Just Thinking of You

Happy Thursday My Blogger Friends!

My blog post for today is Tag Thursday.  Today, I will feature a tag I created and show you how easy it is to use minimal supplies to create a SUPER PRETTY TAG.  Now that you have the details for my Tag Thursday creation for this week ........ Let's jump right in with my tag share for today........

Just couldn't be happier with the way this tag turned out.  I'm sure the someone special I'm sending this to will fall in LOVE with it.

I started out with a White base tag and added some island grass to the bottom.  That grass was cropped out using the 'Palm Dies'.

Next, I stamped my sentiment from the 'Flowering Tulips' set directly onto my base tag.

My palm tree is from the 'Palm Dies' and I used Evening Evergreen cardstock to crop out that tree.

I topped my tag off with some 'Evening Evergreen Window Pane Checked Ribbon' and tied it up with some green 'Fan Baker's Twine'.

The finishing touch for this tag was adding three white 'Classic Matte Dots' for coconuts to the Palm Tree.  And coloring in three more of the same dots with my Evening Evergreen Stampin' Blends and sprinkling those around the front of my tag.

So, what do you think my friends.......

Don't you just LOVE IT!!

Thanks for joining me today!  I'll be back tomorrow to share some Friends Friday creations with you ........ Hope you can make plans to stop back and join me for that share.  Keep Living Your Dream!

Life Is Better

Happy Wednesday My Blogger Friends!

My blog post for today is Wine-Down Wednesday.  My middle of the week card feature for today will hopefully offer you some inspiration and provide you with some motivation to keep you moving through your busy week.  Let's jump right in with my card share for today........

Check out this SUPER FUN card I made for someone special.

I started with a White base card and added a panel of 4"x3" Brights Designer Series Stack to the bottom.....

And a 4" x 5-1/4" Highland Heather cardstock panel to the top.  I also added a 1/2" x 4" panel of White cardstock at the seam of both those cardstock and Designer Series Paper pieces.

I cropped out several circles from the 'Layering Circles Dies' using both cardstock and 'Sweet Talk Designer Series Paper' ..... And layered those circles together.

My sentiment is from the 'Flowers of Friendship' set and I stamped that with VersaMark and sprinkled it with 'White Embossing Powder' before heat setting it.

The finishing touch was adding some 'Polished Dots' around the front of my card ...... And this card was done in no time flat.

Couldn't be HAPPIER with the way this card turned out.

Thanks for joining me today!  I'll be back tomorrow with a Tag Thursday creation to share with you ........ Hope you can make plans to stop back and join me for that share.  Keep Living Your Dream! 

You Matter Box

Happy Tuesday My Blogger Friends!

My blog post for today is '3D/CASE IT TUESDAY'.  That means today I have a fun little 3-D project that I found on the internet ....... And I created a CASE of that project to share with you today.  This project was SUPER FUN to create, and I want to jump right in and share that project with you now.

This box was shared by Tessa Wise back in 2009 and she was inspired by LeeAnn Greff.  I put my own spin on this box and will be sharing my version here today.

The front & back body of my box each use a Thick White cardstock piece that measures 8" x 8-1/2".  With the 8-1/2" side at the top of your Simply Score Board.......Score a 2" and 6-1/2".  Then turn your cardstock so the 8" side is at the top of your Simply Score Board and score at 2".

Here is what the back of your box will look like when the front and back body pieces are adhered together.

My lid was decorated with a 'Layering Circle' piece and I cropped out my sentiment (You Matter) from the 'Here for You Dies' and adhered that to my layering circle piece.

The lid for this box is a piece of Thick White cardstock that measures 4-1/2" x 6".  That piece is scored with the 6" side at the top of your Simply Score Board and scored at 2" and 4".  This piece is going to tuck inside your completed box and be adhered to the inside of your box.

I added a magnetic closure to my box.  Those magnets were added to the lid piece and the front body of my box.

I completed 8-cards and coordinating envelopes for this box.

Each card was made with a White base card, and I added a Black cardstock panel and a panel of the 'All Together Designer Series Paper' to the top of that base card.

My sentiment piece for each card was cropped out using the 'Here for You Dies' and that was positioned at the bottom of each card.

The finishing touch for each card was adding two little hearts from the 'Here for You Dies' and finishing each off with some 'Fine Tip Glue' for some added SHINE!

I also added two little hearts to the bottom right corner of my holder ...... And also added one little red heart to my flap over lid piece.

So, there you have it friends.......

Think this might be the single BEST gift I've made.

What do you think????

Thanks for joining me today!  I'll be back tomorrow to share a Wine Down Wednesday card with you ........ Hope you can make plans to stop back and join me for that share.  Keep Living Your Dream!

Just Saying Hello Upgrade

Happy Monday My Blogger Friends! 

Today is Mix-It-UP! Monday, and I have an upgraded version of the card I shared with you yesterday.  I used the exact same product that was used to create yesterday's card ..... But I made a design change to bring this card up to the next stamping level.

Here's my Spotlight Sunday card from yesterday on the LEFT.....

