Its a button love thing.....

Have I mentioned that I am fully mesmerized by my new paper from My Minds Eye? I want to use it on EVERYTHING lately. Red, Pink, Ivory, Kraft. ***swoon**

I thought that I'd use my Stamping Bella 'Lil Artist from Christy Croll for a little valentine card. Isn't she just so sweet.

I just need the boy version of her *hint hint Emily and Christy, did you hear that??* because with me as a mom, I bet you are not surprised that my boys are also crafty little artists.

Yes, you'll see that I've button trio-ed my card again today. One large flat, one squareish one, one tiny one with a threaded bow. Latley, its a thing.

I love hunting through my button jar for just the right trio for each card. All my buttons are stored in a candy jar that I purchased at Walmart for $4 and I keep it stocked with all my lovely buttons....

I also added some faux suede ruffled ribbon from Jody. I'd been on such a bender with bows lately that the lovely sueded ribbon had been neglected. But its soooo lovely. You might notice that I also used it on my "Bessie" card yesterday and wrapped it with a bit of jute.

Last week, I was in mad panic, and gasp, nearly ran out of dimensional boosters. What? How can I make a card without a TON of boosters? Luckily, I found ONE sheet in my scrap pile, which got me through a few days till my order arrived!

Lesson learned!! Don't be a dummy like me, be sure to keep them on hand, in multiples. Did you know that Jody offers a stock up special? Order 12 of one kind of sticky product and she'll add the 13th set free? All the details HERE

Color me happy!

I love the combination of Paper Trey Ink's Berry Sorbet and Summer Sunrise together. They just look so cheerful!!

This fun stamp set is from Stampendous and I grabbed it as soon as I saw it come into stock at Eclectic Paperie.  But then, I had some deadlines, and it waited patiently for me.

This was SO fun to color with my Prismacolor pencils and I framed it out in my Nestie rectangles which I picked up at Polka Dot Plaza. 

I thought this was best just left simply. Sometimes I worry when I don't add all the "more" but you all seem to like those clean cards...... So, how did I do?  

Bubbly Mojo

A sketch that needs playing, some stamps that need inking, new paper that hasn't been cut yet! Oh man!

This stamp set "Time for the Bubbly" is one of my all time favorite My Favorite Things images, but can you believe I didn't actually have it until quite recently.

The Mojo Monday sketch for this week was just perfect for this image, and then lo and behold, my Blue Hill Crate Paper arrived from eclectic Paperie (thanks girls!)


The image was stamped onto Cryogen White paper with my Brilliance Black ink and I set it aside to dry while I worked on all my matting layers.

The carstock used here is Blush Blossom and Creamy Caramel. The two blush panels are stamped with linen background from SU then all the blush mats are paper pierced.

Once the ink was set, I colored in with my Copics adding some sakura stardust to the mirror and the bubbles for some shine. The mirror frame was stamped with creamy caramel then trimmed out and added into place with my quickie glue pen.

I added a layer of shine to the mirror with my Diamond Glaze and left it overnight to dry before assembling the full card.

My bathroom is nowhere near as luxurious as this. In fact, right now it is harboring lots of bath toys and hooded towels for the boys. Maybe this is what my bathroom can look like in, oh another 20 years, but a girl can dream right?

Today's the Day!

Today's the day that I can begin to share with you the samples I've been working on with the two new stamp sets that will be available Wednesday April 2nd!

Just after Christmas, I saw these fun clear frames from PageFrames at Eclectic Paperie and I added them to my basket. No idea what I would do with them at that moment, but thought they'd be fun to play with. And as soon as I received "Happy Mother's Day" from Kim, I knew that I'd found the use for the frame.

I began by stamping the image on Shimmery White paper and then colored it in with my copic markers. Then I added some diamond glaze to the front of the piece and applied the clear acetate square right over the top and pressed to distribute the diamond glaze. The extra oozed out the sides and I wiped it away with a damp cloth. And set it aside to dry overnight.

I traced the scalloped frame onto a piece of SU Designer Prints paper in Soft Sky, trimmed it out, and used my same trick with the Diamond Glaze to affix the paper to the clear frame.

The next day, I sanded all the edges of the frame with a little white sanding block and applied Basic Grey magnets to the back of the piece and affixed a quick piece of double stitched ribbon.

The card base itself is super quick. Its a 5 1/4 square card and I used versamark and the small flower image from this stamp set to stamp a border all around the edges to compliment the scalloped shape of the main panel. Then, I affixed the other half of the magnets to the card front secure the main panel to the top.

So, what's with the magnets? The recipient can pop this main panel off of the card and hang it on the fridge. I shudder to think that all the cards I make for people might find their way into the trash at some point (GASP!) and this gives me hope that the front can be popped off and treasured instead.

I'll have another MFTeaser tomorrow for you using the other April release "Can You Dig It." Be sure to pop around to the other MFT Girls blogs and galleries to see what they've come up with. The new stamps will be available Wednesday night! Details to follow on the launch party on the My Favorite Things Member Company Forum- which is always a blast! Hope you can join us.

