the many adventures of a painter girl

three fer

so, since you were so patient with me...here is your reward...three cards...i had these three images sitting on my desk left over from other projects...figured i would whip them into cards for the sale tomorrow...here are the results:

love this girl!

i really can't get enough of this little fellow! a total joy to color!

bet you were expecting another cupcake!! :) nope, this time you get the whole cake!
love the warm colors of this!

i used all scrap papers on these too...so, do you like what i did with my leftovers? three birthday cards in no time at all...well, a little time...but really easy and fast!

happy sunday! four more days till lobster morning, noon, and night!!!!!!!! yayyyy!!!!

no ingredients, please send along a message if you have a question, please!

{note}worthy

well, hi there! how have you been? i have been great! just not having much creative time...i suppose i could check in with you whether i had a project to share or not...would you like that? do you miss me when i'm not here?

i am having a little 'thingy' tomorrow...a stamp/scrap garage sale type thing...gotta make some room in the craft room for the new things coming out from stampin' up!  i made this notebook to centralize the mailing lists i have...some are on the computer, some are hand written notes, some are drawing entry forms from workshops...this way, they are all together and each event i have, people can add their info here and i can check them off once i add them to the database on the computer...i love looking through the old mailing list books from my shop when it was open...some people left really sweet comments about the store next to their info..love that!

i gathered all the materials from my inspiration station...since it was all things i love...i really, really adore this paper from making memories...{note}worthy is my all time favorite...and, i want to eat that ribbon up!!!

well, if you want to be added to the list, email your details...i send out a monthly newsletter as well as dates of my card classes...snail mail is usually stampin' up! catalogs and information or RAK's!!

happy saturday!!! only FIVE more days till we are on a plane to MAINE!!! whooo hoooo!!! can't wait!!!

ingredients: composition book
making memories paper noteworthy, ribbon and flowers (heidi grace & kaiser co) from stash, PTI trajan alphabet, quickutz butterfly die & mary jane alphabet, tim holtz antique linen distress ink & applicator,
burnt umber palette ink

got baby boy?

so, i don't know anyone that has had, is having, is thinking about having a baby boy...but, i made this card cause i wanted to! guess it will end up on etsy...unless some one i know out there is having a baby...boy...soon...any takers? i could use some baby boy lovin's...

 
i made this for the SCS sketch challenge today...great layout!

and, since i used so many punches on the card, i decided to share how i store them...i bought this cabinet at the barn:

i knew when i saw it that it would be perfect for this:

all of the drawers hold punches...and i just grab what i want and leave the drawer open...grab the next one...and replace when i am all done...works like a freakin' charm!

btw...the paint job? existed when i found it...and, it was PERFECTION!!! i love rustic, sanded, worn pieces...if you haven't noticed by now!!!

happy day to you, folks!

ingredients:
SU!: chocolate chip & cool caribbean cs & ink, nursery necessities stamp set; star, word window, scallop
    circle, and slit punches; paper piercing tools, dimensionals, glue dots
PTI stamper's select cs, making memories brads, american crafts ribbon

nephew love

happy weekend!

havin' a wee family bbq...made these cards for two of my nephew's birthdays...they were born 3 years and 5 days apart...

for 13 year old alex:



and, for 10 year old derek:



i hope your weekend is fun and fabulous!

ingredients:
Alex's card: SU! chocolate chip cs, dp by fancy pants, brads from stash, palette burnt umberink,
    PTI trojan monogram stamp set,SU! it's your birthday set (inked just the birthday part of the stamp)

Derek's card: SU! brocade blue cs, tag punch, and wild wasabi double stitched ribbon
    PTI stamper's select cs, brilliance graphite black ink, copics, marvy punches (YES!!!),
    dp is three bugs in a rug

day of rest...

...and, a little crafting...

we spent our sunday relaxing, swimming, and enjoying family...and, there was a touch of crafting...we moved in to our home almost a year ago and i have yet to hang the pictures in the hall...the 'look at her grow wall'...well, today was the day for this...

in our last house i had different frames but a lot of them seemed to be oak frames...i knew i wanted to paint them...and i wanted color...here is the before:

...some paint, sandpaper, sealer and a few nails later:

 
love it! see that spiffy family above the pictures??? that is the brand spankin' new decor elements from Stampin' Up! learn more here about them...or let me know if you want more info on them...they are really cool vinyl artwork for your walls...this is one of three i ordered...i will share what i do with the others when i have them up!

here is another pic of the picture wall so you can see how the frames came out...i just painted them random acrylic paint colors, let them dry, then sanded them...the hubster helped out and sprayed the matte sealer on them and and helped me hang them...

hope your weekend was great!

big bang

happy fourth of july!! i hope your day is fun and safe...sounded with things and people you love!

today is my mother-in-law's birthday (also my allie girl's...our first pupster turns 10 today!) so, i made her this patriotic themed card:

yep! another chantigo...so cute!! i also made another card exactly the same, except i crossed off have and wrote had on a larger sentiment piece of white cs...that way i could leave a thank you card on the desk of our friends...they are making their famous ribs for the big she-bang!!!

have a blast today!

ingredients:
SU!: real red & brilliant blue cs, real red striped grosgrain ribbon (added blue stripe with copic, dimensionals, word window, ticket corner, and star punches
chantigo stamp from stampendous
PTI stamper's select cs
brilliance graphite black ink, copics, nestibilities (have you seen the previews of the new ones coming out??? they are fabulous!!!)

