Pop of Pink

I used the Pop of Pink DSP (retired) for these two birthday cards. The sentiment and butterfly are from Butterfly Basics stamp set. I love that stamp set!

Hope your week is going well!
Blessings,
Tracy

Birthday cards!

Over the weekend I made lots of birthday cards for an adult group home that my church's Ladies Ministry supports. I have a few more to make and then we will have enough to get us through this year! Always a good feeling to be working ahead of schedule...I need to do that with my own personal birthday cards I give.  Seems like I'm always working "behind" in that area!

Blessings,
Tracy

February's Make 'n' Take

So each month a bunch of us crazy paper crafters  get together and spend the day crafting! This month our lovely SU! demonstrator shared this project with us:

Isn't it gorgeous?! We embossed the image with gold embossing powder and then used the new Brusho Crystal Colors. It was a relatively easy technique. We sprinkled the crystals on the paper (watercolor paper!) and then used the aqua painters to "activate" the crystals. The results were beautiful!

Enjoy your weekend!
Blessings,
Tracy

I {Heart} You

I know last Wednesday was Valentine's Day but since I didn't post last week I thought I would share today what I shared with others for Valentine's.

I made these cute mini milk cartons!

I got the idea from the thepaperpixie.com  Love Julie's ideas! I used up some old DSP! Yea! I made oodles of them and put a yummy Lindt chocolate ball in them! 

Hope your day is filled with love!

Blesssings,

Tracy

What happened to last week!

What happened last week that I never did a blog post?! Life happened, I guess! I helped with our Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper. That was a lot of fun! Our ladies ministry group hosted it and all donations went to help support our mission projects.  I decorated this box. 

We will use it for other events too.  We are becoming affectionately known as the Church Chicks so I used a SU! set from last year's Sale-a-bration called, "Hey, Chick!" I love it! I'm borrowing the set from my friend and SU! demonstrator, Teresa. The DSP is Fresh Fig, a current SU! In Color.

 Saturday I spent with my friend, Barbie, doing the admissions at our District League Basketball tournament. What a full, busy and fun day it was! And boy! was I tired at the end of that day! This is us at the end of a long day! We are still smiling though!

I managed to sneak in some crafting therapy last week though! I love SU!'s new Cozy Cottage stamp set! It is in the current Occasion's catalog and is available as a host set! I had fun coloring this with the Stampin' Blends. I stamped it with Tuxedo Black Memento ink onto Shimmery White cardstock. I used the ribbon from the current Sale-a-bration flyer.  I am looking forward to coloring many more Cozy Cottages!

I hope you have a fabulous Monday! 

Blessings,

Tracy

Mixed Bunch

I am using another retired SU! set, Mixed Bunch. I just pulled it off the shelf and started stamping!

I kept both cards monochromatic. I used Momento Black and Night of Navy. I love the Night of Navy Gingham Ribbon! I am using both of these cards for thank you's.

Well, tomorrow is our monthly "Crop" day where I get together with friends who love to paper craft! It should be a great day!

Enjoy your weekend!
Blessings,
Tracy

Party Pandas!

I love this stamp set! Party Pandas is a Stampin' Up Sale-a-Bration set! Which means when you purchase $50 in SU! product you can get it for free!

I colored the balloon using the Bermuda Bay Stampin' Blend marker.  These cards were really quick and easy and OH, so fun!

Blessings,
                                                                                     Tracy

Petal Garden Birthday

I'm sorry this photo isn't the greatest. I am still experimenting with taking photos of my work. I haven't figured it out yet!

I used the Petal Garden DSP on these cards and the Oh My Stars embossing folder. The sentiment is from an oldie (retired) but a good one,  Happiest Birthday Wishes. It was a hostess set. I have used it over and over! I used Sweet Sugarplum glimmer paper for the scallop and tied it all together with some Sweet Sugarplum ribbon. The card base is Sweet Sugarplum and the layer is Pool Party.

Hope your week is off to a great start!

Blessings,
Tracy

Just Add Text

I made this card awhile back. I made a couple of them...isn't it nice having cards made up in advance?!! I am always behind in that! Like it is February and I don't have my February birthday cards made yet!!!

I used the Naturally Eclectic DSP, Lemon Lime Twist and Fresh Fig cardstock. The sentiment is from Just Add Text and is layered with squares from the stitched shapes framelits and layering  squares framelits. I tied it all together with that lovely 1/2" Finely Woven Ribbon in Lemon Lime Twist.

I hope everyone has a fabulous weekend!
Blessings,
Tracy