Goodbye Valentine's Day

Yes, I realize Valentine's Day is past. I am slowly getting back into crafting so I thought I'd share my card for my DH.

I just adore butterflies, so when I came across God's Love stamp set by Our Daily Bread Designs (ODBD) I just had to have it. :) It has a matching 2 step butterfly stamp set and a background stamp as well as a butterfly die. Yep, had to have it all! ;)

Here is his card.


The butterfly and "Love" are popped up. Used Olive Vine Glimmer Mist for some sparkle. Used Green Apple and Siren Smooch on the butterfly and "Love". Not sure if he loved it, but my DS told me he thought it was great.

I'm going to try to get back into the swing of things and post more. Thanks for following along!

Stamps: God's Love & 2-Step Butterflies (ODBD), Ink: Old Olive, Certainly Celery (SU); Paper: White, Old Olive, Ruby Red (SU); Accessories: Glimmer Mist, Smooch, Butterfly Die (ODBD), Cuttlebug.

PMS Monster Blog Hop

Today we have having a MONSTER of a Hop!!! Who doesn't love an ugly cute little monster?!

The Paper Makeup Artists, some of the Digi Artists and some of PMS's bestest fans (that would be ME) are joining together to bring you fun monster cards using Paper Makeup Stamps!

And in honor of this hop, all monsters on the site will be on sale for 1 week using the voucher code MONSTERHOP, of 15% off!

So settle down, grab your beverage of choice and prepare to be scared, um, we mean, inspired!

It has been one of THOSE weeks for me and I am running a little behind. I finally finished my Me and Pops card amid the handyman's visit and getting my little guy off to school. You now have my full attention. :)

And speaking of my Little Guy, I love my PMS monsters! What a perfect way to make those difficult masculine cards!

My scanner washed out some of the color, especially around the sentiment, which reads "you mean the world to me". The sentiment was stamped in VersaMark and clear embossed. Then I simply sponged Summer Sky (Memento) to allow the sentiment to pop out and then sponged Bahama Blue around the edge. I popped the sentiment up on foam.

I stamped the image a second time and colored in Pop's head and the child monster, then cut out just the colored portion and popped that up as well, placing the horn slightly over the sentiment. The green corners are some photo corners from my stash.


I love this image, because it can be used for both of my monsters, (Hubby and son)! I'm going to give this card to my son to write something to his Daddy and give it to him.

Since we moved this summer, there hasn't been any crafting done so this feels so good to get back into the swing of things. Thanks Katie for allowing me to participate!

Stamps: Me and Pops, sentiment (PMS); Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Summer Sky & Bahama Blue; Stampin Up: Brocade Blue; VersaMark, various Copic markers; Paper: Brocade Blue (Stampin Up) and Solar White (Neenah); Accessories: Nestabilities: Labels 8, photo corners (Heidi Swapp).

Anniversary PMS

It's been ages since I have posted anything. Sorry about that. I've created a bit, but always seemed to forget to take a picture. Hubby is now home from his deployment and we are getting ready to move in a little over a month. So I'm still not doing much creating, but I don't mind since I have him home again. :)

Tomorrow is our 12th wedding anniversary. Hard to believe, where has the time flown?? We are celebrating tonight. Hope the weather improves so I don't freeze in my new dress! :)


I just love PMS stamps! I took the Under the Mistletoe Fairies and masked the mistletoe and stamped just the fairies kissing. One of the things I love about rubber stamps is my ability to control the image. I stamped in Memento Black and colored with Copic markers. The sparkle is atyou Spica pens.

I used SU Wild Wasabi for the base and Lavender. The patterned paper is by DCWV Old World Stack. Used Nestabilities for the scallop die cuts as well as the fancy tag. Paper Studios gemstones to add some bling to the tag, which I popped up just a bit.

Hoping this is elegant enough, not to feminine for DH. He likes greens, I love purples so I thought this was a good combination.

Have a wonderful week-end!

Nature Silhouette

Here is a card that I made using a new technique from the Technique Junkies Newsletter called Pulled Glimmers. It is so difficult to show the shimmer on this.

The stamp is by Innovative Stamp Creations from the Nature Silhouette I set. I used the CPS card sketch #170. I probably should have trimmed down the top layer, but I just couldn't bare to trim it at all.

Stamps: Nature Silhouette I (ISC), Ink: Jet Black (Ranger); Paper: Lavender Lace, Basic Black Whisper White, So Saffron, Eggplant Envy; Accessories: Glimmer Mist; Scallop Punch.

Freebie In Action

Sandy from It's a Colourful World offered up this incredible free digi. I showed it to my DS and he chose a couple of the images, so I printed them out for him to color to send to his Daddy overseas. I rarely post without sharing some card or project that I have made, but this time all I have to offer is my DS's artwork, (or should I say colorwork! LOL!)


Here he is hard at work. (Ignore that cushionless couch, it has been attacked by the Fort-Master this week-end!) ;)

Here he is with his completed cards. Those "lines" over his puppy are rainbows. And yes, he meant to have his fingers up like that, always one to make some silly look! Thanks so much Sandy for this wonderful images!

I have discoverd a wonderful singing group. I bought their CD and nearly always get teary during one or another of their songs. 4Troops has some perfect music for this Memorial Day! If I did this right, you should be able to watch one of their videos.



For all those that support our troops, thank you! Your support means so much to them and their families! Blessings on this Memorial Day!

OWH Memorial Day Blog Hop

Welcome to my stop on this wonderful Memorial Day Week-end Bloghop! If you are following the hop you should have arrived here from Stephanie's blog, SeaSteph's Creations. If you arrived some other way please feel free to start at the beginning of the hop at the OWH blog!

I have always felt a connection with Memorial Day, probably because my birthday is May 28th. I am also a Veteran, married to a soldier that is deployed overseas this year. I so appreciate those who serve and have served in our Armed Forces to keep our great nation safe and free. My deepest and heartfelt thanks goes out to you.

I also appreciate those families that serve and sacrifice, giving loved ones to our military; providing the stability and strength that our military members require in order to serve wherever our nation sends them. Thank you!


On my card I used Our Daily Bread Designs' God Bless America, using the Pyramid technique that I learned from Sherry Cleever's blog. It may be difficult to see, but the flag is made up of four layers. (You can click on the picture to see it bigger.) I colored the flag using watercolor pencils, baby oil and a blending stump.

The sentiment is from Verve's Heartfelt Phrases. I thought this sentiment appropriate. (I think I'll tuck this card into the box I am readying for my husband!)

For the tag I used one of the Nestabilities Trio Tags. I wanted it to stand out from the flag and after a bit of experimenting used a blender pen on the inside of the Nestability, quickly put my paper in place and ran it through my CB. Once cut, I put it in a fine black embossing powder. After I heated the EP I had to fill in the areas the powder didn't stick and reheat. I eventually got this tag.

I threaded some thin black organdy ribbon through the tag and put it all together. I still needed something and ended up adding some Diamond Stickles to the stars.

I hope you have enjoyed my card, feel free to leave a comment as reading your comments makes it all worthwhile. Now hop over to Dawn's blog, The Chatty Stamper. For some reason Blogger will not allow me to embed the link to Dawn's blog, so here it is: http://thechattystamper.blogspot.com/2010/05/owh-memorial-day-blog-hop-2010-give-way.html Please cut and paste if this still won't link, you don't want to miss Dawn's wonderful artwork!