Woo Hoo!

Yahoo! Another four day weekend! We have Admissions Day off and then we have our furlough day on Monday! I'm also excited because I'm off to Honolulu for some R&R. Family is staying home this time so I'm heading for a fun filled weekend of doing what I like. Anyway, made this card for Island Scrapbooking. Guess I was in a flowery kind of mood. I actually like the colors of this card and hope I remember to use it again. Have some posts already scheduled so hope you check back again this weekend to see what I've been up to. Otherwise catch you later alligator!

Happy Belated Birthday Sara!

Yes, another late card... at least I'm getting them done right??? My niece's birthday was in mid-April. I actually had the card made, but didn't mail it till this week. Hope she likes it. Used her favorite- Hello Kitty on the Double Display card.

Here's what it looks like when its open. I used the new large scallop circle die and cut slits at the scallops to make it look like a daisy.

Supplies:

Hello Kitty- Sizzix

Scallop circle die- Spellbinders

Circle punch- Marvy

Flourish punch- EK success

Paper- My little shoebox

Cardstock- Bazzil

Stickles

March OCS

Hi Everyone! I finally got my act together and made my card for the March OCS. This month I was partnered up with 1 Luvn Mama!!! Its soo cool since she just won my blogaversary candy last month, so I feel like I sort of know her now. Boy can she color! I love her projects.. if you haven't checked out her blog yet, you need to check it out here at Luvn The Journey..

So, here's the card I made for Mama... I am still practicing making the Double Display Card that Brenda posted on her blog. Click here for instructions...

Since my card kept popping open, I decided to add a ribbon to tie it closed.

Here's the card opened up..

And here's Suzy up close...

Supplies:

• Sassy Suzy- TGF
• Markers- Copics
• DP- Doodlebug
• Cardstock- Bazzil
• Labels dies- Spellbinders
• Sentiment- Hero Arts
• Flowers- Prima
• Brads- American Crafts
• Ribbon

Double Display Ruby

Hi Everyone! Thought I'd take another stab at the Double Display card. I think this card is so cool that I wanted to make it again. Because I had some leftover scraps, I decided to make the card using all my scraps. The Label actually tucks under Ruby (The Greeting Farm) so that the card will stay closed. Here's what the card looks like when its opened.

Supplies:

Ruby stamp- The Greeting Farm

DP- Bo Bunny

Cardstock- Bazzil

Happy Birthday stamp- Hero Arts

Dew Drops

Labels die- Spellbinders

Nutshell's Blog Hop and New Releases!

Introducing... Cutie Pie Stamps from Nutshells! These sweeties are appropriately named, don't'cha think? There are six new releases available at the Nutcrafter's website- Birthday Girl Aster, Rae Shopping, Luna Fairy Princess (I previewed earlier this week so scroll down for a peek at her if you missed it), and Ballerina Aster- who I'm featuring today! There are two more cutie pies that are being revealed today- Luna Cupcake and Thankful Rae.

I chose Ballerina Aster because my DD dances Ballet. I was never one to enjoy the ballet, but once I was at the YWCA picking up swimming schedules for my DD and saw a ballet class in session. They were all about 3-4 years old and so adorable! After that, I asked my daughter if she wanted to dance and she was very excited about it! She's been dancing for over a year now and loves it! So you can guess how excited I was when I saw this cute ballerina?

In the above photo, the card is closed... I must admit that I was very excited to try out this new card! Brenda (Punch Queen) featured it on her blog and I was DYING to find out how to make it. She recently posted the instructions.. Thank you Brenda! You can find the instructions here... Its very similar to a Tri shutter card but I think its called a Double Display card.

Here's a close up of Ballerina Aster... isn't she sweet?

Da da da daaaaaaaaaa! Here's what it looks like when you open it! Cool yah? My trademark when making these types of cards is to dangle something from one of the top sections. I chose the ballet slippers that come in the stamp set.

This sentiment also comes with the stamp set- I know.. the slippers are blocking the words...

Here's a better view so you can see what the words say...

These new releases will be available on the Nutcrafter's Website on Monday 2/22/10. As a Guest DT member, I was so excited to be a part of Nutshell's first blog hop! Please check out the other DT member's blogs for more sneek peeks and an opportunity at EVERY stop to win prizes! One random hopper who visits ALL the blogs on the hop (and leaves comments on each blog) will win the entire collection of new Cutie Pie releases! How Awesome is that??? So don't forget to post on everyone's blog!

If you didn't start at beginning- hop on back to Cathy's blog so you can start from the beginning. If you are already in the middle of the hop- your next stop is Jacquie! Give Jacquie and the rest of the DT some love! Now get hoppin!