SPICING! Nichole Heady's cards~

If you read my blog often, you know I am a Papertrey fan, you know I participate in release nights, and you know I CASE and Spice Nichole Heady's cards shamelessly. Take a look at this post, but better have a pen and paper and credit card number handy when you do!



Aren't her cards stunning? Actually, Through the Trees isn't being released until tonight, so you will need to wait up until the wee hours of the 15th to get it!



I couldn't wait for the goodness to arrive, so I SPICED! her card (So Perfect I Copied It Exactly!), but using Trees Three from SU, and a little bird from the signature stamp from Birds of a Feather. I used Enchanted Evening as my color, and cut the ribbon differently, but pretty much the same- sentiment is from Out On A Limb Sentiments.

But I really loved the red bird, so I tried another-

This one is Pure Poppy with True Black, and some of the Bitty Dots True Black paper. Sentiment is from Snowflake Serenade and continues inside, of course!

I won't be at the release party tonight, since work is short staffed and I am thinking I need some extra money this month, lol lol lol! But! I will tell everyone I need my dinner break at midnight, so I will get my order in on time!

Did you all watch Dawn McVey's video on bow tying? It's here. Lol, I thought my rendition was pretty good for a first try!

Lot's of unknown supplies here- the striped paper is Heidi Grace (I think), paper is Papertrey's Spring Raing, and the ribbon is a short piece of I don't know what. I can't find any reference to the stamp in my blog, so will have to post that later; it's a cute little thing with some blue Stickles on it.

Reverse piercing was a mistake, but doesn't matter on this card at all! Lastly, that's the SU scallop circle punch on the center.

Enjoy!

Tiny Funnies and Other Thoughts~

Couple of photos here, so be sure and scroll after the PTI card!

I thought it was high time I made a baby card with Tiny Treats: Valentine (PapertreyInk) since the newest release is soon to arrive! As always, the card is much better in real life, darn it~ I sure hope it makes you smile!

I colored the dog, boat and plane images with Prisma and Copic markers, but the little hearts are colored witha SU Pretty in Pink marker- just because it has a really fine point on one end and the heart is so small!

The bigger sailboat is from Bitty Baby Blessings, and is there just because somehow a fingerprint ended up in that spot, lol- hate it when that happens! The perfect little sentiment is from Wordsworth, a baby set that is so old it has turned yellow!

So, someone tell me why little boys want to get in the dryer?!?

'Jay? where are you?'
'In the dryer, Grandma Beth!'
'Why are you in the dryer?'
'My Mom let's me get in the dryer...'
'Well,' says I. 'I'm not so sure about that...'
'Sure,' he says, 'Turn it on!'

And lastly, another question- if you have tried the Paper Gator and/or the Zutter corner rounders, can you let me know if you like them? And, if you have arthritis and/or ligament dysfunction (that's me!), do they work ok for you? And lastly, where online have you bought them???

I am so tired of tiny little pieces of corners having to be vac'd up!

Scrap Challenge

This is for the Scrap Challenge over on Nichole's blog- here- lots of great cards from the DT and everyone else!

I had two long pieces sitting on the table- the alphabet paper is vintagy, and the piece was small enough that some of the vintagy spots just looked dirty. The animal paper was small enough that the animals that faced all different ways just had right side up next to upside down, lol- they both were going to be thrown out- but never did. So today's 'challenge' was just the thing! I must say I wasn't too creative this morning, but I am pleased that I got one more card out of those scraps!

Ribbon and card base are Aqua Mist, as are the buttons. I bought the shiny words in Michael's in the wedding/baby shower section.

So, the DD is a bit pressed to do shower Thank You's before the baby arrives and she has to create Baby announcements, lol. So, like the good Mother I am, I thought I'd help.

First, of course, I perused Splitcoast, and came across this perfect CAS card:

http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/gallery/photo/1571824

So here it is in Bashful Blue and SU's Bashful Blue gingham ribbon, but with baby feet from Papertrey and Papertrey's new formulation of ink in Spring Rain- really, the two colors match perfectly.


I didn't like the bow I made, and I also needed baby cards, and I tried different Cuttlebug embossing frames, so here it is as a baby card!

Alex has put her try up on her blog, so go check it out here!

Big Note Baby Card

I started out trying to do a CAS baby card stealing an idea from the DD's Christmas card. First cut out a SU Big Note die from a piece of copy paper, lay the copy paper on top of an A-2, then sponge around the edges inside of the cut out. Stamp a sentiment in the white part of the center, and call it done!

Thing is, when you have a big edge around that cut out, it's kinda hard to see if you are centered on the A-2 or not. Ooops. So I cut the card apart and layered the white trimmed down portion on Sweet Blush (I used Sweet Blush and a wee bit of Hibiscus Burst to sponge with), then tied on some Sweet Blush twill and some of Papertrey's white with silver- then dangled some baby booties charms from that.

I love the verse, it's from Verses Rubber Stamps.

And just in case you are wondering, the closing went very smoothly (apparently it helps when you pay cash, lol!!). In town it was 0 degrees F by the evening, but we were toasty in our little cabin with the wood fire going! We took 2 camp chairs and a blow up air mattress, a coffee pot for the morning and lots of blankets! In the morning I sat and watched the old man skin off into the distance, then just watched the snow blow across the lake, lol! Life really can't get much better than that, at least for us!

Off to the closing!

No, we never closed after the last post, I think I did jinx myself. On the other hand, Fannie Mae isn't really a person, and they were just a bit tought to deal with.

So it is 6 am, and we are ready to head into the car and off into the rain, sleet and snow for the 2 hour drive to Conway NH for the closing. We will 'camp' overnight in the winterized cabin (no running water!), but since we heat with wood here and will heat with wood there, being cold will not be an issue!

Over the river and through the woods....