Get Well Soon

Here is my take on the card sketch over at Stick it Down as well as the sketch.

Come on over to Stick it Down and join in the fun, who  knows you might be the Guest Designer next month.

Card using Dies

Mini challenges are posted over at Creative Inspiration and my challenge was to use your dies and make multiple layers.

Here is my card I created for the challenge.

Come on over to the forum and have some fun with the challenges.

Happy Father's Day Card

 My turn to share a project over at Chattering Robin's Blog.  I used the beautiful products from The Robin Nest Store to create this Father's Day card.

I love the fact the paper is double sided so it works great to create the collar on the card.

 I used a pop dot behind the collar to make it stand out more.

Of course bow ties are so popular now that this card wouldn't be complete with out one.  Here are the 3 piece to the bow tie and it goes together so fast and easy.

Once your bow tie is finished just add it to your card along with some buttons on the shirt and you will be finished.  If you want you could add a pocket like I did or leave it off.  I used a die to cut out the pocket and put the saying on the front.

I hope you give this card a try.

A fun project that can be used in 3 different ways.

Colleen here with a new project for Whisker Graphics.

With the fact school will be ending soon, this first idea is something you could use with your children or grandchildren.

These are bookmarks that you can make and give as gifts to encourage the children to read.

I made a girly one with curls by winding the twine around toothpicks, spraying lightly with water and clipping them with binder clips and then left them to dry. One of the tan ones I tied knots in the hair. You can just let the children use their imagination on these bookmarks.

I started by picking some of the yummy twine from the Whisker Graphics store, so many choices to pick from. You can see the selection here.

Once you have your twine, you start by winding around your fingers.  The more fingers you use the bigger the hair will be.  I wound mine around 15 times.

Now you cut the twine off and hold it with one hand and push it through the opening of the paperclip.  I suggest you use the big colored paperclips.  

Once you the twine through the paperclip then you can cut the one end and you have your hair. You can then trim it as short as you would like.

Add wiggly eyes and your bookmark is done.

The next project was to use these bookmarks and make a card to send to your favorite book reader. You just add some of your favorite embellishments, add your bookmarks to the front of the card and it is ready to give to a special person.

The final project using the bookmark is for a scrapbook page.

I started the page by layering all the papers I decided to use, inked the edges and adhered them down.

I then added the photos and all the embellishments and the final touch was to add the bookmark for a little whimsy to the page.

 I hope you will take some time and make some of these with your children or grandchildren.  Once you start you want to keep making more and keep trying new ideas.

Thanks for stopping by and don't forget to come back again soon, I love to have visitors.

Lots of fun at the beach

My turn to share a page using products from The Robin's Nest Store.  These papers were so much fun to use.  These are my grandkids having their first experience with Lake Superior which they found out is a very cold lake.

Please check out the Chattering Robin's Blog to see how I created this page.  Don't forget to check out the other beautiful papers and embellishments at The Robin's Nest Store.

Some cards made this weekend

I had so much fun making some cards and layouts this weekend.

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you had some time to play around with your papers this weekend as well.

It's all about the letter

My turn to share something using the beautiful Robin's Nest products and today I picked this fun project of creating a letter for hanging on a wall.

I made this for my beautiful niece to hang in her bedroom.  Please check out the tutorial over at Chattering Robin's Blog.

I hope you will try creating a letter for you or someone special in your life.  Thanks for stopping by.