Catching up on some crafting!!

You'd think that summer time would be a slower paced time of year allowing you to relax and craft anytime you wanted.....wrong! It seems that we are busier than ever going here and there. Last weekend I was able to take a few hours and bust out a few cards. I decided that I needed to use only the piles of scraps around me. I had a great time and was able to create a few quick cards. Nichole Heady demonstrated this technique, however I used a patterned paper instead of stamping the design. I love love the card turned out.

I fell in love with this paper when I saw it and the stripes in the card above are the back side!

Ok the penguins from Imaginisce are just about the cutest thing I have seen this summer and I had to have them. I'm still playing around with them, but was able to create a quick birthday card. This card is going to serve as inspiration for hopefully my first sketch for SheetLoad. I punch out the heart for another project and the cardstock left over was the perfect size for a card. Below is a close up so you can see the punch out a little better.

SheetLoad Announcements

There is so much going on over at SheetLoad!!! The first exciting news is the addition of a "sister blog", ShortCuts, to learn about a product that'll be launching in early July. There is also a chance to win it before you can buy it! So go check it out!! Next, there's also two great blog candies, so be sure to read all the details to qualify. And I've saved the best for last.... help me welcome two new additions to the SheetLoad Artist Team - Ann Seleshanko and Nicole Anderson and the announcement of SheetLoad Mini!! Ann and Nicole will be responsible for sketches AND samples in our new eZine - SheetLoad Mini. Beginning in July, SheetLoad of Cards will be putting out a mini mid-month edition. Each issue will give feature a new sketch, cutting diagrams and samples. It will be skinnier than a standard SheetLoad issue, but we think you will find it just as useful. After Ann and Nicole debut their first issue, a special episode of "Meet the Artists" will help you get to know each artist a little better.

Teacher Thank You

I just love it when my son's teacher has a favorite candy! It makes is soooo easy to give it as a gift at the end of the year. This year it was Tootsie Rolls. You can purchase the jar at Wal-mart of Target. Then decorate the lid and tie a ribbon around the neck. I reused a gift bag and decorated the front to match the jar lid with chipboard brackets, flowers and sticker letters. The sentiment on the jar lid is by Papertrey Ink and says, "To the world you may be one person, but to one person you may be the world." I thought this very appropriate for a teacher!

Shout Out to Sheet Load

Ok, so I'm a bit behind.... sorry! Go check out this month's Sheetload. Be sure to use the link at this Sheetload post as the original download had incorrect dimensions. This month's issue is fun because you have a reason to break out all those $1 stamps that you "had" to have!

June SheetLoad Sneak Peak

Ok it's that time again! I am really excited for June's SheetLoad. Here's a little teaser for you. Be sure to visit SheetLoad as there is some blog candy! Good Luck!!

Share a SheetLoad

This month's Share a SheetLoad is CardsforHeros.org. I get a little choked up just thinking about it as my brother is in the Air Force. Even though he is not deployed, and even when he is he's never close to the action, I am always teary eyed. My prayers go out to our service men & women! This is a great way for us crafters to give a little love to them. The purpose of Cards for Heroes is to... "Help a hero keep in touch with home" Cardsforheroes.org provides handmade cards for deployed service-men and -women to write home on, and as well supplies cards for other organizations who support wounded warriors with care packages.The organization receives cards from across the United States and beyond. As of May 5, 2008 they have provided 23, 108 cards to the troops. One lucky crafter will even be featured at CardsforHeros.org website!!! Please visit SheetLoad for the details!

Favorite Mom Memory

So over at Papertrey Ink (you know my new favorite stamp company) is having a contest for their forum members. I am about 99% sure I won't win but I entered anyway. They want to know your favorite memory of your mom. Here's my entry. My favorite memory of my mom was from a Spring Break trip when I was about 12. My mom's friend, her son, my brother, me and my mom all piled in the car for a "day trip" to the Sand Dunes in south west Colorado. We were going to go sledding on the sand dunes. When we arrived, to our dismay, the sand dunes were drench in water from a night fall of rain; so no sledding for us. My mom and her friend were not to be defeated and whipped out the map to see what was close by for us to do, because after all it was Spring Break! They decided on Taos, New Mexico. We went to see the pueblo's and the different artist's galleries at the pueblo. After that we had dinner. By this time the kids were exhausted. I told my mom we should just stay the night and drive home tomorrow. She responded with, "Well then it wouldn't be a day trip!" So we drove home. I'll never forget our Spring Break adventures. Thanks MOM!

