Beachy Birthday

I gave this pretty beachy birthday card to my supervisor for her birthday. I created an argyle style card and added some Graphic 45 images, glitter leaves, 3D sticker, rhinestones, acetate photo corners, and a handmade washi tape flower.

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Knock Knock

I made this card for friends who moved into their first condo together. I'm so happy for them! They are finally (& happily) living on their own. I designed the card to look like the hallway in an apartment building.  The patterned background is the "wallpaper," a strip of aqua for the molding, gray for the carpet, and even a welcome mat! I added a silver brad for a doorknob and keyhole brad below it. I cut the door and welcome mat from the Cricut. The brad for the peephole came apart, so the first pic shows the pretty part of the brad in the wrong place, hehe. The number stickers are really their condo number!

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Easter Cards

Hey there! I'm getting around to posting the few Easter cards I made for family this year. The same design with alternating colors of twine and flowers. Springy background paper, chocolate bunnies, twine bows, pom-pom tails, paper flowers, rhinestones, fringed grass border, and rubber stamps. I coordinated the twine, flowers and pom-pom tails on each card.

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New Video! Loopy Flowers

Check out my latest VIDEO for making really cute Loopy Flowers!
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Cherish

This is by far my favorite photo from Savannah. This  little girl angel holding the bowl to feed the birds was just exquisite. The lighting on her face gave her such an ethereal feel, I remember I couldn't take my eyes off her. I used the close up photo as the background pic on my phone for a while. I used DCWV and My Minds Eye papers and embellishments that I distressed. Some watch faces, bird puffy stickers, bling, paper flowers, and pom-pom ribbon complete the layout.

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Savannah Collage

I created this layout as a little collage of our trip to Savannah. The photos depict the old Inn where we spent a few nights, the clock tower that I woke up and took a photo of from the other hotel we stayed at, me sitting on a park bench in Monterey Square, and a mug from the cafe we had breakfast at. Sweet Melissa's was also a restaurant there but we didn't eat there. It was just a cool logo which bears my name so I took a photo. I cut out the logo and used it as an embellishment for the page. The background cardstock is Keiser Kraft and the scrap of aqua patterned paper is K&Co. (I think). The layout was embellished with lace, chipboard birds, feathers, bling, Prima flowers with fancy brad centers, Graphic 45 elements, and wooden buttons.

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Hanging Tree

This is a wee bit of a creepy photo, but you wouldn't know it. In walking around Savannah I noticed this wonderful old tree, stretching it's limbs far and wide. I took my photo during the day as we walked by, but later that night on our tour, we were told it is called the "Hanging Tree" and is a historical landmark tree more than 300 years old! At one point, people were hung to their deaths from this tree. It was eerie at night! But night is the most fantastic time to wander around the city. I started this layout with Graphic 45 cardstock and some scraps of black, striped, and newsprint papers. I cut out the boy, moon and stars from an old decoupage sheet I had, and pop dotted the stars. I used polka dot washi tape for borders, and ruffled it in some places for a nice effect. I also created a washi tape rose for the tag. This layout was finished off with some paper lace, bling, ribbons, Stickles, and another handmade loopy flower (see video here), this one created from brown felt spritzed with gold Perfect Pearls mist.

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Fountain in Light

I wish the photos could express how lovely this fountain was at night. We were on a tour of Savannah and I wasn't sure if we were stopping in the square, so I took the far away shots first, but then had the opportunity to get a close up. I love fountains and water features (if you haven't noticed), but there's something genuinely romantic about a fountain lit up at night. I used Graphic 45 cardstock for the backgrounds and a small scrap of Kay&Co. map patterned paper. I cut out the middle of the Graphic 45 leaving only the butterfly border, but then using another Graphic 45 pattern behind it. I had some old raffle tickets in my bag, so I distressed them and used them as a divider between the top and bottom left photos. I embellished the layout with paper lace, bling, a butterfly puffy sticker, quote sticker, and the piece de resistance: the loopy ribbon flower (see video here), which I handmade.

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Lighten Up

Heehee! This photo of the hub makes me smile. At the Marriott in Savannah there were these large lamps that formed a sort of runway. Hub stood by one and pretended to be turning it on. He cracks me up! I used Graphic 45 paper and elements, and Teresa Collins shaped cardstock. I cut a slit around the bird on the paper and slid the corner of a photo behind it. I added "manly" embellishments of metal gears and brads, and a few swirly stickers which I thought resembled wire. A few word stickers top it all off. I had to use the sticker that says "favorite" because I always tell the hub he's "my favorite person in the whole world...and it's a big world."

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Sitting Lady

This lovely lady is a life size statue from the cemetery. As you can see in the photo, she's been sitting here all prim and proper since 1877. Lookin' good, ma'am. I started this layout with a chocolate cardstock, topped with a border punched K&Co. patterned paper. The flowers are layers of silk, velvet, metal filigree, and pale green velvet brads. The metal filigree flowers are actually gawdy earrings that I disassembled to use in my crafting. I added a doily chipboard frame topped with gold rhinestones to draw attention to this miss. I kept this layout fairly simple and pretty.

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Angels of Savannah

This layout contains various photos I took of angels throughout the city of Savannah. I started with My Mind's Eye paper for the background, and added Teresa Collins and Kay&Co. papers, all distressed. I trimmed part of the background paper to slide a photo beneath. I loved this part of the paper because it says "Great Southern" and refers to travel, and how much more southern can you get than Savannah? I used a scallop border punch, washi tape, and tassle ribbon to highlight the top photo. Other embellishments used are paper flowers, foam glitter scrolls, puffy flowers, flower jewels, teenie beenie pearls, and handmade washi flower centers.

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