Celebrate Pink and Red

Good Evening,

I wanted to share a couple of Valentine cards that I worked on today. Pink and red, they go together so well. My mom always told me to never wear pink and red togehter, now I wonder why? Just kidding, mom.

The little girl is a digistamp from Digistamp Boutique, from the UK. I colored her in then cut her out;

glued her to a Nesti die called Labels 11 and Papertrey, Simple Valentine paper.

I added pink ribbon, a Valentine pin and crystal effects from Stampin' Up! on the heart for sparkle.

I made eight of these cards and have no idea who I am giving them to...

that won't be too hard to figure out...there are lots of people to love on Valentines Day!

Have a happy Monday tomorrow!

Stay warm....

Hugs,

Nicole

Celebrate Birthdays!

What a beautiful morning! It is just a few degrees below zero, but there isn't any wind which makes it bearable. My sister called this morning and asked me to meet her for coffee at the Coffee Shop downtown- perfect! I love starting my weekend over coffee with a good friend. We talked for a couple of hours before we realized the morning had slipped away from us and we needed to get on with our day.

I was excited to retreat to the art room when I got home to design a couple of birthday cards for my family members. We are celebrating all of the January birthdays at my aunts house tonight, I am looking forward to time with my extended family.

Here are a couple of cards that I am gifting.....

This one is for my cousin, I think she is going to be 15 years old- boy time flies!

I used two Papertrey Ink sets for this card, Polka Dot Basics and Make a Wish.

This one is for my aunt. She likes bling, I like simplicity so together, this is

I came up with. I really like the dress form.

This stamp set is from Papertrey Ink, Signature Series: Dress Form.

This card was made from a stamp set called, Masculine Motifs, from Papertrey Ink.

This card is for my uncle. The background paper is by Stampin' Up!

This little monster was so much fun to work with! I put google eyes

on him, he really is quite scary!!!

This card is for my cousin-once-removed, he just turned one.

This card was inspired by Amy Rohl. I just received Dawn McVey's set, Damask Designs,

by Papertrey Ink. I wasn't sure what to do with it, so I turned to Amy's blog. 

Amy designed a similar card with the same stamp set
so I thought I would alter her idea a bit...and "wha-la" what a beauty!

I love the butterfly on this card, it is so expressive and full of life.
 The background was created with the stamp

set called Polk a Dot Basics, a die called Mat Stack 5
and the Thank you stamp is part of the set called Lilly of the Valley.

All of these products were purchased from Papertrey Ink.

Thanks for stopping by! If I get more stamping time tomorrow, I will post again!

Hugs,

Nicole

Celebrate Duck Tape!

Good morning! I wanted to post a couple of projects as I start my day--I made these cards over the holiday break, so most of them have already been mailed off, reaching the hands of my loved ones as I type. Ady wanted to share a project that she made too...read on....

I made this card with images from the Damask Designs set.
 It is a Dawn McVey design sold online at Papertrey Ink.

I love how simple and elegant it turned out, you could put any sentiment on this card and it would be fitting.



Oh....baby boys. I just love making baby cards.
 I just purchased a couple of new baby stamp sets this winter.
JoAnne Fabrics usually has stamps on sale up to 70% off!
 I try to stop by a JoAnnes once a month to take advantage of their sales.
Baby cards, Sympathy cards, and Thinking of You cards are always nice to have on hand.

I saw this idea on Maylee Belles' blog.
 I created a window through the middle of the larger shape.
I thought it was very creative, an oh so easy to make.
 I like the simplicity of it.

I just love this little digistamp.

This little girl reminds me of my niece, Paige.

She always has her hair in a loose ponytail, such a cute personality.

I used a Tim Holtz stamp set to make this card.
I like the rustic look that this image stamps out.
I am always looking for masculine stamp sets that I like...this card reminds
 me of my uncle that just loved working on his
old station wagon he called "Woody." 

My daughter, Ady, made this bag out of duck tape. She made the pattern out of notebook paper and stuck the duck tape to the paper inside and out to make this bag.  Ady plans on using this bag at the pool this summer. She also made a couple of smaller bags that would be great for her lunch. She made the pattern by herself and it turned out perfect. She is so artistic!

Well that is it for now. I am working on a couple of birthday projects, but I won't be  posting them until I give them away at the end of the month. I plan on stamping a little today in between appointments for my kiddo.

I hope to post more soon! Thanks for stopping by!

Hugs, Nicole

Celebrate COLD Weather!

Greetings Friends!
It was -15 this morning on our way to church! The only thing I could think of was...great, now I can stay in and stamp today. Well, that didn't exactly happen, let's see...I ran August to a friend's house in Farmington and worked for four hours at school, then came home, went on a walk with my neighbor and then I hoped to get a little stamping in after dinner. I guess life does go on in the COLD Minnesota winter, no one can accuse us of being wimps, that's for sure!

I made some cards last weekend and wanted to share them with all of you! I am still toying with the idea of selling them on Etsy...I will keep you posted if I do.

I was so excited to use this set called, Larger Than Life. Tim purchased it for my birthday, needless to say I was so happy- a new flower set! I just received the die cut that goes along with it so I won't have to cut all of the flowers out anymore. The die cut in the background is also from Papertrey, I used the Wood grain dry embossing template for texture, then distressed all of the edges with Tim Holtz tea dye Distress Ink.

This is one of my favorite Christmas thank you cards. I used a PTI set called, Peace Be Still, by Heather Nichols. Heather is from Duluth, she is a Papertry Ink Designer. The die cut is from the Mat Stack 1 Collection along with the stamp.

 

 My sister, Heather, asked for some birthday cards for her girls to give away to their friends this year. For this card I used a Pure Innocent girl, she is a digistamp. I used PTI bingo card stamp and Cosmo Cricket paper. I put "bling" on her crown and tied it off with some red and white twine.

I do have more to share....I will post more later this week.

Keep warm, thanks for stopping by.

Hugs,

Nicole