always silver

i made a card...whooo hoooo!!! i did it by force! i made myself do the challenge on SCS today to get me back into the groove! that is a great way to get motivated and inspired!  so, give it a try!

the 'ways to use it challenge' for today was 'she scores'...we were to use scored lines in our card...here is mine:

this card is lovely in person...i am really happy with how it came out! i think replacing the silver with the bride's (let's face it, she IS the one to pick the colors!!) choice of colors would be ideal for a wedding card too!

hope your thursday was wonderful!

ingredients:
SU!: shimmery white & silver cs, going gray ink, always stamp set, sm corner rounder (retired), 1 1/4 & 1 3/8 circle punches, white taffeta ribbon, dimensionals
silver stickles by ranger, hero arts gemstones, scor-pal

tag time

i've been tagged! whoo hoo...my first!  thank to kelly of addicted to stamp & scraps...be sure to check out her blog...her Stampin' Up! creations are adorable!

now, sit back with an iced vanilla coffee and get ready to learn a few fun (or, more likely, scary) things about me...be for warned...you are going to finally know what a NERD i am!!!

here we go....

1-i am a coffee master...yep...black apron and all...for those that don't know what this is, have you noticed at your local starbucks that some of the baristas are wearing green aprons and some are wearing black aprons??? well, i used to wear a green one (and, still wished i did cause it is classic starbucks) but now wear a black one...and, can NEVER ever where the green one again!!! that is because a year ago i underwent 'special' training to be more knowledgeable about coffee...thus the sign of a 'specially trained' barista is the black apron...so, it does not mean you are a manager, or supervisor, or whatever...it just means you know lots about the growing, roasting, and brewing of coffee!!!

2-i heart george michael...my first love...i saw him in concert friday night and fell in love all over again...just like when i was 13!!!!

 no, this was not taken when i was 13 (although i was wearing LA Gear tennis shoes) nor at the concert...it was an 80's bday party for my sis a few years ago...but, you get the picture...i love me some george!

3-i dream of retiring to maine with the hubster as soon as humanly possible...i love it there...in fact we are heading there in august...i fell in love in 1986 and have wanted to move there ever since!

4-i originally wanted 4 children...then i had my chicka...all bets were off!! she is plenty for this mama!!!

5-before i had my daughter, i permed my slightly wavy hair...but, hormones or whatever happens during pregnancy to cause it, curled my hair...it is curly and seems to get even curlier over the years...and, wouldn't it figure that now that i have curly hair, i want it straight!

6-i have a tattoo...well, a partial tattoo...i drew a rose with a heart in class one day and loved it...i promptly left the college campus in search of a tattoo shop...and viola...a tattoo on my....ummm...chest...well, a few years ago i decided that i could do without it and started the process of having it removed...that is the most painful thing i have EVER done...it is about half gone and i have had four treatments...four to five more and i will be ink free!

7-i love butterflies...you may have known that...but here is the reason why:  i was not so much a happy teenager...right, like there is such a thing anyway...i was let's just say, really, really unhappy...i was overweight, a bookworm, and teased A LOT...i was friends with my teaches WAY more than my peers...bottom line, i didn't much like myself...well, like a caterpillar i went through some changes in my twenties...i can't really say how, what, when, or where...just suffice it to say, that i have emerged a butterfly...beautiful and happy...and, that beauty isn't on the outside...it's that love of myself and others...that belief that i am worthy and worth it...and lovable..."She remembers when she first got her wings, And how she opened up that day she learned to sing, Then the colors came, erased the black and white, And her whole world changed"...from Martina McBride's 'She's a Butterfly'...

there you have it...hope you enjoyed a little look into my crazy world!!!

now, for the 7 people i have to tag...

1-tanya of tanya's stamps 'n' things
2-kelly of crafting creatively
3-kylie of blossom designs
4-laurie of charming designs
5-kim of kim's stampin room
6-michele of thoughts of cardmaking scrapbooker
7-kirsten of  confessions of a naptime stamper

i chose these seven bloggers because they have been a HUGE support to me (along with kelly from above)...i am still new to this sharing of my passion, and this group has left sweet comment after sweet comment from the beginning...they have inspired me to keep it up and not be discouraged...thank you for that girls!!!  have fun if you decide to play along ladies!!

babycakes

well, actually cake...but, i really wanna make more of these! so cute and fun!!!

when my boss asked me to make some invites for an upcoming baby shower, i was glad to and ended up making onesies like these for the invites...adorable!  then i said, you know, i would love to make a diaper cake for the shower...since i had seen this one by susie i wanted to give it a try...she loved the idea and here is the result:

how stinkin' cute is that?? you have got to give this a try!! easy, fun, and totally adorable!!  susie has the instructions here...start with this and make it your own!

thank you susie for the great tutorial and adorable cakes you made!!!

i am feeling a little better and hoping that since i took the last of the meds today, i will be much better tomorrow...or at least by monday! thank you for your well wishes!!!

yuckkkk

sorry everyone...down with a really icky kidney infection...ever had one? this is my first and it is not a party!  i will be back creating and sharing my nerdy stories next week when i am feeling better...promise!!!
chelle