Garden Party

This is the time of year I catch a bad case of spring fever and love to create projects with pastel colors and lots of flowers as found in Pebbles' Garden Party collection. 

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The floral background paper is a favorite in the line along with these cut-apart square sentiments. Isn't this collection beautiful? I think I'll set this card on my dresser so I can enjoy it and dream of spring! Oh so close, but not until a few more snowflakes fall which is scheduled for this afternoon! :)

Sunshine

Have you noticed the days getting a bit shorter lately? Oh how I love autumn and the holidays, but I will really miss the longer sunny days of summer. Often times when I'm longing for the sun to shine on a rainy winter day, I'll  create a little sunshine of my own. I did that a lot last winter with Pebbles Garden Party line and again this morning with some leftovers I still have. 

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For this card I pulled out an embellishment I haven't used in quite some time. Can you guess what that is? Seam binding...I used to use it a lot, but then something new will come along or I become enamored with another accent. 

Hope your Monday is full of sunshine! :)

Happy

Feeling happy? It's the week of July Fourth and I'm pretty happy. Christopher has the week off from school and he's really excited about barbecuing on Friday, making home made ice cream this week and playing with sparklers. His enthusiasm is contagious! 

Today I have a 'happy' card to share with you that I created with Pebbles' Garden Party collection. 

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Taking time to play with paper makes me pretty happy too! I dug out an embossing folder to make raised dots on the white paper. I always get tons of use from nesting shapes...like these hearts from My Favorite Things. The paper pad and sentiment dies are from Papertrey Ink. Lots of fun elements mixed and layered together. 

So what will you be doing this Fourth of July week? 

If you can sneak away to play with paper and glue and want some patriotic project ideas, this week Bella Blvd. is celebrating with lots of cards, scrapbook pages and decor items. Don't miss it! 

Tweet

Hello! Today on the CardMaker blog I have a tweet springtime decor project to share with you! 

Created with Pebbles' Garden Party collection.

Enjoy! :)

National Scrapbook Day!

Hooray, it's National Scrapbook Day and the Pebbles design team has created lots of pages and projects to celebrate! Additionally, they are giving away $200 worth of Pebbles goodies to one lucky winner so be sure and check it out!

I created a springtime page using a photo of from my yard and the Garden Party collection (21% off on Amazon). I'm not sure what this ground cover is called but it was planted 11 years ago and comes back each spring.

Appropriate for a page about blooms, I used the Flower Packet die cut card stock shapes to accent my page.

And these pleated Butterflies...they're my favorite!

Here's to a great National Scrapbook Day weekend and hopefully a lot of paper play! Good luck with the giveaway! :)

You Are My Happy

T.G.I.F! 

I hope you are having a great Friday so far! I've had a full and busy morning taking Christopher to day camp, grocery shopping and creating this happy card with Pebbles's Garden Party collection.

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I've been re-visiting my embossing folders and really love how it makes this card stock look! You know what else I love? That teeny tiny bee sticker! Little details like that make me smile and complete a project. 

Tomorrow is National Scrapbook Day and I'll have a couple projects to share with you along with some information about prizes you could win so I hope you can join me! :)

Glorious Spring

This spring has been magnificent! A little on the cold side at times...we nearly dipped into freezing temperatures last night. Yesterday we had a tropical storm roll through that included thunder, lightning strong wind gusts and lots of rain. It was beautiful! The dogwoods are in bloom and the azaleas are on their way. I love spring! And I love creating springtime cards with Pebbles' Garden Party collection.

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What are your favorite spring things? Do you garden? Plant flowers or vegetables? Do you enjoy outdoor activities like hiking or biking? I enjoy all of the above and look forward to our annual strawberry picking trip! Yum! :)

Easter is on the Way

Easter is coming and I've been creating some fun projects to share with you. First up, on the Pebbles blog, I've decorated eggs with pretty patterned papers from the Garden Party collection. Here's a little peek for you. 

Over on the Bella Blvd. blog I have another project for you...can you tell what these are? 

I used a combination of Lucky Starz (45% off on Amazon) and Spring Flings and Easter Things for this project. Hope you can hop over and take a look! 

Did you hear that the latest Bella Buzz April newsletter is now available? It's free and the talented Jennifer Gallacher has contributed some gorgeous scrapbook pages to the issue along with Bella's very own Nicole Nowosad and Becki Adams. These ladies know how to rock Bella! Don't miss it! 

Good Morning Spring

Ode to spring, flowers and butterflies...I create this card with the gorgeous Garden Party collection from Pebbles.

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 I really must get more of these dimensional pleated butterflies!

So...yesterday while I was playing with pretty papers, Oreo decided to add one of his favorite toys to the pile, green fishy. Yuck! He loves that icky thing! It's dirty, missing it's tail and threadbare! Like a child's teddy bear that's received years of lovin's! :)

I ran across a quote about pets this morning on Pinterest that said, "Some of my best friends never speak a word to me." So true....Oreo leaving his fish with me speaks more than a thousand words! :)

Spring

It looks like spring, but it feels like winter around here with below freezing temperatures at night. Yesterday's high only reached 45 degrees! Brrrrr! I'm ready for spring! How about you? 

Well, since I have no control over the weather I'll have to make like it's spring with a Pebble's Garden Party collection card instead. 

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I absolutely adore the pleated butterflies from this line! I'm really tempted to stick them directly on the wall! I just might....stay tuned.

Guess who helped me photograph this card?

If you guessed Oreo...you would be right on the money! He's such a good little assistant! ;)