Ad Inspired

Day 70 at 365 Cards was to use this ad for inspiration. This was a fun card to make!
I used all scraps and my buttons are from my cousin Rhonda!!

Magnet Sets

No cards for me today!!! Lisa came over and she's working on a chipboard album, so I decided to make sets of magnets. I just wanted to work on something different today. And I had to keep busy as to not make to many suggestions to her about her album. This is her first one, she is not a scrapper, but fell in love with these small albums. I must say she is doing one heck of a good job. And mom has basically kept her mouth shut. When she completes it, I will post it here.

Me & Mom

I made this layout for May's Color Challenge over at sb.com. We could only use the colors ORANGE, GREEN & YELLOW. This photo was taken in Florida last month. It was Dominick's first time in the ocean.
The quote says: Life's filled with wonder and always a joy when you share life with your little boy. I thought this quote fit this photo perfectly!!
supplies:
AC cardstock
Stars cut from My Mind's Eye
brads from my stash
buttons from my cousin Rhonda
EK border punch & corner punch
quote from The Ultimate Guide to the Perfect Word (great book)

Mother's Day Card

I made this card for my mother-in-law Jean. She has been a part of my life from the time I was 19. Her son and I are divorced, but her and I have kept a close friendship. We will be spending Mother's Day together along with all the kids and grandkids.

I was able to find the Graphic 45 paper line at a LSS that is going out of business. It was all 20% off. I've been wanting to work with it for some time.

Think Pink

Day 67 at 365 Cards was to use A WHOLE LOTTA PINK!!

supplies:
Main Street - Let Your Hair Down
Prima flowers
Stickles
beads from my stash
brad from my stash
ribbon and lace from Walmart
Janome sewing machine
thread

Mother's Day Card

Day 65 at 365 Cards was to make a Mother's Day Card. I'm on a mission to use up my scraps, so I made 3 cards and I have very little paper left over. Whoo-hoo!! I kept these cards simple and let the paper do the talkin'!!

supplies:
Fancy pants paper
AC cardstock
brads from my stash
ribbon from Walmart

That Face

This is my granddaughter Kelly. This photo was taken while they were in Florida last month. I couldn't resist scrapping it!!! I used Basic Grey's lime rickey paper. All of the cardstock was from my stash. I made the flower using my Marvy Uchida scallop punches. I hand cut each scallop, scrunched each one up and sewed them together with a button and thread. The buttons that I used came from my cousin Rhonda. She sends me the best buttons. (I hope you're still collecting them for me!) I did a little sewing on this one with my Janome sewing machine. Oh and I used my new EK corner punch too!!!

Super Sketchy Sunday!

Day 64 at 365 Cards was to use the this sketch! I looked at it and thought "oh no"!! But then I looked at the scraps that I had left over from yesterday's challenge and decided to use them! I made a big boo-boo on the lower part of this card and just racked my brain on how I could fix it!! Well, I needed to take some trash out and I took one look at the grocery bag and thought to myself "why not"!!! So I cut it up and it became part of my card!


supplies:
American Crafts
AC cardstock
large brads from my stash
Fiskar's flower punches
K&Company felt flower
Janome sewing machine
thread
Nugget Market grocery bag

Floral Fest!

Day 63 at 365 Cards was to use 8 flowers!! I just bought these great Prima's last Thursday!!

supplies:
American Crafts paper (I just love the birdies)
American cardstock
buttons from my cousin Rhonda
Prima flowers
Marvy Uchinda scallop punch

Age Is Just A Number!

Day 62 at 365 Cards was to put a number on the front of our card. I made this one for my grandson Dominick's 1st birthday.

supplies:
My Mind's Eye paper
felt rick-rac from Michael's
Alphalicious Cricut cardridge
star brads from my stash
Janome sewing machine
thread

"Leaf" it up to me!

Day 61 at 365 Cards was to make a card using leaves! I finished up jury duty early today and stopped by an LSS on my way home and found this fabulous leaf paper by American Crafts. I also picked up these Prima flowers, plus some others!!! I also used my Marvy Uchida scallop punches an EK corner punch and a Fiskars border punch. I was punch happy today!!! Most of my button collection is from my cousin Rhonda. The brads were a gift from sb.com.

I spent all day yesterday at the courthouse and 1/2 of today. I was so glad I wasn't picked as a juror. It got down to about 5 of us left. Thank goodness they finally picked the jury before I was called to the box. The trial was going to last at least 2 weeks. How could I keep up on my cards if I was on jury duty.....LOL!!!!

A Certain Sentiment

Day 59 at 365 Cards was to use the sentiment.....Missing You, I Miss You, etc.

supplies:
Jenni Bowlin paper
Prima flowers
beads from my stash
ribbon from Michael's

Something's Fishy!

