Archive for May, 2011

May 31 2011

Gabrielle’s Beautiful Butterfly

The Gabrielle 6×6 pad by Bo Bunny offers some GORGEOUS butterflies, and the one I chose for this card captured my heart instantly: I love the vintage inspired butterflies and flourishes in this pad – Gabrielle by Bo Bunny — a 6×6 pad, and I wanted to showcase this beautiful white butterfly and use it […]

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May 28 2011

A Graduate and a Gift

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This was a big week for Brittany.  She turned 18 and graduated all on the same day.  Let me start with a couple photos and then I have a  gift box I made to show you for a special little gift! This is our son, Brian (son #3), and Brittany, his girlfriend and my ribbon wrapper […]

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May 24 2011

Kaisercraft’s Lullaby Shabby Baby Boy

Today I made a baby boy card for The Shabby Tea Room Challenge using some totally lush baby paper.  Take a look:   This card is a standard A2 size, 5.5 x 4.25″.  This is yet another no stamp creation — quick, easy and FUN to do! I adore the sheets in this pad — […]

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May 20 2011

Stamp Simply Spring Market KIT

After yesterday’s post showing you a Webster’s Pages 6×6 Pad and coordinating Chipboard Buttons and Twine Card, I started receiving emails asking for a KIT with these items and some ribbon — so I made one for you – so glad you asked!  But first I have another card sample using the same pad by Webster’s Pages: I have […]

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May 19 2011

Webster’s Pages Spring Market

Opening a pack of  Webster’s Pages paper always sets my heart a-swooning — I adore their style, lovely prints and patterns, beautifully coordinated colors — but even more than that, what jumps out at me when I view their beautiful 6×6 sheets is the fact that a pretty little card will nearly make itself with minimal effort […]

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May 16 2011

Clean and Simple Graduation Trio

No surprise here – but I like things quick and easy. I also like a classic look.  And I like basic black and white. Here’s a trio of graduation cards I just made up, all using Kaisercraft’s After Five Collection, White 1″ Grograin w/ Satin Edge Ribbon, and various sentiments by Wordsworth:   The first […]

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May 13 2011

Beautiful Brittany – Scrapbooking with Prima

I have never claimed to be a scrapper, but today I made another attempt.  Brittany, who wraps 95% of the ribbon shipped out from The Stamp Simply Ribbon Store, is graduating soon and I have several gorgeous pictures of her — so if I’m EVER going to try to create some scrapbook pages, now is definintely the […]

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May 11 2011

Kaisercraft After Five Collection Trio

Today I have another no stamp trio of cards made quick and easy with products by Kaisercraft from their After Five Collection that I’ve put together into a Stamp Simply Kit for your crafting ease.  And that’s just what this trio was — easy, peasy as they say! Three quick cards using pre-scored cards from […]

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May 08 2011

Crafty Secrets Cotton Scraps on Sale

Preparing this post sure was an unexpected trip down memory lane!  In my never-ending quest to rearrange things to try to make more room in my way-too-small store area, I decided that it was time to pull out my beloved Cotton Scraps and offer them on sale.  I have long LOVED these items more than I can […]

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May 05 2011

Melissa Frances Vintage Mother’s Day Card

There is much on today’s agenda – a WINNER, a Vintage Mother’s Day Card and some new Stamp Simply Ribbon Samplers.  Let’s start with the WINNER from The Stamp Simply Ribbon Store Grand Opening Blog Hop.  The Grand Opening Candy offered was a May Arts ribbon selection of the winner’s choice — anywhere from $25 to […]

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