Father's Day Card

I know it's a little late, but here is my Father's Day Card. I love this card!

This card is super simple and a breeze to make with the Medallion technique I learned at SplitCoast Stampers! On the SCS tutorial, they used a scalloped edge. (Check out the tutorial here.) I decided to take it to a more "manly" level and do the rope border by Fiskars.I also added distressed stripes with the Cuttlebug and further distressed them with Tim Holtz's Walnut Stain. The stamp is Studio G. The rest is my stash (finally using it up). I bought nothing, only used what I had. Yeah me!

Blog Candy Alert!

Over on Button Junkie, Sherry's celebrating 10,000 hits. Congrats. And to help her celebrate... she's offering blog candy. She's also got lots of great thought and cards to boot. Go check her out!

Shout Out To SheetLoad

"SheetLoad of Cards" is an awesome webmagazine that gives so much in spirit. They have sketches, reviews, digi stamps and so much more. They literally are a sheet load of cards.

Visit their June Issue here. Have a great day!

I Know It's Been Awhile

I have been crafting, but not taking pics. Bad me.

Oh well... I have made a ton of cards (lots of holidays and birthdays!) and taking pics was not the first thing on my mind. I also did all of the swap stuff, but didn't feel like uploading to post.

I've been off the computer so much and just playing around with my new Expression and Design Studio, along with my Jukebox!

But... here's a pic of my latest layout. This is from a trip almost 2 years ago, in the fall.

Used:

Pooh Font with Design Studio and shadow effects

Alpalicious with Desing Studio

pop dots

canvas fabric

cardstock

apple and gingham paper

Walgreens for photos

More Swaps...

And yet here are some more swap items. There are eight of each, but I only took one pic, to spare you. There are so many because I "angeled" some. Which means... I get more back, too! Yippee!

This is a recipe for "7 Ingredients or Less" of Alfredo Sauce. I love the mosaic technique, and it is one of my faves.

This is a topper/border for Zoo - Underwater. Love the micro glitter and the water effects!

Below is a recipe for for Chicken & Broccoli Cheese Penne. If you look closely, you can see the recipe... this is also a 7 ingredient recipe. I used a little clipart here.

This is a mermaid, made from PPDU. I Swiss dotted her hair with the Cuttlebug to look more like curls. Lots of ink and Stickles...

This little unicorn is also from PPDU. Isn't he cute? I love blue, so I put him in blues and silver. Inked. Stickles are on the flower, in "orange peel." BEWARE... Orange Peel Stickles STAIN YOUR FINGERS! Mine are still orange!

There is still more to come... Hope you like it all.

Some Teaser Swap Items

I've been on vacation, but prior to that and now... I've been working on swap items. Here are just a few. (I still have to take pics of the others, which is quite a bit.) I hope to blog more often really soon...

This is using ZooBalloo (of course!). It is a topper/border for a general zoo swap.

Notice the detes in the tiny little zebra (love him!)...

This is embossing a transparency with the Cuttlebug. The tag is from Tags, Bags, Boxes & More set on a double window setting.

The wizards caps belong with Paper Doll Dress-Up.

And yes, I used my ATG and STILL love it! Toodles for now! lisa

BTW - the widget you see in the upper right hand corner is for my daughter. She is in Honors English, and they are planning an educational tour to Europe next June (2010). It pains me to see her go this far away from me, yet I know it will give her a better global understanding of the world today and the variety of cultures. I want my child to be aware and am allowing her to go. However, we need your support. You can donate money to the fund or send in your donations. Just click "CHIP IN" and it will send you to a site where you can pay via PayPal. PayPal will not charge you. But... it does charge us a small amount. We have a little over $4000 to earn by May 2010. Please help us help Renee to reach this goal. Thanks ahead of time! lisa