Paper Stuff...and more

Spellbinders Grand Calibur

2011-05-07T21:38:00.000-07:00

My newest purchase is a Spellbinders Grand Calibur! I had a hard time making an impression with the Impressabilities until I got this machine! I use Co'ordinations Chocolate Box paper, ran it through my Grand Calibur with the Flourishes Impressabilities, sanded it and came up the background paper! I love it! I also used my new Fancy Tags Two and Stampin' Up Vintage Flowers adornments for the look!

It Is Time for some .....And More!

2011-04-24T18:52:00.000-07:00

These are Easter eggs that I learned how to make from my dad who was born in 1917. People are amazed when I tell them how they are made! So let me amaze you! Take white raw eggs, wrap them is onion skins from yellow onions (they are brown), wrap that in fabric and tie securely. Boil them as you would any other egg. Peel the fabric and onion skins off and see what happened. The fun part is you never know what kind of design you will get from the skins and pieces of skins!

I did it!

2011-04-18T21:04:00.001-07:00

I have been wanting to use an image from The Graphics Fairy for a card for a very long time! I looked through her images for Easter and found this one. The card turned out how I had imagined it. That is nothing short of a miracle!

I cut the image out with my Spellbinders classic oval large. I used victorian lace ribbon (unknown maker) and the small brown bow with American Crafts velvet rickrack. The blue Stampin' Up paper was embossed with the Victoria Cuttlebug folder. The brown paper is Stampin' Up kraft paper. The kraft paper and the blue paper were distressed with Tim Holtz Antique Linen Distress Ink.

Phyllis

Baby Shower

2011-04-02T23:03:00.001-07:00

Am I the only one who decides to make a card at 9 at night? I kept having to make adjustments so it took me 1 1/2 hours to finish it! I scarfed up some Copic Markers cheap and used them to color the baby's face, hearts, bottle and duckies. Don't ask me which ones I used other than skin white and blush on the baby's face. Oh yeah, carmine red on the hearts. The card is created using a Cuttlebug combo set that is perfect for baby cards.

I paper pieced the sleeper so I had to cut the hands out of other paper and color them in.

This is a Shocker NOT a Birthday Card!!

2011-04-02T22:59:00.000-07:00

I have fallen in love with Glubers!! I saw them on blogs from CHA and knew I had to have me some. This card is the 4th flower I made with my Glubers. I am glad I bought three packages of them because rumor is they are in short supply!

Shocker! Another Birthday card!

2011-02-22T20:46:00.000-08:00

My friend Denise had a birthday last week. We were going out to lunch but I got sick with the icks that seem to be going around so it has been postponed until this week. I couldn't wait to give her card to her so I did that Sunday. (The spoiled woman got her gift early!) I love how the card came out!

I used Stampin Up Chocolate Chip, Kraft and Tempting Turquoise paper. I used Tempting Turquoise ink and stamped the background, the two other images and "birthday wishes" with the Inkadinkado stamp set Garden Flowers. The border punch is Martha Stewart's deep lattice (I think that is what it is called). The flowers are Primas that I got a very long time ago.

Special Friend Birthday card

2011-02-06T14:48:00.001-08:00

This card is for a special friend and "adopted" daughter. She likes hearts and purple. I struggled with the right combo. But I really like how the Spellbinder's Nested Hearts turned out. I used Stampin' Up Concord Crush for the base and Elegant Eggplant ink on the pink DCWV paper. I sprayed the paper doily with Pearl Glimmer Mist.

Surprise! More birthday cards!

2011-02-06T14:41:00.001-08:00

Here are another couple birthday cards. The left one was for a teen boy and the right for a 20ish woman! I wanted something fast and these did the trick.

The squares on the boy card are The Guy Stack from DCWV. Both cards have the Hippie Chick Cuttlebug font. The girl card also has some Queen & Co. felt that I have been hoarding and made myself use!

Love This Card!

