Ice Cream Shop for MFT IDOL!

I recently came across a thread in the MFT Forum on Splitcoast that they are having a contest for the MFT Idol! So, I wanted to make something completely out of the box. I think this did it! I used 3 different sets: And Then I Said, Here's the Scoop, and Icing On the Cake. (Because we were only allowed to use MFT stamps). Not a problem for me, as I have collected quite a few! LOL! I was coloring the girl in from And Then I Said, and when I got to the tank top, I thought, if I kept this white, it could be an apron, and then my mind started going, and I came up with the ice cream shop! Something completely different. I didn't want to come up with something that someone else had thought of first. As far as I could tell, anyway! The only thing I took from someone was "cutting" the girl's hair, which the idea came from Melanie Muenchinger. So, thank you Melanie!!!! Fabulous idea!!!!

Hope you like it!
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Bag toppers for a friend!

These 12 bag toppers are for a friend of mine who commissioned me to make for her to give away as gifts. These were fun to make! She's going to put tealights in a cellophane bag, and then top with one of these! Instant gifts!

Easter 1:
Easter 2:
Spring 1:

Spring 2:
Summer 1:

Summer 2:

Birthday 1:

Birthday 2:

Fall 1:

Fall 2:

Christmas 1:

Christmas 2:

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For My Little Sherriff!

This card was made for the weekly Card Patterns sketch challenge. I thought that this little cowboy would be perfect in the little oval. So, I used the cowboy as my main inspiration. I used the star paper as inspiration for the stars down the card. And since my son is all about being the sherriff, and always getting the bad guys, this card is for him!

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Happy Birthday, Dr. Suess!

Over at AllyScraps, their next card challenge is to make a birthday card because today is Dr. Suess' birthday, and the challenging part is to put a rhyme on your card! I paged through my stamaps, and I came across Give Thanks (SU!) and saw the apples in the bucket. And I thought of one of my favorite Dr. Suess books "Ten Apples Up On Top". So, I thought I would do that. And then I realized that apples wouldn't make sense for a birthday card. But, what about candles?! So, I stamped and cut out some candles, and you can see them on the second picture as you withdraw the cardstock behind the frog! Just thought it would be kind of cute to see how many candles there might be! Anyway, my rhyme says: Do the birthday hop! How many candles are up on top?! So, it's kind of mirroring that book. Oh, I just remembered that I forgot to put googly eyes on the frog. I'll do that before I give it away. I may save it for either my grandfather who just turned 80, or my husband who's birthday is later this month. We'll see what else I can come up with!

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Welcome to the Neighborhood!

This card was made for the first card challenge on AllyScraps. Since they are doing a membership drive to get more members, they hosted this challenge to welcome all the new scrappers to their neighborhood! Well, I haven't used this Right at Home set in a very long time. So, I felt it was perfect for this challenge! And I only colored the middle house because I wanted to highlight the "new home"!

Go on over to AllyScraps and join in the fun! When you reach 50 posts by mid March, you get a $10.00 gift certificate to the AllyScraps store! How cool is that?! Go start chattin' it up!

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It's a jungle out there! Or.....maybe a rainforest?

I was recently commissioned to make baby shower invitations. The theme in the nursery is rainforesty/jungleesque type. So, I grabbed a baby set, a Hawaiian set, It's a Jungle Out There by MFT and Pocket Fun from SU!. I can't remember what the Hawaiian set's name is. It has Aloha in there and a surfboard. Anyway, I wanted to capture the green that is rampant in this theme. So, I chose Gable Green and Green Galore and then added my animals!
I used my largest circle and scalloped circles nestibilities to create this window.

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Learning to Ride!

I made this scrapbook page for a challenge on AllyScraps. If you go HERE, and click on the message board at the bottom on the side, you can join and after you write 50 posts, which isn't hard to do, they will send you a $10.00 gift certificate to the AllyScraps store! How cool is that! So, hop on over there. Or do the allycat over there! Whatever, just get over there and start chatting! If you're into scrapbooking that is! LOL!

Anyway, the challenge for this page was to use paper that had a decorative edge. I don't have any of that super cool paper, so I had to make my own. :( I used nestabilities circles and made big scallops. I replicated the wheels on Jack's tricycle on the scallops. So, that's what they are supposed to look like..... (if you couldn't tell!) The little puffs that you see, because it's hard to see, are dust puffs, as if he's going so fast, he's leaving me in the dust! Got it now? Haha!

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Happ Scrappin'!

Black and white sketch

Hi all! This card was made for this past weekend's sketch challenge, #3 for Card Patterns! I really wanted to make something unique and out of my comfort zone. Athough, in making this card, I don't know if I omitte anything from the original sketch or not! Hope I qualify! Haha!
If not, no big deal! I had fun, and that's the whole point!

The paper is from Glittered All Dressed Up stack by DCWV. The flowers are prima and Sabrina from Making Memories. I don't remember where I picked up rhinestone brads. I think they are Making Memories too. I used my Martha Stewart punch for the scalloped edge at the bottom. And I used both black polka dot ribbon and SU! silver/gray taffeta ribbon. I stenciled the swirls and cut them out and adhered to add a little detail. Many Thanks is from All Year Cheer from SU!

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A little "goth"....

I made this clipboard for a friend of mine that I work with at Starbucks. She loved my Starbucks clipboard that I made for our outgoing manager, and she asked me to make one for her. She said that she would take whatever I made, but I wanted to personalize it, and Starbucks isn't her LIFE, so I thought I would tie in her personal life. She just recently got a black/grayish rose tattoo on her arm, so I definitely wanted to incorporate that, and she loves the color black, and doesn't mind the whole skull thing. So, that's what I went with. Now, when you look at her, she is such a bubbly, happy person, you wouldn't think that she would be into that sort of thing. So, don't think that she's some goth with weird hair and more piercings than there are capitals in the US. She is super sweet and so fun to be around. She's a shift manager, so I enjoy working with her.
Anyway, the skull is from a cutout from a stack of Halloween paper that I found somewhere either Michael's or JoAnn's. The letters for her name are from stencils that I cut out. The roses are from Kitchen Sink Stamps, and I just used Memento black to stamp those. The swirls are from stencils and I painted them white. Now, had I had more time, I would have done something on the edges and I would have moved the corner flower up or I would have done another sprig of swirl up there. But, time was not on my side, and I was running late for a meeting, so this was what she got. She really liked it, so it was worth it!

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Kids' Valentine's and From the Garden card

This first Valentine was made for my cousin. I made a similar one for my other cousin as well. We exchanged our Valentine's last night at my cousin's birthday party. I just want to say that acetate and I are NOT friends! It will be a long time until I pull it out again!
The kids liked their Valentine's so it was worth the hassle!



This card was part of a set of cards for my aunt who turned 70 earlier this week! What a milestone! Especially now, as she's battling a rare cancer. So, I wanted to make something special for her.
Just a little tip, if you have From the Garden, make your cards a little bigger than a regular A2 size card!

Happy Stamping!