'Congrats' cards!

So if you haven't heard, it's the 2011 'Gallery Idol' contest! This is my first time entering in the contest. I only entered in two cards as of now, due to my crazy schedule...After all, it only takes one card to win!

I wanted to keep my cards fairly simple, yet have a little 'pop' to them. The 'hot air balloon' card, I added some pop by using floss for the clouds. The outcome is great to me but did require some steady work. For my 'green & blue' card, I added my pop just by using a few simple rinestones. Very easy to do and quick.

Good luck to all of you who have entered in the contest and I can't wait to see who takes it all!!!

Special Ingredient!

This is just a little card I made up, I went for some fancy on this. Using papers that looked more elegant to me. I didn't want to make it over the top fancy, so I softened it up some by adding a little "puffed heart sticker" to the pocket and adding a light blue sheer ribbon, as well as inking a soft brown color around the tag.

It was a fun make for me (all my cards are) and as far as who will get it...I have no idea yet! Though I know it'll put a smile on someone's face!

Birthday Blast Card

I made this card for my son who is turning four. I wanted to keep it very simple and easy to do. My kids seem to always tear the card or damage it in some kind of way, so thats another reason i kept it simple (no hurt feelings). :)

All the supplies I used except for the paper and cardstock were from my "2011 Stamping Royalty" prize package.

A little bit of white cardstock, some precious metals silver paper, some textured blue paper, birthday stamps, colored pencils, jewel stickers, and a ink pad you can do it too! I kept in mind that I didn't want this card to be a time sucker for me. All I did was stamp my rocket on a piece of white cardstock, I stamped it at a angle as if it were blasting off into the sky. I then added a few stars around it and stamped my greeting at the bottom. While that was drying, I then cut my papers to the size needed for my card. After drying I colored in my stamps, using colors of my choice and then added my jewel stickers. I then layered all the papers and attached them to my card (you can choose the adhesive you prefer). I did also stamp the inside of the card with 'happy birthday' but your welcome to leave it blank.

It's Official!

I am so excited to announce that I'm a winner of this years PaperCrafts magazine "2011 Stamping Royalty Contest"!!! This was my third year entering this contest, I felt very good about what I submited in. As time went by, I was crossing my figures and was thinking how cool it would be if I won. Well, it came! Two days before my birthday I received an email stating that I had won in the birthday catogory! That was one of the best birthday presents I could of asked for! The funny thing is when I saw the email I had no idea who it was from, I saw the heading but I was somewhat unsure about opening it. I was thinking it could be spam or some kind of joke. I'm so glad I opened it! Even after I opened it I had to read it about 3-4 times before I was like, "this is the real deal"! I still have the email and I dont know if I'll ever delete it. :) After knowing I won something this big, I had to stay quiet for about week before I could spill the beans. Do you know how hard that was!?! Well, I'm not quiet about it anymore and this was a little something that was made for all of us winners!

my first blog!

this is my first try at this, so bare with me people. lets see how far i get with this.