Pretty Things

CPS 178

2010-08-07T18:12:00.000-07:00

Just a quick post to share the card I made for my grandma's birthday. I used CPS 178 and the fabulous kit I got from Treasured Scrapbooking. The weather has been beautiful this weekend here. Hope everyone is enjoying the summer!
Thanks for stopping by!
Michelle :-)

Moxie Fab Shabby Chic?

2010-07-17T10:18:00.000-07:00

Well, I will say I tried and I think I succeeded in shabby chic-ness! I have been in need of some inspiration to craft and sketches weren't doing it for me lately...I so rarely send my cards or make them for any real reason, that sometimes I need a "theme" more than a sketch. So this week's Moxie Fab challenges are perfect! This card is for the Card Style Shabby Chic and Vintage Challenge in the Moxie Fab World. I found my few vintagy items and this is what I came up with.

I also used Card Pattern's sketch 72, which is actually last week's sketch, since I'm a few hours late.
I hope you are enjoying the summer! Thanks for stopping by!
Michelle :-)

2 Sketches 4 You #55

2010-07-03T13:52:00.000-07:00

I am slowly getting back in the groove of cardmaking and this time I made a super girly card using Laura's sketch #55 at 2 Sketches 4 you. I cut the castle from paper, Recollections Fairy Tale collection, backed it on cardstock and stickled the flags and door and flocked the hearts.
As I'm typing I'm anxiously awaiting my sister's arrival so we can go to the State Fair! I can't wait to go on rides, play games and eat...yay! And the weather is just perfect for it. Hope everyone is having a great weekend too!

Thanks for stopping by!
Michelle :)

I Do Exist!

2010-06-02T15:18:00.000-07:00

Hi! I have no idea if anybody has visited my blog lately but if you are here now, yay! I've been unpacking and organizing my life for the past few months since I moved and am finally able to start creating a little again. :)
I was inspired by last week's Tuesday Trigger at MoxieFab blog. I was going to put a small rub on sentiment in each of the blank squares but haven't found anything I like yet so it will likely remain as it has for the past few days.
Thanks for stopping by!
Michelle :)

Big News!

2010-03-02T14:26:00.000-08:00

I'm a day late in making this fantastic announcement but better late than never! My amazing friend Kristin started a new Message Board and I am helping out as a moderator and DT member! Please come visit us at Paper Therapy There is so much fun planned and lots of prizes to give~a~way; there is an amazing bunch of goodies that Kristin has put up for grabs in our first big contest! We have sketches, challenges, virtual crop nights, tutorials, tips and how to's, and of course prizes every month.

Our first sketch challenge is a sketch that Vickie chose for us and I had so much fun making my card. Come check out the sketch here and take a look at what the other members have done with it.

This card was made using DCWV Berry St. Farmer's market stack and I love this stuff! There were 2 images of the cutle little mouse so I added dimension to her by layering her bow, the flower and her adorable little nose, with the same image on pop dots. I used diamond glage on the flower, bow, and nose and had to put a little glitter on the flower too!

I hope to see all of you on our new message board!
Michelle :)

CPS 154

2010-02-20T14:47:00.000-08:00

It was a warmish day with sun and melting snow everywhere....I just know spring is out there somewhere! Or maybe not; there is more snow is the forcast for next week...ack! I did have fun a few days ago when it snowed and made a snowwoman...I played all by myself and love my creation...I think she's adorable wearing my hat and scarf! What do you think of her?

I also made something with paper, this card was inspired by this week's CPS sketch. This paper is Recollections Doodle and there are so many super cute images for me to fussy cut. A lot of times that's why I buy paper; I look at it and just want to cut everything out of it and use it another way. That's where the butterfly and stars came from.

Thanks for stopping by!
Michelle :)

Moxie Fab!

2010-02-13T09:09:00.000-08:00

After many months of visiting the Moxie Fab blog, and oogling the beautiful Tuesday triggers, cards and many other wonderful sight, I finally decided to play along. This week's Tuesday Trigger was all about pink and I love pink! I got some new K & Co papers and flowers and here is the card I made with all of that yumminess:

Thanks for stopping by!
Michelle :)

CPS 153 and lotsa snow!

2010-02-11T09:23:00.000-08:00

It's a bright, sunny day here today after the blizzard we had yesterday. It was really pretty and since I didn't have to leave the house, it was wonderful. I did open the door to take a few pics that I have to share with you.

I also made a card...despite the blizzard I was inspired to make a bright springy card. I did a tiny shopping the other day and bought DCWV Songbird and I love it! That's where just about everything on this card is from. This collection has so many things for me to cut and layer, and I love that! That is where the flower came from and I added some little pink pearls to each petal. I think I'll be making another card using this collection because there are some adorable little birds that I can cut out...
I used this week's sketch from CPS which is very simple and versatile. I love, love, love this week's DT samples using PaperTrey Ink which I am falling in love with and may have to begin buying... :) Here it is, my rather crooked picture of my card...oops!:

That's all for today! I hope everyone is staying warm and having a great day!
Michelle :)

Pagemaps Cards

2010-01-23T16:50:00.000-08:00

I've looked at the sketches on Pagemaps.com a million times but haven't used them until recently when my little Paper Therapy group at SB.com was challenged to use a couple of them.
This card was made using a kit I got from in a monthly card kit swap. The paper is BoBunny that I had been wanting so I was so happy to get it!

The next card was made using a sketch from Pagemaps and my pretty girly kit from Treasured Scrapbooking. It's actually filled with pretty BoBunny papers too. The only thing I added is the rub on.

A few days ago I bought "just dance" for Wii and it is so much fun! But I warn you, if you are out of shape, like me, one full song to start with is exhausting!! It is an awesome game though, if you like to dance!

Thanks for stopping by!
Michelle :)

CPS 148

2010-01-09T16:06:00.000-08:00

I think I'm fully back into a regular schedule and regular card-making...yay! I finally made a card and used the sketch from CPS and a kit that I got from Treasured Scrapbooking in November I think. It had lots of yummy pink paislee goodies and even though it's a bit late, this card feels more wintery than chrismasy, I think.

I also want to share a picture of me with my new car! I got a fun red corolla and I love it....it's my first new car! And if you look closely, you will notice that it matches my purse perfectly! hahaha!

Thanks for stopping by. I hope to be back soon!
Michelle :)

Cutting Cafe Post-it Note Box

2009-12-07T19:00:00.000-08:00

I won my first blog candy ever from my talented friend Kay a couple of weeks ago...it was such a happy day! I won a template from the Cutting Cafe and am loving making boxes with it! I'm on my third one right now because I'm giving them out to a few work people as a gift. I've only taken pictures of my first one so far; here it is:

All of the paper is SU.

Thanks for stopping by!
Michelle :)

2 Sketches 4 You #39

2009-11-12T16:32:00.001-08:00

I finished another sketch challenge--I'm on a roll! I may even do another one tonight! As you can tell from my title, I used Kazan's fabulous sketch over at 2 Sketched 4 You. I love checking out the DT's samples and there are so many talented ladies participating every week that you have no choice but to be inspired!
For my card I used my Cosmo Cricket Jolly by Golly papers. I just love these papers! I cut the image from the paper. I handsewed along the red line that was already drawn and the black stitching is a rub on.

That's all for now. Thanks for stopping by!
Michelle :)

Card Patterns 40 and more holiday cards!

2009-11-11T11:22:00.000-08:00

This is the first time I'm entering a card on time for a sketch challenge in months! Last night Card Patterns Sketch 40 caught my eye and while I had my super fun Cosmo Cricket Golly by Jolly kit out, I made a card! Here it is:

The stitching is DCWV rub on and the black pp is Pink Paislee Fascinating. The sentiment is SEI rub on words Glitzmas.

I had my CC kit out to make this fun snowman card:

I used SU Petite Rose ink to color the pink slowflakes and then covered them with fruit punch stickles. I hand stitched the hills and the border. If you want to learn how to make perfect hills, check out this awesome tutorial by the very talented Debbie Olson on The Classroom blog.

Here's one more card I made; it is a window card; the first one I've ever made. I don't know why I've never made one before!

That's all for today. Thanks for stopping by!
Michelle :)

Cards, Cards, and more Cards!

2009-10-29T18:22:00.000-07:00

I've been making a lot of holiday cards lately and thought I should start sharing them on here. I made six cards that I plan on packaging together to sell. I have this perfect box for them; it is a cigarette carton shaped like a regular box/pack of cigarettes. Of course it will be covered so no one knows what is was from. I'll share that when I actully make it! For now, here are the cards that will go in there. They were all made using a cute kit by Three Bugs in a Rug that I bought at Scrapbook.com

I'll be back soon with some more holiday creations.
Thanks for stopping by!
Michelle :)

My almost complete bedroom (23 photos), by Michelle Treiber

2009-10-14T17:25:00.001-07:00

I've been redecorating my bedroom for the past week since my ex-boyfriend moved out. If you didn't know that he's gone, you do now, and don't worry, I'm fine! I am having fun being girly again so here is my bedroom. I still want to put a few small things on the wall. I am in LOVE with my new vanity! I have always wanted one and now I have one! Retail therapy always works! And I'm celebrating my win in court. So many ways to justify my shopping and redecorating but there's really no need to; I want to and I can! :)

Well the video refuses to load as a video so I extracted frames from the video. If you want to watch this, here is the link; watch it as a slide show and you can tell that it once was a video. I think so at least. :)

Thanks for stopping by! Michelle :)

I'm Back!

