"Candy Card"

This is a card I made for Alyssa to give her homeroom teacher on the last day of school.

I attached a candy stick by using SU's slit punch underneath the stick and then threading ribbon through around the candy to hold it to the card.

The stamps used are SU's God's Beauty, which is a hostess set. I stamped on white cardstock, then used the SU's ticket punch on all four corners, before adhering it to deep purple cardstock.

"A Thank-You"

I wanted to let everyone know about a special 'thank-you' I received from Pitney Bowes regarding my post on December 8, 2008, Supporting our Troops.

Following is the comment I received:

On behalf of everyone at Pitney Bowes and the American Red Cross, thank you for all of your support in helping to spread the word about the “Holiday Mail for Heroes” program.

We would like you to know that we’ve not only reached the goal of delivering one million cards to US service members, veterans and military families, but we surpassed it! And it’s all because people like you and your blog readers who got involved.

"Supporting Our Troops"

I almost forgot to post these cards. I made them awhile back, but they were in my batch of holiday cards to mail out today. These are part of a kit I got from Tammy at Lil Lamb's. She received kits from Prima Marketing, Inc., who were partnering with different scrapbook stores to create cards for the troops.

I thought it was cool that Tammy had these kits for us to send our wishes to the troops, so I made mine for the holidays. With the supplies in the kit, added with a few of my own, I came up with these, not so traditional, Christmas cards.

I have about three other cards from Alyssa and I to send to the troops, as well, so I contacted the Red Cross to verify a correct address of where they can be sent. So, if any of you are interested, the following address was given, however, the cards have to be postmarked by Wednesday, December 10th.

Holiday Mail for Heroes
P.O. Box 5456
Capitol Heights, MD 20791-5456

Thanks again, Tammy, for the kits! You are too sweet!!

"Beautiful Christmas Card"

I wanted to post this card because it was done by my stepmom, Linda, as her Christmas card for this year.

She has only been stamping and cardmaking since spring/summer, so when she showed me this as her Christmas card for this year, I had to brag because I was so proud of her! I thought it turned out great!

Oh, by the way, my dad has already had to turn the spare closet into her a 'stamping' space and we all know what that leads too. . .heehee

"Friendship/Well Wishes Card"

I made this card for a dear friend that I scrapbook with that has been under the weather. She is so dear to all of us that scraps together, and I was excited to hear that she will be able to make it to the big all day/evening crop this Saturday!

She has been in my thoughts and prayers, so I wanted to make her a card. It turned out kinda 'fallish' and simple, but I liked it! I look forward to seeing her!!

"Thank You Card"

This card is not your typical thank you card, but I love this summer image from CTMH, and since the card is for my dad and step mom, the theme is great for them! They are all about the outside - the yard; the garden; and, the flowers!

I started with a blank white card; stamped "thank you" in the bottom corner; and then, layered chocolate, scalloped cardstock and solid mauve on top. Before adding my stamped image, I wrapped checked, grosgrain ribbon around the mauve cardstock and tied it off. I colored the image with my Prismacolor pencils and blended with gamsol and a stump.

"About to Quack?"

This is the last of the 5x5 cards I made using a stamped image from the set Cute Critters by Clear Dollar Stamps, and this is the fourth 'critter'.

I love the duck -- just cute and simple. Again, I colored the image with my Prismacolor pencils and blended with gamsol and a stump. Also again, I was able to add the saying to the front using my word window punch.

I really did not have a color combo in mind for this card, but I thought all these papers ended up working well together.

For the inside of the card, the saying reads: Waddle over to GOD.

"When Life Stinks. . ."

This is another 5x5 card I made using a stamped image from the set Cute Critters by Clear Dollar Stamps. This is the third 'critter', so I'll be posting the last card soon.

I think this little skunk is cute. I colored the image with my Prismacolor pencils and blended with gamsol and a stump. Again, I was able to add the saying to the front using my word window punch. I love how the bright papers I found to use, 'pop' off the black background.

For the inside of the card, the saying reads: Shower yourself in the word.

"Needle Lift?

This is another 5x5 card I made using a stamped image from the set Cute Critters by Clear Dollar Stamps. Again, there are four 'critters' in all, so I'll be posting cards using the other two images soon.

I love how the little porcupine turned out. I colored the image with my Prismacolor pencils and blended with gamsol and a stump. I also love the saying I was able to add to the front using my word window punch. A total of 14 sayings come with the critters in this set, so it's an awesome set!!

By, the way, IRL the blues on the card do match. It looks bad scary on the post, but trust me, they match!

For the inside of the card, I used another stamp set from Clear Dollar called Christian Critters. (It, mainly, is additional sayings that can coordinate.) The saying inside reads: In a sticky situation, GOD is the answer.

"Slowpoke Card"

I made this 5x5 card using a stamped image from the set Cute Critters by Clear Dollar Stamps. There are four 'critters' in all, so I'll be posting cards using the other images soon.

I like how the turtle turned out. I colored the image with my Prismacolor pencils and blended with gamsol and a stump. I love the saying I was able to add to the front using my word window punch. A total of 14 sayings come with the critters in this set, so it's an awesome set!!

For the inside of the card, I used another stamp set from Clear Dollar called Christian Critters. (It, mainly, is additional sayings that can coordinate.) The saying inside reads: Take time to slow down and feast on God's Word.

"Notecards, Envelopes & Holder"

This is a card and envelope holder that I finished up this evening. I loved, loved, loved this project the moment I saw the tutorial for it here! So, I thought I'd give it a whirl! I used my sheet of patterned paper by Scenic Route to guide my color scheme for the project and I think the colors worked well together!








