The newest member of the team!!

Hello everyone!!  I am so sorry that it has been so long!!

I would like to introduce the newest member of my team, Abby!!  This photo was taken as soon as we got her home after traveling four hours (one-way) to Lancaster County in PA!!  Abby was just 8 weeks old in this photo!!  Such a cutie!!

This photo was taken in May (5 months old) when we took Abby up to Lake Erie!!  How she has grown!!

 

Abby is now 7 months old and even bigger at 84 pounds!!  Once I can get her to sit still for a moment I will post an updated photo!!

 

Thanks for visiting with me today!!  

 

Stay tuned for upcoming card inspiration, classes and the release of the upcoming Stampin' Up! Holiday catalog on August 28th, 2014!!

Nicole~

 

Happy Birthday to my Hubby!

This card was created for my wonderful husband's birthday that was in October.  We share the same birthday month and like to go on a new & exciting road trips each year!  This year we journeyed to Foxburg, Pennsylvania and stayed at a hotel along the Allegheny River.  We visited a very yummy winery and found a wonderful scrapbook store along the way!

This card was inspired by our dream to live out in the country hopefully once my husband completes nursing school!

I finally got to play with my envelope board and made this beautiful envelope to match the card I made!!

 

I started with an 8 1/2 by 11 sheet of card stock in Early Espresso, cut it in half and folded to make the card.  I took pieces of patterned from our last holiday catalog and back them with either Marina Mist card stock or Cherry Cobbler.  I used a piece of Marina Mist card stock and die cut it with a circle, then ran in thru the Big Shot with the Woodgrain Embossing Folder.  I die cut a smaller circle with Whisper White card stock and stamped the tractor in the center.  I colored the tractor using my Stampin' Markers in Marina Mist, Cherry Cobbler, Garden Green, Basic Grey, Smoky Slate and Black.  The "Happy BIrthday" was inked in Cherry Cobbler and stamped onto a piece of Marina Mist card stock which was punched out by the Word Window Punch for the completed look!

Thank you for visiting with today!

Nicole♥

 

Sweet Baby!!

When I saw this card created by Yapha at Yapha's Stampin' Blog I knew it would be prefect to CAS for a baby card that I need to make for one of our Rad Tech's at work!

Since Rebecca does not know if she is having a boy or girl I wanted a color palette of pastel yellows and greens.

I started with an 8 1/2 by 11 sheet of card stock in So Saffron, cut it in half and folded to make the card.  Next, I attached a panel of Soft Suede card stock to frame around the main design.  I used the Sunburst Technique with So Saffron designer paper and then attached a small panel of Pistachio Pudding designer paper on the bottom.  I wrapped around a piece of 3/8" Ruffled Stretch Trim in Pistachio Pudding as a divider between the top and bottom design.  I then die cut a scallop circle from Pistachio Pudding card stock and sponged around the edges with Soft Suede ink.  I die cut a smaller circle from Whisper White card stock, sponged around the edges in So Saffron, and stamped the baby elephant in So Saffron ink.  I inked the "sweet baby" banner in So Saffron and die cut to attach for the completed look!

Thank you for visiting with me today!

Nicole♥ 

Dia de los Muertos

Feliz Dia de los Muertos!

I wanted to honor my loved ones that have passed on so I decided to make a card in celebration of the traditional Mexican holiday "Day of the Dead".  To me "Day of the Dead" is seeing skeletons with vibrant colored flowers. While I was reading about the celebration on Halloween night I learned what each of the colors used represents.

Black- represents death & is used mostly as a background color.

White- represents purity & renewal.

Purple- is a very important color.  It It signifies pain, suffering, grief and mourning. Purple is used by the families to acknowledge their loss of loved ones.

Pink-  represents people that are paying joyous tribute to the lives of the deceased. They celebrate the return of the dead and their reunion with family members.

Orange- represents the sun.

Yellow- represents the light and also death.

Red- represents blood or the blood of life

**(The information above I found on eHow)**

Thank you for visiting with me today!

Nicole♥

Gone Batty~ Septemeber Workshop

I forgot to post this one!  This was the card we made at our September workshop, Halloween themed of course!

I wanted to play with the Stampin' Up! Washi Tape & decided to make a diagonal pattern.  I sponged my circle with Tangerine Tango & Daffodil Delight ink to make my harvest moon for my crazy bat to hang upside down in!  I just had to add some googly eyes and a crazy drawn on mouth using a white gel pen!

Thank you for visiting with me today!

Nicole♥


Supplies Used:

Stamp Sets- "That's the Ticket"

Ink- Daffodil Delight, Tangerine Tango & Basic Black

Cardstock- Tangerine Tango, Basic Black & Whisper White

Owl Builder Punch

Bird Builder Punch

Ticket Duo Punch

Googly Eyes

White Gel Pen

Sponges

Circle Punch Die Cut

Witches' Brew Designer Washi Tape

Happy Halloween!!

Happy Halloween Everyone!!

I hope everyone is having a spooky time trick or treating!  The poor little kids out here in Pennsylvania are getting soaked with all our rain this evening!

To start this card design I cut an 8 1/2 by 11 sheet of card stock in Pumpkin Pie & folded in half to make my card.  Next, I cut a piece of Basic Black card stock to frame my Witches' Brew Designer Series Paper and attached to my card.  The spooky tree with an owl stamp is from the Stampin' Up! set "House of Haunts" (retired), however, you can purchase this particular stamp in the "Best of Halloween".  I stamped the image in black on Whisper White card stock then sponged Pumpkin Pie & Daffodil Delight ink on the image.  I used the Stampin' Up! die cuts called Label Framelits to cut out my image with my Big Shot.  The first die I used was the #2 die (counting from the inside) for my image, the #3 die for the layered Basic Black card stock & the #4 die for the layered Pumpkin Pie card stock.  I took my piercing tool and pierced around the Basic Black die cut & the Pumpkin Pie die cut.  I added some ribbon around my die cuts and finished with a knot.  

I used the "Trick or Treat" saying from the new Stampin' Up! set called "Bite Me".  I stamped the saying in Pumpkin Pie onto Very Vanilla card stock, added a Pumpkin Pie piece behind to frame & then attached a Basic Black banner for the completed look!

Thank you for visiting with me today! 

Nicole♥

 

 

Blog Candy Winner Announced

Congrats to Vicki #31 for her lovely comment on my "World Card Making Day" post!  She is the lucky winner of this fantastic stamp set from Stampin' Up! called "Four You"!

Vicki's comment:

Beautiful design!! Love the yellow and black colors! Thanks for sharing this for World Card Making Day! :) HUGS

Thank you to all who left comments on my post!  I hope you will come back for another visit soon!

Nicole♥