2010-12-28T19:54:00.000-08:00

This is a card I totally loved after I finished it! My friend Denise gave me some distressed inks and the Reindeer Flight Tim Holtz die for Christmas. She always challenges me to use all of the items on a card---and I did! As a bonus, I used a couple of Inkadinkadoo stamps that I have had for two or three years and never used!

Wall Art

2010-12-26T17:22:00.000-08:00

Before Thanksgiving and the annual craft fair I was darned busy making cookies and made three pieces of wall art. I like the steampunk one the best. But the one that sold was the "sing and make music to the Lord" wall art!

New Card

2010-12-26T17:16:00.001-08:00

Here are two pictures of my latest card. The first shot shows that it is made entirely with glitter card stock the second shot shows the true colors. Not sure how much I really like it but I wanted something very colorful and glitzy!

Birthday cards, as usual!

2010-10-17T15:40:00.001-07:00

These are two more guy birthday cards for work that I literally threw together last night! The paper with the deer on is is Kaisercraft Secret Bird Society Collection. I just cut out the part with deer, rounded the corners and put some twine on it!

The second card was a little more work! I had to decide what font I wanted to print out for it! I use the b/w paper that I think came free with an order and a Spellbinders scalloped circle die. The car is a sticker.

I might get something else done today. I don't feel very good but have been doing some random computer clean up and card part cutting.

Birthday cards

2010-09-06T17:20:00.000-07:00

I needed a couple more birthday cards for September for work. I wasn't sure what I wanted to make until I read the Cuttlebug Challenge blog and cased this card! Thanks Courtney Lee for the great idea!

I know I am not ready to go back to work. I cleaned up a chunk of my stash and know what I want to get rid of, but have run out of time to take care of it. I have much more cleaning and reorganizing to do. Such an addiction! My husband commented the other day that it never ends when I said I needed some new tool! LOL

Supplies

SU card stock in colors from a couple years ago

GP white cardstock

Cuttlebug Olivia font

Cuttlebug Birthday Wishes embossing folder

Third Thank You Card

2010-09-03T13:16:00.000-07:00

Well I cannot get the darned picture to go where I want it to for some reason so it will just be at the top of the page! This is my third thank you card. My friend Sue gave me Tattered Rose and Shabby Shutters, Tim Holtz Distressed Inks for my birthday. I used the colors on her thank you card.

I stamped the image on watercolor paper using Vintage Photo and found a blending pen in my stash of stuff. I used it to paint the ink onto the image. I think the blender pen made the Vintage Photo bleed but I like the way it looks. I used some Peeled Paint and Vintage Velvet to add shading to the card. The stamp is Stampin' Up.

I was pretty proud of myself that I made two cards yesterday! See what happens when I get time off!

Phyllis

Another Thank You Card

2010-09-02T22:10:00.000-07:00

I made another thank you card for some friends who gave me a $25 gift card for my birthday! I opened the mail a few hours before I was going to Craft Warehouse! I bought the Tim Holtz's Winged Heart die with part of my gift card (I had a 40% off coupon so it was a score!). Plus I bought a few other things including Distress Clear Crackle Paint which I am anxious to use.

The three dots at the bottom and on the heart inside the card are red rhinestones which didn't show their bling when I took their picture.

Thank You!

2010-08-30T21:58:00.001-07:00

My extra special friend Denise gave me some Tim Holtz's Distress Inks for my birthday and a the gear Cuttlebug folder I have been wanting! She even let me pick out the ink colors myself!

As usual, she challenged me to make something with my new stuff. I bought the new Tim Holtz die Heart Wings while we were shopping.

I cut out the background heart from the Heart Wings and embossed them with the Cuttlebug gear folder. I embossed the raised gears with clear embossing powder and then swiped the hearts with the Distress ink for embossed resist. I missed some spots but I still like how they turned out!

This card is not my usual style but I really like it! The inside of the card would make a great card on it's own!

I used lots of tools on this card!

