A friend is...

Isn't that a beautiful saying? It will be an encouragement to someone special :) Those colorful brads at the flower centers are my birthday present from Marlene last year. I am working my way through those supply :)

Thank you for stopping by today.

Hugs,

Liza

Recipe: (all by SU!)

Cardstock and paper: Soft Sky, Kraft, Welcome Neighbor DSP

Stamp sets: Out of the Box, God's Blessings

Ink: Bermuda Bay, Choco Chip

Tools: Big Shot machine, Top Note die

Everything else: twine, brads, Stampin' Dimensionals

Very Thankful

Hello, everyone... Hope your week is going well. This weekend, I will be away with 300 other women at a women's retreat in a nearby mountain resort. Should be good for my soul :) My sweet husband will be home to entertain the kids all weekend :)

These 2 thank you cards using the Very Thankful stamp set are for my son Hudson's teachers. Everyone in his class is going to sign at the end of the school year. It is a big size 5.5 x 8.5" triple accordion fold card- plenty of space for everyone's scribble :)

For these cards, I pulled out the never been inked Very Thankful set and my Stampin' Pastels. You know, I should take out those pastels more often, it is fun to color... :) I love especially the boy stick figure image, kinda resembles Hudson, I think.

Here is the recipe below. I hope you all have a good day today. Thanks for peeking in.

Hugs,

Liza

Recipe (all by SU! unless mentioned)

Cardstock: Pumpkin Pie, Tempting Turqoise, Kraft, Whisper White

Stamp set: Very Thankful, Dot dot dot, A to Z

Ink: Basic Gray, Versamark, Stampin' Pastels

Tools: Big Shot machine, Top Note die, Perfect Polka Dot textured folders, Large Star punch, Heart to Heart punch, corner rounder, Wide Oval punch

Everything else: Certainly Celery ribbon, linen thread, buttons (my stash), Stampin' Dimensionals

for baby Sarah

Good morning, everyone!! I had a crafty morning with girlfriends 2 days ago and one of the projects that we made is this one (pink!) shadow box that they are going to present to baby Sarah's mom. I die cut the personalized name with the SU! Alphabet Simple Letters die, along with using the Top Note die and the Beautiful Butterflies die which makes me think, what did I do before my Big Shot days? :)

Of course, Pretty in Pink, Melon Mambo and Chocolate Chip are our favorite color combo for a baby girl!! They are so pretty together.

We made a matching Melon Mambo baby card. Yum...

And wrapped it with matching Melon Mambo rice paper tied with twine, which I forgot to take a picture of...

Thank you for peeking in today. Hope you all have a great one :)

Hugs,

Liza

Recipe: (all by SU! unless mentioned)

Cardstock: textured Choco Chip, Choco Chip, Kraft, Naturals Ivory, Old Olive, Melon Mambo, Pretty in Pink

Stamp sets: Teeny Tiny Wishes, Dot dot dot

Ink: Versamark, Choco Chip

Tools: Big Shot machine, Alphabet Simple Letters die, Beautiful Butterflies die, Perfect Polka Dot textured folders, Top Note die, Butterfly punch, Scallop Circle punch, Pinking Hearts border punch, Tag corner punch, 1" circle punch

Everything else: Melon Mambo polka dot ribbon, Choco Chip grosgrain ribbon, twine, linen thread, button (my stash), pink safety pin (Making Memories)

Pixie Pink petals

Good morning, blogging friends... here is today's card. I pulled out this Petal Pizzazz stamp set and stamped the flower in Pixie Pink (farewell, Pixie Pink and Pale Plum which I used for the card base). The paper is K&Co, bright and cheerful :)

Sentiment is using Short & Sweet stamp set.

All right, thank you for stopping by today. I wish you all a good week ahead.

Hugs,

Liza

for Tirzah

Our good friends daughter, Tirzah turned 2 years old. Here is the card I made for her...

Happy Birthday, Tirzah and thank you for stopping by.

Hugs,

Liza

Recipe: (all by SU!)

Cardstock and paper: Melon Mambo, Kraft, Kiwi Kiss, Welcome Neighbor DSP

Stamp sets: Dot dot dot, A to Z

Ink: Versamark, Choco Chip

Tools: Big Shot machine, Perfect Polka Dot textured folders, corner rounder, Beautiful Butterflies die

Everything else: twine, brads, Stampin' Dimensionals

Father's Day

Good morning, blogging friends! I started making Father's Day cards, you see... here is my first one :) Found this pretty vintage sea themed paper on my stash, I immediately think "Father's Day"- what with living in the tropics and having a diver husband... this is perfect.

That deep blue card stock is Pacific Point. My card base is Dusty Durango. I used my Crop-a-dile to set the star metal eyelet and Stamp-a-majig to make sure sentiment is placed right.

