Hello friends. Thanks for joining me for Day 4 of my...

Today's card is a really clean and simple creation with some Washi tape and a fun Hero Arts image.

Christmas Greetings

Supplies: Recollections printed cardstock; Hero Arts Winking Reindeer stamp: Recollections bling: Quickie glue pen: Martha Stewart iridescent glitter. Tool: corner rounder. Finished size 4 x 5 1/2

For this card I used some pre-printed cardstock and then stamped my images in white cardstock. I rounded the bottom corners and applied the Washi tape. Then I traced the antlers in Quickie Glue Pen (my personal favorite of all glue pens) and sprinkled glitter. Next I added a small bow and the bling.

I love the way this card turned out and it's a great design for multiples too!

I'll see you tomorrow with another card!

Thanks for stopping by!

Hang on this one's gonna be long...

Hello friends and happy Monday! I've got so much to share with you today:

• Happy 2nd Anniversary Unity
• Winner @Hero Arts
• Paper Posies May kit release
• My designs with the new kit
  
• Lily Bee design sketch challenge
• Moxie Fab sketch challenge
  

First I'd like to wish Angela and the Unity gang a Happy 2nd Anniversary!!

Come join the fun all week long at the Unity blog & visit the Splitcoast Stampers forum and make some great friends here!

Thursday I got a nice email from one of my scrappy pals directing me over to the Hero blog. Here's what I discovered

My card was picked as a winner for April's Hero Arts challenge

I've been dying to share my May kit creations from Paper Posies. Today is our reveal! Here's this month's kit:

Here's what's in the kit

12x12 Patterned Paper/Specialty Papers:

• American Crafts Dear Lizzy Garden Gala Fabric Paper
• American Crafts Dear Lizzy Cheerful Cherries Glitter
• American Crafts Dear Lizzy Picking Pansies, Double-sided
• American Crafts Dear Lizzy Humble Honeybee, Double-sided
• American Crafts Dear Lizzy Dragonfly Dance, Double-sided
• American Crafts Dear Lizzy Sweet Strawberry, Double-sided
• American Crafts Dear Lizzy Lazy Ladybug, Double-sided
• Lilly Bee Designs Splendid, Double-sided
• Lilly Bee Designs Parasol, Double-sided
  

Cardstocks:

• 2 Bazzill Blossom
• 2 Bazzill Pollen
• 2 Bazzill Jetstream
• 2 Bazzill Turqoise Mist
  

Embellishments:

• American Crafts Bliss Glitter Letter Stickers, Clover
• Pink Paislee Expressions Alphas, Coconut
• American Crafts Patterned Chipboard Shapes
• American Crafts Chirp Details
• 1/3 pkg. American Crafts Crocheted Flowers
• 4 Mini Wooden Clothespins

Ribbons:

• 1 yard American Crafts Botanique
• 1 yard American Crafts Abode
  

Altered Project:

Rectangular Paper Mache Box with Snap

WOW! That alot of yummy goodies to play with! If you're interested in signing up click over to Paper Posies here. We also have a Ning group that's tons of fun. Swing on by and say hi here!

Here's a few of my designs with this month's beautiful kit!

My altered project created with Glimmer Mist and a handmade paper rose

And in between all this scrapping I had time to create a few cards for some fun challenges I wanted to play along with.

This is a sketch challenge for Lily Bee designs



And Moxie Fab's got a sketch challenge I wanted to give a try. Here's the sketch from Go to Gal: Kim Kesti



Here's my take on the sketch with Lily Bee and Unity & Hero Arts stamps


I just love this pic of my kids, pure silliness and it makes for a great card!

Whew! How's that for creativity. Thanks so very much for stopping by today and checking out my designs. It's always a pleasure to have you!

A bit of creative therapy

Ahh thank goodness for creative therapy. It really does soothe the stresses of motherhood, marriage, friendship and life in general. I think I really let myself get way to worked up over turning 40. We all have our stuff in life you know...my stuff has stayed with me far too long and it's caused me to lose sight of what is beautiful in life like birthdays. I mean how can I be so worked up over getting older when I was fortunate enough to survive cancer? Seems really silly when I put it into perspective.
So I sat down instead and made a list of things I'd like to happen in my 40th year. Some personal goals and some fun goals. I've also started a fun mini album to remember it all. I am really looking forward to filling it with these positive experiences and fun times. I'll be posting the cover soon so stay tuned for that.
I did find inspiration in this month's Page Maps from Becky Fleck and scrapped up a 8 1/2 X 11 layout to start my positive outlook on this year.

I used the Queen Bee line from Pink Paislee and some stamps from Hero Arts. I am working with a local stamp store on teaching some classes about incorporating stamps into scrapbooking layouts and I am really excited about this opportunity. I'll keep you posted on that too!

Next I got out my newest Unity Stamp KOTM and created this card. As soon as I saw this stamp I wanted to put buttons on that tree image. I also love the polka dot ribbon. This card makes me happy.

My friend Heather sent me this stamped image of the daisies forever and a day ago...lol. I finally used it to create a fun card for the Cards blog challenge this week. The other images are Hero Arts.

And finally I got out my Glimmer Mist for this card with Hero Arts stamps. I like the weathered look it produced on the friendship background stamp. I really like using Tim Holtz's distress inks for stamping lately. They really product nice images and colors.
So these are just a couple of the things I've been working on this week. I hope you enjoy them and be sure to leave a comment so I can stop by and see what you've been working on too!
Have a beautiful Friday!

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