Tim Holtz dies
Heart Wings
Elegant Flourishes

Martha Stewart border punch
Stampin' Up Bird punch
Spellbinders Lg. scalloped circles

Bazzil brown paper
Basic Grey Kioshi paper

Distress Inks
Victorian Velvet
Frayed Burlap
Stormy Sky
Peeled Paint

Victorian Card

2010-08-14T20:55:00.000-07:00

This is another birthday card for my friend Sue who will be 60. The other card was from all of us at work. This one is from me personally. I have never made a card like this before and really like it!

Supplies used

Rubber Stampede stamp

Tim Holtz Elegant Flourishes die

Butterfly Dazzles

DCWV Mariposa mat stack

random paper and embellie

Steampunk!

2010-08-10T20:28:00.001-07:00

I have been reading multiple blogs with steampunk stuff. It fascinates me because I love gear type things, flowers and butterflies! So this is the result of a million ideas running around in my head! I like how my first attempt at steampunk turned out. I am on to my second attempt and actually hope to get more cards made sooner.

This was fun!
Supplies used:

Tim Holtz
Distressed Inks
Walnut Stain
Antique Linen
Vintage Photo
Alterations Dies
Hardware Findings
Gadget Gears
Glimmer Mist Chalkboard - Hot Chocolate
random paper and embellies

Special Birthday Card

2010-08-07T21:22:00.000-07:00

This is a card I made for a very special person for her 60th birthday! I have been working on this card for a while. The flower is made from 30 or so layers of tissue paper sprayed with Viva Pink and Fully Purple Glimmer Mist. The tissue paper was cut with Spellbinders Peony dies in three different sizes. The background paper was embossed with Sizzix embossing folder Vines. The leaves are cut from wool felt and are Spellbinders Small Sunflower set. Of course, the white glitter paper is punched with Martha Stewart's Iron Gate punch! Oops, I forgot the swirls at the bottom are Spellbinders Doodle Parts in wool felt.

The paper is DCWV as usual but you can't see the glitter in the white. I glittered the big white brad in the center of the flower with the same type of glitter. Hope she loves it, she is such a wonderful person!

Dandelions!

2010-08-01T20:59:00.000-07:00

I saw this brown and yellow patterned paper in a clearance bin and it spoke to me! Of course, if you know me at all, most paper speaks to me. It tells me I need to buy it and keep it forever. LOL

I had visions of stamping a dandelion on the paper but realized I want to own the stamp I was thinking about but don't have it. So I used my McGill punches to make the dandelions and I like the way it turned out. My husband actually liked it so that says something!

The patterned paper with plain brown reverse is G C D Studios and the yellow is DCWV. Ribbon by American Crafts.

Wedding Card

2010-07-26T21:23:00.000-07:00

I needed a quick card for a wedding and decided to go simple. I used the Spellbinders Contemporary Heart pendants and borderabilities. I used my favorite sentiment that was in a wedding card I bought

years ago.

Another Birthday Card

2010-05-23T19:52:00.000-07:00

Here is another birthday card for work! I found some Prism paper and Petaloo Flora Doodles at our local Party Depot! I loved the maroon and green paper combination and the bright flowers. I used a small piece of pink paper cut out with Spellbinders Labels Eleven and some Stampin' Up Only Orange as an accent. The sentiment is a Studio G dollar stamp. Flowers are my favorite!

Baby Shower Bag and Card

2010-05-22T09:56:00.000-07:00

Today is my second baby shower in two weeks! There is something in the water here. There have been 14 pregnancies in my church plus other ladies that I know who are having babies. It is an epidemic!

I only had this morning to create something and I even surprised myself how fast I got it done.

I found some Creative Imaginations Melange paper and stickers last night. I was going to use the other patterned paper from CI but this one spoke to me. The buggy and flourishes on the gift bag are from the bottom three inches of the 12 X 12 paper and the "Rock a Bye Baby" is from the top three inches of the same paper. I matted them on a gorgeous maroon color and cream, added some stick on flowers, from Petaloo,that were cream and pink and I was done!

