Bloom Girl Gardenia

 

 

 

Today over on the Bloom Girl Design Team blog…I have a card that I’ve made for a very sweet friend.

See what I did with this phrase I found on Pinterest:

 

Here is a sneak peek at what I made.

To see the whole project..you’ll have to go visit me on the Bloom Girl Blog.

Have a great weekend.

A Tribute to my Mom with RubberMoon Stamps

 

When our new RubberMoon Arts Team came together and we were choosing posting dates, I knew I HAD to have today for my blog post.

What is special about today.  It is my mom’s birthday!!

She would have been 70 today, IF she were still with us.

This picture was taken circa 1961, when she graduated from Acalanes High School in Lafayette, Ca.

 

My mom was a card maker EXTRAORDINAIRE!  She had one hobby and that hobby was rubber stamping.

I was her only child.  She adopted me with her 1st husband when I was just a baby.  So because I was her only child, when she passed away, I inherited, ALL of her crafting items!!

Some things I gave to friends, some I donated, others I kept, to have her with me always.

Her scissors…(see her name, in her writing?)

 

Her pens….(see her initials in her writing?)

…and Oh My Gosh…her STAMPS!!!  SO MANY STAMPS!!

I also have  a lot of these packets that she’d have all done up with all the supplies pre-cut etc. to make a certain card. The sample was tucked neatly with all the pre-cut supplies.

Today, I am taking one of those packets and putting a RubberMoon spin on it.

My goal is to stay as close as I can to her original design and color scheme, but use RubberMoon stamps.

1st step, I took the Checkerboard stamp and stamped the background.

This is how it looked.  I didn’t really like it, but I knew how to fix it.

Sew ribbons on it!!

I added two parallel strips and sewed the edges under the card.

Next, I got all the papers I needed for the paper pieced Shroom Bloom and stamped the necessary pieces.

For the pieces I needed to add color to, I used Inktense pencils and a blending pen.

Here are the pieces cut out and colored.

Here is the little mushroom all pieced together!

Now, here is a close up of my Mom’s card I was design “lifting” from.

Remember, her card was already done and does NOT HAVE RUBBERMOON stamps.

Here is my RUBBERMOON “Take” on her original card!!

This close up shows the little “oh la la” stamp and the tiny heart from Lindsay Ostrom’s Heart Tree.

Here are a couple more pictures of the cards side by side.

 

 

Well, that about does it, for this long blog post.

 

It meant a lot, to me, to have the opportunity to do this post and use so many of her things, honor her and still use RubberMoon Stamps.

I know she would have had shelves FULL of RubberMoon stamps had she had the chance!

Thank you for stopping by today!  Remember to love those close to you….today, NOW!

 Because you know what? Tomorrow doesn’t guarantee they will still be here.

This has been me, Jeannie, with today’s RubberMoon post…and telling you all about my sweet mom!

Have a great day!

 

In Loving Memory

~Nesla Irene Wood~

1944-2008

 

 

 

 

Wednesday Wowzer, Hooray!

I made it, not even late!

I was inspired, today, since I saw an old friend, sort of, today, and I hope that I will see her again tomorrow to give this to her.

I manage a small gym in my very small town and I have not seen this one lady,that I adore, in awhile because **GASP** she has been going elsewhere for her workouts!  I know small town scandals, I could tell you a few! Any how, I saw her today but just missed her, so I’m hoping tomorrow I can catch her and give this to her.  She is the epitome of STYLE and this card is especially for her!

I have used the Love in an Instant – KOM May 2012 set for this card.

For the sentiment I have done one of my favorite things which is to just cut and piece phrases from ones I like to come up with a phrase that suites my needs.

I had the pewter charm that says

“be yourself”, which fit this card perfectly.

Here is one last look at my “couture” stylin’ card.

I hope you like it!

This has been Jeannie from The Polka Cabana posting for I Heart {ippity}.

I’ll be back next Wednesday to WOW you again!

Wednesday Wowzer, Bee-Lieve it!

It is Wednesday and here I am with my WOWZER for you!!

I am using the {ippity} set called BETTER TOGETHER.

I have used this set many times and love that you can make up your own sayings for it,

therefore the set can be used for EVERYTHING!

On the inside I made my own “honeycomb” strawberry.

I attached a phrase I had leftover to turn this into a cheerful type card.

Here is a side look at my 3-D strawberry 🙂

Bright and colorful, perfectly representing many of my favorite things!

Red…polka dots..cherries…

There you have it, my a Wowzer for this Wednesday!

I hope you have enjoyed my creation for today.

This has been Jeannie from The Polka Cabana with today’s I Heart {ippity} post.

Wednesday WOWZER TIME!!!

Hello everyone.  It is me Jeannie, here with a fun, quick and easy WOWZER card today.

I am using the Sketch from Chick Challenges With Ippity CC44.

Here is my take on the sketch.

I am using 2 different sets.

The flower is from the set called, BECAUSE OF YOU.

The word “friends” is from the set called TIME FOR…FRIENDS & WINE.

I stayed pretty simple with my color scheme and spritzed the card with some matte Tattered Angels spray, since I could not get my glimmer mist unclogged! (ARGH!!!)

It still turned out lovely, I think!

I like how the flowers mimic “friends”.  Different, but the same.

I hope you have enjoyed my quick and easy card today.  This has been Jeannie from The Polka Cabana posting for I Heart {ippity}.  Have a great rest of the week!

On the wings of …. a Butterfly!

Anyone else remember that song?  “On the Wings of Love”?

Hardly the inspiration for my card, but the title hit me when I was getting ready to write this post.

