Gratitude Set

Happy Monday! Hope you enjoyed your weekend. Just wanted to share with you a card set I made for a friend. She was married a couple of weekends ago and I though a set of thank you cards would come in handy and make a great gift. The colors used were from her wedding. I went with the same two stamp sets (In Bloom & Spiral Bouquet for the sentiment) and came up with four different layouts.
Added a touch of glitter to all but one, I wanted to keep one a little less feminine so she could use it for either a male or female. The set included a total of eight cards, two of each design.

Thanks for stopping in today! Hope you have a great start to your week.

Maile

Gratitude Set: (All PTI unless noted)

• Stamps: In Bloom & Spiral Bouquet
• Ink: Spring Moss & Dark Chocolate
• Cardstock: Dark Chocolate, Vintage Cream & Spring Moss
• Accessories: Doodlebug Design Bon Bon Glitter, DMC Floss, Upper Crest Border Punch & Corner Rounder

Blog Award

Hello! Hope you are enjoying your weekend. I wanted to thank all the talented and sweet friends (Anita, Daniela, Laura, Winter & Sarah) who have sent me this award:Here are the rules:

• Answer the following questions using single word answers.
• To pass the award to 5 other people and let them know.
  

1. Your cell phone? Charging
2. Your hair? Long
3. Your mother? Hawaiian/Loved
4. Your father? Canadian/Loved
5. Your favorite food? Potatoes
6. Your dream last night? Forgotten
7. Your favorite drink? Coffee
8. Your dream/goal? Heaven
9. What room are you in? Dinning
10. Your hobby? Stamping
11. Your fear? Attention
12. Where do you want to be in 6 years? Home
13. Where were you last night? Home
14. Something that you aren't? Talkative
15. Muffins? Yum
16. Wish list item? DigitalSLR
17. Where did you grow up? SoCal
18. Last thing you did? Dishes
19. What are you wearing? Jeans
20. Your TV? Off
21. Your Pets? Two
22. Friends? Blessings
23. Your life? Blessed
24. Your mood? Happy
25. Missing someone? Diana
26. Vehicle? Truck
27. Something you're not wearing? Shoes
28. Your favorite store? Target
29. Your favorite color? Green
30. When was the last time you laughed? Today
31. Last time you cried? Unknown
32. Your best friend? Hubby
33. One place that you go to over and over? Church
34. Facebook? Sometimes
35. Favorite place to eat? Many

Just because I had such a hard time narrowing down my choices, here are 6 ladies I am sending this award to:

• Jessica
• Maureen
• Clouds
• Ann
• Jen
• Geny

Have a great day and weekend! Thanks for visiting!

Maile

EBTKS Sketch Challenge #1

Hello There! Over at the Everything But The Kitchen Sink blog there having their first sketch challenge. What a great sketch, I just had to play along... Here is what I came up with...

I created the panels by adhering double sided sticky tape and then gave it a good coating of Doodle Bug Bon Bon glitter. For the center image I went with a tag to play along with the latest Inspire Me Challenge #4: Tag It, over at Dawn's blog.

Stamped the In Bloom flower in brown onto the tag and cream card stock, cut out the layers and adhered with dimensional adhesive. Tied a tab of ribbon, embellished with a little more glitter and attached a sentiment.

On the camera front, I received an email today that it has been repaired and has been shipped back to me. Hurray!

Well, thanks for stopping by today!

Maile

Always: (All PTI unless noted)

• Stamps: In Bloom & Heart Prints (Sentiment)
• Ink: Dark Chocolate & Spring Moss
• Cardstock: Dark Chocolate, Vintage Cream & Spring Moss
• Accessories: Dark Chocolate GG Ribbon, Twine, Doodle Bug Bon Bon Glitter, Creative Memories Tag Punch & Corner Ronder

Enjoy the ride

Hello all! I am on my way out the door but I wanted to pop in a share a fun sort of masculine card with you before I go... The background was stamped with stripes from Background Basics: Retro in Ocean Tides and Spring Moss. Rounded the corners and wrapped it with ribbon.

Stamped the bike in brown and attached the buttons with some fun stitching. Attach a brown scalloped edge, rounded the corners, and attach to the striped background making sure to hang the scallops over the edge for a tad bit of interest. All these rounded corners make me happy, it's such a simple touch but really makes for and fun card.

Hope you have a blessed day!

Maile

Enjoy The Ride: (All PTI unless noted)

• Stamps: Everyday Button Bits & BG Basics: Retro
• Ink: Ocean Tide, Spring Moss & Dark Chocolate
• Cardstock: Kraft, Vintage Cream & Dark Chocolate
• Accessories: Spring Moss GG Ribbon, Ocean Tides Vintage Buttons, DMC Floss, SU Scalloped Edge Punch & Corner Rounder

Glittery Season's Greetings

Hello! Today's card was one I made for the last Hero Arts Glitter Challenge, I wasn't able to submit it in time but thought I would share it with you anyways.I cut a raspberry flag, attached it to the kraft card base and embellished it with raspberry buttons. The scalloped striped circle stamp was one that I received from an Honorable Mention in the Paper Tearing Challenge, this was my first ever and so far my only submission into any of the Hero Arts Challenges. One of these days I will try another one of their challenges and submit it on time. Anyways, the circle was stamped in aqua, cut out then I ran glitter along some of the stripes.

The wreath was stamped in green and raspberry (for the bow), punched out then glittered. Layered the sentiment over the wreath once it was dry.

Well thanks for visiting today, hope you enjoyed!

Maile

Season's Greetings: (All PTI unless noted) Card Measures 5 1/2" X 3 1/2"

• Stamps: Signature Christmas (Sentiment), Hero Arts Striped Circle & Inkadinkado Wreath
• Ink: Aqua Mist, Spring Moss & Raspberry Fizz
• Cardstock: Kraft, Raspberry Fizz & White
• Accessories: Raspberry Fizz Vintage Buttons, Rangers Stickles Glitter Glue & Marvy Uchida Circle Punch

Butterflies, Woodgrain and Glittery Goodness

Hello and happy Monday! Just quickly stopping in to share a little glittery goodness with you guys... These cute butterflies are from the With Sympathy set, stamped onto punched circles. Then, with dimensional adhesive, layered over some raspberry fizz woodgrain stamped over light pink cardstock.

Wrapped raspberry fizz twill ribbon around a scalloped edge, stamped the sentiment, then added a touch of glitter glue.

Hope you have a great start to your week! Thanks for visiting!

Maile

Hello: (All PTI unless noted)

• Stamps: With Sympathy, Beyond Basic Borders and All Night Media Woodgrain
• Ink: Raspberry Fizz, Sweet Blush & SU Going Gray
• Cardstock: Bazzill Gray, Sweet Blush & Vintage Cream
• Accessories: Raspberry Fizz Twill Ribbon, Ranger Stickles Glitter Glue, Marvy Uchida Circle Punch, SU Scalloped Edge Punch & Corner Rounder

CAS40 Hello

Hello! This week Clean & Simple Challenge is a color challenge: To use white with one other color. I chose to work with purple to have another try at the Moxie Fab World Plum Challenge.

Anyways, hope you have a great day and a fun weekend. Thanks for stopping by!

Maile

Hello: (All PTI unless noted)

• Stamps: Beyond Basic Border
• Ink: SU Perfect Plum
• Cardstock: White & SU Perfect Plum
• Accessories: Plum Pudding Satin Ribbon, Purple Hero Arts Rhinestones, Martha Stewart Butterfly Punch, Swiss Dots Embossing Folder, Corner Rounder