warm winter wishes card

well hello there!
today I have a card up on the Butterfly Reflections Ink blog!

love love love these colors! the warm pinky-purples and the coral colors together are perfect for this warm-wishing card!
be sure to check it out on the Butterfly Reflections Ink blog if you want to read about how I made it!
enjoy!

Love Past the Stars Card

hello!
happy Saturday! 
today I have a card up on the Butterfly Reflections Ink blog!

it's everything I love - ink blending, cute images and bright colors!!! 
be sure to check it out and let me know if it makes your eyes turn into heart emojis too! ha!
enjoy!

best buds!

hello!
today I have this cute little duo on the Butterfly Reflections Ink blog!

I love these critters so much! and even though it took them all day, and all night to do it, they got through the 'hard thing' together! best buds are the best!
check out the Butterfly Reflections Ink blog to see what other products I used on this card!
enjoy!

warm wishes this winter!

hello there!
today I have this sweet little card up on the Butterfly Refections Ink blog!

I loooooove that background...check out the Butterfly Reflections Ink blog to learn the secret! ha!
see you there!
enjoy!

beary warm winter wishes

well good morning to you!

today I have this fun card up on the Butterfly Reflections Ink blog! 

and it's so cute! ha!

isn't it adorable! I just love the warm colors for a winter card!

be sure to check it out in all it's glory on the Butterfly Reflections Ink blog!

enjoy!

bunny slopes

hello and happy weekend to all!
today I have a card up on the Butterfly Reflections Ink blog! and it's soooo cute!!

be sure to check it out if you like what you see!
enjoy!

little baby boy Jesus!

hey there!
today I have a card up on the Butterfly Reflections Ink blog today!
it uses a sweet, little Neat and Tangled stamp set, that I just ADORE! ha!

be sure to check it out and let me know what you think!
enjoy!

Purple Flamingo Floatie

hi  there!
today I have a card up on the Butterfly Reflections Ink blog! and spoiler alert...it's sweet! ha!

love it!
be sure to check it out on the Butterfly Reflections Ink blog, if you want to know more! 
enjoy!

i'm l-lucky to know you!

hello and good morning!
today I have a card up on the Butterfly Reflections Ink blog! wooo!!
I used an adorable llama...check it out!

let me know what you think? the full card is up on the Butterfly Reflections Ink blog!
enjoy!

go and do amazing things

hello and happy Saturday!
today I have a card up on the Butterfly Reflections Ink blog!

love it!
be sure to check out the whole thing and why not shop while you're there?! 
enjoy!

you're all kinds of awesome!

hello again!
today I am sharing my card up on the Butterfly Reflections Ink blog!

be sure to check it out! do you love that sneaky little silver wave as much as I do?! ha! be sure to head to the shop and grab your goodies!
enjoy!

i like you ever so much

**this is my 2nd post of the day! to see my CSI Challenge Layout featuring Newton's Nook Designs products, scroll down or click here!**

hello!
today I have a card up on the Butterfly Reflections Ink blog!
it's a little more fall, than spring or summer, but sometimes cards just come together with a mind of their own! ha!

be sure to check out the Butterfly Reflections Ink blog to find out more about this card! 
enjoy!

you're pand-aaaawesome!

hi there!
today I'm sharing a card I made that's up on the Butterfly Reflections Ink blog!
here's a little peek:

be sure to head over to the Butterfly Reflections Ink blog to read all about this cutie!
enjoy!

so fawned of you

hello and happy weekend!!
today I have a card up on the Butterfly Reflections Ink blog!

eeeeeep!
I love how this came out!
head on over to the Butterfly Reflections Ink blog to see the whole thing and read about how it came together!
enjoy!

you're mer-mazing!

hello and happy weekend!
today I have a card up on the Butterfly Reflections Ink blog! and it features all the things I love: 
*mermaids
*watercolor
*neat and tangled

ha!
check it out on the Butterfly Reflections Ink blog and if you're inspired, do some shopping!!! everything on my card is available in the shop! 
enjoy!

Little Tangles Challenge - Die-Cutting!

hello!

today i'm SUPER excited to be sharing a card for the new Little Tangles Challenge for the month of July - Die cutting!

i'm a guest over there today, and i am SO honored and excited to be able to play with the Little Tangles team this month! they are SO talented and nice, and i am humbled to be among them this month!

ok - so the card!
i used the super adorable Hoop Die for my card!

i cut out the border of the hoop 5 times and stacked all of the layers together to create some dimension within the hoop! then i added some silver paper for the hook (?!)! and that paper within the hoop is super old, from Sassafrass, but i still have it and it looked JUST like some cross stitch material to me! 

i lightly stamped the cupcake image from Sketchy Cupcakes with Old Paper Distress ink. i used that as a guide to add my stitching outline!

then i used some Spun Sugar distress ink and added a watercolor look to the background of the card. a few pink sequins from Lucy's Little Things Sequin Pack in English Rose and the sentiment from For the Record stamped in a beige, and the card was complete! :)

i hope you'll find the time to play along too! i can't wait to see what you make! :)
enjoy!

a big memory of a little guy - a layout

hello and happy sunday!

today i have a layout on the Butterfly Reflections Ink blog today of my biggest little mann and his very first favorite stuffed animal ever! 

