Homemade buttons!

 

I was making this card and really wanted a pacific point button but didn't have one.

Then I remembered my clay and button molds and voila! 

Very easy to do, you take some white clay and mix in some reinker,

make sure you wear gloves!

Once you have the desired color and it is all blended in push it into a mold

 and let it set for 20-30 min, then pop it out!

For the balloon strings I just used a black marker.

I am so Excited and I just can't hide it....!!!

 

I just ordered all sorts of fun new products and I am bursting at the seams!!!!

I am so excited, I just can't hide it..... and I did lose control, oops!!!

There are just so many great new products, I ordered the whole blendable alcohol marker set.

I almost bought the copics this winter, I am so glad I didn't!!!

Plus I ordered supplies for project life which Stampin Up just came out with!

You can tell I am a wee bit manic, by all of my exclamation's!!!!

Wow, lets see if I can come down enough to tell you about this card!

I like this card, very gender neutral but I will use it as a guy card!

For the background, I used a sponged with white craft ink on it and just rubbed it on the card stock.

I also sprinkled some white embossing powder on the background, 

just to give it a bit of a different look.

The, Happy birthday, is also embossed!

  Colors: Crushed Curry, Island Indigo, Early Espresso

The dreaded Guy card!

 

I am excited to have some masculine cards in my card box.

I don't know why I dread making them, maybe because they are not as sparkly!

I love this card and the inspiration came straight out of the current Catalog!

For the bits of gravel shooting up I just used the large end of my Crumb Cake marker.

My sewing is a little crazy, totally unintentional but it works for this card. 

Spring has arrived!

 

Since the beginning of March I have been hearing people say, "I don't think we are going to get spring" and I would reply, "I am pretty sure we will"!  The seasons come and go but they do for sure come every year, Spring always comes! 
Yesterday I was out cleaning up all the dead plants, leaves from last year and I was amazed at the new life.  Just a couple of days before it was winter, with snow and the whole bit and now there was already plants growing, bees were buzzing and there were lady bugs, Everywhere!  When you live in Saskatchewan you learn to go with the flow because it will probably snow again and actually it is in the forecast but the fact is Spring is here.
I was pondering all of this and I thought, we always hear about this next move of God, how it is going to surpass anything the previous generations have ever experienced.  We pray for it, we hear preaching about it and I think sometimes we just think it will never come but like Spring it will come and one day it will be winter, cold and lifeless and the next day it will be here, with new life and miracles and we will be in it. 
I was also thinking about how we say Jesus will come back but we don't live like he will come tomorrow.  He is coming back it is a promise and it very well could be tomorrow or today and we will be like, He is here, wow, I am sure we will be surprised but we shouldn't be because He said He would be back.

 

After all that I do have a card for today!





I finally used my sticky rounds, I bought them probably a year ago and have never used them,

 until now!

If you haven't used them it is the same material as the sticking tape, really sticky,

that ribbon is not going to come off!

Also a first time use is the lace tape!

Products used:

Stamp set: Happiest birthday wishes

Cardstock: Crumb cake, melon mambo, Chocolate chip, Whisper White, Marina Mist and Old Olive

Ink: Chocolate Chip ink pad and marker 

Happy birthday!

It was really hard to capture how this card looks in person, on camera.

The butterfly and the Happy Birthday are both embossed with silver embossing powder.

I used Pool party ink and CS, Summer Starfruit ink, Soft Suede ink and Vellum paper.

For Stamp sets I used Papaya Collage and Happiest Birthday Wishes.

I should also say, this card was not inspired by me it came right from the pages of the current Stampin Up Catty.

I actually did quite a few cards by copying the samples.

The Catty is great for getting inspiration!

Birthday X 7!

In the last week I have had 7 birthdays, wow!

Each of the ladies belong to the prayer group that I go to each week.

These ladies are beautiful woman and I really wanted to make nice cards for them.

Each lady has inspired me to grow closer to Jesus and trust Him more and more each day!

Here are a few of the cards I made.

I love using straight pins with beads on my cards, I love the dimension that it brings!

I actually curled my ribbon with a curling iron, never done that before, with all the other dimension the straight ribbon didn't look right!

The Flower is made by spraying it with water and then scrunching it up, I am always amazed at how once it dries it is firm and doesn't flatten.

For this card I tried doing a bit of mixed media.

I first of all ripped some patterned paper then glued it down to the card stock then covered that with Gesso.

This card is fairly basic, just added a bit of Gesso and some doodling here and there.

 



The love of cards!

I just love making cards, they are a quick and gratifying.

I love that it only takes a short while and I feel like I have released some of my creativity,

plus the best part is it will bless someone!

When I give cards I want that person to feel like they are special to me.

I have been making journal pages and that is very rewarding but

I don't always have the time that it takes.

Supplies used for this card:

Card stock: Rich Razzelberry, whisper white, Floral District

Tools: Big shot, polka dot embossing folder, beautiful butterflies dies

Stamp sets: Happiest birthday wishes, papillion Potpourri

Accessories: Rhinestones, buttons, daffodil delight ribbon



 

It's a Snow Day, again!!!

The Highways are closed and the buses didn't run, so it is a crafting day for sure!  So this is my first craft of the day! 

First of all, I cut out the dress using Dress Up Framelits #130101.  I then cut a piece of Designer Paper (From Sale-a-bration, Only 2 days left to get your free products with every $60.00 order)

The paper is 7 1/2 by 3 1/4, although next time I think I will make the skirt shorter, like 2 1/2.  You need to spray the paper, both sides, with water, this makes it flexible.



Start gather in the paper together to form pleats, starting in the middle, to form the center pleat.

Supplies used:
Stamp sets: Bliss (old Sale-a-bration set) Happiest Birthday
Paper: Early Espresso, Whisper White Card Stock, Sycamore Street Designer paper, Sale-a-bration, seriously my favorite paper ever!
Accessories: Dress Up Framelits #130101 (spring mini), Pearls #125577, Buttons, Paper Doilies #129399 (Spring Mini), Scallop Circle 1 3/4 #119854, 1 3/8 Circle, 1 circle punches.

The Hanger I made using a paper clip

Guy Card

I love the motorcycle stamp, it has been used many times.

Stamp sets: Happiest birthday wishes, Motorcycle
Accessories: chevron embossing folder, pacific point stripped ribbon
Card Stock: basic black, pacific point, whisper white