Grrrrr....

I made a fun fun! card last night (around 2 again! can't sleep with my hubby's schedule. ugh!) anyway-I soooo want to share it, but I can't find my camera!!!! Grrrrr....I had it last night...still looking...

Here's a hint...(about the card, not the camera LOL) it's colorful, but I still like it (not usually a huge fan of lots of bold colors) and might make you want to bake. Hee hee. :)

T-I-M-E

Ironic, that I made this card at 2 am, after my kids went to sleep, because it's hard to find time to stamp when they are awake...although I still feel guilty half the time that I either clean or do something else that has to be done instead of playing with my kids...my daughter said to me the other day "Mom, I love playing with you, but you can't play, right?" And she said it all smiling, just knowing apparently that I say, "not now" too much it seems...how do you figure out the balancing act? I get frustrated faster if the house is a mess and feel better when it's clean, but then feel bad that I didn't spend time with the kids....anyway-I still think this card could be better, but for doing it at 2 am, and rather quickly in my bed even, not too shabby...going to take the kids swimming now. :)

(The square in the middle is popped up on dimensionals for fun...I think next time, I will make a bigger square...)

Father's Day

The pic is a little blurry-sorry. I am having issues with my camera lately and am sooooo wanting another-soooo...here's a card for ya and a request of suggestions for cameras as I am starting to research for my next one....thanks! :)

Fun one!

Here's a fun and cute card we made at club night last month! :)

Flower Pot card

A few weeks ago, my sister sent me a cute card that I posted on here with a few other cards I got as well. I loved it! But I also don't have as many primas as she must have. :) I have also seen this card made on splitcoast a bunch, so I decided to try one for myself...I am not sold on the colors I used-may have to try another one still and it is awfully sparkly. I think I would like beads in the center instead of glitter, but it was fun to try. :) Thanks for the inspiration K! (I have yet to add a sentiment yet...can't decide how I want to put one on...)
Here is my sister's once again: Like her colors....maybe I should try to stamp in those colors next time...I also like the brads as a different texture in there...oooh! just had a thought-wouldn't a bunch of white primas with yellow centers be pretty!?

More pink and Brown baby

I can't seem to get away from making baby girl cards in these colors. I still love this stamp too! You can't go wrong with it!

Got my stamps in the mail this week, so I am hoping to play with them soon!!!!!!!! :)

Colors Galore!

I really don't like the monkey right in the middle there-he needs to be off to one side, but I do like the colorfulness (is that a word?) of this card for a kid. Fun!

Love Baroque!!!!!!!!

I think I forever and always love this Baroque set and how easy and fast it is to make such an elegant card. I still love these colors together too!!! This is similar to the card folder deal I made last year at some point. (It's on my side car somewhere.) The pearls in the corner were a bit big, but I couldn't find my medium size ones...the little thank you metal tag is from a pkg I found of them in the wedding aisle in Michaels.

We had our Stamp Club last night and I love the cards we made and the ones from the swap that I came home with. I think I may have liked the styles of cards we made at this one more than almost any other club night-as a whole. I ended up making that last "Wart's Up" card to take for my contribution to the card swap. (My Hubby took my camera camping on a father Son Campout last night though, so until he gets back...I can't post any pics from last night.)

Due Anyday

Here's another card I made for the tin I auctioned off last week?. Another simple card, but I like the look and the colors. I am wondering if I should have added a bit of paper piercing?

I also have a really fun idea, I got from my sis-n-law, of a card to make with a new stamp set I should be getting at our stamp club night tonight-I'll work on it over the weekend and am excited and anxious to make it and post it on here soon!!! I am also waiting on some other stamps I ordered for my bday and mothers day to come in the mail!!!!! Hopefully they will get here soon too!!!!!!!!

School Spirited Thank You's

Being the PTO Room Parent Coordinator this past year, I wanted to make one last thank you for all of the room parents at my kids' elementary school this year, so I made a bunch of these cards with our school colors and our school mascot (raccoon). Although, after about 3 of these, I simplified, and decided to punch the word window right into the blue and stamp the sentiment on the inside of the card to show through the window. I also dropped the brads and I stopped tearing the edges and just inked the edges all the way around. Then I put each of their names on the bottom of the tags hanging in the front.

Better?

Made another and tweaked it a bit...better?

Hoppy Birthday

Here's an easy card I threw together today for a friend of my boys. I used the same layout as I did awhile back with the barnyard animals card I made for another bday. This time though, I popped the squares up and didn't add the velum across the bottom. I have to say I do like the velum on it better though.

(The clouds look a little green here, but I used the cool caribbean to sponge them with the scalloped punch.)

My idea of housework...

Here is another super fast and easy card to create using DP. I made a few cards this way last week, since I was trying to get so many done. I love the colors and design on this paper too and I still love this stamp. Who wouldn't smile at this card when they got it? Ink is true thyme and paper from HobbyLobby. Simple simple card!

Birthdays are for the BIrds

I've used this set a few times lately. It's about time I warmed up to it. I do like how fast and easy it seems to make a card with it-esp with DP paper. I love the colors with this paper. I embossed everything I stamped with choc chip craft ink and ?????what's that red-I forget right now-it's the red in teh earth elements, b/c I have that stampin spots of that in craft and I love them!!!

SC227 Fairy Grateful

I was making some cards last week and was running out of ideas for layouts, so I looked up the sketch challenge for the week and it worked great! (SC227) I think it turned out cute. Right after I made this, of course my 3 yr old daughter wanted a fairy card too, but she wanted a pink fairy with "sparkels all over it and I liked the whole fairy sparkled too. I'll have to try that next time.

The fairy stamp is from H&M stamps. I have to say that as far as acrylics go, they stamp the best (next to rubber stamps) so far of any acrylics I have tried.