Cardabilites #98 is up today....

Today we all have another fun sketch to share today with all

or you on Cardabilites and boy is it ever cute... I had lots of fun 

with this one and did a couple of cards with it to share with you.

For my Gracias card i kept pretty true to the sketch and 

used a new vintage paper pad from Authentique 

called Classic Elegant.  I also used a die set from

Spellbinders called Romantic Rectangles 2 to make

the outside edge of the card.  The little medallion

was from 2 dies sets.  They are Floral Doily Motifs

and also the circle from Stately Circles.  I love how

this came out and love the Victorian look to it.  I know

it's a surprise LOL... i just love lace and flowers....

The little tiny flowers are from one of my

new favorite places to order Really Reasonable Ribbon.

My second card to share today is using another

new pad that i got from Doodlebug Designs called

Sugar Shoppe.  i used lots of cute little patterns

and a Die D-Lite from Spellbinders called Medallion 8.

I added a few more flags and some pink twine that i 

had in my stash and a flower and a sticker to finish

up the center of the medallion.  I love these colors 

alot and i love my lace and flowers too....

Hope you like what i have and don't forget to come

and join us over on Cardabilites or just get inspired

by all the beautiful things everyone shares :)

Spring is time for flowers and Butterflies..

There are lots of new dies coming out from Spellbinders

and some really pretty Butterfly dies too so today i thought

I would share a quick card that has one of the brand new

Die D-Lites called Flutters and another of my favorite dies 

called Elegant Ovals.  This is a really great die and alot of

my stamps fit inside really perfect!!

So to get right to it- today i just layered lots of papers from
 a MME paper pad and I cut and embossed Sentiments One in
white and for the Butterfly i used Flutters  in two colors.
For the ovals in the back round i used the Elegant Ovals die set
and cut/embossed them in different patterns to layer them.

I know this is quick and I hope you like it...
 there will be other fun things i am posting this week and next
so be sure and stop back to see what is new :)

Happy Crafty Saturday

Good morning everyone, today we has an unexpected surprise

to wake up to after the rain last night.  I know all of you that live

in the snow pretty much don't like it at all but our local mountains

have snow all over the tops and it is so pretty.  For us not having

much rain this is such a wonderful surprise.  And so was the rain.

Now my gardens and all the flowers i have growing will be 

happy with the clean rain that just poured on them all night!!

Today i am getting lots of projects done and a fun Mother's 

Day gift card box for Scrap N Yap on May 3rd.  If you have

a chance be sure and sign up there to get a kit.  I am using

a new stamp from Stampendous and the box and card are so cute!

And I wanted to share a couple of cards that i have been 

working on in between other projects for DTs.

This was a really simple card that i did using a preprinted
tag for the top and then i layered on a doily from SB in
white and tied on a pretty pink ribbon from RRR store :)
I really love the patterns and colors for this one and
I think i will have to gather a few more things up in
my stash to make up some more to have ready...

And for this card i used a new die from SB called
Modern Stationery  to cut the base of the card in ivory
cardstock and then i used some plaid/solid papers
and buttons that i had in my stash to create a border.
The stamp is one of my favorite from Verve stamps
and it too was really simple and quick to make.

Thanks for popping over and it's time for me to get
back to finishing up some more projects but i hope
you all have a fun and crafty weekend....

Lots of Hugs and Smiles today!!

Pretty in Pink...

I was thinking it's about Prom time next month so why not

start early and create something for yourself for that special date

or even a gift for Mom's day coming up.  I decided to go with some

new silver pieces that i got and i did a heart locket necklace

and a choker for all those bohemian fans out there.

For my first necklace i used some smokey pink quartz beads

and wrapped them with silver 20 gauge wire and tiny silver

beads.  And then i joined them with jump rings for something

different.  The toggles were so pretty i decided to put it

on the side and run the chain around the back.  I thought it

would be prettier to see it with the heart locket just because it

matches so well. What do you think... I really love it. This one
took a bit of time to wrap the beads but it was fun and relaxing.

And for my next project i made a pretty choker necklace with ribbon.
 It was really fast and super easy to make. To start I  joined 5 silver filigree
 pieces with silver jump rings and added these really pretty little

rhinestone danglers in-between them to make it glisten more.

