Cards

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Sparkly Dahlia

Hey there!
We have made it to Wednesday! Super excited, one more day til my weekend begins! Tomorrow I’m getting off work early to go to a concert. Yup, another one! :) This one has SEVEN groups and it’s only $10! SCORE! What a great way to kick of the weekend!
Today I’m bringing you my first Mother’s Day card of the year. Hope you aren’t sick of seeing Delightful Dahlia- I just can’t get enough! This time around I went with shades of pink and then added some sparkly extra fine glitter. In person it looks stunning! Have I told you how I have a love/ hate relationship with glitter? I absolutely love the look and how it completes a card- hate how I always end up with lots of it on my face! LOL
Well it’s time for this girl to head to bed. Thanks for stopping by!
Stamps: Delightful Dahlia, Polka Dot Basics, Background Basics: Retro
Paper: White, Brown Kraft, Dark Chocolate
Ink: Vintage Sepia, Tea Dye Duo
Other: Quickie Glue Pen, Extra Fine glitter, hot pink rhinestones, Delightful Dahlia dies
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Sweet Congratulations

Hi blog friends!
Yup, I’m posting another card using Melon Berry! :) I don’t know why I waited so long to buy this color! I’m really liking how different it is and the endless color combinations you can use with it. This color combo is a lot more muted and subtle than my usual cards, but I love it!
I recently went to my LSS and bought this amazing satin ribbon. Isn’t it utterly delicious? I don’t own any other ribbons in this width so this is a big change for me. Have you noticed that I’m going outside my “comfort zone” and trying new things? I even broke out a new (to me) stamp for this one! I think she’s a super cute pregnant woman. :)
Thanks to those who left me comments on my last post. I *do* like to post regularly, but I didn’t know if you all like that. I know that I love it when my favorite bloggers post, but I wanted to make sure you all actually like hearing from me.
Thanks for stopping by! Hope you were inspired!

Stamps: Small Solid Circle, Mom-to-Be Mimi, Stitched Border, Delightful Dahlia
Paper: Cream, Brown Kraft, Melon Berry, Bitty Box Basics, Bitty Dots Basics
Ink: Vintage Sepia, Tea Dye Duo
Other: Chocolate Brown satin ribbon, button, twine, Labels 4 Spellbinder dies, moss rhinestones
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Delightful Dahlia

Sunday greetings!
I just returned from church, which was awesome. I went to the dedication service for a local service and they brought in Matthew West and John K. Jenkins Sr. It was quite a service. Tonight Matthew will be having a concert- yippee! I’ve had the privilege of seeing him in concert twice before and afterwards got to do some pics and talk with him. A great guy who is really down to earth and truly loves the Lord. Super stoked that he came back to Washington!
Today I have a cheery card featuring one of the brand new PTI stamp sets. I just got my order which was FILLED with lots of fun stuff. I bought three colors of felt so I’m going to have to try those out in the near future. :) Have you ever used felt on a card? I’m a little scared but also excited since I’ve seen some cute creations using it. This card screams fresh to me. Love the aqua mist and spring moss together!
I hope you’ve had a great weekend. Love seeing those of you who have done my sketch at the DeNami Design blog. Can’t wait to see more!

Stamps: Delightful Dahlia, Polka Dot Basics

Paper: White, Brown Kraft, Spring Moss, Aqua Mist
Ink: Vintage Sepia, Onyx Black, Tea Dye Duo
Other: Aqua Mist grosgrain ribbon, button, twine, Cricut Expression, Plantin Schoolbook Cartridge, Delightful Dahlia dies, rickrack die
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DeNami Sketch Challenge- #1

