For the men in my life!

This sweet and simple card is for my guys, everything here is SU! except the Liquid Applicate that I used to make the "foam" on the beer ;)

Paper Tole and Texture

This beauty is "paper tole" with just means that I stamped the rose three times and cut it out three times at different intervals and then popped each layer up on top of the other. The photo doesn't show the dimension of this one very well, but it does showcase the layout and texture quite prettily!

Again everything is SU! except for the Stickles I used on the edges of the flowers.

Dreaming in Purple and Sage

Isn't this just yummy? I love these colors together and the sketch was so much fun!

Everything is Stampin' Up except the butterfly punches and the scalloped circle die cuts (although that is SU paper)

Alligator Purse anyone?

Here's another project that I made this past weekend - a faux alligator skin purse - isn't it beautimous???

Everything on this one is Stampin' Up!

Ready for some new stuff?

This past weekend was "play along with the dirty girls" over on SCS. It is an honor to get to play with these ladies because they spend time each month bringing us their very best work!

I'm going to start this week out by showing you my most favoritest card I made (yes I know that not a word)

Here is my Summertime blues card! I'm pretty pleased with this one!!! With the exception of the Dew Drops and the Rhinestones everything you see here is Stampin' UP!

Memorialize a child

One of the best things about paper crafting, whether it be card making or scrapbooking or altering, is doing something to bring joy to others.


I happened upon this > http://www.craftcritique.com/2009/07/call-to-serve-butterfly-project.html


"More than 1,500,000 innocent children were murdered during the Holocaust." Lord you know it from your history books, but seeing that number and knowing that was just infants and children gave me a very sick feeling!


If I can make a few butterflies to help show the significance of the number so be it! I'd like to think it's my way of saying "today is your birthday so where ever you are, see the colors and smile"


I found the directions for these accordion butterflies here > http://uklassinus.blogspot.com/2008/06/butterflies.html


Both are made with Stampin' Up! Tea Party papers, the one on the card is compromised of two squares the upper wings are 3 1/4" square, the lower wings are 2 1/4" square.


The larger butterfly is made of an 8 1/2" square and a 7 1/2" square.


Smaller butterfly on a card:



Larger butterfly to hang just for decoration:

Birthday Ensemble

One of my bestest friends has a birthday coming up, I used the Tea Party DS papers from Stampin' Up! to create her card and a little box for her gift - she collects miniature perfume bottles so this sweet little box will fit two little bottles comfortably along with some tissue paper poofing out prettily from the top!

Ensemble together:



Close up of the Card:


Close up of the box: