Digiments July Release preview

Here is a quick preview of some of the fun Digiments to be released this July Release come the 18th! They go on sale that Saturday morning: 24 Digiments for $10.One of the sets is "Sistah!" It's perfect for those cardmakers who are in secret sister swaps or have a friend or sister you just want to give a shout out to. :)

I have these great chipboard letters and fruit chipboard that I really wanted to use on a card, and this is it. I had fun stamping the design with pink on pink too! It's a kinda simple card, but fruity too!

Say tuned for more fun, check out the other design team member's blogs (links on my left sidebar) for more previews and make sure you check out the Digiments blog the rest of this week. There is a fun contest going on over there right now- check it out here!
Stay tuned for more fun!
Enjoy all!
-M

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I'm back!

FINALLY I got to sit down and crank out some cards/crafts. I did 5 cards tonight, worked on my ribbons hat for Dolly! and made a "chocolate covered peanuts-unshelled" box also for Dolly!
Phew*
Been busy as heck with work and the show, so I was happy to have a night off from the two. But now that I look at it, I realllly need to get to bed. So here is a quick post with 2 of the 5 cards I made. The others 3 are for the July release for Digiments...can't wait to show you all the cards I made for it- stay tuned next week.

(I'm giving this to my sister-in-law for her baby Jayden's baby shower)

(Because Fun-Frilled died, I never got to use this kit that one of the gals put together. But here's my card with the kit- with a few things added and only the brads not used from the kit)

Now that Fun-Frilled no longer is existing (I'm still a little bummed about that- I loved the themes!), Digiments is my only real papercrafting commitment except for my Battle of the Bulge swap at SCS. As much as I want more to do, right now with the show, I'm glad those are the only things on my plate.
Anyways, have a great morning/night/day...whenever you read this.
Hugs!
-M

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Black and Pink wedding fun

So a co-worker of mine requested 2 cards for me to make for her. She is a bridesmaid in her friend's wedding a week from now (4th of July weekend) and wanted a custom wedding and bachelorette party card. And below is what I came up with for the Bachelorette card.


The wedding colors are hot pink and black polka dotted. How fun! (I can't imagine any guy allowing their future wife to pick those for their wedding, but whatever works).
Below is the wedding card. I went the "cutesty approach."


I had a lot of fun with these. Enjoy all and sorry for such a quick post!
Hugs!
-M

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KWerner's Color Inspiration #55

So here is the card I created for KWerner's Color Inspiration Challenge #55. I just LOVE these colors, but to be honest I was initially stumped on what kind of card to make (that wasn't Autumn or fall-like). So I got these great stamps from Inka Stamps when it was going out of business, and I just LOVE the takeout box. Sadly I didn't have very many good sentiments to go with them, but I though Yummy would do just fine (taken from a cupcake set by Studio G).

Another problem I came across is the fortune cookie (aka. PacMan...lol). I have a fortune cookie stamp (also from Inka Stamps) however I really wanted to cut it out, and it didn't look right cut out since it basically is all one shade with a tad bit darker shade on the center folded part, so I just flipped it over and used the back-non stamped side of the paper as my fortune cookie.

Anyways, enjoy all and stay tuned, for I will be posting some adorable cards I made for a co-worker to give to her friend for her Bachelorette party and wedding- its all hot pink, black, and white with polka dots (the wedding colors!). :)
Have a great night/day all!
-M

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Hats off to the Dads

This weekend I am host over at Fun-Frilled. This week's theme is Father's Day. I decided once again try to make my own Designer Paper, but re-creating the same pattern that is on the ribbon. I had a lot of fun working on this card, since it included the Father's Day Digiment, buttons, ribbons, stamped paper...all that fun stuff. AND a Top Hat to "top it off!" lol
Here's a sneaky peak at my card. To see the full card, check out Fun-Frilled.

Anyways, make sure you check it out sometime during your busy weekend schedules. Leave me some comment love either here or at Fun-Frilled. I like to know that I'm not talking to myself! lol
Have a great weekend all!
-M

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Old-Fashioned Dads

So this card was the last of the 5 Father's Day cards to send out this season. (my dad, stepdad, my hubby's dad, and my hubby's grandfather and step-grandpa.) This card is all about the "old school" dads. This image is from Inka Stamps, along with the top hat stamp. I got these puppies on the closing sale of Inka Stamps, which makes me sad, since I really do like her stamps.

The sentiment is the ONLY "Happy Father's Day" sentiment stamp I own, from Studio G. Since the main image is so large, I tried to just do some layering of paper to make it fell more dressed up. I had my hubby choose the button, so if you don't like it, blame him! lol
So I sent all the Father's Day cards out this morning, so hopefully they get to all the right places by Father's Day.

On another note, not related to cards, it has been raining here for the past week. Ugh! We went out tonight to go get our laundry done (which putting laundry basket/tube thingies in the car in the rain was NOT fun!), however the local laundry mats all close at 9, which we found out to our dismay! When you work till 7, like me, get home around 7:45, like me, then have to eat...9pm closing times just don't fly with me! So needless to say, we might have to get up wayyyyy early to get the laundry done, or have to suffer till Friday, when I work a later shift. ugh. I cannot wait till we can afford to buy ourselves a washer and dryer!
Anyways, hope everyone's week is going well. I'll be most likely spending it either at work, driving, or at Dolly! practice. :)
Hugs all!
-M

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