2009-10-13T14:37:00.000-07:00

Well, it's been about a month since I last posted but that's because I had nothing to post. I was on trial for the past month but it paid off; my client was found Not Guilty of all the charges. Yay!
I have one month to make cards for the Holiday craft fair I am partipating in so I am trying to make a lot - I'm not a fast cardmaker at all but I'm trying!
These 2 were made using last week's sketch from 2S4U. I didn't post them in time but better late than never!

Both of these cards use Cosmo Cricket "Jolly by Golly."

Snowflake is K&Co.

This last card is a pocket flower pot card. I cut those yummy flowers from BG Figgy Pudding "wonderful" and put little pearls in the center. Everything is from that BG collection.

That's all for today. I will be back with cards that are made for current challenges. Thanks for stopping by!

Michelle =)

Caardvarks Christmas Caards

2009-09-12T12:26:00.000-07:00

I am super happy that I had time and was able to make some cards last night! The very talented Heidi Van Laar created 3 sketches over at Caardvarks and I used 2 of them to make these Christmas cards.
The first card was made using sketch #1 and The Bugs in a Rug cute paper. The sentiment is by them too. The star is layered and on pop dots and has some yummy glitter on it I think it's Me and my Big Ideas.

My second card was made using sketch #3 and the same papers as the last card. The snowman and tree was cut from it.

I used Dimond Glaze for the first time ever (love it!) on the tree ornaments and the snowman's nose and heart. I used icicle stickles on his hat, then put it on the corner of my desk to dry. I tell you this because I have to share something very funny....

I tend to lose things on my desk all the time because I am not the neatest of people. Two days ago I lost a large chipboard snowflake that took me 2 days to find. I stickled a pretty little present that i cut out and still haven't found it after leaving it to dry. So, when I was ready to use, and went to look for the fairly large tree and snowman that I left to dry and couldn't find it, I really thought I was losing my mind. I searched my desk and floor for like 20 minutes when it hit me. Where is my furry little cat, Duncan? He sometimes has various things stuck to his fur. And when I find him, here is what he looks like:

How funny is that? So, I take it back from him and had to add another layer of Diamond Glaze after I got all his fur off of it.

That's all for today. I am going to see if I can get another card done today since it's yucky out and my BF is working today.

Thanks for stopping by!
Michelle :)

It's Been a While!

2009-09-10T18:04:00.001-07:00

I haven't posted anything on here in weeks and I don't know when I will again because I am very busy at work. But there are a few cards that I have to share that I have made over the past few weeks.

The first one is a birthday card for my sister; we just have a little "apple" thing so I knew she would love it. I used my Cricut to cut the apple, I distressed and paper pierced the edges of the Cosmo Cricket Early Bird paper, cut the leaves from a sparkly fabric (can't remember who makes it) and embossed a tiny brown stem with my Cuttlebug to give it some texture.

This one was just a fun shaped card using Pink Paislee and some fun chipboard letters. I wanted to make a non-traditional holiday card.

Finally, this card was made using paper from Marcella K and some little trees that I cut out of K&Co. papers and put on pop dots. The "happy" part of the yummy bling is a bit crooked but, I think it took me 3 days to make this one for some reason so crooked it is!

Hopefully, I'll be able to craft again soon.

Thanks for stopping by!
Michelle :)

Card Patterns 28

2009-08-20T07:27:00.000-07:00

Good Morning all! It's another hot day here and I plan on relaxing in the pool and hopefully getting some cards made too. But before I do that, I thought I'd share another Christmas card that I made using Card Patterns sketch 28.

For this card I used the Cosmo Cricket Jolly by Golly collection. I cut the little house out and covered the one already there by putting it on pop dots. Then added some stardust stickles to the window and some pearl Glimmer mist to the snow. The snowflakes are mini ornaments that I cut the string off of and added a little more bling to the center and inked the edges brown.
That's all for today. Thanks for stopping by!
Michelle :)

Christmas Cards

2009-08-15T17:20:00.000-07:00

I'm doing my first holiday craft fair this Noember and I'm so excited! The only problem is that I have to make a lot of cards in just a few months and I'm such a sloooowww cardmaker. To remedy this little "problem," I have decided to make more than one of a card which I never do. I just can't seem to make things exactly the same so I figure, same line of paper, same sketch, it's the same but different.
That's how these 3 cards, using the fantastic sketch this week from CPS 128, were made. I used Basic Grey's Eskimo Kisses and my Cricut Stretch Your Imagination cart for 2 of the trees. The sparkly one is Melissa Frances chipboard inked and covered in glitter.

Hope you like holiday cards because that's almost all you will see when you visit me from now on!
Thanks for stopping by!
Michelle :)

Boo!

2009-08-13T15:23:00.000-07:00

Were you scared? Come on, I know you were! I truly love Halloween; I love decorating the house and dressing up to give out candy. I don't make very many Halloween cards because I just don't seem to have much a use for them. But they certainly are fun to make! My Paper Therapy group had a crop a few nights ago and the challenge was to make a Halloween card and everyone made such amazing cards! I love this K&Co. paper because it's super glittery but it gets EVERYWHERE! I cleaned my face that night with some toner on a cotton ball and there was tons of glitter stuck to it.

The Boo chipboard is Melissa Frances. I peeled of the shiny white layer, ran it through my cuttlebug using the distressed lines embossing folder but I don't think you can see that anymore. I painted it all with black acrylic paint and when it dried I sanded it so the chipboard was visible. Then I used crackle paint. Then I added some purple and lime green stickles. I certainly did a lot of altering to that plain white chipboard! Finally I put it on pop dots so you just couldn't miss it.
The branches and birds are fussy cut from the paper and are all attached the the boo label. It really was a fun card to make; maybe I'll make some more Halloween cards this year.
Thanks for stopping by!
Michelle :)

It's a Beautiful Day!

2009-08-04T10:02:00.000-07:00

Indeed, it is a beautiful day here but I was referring to the title of my card. I used Card Pattern's sketch 26 to make this fun tree card. The tree "leaves" are a hand made flower and a button. I used this fabulous flower making tutorial. I traced a Pink Paislee tree onto cardboard, embossed it with swiss dots, inked it and put it on pop dots. The DP is SU Flamingo something.

Well, that's all for now, I'm off to enjoy the beautiful day!
Thanks for stopping by!
Michelle :)

It's a Rainbow!

2009-07-25T12:19:00.000-07:00

I've been very much into rainbows lately and I wanted to do something a little different so I made a shaped card. I didn't want to use solid colors so I used the amazing Cosmo Cricket Early Bird collection. I used rub-on stitching and rub ons for the sentiment on each cloud. To get the shape I found a rainbow image online and sized it, the card is actually a bit large, I think it's about 9" long. I cut the clouds from some handmade specialty that I've had. I popped them up slightly; added flowers, buttons, gems and viola! Here is a close up of each cloud:

I'm thinking of submitting it next week at the CKC convention in Valley Forge. It has to be a birthday card and I'm going to make a few more and I would love it if you would tell me what you think. As of now, I'm considering this card and my manly star card from my previous post.

Thanks for visiting me and please leave me a comment with your choice! Hope everyone is having a great weekend!
Michelle :)

Another card...woo hoo!

2009-07-18T18:19:00.000-07:00

I got my Treasured Scrapbooking card kit today and was so happy that my mojo has returned and I made a card! The super terrific Eva had a challenge on the forum to use stars so I combined that with another challenge. I used the sketch for this week's Cuttlebug #40 challenge and I even used the new Herringbone embossing folder. The bonus folder was the Textile folder that I love but for some reason don't have but since the DT used herringbone, I copied and used it too! It really is great for "manly" cards. I would say that this one is manly. You can tell them from my girly cards because they almost all have stars instead of flowers...I'm so clever! hee hee. Here is the whole card:

I told you that my sister and I went to the State Fair last week and I wanted to share this hilarious picture of the two of us on the "vicious" Mouse Trap roller coaster. My sister was terrified and had her eyes closed and I kept laughing and screaming and telling here when the next big dip was even though she closed her eyes so she wouldn't know. Tee hee! It really was fun until we went on a ride that spun far too much and my stomach was not pleased.

That's all for today. Thanks for stopping by!
Michelle :)

Card Patterns 24

2009-07-17T16:42:00.000-07:00

Yay! I made a card! I was having mojo issues and it was driving me crazy! I went to Target yesterday and bought some really cute papers from the dollar section and it finally inspired me to make a card. I really liked the sketch at Card Patterns this week and I was finally able to do something with it!I used my new Cuttlebug Stars embossing folder on the red paper. I got all of them last week from HSN. They are just fabulous! The sentiment is a WRMK rub on and I used red flocking but I think it needs more. Well, that's all for today. I'm starving and dinner is waiting!

