Cards and more cards

I know! I've neglected my blog lately. Been super busy. Did I mention I have an art show coming up in the early fall? Busy painting..painting.. painting. I do miss my paper crafting time more and more, tho.

I did get to make a few cards a few weeks ago.

I made this card from some of my Cupcardstogo June kit. The stamps are from Unity. The tiny alpha stickers are from Adornit.





This one uses Basic Grey's Koishi with Stampin' Up Stamp, and punches.



For this baby card, I paired Webster's Pages with Pink Paisley's Queen Bee.



I used Stampin' Up stamps for the sentiment on this card. Prima bling and flowers and a Martha Stewart butterfly punch. Papers are Webster's Pages and Pink Paislee.



Thanks so much for stopping by!!
~melanie~

It's a beautiful day...

Did anyone catch the post title? That song is going through my head after hearing Lee sing it after he won American Idol last night. Wasn't that an awesome show? It was so good seeing all the past contestents over the show's history.

Anyhoo...
I don't have much to share. But I did break away from my busy week a few days ago and made a few cards.






Papers are Webster's Pages Life's Portrait 6x6, Prima Flowers and bling, and Stampin' Up stamp.





Papers for this card are Lullaby Lane 6x6 from Webster's Pages. The stamp and punches are from Stampin' Up.




This card uses 6x6 paper from Webster's Pages (Lullaby Lane and Life's Portrait), Webster's Alphabet stickers and eyelet trim. The scalloped sticker is from Pink Paislee.

Have a wonderful long weekend. It's always busy, busy for us because my daughter's ballet production is always Memorial weekend. This is her fifth year in ballet and I'm amazed at how much she's grown in dance. Her costumes are getting more and more grown-up. She always gets "tired" of going to practice every year half way through the year, but once it's recital time, it all becomes new again and she falls in love with it all over again. She's doing three dances - one in each of ballet, tap and jazz (the jazz is the most fun!)

This is one of the photos from last year that my photographer friend took. We just took portraits last weekend and I don't have them back yet.



Dress rehearsal is this afternoon so I'm taking my camera!! Again - have a wonderful weekend!

~melanie~

Thanks and Congrats Cards

I got my order of the newest Webster's pages in last week. I couldn't wait for the 6x6 papers and stickers. This is what I made yesterday.


I used Webster's Pages 6x6 mini papers and alpha stickers, Stampin' Up border punch, seam tape from Etsy, Prima flower, 7gypsies sticker and pearl brad.



Supplies: Websters pages 6x6 paper, alphas and stickers; Stampin up Border punch, Pink Paislee Artisian Elements, and seam tape (from Etsy).

Another sunshiney day here. Thanks for stopping by!

~melanie~

Cards for the weekend!

Had some free time yesterday just to play!

I had some scraps of one of my newest Webster's papers (from Life's Portrait) and I decided to use it now instead of putting it aside for later. I made two cards from my scraps.





The chipboard is from Dream Street. The white molded flowers were included with some miscellaneous embellishments in one of my kit club kits. Thought I'd finally put them to use, too.





I used a Martha Stewart punch for the butterflies. The rub on is from Basic Grey.

While going through my stash, I happened upon some adorable stickers from Chatterbox. I thought it was about time to release them from their misery and use them.





The rub ons for this card are from K&Company - another goodie tucked away too long in my stash.









I'm looking forward to the weekend. Quite different than the unusually snowy weekend we had last week. Have a great day!


~melanie~

Webster's Pages and Glimmer Mist

I had so much fun playing with my Glimmer Mist and Webster's Pages, that I had to make another page. I just received some of the new CHA 2010 Webster's papers, so I fought with my "don't cut up the paper" urge and went for it.

I misted white cardstock with Wheatfields Glimmer Mist for the background. The paper is from Webster's Life's Portrait collection. I just LOVE this zoo photo of my daughter. It's from three years ago and yes - I know - it's about time I used it in a layout.







The fabric label is from Webster's "Fabric Fancies". THe flowers are Prima and the crystals are from Zva.

I'm enjoying the winter Olympics this week. How about you? Have a wonderful day and thanks for stopping by.



~melanie~

Webster's Pages and Tattered Angels

If you've been reading my blog, you will have seen that for 2010 I've been on a quest to try new things in the paper craft world. They may not necessarily be "new" as in 'new to the industry' but they are new to me. Things to get me out of the box so to speak. So I've been taking part in challenges, sketches and triggers. I've been getting out of my box and also overcoming another little disorder I have - hoarding yummy scrapbook supplies. I know some of you know what I'm talking about.

So... anyway - for this post I created something for Lucy Edson's Webster's Pages challenge: Print a photo on the back of Webster's patterned paper. I loved the challenge and went through my older stash (well, you didn't think I'd experiment on my brand new papers did you?) You have to choose just the right type of photo that will look good with print on it. I tried two - neither of them exactly what I wanted, but I choose the best of the two and went with it. In my beach photo, I used a floral paper with a large amount of "white space", but I intentionally made it print with the little butterfly in swirl in the corner.







And what I like about today's post is that I also challenged myself to use my Tattered Angel's Glimmer Mists on my page. The design team at Webster's Pages have teamed up with Tattered Angel this month and have been showcasing some beautiful creations that inspired me to dig in my stash - you know - the one I hoard. I had some Glimmer Screens as well as Glimmer Mists so I decided to create a soft background for my beach photo. I used Wheatfields Glimmer Mist over a screen and misted it over white cardstock. I used some cheesecloth behind my photo, and pulled out some of my older Prima flowers. The leaves were cut from some of my older Websters papers.

