Trio of Trees

Here are a few cards featuring Hero Arts cling set CG223 Season's Greetings. The trees are embossed in metallic green zing. It's not quite as metallic as I had thought it would be. The sentiments are all from Hero Arts clear set Joy to All and another set that has a bunch of smaller Holiday sentiments.

The chevron appears again ! It's the Studio Calico/Hero Arts cling stamp. Love that one. I went for simple and flat cards this year, as you can tell. Did not do much embellishing with buttons, etc. I was running out of time and tried to keep it simple.

My BFFs

Look at me scrapping so much !! :)  Lately I've been really enjoying scrapping more than making cards. In this page I used Studio Calico July Kits Mind the Gap (main) and Knickers. I added some Hero Arts stamping around the picture. It's hard to see though. This layout I am submitting for Shimelle's Bingo Cards & Butterflies challenge. I am obsessed with the Jenni Bowlin butterfly (I need to buy that stamp!) and was inspired by the yellow + butterflies of Shimelle's page for this layout!

I won't be crafting as much in the next few months, so I was very productive this weekend!

Celtics Season

Here's my first attempt at a 2 page layout! I wasn't sure how to photograph it properly! These pages use Studio Calico August Kits Boardwalk and Boogie Board (and a few other papers and embellishments from my stash). I played along with Shimelle's Grid It Up Challenge in this layout. I had printed these photos up at a local drugstore. I take so many pictures during games and wanted to capture the fun and excitement we had, especially during the playoffs.

Berlin Bound

This beautiful family of 3 moved to Germany recently. We will miss them so much but can't wait to visit them and see their new life unfold in a new city.

I played along with Shimelle's Starting Point Challenge (she's having a great week of challenges with videos too which I really enjoy watching) in this layout using Studio Calico's August kit Boardwalk. There may be some of the add-on Boogie Board kit too.

Off to start the weekend. I have some fun activities planned and also hopefully get to do some scrapping as well!

Happy New Home!

I'll be sending this card off to my sister who just moved to California ! A generous SC member was giving away some Studio Calico stamps and she graciously sent me this house one. Super cute. I heat embossed it with Mustard Zing. The hearts came from an older Hero Arts clear set. I used a Martha Steward grass border stamp and some letter stickers from American Crafts and Cosmo Cricket. I have to stop hording those stickers! :)

She's Having a Baby

I've not been making cards and stamping too much lately. Skiing almost every weekend this winter. The conditions have been great in the Northeast this winter with all the snow. Well, spring is here and I'll be back creating more.

In the meanwhile, I've started scrapbooking! I created a scrapbook page to frame for a friend and sort of got hooked. I've been subscribing to Studio Calico for awhile now so I've been playing with those kits a lot. Honestly I have no idea what I'm doing, but it's fun.

Here is a page I just made - my sister is having a baby! I'm so excited for her and her husband. And for me and my parents as well. :) I came across a fun new sketch challenge blog that focuses on journalling the story behind the pictures. I like that! I played along on the 4/1/11 challenge.  Here is the link if you want to play as well!

Edited to add: Page made from Studio Calico Feb 2011 kit called Candy Shoppe. Additional supplies include Marvy heart punch, MM fabric tape, Martha Stewart butterfly punches, EK Success border punch, Recollections fabric flower, Autumn Leaves Journalling Stamp.

Happy New Year!

Wishing you a wonderful new year! I hope this year is productive for all of us in whatever goals we set for ourselves. I love a fresh start!

I have been a long time Studio Calico subscriber. I love their kits - esp their exclusive stamps that they make! You can buy them later on the site usually. I pulled out a kit from last year (Feb 2010) and started making a few cards with them. I intended to make a wedding card for my sister, but then started making a few more cards with the kit.

Here is a new card using a new Hero Arts set called My Type (CL483). I used Unscripted Sketches #88 for this. Just discovered this new site for great inspiration! Enjoy your day and thanks for stopping by!

Hello My Friend

Hopefully you can stand another Stella card! I made a quick card - love paper piecing her dress! I misted some mini Maya Road chipboard letters spelling out HELLO, but then messed the whole thing up, so I had to redo the "Hello" using stamps. I can't wait to use those letters again - they are so cute and small - I'll show you soon.

Have a great long weekend ! Happy Memorial Day!

Stamps: The Greeting Farm Stella; Studio Calico Storytime Alphabet
Paper: SU! Vanilla; Cosmo Cricket Garden Variety
Other: Corner chomper; Cosmo Cricket Tiny Alpha letters; Jillibean Soup ribbon; SU! mini paper clip; EK Success Fancy Flight border punch