Brown and Green

Here is a card that I made last night for a color swap. As the title reveals, it was what you could create using green and brown. Well I'm tooting my own horn here. I am so happy with how this one turned out.





I used a beautiful stamp from Innovative Stamp Creations It is from the plate Beautiful Flowers. The stamps that Betsy Griffins makes are absolutely stunning and if you ever want to try unmounted stamps, I strongly suggest getting a plate from this lady. One of the places you can get her stamps is at Integrity Design. I used Lt. Green and Brown markers from Le Plume to color the stamp, then stamped it on vellum. Attached it with Brads and that was that

For a finishing touch, I decided to add a snippit of velvet ribbon. I don't use ribbons often, but this project has made me see, that you can use it in so many different way.

Happy Crafting

A LYB book

For Christmas I made a few mini books for my parents and I thought I would share with you tonight the one that I made for my mom. This was the second book I've ever made, and I am quite proud at how it turned out. Still have lots of room on this journey, but every project gives a person more skill, and more confidence.

This cute little book is from the Sharon Ann Christmas Magic Collection from Little Yellow Bicycle. They are one of my favorites at the moment. I purchased almost the entire line and so glad that I did. Now I'm going to get the Love Letters collection, well some of it at least. For an idea I have for Valentine's Day. But enough talk about that, let the show begin.

I saw this great idea to fold large prima flowers to give the effect of blossoming flowers. Inked it in lacuer red Nick Bantock Ink and added a Flourish for a stem. The paper is Co'ordinates Chocolate Box that has been embossed with the swirls folder from Cuttlebug
With this one I also used some Basic Grey Wassail Paper. The 2 seperate collections went together smashingly.
Here is my first attempt at quilling. The Heart and the Letter "Y" are both quilled. I used LYB rub on flourishes and glitzed up the "l"s with some Shimmerz Paint
Beads Beads and more Beads. When you have a good adhesive, they sure are fun to work with. Just make sure you have a tray to catch all the lose ones lol.

For this layout, I created a pocket at the top that held the 2 "love" and "U" tags. I used Tim Holtz Grunge letters that I alcohol inked then covered with liquid glass.
My favorite layout of the book. I love the LYB rubons. They are great to work with.
Added some red ribbon to give the page dimension and made my own photo corners.
Some more quilling and a large bow to finish of the page

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I have been humming and hawing at getting the Hearts Nestabilities From Spellbinder and the uncertainty has waned thanks to Wendybell's entry today . This cute Heart Valentine card has given me some great ideas, so off to order the hearts. Hope you are all staying warm.

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My first ATC Post

Having done a few of these over the last little bit, I thought I would share with you an ATC that I have just finished tonight, for a swap I am in. For those of you that don't know what an ATC is, it is an Artistic Trading Card. Kinda like hockey cards for crafters. It is a way for you to create a piece of art on a smaller canvas (2.5 X 3.5). I find them quite fun to make and they test my ability to do a sketch on a much smaller scale. I am so not ready for the "inchie" swaps though lol.

This ATC is for a swap called "peace". The card had to include the word, other than that, free range. So without further adieu...

I used SU cardstock in Not Quite Navy, So Saffron and Regal Rose. The Flourish stamp is from Seven Gypsies and the cute Brad is SU Square Ice in turquoise. A few prima flowers, spellbinders oval nestabilities and some LYB ribbon and VOILA! A quick ATC that I call Flower Child.

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I have created my very first challenge card today. CPS

does something called sketches. It is a blueprint for making a card or layout, and I find these to be a great way to ramp up the creativity. This card was made with a combination of DCWV All Dressed up paper and SU Barely Banana/Not Quite Navy combo The stamped butterflies are from the Dreams du Jour, which I stamped on either glossy white or glossy black cs. With the black CS I used Opalite Nordic Ice. This is the coolest ink to use on dark colored cardstock. The two white butterflies were them painted with Golden Wheat Shimmerz. Then to finish the card off I used 3 different sizes of Prima Essentials Make me Happy flowers, added the cut out critters with dimensional dots, edged the card with Cerulean Azure nick Bantock Ink and called it a day. Hope you enjoy it









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As promised, here are a few pictures taken with the old camera of the project I did for my husband for Christmas. My very first Bo Bunny Words album. It was so much fun creating it, that I have just recently purchased a few more of them. Take a look at Bo Bunny's blog for some cool ideas. Oh how I dream of beautiful papers like the Flirty and Unforgettable lines from these guys.

Anyways, on with the show.



I used mostly Little Yellow Bicycle Christmas Paper Pack. A company that I'm quite fond of indeed

This little letter folds up to some great pictures of the children

Pretty happy with the bow if I do say so myself

Prima flowers has some great ones out there. These ones are I believe from the Youth line

My first shot at grungeboard. Painted the flower and HERO, then used liquid glass over top. The Picture of my husband and our boy sleeping, is my altime favorite picture of the two of them

Simple page with some Little Yellow Bicycle Bling

We "heart" You Dad

This was the page I was least fond of, but I do like the pictures and how the flower tags turned out.

The Back Cover. One word said it all.

Well, I have taken some more pictures with old faithful, while I wait for my mom to send the USB cable to me. Thank goodness she found it, because it is difficult to download pictures without it. At least until my new printer arrives. I am so excited about my birthday present from the children and my husband. They got me a new HP Photosmart C7280 Printer and Photoshop Elements 7. I'm vibrating with anticipation for their arrival. Oh the things I can do with a wonderful printer. Well off to do a little creating, while the children are sleeping. I will post pictures later this evening.

Happy Creating

Yet another great blog that I have recently started following. Laurel's Place is an amazing stop if you are looking for inspiration. She truly is talented and happens to be one of my favorite blog stops every day. Laurel is having her blogaversary today and she is giving away some really beautiful Valentines Stamps. Take a look at her amazing artwork and her favorite places to visit section. Truly an inspiration.