Queen of the Crop

Good morning.  I thought I would make a random post today re: the baby cards that I have been making for church.  In one of my Red Carpet Studio posts, I believe that I mentioned that I volunteered to make cards for the babies, sympathy, get well, etc.  Whatever was needed, I said that I either have on hand, or will make.  There has been a flurry of births this past year, & on Sunday (the 1 year anniversary of the church start), they presented each of the babies born in the past year with a cross, & one of my cards.  I had put the church logo on the back, & a scripture inside, & Pastor Gary signed the cards.  You have seen the bear cards that I made for RCS, so here are a few more that I made for some of the other babies:   What is fun about these cards, is that I had bought a daily calendar from Five Below when we were still in PA.  I came across it recently, & what the calendar was to be used for was a scrpbook p...

Hello there!  How are you?  What is new & exciting in blogland?  If you can believe this, I am still trying to get caught up from the holidays.  My list just never seems to get quite complete.  But in the mean time, I did get to use another Nuts About Sketches sketch.  Fabulous as always. Here is what I came up with: Again, I can't recall the manufacturer of the paper line, (I really need to start writing these things down!).  The base is blue cardstock, then I used multiple strips of patterned paper from a kit I had. I used my circle cutter to cut out multiple circles, & a big half circle w/ the stripes.  I used ribbon, thickers, & basic grey fabric brads to embelli.  The pictures are of Emma at 11 months old.  My sister had bought her her first pair of boots & made her a hat. Of course we put them on her right away.  She didn't quite know what to make of the boots, & the hat made her ears stick straight...

Happy Sunday!  Today Red Carpet Studio has a new challenge for you.  If you so choose, your challenge is to create a card using the movie "Ted" as your theme.  Create a card with an image of a bear on it.  Easy enough, rig ht?   The sponsor of this challenge is: Th e winner of this weeks challenge will receive their choice of 3 digital images (including sets) from Squigglefly .  That is an incredible prize!!  So, what are you waiting for?  Head over to Red Carpet Studio now & submit your entry.  We can't wait to see what you create!    Squigglefly supplied the card design team bear images to use for this weeks challenge.  As you know, because I have told you many times before, I am stamp challenged, especially digital stamps.  Well, I went out & bought several sets of Tombow markers, & let's just say, I think that RCS has created a monster in me!!  I have become quite addicted to digit...

Welcome to Day 1 of the Love is in the Air Blog Hop, brought to you by the card design team from Red Carpet Studio ! This weekend the Red Carpet Studio design team would like to share with you love-themed projects to inspire you during this Valentine's Day season. Throughout the hop you'll see a variety of projects and we hope one or more of these wonderful creations inspire you to create. :) If you've come from Tonya' s blog,  you're in the right place. If you'd like to start at the beginning of the hop, please visit Red Carpet Studio .    For t oday's hop I made a card:   I used paper from the January Memory Works kit, along with the red ribbon & stick pins (which are also in that same kit).  I had some random ribbon, which I used to embellish my card, the twisted the ribbon to make my flower.  Have you ever used a Glubber?  It is the biggest glue dot that you ever did see!  I used it for the first time for this car...

Hello!  How are you this fine day?  I hope that you are as wonderful as ever.  It is a new week, time to start fresh, & have a splendid week. Today a new sketch was posted at Nuts About Sketches .  As usual, it was so much fun to work with.  Here is what I created with it:   I honestly forget the paper line that I used, but it sure is pretty.  I just love the bright colors.  I was able to cut around one of the flowers in the patterned paper, & slide my picture/mat under it to make it pop a bit.  I found some really cool maroon, soft flowers in my stash, that have this cool stitching on it.  Not quite sure where they came from, but they are cool.  I had gotten the leaf ribbon at CK Convention this year, & it came in handy for this sketch.   The picture is of Tony & Emma, way back in 2006.  This was a regular occurrence for them.  Every night, Tony would come home from work, we would have d...

Happy Monday.  Don't I say that every Monday?  Well, I hope that you are having a good start to your week.  My weekend was jam packed with undecorating from Christmas, crafting, & spending time with some great friends watching football.  The best kind of weekends, productive & fun!  Shawn has posted a new sketch & Nuts About Sketches today.  It is a double page layout this time, which have become a challenge to me lately.  I'm not sure why, but they are.  But as usual, they are always fun to work with.  Here is what I created with the most recent sketch: I used Basic Grey paper, & fussy cut the circles.  I also used Glossy Accents on my letters to make them pop.  I love that stuff.  What I really like about this sketch is that it allowed you to get a lot of picture on one layout.  It actually called for more, but I didn't have as many as she wanted us to use.  The pictures are of the girls at...

Happy Sunday!  How are you all today?  I hope that you are having a glorious weekend.  I know that we are having a productive, yet fun weekend here.  I know that I got some scrappy time in this weekend, so it was especially happy for me. Today at Red Carpet Studio , a new challenge is posted.    "The Butterfly Effect" - In which you are to create a card with a butterfly on it.  The challenge is sponsored by     Floppy Latte Digital Designs - Once you create your card with a butterfly on it, & submit it via the link at RCS , if your creation is chosen, you could win a  $10 gift certificate at Floppy Latte Digital Designs .  So be sure to head right on over to RCS & submit your card for this awesome prize.   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------   As you know, I am stamp challenged, & certainly digital stamp challenged.  However...

Good morning!  Can you believe that it is January 7th already?!  Holy smokes, we are in the year 2013!  And before you know it, I will be making a post & saying the same thing one year from now about 2014!  It just seems that as I get older, the years go by so much faster.  I hope that you are well this fine day & that the new year is treating you good.  We are either on our way back from Disney, or just got back, so I can't wait to fill you in on all the fun that we had!!!   Today, sketch #247 has been revealed at Nuts About Sketches .  Shawn posted another outstanding one, that's for sure!   I'm not sure if I ever mentioned to you or not, but I have an ongoing album that I do for my parents, & every so often I will create pages to add to their album.  This one I did for my father's album, & gave it to him for Christmas. This is my mom & dad with my girls on Easter in 2010.  Don't my parents look...