Life is a matter of moments card!

I love how this card turned out, U used all Stampin Up inks and papers.  The glitter in the flower adds a little extra bling!

Birds and Bows

It has been a few months since I have blogged.  I have been slacking big time.  What will 2011 bring? Only time will tell, but I hope that 2011 will bring much joy and laughter to everyone!

This is a cute card I made for a swap.  I used the Stampin' Up set Elements of Style, the hummingbird is so sweet, reminds me of my parents who used to feed them so they could sit and watch their beauty from the kitchen and dinning room windows.  The Old Olive and Soft Suede make for a pretty color combination.  All inks, papers and ribbon are Stampin' Up!  

CSAYL # 44 Pottery Barn Inspiration Challenge

Debbie's challenge was to use the above picture from Pottery Barn to create a card. I love these colors!

There are 3 rules to the challenge:
1. use colors from the picture
2. leave plenty of white/ivory space
3. add a bird to your card

Be sure to go check out the other awesome creations by the team on theCSAYL Blog and join us in the fun.

Owl ATC's

I made these Owl ATC's for a swap. These cute little owls are from Unity Stamp Company KOM for January. I colored them with Stampin' Up pure color pencils., I love these just wish they came in more colors, who am I kidding I want them in all SU colors! ;-) All papers, inks are also from Stampin' Up.

5 x 5 Canvas Art

I really have fun making these canvas. I covered the entire canvas with a homemade mixture of shimmer paint, white acrylic paint and reinkers. I would use my heat gun in between layers to speed the drying.

I used brown Stazon ink for the wings & saying on vellum and then water colored the wings on the backside of the paper to prevent it for running or smearing when I distressed it. I then crumbled and lightly sanded the vellum and finishing it by spritzing with my homemade shimmers (shimmer paint, alcohol and reinker)

As you can see here I used my various homemade shimmers on the entire piece! One of my favorite things to play with right now!

The leaf was stamped using a watercolor technique, I made a stamp pad with moist folded paper towels. I placed a few drops of reinkers in three different colors and then spritzed the towel with water one more time. I was able to make several impressions before having to spritz again! The picture really does not show the different shades very well but in person you can see it.


I wrapped a piece of suede colored cardstock around the canvas but first I did a wash of shimmer over the entire surface.

I dyed this twill ribbon in my in one of my brown shimmers, it was bright white to start with.

I sanded the bright copper brads to expose the silver edges for a more distressed look.

I used brown Stazon ink around all the edges.


You can tell in the bottom of this picture that the background had a blue/green shimmer depending on how the light hits it. Really pretty. I finished the back with a 4/75" x 4.75" piece of card stock to hide all the ends of ribbon and card stock that wrapped around.

5 x 7 Canvas Art

Pink ATC

Dragonfly Card

Hope Card

Thanks Card

Infinite Goodness

I am really enjoing the new Texturz Plates from Stampin' Up! I used Background #1 on this card.

I Believe in Fairies!

This is a favorite image of mine. I got her unmounted a few years ago in a grab bag...I wish I knew what company makes her. I colored her and the background with Prismacolor pencils and mineral oil. Her wings have Crystal Effects on them. I can not remember where I got these big brads but I love using them on my larger cards. This card is 5 3/4" x 5 3/4". I also love this saying stamp it is from Inkadinkado. I use it all the time with any image that has wings!

Easy Breezy

I had a busy night last night but I did get a chance to create this simple, yet cute card with the Stampin' Up! set "Garden Whimsy". The card base is Kiwi Kiss, mat is Sahara Sand, and the images were stamped in Pacific Blue ink. This is another color combo I like with the new "In-Colors".

Mobile Posting!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I am so excited I finally signed up and now I can post from the road! I took this picture at the butterfly exhibit we went to in September and I thought is was a pretty picture to test with! I LOVE butterfiles!

Dream of Wings Altered Book

Dream of Wings Altered Book

I just love making these books. I finished this one last December and I am just now getting it posted. I have a LOVE book to post that I finished last weekend as well!