Feel Goods

Good evening! Better late than never, right? I really wanted to get this card done today. My husband's schedule has changed. How does that relate to me getting my card done? Well, let me take a moment or two of your time...

 

We own an excavating/trucking company. We were blessed that his excavating season just got done. Meaning he just finished his last job before the weather dictated that he needs to wait a few months for the spring thaw. For a few days, he kept himself busy cleaning his shop, running errands, doing "guy stuff". Today, he was in the house. All morning. Ugh. He did take the kids to school. Then came home. I didn't get my workout in, I didn't get to my craft studio.

 

 

OK, enough of my complaining. I absolutely adore this saying!! "She believed she could... so she did" How empowering is that?! It is in the Feel Goods stamp set in the Occasions Catalog. The set has 5 awesome quotes that you can use inside or outside your card. Very versatile! This card was created on Very Vanilla carstock, with a piece of designer paper from the More Amore Specialty pack. From that piece, I got the coordinating colors of Pool Party and Primrose Petals to make my butterflies totally adorable (totes adorbs, as the cool kids say) with the Elegant Butterfly and Bitty Butterfly punches. The ribbon is a thick 1-1/4" two-tone Basic Black/Basic Gray. It could dress up a card with its shimmery elegance. Seriously, this card took about 15 minutes from start to finish! Super easy. I did run the butterflies thru the Big Shot with some embossing folders, but it is kind of hard to see. The Primrose is the Core'dinations, so I sanded the top layer off. Cute and empowering. I love it!

Thanks for stopping by today! I hope you will tomorrow, too. Now maybe I can start supper and get that workout in.

 

 Keep craftin' and be inspired,

Audra

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Stamps, Paper and Punches, Oh MY!

Good morning friends! I have to tell you that I absolutely LOVE the new Occasions Catalog from Stampin' Up! It went live a few days ago and I just got my box of goodies. As you can tell from the cover, SU is celebrating being in business for 25 years. It is awesome to be a part of such a wonderful company!

Congrats to Shelli and all of Stampin' up!

And here's a shot of my goodies.

I plan on working down in the studio later today, so tomorrow I will have a great new card for you. You can find all of our catalogs online at my website or give me a shout if you'd like a copy of it in your hands.

Keep craftin' and be inspired,

Audra

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A Cherry on Top Card

Hello friends!

First off, I apologize for not being on much. The kids went back to school and I thought I'd get a ton done and blog every day. Well, not so much obviously. We got a new puppy about 3 weeks ago. Between taking him outside, cleaning up after him and taking non-chewable things away from him... I haven't gotten anything done!

But I did get this card done to share with you. It uses the hostess set A Cherry on Top. One of the great things about being a demonstrator is that we have a gallery of cards, scrapbook pages, 3-D items, etc. at our fingertips that are created by SU demonstrators with SU products. I found a card similar to this in that gallery. It had the same cover made out of a window sheet and embossed with Irridescent Ice powder. I just love it. I hope you can see it well enough in the photo, 'cause its really cute. After I had my embossed image, I cut it out with my snips and placed it on the card with mini glue dots.

Another fun thing with this card is the Chevron embossing folder used on the Perfect Plum layer. The Big Shot is definintely worth the investment. It is on the costly side, but there are so many cool things to do with it. Embossing folders being a very easy one. The folders are pretty cheap and last almost forever (I've never had one break yet!) and they add such motion and design to any card. For some bling, I added the Dazzling Details to each cupcake, the dots on the plate and the bottom of the plate. I do love me some glitter!!!  The ribbon is actually a retired Purely Pomegranite piece that I wanted to use up, it could easily be replaced with any current pink ribbon.

I hope you are all getting some crafting done this year. Hopefully, my puppy will cooperate and I'll be able to get another card done tomorrow.

Keep craftin' and be inspired,

Audra

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Wisteria Wonder Made for You

Happy New Year! I am looking forward to all that 2013 has to offer. I have a lot of goals that I would like to accomplish this year, how about you?

My first card of the year is made with Wisteria Wonder and Whisper White cardstock, Wisteria Wonder ink and a little bling. I ran my White layer through the Big Shot with my Vintage Wallpaper embossing folder and then sponged Wisteria Wonder ink over the raised areas. The sentiment is from the Made for You stamp set. To get the shapes that the sentiment is on, I ran the white layer thru the Big Shot with the smallest of the Labels Collection framelit and then the Wisteria layer is with the next size Label framelit.

See that bow and ribbon? It is made of cardstock! Pretty cool, huh? I just took a piece 1" wide and probably around 6" long and ran it over my bone folder. Kinda like when you make ribbon bows on packages with your scissors. I ran it over and over the bone folder, flipping it over a couple of times to break down the fibers. (You can also run it through your crimper a bunch of times too, that's what I did for the flowers.) After a bit, you will see on the edges that the cardstock is splitting. Very carefully, pull the two layers apart. The inside looks kind of suade-ish and if you sponge on a bit of ink, it gives it a little depth.

 

I hope you like this card and if you are lucky, you might receive one of these beauties from me on your special day. ;)

 

Keep craftin' and be inspired,

Audra

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