories pins that matched perfectly, Hawaiian Shores ribbon, Pure Poppy buttons, and a sentiment from Asian Fusion. Not sure about the Vintage Tea Dye that I inked the edges of the card with - but whatev - LOL

On my second card I went with Raspberry Fizz and used patterned papers from Raspberry Fizz Mix, Prima chipboard, some Hawaiian Shores buttons and the sentiment from Asian Fusion. And do you love that ribbon?? I got this ribbon from Courtney Baker's new shop: Practicing Creativity Designs and it matches Hawaiian Shores perfectly!

I went a little outside the box on my third card and tried Dark Chocolate with Hawaiian Shores. I paired Chocolate Remix patterned papers with some pretty cream eyelet trim that I picked up from A Million Memories, Prima chipboard (it really does go with everything - heh), and Hawaiian Shores ribbon and buttons. I finally got me one of those 2-way glue pens and put a couple of strips of glitter across the top of my card just for a lil' sum-sum up there. Not sure if this one is my most favorite color combinations ever, but I'm all about trying new things - sometimes you hit it, and sometimes you miss it - ha!

Thanks so much for stopping in.

See you on the Hop!

Sassafras bebe cards.

Y'all know I'm all about keepin' it real, so I'm just gonna come right out and tell you that I think this first card is off-the-chain cool! *ouch* I just threw my arm out patting myself on the back. But I love this card so much! I love the envelope - that Tiffany sent me...thanks, girl! - the fun stitching around it, the Pink Paislee glittered chipboard letters, the cutout characters at the bottom and of course the great colors that go so well with this fun-fun-fun Nerdy Bird paper from Sassafras.

And I guess I like this second one too *giggles* (but not as much as the first one). Nerdy Bird is like the cutest name for a collection of paper...and it's just such a bright and cheery line - you can't help but be happy creating with it and just saying it: Nerdy Bird - LOL

Be sure and come back at 3pm my time today
for my Papertrey Ink Blog Hop post.

Friday eve and feelin' good - have a good one!

Quite Contrary baby cards.

Mid-week.....half-way there....ahhhhh.

I've got a couple of baby cards to share with you today that I made with My Mind's Eye's Quite Contrary papers, diecuts and stickers. I just love the umbrella stuff for baby cards!

I also tucked a little Prima chipboard behind my ribbon on this one. I'm using Prima chipboard wherever and whenever I can - - just ordered 3 more packs because I {heart} them so!

The You Are Sooo Cute is a diecut and then I just cut some patterned paper around it; got some BasicGrey buttons on there too.

Now I just need to know more people havin' babies!

Cards for men.

Hey dolls!

I've got a couple of man cards to share with you today featuring patterned papers by Graphic 45. I really struggle with cards for men. But at the same time I think men would be less critical of a card than a woman would be so I've got that goin' for me...which is nice.

Keepin' it short today since yesterday's post was so long.

Have a great day!

Easter treats.

Hey Hey Happy Monday!

Today I'm sharing with you my entry in to the Mother of the Year contest - LOL Totally kidding, but this little project I think goes above and beyond *wink* I made some little treats for the kids' church classes and now I'm going to tell you (and show you) all about them.

Purple is the classic Easter color - so I stocked up on Plum Pudding cardstock from Papertrey Ink the last couple of months I ordered.

And because I love Jenni Bowlin bingo cards so much, I knew I was going to be using these on whatever little project I made for Easter, so I loaded up on these as well.

And then I started to cut.... I have seen several tutorials out there in blogland on measurements for these little matchbooks, but my patience and skill level being what it is, I sort of merged all the tutorials in to one and made mine with as little cutting, scoring and folding as possible.

Cute little book; I love my little pink stapler.

Tedious work, I say.

Happy little piles of Easter goodness in the making; the patterned paper I'm using is from Pretty Pastels and Egg Hunt.

Alright - now you all know that I'm all about the keep-it-real, so I'm gonna give you my take on the new dies from Papertrey Ink.

The paper does not come out of the die. Seriously? Yeah - the paper does not come out. And when you are making 100 little eggs total, that's a colossal pain in the you-know-what.

So I had to get a Glue Dot and pull out each egg after it was cut. I've heard and read all over blogland different ideas for how you can get the paper out - my thing is...I shouldn't have to. It should just come out. Sorry - you know I gots mad love for Papertrey Ink products, but these dies were really frustrating for me during the making of this project.

They really are cute little eggs...but still.

100 cranks through the Big Shot later....

Kerri girl and Becca Lynn like it when I stitch on little things like this - so why not...I'm already hours in to this thing anyhow - ha.

I love these little piles...so darn ca-ute!

Got some texture with my stitching, now adding some dimension with a button adhered with a Glue Dot, of course. I used to glue my buttons on with Tombow - what was I thinking? Glue Dots are the way to go.

Of course I used my very favorite Easter sentiment from Verve.

My creative mess.

And now we're done!

You wanna see what I put inside of these little matchbooks? Here's where I get the extra credit on the Mother of the Year scorecard. I made candy buttons. Yup - made 'em. In these little molds.

Dropped one batch on the dirty floor - I suppose Mother of the Year would have clean floors so I reckon' I just lost points.

Pretty pink and yellow candy buttons. I bought purple candy wafers to make too, but then I got lazy. See the little flower ones? Aren't those cute? Only got a few of them - they didn't come out of the molds so easy.

Cute as a.....

Packaged in little glassine bags, folded over and stuck inside with another Glue Dot.

The first completed pile.

If it weren't for the dirty kitchen floor, I just know I'd win. Ah well - maybe next year. Hope you enjoyed - I really did enjoy making these. And making candy - so easy...easy as pie...and comes out...yeah, cute as a button *giggles*

Hope your week starts off just swell!

Spring joy.

Happy Spring - a day late.

I've got another little card to share with you today featuring new papers from My Little Shoebox. I really {heart} their papers so. Even though it's probably made with scrapbookers in mind, I always get the sheet that has the big images on it and I get so tickled when I can find a use for them like I have here today. I cut out the house and the little butterflies, added some glitter to the butterflies - been on a glitter roll lately and I don't even like working with glitter! - and then added some ribbon topped with this adorable sentiment from Studio G.

Looking forward to the race today - it's Bristol, baby...and my driver FINALLY made a race...yipppppeeee!!

Hope you have a great Sunday!

Easter wishes.

Ohhh it's the weekend - and I couldn't be happier. I've got so much stuff to do this weekend, but it sure beats workin', are ya' with me?!

So anyway....I was whining a couple of weekends ago because I could not find the Martha bunny punch anywhere in the 208. FRUSTRATING. My friend Dawn up in Canada took pity on me and found one at her Michael's and sent it to me - how cool is that? Thanks, Dawn! I got home from work Thursday night and there it was. I was beat, but I had to make something, so this is my feeble attempt at making CAS cards *giggles*

Patterned papers are the backs of My Little Shoebox papers - they have the cutest back prints that are equally fun to play with, ribbon by Papertrey Ink, as is my kraft, sentiment and ink. I sort of fancy that little ticket with the sentiment - will probably do that again soon. And I need little white pom poms...hope to find those this weekend so that my bunnies have smaller booties.

Hope you have a sweet Saturday!