Where oh where did I go?

Hi all!  So sorry I have been absent.  Work has been really busy, and I have been hard at work making cards.  Here are some cards I just made.  I recently purchased my very first Copic markers and aside from being intimidated by these little markers, they are really fun.  I stamped this Santa image below and colored it in using R29-Lipstick Red, I colored in Santa's suit.  I tried blending multiple colors, but that didn't work out so well, so I just stuck with the solids for now.  Didn't he turn out cute!
 

I ran my mat through the Cuttlebug with the Swiss Dots folder.  I was going for the whole "Santa Suit" effect and thought the dots gave the paper a fabric feel, and then of course his black belt which was just a 1" strip of black cardstock.  For a little bling, I added Stardust stickles to his pom pom and used a gold pen to color in the package he is holding.  Just love it!!

My next card I just LOVE!  I stamped the tree with the Trimming Tree Trio stamp set from Papertrey Ink with Versamark and embossed it with Pearlescent embossing powder.  Then I took my blending sponge and added a cloudy effect of Jenni Bowlin's Stick Candy ink around the tree.  Since the tree is embossed, it resists the ink.  Doesn't this just look so elegant....

The sentiment is from the Trimming Tree Trio as well.

And for my last card, my little snowmen.  I just love how cute these turned out and they were so simple to make.  I actually took the snowman image from my clip art and then matted it in the center of my card.  I rand the white mat through my cuttlebug with the snowflake folder and then put that onto a red cardbase.  This is certainly a good one to keep in the pile for making multiples. 

Hope you all have a GREAT DAY!

Happy Birthday Baby Girl

Happy 10/10 everyone. I don't have a picture or card to showcase today, but I did want to send a big birthday shout out to my oldest Elizabeth. Today she turned 11 and I truly can't believe it. It seems like just yesterday we were bringing her home from the hospital.

I think she had a pretty awesome b-day. We let her invite a couple of friends over for a sleepover and shopping mall scavenger hunt. Although I was completely exhausted by the end of the night I over heard the girls saying that it was the best birthday party they had ever been to, so my exhaustion was well worth it.

Tonight we took her out for a birthday dinner and swung by the local starbucks for some birthday cake pops. Now its off to bed and getting ready for school and work. I wish every weekend could be a 3 day weekend ;o).

So as I said in the beginning...happy 10/10 everyone and sleep tight!

Announcing the Grand Opening of B Girl Designs!

Hi there blogger friends!  I am so excited to tell you about a new adventure in my life.  I have formed and opened "B Girl Designs" (www.bgirlsdesigns.blogspot.com).  B Girl was created to offer quality hand crafted greeting cards.  The business originally started when a co-worker asked me to make a card to send to the son of a fellow employee who had been deployed to Iraq.  I thought sure, that would be fun and sending a little love to someone so far away from his family is totally worth it.  Little did I know that that simple card would spur multiple requests from fellow co-workers to make cards.  I am now knee deep in Holiday creations and loving every minute.  Here is a sampling of some of the card products I am offering on my site.

All the B Girl products are hand crafted and stamped using high quality cardstock (110lb), ink, stamps and embellishments.  We offer a variety of products such as announcements, birthday cards, get well and thinking of you cards as well as a number of other sentiments.  Please help spread the word to your family and friends and stop by often to see what new.  You can find us at www.bgirlsdesigns.blogspot.com.  

Thanks for coming by!

Hello October 1st

Hi blogger friends, I can't believe it has been so long since I posted.  I apologize, life has just been a little crazy the last week and a half.  My entire house was swarmed by a nasty cold that we are all finally starting to recover from.  My poor mother had pneumonia and this week has really been tough to do anything but worry about her.  A quick little shout out to my sister who had knee surgery on Thursday and to Baba for taking such good care of her!  Love you guys!


I don't have a card to post today although I did recently finish a few thank you cards, a couple of birthday invitations for my daughter's sleepover party, and some cute little Halloween cards.  I will work to get those pictures loaded for you guys. 

I can't believe I am saying this, but I will start dedicating my crafting time to making Christmas Cards.  We just finished September, haven't even hit Halloween yet, and I am already full force into Christmas?  Yep, that's right...I have over 100 cards to make for family and friends and if I don't get started now, I will never get them done in time.  I am also working on something behind the scenes that I hope to share with all of you in the near future.

Anyway, enough rambling today, I hope you all have a fabulous weekend and thanks for stopping by.  See you soon!

Cindy