Hearts in the Tea Room

Happy Friday!!! It is going to hot hot hot this weekend here is sunny Arizona, 110 degrees! YIKES!! Beautiful in the early morning though...I went for a bike ride this morning for about an hour...just gorgeous!
I made this card a couple of days ago & have been contemplating posting it. This is my first time making a card for the shabby tea room & it is a bit intimidating...you see I love the look of all the vintage/shabby chic stuff but not really sure how to achieve the look I love so much!! The challenge this week is to create a card or project using hearts. Sounds easy enough right?? Not so much lol!!!

this is my card:

Needs something....any suggestions??? The hearts I cut with a little cuttlebug die & glittered with MS glitter, the pretty paper is Melissa Francis...I added touches of MS glitter here & there. CS is PTI. The little roses are from my local SC store...also glittered. The sentiment is PTI.

Also used: EK success border punch, cuttlebug embossing folder & ric rac from my shash.
That's it for this one & now on to the next project!! oh sooooo much paper & so little time!!! LOL!!

have a fantastic weekend!!! see ya around!!!

Just us Girls sketch #19

WOW! Monday already!Where do the days go?? Today I am sharing a card done for the Just us Girls sketch #19 

This is the sketch: 

This is my card:

I have to tell you...I really loved this sketch! really something different for me :) The cute stamp is from a Christmas set by Taylored Expressions. Love that I can us it after Christmas! All the papers are from PTI. The Ribbon is also PTI, the stripes I made with scraps....I keep every little piece! The Charm is from Michaels...I am really loving using those! The "Love" I stamped with a set from TT. You can't see but I used a bit of stickles on the tiny birdy wings. that's it for this one, & that's it for this weekends crafting :( I am off  to work 10 hour days for the next 4 days...my normal work week!

ENJOY!!

Valentine

I'm back with post #2 for today. This one is a valentine for my sweet hubby ;)  And a participation in the CPS sketch. This weeks sponsor PTI. Also OCC which is to create a male valentine card

This is this weeks sketch:

Here is my funny little card:

The cardstock is craft, cream & red from PTI. The image I got last year after Valentines day so wanted to be sure to use it this year. It is from Great Impressions. I colored my image with Copics. The phrases are from last years PTI set, Love songs.The little punched out hearts were done with a MS punch. I just used scraps of red paper as my background. Of course the large heart is a nestie. That is it!! soooo easy!!

Now time to get the brats on the grill...so they will be done before half time!! Be back again later!!

Caedvarks "get published " challenge

Hey! Happy super bowl Sunday!! I got up early today to work on a few challenges/Valentine cards. It seems like a long time since I was able to play in my craft room. So far I have 3 cards to share with you today :) I will only be posting one at a time....just the way I like to do it ;) This is my first one....a beautiful Wedding card for the Cardvarks "get published" challenge for CARDS Magazine. Now don't get me wrong...I don't expect to have this published, sooooo many other beauties!!! Just wanted to play along anyway!! I have been trying  to step outside my box lately with some new patterned papers & different style & just not loving it...so today back to my same old plain & simple style...the style I feel most comfy with :)

This is my card:

The paper is from my stash...The stamp set is JRS (don't you just love it) loving the square ones!!  I used black embossing powder & used a pink copic marker for a hit of pink in the heart. PTI black paper & my favorite michaels ribbon for the yummie bow!! My new blog friend Karylon has me hooked on charms now!! Enabler!!! The little heart charm I got at Michaels by blue moon. It is hard to see but I also added tiny pink rhinestones to my image. I hope you all get a chance to play along with this one!! No sketch or color combo...Just a wedding theme & your own imagination!!! I'll be back later with another post! :)

Our Creative corner sketch challenge

Another post for today! Am having so much fun creating...rare weekend to craft as much as I want & I am loving it :)This time I am creating a card for our Creative Corner sketch challenge. This is my card: All the paper I used is from PTI...actually everything on the card is PTI except for the pearls (hero arts) and the velvet ribbon (Holly Jolly ribbon) And the little paper rose is from Michael's.

hope you are all having a fantastic weekend...I know some of you really lucky crafters are getting ready for CHA....oh how I wish I were going!!!!

Thanks for visiting!!

Gwen

Happy Anniversary

Happy 51st Anniversary Mom & Dad!!!

I made this card for my parents anniversary. I love this DP but with such a large embossed image I really didn't think I could use it on a card...but I gave it a try....and I love the way it turned out!!!!! The inside is all pretty too! the stamp is an old one from the dollar bin at Michael's & the paper is from a big stack book by Me & my big ideas. The bling I got at my local SB store. Very quick & easy card!!!!!

Thanks for today's visit!!! See ya on the weekend!!!!

~~~~~Gwen~~~~~

Happy 27th Dear Hubby!

27 years ago today I married my best friend! Where did the time go??? This is the card I made for him.

The paper is from CTMH...I think this is perfect guy paper. The stamp set I used is from Technique Tuesday. I also used the Heart Nesties.

I also used the little tab punch from SU.

This card is also for a challenge over at http://papertakeweekly.blogspot.com/ the challenge is to use any die cuts...I used the heart Nesties on this one.

Well now I am off to enjoy the day with my husband...hope you all have a fabulous weekend!

Thank you for stopping by!!!

~Gwen~