Thanks So Much

How do you get yourself to use what you have and not hoard it all? I finally cut opened this scrapbook kit from Close To My Heart. I think it was called Emporium? They make the most fabulous kits, fun clear stamps and stickers to coordinate. Now if I can get over my fear of scrapbooking! lol
I linked this card to The Sweetest Thing and CR84FN.

Valentine Please Be Mine

Here's a Valentine's day card, envelope, gift bag and candy wrapper that was all made with the Black Damask tape from Tapeswell. I made the gift bag with the Fancy Favor Stampin' Up! Bigz Xl Die. If you check out Tapeswell's blog  you will see these posted there. I have gotten a little bit better at photographing my projects, but have so much more to learn. You will be able to see how beautifully Eileen displayed and photographed everything. I am entering this in JUGS spotlight challenge. Notice how the red heart is lined up with the damask pattern.

Come home with me, please

I am in love with this table. I love the fat pedestal. I love the tobacco finish.

It is from Paula Deen Home. I am swooning!

Dinosaur

I used my dinosaur to make a set of pot holders to enter the Prudent Baby sewing contest. I have a Singer that is easily 20 years old. I think I paid $20 for it last year. I wanted one for the longest time. Mostly to do stitching on cards. Isn't the red and white towel fabulous! I think I better stick to cards. lol

Happy Valentine's Day

Tapeswell has a new Red Damask pattern that I'm so in love with! I can't decide if I like it best on white, pink or red. Don't ya just love the pink wrinkled seam binding ribbon with the giant rhinestone brad. I had my first post on Tapeswell's Blog today! Whooo Hooo! So exciting! I give some details there on how I made the Valentine's Day cards. I added these to Do You Stack Up and  Making The World Cuter and Passionately Artistic Blogs.

Home Before And After

Today I thought I would show you some before & after pictures of some home improvement projects my husband Chad & I have completed. Thank you Chad! In know some of the projects (like the shower) I'll never be able to talk you into doing them again. I appreciate your skills kid :) lol

As you can see from this picture of our backyard it's nice and flat with no grass.

Our deck is now the entire length of the back of the house. On the far left we have a fireplace and a bar. The hot tub is sunk down into the deck, you can see the rust colored cover peaking up through it. The next area is open to lay out and relax. Then Chad's giant stainless steel grill. On the far right you can dine under the pergola. Chad hooked up the stereo system to play outside. We love to cool the hot tub down in the summer and listen to Bob Marley. It reminds me of a vacation in Rivera Maya Mexico.

Ah look at that lush green lawn. I'm anxious for spring. This picture shows the fort Chad built for Parker. Please ignore my poor landscaping around my fountain. lol

This was my first Mother's Day present. I'm glad I won the fight to make the shape round :)

It was so amazing to find out how much space was wasted by having a fiberglass shower stall.

You can get an idea how small it is next to the tub.

I can't imagine life without the shower now! We gained about four square feet in the same space. I bought the travertine 1 x 1 tiles a good year before talking Chad into helping me tackle this project.

Here's boring beige. Beige walls, beige carpet and beige-gray fireplace. Brass/goldtone ceiling fan. Really?

I used Walnut and Oak waterbased stains to change the look of the fireplace. Um yeah, after I started on the fireplace I thought "what was I thinking? This thing is huge." The fireplace looks so much warmer and natural now. I just love the orange walls with the hardwood flooring. And now the house feels so much cleaner without the carpet.

Fairytale

I used Vintage White Lace from Tapeswell over Papertrey Ink's Aqua Mist  cardstock. The sentiment is Beth Silaika's tag I used for Papertrey Ink's Download Challenge. I think this sentiment is perfect for weddings and anniversaries. I love that the Vintage White Lace is on clear tape. It will be so easy to make a card to match wedding colors.

Papertrey Ink Download Challenge

I made this Happy Birthday card for Papertrey Ink's Download Challenge. I decided to use both Nichole Heady's Happy Birthday To You tag and Dawn McVey's pattern tag. I started with a kraft cardstock base then covered it with  Venetian Decorative Tape from Tapeswell. If you look closely you can see I used foam tape to lift up the Happy Birthday tag and layered it over the patterned tag. I think all the circles and the color pop of turquoise is so fun. This challenge is for a chance at becoming the next Papertrey Guest Stamp Designer! How exciting!

With Love

I think this Valentine's Day is a bit sexy with the red and black. I made this card with Black Lace and Black Damask tape from Tapeswell. I just love how easy it is to take their tapes and put onto cardstock to create "my own" designer paper. This was the first time I tried the paper rolled roses technique. I love the red bling I put in their centers. I've had the Cherub stamp for so long now that I can't remember who made it.

I have entered this card in a few challenges today...

Simon Says Stamp And Show, Papercraft Star, Simon Says Stamp, Passionately Artistic, Do You Stack Up, Marks Finest Papers, PaperTake Weekly andMoxie Fab World.

Did you hear the news?

I am so extremely excited to say that I have been invited to become a member of the Tapeswell Team! Whooo Hooo!
It is so thrilling to be asked to make crafts for such a terrific company. I truly love their products and look forward to be "Stickin' with Tapeswell"  ;)
Here's the link to the announcement. You can see some of the things I made with the new Red Damask tape. Swoon! On their  blog.tapeswell.com there are details on how I decorated Homemade Valentine's Day boxes. Soon details will be posted on how to make the "ribbon".
Please check them out on  Facebook, their blog, YouTube, and Twitter as today is the last day to suggest a new pattern and possibly win a $20 gift certificate! You will not believe just how much you can do with just one roll!