On the Cheery Lynn Designs Challenge blog our new challenge this week is Borders and Edgers.

I tried to incorporate that theme into my card today.

I am still using my New Release dies and still very much in love with them all.

The dies I am using today are, Celtic Whimsy, Mini Dimensional Butterflies, Dancing Doily Lace Border,

Zig Zag Ric Rac and Wittle Weaver 1/2″ strips.

I love how colorful this is.  I think it fits the saying perfectly.

Be sure to check out our challenge and join in on the challenge for a chance to win a $20.00 shopping spree to Cheery Lynn Designs.com.

This has been Jeannie from The Polka Cabana with today’s Cheery Lynn Design’s post.

Wednesday Afternoon Wowzer

 Today is a day I really should have just stayed in bed!

I thought it was Tuesday, and it hit me at some point that it was Wednesday and then I remembered I am the WOWZER girl, and I have NOTHING to show for it. I dropped the kiddos off to school and had every intention to come home and make a QUICK, CLEAN and SIMPLE card and load it up real quick on the blog.  Well that is not so easy for me to do…I get sidetracked as I go!

First, I knew I wanted to use my own nails as my inspiration.  OK, that might be kind of VAIN but so what!  If you knew me, it is rare that I have a vain moment, allow me this one, OK??

To add to my own vain moment, well yes those are my nails…and I made my little design up all on my own…Yep I know…Nails = Just like crafting!  Easy Peasy!!

Here is my card based on my nails!  I am using the fabulous set called, FABULOUS GIRL.

What a fitting title!  Since I’m feeling rather fabulous about the way this card turned out!

All except for my intention of it being clean and simple.

Plus, I  will not go into the gory details of glue malfunctions, sticky tape stubborn backing, hot glue annoying web like strings, craft room mess that allows me to find nothing when I need it….

Nope we won’t talk about any of that at all.

I love working with tiny things like putting a tiny skirt in the stamped dress…

…adding the ruffles to the phrase…

…it’s the little things that make a card unique and a work of art!

I hope you have enjoyed my WOW for the today!

This has been me,  Jeannie,  from The Polka Cabana posting for I Heart {ippity}.

Have a great Wednesday, well what’s left of it that is!!!

Why is this caged bird singing?

Did you get my reference to the famous book?

See my Caged Hummingbird?

I am still having a ton of fun with dies from the August New Release.

The new dies I have used on the card are Bird Cage, Hummingbird, Celtic Whimsy and Embellishment #2.

Dies that are not from the new release are Scalloped Rectangle’s, and Mini Fanciful Flourish.

I am so impressed with the intricate pattern of the Celtic Whimsy.  It cut easily and is such an impressive pattern.  This is easily one of my new favorites.

I also love the new Bird Cage.  What a gorgeous design.

Have you had a chance to head on over to our Challenge blog?

I just peeked and we are up to 41 entries already!  WOW, it’s not even the weekend yet.

The theme is anything goes.  Remember you do need to use a Cheery Lynn Designs dies in your project/card to qualify, but still anything goes?  What have you got to lose?

Have a great weekend!  This has been Jeannie from The Polka Cabana with today’s Cheery Lynn Designs post.

Wednesday Wowzer Thursday!

Hello Everyone, It’s me Wednesday’s Child on a Thursday.  Yesterday was the new release BLOG HOP, so I am posting today instead.

I made up a pretty card to say farewell to a retiring co-worker.

I am using the set called Flowers + Friends = Priceless.

As many times as I have used this set, I never tire of it.

I couldn’t find an “I miss you” sentiment quickly enough, so I used some mini type letters.

Hopefully there is enough room for lots of people to sign their names.

My papers are from a past Deena Ziegler card kit. I love grabbing my kits when I am in a hurry.  I always use my own design but at least the guess work of the colors and paper matching is done and I get to focus on the design of the card instead!

I hope I have WOW’d you even if it is Thursday!  This has been Jeannie posting for I Heart {ippity}, have a great day!

Joy’s Life meets Mary Engelbreit

Hello everyone, Jeannie from The Polka Cabana here today with a fun gift card/tag/letter etc. idea.  I hope that some of you from Close Friends on Facebook are here to visit and get an idea of what you can also do with things you might have lying around your house.  I am on a design team for a fun site called Joy’s Life.com.

All of us on the Joy’s Life DT are working with these Swatch Tag. Swatch tags are used for lots of crafters to keep track of paper and pen color samples etc. 

Here is my completed project.

 

Here is a side view, these tags could be used as anything.

 

I have gathered all of mine together as a card/letter

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I had a lot to say, so each tag is numbered on the back to keep them in order.

 

 

I used quite a few stamp sets and had fun mixing and matching the phrases to get the exact words I needed.  That is the best thing about these stamps for me.  First there are so many phrases and then if you get creative, you can make up your own by mixing, matching and splicing! 

 

 

The sets I used are:  Yummy Puns, Pun in the Sun, You’re so Punny and Lots of Pun.

 

All of my images are taken from a Mary Engelbreit desk calendar.

 

All of my fun papers are from Canvas Corp.

 

A big thank you to May Arts for my wonderful ribbon.

 

The buttons?  Are from PaperTrey Ink.

 

Isn’t it great how I was able to get some sort of sentiment for each tag I made?

 

I am so happy to have these Joy’s Life stamps, it makes projects like this so much more fun to put together.

 

Here is a final peek at all of them together.

I hope you have liked my project for the day.

This has been Jeannie posting for Joy’s Life.com. 

A special thank you to any and all of you who have stopped by from Close Friends!