Thank You...

 

Hi Friends!

 

Hope your weekend is off to a good start!  This is my first time playing at Card Concept!  Lots of wonderful inspiration from the design team!  I was inspired to make a classy and elegant card. 

And, here is my card...

 



I started with a white card base and stamped the flower and leaf images.  I outlined the flower and leaf stems with a copic multi liner.  The flower was filled in with color using a blender pen.  Sentiment, gems, and ribbon for the final touch. 

Thank you for dropping by!  Take care!

Hugs,
Maria

Supplies:

Paper:  PTI
Stamps:  SU(Blooming with Kindness, Papaya Collage)
Ink:  SU(Lucky Limeade)
Dies:  MFT
Ribbon:  Jo-Ann Fabric
Copic:  0.3 Multi Liner-black
Gems:  KI Memories

Autumn Wishes...

Hi Friends!

This is my second post for the day.  Please scroll down to see my water color card. 

And, now I'd like to share with you a shaker card for the City Crafter Challenge as seen below...

I started with a brown card base and embossed it.  I die cut leaves using dies from Paper Smooches.  The paper is from Doodlebug.  Gold sequins were placed, which are from Paper Sweeties.  And, the stamp is from Precious Remembrance.  Ribbon for the final touch from Jo-Ann Fabric.  Well, it's late here and these tired eyes are tired!:-)  Thank you so much for dropping by!  Have a wonderful day!

Hugs,
Maria

Birthday Greetings!

 

 

Hi there!

 

Happy Friday to you!  It's a long weekend with Labor Day on Monday.  The official end to summer...sigh.  We had a good summer with cool temps...beautiful weather.  We are in dire need of rain, though.  Maybe we will get some soon.  Whatever you have planned for Labor Day, I hope it's a great one!

 

I made the above card for my brother-in-law.  I tried my hand at water coloring again.  I looked and looked for my water brush, but I could not find it.  I have another one on order, so I'll be practicing once again!:-)  It's a simple masculine card.  I felt like it needed something more, but for interest I lifted up the edges on top and bottom.  I used reinkers from MFT...blue raspberry, berrylicious, and sour apple.  The water color paper is from Tim Holtz.  The stamps and paper are from SU.  And, the metal dots are from K&Company. 

 

Well, that's all for now.  Thank you for taking the time to visit here today!  Take care!

 

Hugs,

Maria

Make a Wish!

 

Hi there!

 

I haven't been here in far too long!  Hope all is well in your world!  I couldn't resist playing along with Colour Q this week seeing those beautiful colors...so pretty!  My mother-in-law's birthday is in three weeks.  She loves flowers and the color purple, so I came up with this card as seen below...

 

 

 

For my card, I started with a white card base and paired it with razzleberry and wisteria colors.  I stamped the flowers on the background, fussy, cut and popped up three for dimension.  Metal dots and sentiment for the final touch. 

 

Thanks so much for taking time to visit here today!  Have a great day!

 

Hugs,

Maria

 

 

Supplies:

 

Paper:  SU

Stamps:  SU-Fruit & Flowers(flowers)

               SU- Perfect Pennants(sentiment)

Ink:  SU-Rich Razzleberry

Metal Dots:  K&Company

Copics:  BV13, YG95, B00

Misc:  SU-Dimensionals





Zoo...

Hi Friends!

Hope you are having a fabulous weekend!  My husband and I met up with our son who lives near Columbus, Ohio.  We thought how about having a fun family day at the Columbus Zoo.  We've heard many wonderful things about it, so we enjoyed our day viewing the animals.  Jack Hanna, who is now Director Emeritus, brought many positive changes to the zoo.  He turned cage-like enclosures to habitat environments for the animals.  It was amazing to see what a positive result it truly is for the animals!  Here are some photos...
 

This was great fun feeding the giraffe!:-)

 

 

 

Looks like me after a long day at work!  Just let

me lay here and don't make me move...lol!:-)

 

Lovely colors on this bird!

