Ruby's Diner

A customer asked me if I could make a "Ruby's Diner" Card. Not even knowing what Ruby's was, I said of course, lol. Then made an idiot out of myself and said "I don't think we have those here".... later to find out she lives an hour away!! This one was a challenge, I went through about 4 signs before I got one I liked. Thanks for peeking!! =]

I used glossy accents on the red part of the sign and on the Coca-Cola bottle.. it really helped with the Diner/vinyl feel!

Sweat Shop Happenings..

I just adore this one! I made it for the May Card Challenge on Scrapbook.com that I'm hosting this month. I'm a little late with my samples.. but I'm getting there. I got the idea for the card from Splitcoaststampers.com. The tag comes out (it's 3x5) to write your message on.

This is for the Theme Category. The theme this month is Thank You. For a while I've wanted to use the computer to (I don't know the technical word for it) use words make some sideways, so right side up. So... I used stamps and rub-ons to make my Thank You Paper!

...Up Close...

This one is a Sympathy card that Dad asked me to make. Someone from his work passed away and he wanted to send a card to his wife. The man loved fishing, hunting and pretty much all outdoor activities, so Dad asked me to make something that had to do with that. This is what I came up with..

...Up Close...

I forgot....

When I was shopping on Saturday, I saw the clear frame combos (That I got at Tuesday morning a couple weeks ago). My "Tuesday Morning Finds... on a Thursday" has the photo. Sooo when I saw them I had to see the price!! They were 3.99 per pack and I got 4 packs for $5.00!! So I saved $11.00, not $9.00! This excites me way too much.

Peacock Sightings

When we went to visit Ali at her craft show, we saw 5 peacocks just roaming the streets. Random, right? Random but oh so pretty!

National Scrapbook Day Goodies

Saturday was National Scrapbooking Day (yes, there is one! a Card making one too.. so watch out!) and although I didn't create anything on Saturday, I did shop! Mom and I went to visit my cousin Ali, who was participating in her first craft show. So we stopped by 2 scrap stores in Torrance. It's sad that we can't go to another city without checking for scrap store, isn't it? lol.

The first one was called Scrampers.. I have to tell you.. I was about 1/4 down the first isle and was already convinced it was the best scrap store I've ever been in. They had EVERYTHING. It was just awesome! The second one we went to was called A to Z Scrapbooking. Another AWESOME one! It was also good in size and had a lot of random tidbits... but good random tidbits!

Here's the pictures of the goodies I just HAD to have!

The first 2 are the same papers, just different shots,

the 2nd one shows the paper closer up.

Here's the complete list (and in order from left to right):

Paper :

• Basic Grey - Pheobe - Pacific Heights
• K & Co. - Urban Rhapsody - Points of Interest
• Basic Grey - Sugared - Delightful
• Cosmo Cricket - Cogsmo Mr. Roboto
• Basic Grey - Sugared - Beauty
• Cosmo Cricket - Honey Pie - Ella
• Reminisce - Perfect 10
• American Crafts - Teen - Talent Show
• Bella Blvd. - Family Tree
• Basic Grey - Lime Rickey - Banana Frost
• Basic Grey - Lime Rickey - Howdy Doody
• Cosmo Cricket - Girl Friday - Monday
• K & Co. - Amy Bulter - Sola Dancing Mums
• Cosmo Cricket - Mr. Campy - Happy Campers
• Creative Imaginations - Time For Wine
• Creative Imaginations - Old Guys Rule - Trophy Husband
• Creative Imaginations - Old Guys Rule - Woody Wagons
• Basic Grey - Lilykate - Twigs

3rd photo:

• Making Memories - Acetate - Swirl I do (I put it on a white paper so the design would show up!)
• Basic Grey - Sticker Elements - Urban Prairie (I wanted the paper pack, but I didn't like all the papers, so when I saw this, I thought why not!)

Embellishments & Such:

• Doodlebug Designs Inc. - Stick with It - Adhesive Transfers
• Making Memories - Glitter Clears - Flowers Bright
• Making Memories - {Note}worthy - Dimensional Glitter Flowers Stickers - Audrey
• Making Memories - Tiny Alphas - Teal Ledger
• 2 1/2 x 3 Journaling Chipboard - In the shape of a Recipe Card - Black & White
• 1 Photo Hinge/Hook (not positive on what it's called.. but I've always wanted to use one!)
• A bunch of shaped eyelets.. including: wine bottles, a snail, pacidiers, wine glasses, hearts, school houses, christmas tree, snowflake and a yellow crayon (Luc knows!).

