Love is a Powerful Thing

There are so many things that I love.  I love God, I love my family, I love my husband, I love my children, I love my friends, I love watching my children play in the sprinklers, I love fresh strawberries, I love cool evening walks, I love making things, I love being a mom and wife.

But recently, well around Christmas time, I found a new love…

I love my sewing/embroider Brother Innovis 1500D…it is amazing!  It does everything except bring me coffee in bed, luckily I have a hubby who does, so I didn’t need that option.  So here lately I have been sewing and embroidering.  I love making things for my kids, family and friends.  Today I made two of my three fairies little outfits.  I think they turned out SO cute adorable!!!

Here is my littlest fairy in her little outfit.  She LOVED it…her words were “I love it, I just love it!!!”

 

The back…I think I have a model in the makings…

 

And of course here she is acting ‘not so fairy-like’…

 

Here is my oldest fairy.  I made her a skirt and a flower pin for her shirt.  I’ll have a flower tutorial coming soon.

 

I think she likes the ensemble…

 

She is getting so big.  I wish I could stop time sometimes and keep them little forever.

 

 

Here is my other love…She is my little helper and the fairies love to torment her at times.  My littlest fairy tends to squeeze, hug and kiss her a little too much!

I hope you enjoyed my creations. 

Happy Crafting!

Rebecca

Simple Times 3

Today has been a long day and it’s not even noon yet!!  Two of my three little fairies are sick, one with an ear infection plus viral yuckiness and the other one has strep and viral yuckiness too.  So between blowing noses, giving Tylenol, covering them up, uncovering them, rubbing feet, their isn’t much time for stamping.  We have antibiotics so hopefully they will kick in soon and we can beat these germs! 

So while they were passed out I decided that I would make a card.  I didn’t want to do an elaborate card because I didn’t know when they would wake up needing some ‘Mommy Time’.  So I made a very simple card…I even had time to make 2 more!

I made these in less than 30 minutes.

I was going for a 4th of July feel, but it could also be a masculine birthday card.  I used CTMH’s “Shining Star” stamp set to finish off this card.  I am also loving the paper from K&Company!!

This one was so simple to make!  A little button on he last square did the trick!  Isn’t this paper from The Paper Studio “Poteeka Souffle” just adorable!!!  The stamp was one of those Michael’s dollar stamps. 

 

I had no intentions of making a Halloween card, but when I saw my PTI “Spooky Sweets” & “Polka Dot Basics II” stamps I thought….hmmmmm it’s never to early to get a head start!

  All the squares are 1 3/8 inches and are up on foam dots.  Well I hope you enjoy these 3 oh so simple cards.

Happy Crafting!

Rebecca

Happy Father’s Day

Happy Father’s Day to all the amazing dads out there!  And especially to my wonderful husband.  You are a wonderful Dad!  Our kids are very lucky to have such a caring, loving and all around Super Dad!  You are always there to help them with homework, give them a push on the swing, getting their helmet straight and a little push to get them going on their bikes.  I knew when I married you that you were a wonderful man, and would be a wonderful father!  Thank you for being our Hero, our provider, the glue that makes our family work, the monster getter rid of’er, the scary bug removing dad and the best friend I could ever ask for!  We love you so very much!

One of the happiest days…hubby coming home from Iraq

& one of my favorite pictures!  

Since my hubby loves to golf among many other things.  I thought I would make him this card.  I have seen a few like this on Splitcoast Stampers.  I really liked how it turned out. 

 

I used my punch from Marvy  (1 3/8 inch) to make the ‘golf balls’…

Then embossed them using the CuttleBug and sponged with ink.   The sentiment is computer generated.  I then just layered it on some scrap cardstock and adhered to the ‘bucket’. 

I placed the card in a bucket of balls and tees.  I think he loved it along with the other goodies. 

I hope you have a great day and

Happy Stamping!