And my Mix-It-UP! Monday upgraded card for today on the RIGHT....

My upgraded card might look like my Spotlight Sunday card ....... But check out what upgrade I made to my card for today.

I created a special little flap-over panel for the front of my card......

And when pulled back it reveals the inside of my card.

I added an 'Abstract Beauty Designer Series Paper' panel to the inside of my card ...... and that still gives me plenty of writing space to the left.

For the flap-over panel, I used the same 'Tasteful Touches' stamp set for my sentiment.....

And I did add three pretty flowers to my sentiment panel ...... and those were created using the 'Pierced Bloom Dies'.

So what you think my friends ........

Do you have a favorite?????

Thanks for joining me today!  I'll be back tomorrow to share a 3-D Tuesday creation with you ...... Hope you can make plans to stop back and join me for that share.  Keep Living Your Dream!

Just Saying Hello

Happy Sunday My Blogger Friends

Today is Spotlight Sunday ....... And I have a card I created using product from the 2020-2021 Stampin' UP! Annual Catalog and the 2021 Mini Catalog.  This card uses several products from both of those catalogs ........ And I'm thrilled with the way it turned out.  Let's jump right in with my card share for today..........

I'm in LOVE with the color combination I used to create this card.  Who doesn't LOVE pink!!!!

I started out with a White base card ..... and added a Pink cardstock panel and an 'Abstract Beauty Designer Series Paper' panel to the top of that.

Next, I added a sentiment panel.  That was created with the help of 'Tasteful Touches' stamp set.

My flowers were die-cut using the 'Pierced Bloom Dies' and I arranged three of those pretty flowers around the outer edge of my sentiment panel.

And there you have it my friends.....

What do you think????

Thanks for joining me today!  I'll be back tomorrow to share an upgraded version of this very card with you ...... Hope you can make plans to stop back and join me for that share.  Keep Living Your Dream!

Thank You Times Three

Happy Saturday My Blogger Friends!

My blog post for today is Paper Pumpkin Saturday ........... And I would like to share with you the project I created using the February Safari Celebration Paper Pumpkin kit.   Here's that project.......

I started my card off with one of the base cards that came with this kit.

I used the White circles that came with this kit ...... and added one of the Fresh Fresia palms dies that were included in this kit.

My sentiment was stamped three times onto three White banner flags.  I used the 'Hello Beautiful' stamp set to stamp that sentiment.

And I added one of the stone embellishments that came with this kit at the end of each banner flag.

And there you have it friends......

SUPER QUICK and SUPER EASY.

Thanks for joining me today!  I'll be back tomorrow to share a Spotlight Sunday creation with you ........ Hope you can make plans to stop back and join me for that share.  Keep Living Your Dream!

Friends Friday PICS

  Happy Friday My Blogger Friends!

My blog post for today is Friends Friday.  On Friday's, I have the honor of spotlighting some of the fabulous cards and projects that I received from Friends ....... Fellow Demonstrators ........ and Family.  Each of these creations are works of art........and it is with great pleasure that I share with you today some AMAZING projects that four very special friends made for me.

First up is this LOVELY card that my dear friend Sandy Polencheck sent to me.

Next up ...... Check out this GORGEOUS card my good friend Lynne Wescott created for me.  WOW!!!

This DARLING St Patty's Day card is from my sweet Scissors and the City Retreat friend Terry Olsen.  (Can't wait to see you at the Scissors event next weekend!)

And check out this OH SO FUN St Patty's Day card that my good friend and fellow Scissors and the City Retreat friend made for me.

The BEST PART of Donna's cards is ALWAYS what's inside.

You didn't disappoint me with this CUTE one Donna.

Thanks for joining me today!  I'll be back tomorrow to share a special Paper Pumpkin Saturday creation with you ........ Hope you can make plans to stop back and join me for that share.  Keep Living Your Dream!

2-Monkey Tag

 Happy Thursday My Blogger Friends!

My blog post for today is Tag Thursday.  Today, I will feature a tag I created and show you how easy it is to use minimal supplies to create a SUPER PRETTY TAG.  Now that you have the details for my Tag Thursday creation for this week ........ Let's jump right in with my tag share for today........

How FUN is this tag.......It seriously makes me SMILE!!!

I started out with a Crumb Cake tag ....... And ran it through my Embossing Machine using the 'Check & Dot Embossing Folder' for that little added texture.

Next, I stamped my sentiment from the 'Catch You Later' set onto a die-cut label from the 'Tasteful Labels Dies'.

Then I got busy and stamped my two monkeys and used the 'Layering Circle Dies' to crop that out.

I used my Stampin' Blends to color those little cuties in and then added that to the front of my tag.

My tag was topped off with some 'Early Espresso 1/4" Faux Suede Trim' and this tag was done in no time flat.

The finishing touch was adding two 'Gilded Gems' to my sentiment piece and this tag was called DONE!  What do you think my friends???

Thanks for joining me today!  I'll be back tomorrow to share some Friends Friday creations with you ........ Hope you can make plans to stop back and join me for that share.  Keep Living Your Dream!