Let Heaven and Nature Sing

I thought I would begin showing the ornaments I have been working on. This one was a little more trickier, but I feel it really turned out rather well. I think this one will be a favorite of some especially ones who have bird feeders and the love of nature near and around their homes. I wish we could see a red cardinal here in California, but I believe they are birds of the East coast. I wasn't really sure how I was going to color or even embellish it, but knew it needed to be minor as to not take away from the image itself. After I colored it, I kept thinking it needed the snowy-icy effect hanging off the eaves of the bird house and remembered that the PTI set Border & Beams Accessories had that icicle edge. I stamped it in white and then added the stickles to give it the effect of ice hanging off the eaves. I used the small red rhinestones to accentuate the berries on the holly and just lightly glazed the leaves with stickles as well. The side of the ornament has red satin ribbon encircling it to give it a finished look. Supplies: Stamps-JustRite & PTI; Ink: Stazon, Chalk, Sharpies; Embellishments: Offray satin ribbon, Westrim rhinestones and Stickles. Thanks for taking the time to look.

The Spirit of Joy

This is the second card I made for the Papertrey Swap. Again I had forgotten I had this set and remembered it was one of my favorites. Why is it we forget what we have in our stamps? Could it be we just have to have it, can't live without it and then it stay stashed in a drawer until we realize..oh yea, I have that set LOL!!! I used three different colors of blues to make the snowflakes stand out and then of course had to add Stickles to make them look sparkly and light. I remembered I had the Stardream Paper (which you really can't see in the picture) which is sparkly as well. I added the scalloped nesties as the double layering for matting behind the saying. Thanks for taking the time to look.

Supplies: Stamps-PTI Snowflake Serenade; Cardstock-Stardream Midnight Blue, Basic Gray Silver and SU Whisper White; Ink-Stazon Midnight Navy, Encore Ultimate Metallic Blue and Encore Silver. Stickles-Icicle and Rhinestones. Ribbon-Offray 1" Blue Sheer.

Dreams are...

Sorry for being MIA! Down with my back a few days and was nursing it to help my daughter unpack her house, which we didn't get very far because of it, but thoroughly enjoyed the time spent with her. It definitely gets cool up in the mountains and I am glad I remembered to pack my long pj's. LOL! By the way she loved the "Just Moved Cards" (see in lower post) I made for her which of course just warms my heart to no end! I have been working on getting cards done for swaps and wondering why I signed myself up for so many as I have so much to do, but felt I needed a break and need some cards to have on hand. This is one of the cards for the Papertrey Swap. Wasn't sure about it at first, but thought everything finally came together. I have been working on several more of the Ornaments. I am hoping that this weekend I can get them posted as there are another 7 done and about 4 more in the works. I am thinking these will be a major hit at the ACS Christmas Bazaar. If you would like to purchase one of these ornaments, please contact me and let me know which one(s) you would like or want made. I'd be more than happy to accommodate you. :) Thanks for looking!
Supplies: CS-SU Razzleberry & Soft Suede; Ink-Rich Razzleberry & Soft Suede; Stamps:PTI Spiral Bouquet; Stickles and Dew Drops.

Just Moved...

I have been making these cards for my daughter in secret. They are getting ready to move into a home of their own as of today and thought this would help alleviate the stress of telling everyone their physical and P.O. Box address and phone number. It took me the longest time to figure out a design and then I vaguely remembered seeing one on someones blog or SCS (and if it is you please let me know so I can give credit where it is due). Mine isn't exactly like the one I saw so it isn't totally cased, but still would have liked finding it again. Their home is way up on top of a mountain surrounded by the national forest and I thought using the pine tree from the "Lovely As A Tree" and matching it up with Papertrey Ink's Board and Beams House and sentiment so it would be depicted correctly. The house is exactly these colors, and thankfully I happen to have them in my Prismacolor markers. I am hoping that she will be happy with these as it took a while to color them and make sure they were perfect. I just know she is going to ask me for more of these and I will gladly make them but maybe just not as fast. LOL! I used the MS Punch for the look of the pine needles. Ink is SU in Chocolate Brown, Black and Old Olive. I used Crystal Effects to give the windows the look of glass. Thanks for taking the time to look.

