A Berry awesome assortment! Win some Prima!

I'm so loving this selection of Prima products. I have several of these and they are so gorgeous up close. This is a giveaway at the Prima blog. Simply post about it and leave a link in their comments section here...

http://prima.typepad.com/prima/2010/05/winners-and-prima-product-pickmay.html

I love Prima!

A Mini Card - Cute and Quick!

I made this little card in about 10 minutes last night.

1. Cut a piece of recycled cardboard down to 3 1/2" x 5"

2. tear off outer layer of paper and fold in half

3. add white paint to edges and randomly over ridges

4. ink edges with Tim Holtz Distress Ink and curl by rolling edge between fingers

5. ink edges of 2 white tags with Tim Holtz Distress Ink and stamp sentiment

6. add layered Prima flowers and Say it in Crystals

7. add solid card stock to inside

Simple fast easy and cute mini card...

Check out the vintage fan that I found at the flea market this week. $10 score! I love the dusty turquoise color. It's going in my studio after I get it cleaned up. I'm taking it apart today and oiling etc so it will last for many more years to come.

Hope you have a happy day!

Pretty cute acrylic Spring Thank you card

Here is a little card I made out of an acrylic page left over from an acrylic album kit. Sassafras Lass paper behind, the edges of the acrylic page are inked with Stazon permanent ink. 

I put a little ribbon through the hole in the acrylic page where the o-ring would have gone.

Thank you for visiting! I hope your day is full of color!

Thanks a Bunch Card

 A little card I put together yesterday. I think I'll enter it into the Paper Crafts Gallery Idol Contest. Uses Prima flowers, paper by American Crafts, sequin trim, brads by the Paper Studio, and Moxie die cut letters.

 I hope you have a wonderful day! And Thanks a Bunch for visiting!

So happy to be a MOM

I love my children so much! I made this layout a few years ago, it was on of the first pages I did while experimenting with different stitching. It was a fun page to do, I even got to use a little bit of my vintage ribbon stash, check out that groovy "love" seam binding, how cool is that!

Hope you are all having an excellent day!

Junk Mail = Free Projects! Woo-Hoo!

A few months ago I got some awesome junk mail! It was a thick envelope with a file folder style pull out that was advertising some kind of flu medicine. (must not have been very good advertising as I couldn't tell you what kind of medicine it was) But I instantly said "this would be perfect for scrapbooking" and "filed" it away till later. I found this wonderful collection of BoBunny scrapbook paper and decided it would be perfect for my junk mail folder.

Open the cover with a velcro tap that it came with!

Inside is this folding file booklet perfect for holding holiday pictures.

 Pull that booklet out and this is the cover.

Finished project minus holiday photos that still need to be printed out.

I won & you can too... Spreading the Graphic 45 Love!

Graphic 45 papers had a paper giveaway on National Scrapbooking Day and I won! Woo-Hoo!

Their papers are so awesome, I love all that vintage goodness. Can't wait to see which patterns come in the mail.

Now on to the part where you can win too...

Become a fan of G45 papers on Facebook, they are giving away papers to their new fans.

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=49782532635

If you are already a fan you can go leave a comment on their blog to win.

http://g45papers.typepad.com/

There isn't much time left... so you better hurry!

Pretty Mama!

This is my mom. Just a "few" years ago. She's so pretty. I remember riding in the yellow car, laying on the seat beside her when I was little (before car safety seats) There was always music playing and singing while driving down the road (something I torture my kids with today, LOL)

"By the hand, take me by the hand, pretty mama, come and dance with your daddy all night long, I'd like to hear some funky Dixieland pretty mama come and take me by the hand."

-Black Water by the Doobie Brothers

 Took me a while to find just the right paper for these pictures. But I think it worked out "pretty" well.

Have a happy day!

A day full of Joy and a card to match!

 

 

 

 

Just a little card entitled "JOY" I threw together last weekend while playing with layers and Prima flowers.

And speaking of "Joy" I recently found out that my cousin Joy was pictured on the cover of a craft book. 

That's her all the way to the right on the end. Wow! How cool Joy! 

Hope you are all having a "joyful" day!

Shabby Chic Dry Erase Board -Free pattern

I made a pretty, shabby chic dry erase board. Very fancy with an antique frame. 

I put a .pdf of the background image on my other blog and you are welcome to use it for Personal Use.

Vintiquities Workshop Shabby Chic Dry Erase Board

 These are closeups of the Prima products I used to decorate the glass.

 Hope you have a very Happy Day!