Rainy Days

I really needed some crafty time and I need a card to mail out, so that is what I did today! So there! haha!  

We had a crazy bad heat wave for weeks and then it got nice and rainy for a little while. The heat is coming back hard, which is totally rude, but I can still make it rain the craft room!
And so, today's card combines the Inkspirational prompt of rain with the colors from TGIF Challenges.

And a lot of retired products! 

Supplies:
Stamps: Million Dollar Moments

Ink: Crumb Cake, Coastal Cabana, Melon Mambo

Paper: Basic White, Crumb Cake card stocks, Dandy Designs DP
Accessories: Dimensionals 

Blog Hop: May Day!

Welcome to our Blog Hop!! This month's theme is May Day projects, because, after all, today is May Day! Be sure and hop all the way through and see everyone's fabulous May Day creations!

I think flowers are what comes to mind for me when I think of May. I didn't find a sketch that worked for the flower stamps I have, but when I found THIS sketch I thought this fun, flowery DP would work nicely. And since I need a birthday card very soon, that's the greeting I chose!

Supplies:
Stamps: Itty Bitty Banners
Ink: Midnight Muse
Paper: Patio Party DP, Baja Breeze & Midnight Muse card stock
Accessories: Bitty Buttons, 1 3/8 inch square punch, Glue Dots


Next, I had the idea for this page and thought it suited a May Day theme well, so I saved it to share with you today! The sunshine is finally here (hopefully to stay!) and the flowers are blooming! I stamped the "raining flowers" in Tempting Turquoise onto the Tempting Turquoise card stock for a bit of happy fun. I traced a buttons container to make the Daffodil Delight sun and sponged it a bit with Daffodil Delight ink. Then I dragged the Daffodil Delight 1/8 inch taffeta ribbon across the page as sunburst lines. Finally I added the sweet Paper Daisies and the Brights Buttons!
This page is my daughter's spring picture, just like THIS one of my son. My daughter got two pictures because she forgot to take off her jacket and asked for a quick retake, haha!

Supplies:
Stamps: Million Dollar Moments
Ink: Tempting Turquoise, Daffodil Delight
Paper: Certainly Celery, Tempting Turquoise, Daffodil Delight card stocks
Accessories: Daffodil Taffeta Ribbon, Paper Daisies, Brights Buttons, Glue Dots
(everything marked in italics are all retiring at the end of May, or while supplies last! Grab them fast!)

Now go see what everyone else has created for May Day!

Birthday Season!

So this weekend we have a bunch of birthdays! That's what I'll be featuring this week, haha!
Today I sat down and put this card together, using the sketch from the Clean & Simple blog. The dots kinda make it not so much clean and simple, but it works for me! I also used some retiring colors for you! It even quit snowing long enough for me to run out and snap a picture!

Supplies:
Stamps: Million Dollar Moments, Teeny Tiny Wishes
Ink: Basic Gray, Daffodil Delight, Regal Rose
Paper: Lucky Limeade, Regal Rose, Daffodil Delight & Very Vanilla card stocks, Sunshine & Sprinkles DP

Quick Creations

Today I stole some crafting time and threw a few things together, literally, haha!
This page is super simple, aside from the cutting out the leaves, but with the Big Shot, that's pretty simple too... *grin

Supplies:
Paper: Not Quite Navy textured card stock, Cajun Craze, Daffodil Delight & Whisper White card stocks, Parker's Patterns DP
Accessories: Big Shot, Woodgrain Embossing Folder, Autumn Accents Bigz Die


And this super speedy gift bag was literally thrown together this morning. Its Teacher Appreciation week this week. Sunday I had the kids each make a card for their teachers (which I was lame and forgot to photograph...sniff). Tuesday night I went to the store for a treat for the teachers. Annnnd Wednesday morning realized I needed some kind of packaging...and that I usually give the teachers a small bundle of cards from my stash....! Sooo I picked out some cards, stamped these bags, put the cards from the child, the cards for the teacher to use and the treat in there, tied it, snapped a photo and rushed the kids off to school, haha!

Supplies:

Stamps: Summer Silhouettes, Million Dollar Moments

Ink: Melon Mambo, Rich Razzleberry, Wild Wasabi & Basic Gray

Sunshine in the Rain

This card just might be my favorite from this class! Partly because I LOVE the products!! I love this stamp, I love the DP, I love the glitter paper, I love the font of the words! haha! I thought it would be good to stick a sympathy card in our stashes, since I needed two last week... And maybe this isn't quite soft enough for sympathy, but maybe its more of a "cheer up, I'm thinking of you thru this" card? I wanted the pop of color and the "silver lining" from the sparkle. Can you see the sprinkling of glittery rain drops? A few of them have Dazzling Details on them. Anyway, I love this card!

The techniques we used here are the Dazzling Details on the rain drops, and the cutting out the pink umbrella. Basic, but maybe something you don't think of every day.

Supplies:
Stamps: Million Dollar Moments
Ink: Basic Gray, Bashful Blue, Melon Mambo
Paper: Whisper White & Melon Mambo card stocks, Silver Glitter DP, Sunshine and Sprinkles DP
Accessories: Scallop Edge Punch, White Stitched Grosgrain ribbon, Dazzling Details

Tips to make this card easier?

• I ran my SNAIL along the Melon card stock, next to the white stamped panel, and laid the DP's on top of the strip of SNAIL!
• I stamped the Melon Mambo umbrella first so it wasn't muddy after stamping the Basic Gray image. 
• The ribbon is just two little pieces, wrapped around a corner and taped down. I added a third bit of ribbon to the top strip for the knot.

As a side note, here's the back of the cloudy paper.... does that not take you back to Care Bears?! LOL! I love it!

Valentines for my love!

Yep, I had to make him two! Our Valentine tradition stems from the Easter basket tradition- we have little gifts at our seat at the table waiting for us when we wake up in the morning. I've seen a few people use this telephone box for Dr Who themed cards, and I pictured that too when I saw the set in the Sale-A-Bration brochure. My husband loves Dr Who so I couldn't resist...even if its corny! So this is the one he woke up to...

Supplies:
Stamps: Feeling Sentimental (Sale-A-Bration)
Ink: Midnight Muse
Paper: Crumb Cake card stock, Parker's Prints DP
Accessories: Mat Pack, Vintage Trinkets, Natural 7/16 ribbon

Annnd since I also got this new set, I had to make him another one that he'll get another random day and surprise him,*smile. And it mostly uses the current Retro Sketch.

Supplies:
Stamps: Million Dollar Moments
Ink: Basic Gray, Real Red
Paper: Real Red & Very Vanilla card stocks, First Edition DP, Red Glitter Paper
Accessories: Hearts Collection Framelits, Big Shot