Birthday Kaleidoscope

I love this gorgeous Kaleidoscope center cut stamp from Simon Says Stamp. Coloring is such great therapy for me. I added some Stickles for a bit of sparkle, because everyone loves a bit of sparkle for their birthday.

Flower Wreath

I had some smaller flowers from Stampin' Up's Water Color Garden. I decide to try making a wreath with the flowers.

Mother's Day Flowers

I stamped and fussy cut a bunch of flowers from Stampin' Up's Watercolor Garden. I had fun building bouquets and butterflies. I still have a few more flowers.

Now I have a stash of Mother's Day cards for some of the amazing women in my life.

Mother's Day

I love this sweet dragon and her baby. I had fun coloring them in my mother's favorite color. I had to add a bit of rose glitter paper from Simon Says Stamp. I added a little Wink of Stella to the pink parts.

Raspberries and Cards

I LOVE our raspberry bushes. Somehow we lucked out with them and the bushes produce berries in June and August. I went out yesterday to check on the garden and discovered these {beauties}.









Ms A had to make sure she ate the biggest ones, after the picture taking was completed. :)

In other news, I needed a few cards for various reason and here they are.









The birthday card is for my dearest friend, Shanna who I've known since we were three. I miss her so much, especially our late night talks. She is also one day older to me. Ms A. was fascinated by the fact that I thought it was cool especially since her friend is one week older than her. Ms A. wishes her birthday was first though. :)

This is for Reed's parents. We had a few pictures to send and needed a card. ;)









A quick Thank you card {minus the sentiment}

Pixie Party

In anticipation of our little Angel turning FOUR, we are throwing a Pixie Party. Ms. A found this adorable stamp set full of fairies while we were shopping a few weeks ago. We picked out some green ribbon because "Tinkerbell wears green. "










Friday I sat down to make her invitations. Saturday we delivered them. Ms. A was tickled to hand the invite to her friend and then the conversation went something like this:

"I'm having a Fairy Party for my birthday. We are going to have LOTS and LOTS of games for boys and girls. It will be so FUN playing all the games."

I guess I need to find some fairy game ideas SOON.

Princess Castles

Stampin' Up introduced a new product in their newest catalog. It's called Build-a-Fairytale. (I used the princess silhouette in this card.) Since our little girl loves all things princess and fairy, I had to purchase it. I have to admit I was pretty excited about it as well. It comes with four 12 x 12 die cuts in coordinating colors. I had so much fun with it, I decided to grab some of my coordinating patterned paper and trace my own. Plus Ms. A loves pink and purple a bit more than the turquoise it came with.

I had way too much fun and spent too much time!

Here's some of the castles I put together.

Here's one of them framed. Ms. A excitedly asked if I could hang it in her room, but I think we'll wait for her birthday in just a few weeks. ;)


So I {HEART} this dragon! I still have the original chocolate dragon. I'm tempted to cut out a few more of him. :)

Magic Soap

In the Nelson household, we are addicted to Magic Soap aka Purell Hand Sanitizer. We've trained Ms. A to use it after every dog she pets and after playing on the oh-so-fun-to-play equipment at the park. We {HEART} Magic Soap. :) So when I saw this adorable idea on my fabulous friend's blog, thanks M, I had to try it out. I love the way they turned out.

I think I may have to make a few more for some of my friends to give away on Valentine's Day. :)
Nothing says 'I love you' like clean hands. :)

Kristina's 38th Color Challenge

I love Red and Orange together! Imagine my delight when I checked out Kristina's New Color Challenge - Ruby Red and Pumpkin Pie. She had to throw a wrench in my joy by adding Pretty in Pink. I love pink as well, but I had a DIFFICULT time with this one. I didn't like the baby card as much, so I made another one. I have another two card bases made, but that pink wouldn't work with me. Oh well, that's why it's a Challenge.

Here are the cards. Enjoy!

Supplies used:
Stamps: Bundled in Love
Paper: Ruby Red, Pumpkin Pie and Whisper White
Ink: Basic Black
Misc: Scallop Punch, A Perfect Day Rub-ons, Merry and Bright Simply Scrappin'


Supplies used:
Paper: Ruby Red, Pretty in Pink and Pumpkin Pie
Misc: A Perfect Day Rub-ons, Pumpkin Pie Striped Ribbon, Flower Fusion and Fire Rhinestone Brads

I was hiding out in my closet stamping so I wouldn't disturb Ms. A, but somehow she sensed I was stamping. She wanted to make an "I Love You" card for her friends.

New Year, New Color Challenge

Kristina posted a new Color Challenge and I fell in love with the colors!!! I went a little overboard and created four cards. :) It didn't hurt that I have some birthdays coming up and a wonderful friend who needs a 'Thank You' card.
Ingredients: Pretty in Pink, Old Olive, Whisper White and Rose Red Cardstock.
Pretty in Pink, Rose Red, Chocolate Chip, and Summer Sun Markers.
Birthday Whimsy and So Many Sayings Stamp Sets.
Coluzzle
Ingredients: Pretty in Pink, Old Olive and Whisper White Cardstock
Pretty in Pink, Rose Red, Chocolate Chip, and Summer Sun Markers
Birthday Whimsy and Simply Said Stamp Sets
and Kristina's curvy template.

