Hello Crafters!

I hope everyone got off to a great start this week.  I am not too fond of Mondays but today has been pretty good so far. 

Date Night with hubby was GREAT on Sat night.  We went to dinner and a movie.  We ended up seeing Wallstreet 2 and we really liked it!  I would recommend seeing the first Wallstreet movie before going to see the second.  Hubby and I rented the first one the night before, even though we had seen it many years ago, it refreshed our memories as what the background of the characters were.  We then had sushi for dinner and it was fantastic!!!  Great Weekend!

Ok, on to todays project... I had this template on my hard drive (don't know where I got it).  But I ran across it and thought it would make a fantastic card.  So I made it into a cut file.  So if any of you would like this file let me know and I will send it to you.  All I ask is that you sign up as a follower to my blog and I will happily email you the cut file.

I used Stampin Up! Teeny Tiny Wishes Stamp Set and punched it out with the Window Word Punch then used dimensionals to adhere the sentiment.

Enjoy your week!

Happy Crafting!

Sylvia

This is Wicked Cool!

Thank goodness it has stopped raining here!  It has been raining non stop for the last 4 days.  There has been so much flooding that they cancelled school tomorrow for all the kids around here.  I am hoping this weekend is a little more pleasant. 

So ok, I got to tell you I am really loving the Wicked Cool stamp Set!  I love the whole witches hat and boots.  So for my first Halloween Card for this year I used the New Stampin Up! Wicked Cool Halloween Stamp Set.  I colored in the the witches stockings with green and orange to give it a little color and added a little black stickles for shimmer on the boots ties and center of hat. 



Happy Crafting !

Sylvia

I am back!

Sorry for the long delay in blog posts. We are in the process of moving to a different state and we have been visiting family for the last 2 months. One more month in Texas with family before we head to our new home.

We have been having a great time with family and friends and I have been crafting my little heart out with all my pals at The Memory Garden. Thanks Yolanda for all the crops and cricut swarms. Loads of FUN!

Speaking of cricut......Tip.......SU cardstock cuts beautifully on the cricut. Perfect everytime. Other cardstock and textured cardstock don't cut as great but I have never had a problems with the SU cardstock.

Here are a couple of projects..



SU DSP papers, Whisper White CS and Short and Sweet Stamp Set



Chocolate Chip CS, Whisper White CS, Pretty in Pink CS and Short and Sweet Stamp Set

Stay tuned for more projects...

Happy Crafting!
Sylvia

Dollar Easter Cards

Hello Crafters!

I finished my Easter Cards and I wanted to share them with you. OK, so a while back I was shopping at a craft store, you know one of those that has dollar bins. I never go to a store without checking to see if they have dollar bins. Anyway, I came across these already packaged Easter Cards. They had two different styles so of course I bought both. $1 a package for 8 cards a package with envelopes. For a total of 16 cards for $2. How could I pass that up? That came out to $.13 per card. AWESOME!!! (Side note: I am a numbers girl. I always do the numbers on everything. I have a background in Economics, can you blame me? Although it may be a little of OCD, just kidding or am I)? Anyway, I bought the cards and jazzed them up and this is how they turned out. Aren't they the cutest???





I ran both cards through my Big Shot with an embossing folder then I punched a scalloped circle with my Scallop Circle Punch using Chocolate Chip Cardstock. I then stamped 'Happy Easter" using my Stampin' Up! stamp set Well Scripted. I stamped it on Whisper White Cardstock. I also used the 1 1/2 inch circle from the Circle #2 Die for the stamped sentiment. I also used a pop dot on the scallop circle to give the card dimension.

So my tip for all you crafters out there is never pass up a trip to the dollar bins. You never know what you will find. And ....get your creative juices flowing. If you see something at the dollar bins think of how you could jazz it up with your own crafting supplies at home and them make it your own.

Happy Easter!
Sylvia

Hybrid Cards

These are hybrid cards! Can you guess what part of the cards are digital? The Designer Paper. Can you believe it? I love using digital paper! There are so many digital/traditional combinations. If you haven't tried hybrid projects I highly recommend it. Stampin' Up! has some awesome digital scrapbooking items. If you have any questions on how you could start hybrid scrapbooking please don't hesitate to contact me!

