{cool chicks X 3}

Amy Tsuruta, Julie Tucker-Wolek and Yvonne Yam are 3 friends who met online.  They are offering a free workshop this week with projects using all the current hottest trends!  Take a look here if you would like to sign up! 

Yesterday's trend was banners.  I {love} banners.  They are so fun and can be used easily on both cards and layouts.  The girls offered up some awesome inspiration!  I used a sketch from Elle's Studio and a border trick from my friend, Val and made this layout. 

We're His Humans

a close-up of the border

and the title, aren't those tiny potty people cute?

Today's trend is doilies, cant wait to see what the girls have created!

Happy Tuesday, friends!



{lift me up}

Virginia Lu's cards are always uplifting and inspirational!  Her work with SRM is stellar.  She rocks Hero Arts stamps.  She combines the 2 beautifully!  She is a card making machine.  :)  Visit her blog and you'll see what I mean. 

Today, I am lifting this beauty: Life is Good by Virginia Lu



Life is Good by me



I'm not a stamper, so I layered a cut out from a Hambly Transparency onto a tag made from a KI Memories Sheer Delight. I added the same SRM Sentiment.

I continue to love making these little bows, and of course I had to include a My Mind's Eye brad:

Thanks Virginia for being a creative inspiration to all of us card makers!

Happy Monday. friends!  I hope happy finds you in your little part of the world!

{mother's day}

There is no way to be a perfect mother, and a million ways to be a good one. -Jill Churchill

A big thank you to these 3 boys for making me the momma I am today.

I am blessed beyond measure.

Thinking of my mom today.  She passed away from early onset Alzheimer's Disease 19 years ago.  Since I was the youngest child and she had me later in life, she was gone before I had my boys.  She would have loved them, this I know. 

Happy Mother's Day, friends.

{pinwheel wedding} SRM

When I think wedding, I don't think long white dress and tux, I got married on the beach in my bathing suit after all, so I made these bouquets and boutonnieres with a somewhat low key whimsical wedding in mind.   Something out of the pages of Country Living.

 Grassy field, barn, picnic tables, mason jars - that sort of wedding.

The girls will carry these:

I found these pinwheels at the Dollar Spot at Target.  I wrapped the handles in twine from The Twinery and added some twill ribbon.  The SRM stickers from the Forever We've Got Your Sticker sets worked perfectly! 

The boys will wear these on their linen suit coats:

The Bo Bunny dotted paper matched the Prima flowers perfectly!  I added a little "celebrate love" flag with a heart pin and called it a boutonniere!

The bride will carry this:

I added a paper doily, because every bride, traditional or not, needs a little lace and some extra stickered grosgrain ribbon for her bouquet.

Like I said, it isn't for every bride, but for one who wants a simple whimsical wedding, these would work.  :)

Happy Wednesday, friends!



(studio challenge) sketch

It's time for another challenge at The Studio!  The best part of this challenge?  It is a sketch!  And not just any sketch.  Val created a wonderful sketch from one of Jules' layouts!  Here it is, wonderful - right? 

I stayed pretty true to the sketch.  I swapped out the little banner for an over-sized wooden banner that I just love!  I thought it might need something in the upper left corner, but everything I tried seemed too big or too small so I left it.  :)

Count Your Blessings

We have a wonderful new sponsor this month, Quirky Kits, has donated a lovely prize. Link up your creations this month and you have a chance to win.  So easy!

Here is a close-up of the banner. To use the brads on the wooden banner I snipped off the closures and glued them down!

I love how versatile the SRM Sticker Sentiments are, this one happens to be from the Fall sheet.  :)  The May Challenge over at the My Mind's Eye blog is to use brads in a creative way so I'm going to link this layout up.

Happy Sunday, friends.  Be on the lookout for happy today, I hear it is on a mission to find you!

{paper cone}

I have another simple, easy to make Mother's Day giftie to show you. 

I cut a 12" doily into a wedge shape, ran some double stick tape down one side and rolled it until I was happy with how it looked.  I gently held it in place and pulled the cover off the tape and burnished it from the inside with my bone folder to make sure it held tight.

I inked the edge of a mini doily with  both alcohol ink and an ink pad till I got the right color. 

 I added a circle of pattern paper to the center of the doily and placed  the "mother" sentiment sticker on it.  I added a scrap piece of a border sticker under the word.  To finish it off and pretty it up I added a sprig of paper roses, a MME butterfly and some pretty ribbon.  Fill it with your Mom's favorite treats or some pretty flowers and leave it hanging on her door for Mother's Day!

There are some new challenges up at My Sketch World.  Making a paper cone is my challenge this month!  If you happen to join in please let me know!  :)

Tomorrow is National Scrapbooking Day and SRM will be having a BIG giveaway on the blog, be sure to check it out!  How will you be celebrating?

Happy Friday, friends.  I hope happy surprises you in ways both big and small today! 

{keeping it cas-ual}

SRM Stickers is sponsoring CAS-ual Fridays this week so I thought I would play along!  I made a quick birthday card out of the MME Hip Hooray scraps I had on my table.  Added the tiny little "make a wish" stickers from the SRM Birthday Sentiments.

Make A Wish

This line is so fun and easy to work with!  I'm going to make birthday cards with it until I have nothing left!  :) 

Happy Wednesday, friends!  I hope happy found you today!