 

How would you like to carry around that rack!:-)

 

Big, white, and fluffy?:)

 

Mischievous Monkey!

 

Awesome looking tiger!

 

Very fast animal...cheetah!

Huh?  No more food?:-)

 

 

Ok, friends, that's all for now!  Hope you enjoyed viewing my zoo photos!  Take care and have a great week!

 

Hugs,

Maria

 

Paper Sweeties August Release Rewind!

 

 

Hi Friends!

 

Today is Release Rewind for Paper Sweeties!  I am combining a new stamp set/dies Be Happy  with a former released stamp set You're A Superstar.  I just love the FUN star background!  And, I cannot help but think of my Grandma's favorite phrase..."Oh, my stars"!:-)

 

I started with a black card base and stamped the background with lots of fun stars and tiny circles.  And, they were colored with copics.  The background and sentiments on the stars are from the Be Happy stamp set.  The medium and large black stars that are layered were die cut and are the new Sweet Cuts-Be Happy.  The stars in the corners with dots were made using a punch.  The large stars colored with copics are from the stamp set Fun Shapes.  Jake 's outfit and the sentiment in top left corner are from the stamp set You're A Superstar.  Dots and twine were added to finish the card. 

 

Stop by the following teammate's blogs to view some awesome creations!

Amber Kroening

Annette Allen

Annette Witherspoon

  Debbie Marcinkiewicz

  Kerin Sylvester

Kristi Schurr
Lesley Croghan

Maria Patrick—that’s me

Michelle Bala
Mynnette Kitchen

Nancy Penir 

Larissa Heskett

 

 What's New

You Are Fab

Hello Friend

Party Time

Be Happy

Sweet Cuts - Party Time
Sweet Cuts - Be Happy

Thank you for dropping by today!  Take care!

 

Hugs,

Maria

 

 Supplies:

 

Paper:  Bazzill, PTI

Stamps:  Paper Sweeties:  Jake and coordinating die

                                          Be Happy-sentiment, star background

                                          Fun Shapes

                                          You're A Superstar-outfit, sentiment(Happy Days)

Ink:  Memento-Tuxedo Black

Dots:  Doodlebug

Star Punch:  EK

Dies:  Paper Sweeties:  Sweet Cuts-Be Happy, Sweet Cuts-Jake

          MFT:  Stitch Border Blueprints 1

          Lil' Inkers:  Stitched Rectangle

Metal Dots:  Mark Richards

Copics

 

 



Paper Sweeties August Release Party!

 

Hello!

 



Welcome to Paper Sweeties Release Party!  I'm so happy to show you today the above shaker card made with a sweet yummy cake!  This stamp set Party Time includes lots of party items such as the cake and balloon above along with flower border, star background, and rose with leaves.  This lovely set has dies Sweet Cuts-Party Time that coordinate, too!  Super fun, huh!

Ok, so don't look too close for this is my first shaker card!:-)  I need to make more, so that I get better at making them.  The other Paper Sweeties items on the card are the pretty sequins Robin Egg, Cookie Dough, and Cotton Candy.  And, the sentiment is from the stamp set You Make Me Smile.

Lots more inspiration to be found with the following blog list...have fun!

Amber Kroening

Annette Allen

Annette Witherspoon

  Debbie Marcinkiewicz

  Kerin Sylvester

Kristi Schurr
Lesley Croghan

Maria Patrick

Michelle Bala
Mynnette Kitchen

Nancy Penir 

Larissa Heskett

What's New

You Are Fab

Hello Friend

Party Time

Be Happy

Sweet Cuts - Party Time
Sweet Cuts - Be Happy 

 

Thanks so much for dropping by!  Take care!

Hugs,
Maria

Supplies;

Paper:  SU, PTI
Stamps:  Paper Sweeties:  Party Time
                                          You Make Me Smile-sentiment
Ink:  SU-Melon Mambo, Black
Ribbon:  Jo-Ann Fabric
Gems:  Paper Studio
Dies:  Paper Sweeties:  Sweet Cuts-Party Time-balloon
Sequins:  Paper Sweeties:  Robin Egg
                                        Cookie Dough
                                        Cotton Candy
Copics

Paper Sweeties August Release Countdown!