Day 58 at 365 Cards was to use a FISH!!

supplies:
K&Company Sea Glass paper collection
ribbon from Walmart
Marvy Uchida scallop punches
EK Success stickers
Jolee stickers
Janome sewing machine
thread
studio G stamp

Super Sketchy Sunday!

Day 57 at 365 Cards was to use this sketch. I got up at 5am today, so I made two cards before daylight!! I actually had to stop myself today, this sketch was very inspiring. I must do housework! Boo-hoo!! But if I get it all done, who knows, I might make a few more cards using this sketch!! Happy Sunday to you all!!


The sunflower card was made using Bo Bunny papers that I have had for some time. An LSS was closing and I bought a ton of paper from them. It will probably take me 20 years to use it all!! The brads I received from sb.com as a gift for an order I placed with them. They are sugar coated. Really pretty! I was in a sewing mood today, I love sewing on cards but never remember to do it. I organized my scraproom yesterday and my machine is very easy to get to now.
My "hi" card was made using paper from Chatter Box. This was also purchased from the LSS that was closing. The inside of the card does match the outside. The outside pic was taken in direct sun and it changed colors on me. This card looks like the top photo, really rich brown. I also used Prima flowers, brad and bling from my stash. The corners on the inside were done with a Marvy corner punch. I also did a little sewing on this one too!

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Card Recipe!

Day 55 at 365 Cards was to use a recipe provided to us by Pam. Here's the recipe we had to follow:

5x5 card (solid colored card stock - may be smooth or textured)
4x4 patterned paper (you may alter the edges if you'd like)
1 shape (circle, square, star, heart, etc.) - must be solid color
3 jewels
alpha stickers

No other items could be used!! Well........I made a little mistake! I used 3 star brads instead of jewels. I didn't realize we needed to use jewels until I was writing up this post....sorry!!! When I read the recipe, my brain saw the word brads.....LOL!!! I'm not going to change it now!!

supplies:
American cardstock
Scenic Route print paper
alphas from JoAnn
brads and chipboard star from my stash
green paint
EK border punch (I treated myself to a bunch of new punches this week!)

Recycled Elements

Day 54 at 365 Cards was to use at least one recycled element on our card. I hand cut the flower from the lid of a Staples copy paper box. That box had been out in my garage forever. I also just found a card challenge over at Paper Blooms that this card fit into today. I might just have to start checking out their challenges too!! I found a link to their site over on Rose's blog.

supplies:
American cardstock
EK edge punch (just bought this one!)
button from my cousin Rhonda (she just sent me a box full of them yesterday) thanks sweetie!
cardboard
yellow paint
embroidery thread

Fun With Fruit!

Day 53 at 365 Cards was to use fruit!! I had nothing with fruit on it. I found this image on my Microsoft Picture It program. I am not thrilled with this card at all. It actually looks better in real life. I sprayed it with Glimmer Mist. I did some inking. I really don't like it!!!!! I don't think I was in the mood to make a card after work today. Hopefully tomorrow will be a better creative day for me.

Tuesday Trio!

Day 52 at 365 Cards was to use a circle, a blossom & a brad. I thought about this one all day at work today and even when I walked in the door from work had no idea what I was going to do. I started looking through my stash and this is what I came up with. I have been trying to fancy up the inside of my cards lately too. I always have scraps left from the front, so I have started using them. I kind of like the look of this one!! And once again I am not using a sentiment, as I like to be able to use my cards for all occasions. I can always add one later.
supplies:
Que Sera Sera paper line and brads by K&Company
Prima flower
American cardstock

Oh My....the AWARDS Just Keep Comin'!!!!!

Thank you Vicky! Vicky is a DT member over at 365 Cards.....my favorite spot to be!!! She was so kind to nominate me for these awards. She is one very talented lady!! Please take some time to visit her blog. You will totally be inspired!! click here.

I've nominated 10 blogs to receive these awards. You girls can just grab one of them or please go ahead a take both of them. But, please pass them along to 10 blogs of your choice. Let's keep these awards going.

Genie http://pookahbot.blogspot.com/
Amanda http://amandasscrappyadventures.blogspot.com/
Kim http://kimberkv.blogspot.com/
Meg http://meggiroux.blogspot.com/
Melissa http://www.ihaveprettierstuff.blogspot.com/
Tricia http://lshdesigns.blogspot.com/
Jackie http://www.chicscraps.blogspot.com/
Debra http://luci61.blogspot.com/
LuAnn http://shellsurfer.blogspot.com/
Rebecca http://scrapersdelight.blogspot.com/