Baby Wipe Thank You

I've had these cards finished for quite some time, just haven't taken pictures to post. These are card that I made using the Baby Wipe technique, which is so simple and so stunning!

I whipped up a bunch of thank you cards to have on hand for orders or other reasons just to say thank you.

Happy Birthday Blog!

Happy 2nd Birthday to my blog! Today marks the second year that I have been sharing my creative ideas with you. I can't believe it's been 2 years already. :)

Perfect timing too--today marks the roll-out of my NEW blog background layout! I had ordered it back in the fall through Laycock Designs and it was finished just today, on my blog's Birthday! If you are a google-reader subscriber, please take a moment to go check out the design layout...Michelle really did an awesome job on it. I'm so happy with it!

For the project today, I'm sharing a card using a retired stamp set, but it was fitting for the reason I made it. I purchased an ice cream gift card and needed a card to place it in so I pulled out my retired "Sweet Scoops" stamp set and whipped up a quick card. Enjoy!

Inset Embossing

Pt 2 of the Big Shot Club projects was to create a card using inset embossing. I've seen a lot of this technique floating around on blogs but hadn't tried it until now.

We punched out the hearts and border strip and adhered them to the card first, then ran the card through the Big Shot using the Square Lattice folder. What a great, easy technique!

Embossing Folder

I love the Big Shot! It's one of my favorites in my craft room. Recently I started a Big Shot club, which has rejuvenated my love for the versatile machine!

The first month we focused on the embossing folders. This is a simple, classic card that we made using the Elegant Lines folder. So easy. Run the card through and top it off with a few embellishments and viola! You have an elegant card!

MIA, News and other Misc Info

I've been MIA. Again. I hate it when I don't get a chance to post things on my blog and share new ideas with you. March was a BUSY month! But I have some wonderful news!

For the past 8 years, Mike has had a job doing something that he absolutely hates. A job that he's been miserable in...the kind that keeps you from wanting to get up in the morning because you hate your job so much. For 8 years we have been praying for the Lord to open the door for Mike to do full-time ministry in the church as a Worship Pastor. It's been a long 8 years and I'll spare you all of the details of the trials and waiting and trials and waiting that we've endured and gone through. But if you know me personally (not just through my blog), then you understand why we are SO excited to announce that Mike FINALLY got the job of his dreams!

He just accepted a full-time Worship Pastor position at a church near our home and we are BEYOND excited! God is faithful and He gives us the desires of our heart.

So, along with the new job has come new responsibility and for a while that new responsibility has kept us both really BUSY! Working a full-time job (me) and coming home, making dinner, doing church stuff has left me little, if any, energy for creating in my craft room. I have missed it. Now that we've had a few weeks to catch our breath and regroup I'm trying to make time for the craft room again.

That's the story for the MIA. I'm working on some projects to post soon from my Big Shot club. Stay tuned!

Happy Birthday Hubby!

Today is my hubby's Birthday! For the first time since we've been married, we both took the day off work and celebrated. We went and watched a movie, went shopping and then ate dinner with the family. Part of the weekend celebration included dinner with my family at Ted's, hubby's favorite Mexican restaurant.

Happy Birthday Honey! Hope it's awesome!

Happy St Patty's Day!

Happy St. Patty's Day to ya!

Hope it's a great one. This is a card that we made at our March stamp club meeting featuring the Rock-n-Roll technique. Simple card for a simple technique!

Baby Shower Dos

This past weekend I hosted a baby shower for my sister, who is expecting a little girl in early May. This is her second, but her first is 10 years old, so it's been a little while since there's been a little baby in our family.

Her nursery theme is black, white and red ladybugs, so I used that for the shower theme as well. We had a really fun time and she received some great gifts!

Hello Friend

A second project that we created at my recent punch art class was a card featuring a punch art girl. We used the Greenhouse Gala DSP for her dress and the color scheme of the card.

Froggy Bookmark

I recently held a punch art class, and this is one of the projects that were made. The frog was pretty simple and inspiration came from quite a few frogs that I've seen over the web.