Hello there!

Today is Release Countdown for Paper Sweeties!  Tomorrow is the day that you will be able to purchase *new* stamps/dies!  Such fun sentiments and a super lovely banner available this month!  I know that the banner as seen above will be one of my favs to be used very often!:-)  So, today I am featuring the Hello Friend stamp set!  You will want to purchase this set for it has so many sentiments (8) .  For example, it has Happy Birthday as seen above, Thank You, Hello Friend, Hip Hip Hooray, Grateful for You, Love You Much, Thank You, Hugs & Kisses, and Celebrate Your Day!

I started with a white scalloped card base from Bazzill.  I punched all those tiny flowers and added gems.  Sophie was cut with coordinating die, colored, and paper pieced.  Her outfit and sentiment is from the stamp set Mahalo.  More fun Doodlebug paper was used along with a strip of washi tape.  Button and Paper Sweeties twine...Grape and Creamsicle to finish off the card.

Would you like to see more inspiration?  Yes, of course you do!  Please follow along with the list below...

Amber Kroening

Annette Allen

Annette Witherspoon

  Debbie Marcinkiewicz

  Kerin Sylvester

Kristi Schurr
Lesley Croghan

Maria Patrick

Michelle Bala
Mynnette Kitchen

Nancy Penir 

Larissa Heskett

What's New

You Are Fab

Hello Friend

Party Time

Be Happy

Sweet Cuts - Party Time
Sweet Cuts - Be Happy

 

 

Thanks so much for visiting here today!

 

Hugs,

Maria

 

Supplies:

Paper:  Bazzill, Doodlebug

Stamps:  Paper Sweeties:  Sophie and coordinating die

                                           Mahalo-outfit and sentiment(smile)

                                           Hello Friend-banner and sentiment

Ink:  Memento-Tuxedo Black

         SU- Perfect Plum

Gems:  Paper Studio

Punch:  SU-Itty Bitty Shapes

Dies:  Paper Sweeties:  Sweet Cuts-Sophie

Washi Tape:  Recollections

Twine:  Paper Sweeties:  Grape, Creamsicle

Copics

Button:  Jo-Ann Fabric
 

 

 

Paper Sweeties August Release Sneak Peeks!

 

Hi Friends!

 

Welcome to another month of  sneak peeks for awesome *new* stamps/dies from Paper Sweeties!  Today I am highlighting the stamp set You Are Fab!  This set has several sentiments to make most any card.  How fun it would be to make a card stating..."You are FAB!"  Or, other examples would be..."You are Amazing...Wonderful...A Blessing....Loved...An Inspiration". 

 

For, my card I started with a white card base and paired it with Crate Paper.  I used little Sophie with coordinating die and paper pieced her outfit, which is from the stamp set Sweetie Pie.  I felt the card needed one more thing, so I added the darling little kitten using the stamp set Sweeties Pets.  Paper Sweetie sequins, Tuti Fruiti and ribbon, Robin Egg, Rose Petal Cupcake were added to finish the card.

 

Lots more inspiration to view from my teammates...Please hop along and have fun!

 

Amber Kroening

Annette Allen

Annette Witherspoon

  Debbie Marcinkiewicz

  Kerin Sylvester

Kristi Schurr
Lesley Croghan

Maria Patrick

Michelle Bala
Mynnette Kitchen

Nancy Penir 

Larissa Heskett

 

What's New

You Are Fab

Hello Friend

Party Time

Be Happy

Sweet Cuts - Party Time
Sweet Cuts - Be Happy 

 

 

 

Thanks so much for dropping by today!

