Butterflies....

Don't ask me why but butterflies remind of my grandma. I thought of her a lot while making this card.

I used CTMH CS, Memento black ink, CTMH Autumn Terracotta ink and Black Stickles on the 3-D butterflies. The stamps were a CTMH SOM that is no longer available. The top edge of the card is punched with a Fiskars punch. The card folds up to A2 size.

Diaper Cakes

WooHoo!! 3 posts in one month....I'm on a roll.

This has been one of my latest creations. I have been making diaper cakes. They are so much fun and less stressful than decorating a real cake. It all started in March. The 7th grade teacher who happens to be my son's classroom teacher and my daughter's science teacher was due while I was going to be in Seattle. I knew I wasn't going to have time to whip out a scrapbook for her new baby so I made a 3 layer pink diaper cake. From there, things just kind of snowballed.

This 2-tiered cake was ordered from the secretary at the kids school. She is having a new grand-baby in June and she just wanted the 2 layers to make it easier to ship (originally she was going to carry it on the plane with her).

She doesn't get to keep my antique cake plate though. When I deliver the diaper cakes, I have them wrapped in cellophane. They look like this:

This next one is the 3 layer baby boy diaper cake that I made for the kindergarten teacher. She is expecting a new grandson any time now.

For a Friend

Here is another card using Close To My Heart's May Stamp of the Month, "Be Yourself". This one is very similar to the last one, but then again, a little different. My friend Annette, is leaving her job as Volunteer Coordinator at the local hospital and this morning was her going away party. The Auxiliary president called me and told me she needed a card for Annette and the gift from the Auxiliary was in a Black/White gift bag with Hot Pink tissue paper. I rose to the challenge and made a card to go with the gift bag.

The pattern paper I used for the background is Basic Grey's Black Tie. I have had it in my stash for a very long time. The pink and black cardstock are CTMH. I used Memento Black ink and CTMH Bubblegum ink for my stamping. The scalloped squares are cut with my new Silhouette SD machine. The corners are accented with CTMH Clear Sparkles. Like my last card, the polka dot ribbon and button both came from WalMart. The pink ribbon, I got from a friend and I am not sure where she got it.

Be Yourself!

Wow...I just realized how long it's been seen I have posted. I made this 5x7 card today for a challenge.

The Challenge: use punches on your card. I punched the scalloped pink circle and the black circle on top of it. The papers are some old CTMH paper that I had stashed away for a rainy day. I think I was going to use it for DD's Just For Kix dance scrapbook pages. Look how well that turned out...I still don't have the pages made. So today, I thought, this paper looks really good with the CTMH May Stamp of the Month, "Be Yourself". This stamp set is only available until the end of the month, if you wish to purchase a set of your very own, you have 23 days left to order it. To see the rest of the stamps in the set, click here. All of the paper is CTMH. I used my Cuttlebug on the black background and the pink scallop circle. Stamps are from CTMH. I used stickles on the black, stamped "floor". For the pink rectangle behind my dancing girl I used my Nestabilities. The ribbon and button came from Walmart's sewing dept. The idea of tying the button onto the ribbon came from the blog of 'susiestampalot'. I just love her artwork!

Marks Paper Co. Paper Giveaway

Do you love paper as much as I do? Here is a chance to win some paper from Marks Paper Company. You could win the Old Fashioned Courtship Collection or the August Collection . There are six papers per collection and they are double-sided. You can click on the links to see a larger detailed image. So who wants to win some brand spankin' new papers fresh off the press??? Just go here to Bety's blog and leave a comment. Entry deadline is March 22nd at Midnight.

I'm Home!

Yeah! I am home from Seattle...it was a great time visiting family out there. No news on my niece's health problems though. She is to have an MRI when they go back to Alaska. She did grow a bit, she is now 27 lbs. and 39 inches tall...not great for a little one who is almost 7 years old. She also got a brace for her right leg, her foot has turned inward and she is almost walking on her ankle.

Valentine Whimsy

I made this card this week for a swap. I hope Deb in Montana likes it. I used a bunch of different products to make this one. It has CTMH CS, stamps and ink, Basic Grey B&T, Making Memories pin, Bazzill Fibers, Sizzix Top Note die, spritzed the tag with Glimmer Mist and the sticker on the tag I got at Target in the Dollar Spot several years ago. I used my Cuttlebug to emboss the striped background. I like how it turned out. I keep thinking I should have done more to the die cut with the stamped heart. Don't know what though. Oh well, it has to go out in today's mail. Enjoy!!

Blog Candy Alert! from Kerry at Three Clovers Designs

Go check out the yummy blog candy being offered by Kerry at Three Clovers Designs here. And those sugar cookies she has pictured look so good too! Think I might have to do some baking this week and not the chocolate chip cookie dough that I made and put in the fridge a couple of days ago.

Fishin' on the pond

Grandma and Grandpa Roe have a pond behind their house in Kansas. The kids love to fish and take the canoe out when we go and visit. It always seems like there is an overabundance of sunfish out there. The boys have also been known to catch a bass or two and even a catfish or turtle. These pictures were taken when we visited this last September. Poor Jül, Aunt Ai and Uncle Greg's puggle, wanted to go swimming in the pond so badly, but instead she got tied to the fence so she wouldn't get grandma's house all muddy.

This layout is a 2 page layout class I will teach at a local crop in February. It uses Close To My Heart's new Emporium papers from the Spring 2009 Idea Book.

Another Christmas card

I know Christmas is now past, I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday. Here is another Christmas card that I made for 2008. For this card, I used my cuttlebug to make the swirl background. The ornament I traced from the negative image of my Paper Salon Chipboard dies. The "Merry Christmas" sentiment is from Inkadinkadoo stamped in CTMH Twilight ink. I used Stickles for the top of the ornament and some silver cording for the hanger. Note: I did tweak the image in HP Image zone so you could see the cuttlebug background better.

I planned to add more images but the computer has decided not to cooperate. Will share them later.