An elephant....

....never forgets, although my Mom said she would put "Too Late!" inside this card. ;)

This card is for the Simply Scrapping Crafts Back to School Online Crop, which is still going on now! You can find the link to the site on my sidebar - tons of awesome prizes up for grabs!

Do I really need to write instructions? ;)

Anyways, enjoy your weekend  and thanks for stopping in!

ETA: I was having some problems with my blogger background - apparently the designer of this template had to move her images, thus all the problems. Since I had made a few adjustments to the template, it took me while to add these same adjustments to her updated template. But, all's well that ends well - let me know if you experience any problems! :)

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Card recipe
Cardstock: Darice
Patterned paper: DCWV
Stamp: Hero Arts
Ink: Staz-on
Half pearls: Kaisercraft
Other: embroidery thread

Tools: trimmer, scissors, adhesive

Be happy

Hiya!
Thanks all for the sweet comments in the blog hop a few days ago! I wasn't able to visit everyone's blog, but the ones I did had some FABulous projects! Gotta love those HA gals and their amazing talent. :)

Today, sharing a quick little card I made, after a couple days of NO mojo...dang it, I hate those kind of days. :( But nothing like a big ol' load of HA product to cheer a cardmaker up! ;)

{this is an older picture, so it wasn't taken very well}

Instructions: Trim card base, and cut out patterned paper. Sew along border of patterned paper, and than stamp sentiment and image onto paper. Paper piece the image with blue patterned paper and yellow cardstock. Color in base of image with coloring pencil. Tie twine around sewn patterned paper, and attach button and half pearls. Adhere embellished piece of patterned paper to base using foam squares for dimension. Distress edges of base with ink.

I placed those pearls on the paper, trying to decide whether or not to use them, but when I finally decided not to, I couldn't get them off! So now I'm stuck with it....ah well.

Hope your hump day went well, and thanks so much for stopping in! :)

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Card recipe
Cardstock: Bazzil
Patterned paper: Girls Paperie
Stamps: Hero Arts "Be Happy"
Ink: Colorbox
Half pearls: Remembrance (Michaels)
Other: twine, coloring pencil, button

Tools: trimmer, adhesive, foam squares, sewing machine

Hugs and kissies

Heya!

Welcome to the Hero Arts Flickr Group blog hop! I totally got the date mixed up, and wasn't expecting to post today, but luckily I had a card to share, even though the picture is awful (I seriously took over 75 shots of this card, and this one is the best I could get)
So the theme of the hop was just to focus on your style - I'm not really sure how to explain my style...I'm not shabby chic, or CAS....maybe CAS with a lot of little details....? I don't really know - I just make the cards! ;)

Instructions: Trim card base and cut out patterned paper. Sew patterned paper to base. Stamp images onto patterned paper and cut out, than adhere to doily. Stamp sentiment onto paper, cut out than frame with brown paper. Adhere embellished doily to base. Tie ribbon with button around base, and adhere sentiment on top. Distress edges of card with ink.

I want to thank everyone for the sweet comments yesterday - I am so excited, and can't wait to get my two copies! :)

I really am sending out hugs to any HA girls who might stop in here - you girls are soooo encouraging, sweet and kind! I'm so happy and blessed to be a part of this group!
Thanks for stopping in! :)

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Card recipe
Cardstock: Bazzil
Patterned paper: Girls Paperie
Stamps: Hero Arts "Elephants" and "Thinking of You Messages"
Ink: Colorbox
Ribbon: Hand-dyed, available HERE
Other: button, doily

Tools: trimmer, adhesive, foam squares, sewing machine

First pub!

Hello!
Guess what today is? September 3rd! And you know what that means? I can share my first ever published card!
This card...

...made CARDS August issue!

Does it look familiar? Because I posted its twin back in February (post HERE) - it was a thank you card for my scrappin' buddy, Jill Foster. :)
Only thing is, I'm a little bummed, because I saw the online edition of CARDS, and I was disappointed to see how they took the photo of my card. The white cardstock is glaring in the photo, and they loosened the bow.. :( On the positive side, however, I saw another card of mine that was published in a later issue, and it looks fine! :)
But yet another bummer is that I forgot to submit to there February issue, so now I missed a month. :( Darn it.

So, no new cards to show you, thought this might look new to some new readers...:) Thanks for stopping in today, and I hope you have an awesome weekend!

Congratulations

Hey there! Long time no see! ;)

Still trying to get around to everybody's blogs (finally finished my assignment, so more free time!), and thought I'd share a quick, simple card with you today - made with SSC's first September card challenge! We're being sponsored by the fabulous Catherine Pooler, who is a SU! demonstrator, and will be giving away a nice goodie bag this month!

So now onto the card...


I added some beads to the pins for shine....

Instructions: Trim and score card base. Round right side corners. Cut out image and brown cardstock, adhere together, and than add to base. Add pearls beneath sentiment. Tie bow around base, and stick pins through. Add button, and then slightly sand edges of paper (or use a white ink pad).

Quick and easy. :)
Thanks for stopping in today, and I hope to stop in by your blogs soon! :)

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Card recipe
Cardstock: Bazzil
Image: Cosmo Cricket
Ribbon: Cosmo Cricket
Half pearls: Remembrance (Michaels)
Other: pins, button

Tools: trimmer, scissors, adhesive, sandpaper