Thanks for stopping by!
Michelle

Card Patterns 22

2009-07-10T11:03:00.000-07:00

It's been beautiful the past few days! Tonight my sister and I are going to the State Fair. I love the tilt-a-whirl and can't wait to go on! I will be devasted if they don't have it there. Anyone have interesting weekend plans?
I made this card for this week's Card Pattern's sketch challenge. I used the fabulous Cosmos Cricket Girl Friday collection. The lollipops were made using a clear stamp I got from Michael's dollar section and then glitered. I cut a piece of a skewer for each of the lollipop sticks.

I also wanted to share this cute little flower pot card I made last week. It is the first one I ever made and it was so much easier than I had expected. Here is the tutorial I used.

Thanks for stopping by!
Michelle :)

Happy July 4th!

2009-07-05T08:30:00.000-07:00

Ok, so I'm a day late; what's new, I'm always late! Oh well, hope everyone enjoyed their day yesterday. We had a small bbq here and took a walk around the street fair that was in our town yesterday. Today is a bbq at someone's house. It's was beautiful yesterday and so is today. Woo hoo!
Anyway, here is the card I made to bring to the bbq and it was made for the Cuttlebug Challenge blog Red, white, blue, buttons and swiss dot embossing folder challenge. I've never made a card for July 4th before so it was fun! The little pom poms are party picks that I picked up a long time ago just waiting to use. I made the little stars using grungeboard stars and glitter. I loooove glitter! :) I also used a shortcuts frosted base for the card. The paper is MME Bohemia Bliss collection.

Thanks for stopping by!
Michelle :)

2 Sketches 4 You 29& CPS 122

2009-07-01T18:47:00.000-07:00

I've been working on a few challenges this week and am here to share them with you. I am just so thoughtful aren't I? ;)
The first card uses Laura's fabulous sketch at 2 Sketches 4 You. I have been into making trees lately; not sure why but they are fun to make! I cut this one out of K&Co Carlyn Gavin Greenhouse Mat pad. I looove all of these papers! I popped it up on foam dots and stuck a few Candy dots by Pebbles on some of the leaves. I cut my sentiment from my Cricut using the Walk in My Garden Cart. The stitching is a K&Co rub-on (of course!) that I nabbed in the clearance section at Michael's and would looove to get more of soon. This is the most realistic looking stuff I've ever used. Anyhoo, here it is, and the cute little owl on top is on the inside of the card.

This card is made using CPS 122, which was a very simple sketch. I love this paper that I've had forever; the velvety pink polka dots are so yummy! So it was perfect to show it off with this sketch. I'm not in love with the stitching I did (this time it was handstitched) but it is there to stay now.

That's all for tonight. Hope everyone has a great holiday weekend!
Thanks for stopping by!
Michelle :)

2 Challenges in 1

2009-06-27T21:07:00.000-07:00

There was some sun again today! Of course when I got into the pool it was cloudy but at least it wasn't raining.
I made this card for 2 challenges - I used Kazan's sketch 29 at 2 Sketches for You blog. My very talented blogging buddy Kay was this week's guest designer at Use It! blog and I used the "ingredients" for challenge 16 on my card. They are:
1. Use something inspired by nature. - I made a tree; there's a cloud, sun, flowers, hills and grass. I'd say I'm good with the nature part!

2. Use polka dots. - The pink paper is polka dot and the "fruits" on the tree add more polka dots - can never have too many!

3. Use your favorite embellishment. I'm not sure what my favorite embellie is but it may be bling and it's in there.

4. Mail your creation to someone special. You'll make their day! I made this card with someone in mind but I won't say who so as not to ruin the surprise too much!

Sorry the picture isn't very good; there is not much light in my house and I only have an hour to post this on time for 2S4Y. I'll get a better picture tomorrow. ***New pics added

Thanks for stopping by!
Michelle :)

Another Masculine Card!

2009-06-23T21:56:00.001-07:00

I'm on a roll here with these masculine cards so I thought I'd share the one I made for my dad for Father's Day. I used my Treasured Scrapbooking June card kit and just added a few buttons and Alphas. I used the sketch Eva created for the crop this past weekend. I loved it and just might use it again!
I saw the sun for a bit today and did some gardening/weeding...apparently the weeds were enjoying all the rain...
Thanks for stopping by!
Michelle :)

A Masculine Card!

2009-06-18T15:49:00.000-07:00

Yay! It's raining again! OK, I'm not really happy about it but I'm trying the whole reverse psychology thing. If we all say we love it, maybe it will go away. At least for a while. Well, a girl can dream, can't she? :)
Anywho, the close-up on top is a part of a MASCULINE birthday card that I made for this week's Be Inspired masculine card challenge at the Cuttlebug Challenge blog. My DBF asked me to make a card for one of his friends. So, I painted 2 chipboard stars with platinum acrylic paint, then I stamped it randomly with some black ink and didn't like it. So I painted it again with more platinum paint and covered most of the black. Then I put a pretty thick layer of crackle paint, let it dry and I like how the bit of black ink comes through the crackle and the platinum.
Here's the whole card:

Neither picture came out great due to the lack of sun, (not that I'm complaining about the lack of sun...), but I think the 2nd one is most close to its actual color.
I used the houndstooth embossing folder on black Basic Grey paper then sanded it. I used one of my border embossing folders for the first time on the craft strips.
I still have to make a father's day card for my dad because I sold the one I had made to someone who liked it. Ugh! Another manly card to do.

Thanks for stopping by!
Michelle

Got Sketch #86

2009-06-12T20:33:00.000-07:00

There is a gorgeous sketch, as usual over at Got Sketch? I just got a bunch of Cosmo Cricket Early Bird and it was too yummy not to use a little of each paper! I added some "stitching" that I think looks pretty good for a rub on. I used some MM Chloe corkboard for the setiment, then I kept adding stickles because I wanted it to be red; then I didn't love it and when I tried to get them off they were way too sticky so there they remain.

Hope everyone has a great weekend. Thanks for stopping by!
Michelle :)

Card Patterns 18

2009-06-08T20:05:00.000-07:00

We've finally had some sun and I got some pool time this weekend...yay! I'm glad I got a few cards done too. The first card is based on Card Patterns Sketch 18. The sketches and DT work is quite inspirational week after week. I loved this sketch because of the 3 spaces for different patterned papers. I love mixing papers and this sketch was perfect to help me do that. I haven't quite "mastered" the mixing/layering of pp so this sketch was great. One of my favorite card makers is Moralia(Carla). I love the way she combines papers. Actually, I believe she is on the DT at Card Patterns. Anyhoo, here is my card:

I used my Cricut Storybook Cartridge for a lot of this - Sentiment, squarish tag things (what do you call them?) PP - MME Bohemia Bliss collection, Sentiment pp - MM Passport Collection

I also made this simple Father's day card using a small kit I got from a friend. A few of us on Scrapbook.com exchange monthly card kits.

Thanks for stopping by!
Michelle :)

1st Annual 2 Sketches 4 You Ultimate Card Showdown

2009-06-05T11:28:00.000-07:00

2 Sketches for You is having their 1st annual Ultimate Card Showdown this week! There is yet another amazing sketch to use and I can't tell you how gorgeous all of the cards made with it are! I made this card earlier in the week and was hoping to do another one I liked more but it's not going to happen. Here is the card I made:

I used a Short Cuts transparency for the base; and all of the pps are K%Co Citronella.
Chipboard - Cherry Arte (I think), K& Co die cut, Rub on - Ms Elizabeth's photo corner (mm?)
Hurry up and get to 2Sketches4you!
Thanks for stopping by!
Michelle :)

Card Patterns 16

2009-05-26T15:56:00.000-07:00

The sun is gone and the rain has returned; hopefully only for a short time. I thoroughly enjoyed my pool and the sun this weekend. I had to go to work today which felt strange since I hadn't worked in over a week...oh, well vacation is over.
I made this card using Card Patterns sketch #16 and my May card kit from Treasured Scrapbooking. It is also for my Paper Therapy group who was challenged to use stitching. I stitched. By hand. Some day I'll learn how to use my sewing machine.
The "laugh" rub on didn't go on quite right.

I also have another picture of a rose for you.

And in fairness to my other kitty Duncan, since I posted a picture of Celia last time, here is a picture of him hiding under the lounge chair. The camera must have startled hime because his ears are back and it makes him look kinda goofy. So cute!

2 Sketches 4 You #26

2009-05-23T21:32:00.000-07:00

I haven't done much crafting lately and it's torture! I got my 2 great kits in the mail and couldn't do much with them until today. I used my Creating Keepsakes kit to make this card using Laura's Sketch #26 at 2 Sketches for You. It's almost all Sassafrass except the green paper which is prima. The ribbon is from my stash.

Here are a few pictures of flowers from my backyard. The roses bloomed in the past day or two and are just gorgeous.

And finally, here is my little cat Celia hiding in the rose bushes keeping cool:

Happy Birdday!