The bottle sticker inside the card is from the sticker sheet. Grandpa to be plays in a band with my husband, the daddy to be play guitar and mommy to be love funky things!

Thanks for stopping in! Hope your day is wonderful!

...And more...

2010-05-17T19:49:00.000-07:00

When I came up with the name for my blog I was envisioning...cardmaking, maybe scrapbooking but not sure what the ...and more...was for! Now I know! I have been doing quite a bit of "and more" and not much "paper stuff". LOL However, I did get some more birthday cards done (last month) for work and I am working on a gorgeous (if I do say so myself!) girl birthday card. Here are the cards I made last month. Most of the paper is from Die Cuts With a View, Guy Stack, with a little of the Indian Summer Stack and a teeny Tim Holtz mini paper clip! Easy peasy!

New Card!

2010-02-09T21:27:00.000-08:00

My friend Denise of Paper Ponderings is having a birthday next week. I decided to let her have her gift early and this is the card that went with it. She is a great lover of teal and brown or kraft! I also tried out a flower I saw on the Cocoa Daisy blog. I was pretty happy to actually get the card done in all the hecticness I have had this year so far and learned a new thing too!

So much for the new leaf!

2010-01-31T15:31:00.000-08:00

So much for turning over a new leaf! Remember the saying: "The best laid plans of mice and men oft go awry" (or gang aft agley, if you are Scottish) by Robert Burns? That is what happened to me.

My mother passed away unexpectedly on January 6. I have been in the throes of dealing with the paperwork and all of the stuff that goes along with someone passing on. I have had a mixture of emotions going through her stuff and remembering who gave it to her, or a funny story that it brings to mind. She still had all of the old books that I spent summers reading and all of the cat "stuff" I had given her over the years. Most importantly, was our reconcilation at the end of her life. I praise God for the opportunity to reconcile.

Once things have settled to an even keel, I still have those plans to make more cards and finish a rather large scrapbooking project I am doing for an "adopted" daughter!

Tell someone you love them!

Birthday Cards

2010-01-03T22:33:00.000-08:00

I made more birthday cards for my coworkers! There are many more men than women, so guy cards are in order. I have a friend with a Cricut Expressions. She cut out golf and skier images for me. The golf ball sentiment is created with the Swiss Dots Cuttlebug folder. Time to get to bed so I can function at work tomorrow!

Turning over a new leaf!

2009-12-27T16:26:00.001-08:00

Man am I ready for this year to be over! It seems like I have been on a dead run but just treading water! The past three months have been a bummer. I have attended too many funerals and just found out today that someone else had passed away. Okay enough depressing stuff!

Obviously, I have been too distracted with other things (facebook) to stay caught up with my blog. So I am attempting to turn over a new leaf! The first card is a card I made for a contest at Stampin' Cat Studio . I didn't win but it was a fun challenge.

I made very few Christmas cards because I spent a lot of time making my Phyllis' Phamous Shortbread Cookies which I posted about last year.

Here is thank you card I made today for my friend Denise. I think I violated the uneven rule, but I like it! Not sure what is up with the pink tinge!

Here's wishing everyone a Happy New Year! It has to be better than this!

Birthday Card

2009-09-13T16:07:00.000-07:00

My boss wants to give birthday cards to all of the employees at work. Four of us from work, the boss's wife and Denise have been getting together once a month to make birthday cards. Here is my latest creation. I used SEI Poppy paper and added a ribbon, 2 circles with a sentiment and a round window charm to make the sentiment pop!

Thank you card

2009-09-13T15:58:00.000-07:00

My friend Denise at Paper Ponderings gave me stamp pads of the SU in colors and reinkers (or rinkers as I call them). Here is the thank you card I made her.

I used soft suede cardstock and used my Cuttlebug folder Birds and Swirls on a piece of blue bayou. I inked the debossed side with soft suede. I used the Sizzix die birds and branches to cut out the branch and the bird stamp is an impress rubberstamp. I liked how this one turned out and it totally looks like something Denise would make! Thanks for the inspiration D!