Ingredients: Berry Bliss DSP, Old Olive and Whisper White Cardstock
Rose Red Ink. Simply Said Stamp Set. Scallop Circle Punch. Felt Flowers. Old Olive Ribbon.
and Kristina's curvy template.Ingredients: Old Olive, Pretty in Pink, Rose Red and Whisper White Cardstock
Scallop Square Punch. Felt Flowers. Old Olive Ribbon. A Perfect Day Rub-on. Flower Eyelets
and Kristina's curvy template.


For Thanksgiving, my mom made a card for Ms. A. the card had a 'belt' around it. She loved it so much, she wanted to make a card just like grandma's.

Kristina's 29th Color Challenge

Kristina posted another wonderful, yet difficult Color Challenge. I love the colors, just wasn't sure what to do with them. Here are my ideas.


I have Christmas on my mind.
Supplies used:
Stamps: Curly Christmas, Season of Joy, Polka Dots and Paisley
Paper: Pacific Point, Taken with Teal, Elegant Eggplant, and Whisper White
Ink: Pumpkin Pie, Elegant Eggplant, Taken with Teal Marker, Elegant Eggplant Marker


My second attempt:
Stamp Set: Friendship Blooms
Paper: Pacific Point, Taken with Teal, Elegant Eggplant, and Whisper White
Ink: Pumpkin Pie, Elegant Eggplant, Taken with Teal Marker

Christmas cards with Ms. A

After making more Christmas cards, Ms. A decided to create a card. I had a couple of extras that I let her use. She placed all the pieces and picked out the ribbon and felt snowflake. I think she did a pretty good job. :)
Ms. A loves making cards. I love helping her. I need to teach her the joy of giving them away. When I asked if she wanted to mail her card to someone, she said no and promptly hid the card so no one could take it. She's created quite the collection of cards which she keeps in her 'kitchen'.

Kristina {revisited}

I was working on my Christmas cards when I checked out my favorite crafting blog. Another challenge!! Hooray! I love this lady!! :) I love the colors, so the Christmas cards went on the back burner, Numb3rs went unwatched (for a few minutes) and I played.

Here are the supplies:
Stamps: Stampin' Up Boho Backgrounds
Paper: Sage Shadow, Pumpkin Pie, Ruby Red, Whisper White
Ink: Sage Shadow, Pumpkin Pie
Accessories: Scallop Punch, Pumpkin Pie Striped Ribbon. Paper Piercer

Kristina's 25th Color Challenge

I've been following this AMAZING lady for some time. I love her creativity and personality. She's been posting Color Challenges for stampers. She reached her 25th challenge yesterday. CONGRATULATION'S Kristina.

Her challenge had perfect timing. I have a baby shower and a birthday coming up soon. I also wanted to try out an idea for our Christmas cards. Here are my interpretations:






























Her color combination was Ballet Blue, Certainly Celery, Ruby Red and So Saffron. I fudged a little with the Christmas card. I used Green Galore. The stamps I used were Season of Joy (Christmas card), Cuddles and Tickles and A is for Adorable (Baby card) and Birthday Whimsy (B-day card).

Thank You P

I needed to make a thank you card for a friend that has made my life a bit easier. I was trying to figure out a color combination when I checked out one of my favorite stamping blogs, KWerner. She had new color challenge up for the week. It was not my normal color combination, but I liked the way the card turned out.Ingredients: Kiwi Kiss Textured Cardstock, Chocolate Chip Cardstock, Very Vanilla Cardstock, SU Friendship Blooms, Pumpkin Pie Stamp Pad, VersaMark Stamp Pad, Love and Happiness Rub-on, Pumpkin Pie Stripped Ribbon, Chocolate Chip Ribbon, Coluzzle, and Paper Piercer.

You Make Me Happy

This morning, I asked Ms. A if she wanted to go to the park or craft. She said craft, so I grabbed my stamping supplies and we made cards.
I was so excited to see Kristina's Color Challenge this week.

After being separated from the bulk of my stamps and supplies for six months, I was able to have all my toys. :) Here's what I came up with:

Here are Ms. A 's and my card. Every time I pulled out a new item, she had to add it. She especially like the sparkling embossing powder. :)

Supplies
Paper: Basic Black Cardstock, Whisper White Cardstock, Die-cut Blooms
Stamps: Boho Backgrounds, Friendship Blooms
Ink: Summer Sun Stamp Pad, Green Galore Stamp Pad, Rose Red Marker, VersaMark Stamp Pad
Misc: Love & Happiness Rub-ons, Flower Fusion, Iridescent Ice Embossing Powder, Green and Yellow ribbons.

Great video

I was visiting my friend Rachel's blog and she had this fabulous video on it for all those husbands of card making wives. I had a great time watching Matt make a card. It turned out perfectly.

Enjoy!!