Kitchen Series

Here are some happy cards, inspired by Ingrid Danvers: http://ingriddanvers.com/archives/5860
I love her use of color and usually feel compelled to rush out and buy more beautiful papers (LOVE October Afternoon's Modern Homemaker).

Paper: PTI Kraft, Rustic Cream
Design paper: October Afternoon- Modern Homemaker
Stamps: PTI Communique Sentiments, Giga Guidelines
Other: Misc. ribbon, PTI Victorian Lace Border Die, Nestabilities, PTI fel/button

A Muse Studio Day #3- the masculine side

I thought that it was time to move on from the florals and try my hand at a more "masculine" card. LOVE the a muse studio blues and greens-just lovely!

Cardstock: Sky

Ink: Sky, Ocean, Grass, Fern, Memento Black

misc. black brads

A Muse Studio, Day #2

I'm still playing with my A Muse Studio goodies (and promise to use stamps other than this lovely flower image- which makes for a great background!)

All products a muse studio

Cardstock: Sugar, Ocean

Ink: Ocean, Orange, Papaya

diamond glitter

A Muse Studio is in the house!

Twenty-one pounds of A Muse Studio goodies arrived on my doorstep late last week and I spent the weekend arranging and experimenting. L-O-V-E the ink (a pigment ink that finishes like a chalk) and the stamps and paper are lovely!

Inspired by PaperCrafts Magazine 350 Cards & Gifts and Rachael Burdick's lovely card set, I created a few cards of my own with my new A Muse goodies and a bit of miscellaneous ribbon.

                      

Betsy Veldman Inspired!

I love most everything Betsy Veldman creates http://scrapbookgirl.typepad.com/paper_scissors_and_superh/2011/02/february-papertrey.html,
which inspired me to create these three cards:

Cardstock: PTI white and rustic cream
Stamps: Flower Fusion #1, Communique Sentiments,Simple Stationery (all PTI), Verve-Thankful Accents
Ink: Colorbox Pigments and Chalks, PTI Hibiscus Burst 



Card Cache......

Well.... here it is, my first blog entry. I've been thinking about this for quite awhile and thought that if my 16 year old daughter and my husband could do it, then I could too.

So, without further ado, here is my first attempt at photographing my card cache- YIKES!!

OK, so I counted and came up with 495 cards, and that doesn't even include the most current batch down in my "craft cave".  Pretty frightening if I do say so myself! I really do try to give away a fair amount- my mother, my friends, etc.- but you would never know it by looking at this picture. Hopefully, no one would consider me a "hoarder"!

Well, that's all for now !