Did somebody say ballet?

Would you believe this is from the stocking punch???  I saw the idea on Jackie Topa's blog--she's so creative!  Who woulda thunk?

I punched the legs in Pink Piroheutte and again in white and trimmed the white to make a ballet slipper (hint: I made one as a template and used it over and over...the body/shirt is a scallop circle (the larger one) with a little tulle skirt made from 2 large scallop Big Shot dies folded in half and scrunched and sewed together...a little pink bow tops it off....


I think I am going to make these for our Ballet Brunch at my kids' dance school as pins, but they would easily fit on a card  (maybe one with a dance bar, wood floor and a mirror???) Hhhhmmmmm.....

Quick Thanksgiving card

Needed a Thanksgiving card real fast, so I went back to my layouts and came up with this card...there are some very subtle leaves stamped on the bottom half of the card...


Pumpkin Pie, Crumb Cake, Early Expresso, Confetti Cream

Baja Breeze engagement

My friend, Kim, also asked me for an engagement card....since I made this one already and loved it, I thought I'd pull it out again...this time, however, I made it in a square size instead of a regular A2 size...

It is really so simple and stunning (and easy!)

Fishing birthday

My friend, Kim, asked me to make  card for her husband's birthday, who likes to fish...I do not own any mature stamp sets--gotta get some!...so here's what I came up with (and he liked it!)


I painted the fish scales with some Crystal Effects...the sentiment is actually printed from the computer since I don't own a stamp that was simple and would fit into a circle punch...the background is stamped with the Fishy Friends matching wheel...don't you just love the layout, too?



Lucky Limeade, Tempting Turquoise, Pacific Point

That' usin' your noggin'!

I've been helping out my kids' dance studio get ready for their upcoming Holiday Show-cutting felt 'candlestick wax drips', hot gluing hats, etc... the director asked me to burn the edges of some tulle ballet skirts to prevent further fraying....I started out with one of those BBQ lighters and soon realized that tulle is extremely flamable!

After trying a hair dryer and a curling iron, and then almost moving onto a hair flat iron, I realized that I could use my embossing heat gun!  It worked like a charm!!!! And no flames!  See...all that stuff I have for stamping does come in handy....I'll have to remember that excuse when my hubby sees my next order come for the UPS guy!

I knew I forgot to post this one!

Sorry so blurry!

I had a request for a Monsters High girly birthday card...I barely knew what these dolls looked like!  So I just Googled some images, printed them up and put a card together!  The eyes and bow of the skeleton are actually popped up for dimension....luckily Melon Mambo is the color of the one doll that the birthday girl was getting....

Love and Layout

I wanted to make a card for my wonderful hubby...and couldn't resist this layout...it was a Splitcoaststampers weekly layout challenge...


You can hardly see it, but I stamped some hearts on the bottom half of the card in River Rock ink...don't you just love rounded corners?

Bravo Burgandy, Baja Breeze, River Rock (combo taken from Color Coach)