Sweet Hearts Revisited!

This is my second card for TSTR challenge this week which is Sweet Hearts.

I am soooooo very pleased with the finished result.

Ain't she pretty?

I am in love with the crochet edging I did on the vintage valentine image!

This close up shots show the detail a little better.

I just adore the crochet flowers so decided to make a rosette and add it to my creation.

My main background paper is covered in the prettiest little pink and green

butterflies so I had to add some of my own for dimension.

I cut them on my expression, distressed the edges, painted them with sparkly nail polish

and glued on some little pink pearls.

 

This card was very time consuming to make but

I think the end results were worth the effort.  

As usual, I am running behind so gotta run!

Thanks for stopping by today!

Until next time, 

Pearls and Pastels

I think I actually gasped when I saw the inspiration photo for this weeks challenge at

The Shabby Tea Room.

Isn't it just to die for?

This is my style to a capital letter T.

Oh! And the colors! I'm in love!

Even though it has been a hectic week at work with a lot of overtime hours,

how could I not join in!

It's now 4 a.m. and I just finished my card and photographing it.

Here is what I came up with.

The beautiful background paper I got from Raspberry Road Designs.

She has some of the most BEAUTIFUL digital papers I have seen.

The off white paper is actually glitter embossed although it doesn't show up well in the photo.

I scored it at a local discount outlet store nearby,  24 sheets for $2.99!

I believe it is from Memory Makers and it is just lovely.

All the beads came from a kit I picked up at Joann, Etc. a while back

and was just waiting for the right project to use them on.

I think my absolute favorite embellishment on this card is the acrylic butterfly.

Again, at a local discount store, this butterfly was attached to a tape dispenser.

I loved the dispenser as it is all vintage shabby but the butterfly was just the cherry on top.

My dispenser looks a little naked now but I can live with that.

I couldn't decide where to put the wording on the card so I used a technique I saw where you print on a transparency and transfer the wording to your project.

It worked perfectly on my satin ribbon.

I just love how my card came out and I hope you enjoy it too.

Thanks for looking!

Until next time,



Recent Cards

Today I would like to share some of the cards I have made recently.

As I am new to card making, I do not have the supplies and tools

that I would like to create with.

As with any hobby, the cost of those supplies and tools can add up

pretty quick.

 

I am very fortunate to own a Cricut Expression (love it!) which I will have

worn out by the end of the year if I don't stop using it so much.

It is the main tool that I use with my cards as I do not have a lot of

punches,stamps, inks, markers, etc.

I have purchased some distressing inks and a very limited

amount of embellishments (pearls, brads, etc) but for the most

part, I use what I already have on hand.

With that in mind, here are a few of my creations.

I made this card for my friends birthday.

It was made entirely out of white card stock from Walmart
except for the floral center picture.

I inked and embossed some of the layers to give dimension.

The ribbon I had in my craft stash and I used a few purchased pearls to jazz it up a bit.

 

Happy Birthday, Weenie!

The Cricut, ribbon from my stash and a few pearls and some 

designer paper that I picked up at a local discount surplus store

 was all it took to make this card for my great aunt.

I know my pictures aren't the best.

The energy saving bulbs in my house always makes my camera use the flash.

Will have to come up with some type of light box or something.

That's it for today!

Until next time,

This is where it all starts!

Today I have decided to take the plunge into the world of blogging.

I am starting with the idea of sharing my passion for crafting.
Card making, mini scrapbook albums and machine embroidery
are just a few of my favorites right now. 

We'll see where it leads.

So, without further ado, lets get started!

For the first post, why not start with another first?

I created my very first mini scrapbook album for this years family reunion.
To my surprise, it was raffled as one of the main prizes. 

Like everything else I do, I jumped in with great ambition.

I wanted my album to look all shabby chic, vintage and distressed,
like the ones I see on other blogs and drool over.

I watched enough You Tube video's on techniques to give me eye strain for a week.

Why do the authors make it look so easy?
They whip out a page in 10 minutes or less while
I sit for hours completing the same type of page.

I worked every spare moment of an entire week on this album.

The trip to the reunion was a 4 hour drive and we were to leave at 8 a.m.

I finished the album at 3 a.m. and had the alarm set to get up at 6 a.m.

 

I didn't put a lot of embellishments on it as I did not know to whom

it would be going and quite frankly, I just ran out of time.

In the end, even though it wasn't what I had envisioned,
 I was somewhat pleased with how it turned out.

The recipient was very happy she won the album as her hobby is photography.
She said she planned on filling it with photos of this years reunion
and bringing it back for everyone to see at next years gathering.

That's it for now.

Until next time,