Communion Invitations

I'm called upon often by my friends and family to make invitations for various events. My friend, Tracy, approached me to make communion invitations for her son in May. (I forgot to post this back then!) So this is what I came up with.
I did these so long ago, so I'll try to remember what I used! The image is from Paper Inspirations and I stamped it in Faded Jeans distress ink. I added star dust stickles for some sparkle. I needed to add something to fancy this up a bit more, but since it was for a boy I was a little restricted. So I went with the piece of white ribbon and added the silver pearls. I liked the look. I used a script stamp I had and stamped the blue background for more interest. I remember trying different Cuttlebug folders, but in the end this is what looked best. We had a christening to go to yesterday, and I made this card for that occasion as well.

That's it for today! I think I'm all caught up on projects I haven't posted! I'll have more this week though! Enjoy your Monday!

Paper Makeup Stamps Blog Hop and Release Day!

I cannot believe it's the 7th and time for another Paper Makeup Stamps release! Have you been with us the last three days? Some fun stuff going on at PMS!

Today we are hopping and sneaking the Moodys and Monsters! If you've come from Christi Thorsen's blog, you're on the right track. If not, head on over to the PMS blog and start there to get information on a 15% discount on this fab release!

I have Moody for Hiking to sneak today. I really wanted to do this Moody because this is how my hubby and I travel a lot. I wish I could say I look this good when I backpack, but alas I don't! LOL!!!

Isn't she fabulous? I knew I wanted lots of color, so I went with this Offbeat paper from Basic Grey. She looks good in these colors, don't you think? And look at that sentiment...are you lovin' the font or what? I think it's so fun!

OK, so I have to admit that I didn't know if I liked the green background, so I took another picture with a red background. No one was around to give me advice on which one they liked better, so I couldn't decide. Which do you like better...the green or the red?I know, I'm crazy, right? I'm just very indecisive about things! I like them both equally!

Now it's time for me to send you hopping to your next destination. But before I do, I want to remind you about the PMS party tonight. It starts at 8:00 pm CST in the PMS forum. We are going to have some fun and we are bringing back the Release Party Challenges! So many of you missed them, so Katie decided to bring them back! So please stop by and say hello!

So now you should hop over to Dawn Knight's blog to see what wonderful creation she has to offer. And please take with you the letter"P" on your journey. You are going to need it!

Thanks for stopping in today, and I hope to see you tonight at the Release Party!
Recipe
Stamps: Hiking Moody and sentiment (PMS)
Paper: PTI white, kiwi kiss, riding hood red, chocolate chip, Offbeat dp (Basic Grey)
Ink: Memento tuxedo black, chocolate chip, sahara sand, copic markers
Accessories: Nesties, tag die, twill ribbon, star dust stickles

PMS Sneak Peek Day 4 - Sentiments/Wordart

Hi everyone! Today is Day 4 of the Paper Makeup Stamps sneak peeks...Wednesday, release day, is getting closer! We have more sentiments/wordart to peek today. This is a great quote by Mark Twain that can be used for any occasion. Think graduations, milestone birthdays, travel adventures, etc. I knew exactly what I was going to do with this quote when I read it. I had this old sailboat paper from K&Co. that I had gotten on sale at my LSS ages ago. I paired it with Sahara Sand and white. The ribbon is actually River Rock and matches perfectly with the Sahara Sand. The little accents on the side are from the jewelry section at JoAnn's. I don't know what they use them for, but put some glue dots on the back of them and voila!...they become an accent for a card! Gotta love it! I don't know what it is about this card, but it just looks lopsided to me. I think the bow should have been on the other side. Kind of like when you part your hair on the other side...you look lopsided or backward! LOL!! Oh well, too late to fix it!

We have more sneaks that you can see on the PMS blog today. Please stop by and leave a comment on each day of the peeks...you could win the entire release! Wouldn't that be fabulous? Remember our release day is Wednesday, October 7 and we'll have a blog hop all day and release party in the PMS forum in the evening. Thanks for stopping by, and have a great week!
Recipe
Stamps: Mark Twain quote (PMS)
Paper: Neenah white, sahara sand, K&CO. dp
Ink: Memento tuxedo black
Accessories: Nesties, jewelry accents, river rock stitched ribbon, dimensionals

Happy Easter!

I can't believe it's been over a week since I've last posted! Sorry, but I've been really busy here! Tomorrow will be the third party I've hosted at my house since Monday, St. Patty's Day! My MIL broke her arm, so I hosted St. Patty's Day at my house. She always makes reuben sandwiches for us and my SIL and her family. It's a tradition with my husband's family. We made 24 sandwiches that day for nine of us! And, of course, last weekend I was making sure my house was clean...washing floors, woodwork, you know, the traditional *spring cleaning*! Then on Thursday, I had my family over for my mom's 79th birthday! And tomorrow, just my in-laws and my mom are coming over for dinner. Right now I'm making my late grandmother's cheesecake. It's more of an old-fashioned cheesecake made with a yeast dough and farmer's cheese and cottage cheese for the topping. It is my all-time favorite dessert! I'll take a picture of it when it's done and post the recipe. It's out-of-this-world (at least in my opinion)! Gram would be proud that I'm keeping up the tradition. I only make it at Easter and Christmas, like Gram did. Anyway, that's what has been going on with me!

