Wooosh...speedy!

Hey everyone!  Where has the time gone? I can't believe that Father's day is right around the corner!  That got me to thinking, I never did share my Mother's Day card that I made for my Mother-in-law!  This lady has been a pillar of strength and such a source of inspiration for me over the years.  I wanted to make her a special card and I stepped out of my box for this one a bit.  I used untraditional colors and I did quite a bit of stamping, embossing and inking!  

Hopefully I will get a Father's Day card one and maybe have it in time to share as well!  It's my Grandma's Birthday week and we are celebrating this week so I'll be putting together something pretty to celebrate her ninety......95? birthday I think!  Wow!  She is one amazing woman.

Speaking of amazing.  I have to brag on my daughter for just a bit.  Proud Mama moment..sorry!  All these years that Ashley has played soccer we knew she had speed like the wind.  When we moved to Canada it turned out that they start track and field in forth grade.  So, this 10 year old qualified for districts in 100 meter and then a few weeks later, went on to first place out of 22 schools.  She was crazy excited.  My grin was pretty big as well.  ; )

Thanks for letting me share!  Hope you have a fabby day!

Delicate and Distressed Cards

Hi everyone!  Can't believe the weekend is here already!  The weeks are just flying by!

Here are two more cards I taught in my card class this week.  The first card has a Just Rite Stampers butterfly from the Botanical Butterfly set that we colored in using the new Tim Holtz distress markers.  I used Core-dinations distress paper that has a Kraft core to cut/emboss the Lattice Accent which frames the butterfly.  I LOVE this Kraft core cardstock because it really shows off any embossed details from that the dies create.  

The second card is based off another card I created for the store.  The base is a shimmery gold paper cut with the Spellbinders Romantic Rectangle die template.  Then I embossed some cardstock and added four different distress inks.  I finished off that piece with some Pearl Mist and you can't tell from the photo but it's so pearly and very pretty!  I stamped the sentiment with a Unity stamp called Mod clocks and cut it out with Spellbinders Labels Twenty Five.  The sweet lil' rolled flowers are from a new Page Maps set called Whimsey.

I love hangin' out with the paper crafters from around here.  We had such a great class and everyone really enjoyed the different techniques.  I'm hoping to be teaching a layout one soon!

Hope your weekend is blessed and you are surrounded with inspiration!

GCD Studios The Paper Cut!

Hey everyone!  Have you had a chance to check out the super cool new issue of Paper Cuts that GCDStudios put out?

The girls did such a fabulous job!  You can see it on the GCD Studios Blog.  There is also an opportunity there to WIN a beautiful collection called BONJOUR!

My assignment was to create a lacey layout and to use punches in a creative way.  This was a bit of a stretch for me because you know how much I love my dies!  And, the few punches that I own are in storage!  LOL  Good thing I am surrounded by paper crafters (thanks Mom and Gina!)  They came to my rescue and let me borrow a few.  You can read more about my layout and the article in the Paper Cuts.  There is lots of inspiration in the June issue and a great article about color!  

Hope you had an amazing weekend!  I seriously can't believe it's June already.  I'm excited for the kids to get out of school.  They go all the way until the end of June.  They aren't too happy about that!  LOL

Thanks so much for stopping by my blog today.  I'm just loving all your comments....they mean so very much to me.  Hugs!

Stamps and Stains!

Good Monday morning to you!  Hope you've had a spectacular weekend!  We had some nice weather here and the girls jumped in the pool for the first time even though it was FREEZING cold!

Here is one of the cards I did for the class I taught on Thursday.  I used Tim Holtz stains on the Penny Black rubber stamp to create the flowers.  Then I cut it out with Spellbinders Labels Twenty-Five and inked the edges.  I stamped a JustRite Stampers sentiment on cardstock and cut it out with a Spellbinders Ribbon Banner.   It's the first time working with Ranger Stains.  It was a lot of fun creating!  Each card had some kind of new technique.  I'll be posting the others soon.

Blessings on your day!

A Gift and a Blessing

Good Morning!  I wanted to share another card with you before I announce the winner of my NSD giveaway.  First of all, thanks to all of you for the sweet comments and for the comments on my Nina B. project as well!  Nina will be announcing that winner on her blog.  


This is another card that I made for Memories and More.  I used Spellbinders Labels Twenty-Five to stamp my sentiment on.  The paper is Basic Grey and the flowers are Prima Marketing.  The stamp is a Unity Stamp called Retro Mod Clocks.  


I am teaching another class next week and will be posting about that real soon!  

The winner of my National Scrapbooking Day Die template give-away is:
Random Integer Generator

Here are your random numbers:

18

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Congrats Connie!! Send me an email with your addy and I will get your prize out to you!

Hope you all have a fabulous day!

NinaB Designs Blog Hop!!

Welcome to another NinaB Designs blog hop!

