Happy Memorial Day!!

An extra day in our weekend, the distinct smell of grilling burgers, and

most importantly, remembering that our freedom is a gift from so many

who serve and give their own lives to make America a place of freedom.

My personal thank you to so many who give so much:

God Bless you and your families for the loving, giving sacrifices

you make every single day!

There are also more patriotic tribute projects up over on the blog
at Practical Scrappers today.

Cupcake Cafe'.....

It's my day over at The Rubber Cafe' today!  I'm a huge mini album

fan, love making them, and this one mixed in a lot of fun different elements!

You can pop over and see all the fun details and up close

pics over at The Rubber Cafe' Blog (HERE).

And if you haven't checked them out, Genuinely Jane Studios

makes the cute wooden cupcake mini album (and so many

others) and UmWow Studios makes the cute layered star

chipboard pieces (and yep, you guessed it....so many others!)

Thanks for stopping by today!!

White Out....

Yes, if you frequent my blog....you know I am a fussy crafter

....love layers, love embellishments....but for this card, I broke

tradition and REALLY stepped out of that comfort zone....
for this card using the Reverse Confetti Happy Harbor set....
there is an awful lot of white space on this card!

Ok, I think I'm kinda liking this style....it's sure quick and
easy to pop out a card!....lol!  I usually fuss for a while!

Here is a close up...so you can see the embossing...reminds
me of patent leather....very nautical!!

Got some other things in the works, but we'll see when
I can get them posted (like my giveaway...no I haven't
forgotten!).  So what are you working on lately?  Leave
a comment, and I'd love to stop by your blog too, and
take a peek and say hi!

Supplies Used:

Stamps:  Reverse Confetti - Happy Harbor

Paper:  The Rubber Cafe' - Pugnacious Paper - white; Recollections cardstock

Ink: Distress Ink - Festive Berries; Versamark

Embellishment: Twinery Twine - Maraschino; WOW embossing powder-white

Anchors Aweigh!!

It's more Reverse Confetti fun, love these stamps...they fit right in 

the nautical trend happening now!  I went with a clean and simple 

style with these two cards, not my comfort zone at all, but decided

to give it a go, and came up with this card:

Ok, it did have a little embellishment on there...lol, but just

wait....tomorrow I will have a SUPER Clean and Simple card!!

Thanks for stopping by today.....setting sail for more fun

soon, but off to link my card up over at Reverse Confetti
for their Fetti' Finds, but more fun projects and an
announcement coming.....check back again soon!

Supplies Used:

Stamps: Reverse Confetti - Happy Harbor

Paper: The Rubber Cafe' - Pugnacious Paper, white; AC cardstock

Ink:  Distress Ink - Festive Berries, Stormy Sky; Versamark

Embellishment: WOW embossing powder - white; Doodlebug button; Twinery twine-
Maraschino;UmWow Studio chipboard -  layered banners; Adirondack Snow Cap paint;

Recollections rhinestones

New Stamps!

I'm always on the lookout for fun stamps, and I

found some from the new stamp company

Reverse Confetti!  Lovin' these first sets,

especially the Happy Harbor set I used here:

This set goes perfect with the new Fancy Pants

Down by the Shore collection.  The wooden piece

is from the new Studio Calico Atlantic collection.

I stamped the anchors and the sentiment with

Stormy Sky distress ink, and I also stamped

the anchor border stamp onto the UmWow

chipboard star, and along the bottom of the

red cardstock mat using a Snow Cap
Adirondack paint dauber.

Supplies used:

Stamps:  Reverse Confetti--Happy Harbor

Paper:  Fancy Pants--Down by the Shore; The Rubber Cafe' Pugnacious paper--white;

Bazzill--Cherry Splash

Ink:  Distress Ink--Stormy Sky; Adirondack Paint Dauber--Snow Cap

Embellishments:  Twinery twine; Recollections bling; Studio Calico wooden piece;

UmWow chipboard

Adhesive:  The Rubber Cafe'--Scrap Happy Glue; Xyron Mega Runner

Wingin' It....

I'm sharing a soft as springtime card today, with 

one of my very favorite stamps from The Rubber Cafe'.

The Large Paisley Dragonfly stamp....and it's stamped 

with guess what?  Scrap Happy Glue, and then I gently

buffed on some of their You're So Fine glitter....

Here is a close up of the "bejeweled" dragonfly:

If you'd like even more details, including a complete 

product list....pop over to The Rubber Cafe' blog.

The specific post can be found HERE.

Thanks for stopping by today....more fun soon (including a

giveaway), check in again soon!

Sunshine Central

Oh I am so happy we have sunshine again!!!  Love spring,

don't you?  And the sunshine is spreading....to my mini

album project....I've been wanting to get my hands into

some ink and paint and create....and this mini is the

fruits of that labor!

Lots of pages.....this is an adorable wooden

book from Genuinely Jane Studios (GJS) and

the arrows are chipboard from UmWow Studio.

I sprayed the book with Dylusions spray by Dyan

Reavely and then lightly brushed it with yellow

from Creative Imaginations.  I also used that to

paint the chip pieces as well....it has a soft sheen

to it....perfect for the "sunshine".  The inside was

all covered with pretty paper from the 24/7

collection from Simple Stories and some of 

their stickers--I will try to post some pics later,

right now....blogger is giving me fits!  I did manage
to get this close up posted:
  

 

Enjoy the sunshine....but don't forget to take a 

little crafting time too!

A Cuppa.....

I love coffee....coffee mugs , any thing coffee!  

The Curled Mug stamp from The Rubber Cafe'

is one of my favorites....and with some fun textures

of cork and burlap, I created this card:

If you'd like the details....pop over here:

http://blog.therubbercafe.com/2013/05/a-cuppa-and-smile.html

Thanks for stopping by today....hope you are getting

your scrap on for NSD!!!  I'm heading to play with

some mini albums for Genuinely Jane Studios!

Moments That Count....

I love scrapbooking for the creative outlet, but also for 

the walk down memory lane.  Love these memories 

from one of the last trips we took with my dad.

Really a fun time, and what a blast to create with

the WRMK Feelin' Groovy collection:

 This is page one of a 2 page LO done for Hannah's

love the colors....bright and fun....and added some

straws and Trendy Twine in orangscicle as a fun border!

Tomorrow is The Rubber Cafe' day....so pop in then!

Supplies Used:

Paper:  WRMK Feelin' Groovy collection

Embellishments:  WRMK Feelin' Groovy--Count Die Cut Tag; Trendy Twine--Orangscicle;

                          Darice gemstones; button, chipboard and straws from Hannah's

Ink:  Distress Ink--Black Soot

Time for a New Challenge!

Have you popped over to Scrap It Girl to check out

her monthly challenges yet?  Amazing prize packs,

and always a different type of challenge!  This

month it's a sketch challenge using this sketch:

Here is my take on the sketch:

Using a little of the new MME Boy Crazy 6x6 pad, and

the sentiment sticker from Webster's Pages Alison Kreft.

And here is the yummy prize pack:

So many awesome goodies you can win if

take the chance and play along!

You can find the post with all the info and link up HERE.

Come on over and play!