Stop & Smell the Roses!!

Come to think of it.. I didn't smell any roses.. or take any pictures of roses... but there isn't a "stop & take picture off random flowers" quote! Alright, getting of subject here! For about a month, every time I went up a certain street I wanted to stop and take a picture.. so one day, I finally did. Then went around our track and took pictures of all the flowers I liked =] Enjoy them!!

Birthday Wishes

I got this idea from splitcoaststampers.com .. it's called a Peek-A-Boo Card.

This is the inside.. it's about 1/4 of an inch thick, so you can hide a mini size bag of candy in there, or a gift card. I put my iTunes gift card in there for the picture =]

Thank You For The Refferal Cards

I got an order from a hair stylist who wanted "Thank You for the Referral" Cards. Cute idea right? You can't find those in stores! =] I couldn't find any hair paper I liked so I came up with these two.

This one I'm calling The Retro Hair Cut. I just love her bangs!

This one I just love! I think because I don't think I can draw, and I drew it myself =] I used wire for the cord and made a little plug!

My Cabbage Flowers!!

I've seen these kind of flowers many times. They're getting more popular now. I remember my Mom having them painted on her shirt when I was little. So, they're by no means new! =] I've wanted to make them for a while, so this was my first batch. Most all of them are made out of scraps from other projects.

In their new home!

These are my favorites from this batch!

My absolute favs are the top middle and the bottom left!!

Button Blooms!

During a stacked flower swap last year I was in the button category and came up with these little critters. I hadn't made any since last year around this time, so this was pretty fun to do!

Sitting in their new home!

These are my favorite blooms from this bunch.

My Tuesday Morning Finds... on a Thursday!

I went to Trader Joes tonight for Dad so I thought I'd stop in Tuesday Morning's to look at their scrap supplies. They don't always have good ones, but if you search, if you come across some good stuff!! I found these KI Memories Stamps, they were in a kit. And I found this clear Making Memories frames/embellishments. Saved $15 on the stamps alone! I'd guess $9 on the frames. Not too shabby!!

My New Baskets!

These are my baskets that will hold my cards at any craft shows I participate in. I bought them at the $1 store. They had handles and were red and black. I ripped off the handles (literally) and spray painted them white. Mom says they look like really big french fry baskets. I bought a dictionary at the Goodwill to again, rip apart. I felt kind of bad ripping apart a dictionary! And this was the final product.. I love how they turned out!

Button Magnets

I was making button flowers, which I have yet to take a picture of. But I started making button magnets too. There's a magnet under the large button.

Easter Place Cards

I made these for our place cards for Easter dinner. I painted the bunnys with watercolors and made all the Easter eggs different. No two Easter eggs are alike, right? I painted the inside of their ears with liquid pearls and the tip of the paintbrushes with different color stickles.

Sara's Sweet 16!

A friend of the family's daughter is turning 16 in a couple weeks and they asked me to make her invitations for her Sweet Sixteen Party. She wanted lime green and purple.. there's not many papers with those colors together, but I found this one and I knew it was the right one to use!! And the background green is my most favorite to use anytime. I buy black, white, charcoal, black and this shade of green the most =]

Nathan & Travis

I made these 2 gift tags for an Alchemy on Etsy. The lady wanted 2 tags for her friend who just had twins. They came out exactly like the picture in my head! I love when things happen like that lol. Thanks For Peeking!! =]

Mucho Grande Pain

About 45 minutes ago, I woke up from only being asleep for a couple hours. Was a bad choice on my part, but I’m such a night owl! I start waking up and it turns out that my body has decided to be angry with me today. My legs hurt so very bad, as did my lower back. My whole body was throbbing to the point you flinch each time it does it. Thankfully I don’t feel like this too often, but, when I do, it’s pretty miserable. It gets to the point that I start to feel nauseous because the pain is so intense. My pain meds take 20 minutes to kick in and that’s usually the longest 20 minutes ever. My other pain meds (stronger ones) take an hour and put me back at my “normal” pain, which I can deal with. Speaking of pain meds, they have finally kicked in so I’m going back to sleep now. Hopefully the next time I wake up, I won’t feel like this!! Fingers crossed!