More news and Happy Fall Ya'll

2009-09-13T15:52:00.000-07:00

Happy Fall y'all! I am trying to catch up my posts! It seems like summer has flown by and lots of stuff going on! I will be having cataract surgery on Sept. 21. So if you are the praying kind, I appreciate all the prayers I can get! Thank you in advance!

I went to an orthopedic surgeon because I was diagnosed with a cyst on my tendon in my hand, which can be annoying when you are trying to create cards (or do anything!). I found out that I have "trigger finger" so I had a shot of steroids into my hand. I have been waiting for my hand to get buff LOL but the shot did help a lot.

This week I will be going to Eugene to attend a conference for work. I am on a committee that I am told "I will work my butt off!" Hoping that even a little true, 'cause I can use it!

My First ATC

2009-09-13T15:36:00.000-07:00

I made my first ATC for a contest. I really liked how it turned out even though I did not win the contest! I found the SU grape set at a garage sale right before I picked up the blank ATC for the contest!

Sorry about the blurriness! I bought a light box but don't have it set up yet!

Hello! Part 2

2009-07-13T22:19:00.001-07:00

I have 3 more Hello cards for the other 3 people I hung out with at school! The card above is for Kristy, the tree card is for Traci, and the orange flowers is for Julie. I tried to make cards that fit their personality! Now I just need to get them sent off! I had fun making these! Now I have to get birthday cards done for co-workers!

Supplies:

DCWV Summer Cardstock Stack

DCWV Fall Glitter Stack

DCWV Blossoms and Butterflies

DCWV Glitter Stack

Baxxil Just the Edge

Fiskars Border Punch 2 different ones

K & Co. Florence Glitter Paper

American Crafts Ribbon

Spellbinders Tag Trio

SU Inks - Wild Wasabi and Pink Passion

Hello!

2009-07-06T20:12:00.001-07:00

This card took too much time to finish! I had to go to school for a week. It was the first part of a certification for my job. This card is for one of my new friends I met at school! Sara (from Sitka) was one of my roommates and such a sweetie. Sara loves bright cheery colors so I am hoping to brighten her day!

Supplies:

DCWV designer paper and cardstock
Spellbinders Tags Trio
SU Passion Pink ink
Studio g dollar stamp - hello
Martha Stewart Wedding Arch border punch
American Crafts ribbon

50th Anniversary

2009-06-27T11:02:00.000-07:00

I finished this card moments ago. It is a 50th anniversary card for my husband's oldest brother. The celebration is in four hours! I made Becca Fecken's medallion from this card. I had to mess with the lighting to show the glitter cardstock I used from the DCWV La Creme stack. I also used five different Spellbinders dies and the Martha Stewart border punch, wedding arches.

I am off to get ready, it is a beautiful sunny day here in Oregon!

June is gone!

2009-06-24T22:20:00.000-07:00

June has flown by and so has the days to make cards. It is harder when you work full time, have to work some evenings and have been in school for a week. I did manage to squeeze out a couple of cards. This is one and the other was for a card contest. I will publish it when the contest closes!

I bought some new paper at Stampin' Cat Studio. It is a fiberous and floppy paper and doesn't want to punch easily. I couldn't resist making flowers out of the flower paper. The end result was not what I was shooting for but I like it!

Supplies used:

Spellbinders Nested flowers

Cuttlebug Hippie Chick alphabet/small flower

Creative Expressions flower brad

Queen & Co. felt leaves

unknown dp beige and red

DCWV Orange cardstock

SU Chocolate Chip ink (used on the flowers)

When your husband says "I need a card tomorrow"!

2009-06-24T21:51:00.000-07:00

This is what happened when my husband said "I need a card for tomorrow." Thanks honey. The card was for one of the other guys in the band he is in -- Diamondback. The picture looks fine before I upload it but gets mushy after that! The banner says "Rock and Roll" and the inside says "Happy Birthday! Hope it's a blast!" (My husband didn't understand the guitar was blasting through the wall.)