2009-05-12T11:31:00.000-07:00

The weather has gotten better and I'm thrilled! We're going to Florida tomorrow night for a long weekend to visit my grandma and I'm soooo happy I will get to go in the pool! And I've also noticed in the back of my magazines just how many scrapbooking stores are down there so perhaps I'll get to do a little shopping too...
Anywho, onto the cards! I made this "Happy Birdday" card just for fun. These We R Memory Keepers White out papers are so bright. I cut out 2 paislies to make the bird stickled his wing a bit, and I just had to stick a googly eye on him. I used my Cricut Storybook cart to make the scalloped circles (the entire reason I bought it) and then hand stiched around the edges. I used my Jasmine cart for the first time ever to create the sentiment.

Our Paper Therapy group on Scrapbook.com was challenged to create a Christmas gift card holder. I am so challenged to make Christmas things out of season but after seeing this created by the very talented Kay, I couldn't wait to make one either!

As you know, I often see animals around here and take pictures of them, and last night was no exception; except that the animal wasn't odd in kind; just in location. I looked out on my deck and there was another cat there. And my cat Duncan, just sitting behind him doing nothing. It was just so odd because he looked so comfortable sitting there like it was his house. Weird. Maybe Duncan made a friend. Here he/she is:

That's all for today; thanks for stopping by!
Michelle :)

Let the sun Shine in

2009-05-06T13:18:00.000-07:00

Please, please let the sun shine again soon! Today is the first day that it's not raining in about a week and it's cloudy. And it's supposed to rain again. Tonight. Tomorrow. All weekend! Argh! There is a bright side though, there will be lots of flowers soon and I can stay in and craft.
That brings me to this card. It is a round card and I am very challenged when it comes to making round cards. This one was made over the course of 5 days. It is the perfect sentiment for now! It is also the first time I ever used crackle paint. I love this stuff! I painted the chipboard star; inked it and then painted it with a layer of crackle paint and I love the effect!

Another first for me-I just signed up for the Creating Keepsakes convention in Valley Forge, PA the end of July. I've never been to a convention and I've never taken a class. I'm taking 3 classes and I'm so excited! Is anyone else going to this?

Thanks for stopping by!
Michelle :)

CPS 113

2009-04-28T13:22:00.000-07:00

I had fun making this card because these papers are just too cute! It is G.C.D. Studio and it is so sparkly and fun that I want to keep playing with it! I used this week's sketch from CPS. I'm very annoyed from work today, so I'm going outside to have a margarita and will be back later for some cardmaking (if I'm not drunk). Have a great night everyone!

Got Sketch #81

2009-04-25T13:16:00.000-07:00

It is a beautiful summer, um, I mean spring day here in New Jersey. I was outside and couldn't take the sun for too long because it was just too hot. Last night I made a card using the amazing sketch #81 over at Got Sketch?.

I wanted to make a "happy" card and I thought these colors worked.
Thanks for stopping by!
-Michelle :)

Hello Kitty!!

2009-04-23T13:42:00.000-07:00

I'm not sure if I mentioned this earlier, and if I haven't, I don't know why, but I bought a Cricut Expression for myself last month. It came with 4 cartridges and I already bought 3 more! One of them was the Hello Kitty Greetings cartridge and it is so adorable. I'm not one of those crazy in love with Hello Kitty but I did love it when I was a kid and still think it's cute. Then I started seeing things made with it and when I went to Michael's this week and it was on sale for 39.99 I HAD to have it!
This butterfly card was made from the same cartridge using the card feature.

I'm off to go play with my new carts....
Thanks for stopping by!
Michelle :)

Card Patterns and more

2009-04-15T11:41:00.000-07:00

We've had a couple of color challenges in our little Paper Therapy group over at Scrapbook.com. Last week's challenge was to use pink, green and black. I used a this week's sketch at Card Patterns to create this card.

I made the lollipop flower and then covered it with stickles so it's nice and sparkly. Those litte green dots aren't brads; they are actually just little candy dot things. I can not remember who makes them but I want more! If anyone knows, please tell me. I am terrible at keeping packaging or notes on these things. *UPDATE* I found out what they are! They are called Candy Dots and they are made by Pebbles. I bought them (and just bought more!) from Treasured Scrapbooking. Go there to see Eva's amazing kit reveal too!

The next card started out as one that I loved; but I feel it is missing something but I have spent hours playing with it and I give up. It had read only, "It's your day," and it was where I put "Heard" that was driving me insane. So I stuck that there; it's better but I don't love it. I made this one for our blue, orange, and yellow challenge.

That's all for today. Hope everyone is having a great day!
Michelle :)

My mojo has returned!

2009-04-11T14:46:00.000-07:00

It has been about a week since I was able to create anything. I know it happens once in while but I HATE when it happens. This weekend I was able to create 2 cards and I'm looking forward to creating a few more tonight. Both cards were created from the card kit I received in our monthly swap from my friend Christy at Scrapbook.com. The first one was inspired by the watercolor challenge at the Cuttlebug Challenge blogspot. This is first time I've ever used these Martha Stewart watercolor markers that I went out to buy when the challenge was active. Better late than never! I enjoyed them and plan on using them more often.
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The other card is just pretty and girly and I used a rub on which I so rarely do.

I covered the CTMH rubon with Star Dust stickles which are my favorite!
Hope everyone is enjoying the holidays and the weekend.
Thanks for stopping by!
Michelle :)

Caardvarks Sketch Challenge

2009-03-29T07:25:00.000-07:00

I am very happy to participate in a card challenge again...it feels like it's been forever even though it's really only been a couple of weeks. The fatabulous Heidi Van Laar created a sketch for the Caardvark challenge. I got my Create my Keepsake March card kit and it was full of yummy Makin Memories "Flower Patch" collection. Here is what I created:

In my last post, I shared some pictures of the scary looking turkey vulture who visited my street last week. How weird is this? A few days after seeing and phtographing the first turkey vulture I have ever seen, I read in the news that just a few miles from here, a turkey vulture crashed through the windshield of car traveling on the highway. The woman was injured and the turkey vulture died in the backseat of the car. Bizarre. I hope it wasn't the same one I saw.
That's all for now. Thanks for stopping by!
Michelle :)

Three Cards and a Turkey Vulture!?!?

2009-03-25T18:07:00.000-07:00

I haven't made any cards in the past few days but I have a few more Earth Day cards that I made last week to share.
I've started making more transparent cards lately because I love the amazing creations I've seen during my daily bloghopping. I'm going to have to get some of these Short Cuts everyone seems to love so much soon!
The transparent cards were made using packaging from one of my birthday presents. (It was St. Patty's day--the funnest bday every year!) I felt awful using plastic on an Earth Day card but I think since it's recycled it's ok, right?
I used my new Cuttlebug embossing folder on this one. (I forgot what it's called already.)

Lots of JilliBean Soup recycled paper on these:

And finally, the Turkey Vulture! Since moving to New Jersey (yes, I know it is so "rural" here...but I'm a Brooklyn girl!), I've seen critters in real life and am in awe that they are so close to me. It's like being at the zoo in real life! hee hee. Anyway, today I was walking down my street with my kitties (yes, the little cats just walk next to me, no leash, it's bizarre they are like dogs, but anyway..) this ginormous creature flies right near us and lands on a roof. I had to get a picture of it. A woman on my street (who I'm sure now thinks I'm nuts for standing in the street staring at a bird right near the home she shares with her son that she was accompanied by) thought is was a hawk; I thought it was a turkey at first, then thought a vulture; and another 2 ladies walking their dog, said that it was a turkey vulture. Aha!! So I ran to get my camera so I could google "turkey vulture" and compare my photos to be sure that this scary looking bird (who was obviously waiting for us to leave so that he could eat the dead squirrel in the middle of the street ewww, sorry) and in fact, I am happy to say, Wikipedia confirmed that it is indeed a turkey vulture. :)

I just finished a trial today and the result was a hung jury. I am exhausted; I think it was more grueling waiting for a verdict (that never came)than trying the case. I may as well put some of my work history in my blog since it is the only place I really keep track of what I do.
I'll have some new scappy stuff soon!

Thanks for stopping by!
Michelle :)

Use It!

2009-03-15T18:48:00.001-07:00

I am feeling better but I am still stuffy on and off; it's almost Spring so I'm sure it's just allergies. I finally managed to get my card done for the Use it! blog. I know I'm late (I think that's my middle name) but I am posting it before tomorrow's challenge comes out. The challenge was to use your favorite pp; ribbon; a button and something you've never used before. Here's mine:

The pp is from a stack I bought when I first started scrapping a couple of years ago. I can't remember what it is but I've always loved it.
I used the green ribbon and the button in the middle of the flower. I guess there are 2 things on there that I never used; the sentiment on the transparency is from a small kit I got months ago of which I used nothing until now. The flower was made using a Bazzill Stitching template that I've never used before either.
I can't wait to see what the the next challenge is!

Thanks for stopping by,
Michelle :)

Earth Day Cards

2009-03-12T18:17:00.000-07:00

I've made some more cards for an the order I received for Earth Day/ natural-looking, environmentally friendly cards. I used Jillibean Soup papers for most of the cards because they are made of recycled paper and are just adorable! On some of the other cards I used Basic Grey Mellow and made the cards from paper bags. I still have some more to make but lucky for me, my friend Jaime had a whole bunch of the Jillibean paper and she sent it to me. I have no idea where to buy it yet.

