Baby's 1st Journal

I am having so much fun; using up old paper and blank coasters, getting out lots of stamps and creating different kinds of journals!

This little journal measures 4x4 and has 24 pages, 2 pages for each month of the year.

There are tags and pockets to record and store even more stories and items. Best of all, it is bound with book rings, so you can rearrange the book starting with the year your baby was born!


Nope--I'm not expecting! I'm thinking about starting an etsy shop. I just love making this little things!

Thanks for looking in today!

KU Alma Mater & Rock Chalk Chant in HD

Rock Chalk Jayhawk--Go KU! The best school chant ever!!

A Big Thanks

Our good friends had a dinner party to welcome Spring on Sunday! It was fabulous!! So I whipped up this card for them.
Close to My Heart Supplies:
Cardstock: Kraft and Sunflower
Paper Packet: Stardust Level 2 (retired)
Ink: Topiary
Dimensional Elements: Irresistibles Eclectic Alphabet and Stars
Misc: Ribbon, embroidery thread and Friskars Border Punch

Hope your day is fabulous!

I'm Yours(ukulele)

Just had to share this one!

Mojo Monday 183

Mojo Monday and Jayma Malme helped me with this card! (go see Jayma's awesome cards with these colors and stamp set!)

Close to My Heart supplies:
Stamp Set: Piece of Cake
Cardstock: Black, Pear and White Daisy
Pattern Paper: Olivia
Inks: Black Stamp pad and Pear Marker
Black Button: Mini-Medley Accents Collection
Misc. Ribbon

Thanks for looking in today. Enjoy your Day!!

A Wedding Card

Wow--I think I went over board with the roses! This was my first attempt at making these paper roses. I started with two (the bigger ones), but it didn't look quite right and I remembered the rule of three. So, I made a smaller one, but it still didn't look right. So I made 2 more because wanted to stick with an odd number. So now I had a bouquet of roses on the left and it looked really heavy on that side-so one more rose for the upper right hand corner. Well, at least I got lots of practice on the rose making! Now I have to figure out how I'm going to mail this thing! Want to know how to maker paper roses? Watch Tracy Mason's wonderful tutorial here!

Happy First Day of Spring!!!
Enjoy~

Play Date Cafe 73

Another week of inspiring colors for the Play Date Cafe Challenge!


I totally strayed away from the reddish color and gravitated toward pink--hope that is ok! I used Close to My Heart's Blush, Petal and Creme Brulee and since they look so springy, I finally got out the Sensational Season stamp set and had fun with those cute little bunnies!
This first card is totally inspired by a Close to My Heart artist, Nancy Brown. You have got to check out her gorgeous cards here.
My pictures today are not the greatest--I was having a hard time getting the right lighting and angle!

Close to My Heart supplies used:
Stamp Set: March's CTMH Stamp of the Month-Sensational Season
Cardstock: Colonial White, Petal and Creme Brulee
Retired B&T paper in Blush
Inks: Creme Brulee, Petal, Cocoa, Juniper, Desert Sand
Pearl Opaques
Blending Pen
Misc. embroidery thread, Cuttlebug and Nestabilities Die

For the next card I finally used the My Dreations A-door-ables. I bought these when they first came out--and this is the first I used!

The card size is 4x4, the "door" is popped up, then the bunny is also popped with a thinner dot.

Supplies:
Stamp Sets: March's CTMH Stamp of the Month - Sensational Season and Smiles
Cardstock: Creme Brulee and Colonial White
Retired B&T papers in Petal and Blush
My Creations A-door-ables
Inks: Creme Brulee, Blush, Petal, Juniper, Desert Sand, Cocoa and Black StazOn
Watercolor Pencils
My Legacy Pen
Misc: Brad and pop dots, sponge, Cuttlebug and Nestabilities Die.

That's it for today--I'm going to go vacuum, then take a bike ride and enjoy the 70 degree weather today!

Before and After

I LOVE the "How to Books" from Close to My Heart, they are so helpful in quickly putting layouts together! Often times I have more photos than the planned design calls for. This layout design is from the "Cherish" how to book and is called Portrait Collection. The original design calls for only 4 pictures --and one of those is only 3x3 in size! I liked the design of the page--nice and easy--but I had way more pictures than that! Never fear, a little playing around with photo placement, and I found a way to make it work! I liked the way it turned out! (click on pictures to see them larger)

Supplies used all from Close to My Heart:
Cherish (how to book)
Miracle Level 2 Paper Pack
Inks: Desert Sand, Twilight and White Daisy
Kraft Color-Ready Borders
My Legacy Writer Black Pens
3-D Foam Tape
Stamp set: Off the Block Alphabet (retired)

Have a great weekend!

Play Date Cafe

Spring is in the air! March Madness begins today, it's nice enough to have the patio door open so I can hear the birds singing, life is good!

I am so excited! This is my first time to take part in the Play Date Cafe Challenge. I was so moved by these colors, the ideas were just rolling in my head!

Here are the three cards I created yesterday with these colors.

Close to My Heart supplies:
Cardstocks: Pacifica, Hollyhock and Desert Sand
Inks: Pacifica, Hollyhock, Orange (the color Orange is retired, I probably should have used Sunset) and Desert Sand
Stamp Sets: A Tweet and Treasure Life
The image is stamped on a page out of an old book.
The Cuttlebug and an Embossing folder were also used.

Close to My Heart supplies:

Cardstock: Kraft and Colonial White

Inks: Moonstruck, Hollyhock and Orange
Paper: Bella and Notebook (both retired)
Miscellaneous buttons and ribbon
Stamp Set: Friendship Flowers (retired)

Close to My Heart supplies:
Cardstock: Tulip, Orange, Colonial White
Inks: Moonstruck, Hollyhock, Orange
Paper: Jingle and Olivia
Stamp Sets: Butterfly Wings and Find Your Style
Liquid glass, Blending Pen, Bitty Sparkles and 3D Foam tape

Go check out the fantastic art found on the Play Date Cafe, your sure to be inspired!
Thanks so much for stopping by today!

Wings Workshop on the Go

This layout is my version of Close to My Hearts "Wings" Workshop on the Go kit. It came together so fast--well, the flowers were a bit time consuming-but I like the results! Of course I changed my layout a bit from the original, I always want to put more pictures on my layout than called for, but that is perfectly fine! Since this is a Mother's Day layout, I wanted to add the flowers. I rarely get to "do" flowers!
I highly recommend the Workshop on the Go kits, (view all of them here) they include the paper pack, embellishments, a stamp set and instructions to make a layout and cards, they are so much fun to work with.

PhantomHD - Kitten in Slow Motion.mp4

This just makes me smile! Thanks to Fabulously Artsy-Tresa Black for posting on her blog!