Happy {Washi} Birthday!

It's no big surprise that I've joined the "I'm addicted to washi tape" club! LOL

So when I saw that the Gallery Idol Contest was happening and the first round of submissions had to include washi tape I HAD to play along!

I instantly had this idea pop into my head and I wanted to give it a try here, I used the inlayed-diecut technique with this Simon Says Stamp Happy die. & joining the die crazy challenge at SSS too!



and finally, I tried my hand at making some DIY enamel dots using perler beads. These are so cool I will definitely be making more!! They just *might* be my newest addiction! It didn't come in gold so I just colored a white one with a gold sharpie marker.

Thanks for stopping by!

Hello Summer!

TGIF! which means it's time for another Farm Fresh Friday at The Greeting Farm!

It's definitely feeling like summer around here already.. forecast says we're going to hit 104 degrees (F) this weekend- YIKES!  (Hard to believe when I heard that my SIL in Colorado had a snowy Mother's Day!) So what a better image to use than this sweet Miss Anya Summer!

This week's challenge (hosted by Chitra) is to use a stencil. I've been playing around a bit with stencils and decided to use some embossing paste- and only just a portion of the stencil instead the whole thing... It's a bit hard to see in the photo but I also used some iridescent embossing powder on top of the paste to give it a slight shimmer. :)



Hope to see you play along with us this week! Happy Weekend!

Call Me!

It's the 15th and freebie day at Chi Chi Memories! and this month's image doesn't disappoint!

She's limited to just 30 downloads- GO get her before she's no longer free!



and join us for the challenge! LOVE to see what you create with her!

Bringing Back Memories!

It's almost summer (and well starting to feel that way here already!), the school year is ending and it's Prom season for the high schools.. it's so fun seeing all the groups of dressed up teens out at the restaurants before their big dance! Brings back memories!

and just in time Chi Chi Memories has this fabulous Prom Girl image- she's so sweet! I'm still slightly obsessed with the teal/aqua color an decided to toss in some coral accents...



and somehow this one didn't get posted last week (darn blogger!) I absolutely love this Cheerleader girl & I just HAD to color her up using my college colors- Maroon & Gold- Go Sun Devils!

I Love You...

and Coffee!

Happy Monday readers! Thought the perfect pick me up for this Monday morning would be a little dose of caffeine (even if it's on a card!)

I finally had the chance to play with this new Hero Arts - Need Caffeine set! it was also the first set that popped into my head when I saw the sketch over at CAS(E) this Sketch #75!

Except I decided to rotate it to make it work better with the sentiment! :)


Slowly but surely getting my crafty mojo back... Thanks for stopping by!

You are...

Awesome, Amazing, Gorgeous... should I keep going?

I couldn't wait to get this last Miss Anya Summer girl colored. I went for another clean and simple look as I wanted to let her shine all on her own! I combined her with The Big, the Bold, and the You stamp set from Winnie & Walter to create this...



I just love the mix of the handwriting and typed sentiments together (I wish I could write like that!) I'm joining in on the fun at the Moxie Fab Handwriting challenge! Of course I had to finish off the card with a border of faux stitching! I think it gives a finished look & makes the card complete- I'm entering this in Virginia's View Challenge #3 too!

Happy Weekend! I'm off to celebrate my son's SECOND birthday party today!

Happy Mother's Day!

Hi all!

I'm back after taking a week vacation with the family to North Cali! As well as celebrating my little boy's SECOND birthday on Wednesday... oh my I can't believe he's already 2!

My crafty mojo also went on vacation and finally decided to come back & just in time for this week's Farm Fresh Friday Challenge @The Greeting Farm. It's a special FFF this week as Sunday is Mother's Day here in the US!

I decided to use another one of the Miss Anya's from the new Summer set & I gotta say I love them all- can't wait to show you what I did with the third girl! ;)

I kept my card quick, clean and simple...


Now to whip up a few more of these for my sisters!  Hope to see you join in on the FFF fun! :)