That's all for today. I'm not feeling well so even though I want to create I just can't. My ear hurts and I'm kind of stuffy. I did stop by Rae Barthel's awesome new challenge blog Use It!, challenging us to our stash. I took out most of my supplies but I just can't put anything together now so I'm going to retire to the couch and watch tv.

Thanks for stopping by!
Michelle :)

CPS 105 and more

2009-03-04T16:52:00.000-08:00

I've been having a great time creating with the 2 most recent card kits that I received; one from Treasured Scrapbooking and the other is from Create My Keepsake. They both have great, bright colors and I love them because I LOVE bright colors!
Card Positioning Systems has a fantastic new sketch every week and the DT's samples, along with the tons of participant's creations always makes for wonderful inspiration. I used my CMK kit to make this belated birthday card. I thought all the patterns and of course that adorable monster worked well with the sentiment:

Materials: pp - Cosmo Cricket Girl Friday - Sunday;Cosmo Cricket Lil' Man - Cheerful Charlie; Cosmo Cricket Lil' Man - Handsome Henry; Monster - October Afternoon Night Light Die Cut Shapes; Alphas - Thickers-Rootbeer Float; Ink-Colorbox

I used the CMK kit to make this bookmark for a swap that I am in on Scrapbook.com:

This card was made using my Treasured Scrapbooking kit. I even tried to take a prettier picture of it (ribbon jars and the scattered buttons). What do you think?
Materials: pp - MME - Just Dreamy 2 - Brilliant "All Star" Twinkle Twinkle; Making Memories - Noteworthy, KI Memories Hibiscus 1; Alphas - Thickers-Rootbeer Float; colorbok star, Creative Cafe Buttons

Thanks for stopping by!
Michelle :)

A Card and other fun stuff

2009-03-01T20:29:00.000-08:00

During my blog hopping today, I came upon a link to a site that creates a font from your handwriting. How awesome is that? I have to scan mine in but I saw some samples and I just love it! Check out Mel Stampz where I found the link for a great example. She made her own paper with it.
Then I visited Lea Lawson whose work is always fantastic and inspiring. She had a link to find what your "color" is. It may be the same site that I got my "rainbow" from (bottom of my blog), but I'm not sure and I thought it was fun so I did it. It really is an accurate description of me! Here are my results:

you are hotpink
#FF69B4

Your dominant hues are red and magenta. You love doing your own thing and going on your own adventures, but there are close friends you know you just can't leave behind. You can influence others on days when you're patient, but most times you just want to go out, have fun, and do your own thing.

Your saturation level is medium - You're not the most decisive go-getter, but you can get a job done when it's required of you. You probably don't think the world can change for you and don't want to spend too much effort trying to force it.

Your outlook on life is very bright. You are sunny and optimistic about life and others find it very encouraging, but remember to tone it down if you sense irritation.

the spacefem.com html color quiz

Finally, here is a card I made this weekend. Actually, it is the first transparent card I have ever made! I don't know why I never make them because I always love them when I see them. I think I was intimidated. Who knows. I know it isn't completely transparent but close enough and I like how it came out. It was made using Treasured Scrapbooking's February card kit.

Thanks for stopping by!
Michelle :)

Cuttlebug Challenge #20

2009-02-26T15:17:00.000-08:00

This week's Cuttlebug Challenge is a sketch challenge and it was such a fabulous sketch that there was no way I was going to forget to do it. I love how it came out and I am staring at while I am typing. I know, I know, I am quite the multi-tasker. hee hee. I fussy cut the flowers because I love to do that and used pop dots for dimension.

Materials:
pp: Fancy Pants Simplicity - Shape; Dream Street Hugs n kisses "airmail" and "hugs"; Love Elie Claire Corsage, Michael's Kraft; Cuttlebug Swiss Dots embossing folder, Colorbox in, Prima Say it in Chrystals, Sentiment - The paper co flowers and Frills rub on, Stickles - Stardust; unknown ribbon
I was also asked to make 25 Earth Day cards for an order. These will be my first cards to be sold in a store! It is a spa and it is and organic place, so she wanted something natural. Here is the first card I made and I'm sure most of them will be similar. They'r going to have to be or else I'll never finish them!

Materials:
pp-Jillibean soup cram of mushroom
Cuttlebug swiss dots
alpha - makin memories

Thanks for stopping by,
Michelle :)

Grungeboard Birthday Card using Card Patterns #2

2009-02-19T21:11:00.000-08:00

I found another great new sketch challenge blog sometime last week while I was blog hopping. The blog is Card Patterns and I used this week's sketch to create this card for my friend Kelly Anne that I know from Scrapbook.com. She has a vintagey style so I wanted to make something in that style (or close to it) even though I have never done that. I'm fairly certain she doesn't visit my blog so i'll post it here. But Kelly Anne if you do stop by, please don't look! Here is what I came up with:

Materials: Tim Holtz Grungeboard brackets;pp-K&CO,Michael's kraft paper,Fancy Pants, SR afterthoughts rub ons; MM Teal Ledger alpas, Fancy Pants fiber, K & Co. Classic k Baily chipboardbracket, Cuttlebug Swiss Dots embossing folder, Colorbox cats eye ink, starlight topcoat

I loved the grungeboard!! I would describe it as elastic chipboard. It has a smell to it, kind of leathery and I like it. It reminds me of a family trip to Lake George NY, or DisneyWorld, or something like that and being in a gift shop looking at Native American leather products. I love that I can't rip it; it was fun to ink and sand and I'm going to get more of it!

Thanks for stopping by!
Michelle :)

CPS 103

2009-02-18T06:52:00.000-08:00

I received my CMK card kit in the mail yesterday and it has such amazing stuff in it! I had to play last night and I decided to use CPS 103 for my sketch. I'm not sure it still looks like the sketch but that is where I started!

Materials: pp: October Afternoon Norm's News, Cosmo Cricket Cheerful Charlie, Jenny Bowlin Pearl Flowers; Fancy Pants felt, Paper Heart Harmony Alphas

Thanks for stopping by!
Michelle :)

2 Sketches 4 You and Cuttlebug Challenge combined

2009-02-17T10:17:00.000-08:00

I went shopping at Michael's yesterday i got some fabulous new goodies to play with. I got the 12x12 collection of BG Urban Prairie, MS lace doily punch, Cuttlebug alphabet "Harmony" (on sale for half price!); and a few other things. Unlike most times, I used a bunch of what I bought the very same day. I really liked Kazan's sketch #20 at 2sketches4youthis week so I used it. The Cuttlebug Challenge blog has a "mellow yellow" challenge so I used those colors and the sketch and here it is:

The little birdies were cut from the BG pp. I used the Cuttlebut Houndstooth embossing folder for the tag and I used my new alphas for the sentiment.
Thanks for stopping by! Have a great day!
Michelle :0

A baby book and some blog candy

2009-02-16T10:03:00.000-08:00

I'll start today with the adorable little book I made for my friend's son. I remember seeing someone else make a cute little book on one of my many blog-hopping excursions and thought the idea was very cute. Since it's all made of paper, if he actually uses it I'm sure it will be full of drool and pieces will be missing but that's fine. Here it is:

I wish I could remember who made the paper that I cut all the animals from because I love it! Almost all the other pp is BG Granola. Lots of alphas - Thickers, Making Memories (cover), and more that I don' know the name of.

And now, onto the blog candy!! My friend Wendy is giving away a Scor-Pal! I soooo hope I win. Go check it out...she does some amazing work too!

My friend Jerusha is giving away some adorable Riff Raff chipboard embellies! If you have never seen them, check them out because they are way cute!
To be entered, I must tell you about my first scrapbooking experience. It wasn't all that long ago; it was in June of 2007. I began making a 12x12 Wedding scrapbook for our upstairs neighbors. I was in the basement, on the floor and made a few pages. It was soooo much fun! I used pieces of their cards and there was lots of glitter everywhere! I have obviously not stopped scrapping since then. Nothing much has changed except that I use a desk now and usually make cards and smaller books.

Well, that was a long post and I'm done! Have a great day and thanks for stopping by!
Michelle :)

Cuttlebug Challenge #17 - Love!

2009-02-10T17:16:00.000-08:00

This week's Cuttlebug Challenge is to use a Love theme...it is almost impossible not to create a card using that theme right now! And how much better is a card when you use your Cuttlebug Embossing folders? Here they are:

This is the first time I ever used a Magnolia Stamp. I know they don't have mouths; I don't know why and it kinda freaks me out a bit so I had to draw a smile on her face. If anybody has any info/comments on Magnolia stamps, please feel free to leave it here for me.

Next is a card I made for my boyfriend to give his 17 year-old son for Valentine's Day...quite a challenge! I used BG Granola pp, Houndstooth Embossing folder and MM Passport trim, Fancy Pants felt, unknown gem and chipboard heart (came in a Treasured Scrapbooking card kit).

Finally, this card uses a cute stamp and sentiment that Jerusha sent me and the Swiss dots (my favorite!) Cuttlebug embossing folder. I think the cardstock is from her as well, and it may be Core'dinations cardstock.

