From the Heart

Welcome back to The Open Window!

It's time for another fabulous color challenge from

and look at these beautiful colors....

Mojito....Peony....Sand

This card is a 'quilted' pattern....

I took a little color license with the subtlety and went a smidge deeper

in my shades.  I used the fabulous new collection by Lori Whitlock

for Echo Park as my featured paper and showcased the beautiful

Lovely Labels 18 & Sew Lovely by NinaB Designs from The Craft's Meow.

I love everything Nina Brackett designs and these polka dot frames are

one of my favorites for sure!

I used the brocade embossing folder from Cuttlebug over the design on the patterned paper

for a little more texture to the quilt and on the other side are

the large 'dots' also from Cuttlebug.

I thought I would share this with the folks over at CARDS/Create

as they are having a challenge for 'quilt-style' cards.

I hope you will plan to join us in The Cafe for this great challenge.

Our design team have created a collection of very inspirational projects

to help get your creative juices flowing.

Project Recipe: 

Patterned Paper: Graceful by Lori Whitlock for Echo Park
Stamps:  Sew Lovely & Lovely Labels 18 from The Craft's Meow  
Embellishments: Element Stickers in Graceful by Echo Park
brads & lace by The Paper Studio
Inks:  Latte & Slate by A Muse Studio

Tools: Brocade & Large Dots EF by Cuttlebug, Big Shot

Girls Just Want to Have Fun

Today is one of those days that I get to post whatever I want!

LOL

I love working for all my teams and who wouldn't?  To get to 'play'

with so many fabulous images and embellishments and of course,

you know me.  My passion is working with developing teams and

the social media that goes with building businesses.

So today, I do that behind the scenes on my laptop.

Last night I spent a couple hours playing with some new

'stuff' I picked up on a trip to Archivers during the day.

Paul and I had a daytrip out and it was a beautiful day.

How ridiculously cute is this line from Imaginisce?! 

It's called Sole Sisters and it's perfect for those girly-friend cards that we all

need to make once in awhile.  The pattern that I created the arched border from

is actually the backside of the shoe pattern in houndstooth.

I added tiny pearls to each of the shoes and to the marquis.

Here is another CAS card using the same theme of 'Girls Night Out'....

There's that houndstooth which in fashion, is uber-timeless!

I love the colors in this collection and the embellishments are AdOrAbLe!!

Tiny  pearls always bring a little somethin'-somethin' to a card.

I hope you enjoyed your visit today.

A BIG thanks to Imaginisce for featuring this card in the weekly

 

I've been working on a lot of cards in between my DT work, so I have

bunches of things to share, so I hope you'll stop by again soon.

Have a GREAT day!!

Girls Night Out Project Recipe Includes: 

Patterned Paper & Die Cuts: Sole Sisters by Imaginisce

Embellishments: pearls by Recollections

Tools: Lacey Circles & Standard Circle by Spellbinders, Big Shot
Lattice Arch border punch by EK Success

Easter's on it's Way!

Just a couple of little Easter cards I whipped

up over the past day or so.

I am really enjoying making my own rosettes

and think one of the best videos

on how to make them is by Meg from Archivers.

I love this fun paper from Kaisercraft.  It's from the

'Bubblegum Hills' Collection and has some great ways it

can be cut apart for card makers.

All the stamps are from Hampton Arts.

Here is another version, but this time, I stamped

white cardstock in alternating pink and green inks

using this lace doily from Hero Arts.

I then placed it on top of aNOTHer stamped lace

doily, which was white embossed.

This fun Easter DP is from The Paper Company.

I had to break out a Martha punch for the heart

border, just for something a little different.

I love the sketch which is from Hero Arts

and Paige from CARDS is looking for Easter

projects this week, so will share these with her.

Hope you have had a lovely weekend.

There are storms brewing headed towards

Northern Illinois, so not sure how my weekend

will end, but I am sure all will be well.

OH....thought I would share our newest house guest

with you!  Paul added to my ever-growing collection

of rabbits...not just stuffed, but of many forms, but

Hazel is on a whole new dimension....

She is a 4-ft beauty and all decked out!

So I guess my weekend is ending quite nicely....

'Hippity Hop' Project Recipe:

Designer Paper: Kaisercraft 'Bubblegum Hills'
Stamps:  Hampton Arts 
Tools:  Martha Stewart 'eyelet lace' border punch
Embellishments: designer brad by Making Memories

'Lacey Easter' Project Recipe:

Designer Paper:  The Paper Company Studio,
My Mind's Eye 'So Contrary'
Stamps: Hero Arts 'Butterflies & Lace', Hampton Arts
Tools:  Martha Stewart 'eyelet lace' & 'heart to heart' border punch
Embellishments: designer brad by Making Memories

A Pocketful of Posies...

I am in love.....with this color combo!

Now having said that, I am also pleased to tell you

that I am this week's design team host for the new challenge at

Sometimes I think Martha and I were sisters,

separated at birth.  I love the colors she puts

together (or at least her 'people' put together)

and this was one photo inspiration I knew we had to use.

I was thinking about all the different types of flowers there

are to make (because Paige over at CARDS was calling for them)

and I thought it would be fun to make these 

funky posies using this color scheme.

You may recognize that DP from Cosmo Cricket's

'Early Bird' collection.  The stems were stamps

from Heidi Grace and the senitment is Impression Obsession.

Creative Inspirations Paints

Hey!  We've got a brand new sponsor this week!

Creative Inspirations Paints...and you could win

12 jars of paints in your choice of colors!

And....a big announcement awaits!

Who is the next....

Head on over to The Play Date Cafe

and find out who is joining 

The World's Best Design Team!