Operation Smile

You may or may not remember this little sneek peak that I posted a while ago.  Well it's about time I actually share my project!  I was honored to be asked once again to donate something for the Operation Smile Silent Auction at Close To My Heart's Convention in Disneyland this year.  Click here to see last year's donation.  Since I've never been able to make it to Convention yet, I am thrilled that a part of me does get to go and be a part of such a good cause!  I made a stationary box - once I find the link with the instructions and measurements that I used I will post it here!  I LOVE how the box turned out - especially the pinwheel flower on the front - this was the first one I ever made and I will be making a lot more they are so fun!  I used the Mayberry Papers.  Here is the box closed...

...take the top off and it opens up...

...and here are all the contents.

This was a little address book - I just covered the front and back with pretty Mayberry paper - wish I'd had time to put a tag with 'Addresses' or something like that on the front.

Here is the inside.

These 3x3 mini cards are my favorite.  I used the For Every Ocassion stamp set and Opaques Pearls on these.

I wish I'd had more time to work on these, but I didn't so I kept the standard size cards really basic - used the same pattern just changed up the papers and stamps used and added some fun Opaques Pearls and Opaques Mocha Gems.  These cards use the For Every Ocassion stamp set also.  They are good for a quick Thank You or Happy Birthday card!

These cards use the Thank You stamp set.

You can't see it very well in the picture but I found this cute mini pink pen - I put a strip of patterned paper in side the tube to help it coordinate.

To finish it off, I wrapped the envelopes with a strip of patterned paper.

Thanks for looking!

Teacher Appreciation

Here is what the girls made for their teachers during Teacher Appreciation week.  Brailee drew a picture - here she is still in her jammies and hair not brushed ;-)

This is the card I made for Amy, who is Brailee and Trysten's preschool teacher - we love her!  I used the Wings paper pack, You & Me stamp set for the flourish and pennants, Solo U and Tiny Typewriter stamp sets for the letters on the banner.  I finished it off with some Sparkles.

Brianna's teacher loves purple and butterflies so Brianna is always coming up with something along those lines.  She loves to do 3D projects with the butterflies - for Valentines she found a fun pop up/easel card idea that we incorporated (wish I'd taken a picture!), and here we did a different pop up project.  Her teacher had cleaned out her closet that week and given various leftover supplies to her students - Brianna got this folio and a butterfly cut-out.  So Brianna decorated both and put them together to create this:

Her teacher liked it so much she wants to put it in the fair.

Kaylee made some paper flowers for her teacher and their 'Grandma' helper.  They loved her flowers so much that she got to teach her class how to make them!

Kaylee was inspired by these cards that I was making that week - we love making these paper flowers!  The card on the left uses the Sophia papers, You & Me stamp set, Opaque Pearls, and Designer Tab card pattern from Wishes.  The card on the right uses the Bliss papers, For Every Occassion stamp set, and I have since changed out the Opaque Pearl gem in the center of the flower for a brown one from the Mocha assortment for more contrast (I just couldn't find my Mocha ones when I first created my cards).  I used the Upper Level Focus card pattern from Originals.

Thanks for looking!

Card Mania!

Here are some cards that I made for the birthdays and other events in January, February, and March...I just never got around to posting them until now ;-P
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Birthday card for my BIL - using It's A Guy Thing paper, and Beautiful Things and Happy Birthday stamp sets

I used this sketch from Mojo Monday

Birthday card for another BIL - using Sarsaparilla paper, and Lovely Buckles and Happy Birthday stamp sets

Birthday card for my friend, Colette (she likes Orange) - using Abundance paper, and Treasure Life and Happy Birthday stamp sets

Birthday card for my SIL (this was part of my March Word Puzzle Workshop) - using Emporium Creative Basics paper and Moments in Time stamp set

A non-traditional Wedding card for my dad who remarried in January - using Emporium paper and Noteworthy and For Every Occassion stamp sets

Birthday card I made for my Grandpa in December - using Simple Pleasure paper and Annotations stamp set

I made this one for my SIL, Sandy, using Emporium paper, and Confidential and Happy Birthday stamp sets - but I wasn't completely thrilled with it...

...so I made this one for her instead ;-P It's a lot simpler but I like it the best. I used Emporium again (can you tell it's one of my favorites) with the Happy Birthday stamp set (another favorite and most used sets)

I used this sketch from Caardvarks
Thank you card for my mom using Citrus Leaf Textured Cardstock and Adorable Backgrounds stamp set with the Solo T

Here are some cards that the girls helped me make for their friends - they stamped and colored the Family Ties stamp images - the notebook is for Kaylee's friend who got baptized.

Whew! Well that's it for now. I will have some more cards to post a little later. Thanks for looking!