I have more to say but this post has taken me an hour already because I had a dinner break in the middle. I'll be posting again tomorrow. Good night!

Michelle :)

2 Sketches 4 You Kazan's Sketch #19

2009-02-05T12:09:00.000-08:00

My trial is over and I can get back to making cards again! Woo hoo! I really do enjoy trials; it's the best part of my job. It really makes me think and sometimes I am amazed that I can speak to so many people and once without being nervous. I remember when I was in high school the prospect of speaking in front of the class was terrifying. I suppose now I am way more confident than I was when I was 16 and really know what I'm talking about because make sure that I'm prepared. There usually is someone's liberty at stake. Anyway, enough of this non scrappy talk, on to my most recent card!

I made this card using another one of Kazan's fabulous sketches at 2sketches4you.

Just about everything I used came from the January kit from Treasured Scrapbooking. The larger green heart is Fancy Pants chipboard that I covered with SEI glittery linen and then inked the edges.
pp - American Crafts Romance, With Love & First Love; AC Everyday 'allo
Jenny Bowlin Crepe Paper Ribbon - Turquoise
Alphas- Pink Paislee Fashion Script White

I was fortunate enough to get my first blog award! Wendy was sweet enough to give this award to me. I will be back either later today or tomorrow with my award and hopefully a few new cards!

Thanks for stopping by!
Michelle :)

2 Sketches 4 You Bonus Sketch

2009-01-31T20:50:00.000-08:00

I've been busy the past week and haven't been able to get as much crafting does as I usually do. I am in the middle of a trial (representing a man charged with "Official Misconduct" and could go to prison for 5-10 years) and do not have the time to get all the cards I need to have done before Valentine's day. I was able to make 2 cards; one is definitely the Valentine but the other one may be if I don't et enough done in the next week.
This is the iffy Valentine but I like the bright colors (really? I'm sure no one's noticed my love of bright colors) and it can work as one. I used Rae Barthel's bonus sketch at 2sketches4you. Rae's work is always amazing and so is the DT's work and of course the sketches!

This is a gatefold card using Making Memories Sabrina papers. The chipboard is Fancy pants and I added all the littlie rhinesones

Thanks fot stopping by!
Michelle

Valentine's Day Cards

2009-01-24T13:47:00.000-08:00

I have 2 cards to share with you today. I'm kind of tired so I don't have much else to share except these cards.
The first card is a "manly" card. I used BG Granola papers.

The second card used MM Sabrina and Prima "Say it in chrystals and glittery foam hearts.

Thanks for stopping by!
Michelle

My (messy) Scraproom & some cards

2009-01-19T17:25:00.000-08:00

Well, it took me forever to get my darling bf to hang some shelves for me so that I could organize my stuff. In fact, my father said that the theme of our Christmas this year was, "As soon as Ralph hangs my shelves." I'm sure most of you are aware of this phenonmenon, you hubby or bf will have amnesia about the small household chores you ask him to do. Anyway, I have my shelves!! Here are some pics of part of my little space...the part that isn't too scary to show!

I really like the tiny drawers--I got these at Home Depot so they weren't very expensive. I haven't labeled any of the drawers because that would be a lot of work. I also remember where everything is...amazingly, I do have a system...only I can understand it though. I think that's just the way my mind works-anyhoo...
I also used radom jars from the house and cleaned out a few of the candle jars I burn all the time and stored my ribbon in them. They look really pretty lined up on my desk and I can reach them and see them easily.
I really like these drawers that I got (Home Depot, too). These do not have labels either but I know all my Cuttlebug stuff is in the 3d drawer, ink pads in the first, alpha stickers in the bottom left.

Here are 2 cards that I made recently. The first one is for the Card Sketch a Day blogspot . This is sketch 139.

The other card is just a very bright card:

That's all for now, thanks for stopping by! Feel free to say hello!
Michelle :)

Cardalicious 9

2009-01-15T13:34:00.000-08:00

I've been out of mojo lately and it stinks. :( In order to help myself out of this funk, I went to A.C. Moore yesterday and bought a few cute peices of Valentine paper. And then I actually used it! I usually fall in love with it and then it sits around for months.
The Cardalicious challenge was to make a "for you" card using green and letter stickers. I don't have a lot of green but it definitely qualifies.

Materials: pp- Cloud 9 Sparkle Cirles of Love and Sparkle he loves me not, K&co. Smitten Hearts Glitter paper; Alphas- Scenic Route Fushia, Quincy Alphas

I also wanted to show you this adorable magazine holder that I got from the Target $ spot. I am using 2 of them in my newly organized scrap space (which I'll post when it is truly done unless there is any speclial request to see my space before then...anyone, anyone...LOL) to keep 8 x 11 CS and pp along with scraps. I just thought they were too cute not to buy!

That's all for now...stay warm!
Michelle

Cuttlebug Challenge #13

2009-01-09T17:19:00.000-08:00

This week's challenge on the Cuttlebug blog is to create a simple, white card. Much easier said than done. I had an online crop with my Paper Therapy friends and the first of 3 challenges was to use embossing on a card. 2 birds, 1 stone, woo hoo!

The cake is a stamp but I don't know who makes it. I inked the embossing with a little bit of red and black ink.

Jerusha was kind enough to come up with the challenges for us and the second challenge was to use at least 6 embellies. Here are the 4 little flowers I made:

used one of my stencils from the Dollar Tree and chalked it after I traced it and then stamped "Thank You." I don't really like it but it's definitely different than what I usually do.

That's all for now...thanks for stopping by!
Michelle

2 Sketches 4 You Kazan's Sketch #17

2009-01-06T20:03:00.000-08:00

I'm trying to expand my card making and scrapping world by checking out new sites and meeting new people, getting more inspiration and challenging myself to improve my craft. I'd really like to get one of my cards published but I can't tell if they are good enough for that...so I guess all I can do is submit my work and try!
One site that I have been familiar with and always get inspiraton from is 2Sketches4you. Kazan's sketch was fun to work with.

I used my Treasured Scrapbooking December card kit for this card. The paper is all My Mind's Eye and the sentiment is We R Memory Keepers Glitter Rub on Transfers.
That's all for now. Have a good night and thanks for stopping by; it makes me so happy! :)
Michelle

Sketch Challenge Cards

2009-01-05T12:49:00.000-08:00

So, the holiday season is no longer upon us and as much as I enjoy that time of the year, there are many reasons that I am happy it is over. I will now be able to shop in the middle of the afternoon without too many people around; I don't HAVE to go shopping, I go because I want to....and there are some others that don't revolve around shopping but those just aren't coming to my mind right now.
I've been doing some more blog hopping and found some more fantastic sites for inspiration. One blog that I found is Our Creative Corner and there was a sketch challenge posted that I decided to partake in. Here it is:

I used BG Mellow for the pp; Fancy pants felt for the flower and a random button; the heart is foam with glitter. I really liked this sketch and will be stopping by there more often!

While I had out my awesom BG Mellow papers, I made tis card too:

This is my card for the Caardvarks sketch challenge, it was my first Valentine's card this year:

Almost everything here is K&Company.

Finally, here is a card and a matching bookmark that I made for my father's girlfriend who gave us some nice gifts for Christmas. This is made with a lot of K & Co too. Oh, and this is my first bookmark and they are great to make! They are so little that you can make a ton of them...but then what do you do with a ton of bookmarks???

Thanks for stopping by!
Michelle

The Best Christmas Ever!

2008-12-27T17:55:00.000-08:00

I really did have a great Christmas this year, giftwise, at least! Not that other things were bad, except that I had a cold. I took some cold medicine and had a beer and could not stop laughing! I got a new camera from my darling bf, the Canon Elph, and so far I love it! Here are some pics I took with it:
This is one of the AWESOME presents my sister got for me. She gave me a giant bag filled with tons of scrapbooking goodies!

My camera will take a photo of one color (green) and the rest is black and white. I love this! I know there were editing programs to do that but it is amazing to look and take a shot of something that catches your eye. I haven't figured out how to chnge the color it shoots from green. Does anyone know how to do this?

This is the card I made for my dad for Hannukah:

This is the card I made for my sister, Batman Santa! She saw my last Batman card and wanted one so I had to made one that was slightly different because I really don't like making the same card twice.

Here is a card I made using mostly the December Card Kit from Treasured Scrapbooking.

I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday and I wish you a Happy and Healthy New Year!
Thanks for stopping by!
Michelle

It's definitely beginning to look like Christmas!

2008-12-21T13:19:00.000-08:00

Well, it's been a busy week and unfortunately not all of it was good. My boyfriend's brother passed away on Monday. He was 38 and had a heart attack. We went to Rhode Island on Monday, came back Tuesday, went back again on Friday and got back today. The drive there is usually 3 hours and it took us 10 hours! That was because of the ridiculous amount of snow and traffic. The roads in Connecticut were barely plowed, but at least we did make it there. I did manage to get a few projects done and I know that's what you are here for!
My first project is a recipe box that I made for my boyfriend's mother. It's the first one I ever made. The pp is all K & Co. And the ribbons are way too many to name!

Here is a cute litte mitten card sending "Warm wishes." The pp is all from Target $ spot.

