Valentine's Day Card

Thank you for visiting my blog. This card was designed by Lisa Stenz which I copied for my last workshop.
I hope you were treated today with laughter & love.

Enjoy your day
Lisa

Dalton's Tattoo

Here are 2 layouts I did of Dalton getting his tattoo. Never in my life did I think that our Mother/Son adventure would be getting inked together.

We both honored my husband/Dalton's dad with his name on our bodies.....

Enjoy your day!
Lisa

Lisa Gets Inked...

Yep, I got a tattoo!! Last summer my son was home on leave and wanted to get a tattoo. I have never wanted to get anything permanent on my body but after losing my husband I decided I really wanted his name on me.

I have seen some gorgeous tattoos on peoples feet, so that's where I decided to get his name.

Now "Duke" will forever live in my heart....and on my foot!!

Enjoy your day!
Lisa

Thank You Card

                                            Created by Me!!

I'm always in need of a Thank You card, how about you? This is one of the cards we made at my last workshop.

Using the Babycakes  (x7173b  $9.95) paper packet this standard size card is quick and easy.
Cut a piece of B/T paper 3"x41/4" and glue to the bottom of the card
Lay a piece of Jute Ribbon (z1867  $7.95) on top of B/T paper using Red Sticky tape to glue it down
Stamp Banner Wishes (b1438  $9.95) onto scrap White CS with Honey pigment ink (z2501  $19.95 for 10 ink pads). I DID NOT emboss it just let it dry for a bit.
Stamp sentiment in center with Chocolate pigment ink (z2503), again let dry, no embossing needed
Cut out spiral flowers on Cricut with Art Philosophy cartridge (z1686  $99.00) with Honey, Chocolate CS
Cut out free hand a heart from Sweet Leaf CS, scrunch it up and ink up for leaf
Add Sparkles Brown & Tan (z1753   $2.95) with Liquid Glass to adhere them inside of flowers
Ink the edges of card with Honey pigment ink

Enjoy your day!
Lisa

Happy Birthday Card

   
                Designed by Christine Adams....the Queen of the Cricut!!

We made this card at my last card workshop. I was looking for inspiration and I love the work that my friend, Christine Adams, does. She had this card on her blog and I HAD to copy it.

The base of the card is chocolate as are the images of the banner & package.

The beauty of this card is that the package and the banner are all cut on the Cricut. All you have to do is glue scraps of paper to the back side of the image with a glue pen. Here I have used the Babycakes background paper and scraps of Honey, Sunset, White and Metallic cardstock.

The Happy Birthday sentiment is from the Banner Wishes stamp set that is available in the Spring/Summer catalog. I used the Sunset ink from the pigment pads.

Enjoy your day!
Lisa

Washi Tape

                                      I LOVE WASHI TAPE!!

To be perfectly honest though I didn't know what to do with it at first! I'm slightly intimidated with new things I don't know what to do with and, even though I loved the look of it, I didn't have a clue. Now I do!!

Let me tell you though the possibilities are ENDLESS.

This card was inspired by the CTMH consultant bulletin board.

The base of the card ( 5 1/2" x 4 1/4") is Honey cardstock, as is the layer under the sentiment. Then White cardstock is (5 1/4" x 4") layered on top. The sentiment piece is 2 1/2" x 2 1/2". I measured the envelope the stamp came in to determine what size to cut the cardstock, then add 1/4" for the layering piece.
Using 3 different kinds of Washi tape I layered them on top of a piece of white cardstock randomly. Tearing the ends so that they weren't just perfectly cut.
The stamp on top is one of the M size stamps that are only $2.95. It is stamped with Chocolate pigment ink but NOT embossed, just let it dry a bit and there is no problem with it running.
Pink Glitter Gems finish off the card.
I colored the sentiment with Honey alcohol markers shading with the darker marker that comes in the set. I'm really liking the new marker but they do take a bit to get used to.

Enjoy your day!
Lisa

A New Year....A New Committment

So it's 2014 and I've reached the milestone of 50 years old....sigh!
Last year was challenging with many twists and turns but I will try again to commit to keeping my blog updated on a regular basis. I appreciate your patience with my sporadic posts and hope that I can share new & exciting ideas with you this upcoming year.

Enjoy your day!
Lisa