Here is a photo of the inside of the holder:










And, here's a photo of the four (4) notecards I made with coordinating envelopes:









Many thanks goes out to Dannie for her great tutorial on this. She did a great job! If you are interested in making one yourself, I would definitely recommend checking out the tutorial -- she makes it seem as easy as pie!

"Another Completed Order!"

Here's another completed order for my gal pal, Anndrea, that I should've posted last night, but I was fighting one of those horrid headaches.

These are those adorable popsicle cards she wanted to use to send the kiddos as a 'thank you' card for giving her an end of the year teacher gift.

I think they are such cute cards! You could do them in just about any color and they would make great party invites, too!!

"Popsicle Card"

Every since Rochelle posted her popsicle cards (HERE), I've been dying to make one! I do not have SU's Tart & Tangy set yet, so my sweet gal pal, Rochelle, is so graciously sending me some of the stamped images so I can make some of the different colors.

However, my dear friend, Anndrea, placed an order for some of these style cards for 'thank-you's' to the kiddos that gave her end of the year teacher gifts. (She had requested an apple on the front, but did not insist on one, but her order gave me an excuse to go to Hobby Lobby to buy me an apple stamp *wink, wink*)

Anyway, this is an example of one of the cards for her order. I used my new apple stamp by Stampabilities; colored it with my Prismacolor pencils; and, then blended with Gamsol and a stump. I've posted a smaller photo below of the inside. The 'thank you' was stamped with SU's real red, and the stick was tied off with sheer polka-dotted Offray ribbon. These are so fun to make!

I hope Anndrea likes these! I think these are really cute and would also work great for kids' birthday invitations! They are just fun!!

"Monkey Notes"

Aren't these monkeys, um...changitos, cute? I got this stamp set by Stampendous on my last trip to Archiver's. I've been wanting to do a card with them, but I'm just now getting around to it! I love the fact that you have several options to stamp in the 'window' of the sign.

I also really like this soft plaid paper by My Mind's Eye. I believe it's from the Front Porch line. I paired the plaid with two coordinating solid Bazzills for my card. I stamped the image in SU's Close to Cocoa, and colored it with my Prismacolor pencils. I used SU's ticket punch on the corners of my stamped image. Also, I found a misc. steel blue sheer ribbon to go across the front.

"Cupcakes, Anyone?"

This is another card I created with some fun paper I found at Target by Marcelle.

I kept the card simple, with the main focus being the cupcakes down the side, but I couldn't leave off the sprinkles....right!?!?! I then tied the two patterns together with some coordinating sheer polka-dotted Offray ribbon. Also, the rub on words are by Bo Bunny.

**Maybe I should have inked the edge of the white card, so as to define the outline in the scan for you. . .sorry!

"A Shore Thing"

This is a quick card I made using the Shore Thing line from Imaginisce. I love this line -- I think it's fun!

Even though the patterns in this line are busy, they all coordinate, so I just kept a simple layout on the front of the card. The sentiment 'thinking of you' is from A Muse Artstamps. I inked with SU's yo yo yellow around the edges, but you can hardly tell. (I may just have to go back and add some more.)

"A Little Hello"

This is a simple note card I created to send out to a sweet friend. (Sorry the post is a little crooked! Also, the khaki color is just a background, not a part of the card)

I used a chocolate, scalloped rectangle note card and stamped the SU's "A Little Hello" stamp in the corner in Stazon white. I cut in half a red, scalloped circle note card, before running it through my Cuttlebug. The design I used is the Bloom Dots folder. After adhering the red circle to the rectangle note card, I applied the knotted piece of ribbon on top with a glue dot.

"Bloom Where You Are Planted"

This is one of my 'seed packet' cards that I made for my booth in April. I wanted to make some cute, quick little gifts for Mother's Day coming up, and I thought seed packets would be perfect!

I started with library pocket cards, that I found at Hobby Lobby. Since they already had the 'pocket' for the seed packet to slide down it, I thought I'd decorate the front to look like a flower pot. I just used brown cardstock and sketched out a flower pot large enough to cover the front. (The rim and base are two separate pieces) Then, I adhered my ribbon ends to the back of the base, and tied it around the front, before adhering it to the pocket card. Once in place, I adhered the rim so that it would be flush with the top of the 'pocket' and come down alittle over the base.

The adorable garden lady stamp is from The Angel Company. I colored her in with Prismacolor pencils and also used a blending pencil. I think she is just too cute!! My dear friend, Linda, let me borrow this stamp set. Thank you, thank you!

I've also included a picture below of the whole thing tied up in cello. I was able to use the watering can stamp, from the same set, to tie on as an accent. I'm making about a dozen of these for my booth in April.

"Thank-You Card"

This is a thank you card I made to send to the managers of the theater in Dyersburg where Alyssa and I went to see the Hannah Montana 3-D movie.

They were so kind to us. Since I have to use my cane to get around, and am alittle slow, they allowed Alyssa and I to enter the theater and get seated before everyone else, which was such a blessing. So, I wanted to send them a card to let them know how much I appreciated their thoughtfulness.

"I Adore You"

This is a Valentine's Day card I did for Alyssa. I can't post all the goodies I have for her, because I'm sure she'd sneak a peak. LOL

This card came together quick & easy, because all the pieces came together ready to assemble. I have no idea where I got the kit for the card, I've had it so long. (Probably at a convention, or something) I thought it turned out cute -- it looks like Alyssa to me!