New Cards

Below is a card I made on Friday at Paper Studio. The paper used is from Creative Imaginations All American Collection by Samantha Walker and Bazzill Pomegranate. Memories Port Wine ink was used, along with stamps from Hero Arts. The white pompom border is from Bazzill.
I've been wanting to work with Flower Soft for awhile and just had a chance to experiment with it today. I purchased two jars of it when I went to the Sayner Stampede. The colors I bought are lemon and spring. On the card below, I used the Flower Soft to create a border. I really like working with Flower Soft, but need more colors. Other products used were brown, green, orange and yellow cardstock. The stamp used is from Inkadinkado "Kids Quotes".

This next card is one that I have been thinking about for awhile. Have you ever thought about how you want to create a card, know the paper that you want to use, then when you go to make it nothing turns out like you expected? Well, that's what happened with this one! It didn't turn out anything like I thought it would. In fact one of the papers I used was the wrong one and I had planned on using different stamps and ribbon. Once I knew that this card wasn't going where I wanted it to, I just improvised because I didn't want to waste the supplies. For this card I used Clear Arts Stamps "Coffee & Tea", olive, blue, and white cardstock, Creative Imaginations paper called Renae's House, Graphic 45 paper from the Fashionista Collection called "Potpourri", ribbon from May Arts and Hero Arts pearls.

Friendship and Sympathy Cards

Everyone should have a selection of cards for every occasion. I'm in the process of building mine up, so I have them when I need them. Below is sympathy card I made on Monday at Paper Studio. Further down is a friendship card I've been working on for a few days at home and finally finished late last night. I'm working on additional projects and I'll post pictures soon.

The supplies I used for the sympathy card above are:
-Olive and Light Blue cardstock
-Bazzill Diamond Bling cardstock
-Marks Paper Company August Collection "Icc Cream Cone/Board Shorts" paper
-Silver Sheer Ribbon and Brown Burlap Fiber from May Arts
-Barely Blue matte buttons from Lasting Impressions from their "All Sorts of Things" line
-Stamps by Hero Arts
-Artprint Brown ink
-Corner rounder, Pop Dots & Zots Adhesive Dots

I used my favorite Clear Arts Stamps "Coffee & Tea" again by Crafty Secrets for the card above. I've got many more projects to make with these stamps! I also used my favorite paper which is Graphic 45! The paper card is called "Bee's Knees" from the Times Nouveu Collection. Other products used were black and red cardstock, black mesh ribbon, black and white gingham ribbon and Hero Arts small accent pearls. My inspiration for this card came from Vicky Meier, a customer of Paper Studio. I just loved the ATC card she gave me at the Saynor Stampede. Search my blog for the Stampede and you can see a picture of her card.

Cards

I thought I'd add some cards that I designed at the Paper Studio for some of my friends that can't see them on my Facebook page. The card below I made at home using paper I bought awhile ago. I just love the way the patterns and colors go together.

I love the way the card below looks like a quilt. This card also designed using Graphic 45 paper and Hero Arts All Occasion Messages stamps.

Card below also designed using Graphic 45 paper. Hero Arts All Occasion Messages stamps were used.

The card below was designed for Sayner Stampede. Paper used is from the Teresa Collins Haute Cuisine Scrapbook Collection. Stamps are called What's Cooking from Hero Arts.

The card below was designed using Graphic 45 paper. Hero Arts All Occasion Messages are the stamps that were used. This card was also used at the Sayner Stampede. I have to say this card is one of my favorites. I just love how all the colors look so warm!

Yesterday at Paper Studio we made a TV commercial. That was a fun experience! You can hop over to the Paper Studio blog and see some behind the scenes pictures if you want.

Sayner Stampede

Finally, I am posting pictures from the Sayner Stampede! I was lazy yesterday as I was recovering from a long weekend. I had so much fun! This was truly a wonderful experience and I hope I get the chance to attend more shows.

Pictured above with me is Micaela Inman, owner of Paper Studio and Jen, my co-worker.

Here is a view of the showroom floor.

Micaela is teaching make-n-takers how to make her raspberry card.

Jen is helping make-n-takers with one of her card projects.

Make-n-takers having fun making my flower card.

A very happy make-n-taker making my kitchen card.

This little girl belonged to the vendor in the booth next to us. She came over and made our cards. She was adorable and for her age of 7 very talented.

Vicky Meier, a customer of Paper Studio came to our booth and gave each one of us one of her ATC cards (Artist Trading Cards). I was so thrilled to receive my very first one! Now I have to get to work and make some of my own to trade.

There are more pictures to see on Jen's Blog and on Paper Studio's blog.

Going To The Bank

Yesterday was a very exciting day for our dog Toby! Our local bank allows dogs to come in. That's correct...right up to the teller’s window. As you can imagine, this is very intriguing to him. I made my deposit and Toby made his. He sat very nicely and happily handed his right paw over for his treat. He also loves going through the drive thru so that he can pick up his treat on the run!

This weekend will be a busy one. At the local scrapbook store where I work, we’re busy getting ready for the Sayner Stampede. I'm taking the camera, so I’ll be posting pictures.