Hey there!
I’m super excited to say that I designed my first sketch over at the DeNami Design blog! In case you missed the news, they are hosting two challenges a month- one on the 5th, the other on the 20th. They will range from color challenges to sketches, themes or certain products. Oh yes, and let’s not forget there are fabulous prizes each time too! This time around they have an assortment of stamps and some amazing glitters- it values at over $50! So easy to play along too…all you need to do is create a card based off the sketch and use at least one DeNami stamp!
For this card I decided to go outside my comfort zone and use just black, red and white. Rarely will you see a card from me without some sort of pink, green or aqua on it. However, lately I have been trying to “expand my horizons” and test my creativity. Did you notice the shiny ladybugs? I used Crystal Lacquer which dries to be raised and shiny. I don’t use it often since I’m impatient for it to dry, but there are some times where it really completes a card.
I would love to see you play along with my sketch! I purposely designed it to be super simple so there aren’t any excuses not to play! ;) Get stamping, friends! There are 10 days to play and you can enter more than one card (just be sure to create them in separate blog posts!).

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Color Cue Challenge- #2

I know, I know, you all are sick of me mentioning how much I love Funky Foliage. However, I really do and I can’t stop saying it! Another reason I probably love it so much is because the owner/ designer is such a great person and I like supporting people like that! When Dawn posted a new Color Cue Challenge on her blog, I just had to play along. (I honestly think I’m Dawn’s biggest fan….I love love love when she does new blog posts!)
For this challenge we were to use White, Teal, Light Yellow and Bright Pink. Well, being the “rebel” that I am, I had to use brown- I didn’t think black ink looked right with this card. If you follow my blog, you know that I love using my scraps of paper and I’ve been known to create cards like this many times. (You can find some here and here and here and here) I just love the way all the different prints and colors look together! For the scalloped rectangle I used some decorative scissors- yup, I did that by hand! I really need to get the Spellbinder dies…..it’d be so much easier and also even! LOL
Since I already posted today, I’m going to keep this short. Be sure to check out my blog tomorrow. I’ll have my card based off of the sketch I designed for the DeNami Design blog!
Thanks for stopping by (again). Have a great rest of the night!
Stamps: Small Solid Circle, Funky Foliage (WPlus9), Dots Background
Paper: White, Lemon Tart, Raspberry Fizz, Bitty Box Basics
Ink: Vintage Sepia, Ocean Tides, Raspberry Fizz, Tea Dye Duo, yellow
Other: decorative scallop scissors
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Poppy Seed Challenge- #2

Hi there!
It’s a beautiful day in Washington. The sun is shining and the whole weekend is before us. Really looking forward to resting up after my crazy work week. Today I’m spending time with my sister, which will be fun. We’re going to see Bounty Hunter- the movie with Gerard Butler and Jennifer Aniston. It looks like a good one!
Today I have a quick and easy card for Lisa’s Poppy Seed Challenge. This time around we were to use spring moss, buttons and polka dots. Usually it’s not too difficult for me to come up with a card with these elements but this time it was a toughy. My mom is doing a show this weekend so she had to take almost all the markers, a majority of the stamps and all of the scallop paper punches. For some reason my brain froze since I knew I couldn’t use these items. This card isn’t horrible, but it’s definitely not my best work. Hopefully I’ll have time to create another card for this challenge!
In closing I wanted to let you know that I *finally* updated my Items for Sale page- I’d love for you to check it out!
Thanks for stopping by! Hope you were inspired!
Stamps: Small Daisy Blossom, Large Daisy Blossom, Signature Greetings, Polka Dot Basics
Paper: White, Dark Chocolate, Spring Moss, Summer Sunrise, Aqua Mist
Ink: Vintage Sepia, Spring Moss, Tea Dye Duo
Other: assorted buttons, corner rounder
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2 Sketches 4 You- Kazan’s Sketch #48

Hey, it’s me again. Boy am I glad that tomorrow is my last work day of the week. It’s been a LONG week and I’m in dire need of some rest. Lots of exciting things happenin’ at work, which of course, leads to lots of planning and paperwork. At least most of it is fun stuff!
Tonight I have a card to share that was based off of Kazan’s sketch over at 2 Sketches 4 You. This card is a lot more busy than usual, but I still like how it turned out. Can you tell that I’m digging turquoise lately? Seems like I just can’t get enough! Paired up some very “non-Paulina” colors for this one but I think it all goes together nicely. What are your thoughts?
It’s getting late and I need to rest up. Thanks for stopping by!
Stamps: Teeny Swiss Dot, Background Basics: Tin Types, Baby Button Bits, Signature Greetings, Fillable Frames #1
Paper: White, Lime, Summer Sunrise, Lemon Tart
Other: fillable frames die, orange rhinestones, Turquoise grosgrain ribbon, EK Success scallop border punch

Easter Eggs Galore

Hey there!

