Thinking of You

Happy Sunday  y'all!
I want to share my latest card made with glitter cardstock from The Robin's Nest and rumple ribbon from Lovebug Creations.

One of our neighbors is not in good health so I made this card to take to her with some flowers. The green cardstock is the glitter collection from TRN. I also used my vine punch from Martha Stewart at the top, but it's harder to see the glitter there.
I did some fussy cutting on the flower & the butterflies. The dewdrops are also from The Robin's Nest. I topped it all off with the gorgeous rumple ribbon in "Rosebud", which can be found at Lovebug Creations.   

Thanks for stopping by to visit!
See you soon!
~Stephanie

Teacher Appreciation Week

This past week was teacher appreciation week at my kid's school. For my son's kindergarten teacher, I had each child draw her a picture & write what they loved about her. I then compiled all of the drawings in a book for her & presented it to her yesterday,at the end of the week.
I decorated the front with a doily, misc. school embellishments & of course, Lovebug Creations' rumple ribbon!

I used the Simply Black & Simply White ribbons from the "Just the Basics" collection.

Thanks for stopping by today! I hope you all have a fabulous weekend!

~Stephanie  

Sketchabilities #90

Hey friends!
I hope everyone is having a good week! It's been busy here. Drew was out of town 2 nights this week; Ty had baseball practice; tonight is the kid's school's 50th Anniversary!
I wanted to pop by quickly to share my latest layout. (Yes, I was able to squeeze in some scrappy time!) I followed this sketch from Sketchabilities:

I started with the background paper from Studio Calico & added black ink spots. I then added various papers & embellishments from Crate Paper & Echo Park. 
This photo is from our visit to the aquarium in Myrtle Beach in 2009. Ty was fascinated with the sharks in the walk-through aquarium! He was only 2 here & was so little! Seems like just yesterday.....

Thanks for stopping by! The weekend is almost upon us!! Yippee!
~Stephanie  

Monday Craft Madness

Hey everyone!
I was given the great pleasure of guesting at Scrapbook Steals for their Monday Craft Madness spot! Each day at 9 a.m. & 9 p.m.(Mountain time), they offer a new "steal". They are really great offers but you have to act quickly!!
Melodee is such a sweet person and so great to work with! She sent me a wonderful package of Pebbles candy dots, & boy was I in Heaven!
My first project is a card that I made for a dear friend who made me an awesome bracelet for my birthday.

I used the glitter candy dots in "coffee" as an ellipsis. I also used the candy dots in "rouge" to fill in spaces within my heart. The heart was created by punching several butterflies in the same tone & adhering them to a cardstock heart shape.

Next I made a gift tag. We have several family & friends' birthdays this month so I figured I'd get use out of it! 

I used the "lagoon" glitter candy dots (Love this color!) around the perimeter of the paper doily, a "rouge" one in the center of the butterfly & a "white" crystal dot in the center of the black doily. I love the extra sparkle they give to any project!
Lastly is the layout I created.

There are candy dots in the centers of all the buuterflies.

I also added them as bullets near my journaling.

Then I added them randomly around the page to bring more color to my layout!

Be sure to stop by Scrapbook Steals daily to check out the fabulous deals!
Thanks for stopping by today! Make it a great one!!
~Stephanie
 

You Deserve A Break!

Hey friends!
Today I am sharing a card I made using Lovebug Creations' rumple ribbon and The Robin's Nest glitter cardstock in sorbet. It's a card I made for my daughter's teacher for the end of the year. I know there are still 6 weeks left of school, but I thought I'd try to get a handle on things now. Her class was an extremely difficult one this year, so I have decided to make her a spa basket for her end of the year gift. Hence the title "you deserve a break"!

The cardstock from The Robin's Nest has a touch of glitter to it & is divine to work with! I love the extra sparkle it brings to my card!! I used the Simply White rumple ribbon that I think is my new favorite color! It is so crisp and clean! The sentiment was made on my label maker.

Thanks for stopping by today!

I hope you all have a fantastic day!!

P.S.-what do you think of my new blog header? I'm trying to freshen things up around here! Any thoughts?

~Stephanie  

  

Guesting at Frosted Designs!

Hey everyone!
Happy NSD!! I hope you all have something creative planned for today.
I am honored to be guesting today at Frosted Designs! Their current challenge is a sketch challenge combined with the use of doilies. Here is the fabulous sketch designed by team member Brenshevia:

And here is my layout:

I started with paper from Crate Paper then added a pre-made banner from Heidi Swapp. The large flower, chipboard butterfly, "so very lovely" tag & "hello you" chipboard tag are all from Crate Paper also.

Be sure to check out the Frosted Designs blog for more inspiration & to link up your project. There is an awesome prize to be had!!

Thanks for stopping by, & keep scrapping!
~Stephanie    

You Can Say That Again

Hey friends! Today a new challenge went up at Southern Girls Challenge. This time we want to see your projects with a sentiment or quote.
Here is the layout I made:

I have been a huge fan of the Counting Crows since "Mr. Jones" was so popular in the early 90's. Their song "Long December" has been a favorite of mine, & the quote I used here is from that song. "Hold on to these moments as they pass....."

  This was a great way to use up scrap papers! I cut them all different sizes & used border punches on some.
I hope you get a chance to play along with us at SGC! Link up here for a chance at a prize!!
Good night & keep scrapping!
~Stephanie