Why Hello There!!!

Hi everyone!!

I feel like I've been missing in action the last little bit. First blogger was down, then I was in Buffalo for the weekend taking stamping classes from the amazing Jennifer McGuire, and finally I came home to discover our home computer wasn't working. Eek!!! As always my brilliant hubby came to the rescue and now has it (and me) up and running. :)

Anyways, I've been wanting to share the card I made for the first half of Hero Arts May challenge focusing on flowers. The background, frame, sentiment and pearls are all Hero Arts and the patterned papers are yummy My Mind's Eye: Stella and Rose.

and here's a quick pic showing the flowers in process...

I put glossy accents in the centers of the flowers and layered 4 together, scrunching them up to give them dimension. I cut some flowers in green and used individual petals for leaves.

Here's the detailed information:

HA:
Envelope Pattern
Sweet Thread Labels
Mixed Accents: Blush, Sea, Foliage
Latte Chalk Ink

Hero Arts shape for Silhouette (I used the blue flower):
www.silhouetteonlinestore.com/v2/viewShape.aspx?id=14335

Thanks so much for popping by!

Christmas Reject

Hi everyone,

Thought I'd pop by and share one of my rejects from the Paper Crafts 'Holiday Cards & More' call. I was fortunate to have some things picked up for the issue but here's my favourite reject:

I thought it'd be fun to stick a candy cane on the card and am happy with how it turned out. Part of me is glad it wasn't picked up... I'd be worrying away about the candy cane breaking in the mail or while waiting for it's picture to be taken. I've tucked it away in my stash and will be sure to give it to someone special (and local) at Christmas. I had a very different one with 2 candy canes on it that I wasn't all that thrilled with and happily took it apart so the kids could split the candy. ;)

Anyways, I'm glad it's no where near Christmas. I'm enjoying the warmth and sunshine we're FINALLY getting. Puts me in such a happy mood. :) The fact that we're down to the last few subjects with our homeschooling helps too. ;)

Hope everyone's having a great week too!
Hugs!

Mother's Day card & Giveaway Winner

Hi everyone,

Just popping in to share a card I made using another image from the Jane's Bakery set I used last time around and to pick a winner from the giveaway of this great set of images.

I paper pieced Jane's yummy pie image and added some Hero Arts stamps (sentiment and steam).

The winner of the Jane's Bakery set is AnitaRex!! Anita, I'll email Jane and ask her to send you the images. :)

Hope everyone's having a great week!

Lily Pad Cards 1st Digital Die Cuts Challenge

Hi everyone!

First off I want to wish everyone a a very Happy Easter! I'm rejoicing in the life-giving miracle that took place almost 2000 years ago. :)

Today is also Lily Pad Cards FIRST Digital Die Cuts Challenge!

Lily Pad's Digital Die Cuts Challenge will be posted the last Sunday of each month. You have until the last Friday of the following month to enter. (So the first challenge ends Friday May 27th). This month's challenge is sponsored by the fabulous Jen Martakis. Jennifer's digital kits can be found here at 2 Peas in a Bucket and her personal blog can be found here. For this month's challenge the designers are using this wonderful digital kit by Jennifer called April (which can be found here at 2peas:

 ...along with this fabulous Gardening Set die cut kit put together by the one and only Vicky Papaioannou:

Here's my card:

The fence and shovel were both cut from my Silhouette using Vicky's Gardening Set kit. The floral, grid, and blue patterned papers are all from Jennifer's digital kit. I stamped the blue paper with Hero Arts Clouds stamp and created my sentiment with Hero Arts Simple & Basic Alphabet set. Twine is from The Twinery.

Thanks so much for stopping by! I do hope you play along with us! Stop by the Lily Pad Cards blog to see what the other designers came up with and to download Vicky's wonderful kit for FREE!!!

Wedding Cake

Hi everyone,

Popping in to share a Jane's Doodle card I made yesterday. I used the birthday cake from the Jane's Bakery set, cut the candle off and turned it into a wedding cake.

Jane's been sweet enough to let us pick a couple of winners of her digi images each month. So leave me a comment by Saturday and I'll pick a winner to receive this fabulous set from Jane.

Thanks for stopping by!

Mr. Snail.... or in this case Mrs. Snail (and new giveaway winner)

Hi everyone,

Hope you've all had a wonderful week. The weather here has FINALLY turned spring-like and I'm soaking it in. Got lots of out-door stuff done today (and there's still plenty to do). :)

Anyways, first off I haven't heard back from the winner of my giveaway who was posted last week Saturday. I'm thinking that 1 week is long enough to respond and so I've decided to pick someone else....


The new winner is....

GabrielaD who said...

I just discovered you blog and my oh my, you are amazing. I love your cards. I am a follower now. Blog Candy over at my blog: http://sheinksalot.blogspot.com/

March 28, 2011 2:00 PM

Congrats, Gabriela!!! Please email me (the top right of my blog) to claim your prize!
 
Now on to a card. :) I have a Jane's Doodle card to share today using Jane's Mr. Snail image... only I turned him into a 'Mrs.' ;)

Thanks again for popping by! Enjoy your weekend!

Thank you! (and giveaway winner)

I just wanted to thank everyone for the sweet comments left during the Lily Pad Cards blog hop! You're all too sweet! Although following my blog wasn't a requirement for my giveaway I'd like to thank those of you who do. I can't believe that my # of followers went from 99 Monday morning to 156 as of today! Wow! Thank you! :)

So without further ado, the winner of my giveaway (picked by random.org) is:

eva who said...

such a cute little ladybug!

March 28, 2011 3:39 PM

Congrats, Eva! Please email me through the link on the side bar with your shipping info and I'll get your goodies out to you.


I also wanted to share a card I made this week for a very special man who's battling cancer.

This dear man has been an amazing example to me of trusting God during the difficult times. He's been experiencing more pain lately and so if you could keep Jack and his family in your prayers I'd appreciate it. Thanks. :)

Hope you all have a wonderful weekend. It's finally starting to feel like spring here. :)