And my final "masterpiece," is our small tree. We usually get a ginormous tree but we got a 4 ft tree and put it on a cabinet. Our tree topper doesn't light up anymore so I made this little bow and used some pipe cleaners.

Thanks for stopping by! Happy Holidays!

Triple the Sketch #35 and more!

2008-12-11T14:00:00.000-08:00

I've been slowly working on my holiday cards and I'm starting to think I may not have enough done. That's because I'm not a particularly organized scrapper. When I make a card, I put a whole bunch of stuff in front of me and play with it. Somtimes I have a kit I want to use, or certain papers or embellies as a starting point. Other times,I use sketches, but that doesn't help me decide what type of card I will make. That is because I usually make cards for no reason except that I want to create something. At least with holiday cards, I have a theme. Does anyone else work like this? I also shop for scrappy stuff like this too. I buy stuff i like and eventually figure out something to do with it it.

Fortunately sketch #35 from Triple the Sketch gave me some direction on this card! And I have been wanting to use this blingy Ho Ho Ho (Me and My Big Ideas)since I bought it last year.

patterned paper - Basic Grey Figgy Pudding

I wanted to make a pink holiday card and here it is:

This card was inspired by a card I saw on Kraft Girls Kits

pp-The Paper Company

Chipboard - Basicc Grey Naked painted white and stardust stickles
pp - Basic Grey Figgy Pudding

Thanks for stopping by!
Michelle :)

It's been a while

2008-12-06T11:16:00.000-08:00

I haven't posted anything here in so long! I hope someone missed me...anyone? LOL
I went to Rhode Island for Thanksgiving weekend, then this past week I was busy with work so I didn't get to do much crafting. I will show you the few things I made though. This cute little snowman card was inspired by both Danielle Flanders and Danni. They both made adorable snowmen with white buttons and I had to make one too!

This is another card I made using lots of BG Figgy Pudding that I love so much.

The next 2 cards are different for me because I am actually making more that one of the same design. I rarely do that but I had so much fun stamping the star image and then covering it in glitter that I wanted to make a bunch of them in every color glitter that I have. These are the cards that I'm using for my Paper Therapy card swap at Scrapbook.com. So if any of you are looking at these cards, you will be getting one similar from me, so if you want to be surprised stop looking now!

This one was made using my December card kit from Create My Keepsake.

Thanks for stopping by!

Thanksgiving Cards

2008-11-25T14:03:00.000-08:00

I got my Treasured Scrapbooking Nov card kit a few days ago and it was perfect to make Thanksgiving cards with. I also made 1 christmas card...and there is something wrong with it...but I will post it anyway...I ran out of rub on stitchin and have to buy more tomorrow. Or just learn how to use my sewing machine already...

This card is made for the Cardvaarks challenge which was based on a picture this time. I used CPS #92 for this so I guess it's for that challenge too.

This is the first gate card I've ever made! It's fun to make something other than a plain square or rectangle once in a while.

Thanks for stopping by!
Michelle :)

I've been tagged!

2008-11-25T08:17:00.001-08:00

The fantabulous Heidi Van Laar has tagged me! As you can see above, I have posted the rules and here goes on 7 random facts about me:

1. As soon as I get into the house, I change out of my clothes and put on pjs. I don't understand how people wear anything but really comfy clothes unless they have to.

2. I love to read and my favorite genre is chick lit but I HATE chick flicks. I don't read much in the winter because I really only like to read outside; usually while on my float in the pool.

3. I don't eat any seafood at all. I don't eat much meat either. I like chicken and a burger but that's about it.

4. I grew up in Brooklyn, NY but am slowly becoming a surburbanite; I don't like when there is street noise, I get annoyed if someone parks on the street in front of my house and am sooo annoyed that they have rerouted traffic down my street so they can do roadwork!

5. I absolutely love flowers! I grew up in an apartment and a few years ago was the first time I was able to plant real live flowers in the first yard I ever had.

6. I do not cook. Every once in a while I will bake a cake (from a box) or make some pasta. I have cooked a few meals but I think it's too much work for the short amount of time we actually eat.

7. I really enjoy my career (criminal defense attorney) not only for the substance of it but because I am my own boss! I am terrible at working for someone and I never have to again!

Now, I have to try to find 7 people to tag....I know some have been recently tagged so I will name those that have not:

Ken
Jerusha
Jaime
Tammy

Well, that's 4 and that's all I have for now!

RAK Winner!

2008-11-24T21:51:00.000-08:00

I know I promised to post the winner last night but I forgot. So, I have decided to send out 2 RAKs--to Jerusha and Jaime! They both told me something about their siblings and I love to share my goodies. I have your addys and I will send them out tomorrow. I made a few cards and will post them tomorrow after I can get decent pics of them. Good night!

Thanks for stopping by!
Michelle :)

Challenge Cards

2008-11-23T08:45:00.000-08:00

I have a bunch of things to post on my blog today because I've been so neglectful and must catch up. First, I know I promised a RAK a few days ago and I will post the winner tonight. If you're stopping by now, it's not too late to leave me a comment on the post below to get in on it! I will also be back because I was tagged! Yah my first time! Thank you Heidi!

But since I think I'm late with at least one of these cards, that is all I'm going to get to until later.

Cuttlebug Challenge
This week's challenge over at this amazing blog was to use the crayon resist method on embossing. You can learn how to do this on Mel's amazingly informative and creative blog.

2 Sketches 4 You
Here is my take on Laura's sketch 13

CPS 91

Paper Therapy
This card is for Paper Therapy challenge which was to use stitching on your card and not just a runner. I stitched around the tree and sewed on each of the "ornaments." I had to stitch a little bit of a border too!

That's all for now. Promise I'll be back tonight!
Thanks for stopping by!

Let it Snow!

2008-11-19T08:28:00.000-08:00

I haven't been able to do much crafting in the past few days but luckily today I will have some time to get some done. Last night I finished my card for the Paper Therapy challenge over at Scrapbook.com.

The only other thing I have to post is a pic of all of my awesome deals at Amazing Savings. My sister came for the weekend, as she frequently does, and we went scrappy shopping. She is into scrapbooking but is apparently a little embarrassed by it. So hopefully none of the famous people she gets to work with will see this! LOL. She really does work in movies as a P.A. That means she does all the grunt work, running around a million hours a week but she truly loves it! Right now she is working on Life on Mars. It really is a good show. She also worked on the Sex and the City movie. Anyway, ode to My Sister Sam is done. I did make a mini album of her work in the movies and I think I'll post that here again too!

So, for those of you who managed to stay with me during my rambling and are jealous of the goodies I got (even the basket and paper holder for $38) I will once again share my stuff with you! Tell me one thing about any sibling or other family member and I will draw a random number and share my stuff with you! Looking forward to hearing some good stuff!

RAK Winner!

2008-11-13T17:45:00.000-08:00

Thank you guys so much for taking the time to leave me such sweet comments and sharing your favorite superhero! Just so you know, mine is Wonder Woman! I used to have the Underoos and I think Jaime and her brothers did too! (See comments below) Well, mayber her brother didn't have Wonder Woman...And without further blabbing by me, the winner of the RAK is:

Here are your random numbers:

8
Timestamp: 2008-11-14 01:42:32 UTC

WENDY!
I already have your address so expect a package from me early next week!

I was hoping to have a card to show you but alas my mojo is not what my mojo should be. :( I have to make a Sweet 16 card and I was sure that would be easy and girly but...NOTHING. I do have something to share with you. I made it for a friend's birthday. The pics aren't great but that's all I have.

The hearts are felt and most of the embellies are K & Co. Thanks for stopping by!

Michelle

Nanananananana.....BATMAN!!

2008-11-11T14:11:00.000-08:00

In exchange for a fabulous handbag, I made 5 cards for Lisa, the wonderful woman who hosted the Purse party I went to a week or 2 ago. Two of the cards were for boys....so hard! One was....you guessed it...BATMAN! I wasn't quite sure about it but I really like it! Here it is:

I also had to make her a birthday card that she will give to her son for his 10th birthday. For this, I used CPS Sketch 90. It really was a challenge!

And finally for today, I want to show you the most fabulous deal I've gotten on scrapbooking goodies in a long time! I went to Big Lots today and got this ginormous package of goodies for $12! I soooo love getting good deals. I also like to share, so I'm offering up some of these goodies to you. As you can see, there are 2 or more of just about everything. All you need to do is post a comment and tell me your favorite superhero, and I will randomly select one of you to send some yummy stuff to!

Thanks for stopping by; leave a comment...I'm off to go play with all those goodies now!

Michelle

Cuttlebug Sketch Challenge

2008-11-07T13:58:00.000-08:00

I have been using my Cuttlebug more and more, mostly because of the fabulous ideas I have found on so many blogs. Last week, over at the Cuttlebug challenge blog, was to emboss on a metallic material and this week's challenge was a sketch. I combined both and made this Christmas card:

I got the idea to cover cardstock with aluminum foil and then emboss it somewhere are this awesome blog: http://melstampz.blogspot.com

I also made this cute little card for a girl's 1st birthday. It was also made for my die cut challenge at scrapbook.com.

Thanks for stopping by!