Supplies used:

Hampton Arts stamp Rock Star--1

Inkadinkadoo stamp Rock Star

EK Success Blue Navy Crackle Paper

heart brads, unknown

red and black embossing powder

brown watercolor pencil

Tim Holtz sanding block to grunge it out

WOW! I Did It!

2009-05-29T01:53:00.000-07:00

This is my Becca Fekan, of Amazing Paper Grace, inspired card. I love how it turned out! It is a wedding card for someone I have known since she was 3. She really can't be old enough to get married, I am not any older! LOL

If you click on Becca's link you can see how the medallion was created. I thought it would be a real pain but it went together pretty easy.

Phyllis

Supplies used:

Nesties large scalloped circle, long scalloped rectangles, labels trio, floral accents

Floral Impressabilities

EK Success Moroccan border punch

Paper Paper Garden iridescent vellum, DCWV Metallic stack and Latte Cardstock stack,

GP white cardstock

CTMH Pearl paint

Walmart ribbon

Graduations

2009-05-25T17:03:00.000-07:00

I stayed up very late (or early) until 3:00 a.m. because I finally got in gear to make the 7 graduation cards I needed to make! I have CASEd my own graduation card from the last two years and threw in a couple of new twists that I really like! I do my best to match the school colors on the invitations I receive. Here are my standard cards without any twists using Olivia Cuttlebug font.

I got a little more creative on the girlie cards with a little bling for the button on the top of the motar board and Hippy Chick Cuttlebug font.

Then for my dear friend who is graduating from the University this June, I created his card using a sheet of graduation paper I picked up at Michael's yesterday!

Supplies:

papers

gold (that is all it says on the back LOL) from Michael's

red unknown

black Bazzill Deep Black

lavendar embossed hearts Making Memories

blue unknown
white DCWV cardstock

diecut paper unknown

DP - I cut the name off

die cuts Ellison

Cuttlebug fonts Hippie Chick and Olivia

tassels hand made from embroidery floss

28 + 12 Birthday Card

2009-05-25T16:51:00.000-07:00

My friend Angela turned 40 last week and had a 28 + 12 party! She is a Mary Kay lady so I went with a pink theme for her card. I was happy with the way it turned out!

I used Prima flowers

unknown card stock

DCWV striped DP

Swirls Cuttlebug Embossing folder

2 sizes of scalloped circle Nesties

computer generated greeting Adorable font (I think!)

Rubbernecker Birthday Card

2009-05-10T22:07:00.001-07:00

My boss's birthday is Thursday so I made him a card. I love the classic cars from Rubbernecker! I even went online to check out "authentic" car colors! I made the card green and white because they are the official colors of the university he attended. Hope your Monday is especially blessed!

Nesties Bird card

2009-05-09T15:51:00.000-07:00

I have been sitting on this card so long and forgot to post it! Pun intended! I love how it turned out. I used my Nesties bird die and a paisley die for her wing. I also tried out my some of my crackle paint and new embossing powder that looks like sand.

Some Fun Cards

2009-05-09T15:43:00.000-07:00

What you have just witnessed is an attempt to clear out my stash once again! These cards all have one thing in common--jelly sentiments by Making Memories. Since they came in lime green and black I decided to create an assortment of cards. I think they turned out kind of fun. Not sure who I would send the "get over it" to! LOL

Finally! Some New Cards!

2009-05-09T15:23:00.001-07:00

I feel like this year is flying by and I am running behind it waving my arms in the air saying "Wait! Wait! I need more time!" I finally made cards with two products I have had in my stash way too long! I am happy with the results-- not the photography but the cards!

I finally used my outline stickers and metal mesh from Amaco! The flowers and leaves are the outline stickers.

