Mini-muffins!

So I'm a little last posting this, but hopefully it was worth the wait! :D  My dad's school has monthly breakfasts, and this month it was his grade's turn to host, so he asked me to make some muffins.  For a while I've been wanting to make these fun toothpick embellishments, but I never had the right occasion.  The "love muffin" stamp came in a Valentine's Day set, and I knew this would be the *perfect* time to showcase it.  I took out my much-used and much-loved punches and got to work.  I made blueberry muffins, so I wanted to go with a purple/blue theme, so I started out punching scalloped circles from some My Mind's Eye paper.  To that, I added khaki cardstock, and stamped the image with violet Colorbox ink on white cardstock.  I couldn't help adding a bit of Doodlebug Sugar Coating to the heart.  :)  I colored the muffin with a colored pencil and used a bit of double-sided tape to adhere the scalloped circles to the toothpicks.  It took me quite a while, as I had made 40 muffins, but it was an easy project.  I'll probably do it again- it was a big hit with the teachers!!!  Hope you enjoy!  I'll be posting my Easter cards soon- be sure to stop back!


-Suzanne :O )

you're the best

Hi friends! A quick post before I go off to the city today- my mom's Christmas present was tickets to see The Fantasticks, so we're going to hang out in Times Square, grab lunch and Tasti Dlite, and try to go to The Strand if there's time. We haven't been to the city in a few months, so I'm excited to get down there! :)


A coworker got me a shamrock plant for St. Patty's Day, so I wanted to make a cheerful, spring-y card to thank her. Recognize the paper? Yup, it's more of that My Mind's Eye goodness, with a little DCWV green diamond paper thrown in, and of course my new Nestabilities are making another appearance ;) I've had a box of blank DCWV Christmas cards hanging around, and I'm trying to be better about *using* them, so when I realized this lovely shade of aqua matched the flowers perfectly, it was a match made in heaven. Plus it's super sparkly- just a really happy shade of aqua! I'm not quite sure why they were packaged as "Christmas" cards- they can obviously be used all year round. When I look for my clearnace goodies, I try not to look at the packaging- you miss out on a lot of great/useful stuff otherwise! The circle die-cut came with the paper pad, so I cut that out, stamped the Fiskars sentiment on top, and added a bit of yummy orange polka dot American Crafts ribbon. A fairly simple card, but I just really love how it turned out. One of those cards I almost hate to give away- hehe! Hope your weekend is off to a great start! I plan to post my mini-muffin project tomorrow morning, so check back soon!


-Suzanne :O )

Hippity-hoppity...

...Easter's on its way!  I thought this would be a fun way to start off my Easter blog posts.  I bought a bunch (more like 20) of these plain kraft bags at my local Goodwill store for $2.99.  I'm planning to use them plain if I do craft fairs again, but I needed a bag this size to house an Easter gift, so I pulled out my supplies and got to work dressing it up!  I started with some Making Memories Garden Party paper and a bit of blue velvet-y ribbon.  I used more of my new Nestabilities on some yellow index cards, and the sentiment is Hampton Arts.  I went through my Easter embellishments and found these pink bunnies- I gave them googlie eyes, fuzzy ears and noses (pink flock) and a ribbon bow-tie- cute, right?  I adhered all the pieces to each side of the bag and made my own custom Easter bag!  Hope you enjoy it- thanks for "hopping" by! :)


-Suzanne :O )

Here's to age...

Hi there! Sorry for my absence; I've been working on lots and lots of Easter cards, as well as other cards, including this birthday card for my aunt. I thought she would get a chuckle out of this sassy lady- I'm not sure of the stamp company because this was from an image swap. I colored her in with my watercolor pencils- I've been working on my shading, but I still have a lot to learn. I picked up some new Nestabilities at Hobby Lobby last weekend (40% off!), so of course I had to use it right away ;) The red, pink and blue papers are My Mind's Eye- I got a free 6x6 pad in one of the British mags I buy, and I was itching to use it :) The green paper is old DCWV. I added some green brads... I think the brand is Deja Views.


