Happy Thursday all.....

I was able to get pics taken of some of my most recent projects and had some time in the Crop Cave today. Very little time but I managed to finish two cards and gather my 10 cards for a birthday swap. Thanks to hubby for taking pics for me today...

This was Easter of this year

We made some cookie angels

This is a card made by my friend Erin as a get well to me

Here is a Stampin' Up card front we made at our July Club

Here is a great gift card holder we made. This was fun

A great blog hop win from Lynne of 

http://slasewcraftiness.blogspot.com/

I just love all these fun projects and look forward to sharing more. Until next time...

Some challenge cards.....

We got some movie time in this weekend and that meant time in the Crop Cave for awhile. I have to say that I had a lot of firsts this weekend. I finally got to use my new Sew Easy, a new stamp sets and new sizes of cards that I have never used. I plan on entering these in the M.A.G. Challenge #29, the Made It Myself Monday's Challenge and the Stampin' Sisters in Christ Challenge. Here is what I came up with:

M.A.G Challenge #29: Gypsy Wanderings Page 68


These two cards use a new stamp that I bought with my 55% off AC Moore coupon! It was inspired by Stacy's Creative Corner card found HERE.


This card is being entered in the Stampin' Sisters in Christ challenge. The criteria is as follows: "Use something new on your project - it can be a new product, technique, embellishment - even a colour combo that is new for you - show us what you got!!". I had never used my Sew Easy before and I have never made a tall card before either! So this qualifies on two fronts :)

Here are some other cards that I made this weekend also:

This card was inspired by The Daily Scrapper. I made some changes to this and am thankful to my friend Erin from Comfy on My Cloud for lending me the Preserves cartridge to make this card. I have an idea for little notecards too using this cartridge.

This card was also a product of Erin's generosity. This Belle sticker came from my goodie bag that Erin gave me from the Scrapbook Expo here in Jersey. The card was in a pack I got from Michaels that I ran through my Cuttlebug.

I have some other challenges and cards that I want to make as well. That is in between job searching :) Until next time....

Stampin' Up May Card Front Swap

As promised, I wanted to share the card fronts I received in the swap. Since this is my 3rd post in one day (whew!) it will be a short one. Thanks to Erin (Comfy on My Cloud), Julie (Stampin' Up) and Jean for these wonderful card fronts:

We will be doing another card front swap in June. Until next time.....

Oh how I love my life....

I truly have a wonderful life (no I am not George Bailey ). There are so many blessings in disguise for me. I have a wonderful family who loves me (teens included I hope ). I have talents I have been blessed with. Happiness is a great part of life. Now to work on the good health part (I am so close to my first weight loss goal I can smell it). I also have been the winner of some Blog Candy recently. I want to send a personal thanks to the following bloggers for their generousity:


Heartstrings Designs: http://heartstring-designs.blogspot.com/
$10 gift certificate to Paper Patch Crafts. I received the Echo Park Summer Days paper pack and Maya Road fabric flowers. I cannot wait to head downstairs and play with these!


The Scrapaholic: http://thescrapoholic.blogspot.com/
I will be getting some Close to My Heart Pearls. I love BLING! :)


And last but not least :::drum roll please::::


Erin Lee Creative: http://www.erinleecreative.com/
A 3 month Cricut Circle membership! I almost fell off the bed when I read that I won. It has come at the perfect time when I have more creative time. Now I am praying for the means to extend it after 3 months


I also have to give a shout out to a great friend of mine. Erin at Comfy on my Cloud is my Scrapbook Expo buddy. Well, this year I had surgery the day she was going. She was so wonderful that she made this amazing "Get Well" goodie bag for me (see it here). I have met the most amazing people through papercrafting and love my local gals, Julie, Nicole and Jean. 


For now I wish you all much health, happiness and prosperity. May you feel as blessed as I do. Until next time....

It has been a Scrappingly good two weekends.....

