I'm Back!!

Ok I know it's been a while! I have been busy packing and unpacking and repacking again! No we didn't move unfortunately! However we went to Mexico and just got back from Myrtle Beach! The beach was fun! The kids had a blast but now I need a vacation from the vacation! It is a lot of work for a family of 5 to go on vacation!

My goal today was to see some of my paper crafting peeps! I got my order from SU! and stopped by Capture A Memory and seen the lovely ladies there! Zach got to see them again too! Yes he likes going in there... ok not as much as he use to but he loves Pat! Pat loves Zachary! Its so cute!

So Now I am back! I made a card! Its not my greatest creation but I am playing around and wanted a simple 5 minute card! this took longer than that since I can't ever decide... but here it is. I used the Fifth Avenue Floral embossing folder by Sizzix made exclusively for Stampin Up! I then used versa mark on the raised flowers and chalked them with grey and black Stampin Up Pastels chalks. I added a little ribbon and used fundamental phrases to add LOVE and FOREVER to the top. Incase your wondering the grey paper is basic grey from Stampin Up. I LOVE LOVE LOVE this grey!

Promise more to come! I am trying to get reaquainted with my supplies and will start putting more creations up soon! Does this look squatty to you? The card is 5.5 x 4.25 .... looks squished!

i know this is not proper english... its just my words! =)

Best Wishes!

I made this card for a swap from my upline. The group is called where the rubber hits the road! I thought that was neat! Anyway.... I used pink pirouette, black, and whisper white! I love these colors together. Its one of my favorite color combos! The theme for the swap was spring, weddings, showers, etc. So I chose the butterfly and leaf stamp from the set called Forever friend and the Best Wishes came from Oval All. I love the new scalloped oval punch and this stamp set works perfectly with it and the medium oval. I used Stazon black because I like how dark the black is! For a little added embelishment I tucked folded ribbon pieces under the oval and put dazzling diamonds glitter in the open areas on the butterflies! This picture is not that great at showing how well the butterflies and glitter look! It was a cloudy/rainy day when I took the picture =(

TFL!
Nicole

Sweet and simple!

This is a card I CASEd from Crystal... We got together to stamp and I basically rummaged through her swaps to find the ones I wanted to have in my basket! Ironically most of them were ones she created! It was a 4 x 4 sized card and I just made it a little bigger and left off a stamp inside the scallop! I really like this simple stamp set. Its called sweet stems of course by SU! I used pink pirouette, baja breeze, and kraft cardstock. Watercolored the flower using aqua painter and ink pad.... and that was that! Pretty easy when someone else did the difficult part! Thanks Crystal!!

TFL!
Nicole

Which way is up???

It's been crazy busy around our home! Soccer season is in full mode... however it's year round so it is just getting crazy since we are back to our normal outdoor season. Two game a weekend end and practice four days a week! Sometimes I wonder which end is up! I keep thinking something has gotta give! So I am doing some thinking as to what changed we should make as a family to include everyone! Not just soccer! Being a parent is not always fun... making tough decisions is hard!

So this card really seems to sum up a lot! Which end is up? Which way does it look best! I can't decide but it bugs me that the flower is upside down in a couple of the views... which is just how the embossing folder puts it. You can leave me a comment to say which view you prefer!

I am thinking about adding a little dazzling versa mark to the embossed flower.... just to add a little something! I used the embossing folder from SU, Fifth Avenue Floral stamp set, rose red, riding hood red ribbon, and black cardstock. Pretty simple yet elegant card!

TFL!

Nicole

More technical difficulties!

I appologize if you come to check out my blog and see a white screen! I am trying to redo this blog with an amazine template I bought. However it simply is not working for me!! I hope to have it up and running today.... wish me luck. HTML is giving me fits!!

Stay tuned... I have more cards coming!

TFL
Nicole