I {heart} crafts

I can hardly believe that the weekend is already over.  I love the quiet time to sit in my craft room, and pull stamps out and play.  This weekend went by in a flash.  But, it didn't stop me from visiting a local craft store and several blogs to create this last card.

I came across some beautiful new St. Valentine's Day pattern.  They're so beautiful and fun.  

I also came across a sketch challenge @ Sasya-Sketches.  The sketch is fabulously user friendly.  And last, I came across a product challenge inspiration board for PaperTrey Ink by Mish Mash.  

Here are the sketch challenge and the inspiration board:

And here is my card:

The pattern paper are Love Me Plaid & Love Me Banners.  The stamp sets are Button Boutique & Studio Style.  The card base is Crumb Cake cardstock.  The button card is Very Vanilla cardstock.  The wrinkle ribbon is actually Rose Red seam binding.  The buttons came from PaperTrey Ink and a-muse studio.  I used two different dies for this card.  The vellum sentiment tag was cut with the cone die and the pink polka dot pattern paper was cut with the top note die.  The scallop scrap of material is from Stampin' Up!. 

This card was a collection of different products that I love!

Happy Birthday Ronda (MOJO 140)

This is the birthday card I made my friend, Ronda. Her birthday is this month. Not today, though. There are a group of us that get together quite a few times a year. We always share dinner and drinks, and a whole bunch of laughs. So, anyways, back to my story...We got together Tuesday for dinner, drinks and lots of laughs. We always have a great time. It gives us a chance to take time out from our regular lives, and just be 'us'. If that makes any sense.

The card uses product from everyone. That seems to be typical for me lately. The card base, buttons, and stamps are from PaperTreyInk. The other solid card stock is from Stampin' Up! The pattern paper is from Fancy Pants. The lace is from a large hobby store. The two-tone ribbon was purchased by the yard, from a small, local stamp store, (I don't have a maker). I used markers from Stampin' Up! to 'color' the words. I used both Stampin' Up! and PaperTreyInk inks to stamp the jar of buttons and a blender pen (SU) to color the buttons in the jar.

I also made some embellishments for my friend Ronda. I did take a photo or two. I'll post those tomorrow. Some come back soon to take a look!