Paper Smooches Sparks Cool Shades April 2013

 

Paper Smooches...my favorite! Time for my monthly Cool shades post. This time I used "Woofers and Tweeters" (the owl) "Pip Squeaks," and "Pretty Phrases." I also used Duo Die 2. The patterned paper is from PTI, and so is the cardstock. The twine is from the Twinery. Check out the colors we were given to play with this week:

 

 

So you've got a whole week to play along...join us! Now check out what the rest of the team was able to pull together:

 

Ashley Marcu - www.cherryhilldesign.blogspot.com

Lori Tecler - http://inkingaloud.blogspot.com/

Nina Yang - http://waffleflower.com/

Savannah O’Gwynn - http://www.savannahland2.blogspot.com/

 



Lawnscaping #48: Make It Shine Take #2

 

Here is the other card that I made last night for the Make It Shine challenge that Lawnscaping has going on. I used those awesome rhinestone balloons that were also in the little package Sharron sent my way :) I found out through a Christmas letter that one of my fellow Marine wives from back when Phillip and I were first married, is pregnant with her second child. So I made this to send her way :)

 

 

The mat stack die is from PTI, the ribbon from Amuse, stamps and sentiment from Lawn Fawn, patterned paper from My Mind's Eye. The clouds are from MFT.

 

I just stepped out of my craft room to make lunch, but I got two more cards made today, whoo hoo! Hope you are getting some extra crafty time like me :)

Paper Smooches Designer Drafts Aug. 2012 Take #2

I played along with this sketch the first time and made a card totally different from the one above. I like this one way better! This is another entry into the Sparks DT search. I used "Pip Squeaks" for all the little hanging baby items. I just drew the clothesline on the paper. The cloud paper is from Amuse and the grass punch is from Martha Stewart. I changed up the sentiment (it usually says "Here we grow again" on two separate lines) by masking and taking the "you" from the "Word Up Set" (the actual sentiment said "Thank You") and the Congratulations is from "Simply Said." The pearls are from Recollections. This card is for a co worker who I found out is pregnant with her second child, love the sentiment!

Quite the Pear

My niece, Autumn Grace Bryant, was born one week ago (on October 10th) at 9:35am weighing 8 pounds 6 ounces. This is a picture of my sister, Jamie, her husband, Alex, and Autumn. As you probably have realized I'm super happy she's here! (I've been making cards for her and my family like crazy ;)

Speaking of cards, here's one that I made for my mom a.k.a. Grandma ;)

How sweet is this mother and baby image (or in my case, grandmother/grandbaby)? It's from Hambo, and I couldn't resist its cuteness ;) I know my mom will appreciate it!

This cute saying is actually from the dollar bin at Michaels from g and company. The background paper I bought one sheet of quite some time ago at a local stamp store, so I can't recall who makes it. The button is from SU and twine from the Twinery.

The green rhinestones came with the stamp set, and the rickrack was cut with a PTI die. All the cardstock is SU and PTI.

I got to "meet" Autumn on Skype today, but I can't wait until I can actually hold her :) Only a couple more weeks and I'll be doing just that!