Quick Thank You Gift Idea

Today I am popping in to share a quick gift I made for some really special friends in my life. You know those friends that are always there no matter what is happening.The ones that make you laugh, sit with you when you are crying. I am so blessed to have FIVE of these special people in my life.

There were these gold and silver frames at my local Micheal's in the dollar bins so I picked up a few to use for quick gifts.

I used a Unity sentiment for the inside on a piece of altered paper. I die cut several pieces to decorate the outside. Greenery and holly leaves are from Cheery Lynn, bell is from Tim Holtz.

 I was also able to find these canvas bags at Micheal's with the Thank You already printed on them.You know I had to add some more color with some greenery and pine cone stamps from Unity.

Here are the bags with frame inside and a little ribbon and a flower added.

So what do you think of my quick little gifts? Have you made some quick and easy gifts this year? Hope you share a link with me.

You Light Up My Life Lantern & Decorations

This past month I helped a dear friend that was celebrating her 50th Wedding Anniversary. I shared the invitations my friend Mary and I created last month. Now I wanted to share some of the decorations I made for the party.

I made three lanterns above for the front table.

 Each lantern had four panels and were cut out with one of my favorite Cheery Lynn dies. I added vellum behind each die cut and edged the corners with gold.

A couple more views- the flowers were made with Cheery Lynn flower and leaf dies. It looked so pretty with a candle in the inside.

Here flowers were yellow when she married so she wanted yellow for the 50th celebration.

I wanted to share some of the table decorations and flowers I designed.

I was so honored to be able to help my dear friend have such a fabulous celebration. It really did look elegant, and we let the guests take home the table decorations and party favors.

If you have any questions please let me know, I didn't want to make a longer post and bore anyone with all the details.

Thanks for stopping in today.

Happy New Year- Let Me Light The Way

So thrilled to be working with the new PK Glitz  Vintage Hues Art Acetates . You can pop over to the PK Glitz store and check out all the supplies I used in my project.

Let me share my Lantern using just one of these NEW acetates.  

New Year 1

$4.95

Anti Static Brush Regular

 Micro Tips

 Sticky Paper 

Color Wheels .......... of Glitz 

I have a few pictures to share  of my steps along the way.Please stop over at PK Glitz Blog and see my steps and many links to several wonderful classes and great tutorials.

 Here is some of my supplies when I started my lantern project.Started by choosing one of the acetates I wanted to use and cut that one from the sheet of four.

 I LOVE, LOVE using this Crystal Clear with sticky papers as a mat and especially behind these acetates.
There are some wonderful classes with video of Janelle sharing some wonderful techniques RIGHT HERE

 Can you believe how spectacular the colors are on these acetates? I even had to show you with a paper behind

 Here are a few views  of some of my favorite glitter glitz gold.

 I chose to cut four of the die cut shapes,altered them and added them to a sheet of sticky paper. This is when I added the spectacular Crystal Clear  all over.

I chose to use a band in the corners  to hold my lantern together.

 Using strips down each side to assemble.

 Once my piece was assembled I added a few flowers to decorate the corners

A side view so you can see the corners and arches.

I had to share a view of my lantern lit from the inside-isn't it beautiful?
PLEASE DON"T USE A LIT CANDLE INSIDE PAPER LANTERN-BATTERY OPERATED IS BEST

So glad I got to share my Vintage Hues Art Acetates  

lantern with you today.

You can pop over to the PK Glitz store and check out all the supplies I used in my project.

To Have & Hold

I made these wedding cards awhile back and never posted... a very clean and simple design in both white and black using some of my favorite pieces.

 Here is a better view of the white design. I used a Cheery Lynn flower die, a Marianne's Design embossing folder.

I can't remember which stamp set this was I used with the words and rings.

So glad I am cleaning out my pictures and sharing many projects I never shared.

Thanks for stopping by -so glad to have you visit.

World Card Making Day

I am so excited to be here today on this special occasion. What you have never celebrated WORLD CARD MAKING DAY???

