Baby Girl

Hello! This is my first post for the design team for ABC Toys and Crafts!!! I'm so excited!!! It's real, now!

Today I would like to introduce Baby Girl by Crafty Secrets! Since having Elizabeth, I have had babies and girls on my mind, so it was no surprise when I pulled out Baby Girl and decided to work with it! I paired Pink Pirouette and white for my color scheme. I used Copics for the mother and daughter. I did a little faux stitching to give it a more finished look. I used SU! white taffeta ribbon, Pink Pirouette designer paper, the smaller tag punch, and linen thread attached to the tag.

You can find Crafty Secrets items HERE as well as the Making Memories rhinestone brads. And they are having a BLOWOUT SALE so get over there and grab some awesome stuff before it's gone!!!

Happy Stamping!!!

Christmas in July!

Hello! This card was made for the Shirley's 2 Girls Twisted Thursday challenge. The challenge was to make a Christmas card, follow the sketch, and the twist was to use distressing. So, I distressed my main image panels. The colors are Basic Gray and Bravo Burgundy. I promise you, it is! It SO does not look it in this picture. And I'm on a sewing kick right now, so the only thing I can do is faux sewing until I purchase a real sewing machine. I got the goods on a Janome online, so sometime this week, I'll be doing a little online shopping!

Speaking of shopping, if you like to shop in one place to save on shipping, you really need to go visit ABC Toys and Crafts at www.abctoysandcrafts.net. They have such a wonderful selection of stamps, embellishments, paper and adhesives. And, now until July 18th, they are having a sale, everything is 15% off! Plus, orders over $70.00 receive free shipping!!!! Can't beat that!!! So, go over to the huge July blowout sale and get some shopping done.....all in one place!

Have a great day!!!

Happy Stamping!!!

Kevin's anniversary card

Hello! Here's the card I made for my husband for our anniversary today! I have a hard time w/ masculine cards, since I don't have a lot of masculine stamps! So, I'm really utilizing the Tim Holtz stamps that I just recently purchased.

I cut a regular circle card w/ the top as the hinge, and then I just adhered this blue scallop layer on top so it looks like it's a complete circle. The circle w/ writing on it was a scrap that I "scrapped" earlier this week, and was just waiting to be used! The crown is Melissa Frances resin. The car is from Tim Holtz. The sentiment is from Inkadinkado clear stamps. The ribbon is Choc. Chip from SU!.

Have a wonderful day! The sun is shining, there's not a cloud in the sky! It's a beautiful day here in SW PA!

Happy Stamping!!!

I'm on a Crafty Secrets kick!

Hello! I am SO on a Crafty Secrets kick! I can't get enough!!!! Today I decided to decorate a frame backing. I bought a couple frames from the dollar store last month, and I just remembered that I had them! The frames themselves are very ugly, but who needs those?!

I decided to pull out my new Glamour Girls set and do something w/ it. This flapper girl is perfect for this!!!!

The designer paper is from the Luxury Stack by DCWV. I also used vanilla and Choc. Chip (SU!) c/s. Kaiser pearls, brown polka dot ribbon, a crystal pin, and brads complete the embellishments! Oh, and I can't forget the resin swirl from Melissa Frances that my friend Karolyn sent to me!

Happy Stamping!!!

Crafty Secrets and a SALE!!!!

Hello!!! Today I have two samples to show you from the Crafty Secrets line, also available at ABC Toys and Crafts! This is my new favorite line of stamps! I also have one of the journaling books, called Homemade, that work perfectly w/ the stamp sets!

This first card was made using the Homemade Journal and Tea and Coffee set. The swirls on the back panel are from Glamour Girls. Isn't this so cute!

I was bitten by the bug and couldn't just stop at one card! I had to make something else! I was flipping through the Homemade Journal, and I found this sweet picture of a mother and daughter baking, and I decided to make a recipe card! I made mine 6x6 for no particular reason. I used the pie stamp from Kitchen Classic (Large). The recipe is a real one, from a dear friend of mine who makes the very best Chocolate Chip cookies!

