color me happy...

Happy Friday!!!! It brings me such joy to share this card with you... why you ask? Because, it uses butterflies!! I just adore those little things... and that is the theme for the Shabby Tea Room challenge this week. Here is the inspiration photo...

look at all those beautiful butterflies... cake looks good too! You did not have to use the color scheme in the photo, just use butterflies. I had just got my hands on the new line from My Mind's Eye and the paper was just perfect (Lime Twist).

The jeweled crown is from Melissa Frances

Stamp is from Crafty Secrets

Thanks for stopping by.... I have to run... off to a softball game. Enjoy your weekend.

my sunshine...

though the sun is barely peeking out today, it feels a little better than the dark stormy clouds. Rain is in the forecast again tomorrow so I thought I would spread my own sunshine with this card to share with you...

the green flower is from Petaloo...

sweet little image, word strip & stamps are from Crafty Secrets...

The papers are from madebyjanet (as well as the ticket & "Love" circle), Graphic 45 and the Girls' Paperie. I hope everyone is having a good week so far... keeping it short and sweet today! 

Thank you for stopping by!!!!

happy easter...

***EDITED to say thank you Shabby Tea Room... for choosing my card as the winner this week!!!!!

Well, no Easter egg hunt here... another very dark rainy day. I am enjoying just being lazy and hanging out with the family though... but I did sneak off while they were taking a nap and did my Shabby Tea Room challenge for this week... here is the inspiration photo...

and here is my take on it...

The challenge was to use stripes and pastels. Like I said, pictures are kind of dark... just like here (RAINY & DARK) but that was not going to stop me from sharing. The papers are from the new Melissa Frances collection, the image was found on etsy and the stamp is from PTI. Hope you all have enjoyed your day and had a blessed Easter!

Have a wonderful evening!

it's been awhile...

and for this I am sorry : (   Just be patient with me for one more week and things will be back to normal. We have been up to our ears with softball and basketball... but I love every minute of it. These are memories that I will always cherish in my heart and I am hopefully giving my daughter some memories she will hold dear to heart as well.

But, I do miss my little blogging world too! I am suppose to be catching up on some errands and some things around the house. Well, I was at the house but I couldn't resist... I snuck down into my craft room and whipped up a couple little cards for you. The first one is a card using one of the MANY sweet  downloads from here.

Please excuse the lighting... very dark and rainy today!

The papers are from the Girls' Paperie & Webster's Pages

and the next card uses Crafty Secrets stamps and image...

The papers are from Webster's Pages

Now that I have said hello and got a little crafting therapy... I better get busy so it looks like I have done something today!

Thank you for your visit...

lace and doilies...

***Edited to say Thank You Shabby Tea Room for choosing my card as top 3!!!!

Time for another Shabby Tea Room challenge... and what another beautiful inspiration photo to work with! Seems like lately I have to wait until Sunday to get to play along, but I so look forward to the challenge every week!

You know I was super excited when the challenge included lace and doilies.... yippeeeee!! Not that I don't reach for them all the time... I would be lost without them. Enough with the chatter... here is my card based on the photo above...

The papers are from My Mind's Eye and Fancy Pants...

the circle frame is from Making Memories...

and the cute little canvas scrap is from Crafty Secrets.

I used lace to make a frame to add behind the canvas scrap... I think I will be doing this more often. Well, that is it on this lazy Sunday! Be sure to check out all the amazing inspiration in the Shabby Tea Room... I just came from over there and WOW!

chocolate treats for you...

well, I wish I could give each one of you one of these little treat sacks! Today I will share with you these burlap sacks... every year around this time of year I start thinking of that "little" something I can hand out to the special Mothers at our church. I think these might just be it....

I first sewed up some jute bags to fit my glassine bags. Then added these sweet little images found on Etsy (her business name is madebyjane) I need to post you the link to her shop... you will love it!

I added some other sweet treasures... filled the glassine bag with some treats and tucked them down in the burlap sacks. I probably will add some sentiment to say "Mom or Mother" to make them more personal. Next, a card for you...

This card uses lots of the new Pink Paislee line. 

and the sentiment is from PTI!

Have a blessed evening and thanks for stopping by...

sunday greetings...

Hello everyone! Hope you all are doing well and enjoying this Sunday afternoon. I am popping in with my Shabby Tea Room challenge for this week. The inspiration photo for this week is so sweet...

I just love these colors together... and those sweet little eggs... divine! Makes me want to go color some eggs myself... but I made a card instead...

The papers are from Melissa Frances and the Girl's Paperie, the sweet little egg image and rose strip I found on Etsy, the stick pin is from a sweet lady -- Viola Mahr!

That is it for today...

create happiness...

I have certainly had to do this lately. It seems like the last week or so has just been one thing after another... mostly all negative and nothing to really be happy about.  I guess we can choose to sit around and let things and people get us down or we can dust off our shoulders and stand tall and choose to be happy. That is exactly what I have decided to do.... create my own happiness!

Two of my most favorite things that make me happy are my family and sitting at my craft table creating little projects to share with you! This card is for the Color Room challenge this week...

They have posted the new palette for this next week... so you have to go into the past palette's to see what the actual colors looked like. Sorry, guess I could have posted it for you. The papers are from Kaiser Crafts, the flowers are from Prima, ticket is from Crafty Secrets as well as the musical note stamp at the bottom of card, letter stickers are from October Afternoon. 

Ok, now I have to step out of crafty happiness and jump back into the real world!

Have a great night!