remember this.

Hey all. Just stopping by with another card post. This one, once again, uses K&Company die cuts. That little package of them that I purchased at Michael's has given me so many cards! I love that I can get such variety out of them.

Did you know that 'souvenir' means 'to remember' in French? I was thinking about that as I was writing this blog post. I want to remember every little detail about my baby. He's already 3 and a half weeks old! Already starting to look like an infant and not a newborn. I want to remember these times. And cherish them. I think I'll make a baby book as a souvenir of this time! :)

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AE

air mail.

Hey all! Let's get right to the card.

This is one I created again using up the K&Company die cuts. Just simply attached them to my patterned paper and stitched in place. I added the sentiment with pop dots for some dimension.

I like how this turned out. And the color scheme. It seems vintage and patriotic all at the same time.

Hope everyone has a great weekend.

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AE

soaring by.

Hello, people! Hope everyone had a fantastic weekend. Mine went by much too quickly, of course!

Here's a card that I created a very long time ago and just never got around to posting it.

I still am not in love with it. It was my first use of Bird Watching Additions from PTI. But it's cute enough.

I really do have way too many cards just sitting around my craft cave. I need to start mailing out a few every couple days or so just to get through the whole bunch!

Well, hope everyone has a great start to the week!

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AE

told you there were more...

Hello again! Here is that card I promised. It's one of the bajillion that I made with this layout. But it will be the last one that I post here. Promise!

I really like these colors together. One of the papers is October Afternoon, one is PTI, and the other two are just from my scrap bag. It's so full.... I need to find another layout that will use up some of those scraps!

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AE

another post? so soon?!

Yes! I AM back with another post and no, it hasn't been a whole month since the last post! Shocking, yes, I know! :)

This is a super quick card that is a great way to use up those scraps! I was inspired by a card in the holiday issue of Papercrafts. Then put my own spin on it and here it is!

I think I've made a bajillion of these in different colors and with different sentiments. I'm sure I'll be posting more soon! :)

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AE

Halloweenie Time!

Hey everyone! I've been such a bad blogger lately. Life has been crazy and busy, as I'm sure everyone can relate to! Here are just a few of the bazillion different Halloween cards I made.

I just love Halloween and Autumn and all things orange! Haha :)

Each card is just a little bit different. But they were so quick and easy to make! I cheated and got a patterned paper from my local scrapbooking store that had all these cute little circle images on it. I just cut them all out and made little tags.

The tags I adhered to the card fronts on top of some other fun patterned papers. Just embellished each a teensy bit differently and VIOLA! All done!

Hope you all are in a fun Halloween kind of mood now! Let's eat candy! :)

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AE

christmas in sept.

Hello, blog world! Here are two Christmas cards that were publishing rejects:

This first one is very simple. Heat embossing on Scarlet Jewel cardstock and some simple half circles sewn on the side. Not my favorite so no biggie that it didn't make the cut.

This second one though I really like. The colors are fun and different for a Christmas card. That patterned paper is from October Afternoon's Thrift Shop line. (Still in love with that whole line!) The stamp is a wooden one and it took many, many tries to get it lined up perfectly. I love the impression rubber gives but clear stamps are SO much easier to line up!

That's all I have for today. Hope everyone had a safe and fun Labor Day! Onto the rest of the month!

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AE

thinking of you.

Here's one of my new favorite color combos. It's Scarlet Jewel, yellow, gray and teal. Sounds random, I know, but I just love how it all came together on this card. The patterned paper is October Afternoon and I stitched a border around it after I stamped the flourish in black on the left side. The frame and sentiment is PTI's Fillable Frames. My favorite one!

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AE

happy day.

Today's a happy day for me. So I figured I'd share this happy card with you.

The stamps are from Papertrey and are heat embossed. It looks gorgeous in person. That cute patterned paper is from My Mind's Eye. Added some sewing for an extra detail.

I like that this card packs a punch but is still pretty flat for mailing.

That's it for me today. Short and sweet.

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AE

today.

Well it's not often that I make a card that I don't want to give away. Today's card is one of those. I am in absolute LOVE with this card and almost can't bear to part with it! Haha!

The patterned papers are all very cute and coordinated. There is simple sewing on the edges. I scalloped some pieces and rounded other corners. Then of course a vintage book print embellishment-- awesome! :) The circle was cut out with my Cricut and the faded image was stamped with Versamark and the sentiment on top of that. That font is just perfect!

Hope you've all enjoyed this card as much as I have. I'll be getting in the mail asap and off to a new special home!

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AE

all my love.

Hello again! Here are two very simple cards that I made on Sunday. They both use the same layout and I just changed up the colors a bit for the second one.

I can't remember where this great stamp is from, since I've had it for quite a while.

Have a great day!

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AE

picture fest.

It's been a little while but I sure do have enough pictures to make up for it!

They all use the same layout; I just changed up the colors a little bit. And trust me... there are even more but I didn't want to bore you with a bunch of pictures of the same thing! (Five is enough as it is!) :)

Pretty simple instuctions: cut cardstock, score cardstock, cut circles, adhere circles, stitch circles, stamp sentiment, emboss.

The last one and the first one are my favorites. Hope you're week is going well!

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AE

poppy seed challenge.

Hello again! I completed this card for Lisa Johnson's Poppy Seed Challenge #2. The rules are really simple: she gives you a few requirements and you add them into your project anyway you want. How easy is that?! This challenge was to use moss green, polka dots, and buttons.

I enjoyed playing along and hope to create a few more before the challenge deadline. I love the creativity this challenge allows... every entry is so different!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

AE

Not Quite Monochromatic

Here's a 4x4 card that I made recently that again uses my sewing machine.

My (amazing!) machine does this decorative stitching without much assistance from me. I used white thread on white cardstock and was going to go with a monochromatic theme but then changed my mind.

I like the pop of pink and black on this card front. This was super easy to make and I think I'll be making more cards similar to this. I whipped this little baby out in under 5 minutes. Definitely a quickie card!

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AE

Patchwork Valentine

Can you tell that I've been practicing with my sewing machine?! Haha. I love the look of stitching on cards but I still need to get the hang of it. I like how this card turned out though.

The patchwork of coordinating papers is fun and then the pop of spring moss green makes it an unexpected valentine card. I'm sure that I'll be making more of these and just changing the colors up for the season or whatever.

This is a little 4x4 sized card. I hope you like it!

Hopefully I'll be able to post pretty regularly now that we have a brand new computer! It's been tons of fun playing with all the new elements of our mac... I think I'm in love with iphoto!

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AE