February Aloha RAK

Finally I'm posting my RAK that I received from De! It arrived on Wednesday but my daughter and I have both been sick and haven't had much computer time. De packaged my goodies in a pretty orange organza bag, I've had a thing for orange the last bit so of course I was oooing and awwwing over the pretty colour and then I opened it up to find a bunch of treats....chipboard, rubons, acrylic stamps, felt frame and the best smelling vanilla cherry lip balm (not in pic as it was in my purse upstairs at the time lol). And look at De's card, isn't it adorable, love the paper and colours. Oh and I can't forget to mention her business card she included, love the design and colours....of course I think I need some now lol. Thanks a bunch De, I appreciate everything!!

Charlene

Christmas Stampin' All Year Long - Sketch #6

Can you believe it...Sketch #6 already! I loved this sketch. With this sketch we were to use 3 (or more) eyelets but those were the only embellishments that we could use, easier then I thought!

Maria's Sketch

My take on Maria's Sketch

Items Used: Patterned Paper by American Crafts, Cardstock by Bazzill, Eyelets from Making Memories and Stamped Image from Hanna Stamps

If you should choose to play along here are the rules (copy and pasted from Maria):

In addition to the sketch challenge you will need to use eyelets on your card. The catch is you can ONLY use eyelets. You may use as many eyelets as you want but the minimum is 3. So. . 3 or more, okay! This means no ribbons, no primas, no other embellishments on the card. You may use die cuts on your card but it has to lay flat meaning you can't layer the die cuts to make it look like embellishments (i.e., layered flowers using die cuts). Using glitter or shimmez is okay.

P.S. - remember to post a link to your card on the Christmas Stampin All Year Long Blog (in the comments section)

Charlene

Upsy Daisy

I managed to make 5 cards over the weekend, 3 of which were made with my "Upsy Daisy" stamp set from Stampin Up.  I bought this set months ago and hate to admit I hadn't used it until yesterday.  Its definately a set I'll be using more often.

Items Used: Patterned Paper by October Afternoon, Stampset "Upsy Daisy" by Stampin Up

Items Used: Cardstock by Stampin Up, made the background with a stamp from the "Baroque Motif" set by Stampin Up, Main Image "Upsy Daisy" by Stampin Up

Items Used: Patterned Paper by "My Minds Eye", Image & sentiment "Upsy Daisy" by Stampin Up

Goodnight!

Charlene xx

New Crafty Secrets Stampset

OMG I love this stamp set! I had been waiting to get my hands on this set for awhile, finally my LSS got it in and then it sat in my craftroom for over a week...why do I do that?!  My card is pretty simple looking as you can see, the chandelier is just so darned pretty I didn't want to overpower the image with too much "stuff".  I used the martini glasses in place of where the bulbs would be....cute huh?!

Items used: DP by Crafty Secrets, Image by Crafty Secrets (Chandelier Fun), Clear Baubles

Enjoy your Saturday!

Charlene

CSAYL Sketch #5

Sketch #5 from Christmas Stampin All Year Long.  I must admit I had some difficulty with this sketch, reason I think was I have never not had my image straight and it was killing me to turn it LOL...once I got past it not being straight I was actually happy with it....I love that these sketches are making me try new things!  You really must take a look at the other cards, the girls did amazing jobs!!

Maria also gave us a color combo to use with this sketch, not your typical Christmas colours but fun!

Remember if you try the sketch go to the csayl blog and leave a link to your card!

Charlene

Blog Candy Alert!

Head over to Lisa's Blog "Craftbugs", she is offering up some adorable blog candy! 

Charlene :o)

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CSAYL Sketch #4

Here it is, Maria's Sketch #4 from Christmas Stampin All Year Long, I really liked this sketch....I'm a fan of circles and I'm always so happy when my bow turns out and with little effort to boot.  Stop by the blog and check out all the cards and then join in the fun and create one too!!

DP, Snowman Die Cut and Sentiment from My Minds Eye

Cardstock is Stampin Up

Happy Valentine's Day

I'm alittle late on the Valentine wishes, only 10 minutes left.  Hope you all had a great day shared with loved ones.  My husband and I don't celebrate Valentines Day, I think of it as more a fun day for the kids.  Cheyenne had a party at daycare yesterday and I made a "lollipop garden" for her to share with her friends.  I came up with the idea at work on Thursday, I was pretty happy with how it turned out...other then I printed the saying out wrong, it should of read "if friends were flowers I'd pick you"....oh well the kids liked it so thats what counts :o) This girl is off to bed, I can barely keep my eyes open. 

Hugs,

Charlene xx

A few things to share

Over the weekend I did some crafting with my Mom and Sister, although we don't usually accomplish much (more chatting then anything) I did manage to make a couple of cards and then tonight I made my first tag.  The cards were super easy and I cannot take any credit for them, Jenn (sister) had already made a few so I copied her....quick, easy and simple!! 

Items used for the cards:

Wild Asparagus Sticker Strips

Misc. flowers

Bling by Hero Arts

Stamped Images: Gelatins and unknown

Items used for the tag:

Vintage sheet music

Crafty Secrets image

Bling by Hero Arts

Buttons by Making Memories

Vintage Ribbon by Making Memories

Prima Flowers

Nestabilities

Before I end my post I just had to share this story from tonight.  I was putting my daughter Cheyenne to bed this evening and rubbing her back and this is how the conversation went...

Cheyenne: "Mommy, is it bad to lie?"

Me:  "Yes Cheyenne it is"

Cheyenne:  "Okay, then lastnight that plastic didn't just get in my mouth...I pulled it off of my underwear and ate it".

Me:  "Thank you Cheyenne for being honest".....exiting bedroom quickly to hide my laughter lol

Definately one of those conversations that I'll remind her off when she's older, my son and I had a good laugh over this tonight.  Out of the mouths of babes! :o)

Goodnight,

Charlene