Card on the left products used:

Die Cuts With a View black cardstock and shiny green
Nesties Labels 1
2 1/2 gold ribbon
Inkadinkado sentiment
American Crafts copper brads
black embossing powder

Card on the right:
same DCWV papers plus metallic copper
Inkadinkado sentiment
My Minds Eye frame stamp
silver embossing powder

Bodacious Blog Candy!

2009-04-17T20:15:00.000-07:00

You need to check out the blog candy that Dorothy at Never Enough Rubber Stamps is giving away! Here is a link to leave a comment on her blog to win this humongous ink pad: http://neverenoughrubberstamps.blogspot.com/2009/04/blog-candy-very-special.html. On the other hand, if you don't leave a comment I have a better chance of winning! LOL

Birthday Blog Candy!

2009-02-22T19:29:00.000-08:00

Here is a link to an huge birthday blog candy at All the things I love ! Bev is giving away two gifts. Check out her adorable cards while you are there!

Birthday Card!

2009-02-16T14:07:00.001-08:00

Here is a birthday card I made for my Paper Ponderings friend Denise! It is her birthday today! I used the cocoa cup template from Fairyblossoms. It took me forever to figure out what I wanted to do with this card. I was just happy I had it done for her birthday!

My recipe for the card is: Stampin' Up Pink Piroutte Paper, Fiskars Threading Water border punch, Spellbinders Oval nesties, HOTP Sweet Blossoms and Swirls stamps, Prismacolor pencils, gold and clear embossing power (no name).

I Have Been Challenged!

2009-02-07T14:15:00.001-08:00

Denise at Paper Ponderings has challenged me and Deb at In His Grip to post the sixth picture in our sixth folder in My Pictures and tell the story behind it! The picture below is Denise herself along with a friend of ours, Morrine. They are sitting in front of the Roadhouse before we went in for luch to celebrate Morrine's birthday. Picture number 5 on the right is Denise, Parked along a street in Salem doing a dance to embarrass Morrine into deciding where to go for lunch for her birthday! I finally made the decision to go to the Roadhouse. Morrine was hilarious because she didn't want to throw the peanut shells on the floor, which is a tradition at the Roadhouse!

Birds!

2009-02-01T17:49:00.000-08:00

Here are two cards I made with the Spellbinders Nested Bird Shapabilities! I couldn't decided what I really wanted so I ended up with two different cards!

I also used Spellbinders Bugs for the branch, Brenda Walton's dogwood punch for the flower and all the paper is DCWV except for the brown which is recycled from something else. I sanded all of the DCWV card stock and I really like the results!

Time to talk about the ...and more!

2009-01-24T20:05:00.001-08:00

When I titled my blog paper stuff ...and more I was really referring to brads, ribbon, eyelets, punches, and all of the other items I hoard really well! But, one of my other passions is cooking, especially desserts. Not the best thing for a diabetic! Today's picture is of "Phyllis's Phamous Scottish Shortbread Cookies"! I have made these for years and it is a recipe from my SIL who is from Scotland. My friend Denise's youngest son's birthday was today. He had told his mom he wanted a big bunch of my cookies, so that is part of what he received for his birthday. The picture is the gallon bag of cookies sitting in his lap because he did not want his picture taken! It is great to be needed!

Queen & Co. Giveway!!!

2009-01-21T21:22:00.000-08:00

Queen & Co. is having a fabulous giveaway of their new embellishment sets that come in cute little buckets! Hurry on over to their blog to check out the gorgeous new embellishment sets, ribbon and more. Don't forget to enter to win! Phyllis

Thank You Card!

2009-01-17T20:19:00.000-08:00

My friend Denise challenged me to create something with goodies she gave me for Christmas! So I made her a Thank you card using my new Tim Holtz paint daubers and my new Fiskars border punch! I also used a Cuttlebug die for the flowers that was seriously underused. I loved the way it turned out!

CASED Card

2009-01-17T20:14:00.001-08:00

Here is a card that I cased from this card done by Pink Lemonade! Thanks for the inspiration Keri! I love your work!

I was so excited because I used four different Spellbinders dies to create the card!