Well grab a cup of tea or coffee and settle in, there are so many wonderful get together and this spectacular blog hop of over 200+ blogs.You can't find more inspiration in one place like that.
Here is a list of some of the stops

1.	Joan McCray	85.	Jellypark Friends	169.	Iwona Palamountain (Chupa)
2.	Craft Book	86.	Ana Lins	170.	The Craft's Meow
3.	Windy Robinson	87.	Kimmy (Orange Blossom Designs)	171.	Syndee Nuckles
4.	Ryann Salamon	88.	Linda Beeson (Paper Cutting Kind of Day)	172.	Scrap Girls
5.	Fresh Squeezed Stamps	89.	Cecilia Hsieh	173.	Verve Stamps
6.	Simone Naoum	90.	Jenn- Jax Bean Stalks	174.	Pamela Haskin
7.	Colleen Baranov	91.	Cricut with Heart	175.	Latina Crafter
8.	i {heart} papers	92.	Dawnmercedes	176.	Jennifer Grace
9.	Sabrina Alery	93.	Jen @ JGoode Designs	177.	Elizabeta Kushner
10.	Diana Gonzalez	94.	100 Directions	178.	Suzie McFloozy
11.	Melissa Priest	95.	Diana Fernandez	179.	Sharon M. Reinhart
12.	Sarah Hamer (Pink Cricut)	96.	Eva Dobilas	180.	* Vicki*
13.	Nina Yang	97.	Paulette Dixon	181.	Kelly Smith
14.	Anna Zuniga (Stampanna Designs)	98.	Lindsay Amrhein	182.	Jenny Evans
15.	Susan Tutt	99.	pamela	183.	Sandie
16.	Some Odd Girl Stamps	100.	Small T	184.	Sharyn Tormanen
17.	Kristy Dalman	101.	Small Craft Mall	185.	Unity Stamp Company
18.	Paper Vine	102.	Angela's Ink Link	186.	Cristine Redmond
19.	Izzy Anderson	103.	Sarah Jay	187.	Erin Lee
20.	Melisa's Crafty Creations (Melisa Alzammar)	104.	Nina B	188.	Designed To Color
21.	Diana Fisher	105.	Angi@ Making Mayhem	189.	Jennifer Stricker 5 friends
22.	Megan Aaron	106.	Bombshell Stamps	190.	Sally Lynn Mac Donald
23.	Clearsnap	107.	Karen B.	191.	Michele B
24.	Hydrangea Hippo	108.	Amber R.	192.	Visions of Paper
25.	Globecraft Memories	109.	Muse My World, Ashlee Townsend	193.	Christine Pennington
26.	Jingle	110.	Lee	194.	Heather Hoffman
27.	Party Time Tuesdays Challenge Blog	111.	Dana W	195.	Gosia S.
28.	Fun Stampers Journey	112.	Linda van Vliet	196.	My Scraps & More
29.	Dawnll	113.	Kathy Skou	197.	Gosia S.
30.	Cool2Craft	114.	Wilma4Ever	198.	Smitha Katti
31.	Bunny Vance	115.	Diana Soling	199.	Tammi Bennett
32.	Jillian Vance ~ A Jillian Vance Design	116.	Jenn Borjeson	200.	Scrap Butik Blog
33.	Margie Higuchi (aka Margie H)	117.	Christine Marshall	201.	Debbie Marcinkiewicz
34.	Nadia's Beautiful Mess	118.	Donna Mikasa	202.	Angel
35.	Audrey Yeager	119.	Luana	203.	Christiana
36.	Charity Wings	120.	Tina (Tina's Scrap Corner	204.	Craftilicious
37.	Ruby- Handcrafted Simply By Us	121.	Phyllis Strickland	205.	Kim Ross - Card- E- ology
38.	Rochelle Washington	122.	Shemaine Smith	206.	Piali
39.	Carla Schauer Designs	123.	Amber Sheaves	207.	Lynda
40.	Lisa Rojas, Stampin' Queen Creations	124.	Torrey	208.	Jenny Johns
41.	Sue Eldred	125.	Lea Lawson	209.	Paper Sweeties
42.	Barbie	126.	Blog Artystyczny Sklepu Hopm Art	210.	Paula- Scrap Addicts Attic
43.	Angi Barrs	127.	Paper Crafter's Corner	211.	Kelly Goree
44.	Annette Witherspoon	128.	Karen Zabuska aka Soccerboyzmom	212.	Beatrice Lawson
45.	Thienly Azim	129.	Anne King	213.	Kathryn's Cards
46.	Cindi Bisson - Behind These Eyes	130.	Yana Smakula	214.	Annette Marlow~ Paper Pajamas
47.	Lindsay Obermeyer - Serendipity	131.	N@ Ali	215.	Alice W.
48.	Julie Ranae ~ Julie's Open Window	132.	Kelly Griglione	216.	Diana Queen