This is the Easter card I made for my mom and my in-laws. It's similar to this one I posted earlier, but I fancied it up a bit with the ribbon and made it bigger. I always make bigger cards for the in-laws and Mom! This stamp is from Paper Inspirations called Easter Basket. I stamped it in chocolate chip on vanilla and used Prismacolor pencils to color it. The dp is Basic Grey's Two Scoops. The sentiment is from another Paper Inspirations unmounted set called Chick on an Egg and is stamped in close to cocoa. Here is a card I made with that set. I used the scalloped rectangular nestabilities to cut out the sentiment and ran it through again to emboss it. I sponged the edges with pretty in pink ink. The other cardstock is SU's barely banana and pretty in pink. The ribbon (which is Offray satin ribbon, I believe, from Walmart) was first just wrapped around the panel and then I took another piece, made a bow, then attached it with mini glue dots.

Thanks for stopping by and Happy Easter everyone!

Recipe

Stamps: Paper Inspirations (Easter Basket and Chick on a Egg)

Paper: Barely banana and pretty in pink (SU); Two Scoops (Basic Grey)

Ink: Chocolate chip, close to cocoa, pretty in pink

Accessories: Prismacolor pencils, nestabilities, ribbon, dimensionals, dauber for shading, mini glue dots

Chick on an Egg

This is another Easter card made with a stamp from Paper Inspirations. This one is called Chick on an Egg. Their stamps have a very vintage look to them and I'm really enjoying them. This set has the main image and several sayings for differnent occasions. They are red rubber but unmounted and stick to the acrylic blocks. I didn't have a block big enough for this, so I used a plate from the Cuttlebug. I read about how someone did this on SCS! Great trick! I inked up this stamp in Close to Cocoa and colored it with Prismacolor pencils. Very easy to do! It's mounted on Basic Grey's new Two Scoops line of paper. The ribbon is very cool...it's velvet and in a sort of ric-rac design. I used the nestabilities scallop die for the sentiment, which is also stamped in Close to Cocoa. Thanks for stopping by, and please scroll down to the other two cards I posted today!

Recipe

Stamps: Paper Inspirations: Chick on an Egg

Paper: Barely banana, very vanilla, Basic Grey: Two Scoops

Ink: Close to cocoa

Accessories: Prismacolor pencils, nestiabilities, velvet ribbon,dimensionals

New Stuff!

I went to my LSS store today, Buffalo Stamps & Stuff, and got some new "stuff"! Check our Sharon's blog. Sharon is the owner and the sweetest person! The store is awesome and always filled with the latest stuff in stamping. This is a stamp by Paper Inspirations. I really like these stamps and have a couple, but I always had trouble coloring them. Well, I recently took a class at BSS on Prismacolor colored pencils and decided to try them on this. I think they worked perfectly! The key to using the Prismacolor pencils is the blender pencil. It takes away all the lines you get when coloring. This was stamped in Adirondack Pitch Black, then mounted on rose red. The dp is something else I got today...Basic Grey's new line of paper called Two Scoops. I bought a sheet of each design. The base of the card is Barely Banana. The sentiment, from A Muse, was stamped in rose red and punched out with the yellow Marvy scallop punch. I sponged rose red around the edges. This wasn't supposed to end up as a card. I was just playing. In fact, the back side of the image is an unused inside of a Valentine card that I never used! Read on about another card.

Recipe
Stamps: Paper Inspirations
Paper: Barely banana, rose red, whisper white, Basic Grey Two Scoops dp
Ink: Adirondack Pitch Black, rose red
Accessories: Prismacolor pencils, scallop punch, dimensionals


The new stuff in this card is the paper. This is Dutch Girl by Cosmo Cricket. I've always liked this paper, and decided to purchase a few pieces. I like the way this card came out, except for those velvet flowers! They really look nicer IRL! I was trying to do Beate's weekend sketch challenge, but it really didn't turn out the way I had planned. The main image is supposed to be over to the left more, but then the flowers wouldn't fit. I was going to use these pearl brads I just got, but then thought to use these flowers. I should have stuck with the pearls! Oh well, it's done and it's late.
I made this card for Cheryl Rowley. She gave me this set and I've only made one card, so I felt bad. I want to send this to her thanking her for the set. She does a lot of water coloring and is awesome at it! Check out her gallery and see what I mean. This is my feeble attempt at water coloring. I don't know if I have the wrong brush or what, but I had trouble shading and controlling the color. We'll see what advice she can give me for the next attempt! Thanks for stopping by!

Recipe
Stamps: Posies for You (Anna Wight for Whipper Snapper Designs), Stem Sayings (sentiment SU)
Paper: sky blue, rose red, very vanilla, Cosmo Cricket's Dutch Girl
Ink: Rose red, wild wasabi, brocade blue, close to cocoa
Accessories: Maya Lin velvet flowers, pearls, paper piercer, dimensionals