Card Kit Swap

2008-11-04T11:32:00.000-08:00

i joined a great group over at
It's called Paper Therapy and we just did a card kit swap. Here are the cards I posted with my adorable kit from Tammy:

I got a few orders for Christmas cards and I've been making them almost non-stop for days. I'm waiting to get my order of Basic Grey Figgy Pudding papers so that I can make almost all of my cards. I love that paper!! Here's what I've done so far:

Christmas cards!

2008-10-30T08:56:00.000-07:00

to start making some Christmas cards. I'm going to be selling my cards this Saturday at this wonderful bar that we go to. They will be having a "purse party" and I figured if there are a bunch of girls there, they will love sparkly fun cards too! So, I will make a few cards in the next 2 days. I really only made one Christmas card and a boy card! Here they are:

Supplies: Cosmo Cricket "mr. roboto"

Supplies: Basic Grey Figy Pudding, Cuttlebug Snowflake embossing folder

Cuttlebug Craze!

2008-10-29T11:56:00.000-07:00

I got my Cuttlebug a couple of months ago and haven't really done much with it. I recently came across this fantastic blog: http://cuttlebugchallenge.blogspot.com I made this pumpkin over the weekend when they had "camp."
There were a few more fantastic ideas but I haven't gotten to them yet. But I was also inspired to make this baby boy card:

And yet one more; these cute little frogs are cuttlebug dies.

This morning I bought 2 embossing folders; Stylized Flowers and Snowflakes and I'm off to go play with them! Thanks for stopping by!

RAK

2008-10-26T20:58:00.000-07:00

Well, it's Sunday, almost Monday, and i got 4 whole comments! So rather that pick from all 4 of you, why don't you send me you address at treiberlaw@yahoo.com and I will send you something yummy! That would be Roxie, Eva, Charity and Pinky. Thanks for stopping by. I made a few more cards but I haven't been able to take pictures yet. After court tomorrow I should have to do and I'll post them too.

CPS # 87 and more

2008-10-23T18:44:00.000-07:00

I finally made a Halloween card and I used sketch #87 over at http://www.cardpositioningsystems.blogspot.com/
I sprained my ankle a week ago while I was walking. Just twisted my ankle on a crack in the sidewalk and I wasn't even wearing heels. Since I've been trying to stay off my feet, I've had plenty of time to make cards!! yay!!! In addition to the Halloween card "Spooky" I made a few cards using Treasured Scrapbooking's October card kit. I never use anywhere near a whole kit so I'm making an effort to do it this month. There's a new blog dedicated to this idea too: http://kimsonksen.typepad.com/wekitunot/ You should check it out. TS is also looking for a new DT Card designer. I'm thinking about submitting my stuff. Which is another reason, I'm trying to use the whole kit!
I don't blog that much and clearly have very little readers, but I'm going to try to change that. I will try to lure you in to my little blog (which I will pay more attention to starting now) with a RAK!! Just leave me a comment and I will draw a winner on Sunday. I'll post pics of it shortly....just to lure you back again!
And finally, the cards:

2 Sketches 4 You Kazan's Sketch #11

2008-10-17T23:05:00.001-07:00

There was another fun and inspiring sketch over at http://2sketches4you.blogspot.com/
I made this card earlier in the week but have been too tired and busy to post it here. After my fabulous vacation and "land sickness" after my return, I had a lot of work to catch up on. Then, on Thursday, as I was walking into court, I twisted my ankle and sprained. It really hurts! :(
Anyway, here's my card basked on Kazan's sketch #11:

I'm Back!

2008-10-10T06:59:00.000-07:00

We just got back from a wonderful 5 day cruise to Bermuda. It was a great trip--very relaxing. The only strange thing is that since we got back yesterday morning, I feel like I'm still on the boat and I'm having a hard time walking straight! I was fine on the ship-even when the sea was rough and half the people were seasick. I went on a nighttime glassbottom boat tour and saw the coral reef and a shipwreck. Just being on the ocean all of the time felt perfect. I miss it! But I did miss WCMD and haven't been able to create anything for a whole week. Here are a few pictures that I took:

CPS # 83

2008-09-24T07:20:00.001-07:00

Clearly, I am on the fall bandwagon. This is my take on this week's sketch over at http://cardpositioningsystems.blogspot.com/
The pp and the trees are all from the Target $1 section. The felt frame is Fancy Pants and the sentiment is Pink Paislee. Off to try to do some work now. Thanks for stopping by!

Treasured Scrapbooking September Card Kit & Kazan's Sketch #9

2008-09-22T17:08:00.000-07:00

I got my Treasured Scrapbooking September card kit a few days ago and it's so pretty. It has gotten me to almost accept summer is over and get in the mood for Autumn--which I love! This is the card I made with the kit; all except the ribbon, felt and orange flower.

I based the card on Kazan's sketch over at http://www.2sketches4you.blogspot.com
I know I'm a week behind in postint my card but I think I did finish a few days ago if that counts for anything!

I just picked up a bunch of cute fall stuff from the $1 section at Target and I can't wait to go play with it!

Neglectful Again!

2008-09-17T22:42:00.000-07:00

Well, it has been a while since I've posted anything here, and that's because I haven't been able to do much crafting! EW. For those of you who don't know what I do for a living, I'm a criminal defense attorney. When I have trials, I am super busy and can not focus on anything else. So many times, like this past week, I would look at all my fun stuff and try so hard to create and it just doesn't happen...it's so frustrating!

Fortunately for me, I am no longer in the middle of trial and have much pent up creative energy. Here's what I was able to come up with:

After I left court, I immediately went to A.C. Moore to purchase something. I was hoping to get a new cartridge for my Cuttlebug that I was sooo excited to get but I couldn't find anything I wanted. So I got some super glittery and fun Halloween paper from K and Company. I love it. I paited the tag which I so rarely do and I love how it came out!

After AC Moore, actually I think it was before, I went to the Dollar Tree and got these really cute chipboard die cuts by Miss Elizabeth. That's what most of this cute flower is made with.

OK, I'm done, this may be my longest post ever!

Card Positioning Systems #79

2008-08-30T20:26:00.000-07:00

Here is my take on Sketch #79 over at http://www.cardpositioningsystems.blogspot.com/.
The sketches and the examples by the design team there are amazing! I also really like the tutorials they post. I know the picture isn't great but I took it with the camera on my new PINK blackberry that I just got. I also took a great picture of this cute groundhog who likes to eat grass and sometimes tomatoes in our yard. I'll be back with that later! Thanks for stopping by!

Treasured Scrapbooking August Card Kit

2008-08-22T08:20:00.000-07:00

I got my August card kit the other day and couldn't wait to start playing with it! It's just what I like; lots of bright colors. I used a stencil to make the petals and I layered the pp onto cardstock to make them stand out more. The stem is Rusty Pickle Rock Star chipboard that I covered with PP. I put the petals on pop dots and that's about it. Love the kit; it's so fun!

Triple the Sketch #20

2008-08-17T11:12:00.000-07:00

This baby card is based on Triple the Sketch #20. I think it can be used for a boy or a girl...at least thats what I tried to do. Most of it is made from Fancy Pants Sweet Pea. The sentiment is American Crafts Remarks sarah Script, they were white but I colored the letters green.

Some cards

2008-08-16T21:38:00.000-07:00

While I'm actually using my blog unlike usual, I'm going to add a few more cards. Here they are.

3D Design Challenge

2008-08-16T21:21:00.000-07:00

I found a great new challenge blog--3D Design Challenge and the first challenge was to create a 2468 box. I haven't ventured out of the card/layout realm so I'm really excited about this. This is my take on the challenge. I decorated each side with a small chipboard flower and glued the green ribbon along the bottom. I think the scallop on top is Sassafrass Lass. Gee that's a lot of s's. Is that right? Anywho, I am going to make more of these because they were so fun!

Little Critters

2008-08-01T08:09:00.000-07:00

Here is my most recent card. It was made using all Martha Stewart papers. I never buy her stuff because it is never on sale but it was in the Clearance section at Michael's! So I bought a whole bunch of paper. Anyway, I cut out all the little critters and embellished them. I don't really like to do tiny details but they were so cute and needed it. I used to make jewelry but I stopped doing that because everything was so tiny. But now I have a ton of bead to use!

I'm going to use this thing

2008-07-08T23:14:00.000-07:00

So, i started a blog and I never post anything so I will, as faithfully as I can, start posting the pretty things I so love to create. I also want to link the tons of blogs here so that my "Favorites" tab isn't so absurdly long. Not quite sure if anyone will stop by here but if you do, please say hi!

2008-04-15T14:30:00.000-07:00

Here's my take on Sketch #2 at

http://triplethesketch.blogspot.com/

I haven't been active on anybody's blog yet (including my own) because I only recently became addicted to scrapbooking and cardmaking. I'm planning on changing that slowly though! Thanks for taking a look at my work!

Butterfly Thank You

2008-04-14T18:41:00.000-07:00

This is my first post and who knows if anyone will see it...but if you do...thank you for stopping by! This is one of my new favorite cards...because I just made it and every new card is my favorite for a short time. I'll be posting more soon!