 

Hugs,

Maria

 

Supplies:

 

Paper:  PTI, Crate Paper

Stamps:  Paper Sweeties:  Sophie and coordinating die

                                           Sweetie Pie-outfit

                                           Sweeties Pets-kitten

                                           You Are Fab

Ink:  Memento-Tuxedo Black

Ribbon:  Paper Sweeties:  Robin Egg

                                          Rose Petal Cupcake

Punch:  EK

Dies:  Paper Sweeties:  Sweet Cuts-Sophie

          MFT:  Circles

Gold Twine:  My Stash

Sequins:  Paper Sweeties:  Tuti Fruiti

Winner!!!

Hi there!

I'm just popping in here quick to let you know the winner of the blog anniversary goodies!  And the winner is..........

 

The winner is Greta!  Congratulations, Greta!

 

Greta said...

Congratulations, Maria--wow, 4 years! glad we've "met" this last year. My favorite summer vacation is houseboating on Lake Shasta, which we used to do every year. Gorgeous & so relaxing!

 

 

Please email me your addy, Greta, and I'll get those goodies out in the mail to you!

 

Hugs,

Maria

Happy...

 

Hi there!

 

Happy weekend to you!  I'd like to share with you a card I made for the challenge over at Colour Q!  I was inspired by the rectangles and lovely colors! 

 

And, here is my card...

 

 

 

I started with a brown card base and added the white frame by using the MFT die.  The squares were cut using the same die and placed.  The fun happy die from MFT was cut three times for dimension.  And, finally the owl was punched for the owl with twine added.  I think it makes a lovely background with the different colors.  There are so many possibilities with the die...love it!

 

Ok, well, that's all for now.  Hope you are having a wonderful weekend.  Thanks so much for dropping by!  Take care!

 

Hugs,

Maria

 

Supplies:

 

Paper:  SU, PTI,

Owl Punch:  SU

Twine:  SU

Dies:  MFT

Anniversary Blessings...

 

Hi there!

 

Just popping in quick to share a card with you that I made for a volunteer at the hospital.  She faithfully comes in every Thursday to help us with filing, etc.  She also makes delicious treats for us at times.  What a dear sweet lady she is.  I was asked by my co-workers to make an anniversary card for her for all us of to sign.  How amazing that she and her husband will celebrate their 50th anniversary this weekend! 

 

Here is a peek of the inside of the card...

 



Rather than bore you with all the details of the card, I'll just
list the supplies below.  Well, I took time out from laundry and
cleaning to post this card, so I'm going to return to all that fun.  I'd rather be crafting!:-)  Ok, that's all for now, friends.  Thanks for viewing my card here today!  Take care!

Hugs,
Maria

Supplies:

Paper:  SU, PTI
Stamps:  SU(numbers), Sweet 'n Sassy(sentiment)
Ink:  Versa Mark
Dies:  MFT(corners)
          Scallop Circles(Spellbinder's
          Heart(SU)
Heart Punch:  Martha Stewart
Ribbon:  My Stash
Dove Stickers:  Jolee's Boutique
Gold Emboss Powder:  Tim Holtz

Happy Birthday!

 

Hi there!

 

How's your Sunday going so far today?  Hope all is well with you!  I just thought I'd share a card with you that I'm entering over at Fusion Card Challenge.  I was inspired by the colors and pretty flowers.  And, here is my card...

 

 

 

For my card, I started with a yellow card base and added a stenciled white panel.  The stencil is from  Heidi Swapp.  I added ribbon, pearl cotton and a lovely prima flower.  The sentiment is from Papertrey Ink.  Pearls were added for the final touch.

 

Ok, friends, that's all for now.  Take care and have a wonderful day!

 

*Just a reminder...Please comment on my blog candy post before 8-10.  You can get to the post by clicking on the photo of blog candy on the side bar...thank you!*

 

Hugs,

Maria

 

Supplies:

 

Paper:  PTI, SU

Ink:  Tim Holtz:  tumbled glass

Stamp:  PTI

Pearl Cotton:  Jo-Ann Fabric

Pearls:  Doodlebug, Queen&Co.

Ribbon:  Paper Sweeties:  Cookie Dough

Flower:  Prima

Stencil:  Heidi Swapp