Vintage Birthdays

I must say, I like this card!

Supplies:

Paper: Life's Journey by K & Company

Stamp: Vintage Labels (2010 Sale-a-bration from Stampin Up)

Ink: Chocolate Chip Stampin Write marker (I went with the marker so I didn't have to mess with goopy Craft ink. Works wonderful!

AND..... the Stamp-a-ma-jig to get "Happy Birthday" perfectly centered inside the vintage label stamp.

Challenges: CardMaker Card Swaps: Use blue, green and brown

Unscripted Sketches #64: Sketch

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Tonight, I did much better job cropping my card pictures than normal. While I was taking a picture of this card, I thought maybe I should show you where I place my cards for the photo shoot lest you think it's a dirty, grimy window sill.

Nope, just a pile of wash boards and a mirror right next to an old lamp. The light is decent here, even at night, so I don't generally have to use the flash! (Don't look too close in the mirror or you will see the hose to my vacuum and the toe of my house shoe... oops.

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Due to my love of auctions and Kwikswap, I can link up with Rhoda @ Southern Hospitality's Thrifty Treasures. I got the wash boards at an estate sale and the mirror and lamp from an old guy on Kwik-swap! Thanks for a great party Rhoda!

Bug Card Swap

Last week, I completed a swap over at CardMaker that required you use a bug on your card. Worked out perfect for me because I had seen this cute little "cooties" stamp at Michael's the week before. Initally, I resisted the urge to purchase. Well, that didn't work out well. After I saw the post for the swap, I ran to Michael's the very next day over lunch!! Anyway, I had to make the card above because I ran out of paper... oops after making the ones below.... which are my hands-down favorite!!I ran the striped paper through my paper crimper and pop-doted up the top oval.


I colored the bugs just a bit and there's one of those snazzy border punches!!!



A special thanks to my good friend, Lora for letting me use her punches for the ovals and scallop ovals.

So, I am trying to get better with using my camera settings...

So I took a bazillion picutres and decided to share them with you! Lucky you!!

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I'm the hostess!!!

My first EVER!! I'm the hostess over at Cardmaker for the weekly challenge:

"Anything but a card... and make it 'green'!"

I decided to repurpose a few things we had just laying around the house:

This was a galvanized bucket from our local Establishment. I covered it with paper and Modgepodge. I also added strips of ribbon to the handle... pretty cute if I do say so myself!!

I love Laughing Cow cheese! The product comes in the above pictured, cute little paper container. The containers are as fun to me as the cheese is good. I have been thinking of something I could do with/to them short of tossing them in the recycle.

So, of course, I decided to cover them with paper! Luckily, they are exactly 4" across the top. Hello George (shapes cartridge for my Cricut)!!

I covered the top and bottom "inserts" with pearl-escent paper, inked the edges and added an embelishment (Thanks again George!). I also inked the edges of the top pearl flower using my Stampin' Write markers (can't really tell from the picture).

I think it turned out pretty cute. I think I will use it for a gift box...
now what to "gift" and to whom???