Another dear friend is having a birthday!

This dear friend is a major music fan and in particular Carole King. Hope she likes this one :)

I found the image of the 45 online and used the print & cut feature in my Silhouette Studio software.

I also traced and cut the center adapter thing which i inked with Mustard Seed distress ink. The black donut around the adapter was just white cardstock that I inked with Black Soot DI & sprayed with perfect pearl.  

I welded two circles together in the Sil software to make the card base and did another print and cut for the inside circle & greeting. Then, I created a traditional 45 sleeve for the envelope since I'm hand delivering.

The stamps on the sleeve are from a Club Scrap kit called All That Jazz stamped in Club Scrap's Earth ink.

Thanks for looking!

Happy Birthday to our dear friend Cliff!!

Looking forward to spending your special day with you and Lisa today!

Advice from a fish: Know when to keep your mouth shut but don't give up without a fight!

It's that time of the year....graduations galore!

Hard to believe, but I'm posting again just a mere 3 days after my last post. And just to show that miracles never cease, I played with paper tonight and made a card!

I'm not really a fan of the green and gold combination, but its Bri's grade school colors! I used my Silhouette studio software to trace an image I found online. I just love this little jumping girl and her high heels! I printed the sentiment onto another piece of the gold/yellow paper and threw a little bling on by adding a jump ring as a bracelet and a couple sparkly gems. The paper is all from Club Scrap, but I honestly don't know what kits.

I'm linking this up to the Freshly Made Sketches blog for their sketch challenge #87.

Thanks for looking!

Ok, this is embarassing! I haven't posted since when????

Life sure can get busy, that's all I can say. However, I finished a full semester of World Civilization and got an A for my efforts, so that's good. Inching my way toward a degree. Someday...

I just started a new job (which was also a promotion!), so that's awesome!

Yesterday, I volunteered at the CF Great Strides Walk in Cincinnati. The rain held off during the walk and I heard we raised over $230,000...so that's really awesome!

In addition, I've been crafting with a bunch of different & new-to-me mediums lately, but I haven't been sharing, so maybe i'll try to get a few of my creations posted. "Statement" jewelry seems to be all the rage and I really love it all, so I tried my hand at making a couple necklaces using recycled tshirts. These are both available at my Etsy shop if you're interested.

Of course I love all things purple, so this one might be hard to sell!

and here's a pink one here:

 

Thanks for looking!

Happy St. Patrick's Day to one and all!

Last night my "200 proof mick" (his words, not mine) boyfriend and I watched Celtic Woman on PBS, so I thought it fitting to share the song they closed with. Absolutely beautiful!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDThVsJdnFI&feature=share&list=AL94UKMTqg-9CsFFHyeZACkDTCJnVT-YeA



The Parting Glass

Of all the money that e'er I had

I spent it in good company

And all the harm I've ever done

Alas it was to none but me

And all I've done for want of wit

To mem'ry now I can't recall

So fill to me the parting glass

Good night and joy be to you all

So fill to me the parting glass

And drink a health whate’er befalls

And gently rise and softly call

Good night and joy be to you all

Of all the comrades that e'er I had

They're sorry for my going away

And all the sweethearts that e'er I had

They'd wish me one more day to stay

But since it fell unto my lot

That I should rise and you should not

I gently rise and softly call

Good night and joy be to you all

Fill to me the parting glass

And drink a health whate’er befalls

And gently rise and softly call

Good night and joy be to you all

But since it fell unto my lot

That I should rise and you should not

I gently rise and softly call

Good night and joy be to you all

Good night and joy be to you all.

Happy Valentine's Day

Just sharing a cute card I made for my sweetie. I know it's corny, but he's a carpenter and so it seems appropriate!

I'm updating my post because it was brought to my attention by my sis, that this card could qualify for Nancy's Squirrely challenge which requires the following:
A New Tool - I used a new layered die cut from the Silhouette store for the tape measure
Embossing Folder - Diamond Plate from Cuttlebug
Something from my stash - The yellow paper is used for the card base is at least 10 years old and the screw brads are probably 5 or more years old, so I think that qualifies
For a Guy - This is definitely for a guy :)

Happy New Year - Birdcage

Here's a little project I made using my Silhouette and a Febreze Flameless Luminary base. Again, love the result, but hate the photos. I guess I need to take the time to take better pictures.

Holiday Card Workshop - Day 7

Here are a couple cards I made for two very dear friends. I didn't want to post them before they were received, and then I forgot I even had photos of them.

So, the technique on Day 7 of the Holiday Card Workshop was using reverse stamp images. Love the look. Hate the photos.

Finally, some scrapbooking!

My BFF Lisa came to my house yesterday with her husband and while the boys watched our beloved Bengals lose, Lisa and I spent some quality time scrapbooking!

These are all photos taken on a day trip to Smith-Berry Winery in New Castle, Kentucky with Lisa and her husband Cliff as well as Cliff's sister Donna and her husband Bob.

A total of 11 pages in about 4-5 hours, so i'm quite pleased.

Happy New Year - Tussy Mussy

My dear friend Farley made a Tussy Mussy or two (or more) and I wanted to get in on the fun. What is a Tussy Mussy, you ask? Read on...

During the English Gregorian period (1714--1760), pestilence was rampant and indoor plumbing was not. Elegant ladies would often carry small bouquets of fragrant herbs and flowers to fend off noxious odors. Also known as nosegays, tussy mussies remained popular through the Victorian era.Tussy mussies came to be used as gifts, especially when a suitor would call on a young lady. Every flower had a meaning, and ladies referred to a book called the "Tussy Dictionary" to decipher the message.

Luckily, I don't have any noxious odors to fend off, and usually I find Victorian stuff to be a bit frilly or girly for me, so I tried to keep my tussy mussy elegant & simple.

Since Simon Says Stamp challenge this week is Anything Goes, I'm submitting my tussy mussy.

Thanks for looking and HAPPY NEW YEAR to all!

Paper: watercolor paper, Provocraft clock print & Club Scrap.

Embellishments: Happy New Year is a free download from SVGcuts.com & cut on my Silhouette. Clock, gear & ribbons from my stash.