Garden Whimsy coaster set

Similar to the Cheers to you set, this one has a different picture on each coaster.  The stamp set used was Garden Whimsy by Stampin' Up.

Coffee Ring coaster

Although my hubby doesn't find the humor in this one, I love it.  I found this while looking for drink stamps - it's from Inkadinkado - don't you just love saying that?! LOL  In any event... I thought this was a fun stamp to put on a coaster...no matter what you're drinking :-)

Cheers to You coaster set

Another of my favorite sets! Cheers to You by Stampin' Up.  I had fun coloring this one in with Sharpies.  What I like about this set (aside from the cute little beverages) is that they are different so you can remember which drink is yours :-)

flowers/dragonfly coaster

I made this coaster set for a friend who loves dragonflies.  It was more difficult than I imagined to find a dragonfly stamp, but alas I found one that worked.

Baroque Motifs coaster 2

Here are more coasters from the Baroque Motifs set.  I've done this in a bunch of colors, but only am showcasing a couple here....you can use your imagination for the other colors tee hee.  The second one has French script behind the Baroque Motif center.

Coasters

This week I'll be posting some of the coasters that I've made.  This is one of my favs! I love this stamp set!  It's Baroque Motifs by Stampin' Up.  I've given lots of my coaster sets away and they are my number one seller at my craft fairs.  Enjoy!

Hello!  Merry Christmas! Happy New Year!
Now that the holidays are behind us...and I'm almost done wading through all the stuff the kids got...it's time to get back into crafting!  Soon I'll be posting again on a regular basis.  I hope everyone had a great holiday season!

posting hiatus...

Hi All,

Just wanted to make a quick post to say two things: 1) due to sicknesses going around my house, and other things going on, I haven't been posting lately - sorry :( I hadn't had a chance to do much crafting, so therefore there's nothing new to post. 2) Now that sicknesses are going away - yay! - I'm getting back into my crafting... BUT, I'm working on testing some things out so there still won't be too many postings coming up. Sorry 'bout that but this is some exclusive work I'm doing.... but be patient and soon (I hope!) you'll be able to see what I've been testing out.

Happy Crafting!

Boating Card

A few weekends back we had an unexpected night of babysitting for our kids...so what did we do? Well, my husband called his best friend, who lives about an hour away. Lucky for us, he was in and had no plans, so out we came for a little overnight visit. When we got there we found out that a friend of his offered to take us all on his boat that night...so off we went! We had a blast! I just had to make him a thank you note to show our appreciation, and this is what I came up with.

For the front of the card, I used D'vine Swirl embossing folder for the 'waves'. I cut along the swirls to give the illusion of rolling waves. I stamped 'many thanks' on light yellow paper and punched it out with my 1 3/8" punch. On darker yellow paper I punched a 1 3/4" circle to create the layers of the sun. Inside I used my Silhouette to create the pop-up, the boating/anchor and waves, and the text above. The boating file came from Darcy's Designs. Her boating file comes with the waves (enough for a border on a scrapbook page) and the 'boating'/anchor combo. I created the mat behind the waves and assembled them together before cutting them in half - that way I was able to layer them on top of one another and adhere behind the anchor. You can't really tell in the picture below, but I adhered the anchor with pop dots just to give a little more dimension.

Tools used: Cuttlebug, Silhouette, punches

Gram's card

My gram turned 86 today! Happy B-day Grams!

For her b-day I made her this card. Her favorite color is red and she's a great indoor gardener, so that was my inspiration for this card. I used a square Nestabilities on my Cuttlebug to cut the square frame out of the front of the card. The flower was cut on my Silhouette and I used Darcy's (Darcy's Designs) freebie flower. The file cuts two swirls, so I used one as is, and the other one I cut. With the cut one I placed part on the outside of the card and the other part on the inside of the card on the top of the flower. I also lined up the leaf on the outside to match the leaf on the inside. A little chalking around the frame, a little bling in the bottom corner, a little stamping sentiment on the inside and I'm done! I hope she likes it! :-)

(Front of card)

(Slightly opened to show how the leaf/stem line up)

(Fully opened)

Tools used: Silhouette; Cuttlebug