Time to Get with the Program!

2009-01-17T20:00:00.001-08:00

It has been over a month since I posted! Time flies! I am going retro and posting a few of my Christmas cards. Because of crunch time for the craft fair (my own fault, of course) I took the easy way out and created most of my cards use various Cuttlebug embossing folders. They were easy and challenging to not do a whole lot. So here they are!

Bad Blogger!

2008-12-06T20:25:00.000-08:00

I have been a bad blogger! It seems like life has been in fast forward for the last two months! I have been busy making cards and cookies for two craft fairs--which are finally over! My friend Denise from Paper Ponderings and I did the craft fairs together. Above is a picture of her and part of our table!

I need to publish pictures of my "new creations" but will have to leave that for later! I am going to kick back some more since I have a hectic week ahead of me!

Compassion

2008-11-02T14:28:00.000-08:00

Check out the Pioneer Woman's blog here . Her family is off to the Dominican Republic on a trip for Compassion International. I have sponsored a boy for several years and it is very rewarding! With the Christmas money I sent one year, he was able to buy a cow! Such a small effort can make a huge difference in their lives. If you are interested, check them out here. You won't be the same!

Oh Baby!

2008-10-17T22:07:00.001-07:00

I needed a baby card for a shower tomorrow so I had the opportunity to use my new Cuttlebug cut & emboss set for the card. How easy it was to make a card with the cut and emboss and the baby die! I love the sentiments included with the cut & emboss sets! You can see them here!

10-1-08 Wow! I originally said how annoyed I was that the picture did not show up well! Daylight does wonders sometimes! New day, new photo! I am off to the shower.

Rock On!

2008-10-04T20:00:00.000-07:00

I needed a quick card last night for a guitar player friend's 50th birthday. So I threw together this card using DCWV Rock Star paper, my Nestabilities double ended tag dies and some cool silver flat braided cord. The inside sentiment is "Rock On!"

New card -- WOW it has been 26 days!

2008-09-28T20:48:00.000-07:00

Here is my newest card. The owl is cut out from paper in the Die Cuts With a View Fall Glitter Stack. He is so cute! I am thinking he should be bald and have a lollipop in his mouth! Happy fall!

Love this stamp set!

2008-09-02T17:39:00.000-07:00

I procrastinated on buying Lisa Bearnson's Not Your Ordinary Foam Stamp Set when it first came out. I was trying to be "good" by not buying it! Thankfully, she made more and they are still available here! When I saw the half flower stamp this was the card I wanted to create and did!

Third post of the day!

2008-08-23T14:58:00.000-07:00

I am entitled after all it is my birthday! We are attending a wedding this evening. I made a card that used the wedding invitation as a sketch. I have to say kudos to the bride's aunt who made the save the date card and a wonderful gatefold wedding invitation! The invitation is on the left and my card is on the right! I really liked how it turned out!

Second Shout Out to Sheetload of Cards

2008-08-23T14:45:00.000-07:00

I couldn't resist creating a second card for the contest over at Sheetload of Cards. I love bright colors and flowers!

Shout Out to Sheetload!

2008-08-23T14:31:00.000-07:00

I was excited when Sheetload of Cards said they were having a contest to win a Threading Water punch! I had been wanting to make a card with the three square sketch! Here is my card! I absolutely love this snowman!

Newest Cards

2008-08-03T14:28:00.000-07:00

Here are my newest cards. I have been experimenting with some new techniques for me and just loving the creative juices flowing. I am the proud owner of a Wizard and a lot of the Nestabilities. I love them and I love that I can use the Cuttlebug embossing folders in my Wizard! Hope your day is especially blessed! PB

Finally!

2008-08-02T23:22:00.001-07:00

My friend Denise over at Paper Ponderings has been "encouraging" me to create my own blog. I have finally done it! I have been inspired by reading blogs for about a year now. Hopefully, I can inspire someone else! I am just getting into stamping. Most of my cards are paper piecing.