The NBD team has something exciting for you today!   Nina has challenged us to create something that uses the NinaB Designs Spellbinders die cuts from non-paper products on their projects. Did you know that Spellbinders dies can cut all kinds of material? Kim Hupke, the Educational Director of Spellbinders Paper Arts did a video showing all types of products you can cut with the dies that you can find HERE.

 For my project today, I cut thesweet little hearts out of 100% wool using NinaB Designs' Home Sweet Home dies.  I also cut the Classic Oval die template from wool.

For this card I used LilyBee Designs Buttercup 6x6 pattern paper pad with Spellbinders S4-342 Square Swatches.  After inking them with Ranger Frayed Burlap Distress Ink, I adhered them on to my card base and sewed them down.

Next, I cut out a Spellbinders S4-110 Classic Oval Lg from 100% wool felt.  I also cut out the tiny hearts from the same felt.  Even though these dies are tiny, they cut through the wool beautifully!  After adding a bit of stitching to the wool, I adhered it to the card.

Using Nina B Designs' Sewing Elements set, I cut the sewing machine from Bazzill Bone cardstock and inked it with Frayed Burlap ink.  I used foam squares to adhere it to the oval.  I stamped the sentiment using The Crafter's Meow stamp set called Sew Lovely.  I cut around it to create a banner an inked the edges.  After adhering it to the card, I added the felt buttons and trim.

Here are the dies I used:

Sewing Elements

Home Sweet Home

~ Prizes ~

The Craft's Meow's Cherished Stamp Set

The Craft's Meow's Giddy Up

Spelllbinders Aster Flower Topper dies

Spellbinders Bauble Blossoms One

Winners will be picked randomly from 5 of the designers' blogs:

Nina Brackett
Beatriz Jennings  
Clare Buswell 
Heather Jensen  
Jennie Harper  
Julie Overby * me!
Lea Lawson  
Linda Lucas  
Mona Pendleton 
Viola Mahr

On May 22nd, Nina will announce the winners on her blog.  Good luck!

If you're not already a follower, you can become one on the Facebook pages that are represented on today's hop, so you don't miss the latest news and happenings:

NinaB Designs

Spellbinders Paper Arts

The Craft's Meow

Want2Scrap 

Hope your day is full of inspiration!

*I will be announcing the winner of my NSDay Die Template give-away from last week, on Thursday!*

Mother, You Never Cease to Amaze Me

Hey, Julie here!  So very excited to share with you my first project for GCD Studios' Blog!  

Mother's Day is such a special time to me.  I'm blessed to be a Mom but I also have such an incredible Mother of my own.  It's hard to live far away from family and every year I write in my handmade Mother's Day card that I wish I was there to celebrate together.  Well, for the first time ever, I am back in my home town, and celebrating with her!  So, for this year I decided to do a layout in honor of my Mom.

Splendor:  noun brilliant or gorgeous appearance.

Seems fitting for these two lovely ladies in this photo!  Also, the gorgeous color palette in the Splendor Collection was perfect for this photo of my Mom and Grandmother. I decided to take a second piece of the Floral Frame paper and fussy cut this gorgeous bouquet.  Then I inked the edges and applied diamond glace to give it a shiny finish.

After it had dried, I used foam squares to adhere it straight over top the original image.

I wanted to incorporate some of the beautiful colors from this line so I used my Spellbinders die templates to create some embellishments.  After cutting/embossing these Edgeabilities, I adhered a strip of cream paper so it could peak through the openings.

I also layered some borders and fun shapes.  Before adhering the Bitty Blossoms, I added glitter and a pearl.

Lastly, I added my title and gushed in my journaling about amazingly awesome my Mom is and how blessed I am to have a Grandmother who gave her a great example to live by.

Supplies:  Floral Frame (1677) - Splendor, Heirloom (1678) - Splendor, Zig Zag (1687) - Splendor, Woven Chevron (1686) - Splendor, Letter Tiles (1680) - Splendor, Labels and Tags (1679) - Splendor, 

I hope you get a chance to journal about your Mom some time soon!

Wishing You Happiness!

Hi my friends!!  I hope you've had a fabulous first weekend in May!  We are enjoying some great sunshine here!  To start this week, I wanted to share with you this card I created with My Mind's Eye Mrs. Caroline papers and Spellbinders die templates (S5-033 Bird Sanctuary, S5-071 Twisted Metal Tags and Accents.)  The sentiment comes from a MFT Birthday set.  I made the card for Memories and More where I am working now.  They carry such an enormous amount of Spellbinders Dies and just about everything else you could imagine too!  I love working there and have loved the chance to meet so many people.  The class I taught on Saturday went well and I will post photos about NSD soon!

I also wanted to mention there are two more days to get your name in to win your own set of dies.  See this post below for details.  Good luck and have a wonderful day!