(he's adorable, if i do say so myself! ha!)

here's a little sneak peek of the layout and alllllllll of the goodies from the Butterfly Reflections Ink Store that i used to make it:

i was competly inspired by this AWESOME mood board:

have you played along with the April mood board yet? 

thanks again for stopping by, and if you find yourself on the Butterfly Reflections Ink blog, thank you extra! :)

enjoy!

watercolor wishes and mixed media dreams

hey there!
today i just wanted to pop in and share a layout i made for a couple fun challenges!
the Mixed Media Monthly Challenge this month is all about pink!! you can't go wrong with pink, i say!

and over at the Little Tangles challenge, it's all about watercoloring! i couldn't LOVE that more!

so i combined the two challenges and came up with this super pretty (at least I think so!) layout!
i started with a 12x12 page from the Up In the Clouds collection from PinkFresh Studio! LOOOOOOOVE that collection! 

I covered it in clear gesso, and then used Worn Lipstick and Dried Marigold distress inks to add watercoloring! (my favorite way is to smoosh the ink onto a piece of packaging, then spray with water and then smoosh the packaging onto the layout!! FUN!) 
Once that was dry, i stamped the cloud images from Clouds (fitting!) and the triangles from Tiny Triangles, just to add some more contrast and fun to the background!

but guess what? i didn't stop with the background there! i also added some hearts with a stencil and embossing paste! and that was it! i promise! ha! background - complete! 
next up? heat embossing part of the Dreams stamp directly onto the photo! scandalous! 

I used lots of papers to layer the photo and add some dimension! then i used the same papers to mimic the layers for the subtitle on the top right corner! the sentiment is from Origami Map and was heat embossing in white!

i took some wood veneers and also added watercoloring to them!! LOVE that!

i stitched the sentiment on and then added some random stitching on other parts of the layout! a few enamel dots and other embellishments, and the layout is done! whew!

thanks for stopping by!
enjoy!

hello world!

hi there!
it's sunday afternoon! my little menn are outside playing in the beautiful weather with my husband, and i'm getting some crafty time in! it's win-win! :)

i have a fun card i created for the Little Tangles Challenge going on now!

yep! "hello", now that's a theme i can get into! ha! :)

here's my card:

i used some distress inks (worn lipstick, spiced marmalade, and mustard seed) and smooshed them on my craft mat. then i sprayed it with water and laid my card base on top - love that background! i stamped the world image from the Origami Map stamp set over it! 

then i stamped just North America out onto some patterned paper popped it up over some loose string. i stamped the label sentiment and hearts from the Everyday Labels in versmark ink on some scrap white cardstock, heat embossed it all in clear, and then stitched them onto my card front!

i stached some coordinating patterned papers (which i cut by hand) behind the map and it was done! :)
hope it makes you smile and a big, "happy hello" to everyone who stopped by! :D
enjoy!

better late than never...?

so today i'm sharing a bunch of Christmas cards i made this year for super special and lovely friends!
i know it's after Christmas, but, perhaps like you, i was just caught up in the festive and fun of the holiday season! so i'm just getting around to sharing them! :)

first up, a card using some Lawn Fawn stamp sets! :)

i stamped the ornaments and string from the Joy to the Woods stamp set. then i used some distress markers to add watercolor to them! i actually used a lot of shading (hard to see!) and then added glossy accents, because, well...ornaments! lol!

the sentiment was heat embossed in red onto some vellum, and then layered onto a subtle polka dotted banner! :)

ok, next is another Lawn Fawn card:

i used some non-christmas sets to make this one!
i LOVE how it turned out! 
the camper, car and tree are from Happy Trails of course!  i colored all of the images with copics and then popped up the images with some foam tape. clearly i stuck with the traditional, festive colors! 

the postcard from You've Got Mail was stamped onto some vellum, and then adhered to the card base! 
oh! and the card base has some falling snow on it! i used translucent embossing paste and mixed it with perfect pearls to create my own "pearlescent" embossing paste! LOVE it!


ok, onto another card! this one uses Paper Smooches:

i stamped and colored the Santa image with copics from Santa Paws, then set it aside...
then i drew a 'loose' beard shape onto some white cardstock and then stamped the snowflakes from Gently Seasoned to fill in that beard shape! you can't tell, but i also went over each snowflake with some wink of stella! :)

on top of that i stitched on a layer of vellum and then heat embossed the sentiment in red. then i added the santa face onto of the vellum with some foam tape! LOVE how this turned out! :)

(almost done, are you still with me?! lol!)
ok, this card is a Mama Elephant card...and it has a sad story as it never made it to the recipient...instead the big, bad, mean USPS destroyed and lost it...*tears!!* sigh.

i used the panda's from Pandamonium, and i LOVE them! i added some color with copics and then combined with some of the accessories from Cozy Christmas! i really tried to make it look like the pandas were being sneaky the cookies from santa, and giving them to 'you'! :) ha ha!

on the card base, i used a chevron mask and then some washi tape to make a Christmas tree shape with the embossing paste! a few silver sequins, and it was done! 
...and then lost forever...

ok, my next two cards are based on the popular 'ornament' look! 
this one was created using from Neat and Tangled stamps! 

i die cut a circle shape and then stamped the world map from Origami Map (swoon - LOVE it!) and then colored the images with festive copic colors! :) i also added some grey shading to the sides of the circle to make it look rounded!

i heat embossed the sentiment with Liquid Platinum embossing powder. the sentiment is from Winter Wishes and i LOVE it! :) i also added some snow with white embossing paste and a stencil! 

lastly, i have a set of cards created with Create a Smile stamps! :)

i lightly drew a circle with pencil and then stamped  the small 'bubbles' from Comfy to fill in the ornament shape! :) i LOVE it!

then i sprayed some pink mist onto a scrap piece of clear packaging and smooshed it over the bubbles to create the water color look! i really like that messy look!! :) the sentiments were also heat embossed in the Liquid Platinum, and they're from the Smiling Snowflakes stamp set! :)

ok, you did it! that's the end of the post!
thanks for stopping by, and i hope it wasn't too labor intensive! 

enjoy!