You're the best {Saturday Creations}

*****If you are looking for my CSS party hop post, please scroll down or click *here*

It's time for another Precious Remembrance post!

I'm once again using the "mom & dad" set, but to create something you can give to anyone special.


Can you spot the pattern on the hexes?  I stamped myself a sheet of the heart-bursts, in different variations of ink intensity (meaning, I didn't re-ink in between stampingss) and then used some lighter pink to blend the ink a bit so that the pattern would be more subtle.  I then ran the sheet through and die-cut it into hexagons.


I did bring in a sunburst and chevron pattern to help me create my collage-stamp card-front.  The PR sentiment is nestled at the bottom, with some bright yellow sequins.



I hope you have a great weekend!  I'm posting every day for the next few days - lawn fawn inspiration week starts!  See you ♥

Aqua & Cherries {Clear and Simple Stamps Party Hop}

Welcome to another CSS party hop!  It's no secret that I love throwing parties, even mini ones *grin*  I'm going to do less talking and more showing with this set.



I styled a bright and cheerful cherry-themed party.  It all started with that aqua and red polka dotted length of fabric.  I found it in my stash and decided that stripes in those same colors would compliment the polkas perfectly.



Every party needs a matching drink, right?  Ha.  I love the tiny tags, with their little aqua leaf each.  I tied them around the bottles of cherry punch and added more aqua and red with my striped straws.



There are so many party hat templates available online.  I downloaded one and cut it out of white cardstock, and then used the long stripe images to fill the entire hat.  I love party hats.  As soon as you see one, you know there's gonna be a part-ay.  I dressed up the front with the same cherry image as my drink tag, and used a part of the cupcake stand die to mat my white circle.  I'm-a-gonna curtsy for that one.  hee.



I know favors usually go at the end of a party post, but the topper is designed the same way as the party hat.  I'd like to point out that absolutely no gummy cherries were eaten in the making of this party.  It was all for show, and then thrown out.  You don't know how proud I am to say that I resisted the sour gummy goodness (badness, I know, but they are my kryptonite...)

The pie, on the other hand...

You can't let a homemade cherry pie go to waste!  It was delicious.  I created a simple banner for the top of the pie and a little label to identify it.  Everything is cuter when it's labeled...

Oh, and these?  These nice, big, aqua and red-shadowed letters?  Yeah, my lips are sealed... but you'll find out more about these dies in just a few more days...

On either side of the banner, I hung up a fun flower.  Do you remember *this post* where I shared that I created the flower using heart dies?  Same flower.  I'm just teasing you now.  The tutorial will come very soon.  

I hope you liked my party!  Now, party-hop your way over to these fun blogs:

Audrey ♥ Lori ♥ Jennifer ♥ Laura ♥ Kim ♥ Tracy ♥ CSS blog

wishing you some happy.

I'm so thrilled to be showing off Clear and Simple Stamps' new line of canvas bags, and it's the first time the new bow die is making an appearance on my blog.  I love it so.



And, in a bright yellow, it is especially fun and cheerful.  no?  Do you know the trick to crafting a perfect paper bow?  The kind with no creases in it?  Take a dowel or a perfectly round pencil and work the paper in the direction you want it to bend.  Slowly.  You need to break down the paper fibers and make it more pliable.  Works like a charm.



I apparently can't stop using those large stripe images.  I stamped myself a large sheet of stripes in two different blues, and then cut extra tag ends out of each color.  That's what happens when you can't decide which hue to go with for your project.  The sentiment is my new fave.  I love the font.

I hope you like my sunshine-y tags, and be sure to click over and see what the other designers have created for you:  Kim ♥ Lori ♥ CSS blog

hey sweet thing!

Just a quick one, to let you know that I have a birthday card up on the CSS app today, just in time for my mama's birthday ♥

If you are interested in seeing the whole card, click on the image and download the CSS app today!

See you in just a few more sleeps!

a jar full of critters.

I have a quirky critter card up on the lawn fawn blog today!

yep.  critters.  a whole jar-ful.  I hope they put a smile on your face today.

See you next week!

crafty break - keeping it real.

Hey.

I miss you.

I don't have anything to show off, but I thought I'd pop in and say hi.

Our family is recovering from an easter-weekend flu, I'm trying hard to shed the 20 pounds I picked up last year (ugh - I hate how that looks in type), and I'm working on design team assignments (which is kinda hard when you're doped up on Niquil...)

It's almost party season (3 babies born within 10 calendar days, remember?) and I haven't started crafting a thing.  the tragedy.  At least Thomas requested a star wars party for his 6th birthday and I don't have anything in my stamping stash to accommodate him.  A quick trip to etsy was a breath of fresh air for this tired mama.  I will delight in serving up "princess leia's buns" and "han-burgers" - printing and cutting and hamburgers and cinnamon buns sounds pretty good to me right now.

The blog may be a bit (a lot) neglected for about another week, but I'll make up for it with 2 and 3 a day posts.  They're all scheduled and waiting. waiting. waiting.

In the meantime, how're you doing?  Anyone else trying to shed a few pounds?  Jillian Michaels and I are trying to make friends.  It's slow-going.  I keep a pouty-faced picture of a 6-week-old Sofia next to the tv so that I feel like someone gets it - how much I hate exercising. I'm hoping it turns around a bit, when I push through all the leg soreness.

Until next time, friends!

Framed birdie baby {lawnscaping challenge}

April 1st, and no fooling - it's time for another lawnscaping challenge :)  Although, I'm not fooling when I say that the blog post title is the best I could come up with this morning.  I am beyond exhausted!  Anyone else with sick kids wanna give me a holla?  Misery loves company *wink*



Back to the challenge: we're asking you to get creative with embossing!  For my sweet birdie card, I embossed the frame with an aqua powder (from zing!) and then colored it in with copic markers.  I fussy-cut it out, and stamped a little scene using images from "home sweet home."



I stamped all of the elements, and then masked them all to be able to add my clouds in the background.  The sentiment is just so perfect for a family welcoming their first child... I love it.

I hope you make time to play along.  We're sponsored by Simon Says Stamp this week:

Have a happy day!