Thank you for peeking in today. Enjoy the rest of your Sunday.

Hugs,

Liza

Recipe: (all by SU! unless mentioned)

Cardstock and paper: Dusty Durango, Pacific Point, Kraft, DSP by Flair Designs

Stamp sets: Dot dot dot, Teeny Tiny Wishes

Ink: Versamark, Choco Chip

Tools: SAMJ, Crop a dile, 1" circle punch

Everything else: metal eyelet (from my stash), twine

Introducing... SU! Island Floral die

Good morning... so when the Summer Mini premieres on May 1, 2010- it will have this really cute Island Floral die. I die cut these largest flower twice, ran it through the Big Shot for polka dot embossing and topped it off with Kraft corduroy button.

I have been making this same card in a few other color combos too. Fun!

Thanks for peeking in today. Enjoy your weekend...

Hugs,

Liza

Recipe (all by SU! unless noted)

Cardstock and paper: Creamy Caramel, Crushed Curry, Taken with Teal, Cosmo Cricket dp

Stamp sets: Happy Everything, Teeny Tiny Wishes, Dot dot dot

Ink: Choco Chip, Versamark

Tools: Big shot machine, Island Floral die, Scallop edge punch

Everything else: Kraft corduroy button

Introducing... watercolor trio

Hello there! Happy Friday!! Whew... what a day for me. I just came back from my first experience of Indonesia's largest craft exhibition Inacraft. There are so MANY to see. Nothing of the scrapbooking or stamping type but it is very interesting. The number of batik fabric that they have is mind boggling. Needless to say, I did not finish browsing as my time was up...

I started making a few things with my new summer mini preorder. Here is one of them, using the Watercolor Trio stamp set which fits the bill for non watercolorist like me :)

On the scallop circle I had stamped all 3 flower images with Soft Suede, Ruby Red and Sahara Sand ink. Pretty simple and it has that soft pretty look.

The sentiment also comes from that set and it has that combination of fancy and regular font. I like it.

All righty, I will leave you here to enjoy your Friday! Thank you for peeking in today.

Hugs,

Liza

Recipe: (all by SU! unless noted)

Cardstock and paper: Pretty in Pink, Kraft, The Write Stuff Specialty DSP

Stamp set: Watercolor Trio

Ink: Sahara Sand, Ruby Red, Soft Suede

Tools: Big Shot machine, Scallop Circle #2 die

Everything else: organza ribbon (my stash), brads, Stampin' Dimensionals

Intoducing... Smooch Spritz

Hello!! How did your week go? Mine goes too fast. I am making a variety of projects in preparation for the event I will be a part in this coming Monday. If you are locally, come on over to the American Women Association Bazaar at the Gran Melia Hotel ballroom. Monday, April 19, 2010. From 9 am till 3 pm. Drop on by and say hello :)

My preorder of the Summer Mini is here and I have not had a chance to try out the different new toys in there :) Except for this really cool Smooch Spritz. There are 4 different colors: Silver, Gold, Vanilla and Log Cabin (which I am using above).

Very simple card above using the Sense of Time stamp set (I love that vintage clock!) and then spritzed in Log Cabin. Need to practice with how much spray and how far but it does give a really cool effect...

All righty... enjoy the rest of your evening... thank you so much for peeking in.

Hugs,

Liza

Recipe (all by SU!)

Cardstock: Basic Gray, Naturals White, Bermuda Bay

Stamp sets: Sense of Time, Teeny Tiny wishes

Ink: Basic Gray

Tools: Modern Label, Word Window punches, Smooch Spritz Log Cabin

Everything else: brads, twine, Stampin' Dimensionals

Heart flower

Hello... this cute stamp set is called Sweet Heart. Pink and Rose Red and Old Olive... too cute :) I used my trustworthy Stamp a Majig to line up the flower and stem.

Thanks for peeking in.

Hugs,

Liza

Recipe (all by SU!)

Cardstock and paper: Sweet Pea DSP, Old Olive, Whisper White

Stamp sets: Sweet Heart, Vintage Labels

Ink: Chocolate Chip

Tools: Full Heart punch, Perfect Polka Dot textured impressions, Big Shot machine, circle punch

Everything else: Old Olive ribbon, Rose Red button, linen thread, Stampin' Dimensionals

Praying for you

Hi there... here are more of my praying for you cards. The one above is using markers on the flower image.

This one is my hand made leather flower embellishment.

Thanks for peeking in today.

Hugs,

Liza

Funky Forest

Hello blogging friends... happy Monday! Hope you have a good rest over the weekend. A few days ago, an opportunity opened up for me to be at the American Women Association bazaar this coming April 19, 2010. So I have been busy cranking up projects for the event :)

I made a series of these "Praying for you" cards.... which I thought might be useful for a range of occasions.