49.	Jocelyn Olson	133.	Sheri W	217.	Pam Bray - Scrapbook Flair
50.	Jen Cuthbertson	134.	Jane Beljo	218.	Lisa Henke
51.	Alicia Thelin {Scrappy Betties}	135.	Astrid	219.	Paper Made Bakery
52.	~ amy~ {Tsuruta Designs}	136.	Michelle Hornback( Ramblings and Musings of a Rubber Stamp Convert)	220.	Chunyuan
53.	Nicole Rixon	137.	mn36	221.	WOW Embossing Powders
54.	Jaclyn Miller	138.	Technique Tuesday	222.	Keren Baker
55.	Donna Bowman	139.	Diane C-S (Ldyglfr62)	223.	Glenda J
56.	Julie ~ Handmade by Julie	140.	Donna Woods	224.	Joan
57.	Veronica Z	141.	Paula S.	225.	Kay Williamson
58.	Amy Crockett	142.	Nath Ouest	226.	Tricia Morris
59.	Nicole Brenna- Scrapping Everyday Miracles	143.	Jen Deal	227.	Club Scrap
60.	The ODD Show Live	144.	D' Bee	228.	Cherie C.
61.	Teri	145.	Holly Smith	229.	Sherrie Siemens
62.	Joscelyne Cutchens	146.	steph	230.	Pamela Young
63.	Vera Wirianta Yates	147.	Tracey V	231.	Debbie Carriere
64.	Anya Schrier	148.	danni reid	232.	Melody Rupple
65.	Elizabeth Mindemann- Broken Treasures	149.	Brandi Hall	233.	Emily D
66.	Cyn	150.	Monika Wright	234.	This Heartmade Life
67.	Carol Heppner - Heppner Studio	151.	The Twinery	235.	Kim Schofield
68.	Beth Soler	152.	Amy Kolling	236.	Ellen Hutson LLC
69.	Jenny	153.	Zva Creative	237.	Michele H.
70.	Deborah Frings - Deborah's Gems	154.	Beatriz Jennings	238.	Sanna S
71.	Tifany DeGough	155.	Tricia Ulberg	239.	Heather Hampton Freeman
72.	Leah Crowe (Leah's Crafty Life)	156.	Rebecca Deeprose	240.	America
73.	Kate Vickers	157.	Amber Kroening	241.	Rosana
74.	Tamara Tripodi	158.	Els	242.	AJ
75.	Ruby 2 Shoes	159.	Julia Aston	243.	Pink by Design
76.	Kellie [Give a Girl a Blog]	160.	Lisa Arana	244.	Tamara -Happy Life, Crafty Wife
77.	Karen Crisp	161.	Karin Å kesdotter	245.	Amy Wanford
78.	Catherine Scanlon	162.	Jessica Fick	246.	Stephanie Washburn
79.	Haley D.	163.	Tracy Weinzapfel	247.	Patti Milazzo {Crafting Life}
80.	Meredith Mac Ritchie	164.	Giovana Smith	248.	Louise Charlton
81.	Carolyn King	165.	Patty Folchert	249.	Alice Golden
82.	Denise Speigle	166.	Melissa Elsner	250.	You're next!
83.	Pamela Lambert	167.	Operation Write Home
84.	Jennifer Scull	168.	tara capewell

I have a few cards I would like to share that I have created.

I have a card I would like to share that I have created using my favorite The Rubber Café Trailing Butterflies Large stamp.

For this fun fall colored design I used paper from My Mind's Eye, the bling is from Want 2 Scrap, and the stamp is available  from The Rubber Cafe.

The spectacular seam binding is from Really Reasonable Ribbon .I stamped and cut out the extra butterflies from an En caustic Wax background I created.

Someone asked me to create this for a Thank You card for someone that really likes butterflies. What do you think,have I satisfied a butterfly lover?

Again I have used some of my favorite products to create this fun design.

I used a Darice Butterflies embossing folder from Crafter's Companion, Fabulous colorful ribbon from Really Reasonable Ribbon, ink from Memento from Crafter's Companion. The wonderful flower was created from a die I have from Cheery Lynn Designs. Once again the pearls are from Want 2 Scrap.

The flower center is from My Mind's Eye Lost and Found collection.