So what do you think?

So what do you think of my new header? This is my first attempt at using digital elements and I think I did not too bad. It really helped that the elements I found at Shabby Princess were so easy to use. I think I prefer paper and scissors, but I may dabble a little more into the digital realm.

May SheetLoad of Cards

Ok.... so I'm a few days late, but I can't help it. It was my birthday over the weekend, which in my book is just like a national holiday! :)

Go check it out! There are great new features in this month's issue. (Just click on the image below to go to the SheetLoad website to download the May issue.)

SheetLoad Sneak Peak

So here is a sneak peak at one of my cards for the May issue of SheetLoad of Cards. This month features the FABULOUS stamps from Stamping Bella!!!!

Simplicity

So I mentioned to a friend the other day that I had a blog where I posted things that I created and she wondered how I had time to create things, let alone post them to a blog. Well, by the amout of creating and posting I've done lately I would say I have no time.

This month on Paper Crafters Anonymous I participated in a weekly mailing and sent this card to my partner. I was inspired by the simplicity in some of the recent cards on Nichole's blog. The colored cardstock, ink & stamps are all by Papertrey Ink.

Enjoy!

April Sheet Load of Cards

Go check out this month's issue of Sheet Load of Cards. There are some great samples and an extra bonus for those who want to purchase from Stampin Up demonstrator Lisa McDowell. So go check it out!

A year come and gone

So it just dawned on me today to look and see just how long i've been bloggin..... And to my surprise it was a year on Feb 2. So I missed my first blogiversary! So much has happened. I'm still not very consistent in my posts, but it's a new year and i'll try better. ;) Thank you to those who visit to see what's new (i think there's only one of you - wink).

SheetLoad Blog Candy #2

So the celebration continues..... go check out SheetLoad and enter to win today's blog candy a super cool card album!

Inspiration from Nichole

So I have been frequenting Nichole Heady's blog and was inspired to make the following creations. The transparency card is way cool so you have to check out her blog for the tutorial. Thanks for visiting!

Just say no....

To patterned paper. Today's challenge at Caardvarks is just say no to pattern paper, so I'm throwing my hat in. I used StampinUp! cardstock and ink, Papertrey Women of Life stamp set, Sentiment is Studio G, eyelets are WeRMemory Keepers, Ribbon is Joann, Glitter is Hero Arts, I used a American Crafts white pen for the dots & an EK Succcess Scalloped corner punch with the guide removed for the scalloped, scalloped border.

Here piggy piggy piggy.....

So not only is my son's school celebrating National Pig Day, but one of my e-friends Ivanka is a big collector. So in honor of both I created my ode to pig card. I got all inspiration from a new card maker to me and boy is her stuff great!!! Go checke her stuff out at http://www.inmystamproom.com/ Thanks for the inspiration Lindsay!!!

SheetLoad of Cards - Free Monthly eZine: March Blog Candy #1 - Studio G Stamps - Sponsored by SheetLoad of Cards

SheetLoad of Cards - Free Monthly eZine: March Blog Candy #1 - Studio G Stamps - Sponsored by SheetLoad of Cards Check out SheetLoad this month. It's a 15,000 hits celebration you don't want to miss!!!!

Sometimes the simplest is the best.

I created this card as part of a challenge at {PCA}, creating a card with a Rubon. I had to have this package of rubons and have not really used them. This card is very simple, but I love it. It's a simple elegance. The sentiment is from the Out on a Limb set from Papertrey Ink.

I've been bitten by the bug!!!!

So I may ride the short bus to school or am not the brightest bulb in the box. I was a bit slow to take up the Cuttlebug bandwagon, but I've been bitten. I have been obsessed with the scalloped ovals by Spellbinders, where I discovered them over at http://www.papertreyink.com/. This is one of my new favorite websites and stamp companies!!!! So back to these scalloped ovals.... I have been wanting them for weeks now and finally succombed. I purchased them during the February release party over at Papertrey Ink along with their Women of Life stamp set. I can't wait for both of them to arrive! In the mean time I have created the card below based on the tutorial at Taylor VanBruggen's blog. It gave me the opportunity to use the Flower Cookie Cutter Die by Quickutz and Basic Grey's Two Scoops line. Give it a try!