I'll be back soon to post some of my favorite Easter cards, and also a fun little project that involves muffins! Stay tuned!


-Suzanne :O )

Gallery: St. Patrick's Day 2010

Happy St. Patrick's Day!  I hope you  enjoy the cards I made, thanks for stopping by!!

-Suzanne :O )

St. Patrick's Day Eve...

Hi there! I plan to post all of my SPD cards tomorrow, but here's one to hold you over (hehe!). I made this for my friend John, so I thought the green beer would be a fun card to send him. I have to stop posting so late at night when I'm tired! I don't have the energy to find out the maker of the beer stamp, but I will add that to tomorrow's post. :) Stay tuned.. I think I made 15 or 16 cards, so once I edit the photos, they'll be posted!


-Suzanne :O )

Diamond Bracelet

How funny is this quote?! My mom asked me to make a birthday card for her friend, but I didn't know where to start. I started going through my birthday sentiments to see if anything sparked me, and as soon as I saw this quote I was off and running. I got the image in a swap (Stampin' Up!, maybe?), and I thought it would be fun to go with a whole 50's theme. The white and blue patterned papers are Basic Grey, and the pink rose paper is K&Co. I used some yellow and peach scraps to use as mats, and a bit of green ribbon from Making Memories. The "diamond" button I got at a yard sale, and I think it just adds to the humor of the card. ;) I'm not in love with the colors I used on this card, but the patterned papers reminded me of 50's wallpaper, so I really wanted to use them on this card, and so that's where I was pulling my colors from. I think it kind of works, but it's definitely not my usual style! :) Hope you get a kick out of it- my mom said her friend chuckled when she read it!!


-Suzanne :O )


PS- If I actually owned this stamp, I think I would have paper pieced the dresses to match the patterned papers I used, but since I got it in a swap, I decided to just leave it blank. :)

humbled by your thoughtfulness

Quick post tonight, I'm wicked tired! I used K&Co patterned paper (and I believe the tag, too, but I'm not sure since that came from a swap), a Melissa Frances "ticket", Offray ribbon, Darice gems, and the image is from a stamp set that came free with one of the British card mags I buy at Barnes and Noble. I colored it in with my water color pencils- isn't that little guy so cute?! :) Sorry for the super short post, but I'm off to bed... can't wait for Friday tomorrow! Thanks for checking in!


-Suzanne :O )

simple masculine thank you

Hi! I made this card for my brother to give for one of the housewarming presents he got, so I wanted to keep it simple. I used some scraps of solid papers, stamped the circle image (by Fiskars) 3 times, and stamped the Hero Arts sentiment below that. Super quick and easy, and it was kind of nice to make a card without all the bells and whistles! :) Hope your week is off to a good start. Thanks for stopping by!


-Suzanne :O )

New Nest

Hi there! I know it's been an while, but last week we had a wicked winter storm blow through- 2 feet of incessant snow, so wet and heavy that it knocked our power out for 6 and a half days... it was SO awful. Not only the amount of time we had to deal without having power, but because it was so cold (we could see our breath!). We couldn't even get a hotel because so many people we were without power (150,000+) and had beat us to it. We were turned away from 9 different hotels before we gave up and had to go back home. Anyway, getting back to normal took a while, and so that's why I've been away so long!


The week before the storm my brother moved in to an apartment with his girlfriend, so I got them a mish-mosh of kitchen items and made this card to celebrate their new home. I thought the little owl paper from DCWV would be appropriate for this occasion, so I added some chipboard letters from the same Green Stack line to finish the sentiment. The "congrats on your" is a Fiskars stamp. I added a bit of wide green ribbon from Target and added the whole piece to some yellow Colorbok paper, and that was it! A simple but cute card. Hope you like it, thanks for stopping by! I have lots more to show you this week now that I'm back! :D


-Suzanne :O )