Moxie Card set challenge

Cath has a ton of Moxie Fab challenges going in honor of 350 Cards & Gifts week!
I made this set of cards for Hadley's teacher- her birthday is tomorrow!

And then I packaged them all up!

I used PTI places please again (yes, the card set matches her birthday card!). Sentiments are from round & round & through the trees. I also used May Arts silk ribbon on the cards, and 5/8" satin pleats to embellish the box.
I like to keep cards that I'm giving as gifts fairly flat so that extra postage isn't necessary!

Thank you, Erin, for the scallop oval!
So that's my entry for the card set challenge at Moxie Fab world- go check out the other fab sets!
Thanks so much for stopping by! I'd love to hear what you think!

Make It Monday #11

The challenge this week was to use your dies to emboss.
Here's my take:

I used 'places please' die & stamps, as well as the sentiment from 'round & round'.

I used my exacto knife to make a slit for my May Arts silk ribbon.

Tough to get a great pic of the embossing- but I think this one gives you the best view!

Don't forget to stop by May Arts blog for a chance at the contents of a scrap-can full of ribbon!

Thanks so much for stopping by! I'd love to hear what you think! :)

Not royal...

I don't have anything new to show you today, so I thought I'd show you one of the cards I submitted for Stamping Royalty!

I made this one back in February- inspired by one of Cath's Tuesday Triggers. I liked it, and didn't share it at the time, so thought I'd give the royalty contest a try.

No luck.

I still like it.

:)

Thanks for stopping by- I'd love to hear what you think!

Jones Design- April giveaway

I almost forgot to post about this! Head over to Jones Design to see how easy it is to enter!

And don't forget to stop by May Arts blog everyday & vote for your favorite designers! There's a prize up for grabs too!

It was a surprise...

This year Hadley really wanted a surprise birthday party! I thought that was such a funny request for a soon to be 6 yr old! We always have family birthday parties, and I knew she really wanted one with her friends & SIX seemed like a good age for a friend party!

I made favor bags, so I'll add these to the Moxie gift wrap challenge!

I used more of that Girls' paperie paper & stamped each girls' initial with CTMH stamps.

Inside were some random goodies, as well as a headband I'd made & these flowers:

I used PTI's button set & dies & packaged them in clear cello bags- so I'll add these to the Moxie little gifts challenge! that's it for the craftiness- the rest of this post is about the surprise!

She went for a date with her Daddy so I could get to the skating rink & set up-

She was VERY surprised- of course my pics are blurry- but she had a huge smile when she realized what was going on!

And we had a great afternoon of skating with her cousins & several great friends!

She even loved being in the spotlight for the birthday song & the hokey pokey!!!

So glad we could give you this fun surprise, Hadley! We love you to bits!

Embellished with decorative trim

There is a color challenge at Embellish this week. with the added challenge of using decorative trim. I love the colors & the inspiration photo is lovely. Here's my take:

PTI cardstock- spring moss? chartreuse? I stamped images from Life in versamark, spring moss, chai, fresh snow & SU! old olive. I distressed the focal panel & then layered it onto the same color cardstock base. There's an avacado strip on the left side of the focal panel.

The flower I made using fabric & spellbinders. The button is die cut from a coaster & debossed with a PTI text plate. I inked it with old olive & chai.

The trim is May Arts crochet & satin leaves....

Here's the inspiration:

Thanks so much for stopping by- I'd love to hear what you think! (and for the record, blogger is adding wonky spaces to my posts- it's not me!!)

Jay Gee's with a little Moxie

Remember I said I had another card for the pretty Jay Gee's challenge? Couldn't be much more literal than this one!

I used Practicing Creativity's stamp set, paper pieced with PTI ocean tides (which I used versamark & PTI text on) & vintage text. Any coloring is with prisma pencils.

You can see I decided to add a pearl to a couple of the flowers, and the oval shadow is hard to see in the pic, but it's stamped with tea dye ink- chamomile or chai, I can't remember for sure which.

May Arts silk ribbon.

And I added a little bookmark as a small gift when I sent this card off- so I'll also add it to the Moxie Fab little gifts challenge!

I used spellbinders to die cut the felt, sewed on a button & hot-glued the two pieces together with a paperclip in the middle.

Thanks so much for stopping by! I'd love to hear what you think! :)

A hoot of a birthday!

I was one lucky girl a couple of weeks ago & won the whole release & a catalog from Lawn Fawn!!! Thank you, KellyMarie!!! So I inked up some stamps from Critters in the Forest for this birthday card!

I colored them with prisma pencils & mineral spirits & cut them out. the focal panel is a tim holtz embossing folder on cream (thanks Erin!) and the bottom I punched 1 3/4" circles & embossed them with the PTI woodgrain plate. I wrapped the panel with cream & brown May Arts twine. I put it all together on a kraft base.

I think it turned out pretty cute- and just right for a little boy that just turned 6! Don't forget to head over to May Arts- they'll be picking a winner tomorrow of some more great goodies!!!

And since twine is the challenge at wee memories this week- I'll play along!

Thanks so much for stopping by- I'd love to hear what you think!

50th Wedding Anniversary

That's pretty amazing, isn't it? My husband's parents celebrated their golden anniversary yesterday! Here's the card I made them:

the image is from Crafty Secrets (thank you, Karen!)- it's embossed with gold powder. I used a shimmery white paper for the focal panel & card base. The flower is one of the ribbon burnt flowers using May Arts gold satin.

I used that same satin & topped it with May Arts lace to wrap around the focal panel. Here's another angle- trying to show you the shimmer...

And yesterday I had to pinch myself!!! Cath featured my post about Hadley's birthday on her out & about segment!!! Talk about making a girl's day!!!

Thanks so much for stopping by- hope you're having a great weekend!

Jay Gee's Thank you cards & Wee #50!

I needed to get Hadley's thank you cards done- and was very inspired by the board at jay gee's nook! I love the colors!

I made several that are the same, and a couple a little different- just because!

Heather Bailey pattern paper (again!), vintage text, PTI vintage cream or ocean tides cardstock. The sentiment is PTI- star prints, I think? May Arts scalloped edge satin.

And here's the inspiration- gorgeous, right?

I've got another card for this challenge- I'll post it in a couple of days! :)

AND this week's challenge at Wee Memories is to use colors you love! CHECK!

Thanks so much for stopping by- and don't forget May Arts is still doing giveaways in honor of the swap with Bella Blvd! Don't forget to enter!!!

May Arts & Bella Blvd Team-Up!

May Arts & Bella Blvd are having fun this week with a team-up! Head over to May Arts to see the two projects I've got up !

And while you are at May Arts check out the giveaway!!! And don't forget to head over to Bella's blog to see the amazing creations they've made with May Arts!!!

Thanks for stopping by- I'd love to hear what you think!!

Hadley is SIX!!!!

So hard to believe my baby is SIX YEARS OLD!!!! Happy Birthday to my sweet girl!!

She'd asked for a mocha cake (again)!

Here's her birthday card:

Girls Paperie pp, PTI butterfly dreams stamps/die & bb text, MS butterfly punch, May Arts wrinkle ribbon & pearls from my lss.

We had our family over for her birthday (April 1st) & surprised her with some decorations!

mocha cake balls

the favor bags

tissue pom poms

and by far the favorite- a fabric banner! The 'hadley' will live in her room & we'll save the happy birthday for the next birthday celebration! :)

I'll have some details on the banner later....

Thanks so much for stopping by!