Spring is here and that means more cards!

Had a great time at the Scrapbook Expo in Anaheim last month and used my evening crop time to make my spring cards.  With Easter and Mother's Day all bunched together I needed to get a lot done.  Thankfully, I've got more supplies than I know what to do with (and I purchased even more at the event)! Here are the cards I made -- a few of the Easter cards are adaptations from designs I saw on Pinterest and others are my original designs.  Enjoy!

Featuring a Technique Tuesday butterfly stamp and colored with Spectrum Noir pens.

Unity Stamp sentiment - this is a graduation card for my God Daughter.

I love this chicken stamp from Stampin' Up.

I recently subscribed to Simon Says Stamps' monthly card kit and I'm so glad I did.  The quality and choice of the paper and embellishments are wonderful and I find that having these all together has sparked my creative mojo.  Here are some of the cards I've made with the October 2015 and January 2016 kits.  Let me know what you think, I love hearing from you.  Enjoy!

This first set is from the October Kit which included some gorgeous My Mind's Eye, My Story paper and journaling cards.  The Happy Birthday die is from Simon Says Stamps and was not included in the kit.  The Celebrate and butterfly dies were from my stash and I'll have to update this post later with the details on those:

These next three cards are from the January Kit, Flurries of Love.  They are a little "cutesy" but still fun.  I needed a lot of thank you cards after Christmas and this kit really delivered the goods and inspiration. Here is a link to their website: https://www.simonsaysstamp.com/product.aspx?id=337993

This card has a shaker window with snowflake and sequins inside!

A Card for Presley

It's been a hot summer and I haven't been spending too much time in my scrap cave since it's very hot upstairs.  I did find time to create this cute birthday card for my nephew, Presley using some of my favorite October Afternoon paper -- Cake Walk.

I am entering it into sketch challenge #34 at the Paper Girls Challenge Blog which you can find here:  http://thepapergirlschallenge.blogspot.com/2013/06/challenge-34.html


In addition to the Cakewalk paper and embellishments, I also used some cool chipboard stars from UmWow Studios, AC Thickers, Authentique letters and background paper from Echo Park.  I'm sure Presley will like the little raccoon.

Here's a photo of him. He lives in Ohio and we don't get to see him very often so I always try to make something special to send him for his birthday.  His birthday isn't until November so I better put this somewhere I won't forget -- that would be just like me to have it done this early and then not be able to find it come November.  Ha!