I hope your week has been going well- just two days until the weekend! My work week has been ridiculously busy….can’t wait until I can relax a bit.
Over at the DeNami blog, we’re doing our first Product Spotlight. This month I chose to showcase the fabulous Easter Eggs since Easter is right around the corner and I was dying to play with these eggs again. ;) Instead of the traditional pastel Easter eggs, I decided to liven things up and go bright. These colors make me so happy! One of my new favorite stamps is the Stitched Border– doesn’t it make a great background?
I know I posted a card similar to this one recently, but I wanted to bring it back again for this post. You all know I’m a huge fan of polka dots so I couldn’t resist adding a few with the baskets. ;) I think it freshens it up and also adds a little more color.
Are you ready for Easter? Do you have any traditions? This year I’m planning on decorating eggs for the very first time- it’s going to be so much fun! Any decorating pros have tips? I have NO clue how to do any of it, so I’ll take any tips you have to share!
Have a great day, friends! Hope you were inspired!
{Happy Easter Eggs card supplies}
Ink: Vintage Sepia, Lime, Tea Dye Duo
Other: Labels 4 Spellbinder dies, Ivory grosgrain ribbon, Quickie Glue Pen, Extra Fine glitter
{Easter Eggs Trio card supplies}
Other: 3″ Marvy scallop oval punch, Hot Pink grosgrain ribbon, Quickie Glue Pen, Blue Ice glitter
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St. Patrick’s Day

I know it’s not actually St. Patrick’s Day, but I have another card scheduled for tomorrow so I thought I’d share my SPD card today! If you have seen a picture of me, you know that I am FAR from Irish. ;) Even though I don’t have a speck of Irish in me, I still wanted to create a “green” card. I’m very much a girly girl so it was fun to play with a more neutral color palette.

This week I’ll have two posts with some fun DeNami products. Right now we are having a design team call, so if you’re looking to be part of a DT, this one is a great one! First of all, you get to work with fab products. Secondly, you get to work with me! LOL If you are interested, you can find the details here.


I have lots of things that I want to do this week- one of them being to that video I have been promising! It seems like anytime I get some free time, something comes up. I haven’t forgotten, blog friends! I will get to it eventually!

Stamps: St. Patrick’s Day (Studio G), Background Basics: Tin Types
Paper: White, Brown Kraft, Ripe Avocado, Spring Moss
Ink: Spring Moss, Ripe Avocado, Tea Dye Duo
Other: Marvy 2″ scallop circle punch, green rhinestones, Ripe Avocado grosgrain ribbon, button, twine

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Super Exciting

Happy Saturday! I hope you all have some fun plans for the weekend. Today I had an intense training session with my trainer, went to breakfast with my siblings and tonight we’re celebrating my sisters 21st birthday. I’m hoping to get some stamping done before a publication call ends…..lots of fun stuff planned!

Oh, I am so excited about this post. Lots of fun stuff in this one! Today I have a super fun card featuring a new stamp I bought by Memory Box. Isn’t that polka dot trunk cute? I had fun coloring those little birds and the leaves. After I finished the card looked like it need something so I added some “nests”. I have had these burlap bags for a while and never used them. Isn’t it cute?? I thought it was pretty genius. ;)


Okay, so moving on to my super exciting news…..I am going to be published in CARDS magazine! When I got the email I literally screamed. (My little brother even came upstairs to see if I was okay!) As most of you know, being published was one of my goals this year- I didn’t dream it would happen so quickly! The issue will be released in August- can’t wait for you all to see! To me, CARDS is THE magazine to be in. The best of the best are featured there. I feel so incredibly honored and blessed to be a part of it.

Thanks for stopping by! Hope you were inspired!