Who Doesn't Need a little Sunshine?

One of my very favorite products that we saw on the floor of CHA were these adorable mini clipboards and the coordinating stamps over at the Stampendous booth. I'm such a sucker for Stampendous products. You already know I love those pails....

So, I think I mentioned before that we waited - um - about 35 minutes in line for this little make and take! But look how stinkin cute they were! It was so worth it!

I totally squealed with excitement when I found out that eP already has these clipboard combo sets in stock as well as the coordinating stamp set that fits on here um perfectly!! At CHA they had a new make and take each day with the three sizes. I almost waited another half hour to do one the second day, but I bailed.

It was so great to meet up with Daisy and Joy out in California. They're a joy to work with (lol pardon the pun!) and I find so many "oooh, I've got to have that" things when I'm browsing around over there. Which is - oh goodness, I don't think I should reveal how frequently - it might be embarrassing!!

Honestly, I'm a big stalker of the "Brand Spankin New" category over there! I'll admit, I'm a total enabler, there is lots of fun new paper getting loaded up over there... I'll give you one guess who already has a nice little shopping cart started for herself this morning.....

Have a great day everyone!

A Good Egg....

I've finally depleted my stash of Stampendous Pails. Looks like I need to head back over to Eclectic Paperie to pick up some more!

My last two were used to make Easter pails for my boys. I picked up the For Peep's Sake paper that has been all over "blogland" lately. Julie Masse made a bunch of cute cards that pushed me right over the edge! LOL!

I covered the outside of the pails with three different patterned strips of paper, and finished them off with a length of Stampin Up Striped Grosgrain Bashful Blue Ribbon.

Using the super cute Stampendous Clear Pail Topper (Thanks Daisy and Joy!!!) I stamped the basket for the top of the pail, and then masked it using Eclipse Tape. I stamped the egg three times and used the masking again to get two of them in behind.

I colored the tops in first with my copic markers, then added some stickles to the tops of the eggs. Then I aquapainted over the copics with my SU crayons and filled in the center of each of the eggs. The background was looking so terribly white, so I used my bashful blue crayon and an aquapainter to fill all that in softly.

I know the kids will mostly like what's inside them, but I really do think that little details make all the difference. Plus, I really just LOVED making and filling them.

What's inside? Divvies jelly beans and chocolate bunnies, and peeps!

Baby Baby!

I just love these clear Stampendous Pails - I'm forever reordering them from Eclectic Paperie. I like to keep a healthy stash of them available for any client orders that might pop up, or for any gifts I have to give.

My husband's cousin recently had a baby girl, and as the mother of two boys, I love when I get to by baby girl gifts! I selected a gift with a pail in mind for the packaging. Then the gift helped to select what paper I'd be working with.

To match the pink and brown in the outfit I'd selected for the baby I picked Basic Grey Two Scoops for the designer paper and Close to Cocoa from Stampin Up as my cardstock accent. Since Close to Cocoa doesn't come in the wide width grosgrain ribbon, I took a piece of cardstock and zipped it through my Janome sew mini with the zig zag stitch to create my own. I just loved how it came out.

I also had a client request for a baby boy pail, and a gender neutral pail so I reached for my favorite baby paper - Crate Paper Baby Bee.

This is another item that I like to keep in stock because I think it is just so sweet for baby items. I'm always grabbing a few extra pieces of that on my trip to my local scrapbooking store.

Oh man did my little guy have a total flip out moment when I was there last week. Usually he's good as gold so I don't mind bringing him, but ugh, hopefully they'll let me come back after the monster tantrum thrown there last week....

The pails use the "Sweet Heart" from the Stampin Up set titled Bundle of Joy and the cards use the So Many Scallops set also from Stampin Up.

I have a few more pails awaiting altering downstairs... they're going to be Easter buckets for my little guys. I can't wait to get started on that project! I'll have them hopefully for you next week. I obviously have to work on them in secret around here!!

Oh Bunny!

I have another quick and clean like yesterday's Paper Trey Ink post. But, this is more clean, quick and cute versus the quick, clean elegant look from yesterday.

This stamp is from Stampendous and I giggled when I saw this little bunny over at Eclectic Paperie isn't it SO cute?? Looks like it is a big hit with other shoppers too, because when I added it to my cart, it was out of stock. Luckily, Daisy and Joy were able to get it for me super quickly to get me jump started on some Easter Projects - I love those girls and they always come through on my "stamping emergencies!!"

This Easter Plaque was stamped twice, once on white and once on SU's Soft Sky. I colored in the image with my Copic Markers, added some sparkle to the flowers with my spica pen then paper pieced the white panels onto the soft sky base, added two pewter brads and a quick snippet of ribbon. I think that chubby baby bunny is just too sweet!

I don't usually post over the weekends, but I have a card to share again tomorrow, and a little news too. So, hope to see you then.

Till then, have a great day!