Thanks for your kindness

Hi there!  Just wanted to show you all this set of cards I made for the counselors and me to give to everyone who celebrated counselors' week with us- we got a lot of yummy goodies! :)  Lately I've really been trying to use what I have, instead of leaning towards my hoarding tendencies!  I've had this lone piece of light blue Colorbok cardstock just hanging out in the package, practically begging to fulfill its card-making destiny, so I figured this would be the perfect opportunity to use it up! :)  I wanted to keep the cards from being too feminine, as three of the cards were going to male co-workers, so I went through some old K&Co papers and thought the brown paper would work well.  The layout didn't turn out as planned, so the other K&Co paper isn't as visible as it was supposed to be, but it ties in the wide olive green ribbon, which I picked up on after-Christmas clearance at Target.  I used some of my new Colorbox inks (creamy brown and dark brown) with Melissa Frances stamps on Colorbok tags, and added a white eyelet to make sure the ribbon didn't tear the tag.  I really miss mass-producing cards, but I'm not sure if I'm going to do craft shows this year.  It's something I really have to think about, because it takes up so much of my time and because I didn't make too much of a profit from it, but I really enjoyed doing it.  I guess I'll just have to wait and see how I feel when I start seeing vendor applications again! :)  I'm off to spend the day with my boyfriend; I hope you're all having a great weekend!


-Suzanne :O )

TESC 100!

Hi everyone!  Quick post before I go to work this morning- this is the 100th sketch over at Taylored Expressions, and I haven't played along in a while, so here it is!  It's not a great photo, with the foil and glitter and gems but I was in a rush to post this morning! :)  I used KI Memories orange paper, Making Memories foil flowers paper, yellow polka dot paper by Target and the patterned paper strip is by DCWV.  I got the giant shamrock die-cut in a swap, but the gems are Darice.  Hope you like, thanks for stopping by!


-Suzanne :O )

embossing on a transparency

Hi there! I got a package in the mail a couple of days ago from the fabulous Kim Kesti, so after I drooled over all of the yummy goodies she sent me, I set to work on a thank you card. The CARDS blog is issuing a challenge this week to use transparencies, and one of the articles in the Stamp It! magazine Kim sent me was about embossing on transparencies, so that was the inspiration for this card. I love the Chloe's Closet line by Making Memories so much that I hardly ever use it (is it weird to hoard supplies instead of sharing them?! lol), but I knew this was a perfect time to use it. In order to view the border on the transparency, I backed it with white cardstock. The bottom polka dot layer is Miss Elizabeth's. I trimmed the green paper to fit inside the border. I wanted to use this swirly butterfly image by Inkadinkado, so I stamped it in Versamark ink, along with the sentiment by Hero Arts. I dumped some white embossing powder on top and set it with my heat gun. (Note to self: powder is very clingy on transparencies.) I brushed off what I could, but the image is a little smudgy. I made sure to add glue dots behind the flowers and butterfly, so you can't see how I attached the transparency to the card ;) I added some color-coordinated gems and a bit of blue ribbon, and voila! A swirly, pretty thank you card! Hope you like it, thanks for stopping by!


-Suzanne :O )

Copic Flowers

Hi friends! I made this card a while ago for a friend's birthday. I have several Copic markers, but I'm not very good with them, as you can see. I'm not good with coloring in general, but I think it could be that I don't have enough colors to get the blending right. Anyway, I used some old Colorbok papers and some kraft cardstock for matting. I got the image in a swap, but I think it might be Hero Arts. (?) It's a simple card because I wanted the flowers to stand out, but this is something I need to work on. :)


I've been enjoying my four day weekend, and it looks like we might have another snow day tomorrow! :D I just made a batch of thank you cards and am going to spend the rest of my day off working on some St. Patrick's Day cards. I have a ton of supplies to use up, so if you'd like me to send you a card, email me with your address! sq9_21@hotmail.com Thanks for stopping by!


-Suzanne :O )

Valentine's Day 2010

Hi everyone!  Happy Valentine's Day- I hope your day is filled with love! :)  Here are all of the cards I made for this holiday- enjoy!

-Suzanne :O )

elephant & lamb baby shower

Hi there! I have to get better about blogging- I haven't had much time with trying to get all of my Valentine's Day cards finished! :) I will try to post all of them before the big day gets here. For now, I'm sharing these 2 baby shower cards my dad needed for his co-workers... he asked me the night before(!), so theses aren't my best work, but I think they turned out okay. He also didn't know if we had boys or girls on the way, so I tried to keep the colors neutral. This first one uses paper by ATD, matted with some kraft cardstock. The wide white ribbon is part of a huge bucket (one of those wrapping paper holders) of ribbon I scored at the Clean House yardsale I went to last weekend. I paid $10 for it, and then kind of regretted it because most of the bucket was curling ribbon, which I don't really use. But anyway, I added the Colorbok chipboard "joy" tag with some narrow yellow ribbon (also from the bucket) and stamped the Hero Arts elephant and heart with some of my new ColorBox inks. They were on clearance at AC Moore, and I had a gift card, so I bought 6 of them- now I have tons of different ink colors! :)

The next card uses more of my beloved kraft cardstock, with some patterned paper I got in a swap. The yellow ribbon I got in the antiques section (this ribbon doesn't look "antique" to me...?) of an outdoor festival last year, but it doesn't show the manufacturer. I finally started tapping into some of the card candy I've been hoarding, hence the "sweet one" embellishment.  I added a couple of yellow buttons to finish off the card.  


I find baby shower cards difficult to make, in that they're not much different from baby cards.  I wish I had a stamp with the image of a duck holding an umbrella or something, so I'll have to keep my eye out for that kind of thing. ;)  On the inside of both cards, I computer printed "a shower of good wishes for you and baby!".  Someone needs to make that stamp, too! :)  


This is the start of a 4 day weekend for me, so I really hope to get lots and lots of St. Patrick's Day cards made.  I went through all of my papers and ribbons last night; today I'm going to go through all of my embellishments to pull out anything green, orange, yellow or gold.  I'm always amazed at how much stuff I come up with, or how much stuff I forgot I had!! :D  Happy weekend, everyone!


-Suzanne :O )

Sweet Treats and Mini Cards

Hi all! Just a quick post to show you what I made for my co-workers (we just celebrated Counselors' Week). I picked up these treat boxes at my local Goodwill store (3 boxes for 99 cents) and filled them with some raspberry bars. I also picked up a bunch of flowers for each of them at the grocery store, and was pleasantly surprised to find out they were only $2.02 a bunch! :D The mini cards are by K&Co, all I did was stamp the Inkadinkado image. Super simple, but I think the black image on the hot pink card is pretty intense as it is. :) Hope you like this little gift idea- I know the counselors did!!! :D Thanks for stopping by!

-Suzanne :O )

Elegant (?) Thank Yous

Hi all!  Quick post this morning before I head out to work.  I made these for my dad to give to his principal (female) and vice principal (male)- they nominated him for a teacher award and he wanted to express his gratitude for their kind words.  My style is generally fun and cutesy, so this was a bit of a challenge for me.  I used lots of K&Co scraps, along with the blue Stampin' Up! scrap.  I added some Martha Stewart ribbon to the first card, and a couple of brads to the second card, and stamped both with a Hero Arts sentiment.  I don't know why the pictures came out so dark, but I hope you can see them well enough to enjoy them!  I've been burned out a little, craft-wise, but I will be posting the rest of my Valentines later this week.  Thanks for stopping by! :D

-Suzanne :O )