And guess what??? As I sit here typing, there is snow in a nearby town just 30 miles from us. It's on its way!!! And we are expected to get 4 inches accumulation tonight. You know what that means in Louisiana?? SNEAUX DAY! And I just so happened to have taken off work tomorrow. Me and the Mister will be celebrating our 22nd wedding anniversary. Well, so much for a quiet day at home with my sweeatheart, but the sweet thing about it - as rare as snow is in Louisiana, it snowed the week we got married. Looks like I'll be making snow angels with all my little loves in my life tomorrow and taking lots of photos!

And a little shout out to Anabelle and Fran! Happy Anniversary to you two lovebirds!!!


~melanie~

Birthdays are..

Birthdays are fun!

It seems that alot of people I know have had birthdays in the past 3 weeks. In fact, hubby and I are going to a birthday party this weekend. Our friend be celebrating the 29th anniversary of his 21st birthday. Did I mess up your thinking?

I made a couple of birthday cards this weekend using some things from my Webster's Pages stash. The stash that I hoard because it's so beautiful that I just can't cut it up. Yeah - I know - I'm really working on that. For these cards, I used some journaling cards - journaling cards that I also hoard because they are so beautiful. But, like I said - I'm working on it. So, I decided to make the journaling cards into birthday cards.



I used a Melissa Frances rub on and the striped ribbon is a Hobby Lobby find. The butterfly was cut with the Cricut and Indie Art cartridge.



The top portion of the card is a journaling card. The patterned paper is Raspberry Truffle. The cordorouy button is from Imaginesce; Melissa Frances rub on.

And here's one card I made from the January Challenge at the Webster's Ning Message Board. The challenge was to use a technique you've never used before. I love felt flowers, especially the ones with the stitching around them. While going through my stash, I came across come Making Memories felt flowers - that I was hoarding by the way... and I decided to stitch around them with embroidery thread AND machine stitch the center of them.





Papers are Webster's Pages, Vintage Image is from Crafty Secrets.

Any big plans this weekend? Besides the birthday party, hubby will be watching the big football game and I'm sure I'll dream up something fun to cook for him - even if it's a dessert. That will make him happy. He'll be wearing his Saint's Tee-Shirt. I bought it for him a few weeks ago and told him he has to wear it for all the big games.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great weekend!

~melanie~

A little Give-Away from Terri Conrad Designs

If you, like me, love Webster's Pages designs, you will love this give away that Terri Conrad (the creator of the wonderful Webster's designs) is doing this week. Just leave a comment on her blog HERE!

In celebration of fall

Well, the calendar says that fall has arrived. Tell that to the weather, okay? Nevertheless... in celebration of the new season, here are a few cards. I didn't get much creating done over the weekend. I was too busy playing with my vintage camera. More on that later. In my last post I used Webster's Pages papers on a heritage layout. I still had my Webster's papers on my work table, so I had to create a few cards with it before putting it away.





Now - about my vintage camera. I picked up an Argoflex Seventy-Five from Ebay and got it this weekend. I recently heard about how you can use your digital camera to take photos through the viewfinder of an older camera. It's called "ttv" which stands for through the viewfinder. Google it if you want more info. There is a ton of information out there. Here are a few of the pics I took.



My favorite is this Icee photo. When I was younger, me and my brother were treated to Icee's at an old country store on our weekend visits to our Grandma's house. It brings back so many memories.


You can see some more of my photos on the Pursuit of Craftyness blog. Well, it's time to get out those fall decorations and get busy around the house. Maybe we can coax the weather into turning down the heat a few digits.

Vintage Photos are fun

I have a hefty assortment of vintage photos. My dad used to love photography, and I'm so thankful he took and kept track of all the slides he took through the years. He recently had them all converted to disc and gave a copy to all the kids. I absolutely love looking at them.

In this layout, I used a photo of one of my older sisters. I love how blonde her hair is. She's the only blonde in our family. Now that I have my daughter - the blonde hair (and blue eyes) is repeating in my family. I can see where she gets it from.

I used Websters Pages papers on this page along with Scenic Route chipboard, American Crafts stickers and Prima flowers.





Yeah - it's Friday! I'm looking forward to kicking back and resting this weekend. I think we'll have sunshine!! Have a great weekend.

Some Friday Goodies

Not only is it Friday, it's the first day of August. It feels like it, too. We are expecting 101 degree temps today - and no sign of rain. The poor grass here is so brown, despite my attempts to keep it watered. Me and hubby have been doing movie date nights on Fridays - so that's another reason I like Fridays. What do you like about Friday??

So here are a few things I made recently. The first is a card I made using Webster's Pages papers. They have a monthly challenge on their Inspire Me website, and this is the card I made for the July challenge.




Check out the blog at Emma's Paperie today. The Design Team was challenged to create some things using a stationery gift box. The projects are amazing. I got to play along with them for July, so here's my shadow box I made with the stationery box. The papers are Sassafrass Lass and Graphic 45. See the blog for the complete supply list.



And last, this was a fun little challenge I gave myself. I recently bought some Cuttlebug die cut and embossing folder combo sets. I wanted to use them, so to make it interesting, I challenged myself to limit my supplies. I only used 2 different colors of cardstock. The teal has a white core and I sanded it. The three cards are all made using the "With Gratitude" set. The 4th card uses the "Argyle" embossing folder.











Have a wonderful weekend and I hope you stay cool.