Thoughts and Prayers

I hope everyone enjoyed their day today.  After a delicious brunch at Copeland's, I was ready for the sofa but decided to stamp instead.  Then I took a nap! Today's post is a masculine card.  I've been doing so many floral cards lately that I felt the need for a "male" card.  I just received this stamp set and decided to play with it instead of sticking it in a… Read More »

Happy Mother’s Day

This card is for my youngest daughter.  As you can see by the previous card (which I made a couple of days ago), the two girls are complete opposites. I want to wish everyone a Happy Mother's Day and hope everyone enjoys this day.  We plan to go out for brunch to Copeland's. I received this from my friend Jane and thought I would share it with you: Mothers Real mothers… Read More »

Happy Mother’s Day!

This is not a Stampin' Up! stamp but I wanted to use it anyway for my daughter Stephanie.  This is the way I remember Stephanie and not the 31 year old she is today.  I guess it's because she is the baby of the family. This is the card I made for my oldest daughter Deena.  As you can see by the style of the cards, they are complete opposites.… Read More »

Fifth Avenue Floral

These flowers are addicting!  I was not one of the first one to buy this set, but after seeing all the beautiful cards everyone else was making, I knew I had to have it!  And I'm not sorry! This time I decided to try watercolor crayons.  I colored the main image in with the Perfect Plum crayon and then blended it in using a blender pen.  So much fun!  The pattern paper is… Read More »

Product Price Guide

I don't know if you are aware that we have a Product Price Guide where you can find products in a specific price range for easy shopping.  It's the perfect place to go to when you are shopping for a gift for a special occasion.  It's broken down into products under $10.00 $25.00 $50.00 $100.00 What's even better that within each price range, it's broken down further into categories such… Read More »

Friends 24-7

I bet you are wondering where I got the gorgeous paper!  It is from the Au Chocolate DSP (retired) that I used yesterday.  The colors are Chocolate Chip and Very Vanilla but I made it into Chcolate Chip and Regal Rose. I used the brayer and Regal Rose Classic ink giving it several coats.  I meant to take a picture of the piece of paper before I added the Regal… Read More »

Friends 24-7

Today was a very easy day for me.  The card on my other blog, Inspirations by Rachel, was made without any stamping.  This card includes some stamping but no coloring!  Yes!!! I love those kind of days. Recipe: Stamp Set: Friends 24-7 Paper:  Very Vanilla, Chocolate Chip, Designer Series Paper Au Chocolate (retired) Ink:  Chocolate Chip Accessories:  Ivory Grosgrain Ribbon, Bigz Frame, Oval Scallop, Sponge, Flower from Michael's, Big Shot… Read More »

Card for my daughter

Today's post includes a Mother's Day card I made for my daughter Deena who lives in California.  One of the bad things about living so far apart is that I don't get to spend very many holidays with her and her family. No stamping on this card – not even for the sentiment!  One of the things I like about computer generated sentiments is that you can personalize it as… Read More »

Cinco de Mayo

Today's card is in celebration of Cinco de Mayo.  I did not have an appropriate SU stamp so I thought I'd used this cute little guy instead (I've had him for a couple of years).  The rest of the post includes the history of Cinco de Mayo and my favorite meal to make on this special occasion – Chicken Mole!  I've also included the recipe. History of Cinco de Mayo While not… Read More »

Designer Series Paper Share!

If you look at all the cards I've made, you will notice that 90% of them have some type of pattern paper on them.  The reason I do this is because I love to make them even more special or to "jazz" them up.  I also use flowers or some type of "bling" embellishment but my favorite is the pattern paper.     Since Stampin' Up! is offering the buy… Read More »