Our Little Graduate!

Our youngest daughter Angela graduated from Kindergarten last Friday. We have been so blessed this year with a fantastic teacher! Angela has enjoyed everyday and has made some great new friends. It's a bit sad to see her leave Kindergarten but she's looking forward to being a First grader next year!

Angela and her teacher Mrs. Countryman.

My wonderful dancers

This last weekend was spent at my daughters dance recitals. They have both worked so hard and practiced many, many hours to get ready for this weekend. The recital was called "Rosehill Revealed In A Dancers Dream". Rosehill is the the community center where they take their classes. Years ago Rosehill was an Elementary school.

Angela was a Firefighter for her tap dance. Rosehill burned down years ago. Natalie was a music student for her ballet dance. For Natalies jazz dance she was a student in the lunch room. They danced to "Just Eat It" by Weird Al. It was a very fun dance to watch.

For Angelas ballet dance she was a pink rose. She was on stage with yellow and purple roses too.

Natalie during her ballet performance. Her costume was so beautiful on stage. It really sparkled in the spot lights.

Angela during her tap performance. She was a firefighter. The cutest firefighter I have ever seen! They had a real fire hose they got to bring out on stage. The dancers before them were "fire" so the girls got to put out the fire by chasing them from the stage at the beginning of the performance.

We had a fantastic time watching them dance. I'm so proud of them both!

Yet another butterfly

Last but certainly not least one more card for the Embellish Butterflies Color Challenge.

I made this butterfly my trimming one of my paper flowers. I cut one of the petals off then trimmed the top two petals to look more like the wings of a butterfly. I used some green micro beads and larger ones to create the body.

This butterfly I used another paper flower. This time I used only the larger beads clustered together to form the body. Again I used gable green, kraft and basic black SU! paper. I tied the twine around the kraft for more detail. My daughter thought the twine made the paper look like a piece of wood. Thoughts? I'd love to read your comments.

More butterflies

Another card for the Embellish Butterflies Color Challenge.

I used my SU! background stamp, stamped it in black and embossed it so it would look bold (you can't tell that it's bold from the picture). The butterfly is punched with my butterfly punch. I used gable green SU! ink and a sponge to sponge the green onto the butterfly. I used two sparkly green jewels to enhance the butterfly. Again I used kraft, gable green and basic black SU! paper for this card.

Embellish Butterflies

I made this card for the Embellish Butterflies color challenge. I've been having tons of fun with the colors for this challenge.


I used kraft, basic black and celery paper from SU! The butterfly is made with the butterfly punch also from SU! I used some pearls I had to fancy up the butterfly. Whatcha think?

Tuesday Trigger #2

I was so excited about the pink and green I had to make one more card

Super simple card but I really like how the bright green and pink pop off the while of the card base. You really can't see it in the picture but I embossed the base with a swiss dot embossing plate. The green is gable green and the pink is pixie pink both from SU! I found the ribbon at JoAnns. Thanks for looking. I'd love to hear what you think.

Tuesday Trigger

I'm still a newbie to this I hope I'll get the hang of it soon! I really enjoyed the picture for the Tuesday Trigger over at Moxie Fab World. Pink and Green are my daughters favorite colors. I think they go together perfectly!

I had this flowery paper left over from some Mothers Day cards I made. I was drawn to the pink and green combo. I found the paper at my local craft store (sorry I'm not sure who makes it) and the other papers are Stampin Up! from my stash. I stamped the sentiment in rose red SU! ink and used my punch to make the oval. Hope you enjoy it!

Fun with fabric

Movie Fab World is hosting a Fun with Fabric Challenge. This was truly a challenge for me because I really don't sew much but I really wanted to participate in a fabric challenge. I went to my linen closet to look for the bag of fabric I used years ago to make some curtains. To my surprise it was still in the closet! This is the card I made.

I was very happy with the way it turned out. I folded the fabric into a pleat then attached it to the paper. I used a SU! stamp from one of my sets colored it with a so saffron marker then added some glitter to give it a little sparkle. The papers are also SU! So saffron and a patterned piece from a SU! scrapbooking kit. I hope you like it!

Card #3

I love this card! I was at JoAnn Fabrics a couple of days ago and saw this ribbon. I had the nail polish challenge on my mind and this card just came to me.

The card base is real red paper form SU! To make the rainbow I let the nail polish drop on a piece of paper then I placed a piece of white card stock on top to get the image. The rainbow colors just pop! What an awesome challenge! What do you think?

Card #2

I think this was my husbands favorite. He is my biggest fan!

I used another set from my Stampin Up! collection. The cherry paper was part of a pack called "Summer Days" I found at the craft store. The other papers are real red, pretty in pink and blush blossom all Stampin Up!. For the frosting I glued a back to the cherry paper and then stuffed it with some poly-fill. I used my favorite red nail polish to color in the cherry. I wish the cherry smelled as good as it looks *wink*! Thanks for looking!

EBTKS Challenge 16 Card #1

EBTKS is hosting a challenge using nail polish as the inspiration. I had so much fun with this I made three cards. Card #1

The boots and flower stems are made from an old retired Stampin Up! set. I used barely bananna ink then used my yellow (yes I own yellow nail polish) to color them in. It's hard to see in the picture but the boots are super shiney yellow! The flowers are made with some flower buttons left over from a kids bracelet kit I've saved. I love the ribbon. I've used it on many of my cards lately. I found it a the local craft store in the dollar bin! Thanks for looking. I'd love to hear what you think!