Just a little something

Just a little card...




This uses Dream Street and a My Minds Eye. The butterfly was cut from the Cricut using Indie Art, then coated with Doodlebug sugary glitter. The die cut and ribbon is from SEI. Sent this one of my friends (a little lumpy, hope it survived the mail processing).

Have a great day!

Welcome March

I was cleaning house yesterday - the first day of March. My daughter said "Mom, are you having someone over?" I told her no. Then she said "Are you cleaning house because it's the first day of March?".

I guess if that were the case, then I'm done until April 1.

Anyway - the first of March at CupCardsToGo means that you can see the kit and what the design team created with it. The March kit is called "Magic Moments". It has some Basic Grey, Making Memories, Dream Street and oodles of other goodies.

Here's a couple of cards that I made with this kit.







The stamp on the above card is also included in the kit. It's from Unity Stamps.







You can see the entire design team gallery here. You can see the kit contents of the Magic Moments kit here.

Have a great day and I hope you see spring flowers soon!

Crafty Secrets Vintage Stuff

I've been playing. Just playing with my papers. Yesterday I decided to create some cards with my little Crafty Secrets vintage images. Crafty Secrets makes several different booklets with different themes. There are so many uses for them and the images are sooo adorable. Of course, I made cards.




Papers are from Dream Street's new Secret Garden collection. Felt flowers and brads are from Stampin' Up.





More papers from Dream Street - these are from the Lullaby collection. Rub On is Basic Grey. The twill is from Sweetwater.



(Sorry- had to remove two of these)

October Afternoon papers (from one of my Studio Calico kits... love those kits!)



Last one - just having fun with embossed cardstock, pink chenille, rick rack and a big button.

I'm off to lunch with friends. I'm looking forward to a cozy Friday evening by the fire and a movie date with my hubby this weekend. Have a wonderful weekend and try to stay warm!

Deck the Halls!

I think we are finally finished with all of our Christmas decorating. Hubby put up the lights while I was out grocery shopping so I was surprised when I drove up and the house was aglow!

Here's a little fa-la-la card I made using non-traditional papers. I used Dream Street's Clubhouse papers on this card, along with some stamps from Paper Salon. I just love the vintage feel these otherwise masculine papers give. I used the Cricut Expression (Mini Monograms Cartridge) to cut the scalloped square.





Check out more Christmas cards today and during the next few weeks at the Dream Street Papers Blog.

Today is going to be fun. I'm having some non-paper crafting girls over to stamp and make goodie bags. We'll see if they cross over to the dark side after they see how much fun they have. Have a great day!

Yippee! It's Friday!!!!

Happy Friday Everyone! My, my, it has been a busy blogging week for me. And it's not just limited to blogging - just busy in all areas.

Today I just wanted to share a few more of the cards I made with my November Cupcardstogo kit. And word has it that there are very few of these left - so if you want one, you had better hurry.

Here are some cards. The kit contents include papers from 7Gypsies, Fancy Pants, Dream Street and GCD Studios, rubons from Melissa Frances and tag stickers from 7Gypsies. Oh, the cute little owl transparency is from Fancy Pants. He's one of my favorite elements.









Okay - whew! I'm worn out and looking forward to a great weekend. Have a wonderful one.

Happy Birthday To...

Happy Birthday to my dear sister, Nancy! (Not that she ever reads this blog, tho.) Anyway - she's my older sister. Old enough that when I was a baby, I slept in her room and she took care of me at night. Isn't that sweet? This is a photo of her holding me at an airport.




And her birthday happens to fall on a day that we will always remember as "9-11". My heart goes out to all of you that have lost someone dear to you 7 years ago.

Well - here we are again looking at the weather reports and it looks like we might have another windy visitor. I feel for my friends in Texas along the coast. Please stay safe.

And last but not least - this week was finally starting to feel like a normal week. I actually made a few new creations. The first one uses Sassafrass Lass papers.



This card uses Melissa Frances Papers and a label from Crafty Secrets.



The last one uses papers from Dream Street.


Well - off to run errands. I need to buy hurricane weather supplies before the stores get crowded (just in case).

Can you feel the wind 'a blowin'?

Well, it's getting cloudy here as Gustav moves inland through the state. We've been watching cable news since 8am this morning, as are lots of other people. What a mess. Hope it continues to weaken.

Check out the Dream Street blog this week. The focus will be on "Back-to-School". Check in to see fresh inspiration from the Design Team. Here's my page, created using the Mod Posy collection. I used Sketch No. 65 from the Got Sketch blog.





And last but not least for today... how about some sneak peeks from the September Lime Tart kit. Remember, there are three kits!







I'll post a sneak of my projects I made wtih the Half Tart later this week. Off to watch more news on the storm. Stay safe!

She's baaackk

I'm back from vacation. We spent five beautiful days on the Gulf of Mexico in the Florida Panhandle. Sun, surf and sand - lots of all three. We ate lunch on Tuesday at Pompano Joe's right on the beach in Sandestin. Our table was at a window that overlooked the beach. It was awesome. The kids, like me, just love the sand and surf. Can't get enough. But, I think we did get enough this time. Every single day was clear and sunny. Thursday night we were in Perdido Key. I cooked boiled shrimp and we ate dinner on the balcony overlooking the water. The next morning we saw dolphins swim by. Here are just a few of my oodles of photos.











For some scrappy news - I'm a guest designer at
Emma's Paperie this month. If you've never been there, check it out. Her designers are some of the best and the store and service are superb!

I got home to a box of luscious papers from Dream Street Papers. As soon as I get a few things created, I'll be posting them here, so check back in a day or so! Have a sunny day!