Birthday RAK's

Hi Peeps!

Here are a few of my birthday RAK's from some very talented women! I have a card from Sherree with flower soft on it & I have to say I luv the look of this card, it's so beautiful! I need to get some of this flower soft, have any of you used this stuff yet? Let me know what you think of it if you do. Thank you so much ladies you all have so much talent & I truely am blessed to have such wonderful friends!

I will be back shortly with the winner of the blog candy.


From Risa aka Malieta


From Sherree Bowman


Close up of the Flower Soft she used, I luv it,I need to get some of this stuff.


From Gina Wrona

From Deb aka Stampingranny


From Sandi - a very good friend of mine & she taught me how to knit scarves (hi Sandi)I still go to her when I need help, hahaha!!!. Did you print this out then trace it? Sandi does some amazing sewing cards. I miss having you around now that you moved so far away (2 hours). I can't wait to see you Tuesday!!!


Close up

Thank You & Easter RAK's

Hi everyone!

Sorry it's been awhile but I went away for a few days & had a blast! I went to a wonderful Stamp Store called Beautiful Impressions in Connecticut. I will talk more about that next week. Today will be a quick post, I need to get on the ball & make a few cards for next week & I have laundry, etc. to do & I'm sure you don't want to hear about all that stuff!

I just wanted to share a few Thank you & Easter RAK's I received recently & I will share Birthday RAK's another day. I wanted to say thank you so much to Elena, Jen, Diane and Allison for your wonderful & oh so beautiful cards, I luv them all!

Don't forget about the blog candy, you still have time, I will pick a winner tomorrow on my birthday, so good luck everyone!


From Elena




Hidden message in the flower petal, I luv it!


Close up of the plate. This is the Drama Theater in her home town in Omsk Russia. This is so beautiful Elena, I hung it up in my craft room.


From Jen


From Diane Roussel (she doesn't have a blog, Diane is a local friend)


From Allison

Birthday Blog Candy!

Hi everyone!

Hope your having a fantastic weekend! I've been working on getting my stamps organized in a couple of binders, what I'm doing is indexing my stamps & sentiments so that I know what I have. I have found that when I need a sentiment I always reach for the same ones because I'm too lazy to search everywhere for what I need. My stamps are scattered everywhere & when I clean up I usually find a stamp & say "Oh I could have used that one on one of my cards I just made". Now when I need a sentiment for a birthday, thank you, celebration etc., I can look in my book under what I want & see where it is & get it! Easy peasy! So far I have only worked on all of the SU sets & should have those done by tonight. I didn't realize how many sets I had till I started doing this. I have many other stamp companies as well now so I feel that I am overwhelmed & have some that have not seen ink yet because I forgot about them. Has that happened to you? When I'm finished with indexing everything I will take a picture of the binders, I think this will make my crafting so much easier. Tell me how you keep your stamps organized so that they are much easier to find, I would love to know!

OK, on to my blog candy. Pam (thank you Pam!) donated this stamp set for me to use as blog candy & I figured I'd use it for my Birthday Blog Candy this week & I added a few more items! All you have to do is tell me how you keep track of all your stamps & how you organize them...that's it! So leave your comment here & I will pick a winner on my birthday Saturday April 11th!

Birthday Blog Candy

You will receive:

1. SU Birthday Whimsy stamp set (from last years Sale-a-bration)

2. Dew Drops

3. 8 pack note cards with stickers

4. Heart Swirls card front panels

Good luck everyone!

Miss Lizzy is Back!

Hi peeps!

Just a quick post today hubby & I need to get some shopping done & I need to get ready. Here's Miss Lizzy, it's been awhile since I've inked her up & she was perfect for a card I needed for a little girl. I decided to do a pink color combo & wanted to make it bright so I used all PTI card stock for this one. I just love this image because I can make her bold or soft & sometimes give her some attitude with the colors I use for clothes...isn't she so cute! I luv her!!!

Well next week I will be posting some candy to help celebrate my up coming birthday so watch for that on Monday! I need to take a picture of it first & maybe the sun will come out this weekend long enough to take a picture. Take care & thanks for stopping by today!


Card details

CS: PTI White, Raspberry Fizz, Spring Moss & Lemon Tart
DP: SU Patterns Pack II (hostess level 1)
Stamps: Whipper Snapper "Miss Lizzy Ladybug"
Ink: Memento Tuxedo black, Bic Mark-it markers, Glitter pens, Prisma pencils & OMS
Accessories: Ribbon, nesties, piercing tool

Have a great weekend everyone!

Origami Card

Good morning!

Well I finally got to make an Origami card...YIPPEE!!! I saw this Origami tutorial on Teri's blog (hi Teri!) last November & knew that I wanted to try this out someday so I printed it out & put it aside. Well I needed a card for Sarah's other nephew & thought hmmmm...let me try that Origami card, light bulb moment, hahaha!!! I luv how this card turned out, isn't it so cute! Thanks so much Teri for inspiring me once again girl! Go over to Teri's blog & give it a try, it's a lot of fun to make!

Well I need to go get ready to go out, I'm going to see Jessica to get my hair done. This is the last time I'll get to see the girls at Salon Viva, Jessica has moved on to another Salon. She will be working side by side with Danielle, one of her bridesmaids & very good friend. This salon is in a better location so she should do lots better...good luck sweetie!

Have a great day & thanks for stopping by today!






Card details

CS: Basic Black, Real Red, Pure Luxury by Gina K Designs & Printer paper
DP: Creative Memories
Stamps: Jumping for Joy by Gina K Designs, inside sentiment My Favorite Things
Ink: Memento Tuxedo black, River Rock, Basic Grey, SU markers, Prisma pencils & OMS
Accessories: Nestabilities, circle punches & dimensionals