Great Friends Are We!

Since I am unable to move around alot and not go 100 mph, I have managed to make some cards and was basically forced to use up some of the scraps that I had laying close to my crafting table. Of course you never know how many you have until you open the containers and go Oh My! I already had this image colored and just threw it in a bin thinking maybe I'll use it for a card someday. That someday has been these last 10 days or so and I decided to dig through the images and came up with this one.

I am sorry I cannot tell you whom the image is by (as it was Rak'd to me) nor the paper or ribbon (scraps), but here are the supplies that I do know the names by. LOL!!! Stamp is by Poppy Prints-Lisa Johnson for Papertrey Ink and of course the punch is by Martha Stewart and then dew drops ans the ink is Stazon Black.

Forgive me for not posting...

I cannot believe it has been 23 days since my last post. I have been working on several projects, but time has gotten away. And looks as if I maybe MIA for a little longer. Took a rather nasty fall at work yesterday down two flights of stairs and am now wearing a moon boot for the next 3 weeks!!!!!! I cannot believe I wasn't paying attention where I was walking. aarrgghh!!!!! Trying to type and keep the foot elevated is a little hard to do. But I do have a couple of cards to share with you. Forgive me if I am not real chatty on here the drugs make me feel a little "out of place or spacey I should say" if you know what I mean. LOL!!!!!!Thanks to Carisa over at Lady Guinevere's Inky Faeries for RAK'g this image to me. I think this is really a cute Bella and may have to order her as my granddaughter is enamoured with mermaids now instead of princesses. I had alot of fun making this one and really wanted to make it 3-D to look as if she was just balancing over the ocean floor.
Supplies: Stamping Bella "Underwatergoddessabella, Papertrey Ink Honey Bees for the look of seaweed. Minature seashells that I had found at a shell shop in Morro Bay. prismacolor Markers and Twinkling H2o's for the effect on her scales and fin. Brads covered in stickles for the starfishes and Blue and Sand Beads for the ocean floor. Paper by Paper Adventures and Kiwi Kiss Ink used for the seaweed coloring.

Gratitude

I cannot believe it has been 9 days since my last post where I had promised to get my cards posted that I have been working on. But nothing ever goes as planned as life happens and then there are always the computer issues! aargghh! Anywho, my mojo is definitely back and here is the first card of 10 to be posted. Actually I have quite a few in the making as I finally got smart (duh...LOL!!!!) and lined up the papers, embellishments and so forth that will be going on each card and started an assembly line to make it go a little smoother.
Supplies: Fabrique Aquarello Watercolor, Doodlebug Dotted Swiss, White Chenille and Bazzill Green Papers. Stamp: PTI Spiral Bouquet Sentiment;EK Lace Punch; SU Black Classic Ink used over Versamark with clear embossing powder and Offray Black Dotted Swiss ribbon.

Bloom

Can you guess where this picture was taken? If you know my DH and I, then you would know it was taken at our favorite place to always go and spend time and act like a kid about 40 times throughout the year (not kidding on how much we go) it is Disneyland!!!! They have the most beautiful flowers in all varieties and landscapes throughout the their parks and around the hotels not to mention Downtown Disney. DH and I are premium pass holders which allows you to go 365 days a year with no restrictions. We were over in frontier land when we spotted these beautiful blooms. The yellows and reds are so vibrant in color and you just couldn't help but be cheerful because of the colors. Don't they just scream "SPRING"? We actually had this picture (a much larger size of course) up in our home when we first moved into the new house 4 years ago. I had done the guest bathroom in reds and yellows and it definitely was bright since there was a skylight in there as well. It has since been taken down and placed in our portfolio. Hope this card made you smile today!