Joy To the World…

Joy to the World has to be one of my favorite Christmas song.  I love listening to Christmas songs when I make my Christmas cards, it helps me get in to the festive spirit.

 

For this card I used one of my favorite alpha stamp sets, Chocolate Alphabet from CTMH.  This is just a very whimsical kind of alpha stamp set.  I also used Christmas Melodies.  I thought the little notes were perfect for this card. 

Inside I used the sentiment from Evergreen.  Even though it isn’t part of the tune to “Joy to the World” I still thought it went well with the card.  A few musical notes on the bottom and my card was complete. 

I really liked how this card came together.  It was one that I hadn’t planned out and just kind of went with.   

I hope you enjoy this card! I still have quiet a few more Christmas cards to make, hopefully they will all get mailed out BEFORE Christmas this year.

xoxo,

Rebecca

Oh Christmas Tree

I was browsing the web and saw someone (sorry I can’t remember where) had a Christmas Tree with their kids pictures as ornaments on them.  So I decided to make my own version of it.  I used my Paper Dolls Cricut cartridge to make my tree and Plantin Schoolbook to make my circles…umm I mean “ornaments”.  I sponged the edges of the tree and ornaments.  I then used some twine to make little bows.  I punched out a star and added a button.  I have to say buttons and ribbons are my absolute favorite embellishments! Then I stamped my snowflakes and Merry Christmas on to my chalkboard.  I have to say this is one of my favorite little projects so far.  I already have a special place for it.

     

Recipe: Chalkboard, white pigment ink & Archival Black, CTMH Holiday Trinkets, Topiary & Chocolate paper, and yellow textured paper from craft store, twine, button, glue dots.

Merry merry merry…

26 days till Christmas!!!  I can’t wait!  Christmas is one of my favorite holidays…I love being able to spend time with family and celebrate the Reason for the Season.  I love all the smells of Christmas, the lights, the happy giggles, and anticipation of Christmas morning!  We do a lot to prepare for this special day.  We make salt dough ornaments, decorate the tree, make cards to send to family and friends, and so much more.

At my last Stamping Sunday yesterday we made some Christmas cards and a ornament gift card holder.  It was a bitter sweet day.  I have enjoyed being a Close To My Heart Consultant, but the time has come to move on.  I enjoyed sharing my creativity and joy with all who came.  We used

Here is what we created…

 

Gift card holder…I’ve saw these on Splitcoast.

 

Recipe: circles cut out using Cricut, SU tab punch, Holly leaf punch, circle punch, silver elastic, CTMH Christmas Melodies & Holiday Trinkets,White, Cranberry , Crème  Brulee and Topiary paper, Cranberry and Basic Black ink, Christmas Red stickles.

Card #1…We used the snowflake from Holiday Trinkets to create the wreath.

 

Recipe: CTMH Holiday Trinkets & Grown with Love (for the berries), Sand, Olive, Chocolate, White papers, DP from Back Country, SU ribbon, Christmas Red stickles, Topiary, Olive & Basic Black ink.

 

Card #2…We added dimensional to make this tree pop!

 

Recipe: CTMH Holiday Trinkets & Evergreen, Crème Brulee, White, and Chocolate papers, Basic Black & Olive ink, red ribbon from craft store, foam dots.

Abi meets Abby Cadabby

The day after Thanksgiving we went to Sesame Live “When Elmo Grows Up”.  But we didn’t go to see Elmo we went to see Abby Cadabby!!!  My Abbers loves loves loves Abby Cadabby!  She had such a great time!  She was so excited and was about to come out of her skin with excitement!!!

Can you see her EXCITEMENT!!!

  

Even Abby Cadabby needed some refreshement.

   

 

The show is about to start… Abby Cadabby and Zoe

 

 

 

Abby Cadabby!!!

It was Awesome!!

Some little known facts about Abi and Abby Cadabby:

They both Share the same birthday October 21st.

Their favorite colors are pink!

They both love the song “Itsy Bitsy Spider”