This one is utilizing my Funky Forest wheel in Taken with Teal ink (farewell, Taken with Teal...), paired with Pretty in Pink card base and Ruby Red DSP.

This one is another Pretty in Pink card base with the Sweet Pea DSP Stack. I have used this DSP a LOT :) It has a good variety of patterns and trendy colors that work with a lot of projects.

All right... I wish you all a good week ahead. Thank you for peeking in today.

Hugs,

Liza

C is for Cat

Hello... just playing with the cat stamp and scrap DSP. My color combo is Crushed Curry, Bashful Blue, Old Olive, Pumpkin Pie.

I love that Spiral notebook punch, too. Makes a cool border.

Happy stamping to you.

Hugs,

Liza

Recipe: (all by SU!)

Cardstock and paper: Sweet Pea DSP, Whisper White, Crushed Curry, Old Olive

Stamp sets: Dot dot dot, C is for Cat, Teeny Tiny Wishes

Ink: Sahara Sand, Basic Black

Tools: Spiral punch, Word Window punch

Everything else: Old Olive ribbon, brads, Stampin' Dimensionals

Schoolbook vintage 2

Yep, I have a crush on these paper and anything vintage :) LOVE them :)

This time I am pairing them with Baja Breeze (Some hot news: SU! will bring this color back) and Real Red.

Love this adorable owl...

Thank you everyone for taking a peek. Hope you have a great rest of the day.

Hugs,

Liza

CTD87

Happy Friday! Straight out of the story book comes this card :) Bambi and a bunny friend. The color combo is from the CTD blog here. Card size is 5x7".

I added a paper pierced border on the scallop and Basic Gray corduroy button on the ribbon. Love those corduroy buttons... sigh... I wish I had every color :)

Well, I am off with the rest of my day- wishing you all a great one today.

Hugs,

Liza

Very Vintage wheel 3 ways

Hello, everybody. Julie Marshall's blog inspired me to take out my Very Vintage wheel, ink it up and find 3 ways to do with it. She did a beautiful post here. Thanks much, Julie!

Here comes mine.

Wheeled this one on top of a Lovely Lilac panel, and then over stamped the A to Z background stamp with Very Vanilla Craft Ink. Presto! My own patterned paper.

This one is wheeled on top of Naturals Ivory card stock (my current card stock favorite for all things vintage) and then over stamped the Dot dot dot background stamp with Sahara Sand ink for added texture.

This last one is simply wheeled on top of a Naturals Ivory card stock panel and then mounted on an Old Olive card base and Old Olive patterned paper. Chocolate Chip grosgrain ribbon and corduroy button finish it off.

I know many of you own the Very Vintage wheel in your collection, perhaps this will inspire you to play with it :) Would you share with me what you create?

Thank you so much for stopping by today. Have a great day.

Hugs,

Liza

Recipe: (all by SU!)

Cardstock and paper: Old Olive, Kraft, Choco. Chip, Summer Sun, Rich Razzleberry, Lovely Lilac, The Write Stuff Specialty DSP

Stamp sets and wheel: Very Vintage wheel, A to Z, Dot dot dot, Vintage Labels, Thoughts and Prayers

Ink: Sahara Sand, Choco. Chip, Rich Razzleberry, Versamark, Very Vanilla craft

Tools: 1" circle, Scallop circle, lg. oval, scallop oval, scallop edge, eyelet border, scallop trim punches

Everything else: ribbon, buttons, linen thread

Best Wishes birdie

Hi there... How is your week so far? This paper from the Sweet Pea Stack DSP is so cute, I wanted to make it the card itself. There goes another version of the "sun" again from the Blossoms Party die and stamped sentiment. I paired the whole panel with a Lovely Lilac card base. I think it will be good for a baby card :)

Thanks for peeking in today.

Hugs,

Liza

Recipe: (all by SU! unless noted)

Cardstock and paper: Lovely Lilac, Pumpkin Pie, So Saffron, Sweet Pea DSP

Stamp sets: Vintage Labels, Dot dot dot

Ink: Sahara Sand, Choc. Chip

Tools: Big Shot machine, SU! Blossoms Party die, Perfect Polka Dot textured folders

Everything else: linen thread, button, Stampin' Dimensionals

Schoolbook quartet

Hello, friends... Here is a quartet of cards that I had made with this adorable vintage school themed paper. The images are so pretty, I don't want to cover it up. So, I dug up this transparent organza ribbon.

I used the negative star image after I punched the star tag on the previous card. I stamped it with Dot dot dot with Versamark for texture.

I found a pencil shaped button inside my button jar :) Glad to put it to good use. The rounded tab goes with the theme, too.

More buttons and organza ribbon.

Thank you for peeking today. Enjoy the rest of your day.

