You crack me up...

Popping in one last time for the weekend to share one last Easter card. Then it's cleaning, making Easter baskets, and prepping some of the dishes I plan to serve for tomorrow's dinner.

Apologies for the blurry picture - I'm still researching cameras before I spend the money. I used yellow and green ribbons from my stash to make the double bow and topped it with a Melissa Frances flower. I also threaded the same yellow ribbon through the lace trim.

Pattern paper is October Afternoon's Fly A Kite, image from  Melissa Frances adhered to Spellbinders Decorative Labels Eight. Sentiment is Stampin Up.

I made this card with my little nephew in mind but it ended up being too feminine. Back to the drawing board ...
Have a blessed Easter my friends.
~N~

Happy Easter

Another Sunday is upon us - last day to get everything done before having to report back to work tomorrow morning. The good news is I only have a 4 day work week coming up. I took Friday off to prepare for Easter Sunday's dinner with the family and the annual egg hunt for the little ones. I fill about 3 dozen or so plastic eggs with candy and money and scatter them all over the back yard. So much fun! Here's hoping we have dry weather that day!

I'm trying to make Easter cards this week but I have lost the mojo once again. I pulled out some cards I had made last year and looked through some magazines so here's hoping I get it back.

 

Card stock is from Stampin Up, pattern paper and colored egg stickers are from We R Memories Cotton Tail line as is the Happy Easter sticker. The die cut is Spellbinders Persian Motifs and the pearls are Hero Arts.

I am back to the drawing board trying to make a few more Easter cards. Here's hoping I get that creativity back! Enjoy the rest of your Sunday.
~N~

Begins with a "B"

Happy Sunday everyone! Did you remember to set your clocks ahead last night before you went to bed? Of course I didn't...and wondered why it was so light out at 6:00 a.m. when I awoke!

I am sharing a card with you tonight that I am entering in the challenge at Sentimental Sundays - the challenge is to use 3 embellishments that begin with 'B'. On my card, I used 3 buttons and 3 bows!

I used white, pink and yellow ribbon from My Craft Spot.

I die cut flowers out of pink and white felt using Papertrey Ink's Beautiful Blooms II and added some of their vintage buttons.

Pattern paper is from Prima's Watercolor Rainbow collection, die cut is Spellbinder's Persian Motifs which I stamped the birthday cake image and colored it in using Stampin Up's watercolor pencils. You can't see it in the pictures, but I added glitter to the candle flames to give it some sparkle.

Today was the big outing to take my nephews to see a musical at the historical Rialto Square Theatre - ScoobyDoo and the Magical Mystery Tour. They enjoyed it very much in spite of the wet and rainy weather we are having right now in Chicagoland.

Well, I am off to post my card over at Sentimental Sundays - have a great week!
~Nancy

Flowers, flowers #2

Hi blogger friends - my 2nd post in one day...very unusual for me but I did say I was going to do nothing but stay in my jammies all day! I'm still in my jammies, but I have done a few things. One of them is making a card for the challenge at Sentimental Sundays in addition to the shadow box frame that I posted earlier this morning.

I have been waiting to use a few new dies I recently bought. One is Spellbinders Persian Motifs which I stamped my sentiment (Papertrey Ink) in the center of it. The other die is Papertrey Ink's Beautiful Blooms II #1 that I cut from their felt.
That is it from me for today. I'm going over to Sentimental Sunday's blog to post my card!
Bye-bye
~Nancy~

Flowers, flowers...

Happy Sunday! A sunny but chilly sunday here in Chicagoland!
 I am popping in to share a shadow box frame I decorated for the challenge at Sentimental Sundays #143 - Flowers, flowers and more flowers!

The pattern papers are from a box of scraps - I'm a paper hoarder! The flowers are Prima, the scroll and keyhole are Melissa Frances, the heart bling is Zva (I think-lost the packaging).

That is it from me for today. I am planning to do absolutely NOTHING today - stayin in my jammies!!
Enjoy the rest of today!
Nancy

'25'

Today is my baby girl's 25th birthday! You would think she was getting married with the celebration plans she has made! We spent all day today running errands, buying her 'party' dress and accessories, getting her hair and makeup done..yikes! But the results are stunning! To be that young again...!

As I was enjoying my morning coffee, looking through the latest Paper Crafts magazine, I came across a sketch that I liked and used it to make her birthday card.

All card stock is from Stampin Up, pattern paper is by October Afternoon, the oval lace die is Spellbinders. I cut out the numbers from my Cricut. No, the numbers are not crooked, I purposely placed them to make it look sort of whimsical. But the more I look at it, it does look crooked!!

I also would like to mention that the card I entered in the "Something New" challenge over at Sentimental Sundays was randomly picked as one of the winners!! I am so very excited!

It is late and I still have to make a couple pans of lasagne for tomorrow's birthday dinner celebration with the family! So with that - have a good night!
~N~

Love is in the air...

Hi everyone - just popping in to post a card I am entering into the Sentimental Sundays challenge #141-'Love is in the air...'. They want alot of pinks, reds, and hearts so here it is!

Talk about using up scraps of papers, ribbons, card stock...everything I used on this card! Red, white and pink cardstock is from Stampin Up. Heart stick pins are from Maya Road, the stamped image is from an old set I have by Stampin Up, along with the red ink. I'm thinking I should have heat embossed this in red--- and the red glitter domes are by Crystal stickers which I got at Michaels craft store.
That's it from me - I'm off to enter my card over at Sentimental Sundays! Have the best week ever!
~N~