Happy Stamping!!!

Ingredients for top card:

Paper: Creamy Caramel (SU!); Homemade Journal (CS), Very Vanilla (SU!), daisyd's Modern Romance

Ink: Creamy Caramel, Basic Brown

Stamps: sugar cube from Tea and Coffee (CS); swirl from Glamour Girls (CS)

Accessories: brown polka dot ribbon, hodgepodge hardware, sponge, prima flower, Button Ups vanilla sticker buttons, brown thread, Crystal Effects, Dazzling Diamonds

Ingredients for recipe card:

Paper: Basic Black, Pink Pirouette, and Barely Banana (all SU!), Homemade Journal

Ink: Memento Black, Copics, Black Creative Memories Journaling Pen

Stamps: pie from Kitchen Classic (CS)

Accessories: black polka dot ribbon, black brads, tab punch, circle nesties.

********************SALE!********************

ABC Toys and Crafts is having a 4th of July Blowout sale on EVERYTHING IN THE STORE!!!! 15% off SRP from July 1st to July 18th! Do you know how much money you can save w/ this sale?!!! You HAVE to take advantage of it!!!

THEN, July 19th through the 31st, ABC Toys and Crafts is offering 10% off SRP on EVERYTHING IN THE STORE!!!!

Plus, they are also offering FREE SHIPPING on all orders over $70.00! Believe me, it doesn't take much to fill up that cart to get to $70.00!

So, what are you waiting for? Get on over to ABC Toys and Crafts and have a ball shopping and saving money! How nice is that?!

Inkadinkado stamps!

Hello all! This is my first card for the ABC Toys and Crafts store! I have used two new Inkadinkado stamps: Asian Circle Flower Frame and Asian Lotus Flower. I also used Prima flowers, brown thread, brown brads, Crystal Effects and Dazzling Diamonds inside the circle frame, a little sponging, and Certainly Celery c/s and ribbon and Close to Cocoa c/s.

The Asian Circle Flower Frame is very cool! I have a bunch of ideas for this stamp, as well as the Asian Lotus Flower. Lots of versatility w/ these stamps! Go check them out!!!!

Happy Stamping!!!

Thanks friends!

Hello! A few friends of mine that I met online have sent me (well, Elizabeth) gorgeous gifts, and I wanted to make them thank you cards. I have a few more to make, but here are a few! I decided to use the Bella Rose D.P., Kiwi Kiss, Pink Pirouette and Ridinghood Red c.s. As well as Kiwi Kiss ribbon and Pink Pirouette ribbon. I'm surely going to miss these colors!!!! I'm buying more cardstock because these colors are just so awesome! (In my opinion, anyway!)

For this first card, I used Bella Rose d.p., pink piroutte and ridinghood red for the layers. I used my new Martha branch punch. The flower is actually a cut out from another piece of D.P. I don't have that stamp set, so I had to improvise. I forgot about my lace corners, and I thought that it would make a nice embellishment on here. To soften it up. The sentiment is SU! It's one of my favorites!


This second card uses Pink Piroutte and Choc. Chip c/s along w/ Bella Rose d.p. Pink Piroutte ribbon w/ Choc. Chip ribbon on top. The flower is from Sabrina (Making Memories) found at Michael's. Stamp is from Define Your Life (SU!)

I LOVE this card! I used Kiwi Kiss and Whisper White c/s. Ribbon is Kiwi Kiss double sided satin ribbon. I used Labels 1 nesties. The stamp is from Garden Silhouettes (hostess set from a few years ago - SU!). I took a blender pen and colored the stamp w/ Kiwi Kiss and Ridinghood Red ink pads. I LOVE how this turned out! So, if you don't have the markers, you can use the ink pads!

This last card was very simple to make. The stamp is from Garden Silhouettes. I used Pink Pirouette c/s, ribbon and ink.

Happy Stamping!!!