This is the baby boy card I made for our local SCS shoebox swap last Saturday. The theme was baby, because one of our members Michelle is having her first baby boy in December. We are really excited for her! Any-who the card shape was made with the Spellbinders scalloped square die. My inspiration idea was a baby blanket. The stamp is an old Stampin Up stamp, but I still really like it. The image was colored with Copics.
I have to say the pictures do not do these fun flowers justice! You can literally make these out of anything, and that is what makes them so much fun to make. The red flowers were made with leftover chipboard, run through the Sizzix using polka dots, edges were roughed up, painted with a bright red acrylic paint and a small brad was placed through to hold the layers together. In person it looks a lot like leather. The green flowers were made using the green Kiwi pack of paper from my store. I used objects around my craft room to make the layered circles. I crinkled the layers up in my hand and sanded them with a large nail file. I used a small hole punch to make button type holes and I laced the ribbon through. Diamond Stickles were placed around the edges to make the layers stand out. 
The brown flowers were made using a dark brown and tan felt. I didn't want the circles to be perfect and I fluffed up the felt to make them fuzzy. Matching medium sized copper brads from the 350 piece embellishment set from my store were added. 
These flowers are gorgeous in person! I used Hot Mamma paper, cut them using three sizes of the Spellbinders scalloped circle die, pearl paint, and a painted brad for the center. I crinkled these layers up too, and it gave it a flower type texture. I used chipboard, cardstock, felt and pattern paper for my flowers. You can use acrylic, fabric, cardboard boxes you name it! These flowers are truly fun to make (: Next I am going to use my new Basic Grey 6x6 paper and layer the patterns! Check out Scrapbook Store at Your Door's new Basic Grey 6x6 Indian Summer, Eerie and Eskimo Kisses (: 
I made this card for our Ladies Ink challenge last month (I am really behind). I cased this idea from the latest issue of Paper Crafts Magazine. They had a template I could print out, but of course I wanted to figure it out on my own. They have a cute winter owl I want to try also! For my Santa I used the circle scallop punch in place of a regular circle punch in their card. I also added Diamond stickles to the white in Santa's outfit. 
I had so much fun making this card!!! I used the tutorial on SCS for making an Acrylic Smash card. I used a $1 stamp set I found at Target the other day on the acrylic. I used Citrus acrylic paint on the underside and smashed it into eerie paper from Basic Grey. I used Diamond Stickles to highlight the stars and ghost images. Google eyes were added to the ghosts. The paper is all Eerie from Basic Grey found in my store. The ribbon is some that I had on hand. I popped it up with Sticky Doos. If you haven't tried this technique I encourage you to, it was a total blast (: Hope you are all having a great week! I am working hard to get caught up on challenges. 
This is a recipe card I made for a fun Halloween recipe card swap on SCS. I used Glitz Design Hallow circles and one of my favorite HM Halloween stamps Tick or Cheese. The recipe is a fondue recipe so the cheese costume on the mouse was perfect (: I used Glitz frosting down the side of my card. Glitz has discontinued the frosting (bling) but I still have a lot in stock. I have also just added Basic Grey eerie 6x6 paper and the eerie lace paper (so cool!!!). I have also added a lot of other cool goodies so check out the store if it's been awhile. I will be opening soon a Food themed page (perfect for us recipe card junkies, LOL) and a Holiday Themed page so you can find your Halloween & Christmas products in a flash. Also, if you enjoy recipe cards check out the Recipe Card Challenge Blog! Have fun!!!!!
This is a card I made for my brother Jonathan. We are going out to eat for his birthday tonight. I used the new June Bug paper from Basic Grey. I love the exotic patterns and color combinations in this pack. The button is also Basic Grey (Porcelain line). It's been raining here all day so my outside picture looks yucky. 
This is an inside view of my card. It holds two gift cards, but I made a tag with a birthday wish for him. I will add a coffee house card to the other side (picking it up on the way to dinner, LOL!) Sorry for the inconsistent posts lately. I have not had enough energy to keep up with my busy life. It was really too much to have the flu and surgery all together! I am regaining my strength each day so please be patient with me (: Thank you all for your kind wishes.
I made a card today, YAY!!!! I am still really tired from my surgery, but I am doing better. I am also slowly getting over my flu. I am so happy to announce that my Mom is just fine also (: She had surgery Tuesday and they did not find cancer (: I have had a really stressful two weeks, so if I haven't made it around to your Blog please forgive me. 
