Happy Birthday!

I'm trying to get a few birthday cards made to actually send and not hoard.

That's the plan....anyway.

This card was made with the Simon Says Stamp Card Kit of the Month for July.  It came with a really cute little birthday themed stamp set although the cutie pie cupcake could be used for other themes, as well, of course!

That little polka dotted circle is actually a stamp, too.  Too cute.
I used all Hero Arts Inks.

I popped the cupcake up on some foam tape.

There is actually some definition to the icing which doesn't show here.  Sorry.  It is what it is!

The little star has some Glossy Accents on it.

One of my tennis teams finished its season today and I was undefeated for 5 of 5 matches played.  That's pretty good for this ol' gal.  It was a fun season and I played some with a new partner which worked out pretty well.  She is the hard hitting, gobble up the ball kind of player and I am touch and placement.  A good complement.

I played another league match the other night and got my rear end handed to me!  LOL!  You do win some and you do lose some.  The girls we played the other night were way better and waaaay younger (youth does have an edge in tennis) and I don't think I would ever beat them unless they got injured and had to withdraw.  And I wouldn't want that! They were nice, they were good and they deserved to win.  Fun, though.

Well, I think I will go work on Project Life for a while!

Happy Crafting!

Where Has the Time Gone?!

This week has just literally flown by!  I didn't have much time for crafting but it's been a good week nonetheless.

Today I went to the venue were my son and his fiance' will get married and we looked over the rehearsal dinner venue, too.  It will be held in a Civil War era home....actually built in 1851 and I think will be a lovely site for a wonderful time.  Lots to do but at least we have the venue booked! 
Here is a picture of the outside:

When General Sherman did his big ol' march to the sea and burned Atlanta nearly to the ground (think Scarlett O'Hara and Gone with the Wind!) he spared this house although a military school built on the site was burned.  I'm glad he left this.  Makes things easier for moi.
It's called Brumby Hall.
See?

It's very pretty on the inside, too.  I think it will be the perfect setting.

Back to paper crafting.  I did make a couple of cards this week.  This was made with the July Simon Says Stamp card kit and was CASED from one Shari Carroll did HERE.  Similar but different, I hope with a few of my own "spins".  LOL

And that is it for today, my friends....
Tomorrow I am going to Scrapbook Expo for some serious shopping with a couple of friends.  I actually am not planning to buy anything.  Yeah, right....

LOL!

Happy Crafting!

Cutie Patootie Bag

My friend, Lynn, of Cattail Designs mentioned that SVGCuts is having a little promotional thing going on right now.  Download a free cut file.  Make it.  Submit a picture of your creation through their website and then get a gift card for $6.99 for use in the SVGCuts store.

The bag is really cute and cut out well on my Cameo.  I think it would be better without white core cardstock but I used some DCWV papers and it is what it is.  I just wanted to get this prototype cut to see if it cut easily.  We are having a wedding next year and this might be cute to hold bridesmaid's gifts or things along those lines.  :) 

It did cut out well and was easy to assemble.

I read where someone did one and added a Coach logo.  How cute!

and a side view:

Fun, fun, fun!!!

Happy Crafting!

Project Life: Week 27

I am now "officially" into the second half of the year.  Can you imagine?!  It's hard to believe half a year is gone.

I met up with my friend, Kim of Basement Stamper yesterday and we spent a day at Archiver's working on our Project Lifes...or is it Project Lives or could it be Projects Life?  :)  She got several pages done.  I got one 2 page layout in about 4 hours but I had so much fun!

Here we are....2 scrapbooking cuties.

And I shopped...

LOL!

Here is the left side:

In honor of Independence Day I used papers from a "free" vintage USA paper kit I had (probably had to spend $38,700.00 to get it for "free") from My Mind's Eye.  Interestingly they aren't papers I'd ordinarily choose but they worked great for PL and I'm happy with the result!

Here is my week card and I used some cork letter stickers I had in my stash.

I made the journaling card below with a Becky Higgins card and just some stuff from the kit as well as a Hero Arts arrow stamp and some Distress Ink.

And here is the right side:

Nothing much ado about the journaling cards....just cut and pasted and glued stuff. 

Happy Crafting!

More Fun with Unity!

I've had a great time with this little Unity Stamp set.  When stamped these images are just so crisp and clean....no smudging at all!

Here is another fun girly card I made.....I have several friends who enjoy their wine/whine and thought this little stacked wine glass set would make a perfect card.  But I decided to send this to my future daughter in law who enoys a glass of wine from time to time....and is in the middle of wedding preparations and probably needs a little unwine-ding!

I love the little printed paper with the circus themed banner....I think wedding planning can be reminiscent of a circus! LOL!

I added some Enamel Accents to the top wine glass for a little more dimension.

And that's it, my friends!

Happy Crafting!

Shall We UnWined? Version 2

Happy Independence Day to all of you living in the USA!

It is a rainy day here in Georgia (do you hear Ray Charles singing?)...I think many picnics have been moved indoors and fireworks displays don't look too promising.   But it IS a great day nonetheless!

We are having ribs for dinner.  I "fake" barbecue them and my family loves them so that will be our little celebration.

Life is good...

Here is another card made with the Archiver's card kit and Unity Stamps.  I love the way these cling stamps stamp...such a clear and crisp image!

I used a LifeStyle Crafts embossing folder for the speech bubble and sanded it to get the image you see here.  I distressed the edges of the background paper...paper pieced the bottle and added some Enamel Accents to the hearts as well as some bling.  And I used a Corner Chomper for the duh...corners.

Easy peasy.  And flat....

Happy Crafting!

Project Life: Week 26

It's official! Half the year is over and I have a full Project Life Album to show for it! Usually at this time of the year I have 12 layouts done.  If I'm lucky and productive!  But with Project Life I have completed 152 pages!!! That includes all the insert pages I've done, as well.  I amaze myself.  LOL!  My friend, Cyndi, can do 152 pages in a weekend but for me that would be impossible.
And thank you to my friend, Donna, for keeping me on track.  She is doing the digital version over HERE and I just love looking at her pages....she keeps me going even though I'm doing the paper version.
I love the paper version.  Sometimes I wish I had done digital.  Much less expensive and less time consuming, I think...and everything is so neat and lined up...but I love my big fat book with twine, ribbon, bling, layers, etc.
I'm happy.

Last week I took a lot of time creating my own journaling cards with stamps.  This week I went the easy and fast way and used premade cards.  I had so many pictures from this week that I just let the pictures do the talking!  I used a lot of templates from the Lily Pad so that I could use many, many photos in my layouts.  I think the templates are fabulous for adding in photos!

Here is the left side:

I used a few overlays from an older pack of Memories brand stuff I had in my stash.

Here is my week card with some Snap! papers by Simple Stories and stitched Thickers.  I also used some stamps from Basic Grey Hello as well as some skinny Washi tape that came with the Simon Says Stamp July Card Kit.

The card below was a piece of a Becky Higgins journaling card on a Simple Stories card which I adhered with staples.  I added the Washi tape and stamped "family" with some Hero Arts alpha stamps.

And t

Here is the right side:

Lots and lots of photos on this page.  The collage on the bottom left is actually a Tracey Larsen template that I changed up a bit (this will be boring for you but it had two long vertical photos and I made the middle vertical into 2 square photos.  Yawn.).
I only used one journaling card.....again the photos speak for themselves, I think...

Halfway there....
Oh, and here is a photo of my fat book:

Now onto Volume 2!

Happy Crafting!