I have to say that it has been a crafty good time here in NJ! I have had two weekends with my favorite Stampin' Up friend Julie (Stampin Up Demonstrator: Julie Kudish) and have made some pretty awesome things (if I do say so myself). In addition to that, I had craft time with our niece Vanessa. She will be turning 4 and loved making cards with Aunt Susan. Here are some pics I wanted to share with you: 

This is a shaker card made with actual  sand

I just could not resist taking a bite

Here we are hard at work

This was the first layout I have EVER made without having pics already printed

 The next day, I went to the dollar store with my sister in law and my niece in law. We saw this damaged saying and Julie turned to me and said, "You good make something prettier!" Well here is what I came up with.....

 Today I went to a stamping up party for one of the gals in our monthly stamping group. This is the projects we made (card was put together by my dear friend Erin (Comfy on My Cloud):

Very looooonnnggg bookmark

Love this card!

Well as they say in Looney Tunes, "That's all folks...." Until next time....

Happy Scrappin'

Sue

I may not be a Superhero but I know how to mask

I promised a little creativity this weekend and I will not disappoint. On Saturday, we had our monthly Stampin Up card workshop. Our friend and teacher, Julie, decided to teach us a masking technique (Read about Masking here). We had tried this before with a two step flower stamp but she gave us all new ideas with the Butterfly Prints stamp set (http://www.stampinup.com/ECWeb/ProductDetails.aspx?productID=120738). Here is a duplicate of the card that she showed us:

This card used three new colors from Stampin Up (Stampin Up Brights Ink Pads, SU Brights designer buttons (these are AWESOME!) and Versamark for that tone on tone look. Then Julie let us loose to come up with our own designs. Well I came up with these other cards using the masking technique:

The tie dye looking card was done with a sponging technique and the same ink pads used to stamp the butterflies in card #1. I ended up with the green when I had to cover a slight booboo.

The yellow card was made the new color, the SU brayer (http://www.stampinup.com/ECWeb/ProductDetails.aspx?productID=102395), and I used the Decorative Label punch (see it here) to make the mask. The sentiment is from the butterfly stamp set mentioned above. I think this stamp set has a lot of options and can make some wonderful cards. 

You can leave a comment if you have any questions on how to make these cards. I may have to get a brayer to try some other techniques with it. I was seriously hoping that my friend Erin from Comfy on My Cloud (Stop by and show her some blog love) would have posted hers but she must be swamped with her current work project. Well, I am feeling under the weather today, so I am going to end here. Until next time........

Happy Scrappin'

Sue

I am now a Stylish Blogger :)

Thanks to my new found friend Ellen (not to be confused with Erin my other friend), I received a Stylish Blogger award. Here is is:

I am convinced that Ellen and I are twins separated by birth. We have many parallels and I have had a great time getting to know her. The best is that she lives less than an hr away and we are going to have to meet for a shopping venture soon . 

The requirements of this award is for me to link back to the wonderful person who gave me this award, share 8 things about me, and to award this to 8 other talented bloggers, So with no further ado:

You can find the most uber talented Ellen's blog here:

Card Monkey

Eight facts about me:

1. I am married to my soulmate, Alex, who I am blessed to be with. This is the my second time around and this is for keeps.
2. I work in the mortgage industry but my heart is in it to teach. I teach Sunday School now.
3. I am a grandmother of an (almost) 2 year old, Elijah. He is so cute and I am sad he lives far away
4. I have only been making cards for a little less than 3 years and scrapbooking for almost that long.
5. I also make beaded jewelry, paint with acrylics, quilt, and cross stitch also
6. I won the science spelling bee in elementary school
7. I also sing. If I had the confidence when I was younger I would have had tried out for musicals
8. I have a book in progress as well. Not sure if it will ever be published but it is a creative outlet

And now onto the 8 talented bloggers that I can share this award with (in no particular order):

1. Jenny K Scrappin Addict
2. Cardstock and Coffee
3. Comfy on my Cloud
4. More than Favors
5. Mr Cricut Crazy
6. Our 2 Angels in Heavan
7. ScrapGuy's Papercrafting Adventure
8. ScrappyZeni

Thanks again Ellen for this award. I truly appreciate it :) Until next time.....

Happy Scrappin'

Sue