Well, what do you think? We may tweak it a bit, but for the most part this is it. I just love the colors and flowers. All of the hard word was done by Sara Williams and I can't thank her enough. Sara worked hard to make sure that I had just the look I wanted. Sara also designed the amazing banner/headers on Amy Westerman's blog, Heartfelt Greetings. I am so happy that I have had 2500 hits. I will be posting a pic of the blog confections that you will have a chance to win in a couple of hours. Stay tuned! {hugs to all} Melissa
A few months ago I participated in a Shoebox swap at my lss. You can see the card I made here. Mine is the snowflake card. I had some extra kits and decided to see what I could come up with. The first card is the same layout, but I used one of my new favorite flower stamps from My Favorite Things Boho Blossoms set. I cased (copy and share everything) this layout from a card I saw on SCS, but have been through my files and can't find the original creation. If you recognize this layout as yours, please let me know so that I can give you proper credit.
For the next card I used this adorable snowman stamp from Printworks. It is #G3611 and called Love in Your Heart. Isn't he the cutest? The stamp says "the love in your heart wasn't put there to stay, love isn't love til it's given away"
So I've been at this blog thing for a year now and it has taken forever to get over 2000 hits! I think I will put some yummy confections together and offer them up when I get to 2500 hits! Tell all of your friends to stop by for a peek into my world. Help me get there quick! :) Hugs to all..............
Here are a few pictures of the pretty snow we got on Thursday. It is still all around and on the ground, but the driveway is clear now and so much easier to get up. Eventhough I have 4WD in my Yukon, I have only had 4WD 101 according to my son. He says "basically, Mom you know how to push the button to make it go into 4WD." Man talk about gettin' shut down by a 16 year old! Oh well, on with the show.
from my new camera. I am still learning how to use it and need to read the book completely and figure out all of the things I can do with it. (I really need to learn this before I go to CHA). These are the cards for my upcoming class. One of my new favorite stamp sets is Boho Blossoms from My Favorite Things and you can get them here. On this first card I embossed the flower in detail gold powder directly onto the print paper. This paper has a shimmer to it and it is gorgeous. The base card is brown shimmer cardstock and the print papers are from SEI. I embellished with some pale pink dew drops. It is hard 
to tell, but the shear ribbon has a little gold edge. Here is a close up of the flower/dew drops. The next card uses the open heart image from the set and I used World Win cardstock for the base and K & Co. Smitten paper for the
background. I used Pink VersaColor ink for the flower and embossed with clear EP. I flower is stamped on cream glossy cardstock as I thought it really went great with the print on the paper. Now, this last card is my oh so favorite! I stamped the solid flower image with Black Brilliance ink and embossed with black EP. The base card is Bazzill Black cardstock and the print papers are from K & Co.'s Mira collection. I used Adirondack Mountain Rose ink to stamp the little design directly onto the print paper. The solid cardstock is from World Win and the color is called Geranium. It goes perfectly with the print
paper. I embellished with some brads and a little yellow rhinestone in the center of the flower for some extra bling. Well, I am off to work (we're doing inventory) for the evening. I hope to upload a few more cards tomorrow.
Hugs to all!
I ordered my camera from Website A and should have known the price was too good to be true. A rep from Website A called and asked if I wanted to upgrade the battery, I said no. Then he asked me if I wanted to upgrade to the US version of the camera! It appears the price I saw on the U.S. website is for a Canon camera to be sold to the Asian market. So for an additional $99.00 I could have an instruction manuel in English! A warranty was going to be another fee. I proceeded to cancel the order and go to the trusty Costco website and order the camera. So, I won't be getting the table top tripod, but I will be getting a bonus 2gb memory card. The memory card is worth much more to me anyway and Costco has a 90 day return policy on cameras. The good news is, according to UPS tracking, my camera will be here tomorrow! I did work on a few cards on Sunday. I used left-over kits from the last Shoebox swap and created some different cards with them. That was kinda fun and challenging at the same time. Hugs to all!
Translation: Blog Expert I have received some nice comments and a few questions and when I try to reply to people the e-mails are returned as undeliverable. This is maddening. What is more maddening is how little I really know about this blogging stuff! Can someone please tell me how to fix this? Pretty please?
I hope everyone's new year has not been as busy as mine. I wish the best for all of you and your families too! Okay, so I got a message from a "friend" from long ago telling me that I need to post something already! I have been so busy at work (both jobs) and haven't had a full day off in a week and not sure when the next full day off will be. I finished my samples for my Lotsa Layers class a few days ago using the BoHo Blossoms set from My Favorite Things. I work 12:30-4:30 today, so I will take some pictures and post them this evening. I just love this stamp set and the "new" papers I used to create the cards. Stay tuned!