New Year, New Month, New Challenges!

Happy New Year to everyone! Are you ready for some new challenges - I'm actually posting on time this month, too! Remember to post a comment with a link to your entry, or you can e-mail me with your entry, or even stop by so I can get a picture. I can't wait to see what you create! All who participate will get their name in a drawing for a fun pack of cards from my stash!

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Cherish Challenge - Creative Rhythm pg. 36-37

View my Challenge Pages here

View Alanna's Challenge Pages here

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Imagine Challenge - Perfect Prelude pg. 26-27

View my Challenge Pages here

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Reflections Challenge - Bottom Border - Portrait pg. 28

I posted my sample using this layout yesterday - you can view it here

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Originals Challenge - Center View pg. 16

View Alanna's Challenge card here

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I created this card using CTMH's NEW Ms. On the Go stamp set, For Every Occassion, Key To My Heart Paper, Flower Dimensional Element, Sorbet Dash ribbon, and Juniper brads.

Butterfly Wings - Sneak Peek!

I got the new Stamp of the Month sets for the upcoming Spring Catalog (which is fabulous, by the way!) - this one is for March, it's called Butterfly Wings and it's been SO much fun to play with! I made these cards for my niece and SIL who share the same birthday, which was on Monday. For my SIL I included a class picture of her in 5th grade - the school was giving away any extra pics they had so I picked this one up - I hope she enjoys the flashback ;-) My niece just turned 10 and we gave her a fun Snowflakes card kit - she should have fun creating! Oh, and I also did these cards for some of Marjorie's Color Challenges - the first one (which is my favorite) is for MCC #41 and the second is for MCC #37

EDIT: This first card is also for this month's Original's Challenge.

Thanks for looking!

Super Saturday

Here are the projects that I taught on Saturday...card organizers made from the Acrylix Organizer OR fun little lunch box tins...

We also made some cards...

Inspired by Pat Pobst (sp?)

The next three were inspired by Lisa Stenz

Idea from last year's (?) Autumn/Winter Idea Book or maybe 2006?

Inspired by Diane Bowman (?)

Birthday Cards & Gifts

Here are some birthday cards and gifts that I have made recently and haven't posted yet...
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For my SIL Liz - she likes orange - or at least I hope she still does ;-P Happy Birthday yesterday, Liz!

For my SIL Hannah - I really had fun with this card and I took a lot of pics of this one so you get how it looks. I took inspiration from Originals: Window Cutout, but instead of a 3 1/2 x 2 1/2 card, I turned it into a standard sized card (4 1/4 x 5 1/2). I embossed the star from Shining Star with Cranberry EP onto black CS and cut it out - then I mounted it on a piece of white CS and cut out again. then I cut out the center of the front of the card leaving a 3/4 inch border and attached the star. I also used the dot paper from Silhouette (I LOVE that pattern!), some Cranberry Ribbon, Black Waxy Flax, and some Black Bitty Brads.

I played a little more with it after my original pic, adding dashed lines around the star - did I add too much? Which do you like better, the first or second version?

For my nephew Damon who turned 6 last month - just a simple card using the most boyish stamps I own - when you have 3 girls there's just not too much boy stuff around ;-P Brianna picked the color since he is her bud. I stamped the Tool Time stamp sets using White Daisy pigment ink - and used Moonstruck B&T papers, Say It In Style stamp set for the sentiment, and some fun blue staples.

for my nephew Isaac who just turned 8 and was baptized this weekend! I used MCC #34 and Solos (G, R, 8, and the new Punctuation set). I was inspired by a sign at a local fast food place, advertising 'Join a GR8 team!' So I thought it would be perfect for an 8th birthday!

I also made him this journal/notebook - inside the front cover is a picture of Christ getting baptized. This was inspired by Originals: Tie Back Tag but created an 8 1/2 x 11 cover with it.

for my MIL - Happy Birthday today! She loves pink, can you tell? I took inspiration from Originals: Ribbon Envelope but turned it into a 6x6 card. I used Adorning Corners and For Every Occassion - I used some mini clear window circle stickers on the dark side of Blush textured CS to create the embellishment in the corner. I used the light side of the Blush textured CS for the front of the card, along with paper from the Paper Garden pack.

Here is another baby gift - that is LONG overdue! This is a fun puzzle (?) frame that I found - I don't know how else to describe it - each of the squares slides around like those puzzle games. I started this gift right after she was born, then the pics she e-mailed me, I couldn't get to print, so after I finally remembered to tell the mom I needed another picture, I was able to finish it up a few weeks ago when I finally got that picture. I just hadn't given it to the mom and baby yet (sadly she is almost 6 months old now) - I scheduled it to post here so I would finally remember. What a horrible friend I am ;-P