Name frame

I finally decided to try a name frame. I made one for my Mom for Mothers Day. She is into sewing and has her own sewing room so I decided to make one that said "Grandma's Sewing Room". It was pretty easy to make and I am very happy with the end result. I sent it off to her just in time for Mothers Day and she really liked it! Here is a picture of it.

I used this really pretty paper by Heidi Grace and cut it into squares. I wanted to give the look of a quilt. Around each letter I did some faux stitching. I also did faux stitching around the little box that says "sewing room." I used my SU! set "Looks Like Spring" and the matching punch for the little flowers.

I also recently just got a scallop circle punch! I have wanted one so bad but every place I looked was sold out of them. Finally Joanns.com got them in and I got it 50% off! Woohoo! I am LOVING it!

I have some big news, well big news in my house, hehehe! My little Annabella is starting to potty train! She is doing so well. I am pretty much only putting her in diapers for naps, bedtime and while we are out. She still has accidents so I don't want to be out when she has one! I can't believe how big she is getting. She turned 2 on April 22 and since then has moved into a bed and is now potty training. She is such a big girl! So thats about it! Not much exciting going on in my life! I feel better now that I updated my blog:)

Not very good at this!

Well, I have not been very good about keeping up with my blog, but I am going to try to be better. I have been really into making cards lately-mostly because I have been inspired by so many talented stampers from SCS. I want to stamp all the time but my family gets int he way of that! Just kidding, I love my family. I try to do my stamping in the afternoon(during naps) and in the evening after the kids go to bed. But some nights I am so tired from the day I end up plopping down on the couch and not moving! hehehe So anyway I will post a couple of my cards that I have recently done.

I made this card using my new Doodle This set from Stampin up! I really love this set. I tried to keep it simple because the images are so detailed and I and I didn't want to take away from that. So I used a white base and water colored using my SU aqua painter and classic ink pads. I used Tempting turquoise, Certainly celery and Barely Banana. I also used a sentiment from a SU! hostess set, which name escapes me at the moment!

I made this card for my son's birthday invitaion. He LOVES the movie Cars. I used a grey base and used my cuttlebug embossing flolder on the real red paper. I stamped the image and used my SU water color pencils along with a belnder to color in the image. I doodled a little around the edge to give a little extra. I am pretty happy with this. Luckily I only have a fe to make because it took a while!

So thats it! I have made more but didn't take pictures and already sent them off! I will try to be better about updating my blog!

Late night stampin'!

Last night after I FINALLY got my kids in bed (my little girl decided to stay up till almost 11pm!) I got some stamping done. I ordered the Wild About You set about a month ago thinking I would use it all the time. So when I got it, I mounted it right away and couldn't wait for the kids to get in bed so I could play with it. I ended up making one card with it! I could NOT get creative with this set. So I took it out last night determined to make some cards with it and I did! Here they are:

I also made a card with my Polk a Dots and Paisley set. This is another one i have been creatively challenged with! I am really happy with this one:

While I am posting pictures, I decided to post some of the little baskets I made for my MOMS Club Spring Fling Easter celebration. I completely cased these from other ones I saw on SCS!

Thanks for looking and I hope you enjoyed! Have a wonderful Easter!

I finally did it!

I am not sure how interesting my blog will be, but I decided to start one. I love to scrap and make cards! However, it seems lately all I want to do is scrap and have strayed away from card making. Then I see beautiful creations on SCS and other blogs and it inspires me to get back into it. So I have been trying to be more creative when it comes to my cards-think outside of the box. I started with my DD's 2nd birthday invitations. I used my Tinkerbella stamp and my new cuttlebug embossing folder. I am acually very happy with the end result. I was inspired by Kimreid_stamper on SCS http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=517055&cat=500&ppuser=38585. !



I guess that is all for now. I am hoping to get some stamping done during naps today but I should clean my house. We'll see, maybe I can do both!