Thank You Hybrid Card

Supplies - Chocolate Chip Cardstock, Whisper White Cardstock, My Sweet Pea Digital Kit, Oval and Scallop Oval Punches, For All You Do stamp set, Short and Sweet stamp set, Chocolate Chip Ink, Tempting Turquoise Ink

Wish Big Hybrid Card

Supplies - Chocolate Chip Cardstock, Whisper White Cardstock, Old Olive Designer Series Papers, My Sweet Pea Digital Kit, 1 3/8 Circle and Scallop Circle Punches, Fox and Friends stamp set, Chocolate Chip Ink, Bermuda Bay Ink

Try Hybrid!!!

Happy Stampin'
Sylvia

Baby Cards

I have a five month old and so everytime I look at her I want to do baby projects. So I made 2 baby cards I wanted to share with you.




This first card is a Hybrid Card (Traditional and Digital Items used together). I used the Nursery Necessities stamp set (#113506 pg. 76) and Bashful Blue Ink. I also used the Whisper White cardstock (#100730 pg. 155), Bashful Blue cardstock (#105120 pg. 157), So Saffron cardstock (#105118 pg. 157) and MDS DSP Digital Scrapbook Striped Paper in So Saffron (DSP Digital Striped Paper in all colors (#118862). I printed the digital paper and used it as regular cardstock. I also used the word window punch. Simple Design but Oh So Cute!




I love this second card. I can't take credit for it. I wish I knew who came up with it because it is genious. I used the Nursery Necessities stamp set again, Pretty In Pink cardstock (#100459 pg. 157), Whisper White cardstock, Chocolate Chip cardstock (# 102128 pg. 156), I also used the 1 3/8 circle punch along with the scallop circle punch, and the 1 1/4 circle punch. And by the way I love this color comob (Pink and Brown)! These are my little Sophia's Nursery Colors!

Hope to post some more things soon!

Blessings,
Sylvia

Finally Something New!

Ok, Ok, so I know it has been a while since I posted something new. Well, I have been working on a couple of things including getting ready for a workshop I will be doing this weekend but I did manage to finish a couple of things for the blog. So here you go.



First up is this cutie patootie bookmark. I really really like how this turned out. I love this die (Item # 114520 Flower, Daisies #2). I used Pretty in Pink Cardstock, 4 Inch Paper Clip and I made my own button out of fabric and button covers. How cool is that!

Next up is this fun Halloween Card. I used the Top Note Die #113463, Scallop Oval Punch (#114889) and Large Oval Punch (#107305), Horizontal Slot (#105089), along with a sentiment from the Teeny Tiny Wishes Stamp Set (#115370).

More projects to post soon, stay tuned!

Blessings,

Sylvia

Card For Troops Success!

The Cards for Troops Event that was held on Oct 10th was a success! The lovely ladies of Parris Island and the Beaufort Area created these amazing cards to send over to our troops for the holiday season. I just want to give them a BIG THANK YOU! You are all amazing! Here is picture of the beautiful cards they made. We completed 133 cards in 3 hours.



Blessings
Sylvia

Frankie Card

I have been working on a few things this past week, so I wanted to share. Here is the Frankie Card.



Frankie Card

Supplies:
Cardstock: Green, Whisper White, and Black Cardstock

Punches: SU - 1 3/8 punch, 3/4 Punch, Tab Punch

Marker/Ink: Black

Stamps: SU -Teeny Tiny Wishes

Instructions:
Hair - Cut black cardstock freehand
Eyes Lids- Punch one circle with 1 3/8 circle punch out of green cardstock, then cut in half
Eyes - Punch two circles with 1 3/8 circle punch out of white whisper cardstock
Eyeballs - Punch 2 circles with 3/4 circle punch out of black cardstock then with white pen mark accents.
Nose - Punch with tab punch out of green cardstock

Layer black eyeballs over white eyes
Layer green half circles over top of white eyes with dimensional pop ups
Adhere full assembled eyes in middle of card with dimensional pop ups
Tuck tab nose under the middle of the two eyes, adhere tab nose with dimensional pop up
Draw scar and mouth with black marker freehand

Happy Birthday Card

Supplies:

Cardstock: Whisper White, Kraft Paper, Misc Scrap Purple

Stamps: A Rose Is A Rose, Teeny Tiny Wishes

Inks: Perfect Plum, Eggplant, Olive Green

Other: Leafy Branch Cuttlebug Folder, Dimensionals Adhesives

Thinking of You Card

Supplies:

Cardstock: Whisper White, Chocolate Chip, Olive Green

Stamps: Trendy Trees, Teeny Tiny Words

Ribbon: Chocolate Grosgrain Ribbon

Punch: 1 3/8 Circle Punch