Southern Magnolia

Online Card Class-A Cut Above-Day 1-Die cutting
This is one of my favorite cards.  The Magnolia is all about the south.


Stamps:  Old Town Craft Magnolia; PTI Beautiful Butterflies
Ink:  Distress Antique Linen
Die:  Spellbinders Nestibilities Labels Fourteen; PTI Photofinish strips
Pearls:  Martha Stewart
Copics:  E00, E02, R20, E18, E15, G24, G28, Y15, Y19, C1, 0

Positive/Negative

Online Card Class:  Bonus Day

Learning, learning, learning....from great teachers/instructors and throughly enjoying. 

Technique:  using positive & negative space/dry embossing

Die:  Tim Holtz butterflies; MFT Fishtail Flags Stax

Embossing folder:  Spellbinders M-bossabilities Paisley, Design B

Stamp:  PTI Pretty Peonies

Ink:  Distress Tumbled Glass, Broken China, Shabby Shutters

CS:  PTI Aqua Mist

Glitter:  Art glitter Blue Water, Leaf; Art Accentz Sky

Pearls/Stone:  Martha Stewart

Stamps that just fit

Birthday card for my niece's 2 year old son, Gabe.  He wears hats like this boy.  When I saw that stamp, I knew I had to have it just for Gabe.  Sometimes a stamp just fits, you know?

Stamp:  Gone Fishing-Lili of the Valley  (Lili of the Valley has some really cute stamps)
Copic markers

Huge Giveaway at The Daily Marker

Beach Houses

End of the summer...time does seem to fly.  This is a card I made a little while back.  I love those beach houses.  It's a stamp by Magenta.  I used to buy quite a few Magenta stamps.  They were very unique to me.  I haven't seen any for several years and then I ran across this one.  Had to have it!
Stamp:  Beach Houses/Magenta; birds/Alexstamping; sentiment ?
Ink:  Distress inks-tumbled glass, tea dye; Momento Cocoa brown
Bakers twine
Papers:  Paper scraps
Metal clip
Technique:  direct-to-paper (also used some acrylic paint-white-and swiped across the sky.

Some Digital Scrapbooking

My grandchildren...Kyla, Liam, & Eoin (Owen).  I really enjoy digital scrapbooking.  I used Stampin'Up "My Digital Studio".  I have used Photoshop Elements, but seem to go back to MDS.  It's easy, quick, and I can do most of the things that Photoshop does.  I don't just use the Stampin'Up products,  I can also use digital papers, elements, etc. from other companies  MDS seems simplier.  I carry my laptop to appointments where waiting becomes fun and productive.

Blog Candy at the Daily Marker

If you jump over to The Daily Marker, there's some great blog candy!!  I just love her cards and ideas.

Just for fun I made these for the RV.  It seemed to need some crafty elements.  They look nice on the dinette wall.
Papers:  Bo Bunny
Clock hands:  Tim Holtz grunge
Die:  Tim Holtz Alterations "Steampunk"
Computer for the message