Month May 2010

Lawn Fawn Sneak Peek: “Critters in the Sea”

Hello and welcome to the first sneak peek of Lawn Fawn’s June release! I can’t tell you how excited I am about this release! We have three stamps sets and they will be for sale on June 3rd at 12:01 am EDT and until then we will have sneak peeks and giveaways and lots of fun and happy!
Our first set is a “sequel” to a Lawn Fawn favorite named “Critters in the Sea”. Now…

Happy Birthday, Dad!

Hello everyone! Yesterday was my Dad’s birthday, and this is the card I made him! He is a huge University of Miami fan, so I used orange and green in a subtle way. The Joyland Studio Calico kit is perfect for guy cards!
These Cosmo Cricket chipboard letters are so awesome! I also figured out a trick with the Pink Paislee tape: when it is too shear over patterned paper, just layer over another piece…

Embellish Blog Hop!

Hello! Join me today along with Embellish Magazine for a blog hop filled with creativity, tips, inspiration, and prizes. Hopefully you have just come from Mariana Grigsby’s blog. If not make sure to start at the beginning with the Embellish blog . Don’t forget to leave comments on every blog. Embellish is offering four prizes for 10 lucky winners. The winners will be randomly selected from each of the blog hop participant blogs. A…

Sunny Thank You

Hello and happy Wednesday! I got out an older Studio Calico kit for this one. It was so fun! I stamped this doily border stamp up and down the card base in Versamark for a subtle background.

These awesome Cosmo Cricket letters worked so well with the wood veneer sun from Studio Calico. I actually used my Tattered Angels mist for once. I did it in the sink so I wouldn’t glitterfy my whole desk…

Embellish with butterflies!



Hello! I hope you guys are having a great weekend! I had some fun making cards this afternoon, and I see some movie watching in my future :). I was inspired by the Embellish color challenge for this card. The photos are just so pretty that I broke the rules of the challenge a little bit. I used two shades of green: one to simulate the grass and one for the bridesmaid dresses. I also…

All I want for Christmas

Hello! Here is another Christmas card. I totally got into making them for the magazine calls, and it is nice to have a leg up on the holiday season already! This time I used Critters in the ‘Burbs to create a Christmas card that would be fun for a kid! I paper pieced the puppy, used my Dymo label maker for part of the sentiment and a rub on alpha from the wonderful folks at…