And then i added some pretty pink and turquoise rhinestones

to each of the filigree pieces and let it dry.  Then you can either

stitch the piece to the ribbon or just use some good adhesive

like i did to attach the pieces.  It was simple and easy and there

is so many things that you could add to it if you wanted to.

Here is a list of the things that you will need from the
Butterbee Scraps shop to make them:

C25-P Silver Filigree Embellishment
Small Rhinestone Charms
hematite rhinestones flat bottom in pink
Silver Jump Rings
Heart Lock and Key in Silver
CL-462-P Silver Toggles

other things i used: Pink Ribbon, silver chain, adhesives,
jewelry tools, and silver 20 gauge wire.

That's all for today i am trying to catch up and get ahead for

some traveling i have to do next week but i will have lots of things

posted up for inspiration that i am doing.  I hope you all

have a really great day and make something beautiful!!

Happy News today!!

A while back some friends told me about this wonderful

online store to shop (Really Reasonable Ribbon)  for ribbons and
flowers and lots of other goodies so I checked it out and I placed my
first order and wow-what  a wonderful store they were.  There is
 so much to chose from and Bonnie (the owner) sends your ribbons
and goodies out super fast and they even have a ribbon club with
beautiful ribbons that you can get each month!! How awesome is that!!
 And the good news is that they had a Design Team call
and I MADE IT on the team!!  

How exciting is that going to be... I love pretty ribbons and flowers

and love, love, love to put them on all my projects so this is going to be

a really fun team to be a part of :)

Here is a list of the rest of our team so you can
sign up on their blogs and check out all the fun things
that we make to inspire you each day.....

Really Reasonable Ribbon Design Team

Jenn Cochran:  http://jaxbeanstalks.blogspot.com/

Ginny Nemchak:  http://pollyspaper.wordpress.com/

Jessie Lessner:  http://proverbs31crafter.blogspot.com/

Cherry Nelson:  http://cherrysjubileehome.blogspot.com/

Cheryl Walker:  http://sweeetdesignsbycheryl.blogspot.com/

Bonnie Garby:  http://www.maketime2craft.com/

NEW  Teresa Homer:    http://www.victorianpaperqueen.blogspot.com/

NEW  Carolyn Labille:  http://mspetuniascrafts.blogspot.com/

NEW  Linsey Rickett:  http://linseyrickett.blogspot.com/

Thanks for stopping over and I hope that you all had 

a really blessed Easter Celebration with all your families and friends...

Butterbee Scraps and Baby charms

I have a few more things as promised to share with all of you using

some of the other baby charms in the set from Butterbee Scraps.

This set has such cute little things in it and i think i am going

to have to order some more of them for other projects i have 

in mind to make this summer.  

For my first project i made a mother's day card to send to my friend

because she already has 2 other kids and i think i should celebrate

her and those other 2 also.  I used some Spellbinders Die D-lites dies

for the card and tied a pretty bow through it and used one of the silver

flowers and a pink rhinestone that i got from Butterbee Scraps.

I wanted to give her a gift card so i found a cute pattern online 

and hand cut it out and used one of the diaper pin charms at the top

to finish it with a flower.  And I also bought some super soft socks

and decorated them with ribbons and sewed on one of the charms

to decorate them.  Aren't they just so cute and the quality is so good.

You are going to love using these for your projects...

And lastly i painted a heart box that i found to match

and i am thinking she can put all those tiny first year 

treasures into it to save forever.  I painted 2 of the flowers

in the Butterbee shop with white paint and then painted it 

again with pink paint to match the box.  I added some ribbons

and another charm from the Heart collection in the shop.

Here is a list of supplies that i used for them:

Baby Steps Charm Set

7635 Dimentional Broze Filligree Flower

294-Bronze Filigree Embellishments

#J610-S Tibetan style flowers

SS16 Pink Flat back rhinestones

and there is lots of new charms and products in the

Butterbee store this week so be sure and stop over and see

everything that's new!!  Hope you like what i shared 

and i will be back next week with some fun 

projects using the Tea Charms....  

Oh and just one more thing---all the ribbons are from 

Really Reasonable Ribbon online store...