Hugs,

Liza

Recipe: (all by SU! unless noted)

Cardstock and paper: Crushed Curry, Old Olive, Naturals Ivory, Oct. Afternoon paper

Stamp sets: Vintage Labels

Ink: Basic Gray

Tools: Round Tab, Lg. Star, 1" circle punches

Everything else: buttons, organza ribbon from my stash, Stampin' Dimensionals

Best Wishes sunshine

Hi, friends... I discovered sometime ago that the SU! Blossom Party die's largest flower becomes a sun when you die cut it in orange or yellow. So, here is my version today on this card.

I had run it through the Big Shot machine with Perfect Polka Dot textured folders and added Dot dot dot background stamp on the circle center. Love that tree image, too...

Thank you for stopping by. Happy stamping to you.

Hugs,

Liza

Recipe: (all by SU!)

Cardstock and paper: Crushed Curry, Pumpkin Pie, Whisper White, Welcome Neighbor DSP

Stamp sets: Dot dot dot, Vintage Labels

Ink: Sahara Sand, Choc. Chip

Tools: Big Shot machine, Perfect Polka Dot texture folders, circle punch, Scallop edge punch

Everything else: Kraft corduroy button, twine, Stampin' Dimensionals

Birthday Home

Happy Easter and happy Sunday, everyone... I gave away all the cards in my stash so I need to build it up again :) Here are a couple that I made with the Welcome Neighbor DSP.

I added texture on the DSP by stamping the A to Z background on it. I aimed for a little "off stamping" because it was meant to just adding texture. The oval frame was Sahara Sand cardstock stamped with Sahara Sand ink.

The cards above was using left over panels from that DSP in this color combo: Sahara Sand, Bermuda Bay, Melon Mambo.

Thanks everyone for taking a peek.

Hugs,

Liza

Recipe: (all by SU! unless noted)

Card # 1

Cardstock and paper: Bermuda Bay, Sahara Sand, Welcome Neighbor DSP

Stamp sets: A to Z, Vintage Labels

Ink: Sahara Sand, Choc. Chip

Tools: Wide Oval, Scallop Edge punches

Everything else: brads, ribbon, dimensionals

Card #2

Cardstock and paper: Bermuda Bay, Welcome Neighbor DSP

Stamp set: Whimsical Words

Everything else: twine, brads

Curtain Call: Act 23

Good morning! I joined a new-to-me challenge today over at Stacey's blog here :) Very elegant colors and photo inspiration.

Here is my take, very simple, no layer kind of card. I stamped directly on the DSP and rounded the right hand bottom corner for a softer edge look.

Thank you for stopping by. Happy stamping to you.

Hugs,

Liza

Recipe: (all by SU!)

Cardstock and paper: Sweet Pea DSP, Kraft

Stamp sets: 5th Ave. Floral, Bella's Bloom

Ink: Basic Black, Sahara Sand

Tools: Corner rounder

Everything else: Basic Black grosgrain ribbon, Kraft corduroy button, linen thread

FTL84

Hello!! I missed the FTL84 last weekend as we were travelling but here it is. Card size is 5.25" x 5.25".

Thank you for stopping by. Happy stamping to you.

Hugs,

Liza

Recipe: (all by SU!)

Cardstock and paper: Sweet Pea DSP, Crushed Curry, Whisper White, Old Olive

Stamp sets: C is for Cat, Sweet (bird image), Teeny Tiny Wishes

Ink: Crushed Curry, Old Olive markers, Basic Black

Tools: circle punches, Scallop Edge punch, Word Window punch

Everything else: Old Olive ribbon, dimensionals

Easter Wishes

Good morning! We are back home again. The kids are back at school and I am in need of some last minute Easter cards. So here are real simple ones that I made last night. I am using the Eggcoutrement stamp set. That little bunny image fits the 1" circle punch.

I love that font "Easter Wishes", and this lovely DSP called Kaleidoscope. I just received it and I love the colorful patterns on those papers. I think it looks much better in real life than the small sample you see in the catalog.

Well, I am off to spend this Good Friday day off with family. I am wishing you all a Happy Easter.

Hugs,

Liza

Recipe (all by SU! unless noted):

Card # 1

Paper and cardstock: Tempting Turqoise, Whisper White, Melon Mambo, Pumpkin Pie, Welcome Neighbor DSP

Stamp: Egg-coutrement, All Holidays

Ink: Pumpkin Pie, Basic Gray

Tools: circle punches, scallop circle punch, Scallop edge punch, paper piercer.

Everything else: grosgrain ribbon from my stash, Stampin' Dimensionals

Card #2

Paper and cardstock: Rempting Turqoise, Pink Passion, Pumpkin Pie, Whisper White, Kaleidoscope DSP

Stamp sets: Eggcoutrement, All Holidays

Ink: Pumpkin Pie, Basic Gray

Tools: Scallop edge, XL fancy flower, circle punches

Everything else: ribbon, dimensionals