Pop up birthday and Thanks

Good afternoon everyone! Just wanted to share a few cards I made today. This was my first try at a pop up card. I used my owl punch and my woodgrain embossing folder. The layout of using the owls was part of the directions I followed. The rest was all free hand cutting and using up some scraps. I figured it fit the theme :)

My other card is just a fun card with SU picnic parade. I hadn't even inked this one up yet, so that was fun to try it out. Just something simple today..Thanks for looking!

Super Saturday Sketch #69

Hi everyone..

I hope everyone is enjoying their weekend thus far! I had a wonderful time crafting again today. I was in the mood for a mermaid today..The hardest part was choosing which one it should be! I used one of my Kraftin Kimmie stamps today. I love them, but just haven't been able to boost my inventory. I think if I could get one at a time would be great, but I can never choose! They are all too darn cute :)

For my paper I used a 6x6 paper pack from my minds eye called Stella Rose. Cut more seaweed with my cricut and used some of my Jolies embellishments. The cardstock is from stampin up, peach and night of navy. I just added a little sparkle to all the fins for fun. I even tried some red hair today..That was pretty new for me. It needs some work, but I like it!

I hope you love it..Enjoy your weekend everyone!

Happy Birthday Katie!

Can you believe it's been 11 days since I have posted? This is just crazy! First I was sick, then I had to catch up on a few leftover projects and now finally I had a free day to myself. Amazing feeling! I love being the PTA president at my daughter's school, but this is the busiest time of year and I am looking forward to when they get out to relax and enjoy the summer!

My fabulous daughter is turning 13 tomorrow. Yes, her golden birthday on Friday the 13th! I am sure it will be nothing but good luck and good wishes! I was happy to tie her birthday card in with my squiggle stamps design card! This was actually my first ever squiggle stamp and I use it all the time. I used it for christmas and now more birthday goodies! Its great when you can just chnage the colors to make it all brand new! If you want her for yourself, head on over to the squiggle stamps online store. Click here to get gifts galore or click here and just browse around and get lost in all of the fun designs!

I filled up my card with lots of extras..bling and layers and lots of embellishments..and added a bunch of glitter of course :)

Come on over to the squiggle stamps blog and find all of the amazing artwork the design team is coming up with. Pick up something new for yourself!

Have an amazing day everyone!

"Bone" jour

Found this little set sitting in the back of my pile of stamps..I love to find old thing! Sure makes saying hello to someone just that much more fun! Just a simple little layering design. Added just a little glitter and bow.

Enjoy!

Super Saturday Sketch #68

Happy Saturday everyone!
I hope everyone is having a nice weekend so far. We finally had weather in the 70's today. Dreary and windy, but I will take 70 over 30 any day of the week!
Today's sketch is using another image from Di's Digi downloads. She is called magic wish and you can get her here! When I bought her, I thought she would be perfect for many occasions. I added a few scrolls, bling, stickles and primas to finish it off. I hope you like my sketch this week and give it a try.
Enjoy the rest of the weekend everyone.

Have a splash!

Hey bloggers!

I so badly needed to make another beachy card today. It's just been one of those weeks and somehow when I make these cards it's almost like I can imagine me being at the beach and it really makes me feel better.

I can honestly tell you I had a lot of fun with this one. I just kept adding and adding to it. Every time I would think I was just about finished, I figured out something else I wanted to add.

It's a little hard to see but it's filled with lots of glitter and all the water has crystal effects on it to give it a shiny feel. My seashell and starfish are some cute new embellishments from jolies. I love them, but they are a little pricey so I will need to use them sparingly. My image is another digital today from Di's Digi downloads. This one is called "have a splash" and you can find her here!

I though she was perfect for my collection and of course she is mine for keeps now :)

I wish everyone a wonderful evening and a good rest of the week!

Relax and enjoy

Needed another guy birthday card..Put this one together today. Simple and to the point :)

Enjoy!

Stamp by Digi stamp boutique, It's part of their " Jim " collection. I couldn't find it on their site anymore to give you a link. Sorry. It might be retired :)

Seaside birthday

Good morning blogger friends!

I always have so much trouble coming up with any masculine birthday cards since I like to use pink so much! I was able to come up with this fun card with my favorite beach type of card :) I can't get enough of the upcoming summer season.

I love this card because it's actually simple and to the point. I love the scene and the view and really wish I could be there about now. I am so tired of cold and rain, I am wondering if summer will ever get here..I would like a little spring, but I will go right to summer if we could!

I used Stampin up night of navy and baha breeze. A little soft suede for the mat, sponged my clouds, and sea and sand and added just a little sparkle and white gel pen.

I hope everyone has a fabulous day..Enjoy!

Happy Easter basket

Happy Easter everyone!

I made this fun little Easter basket for you today. It's just a fun little project I thought would be great to fill this Easter morning with lots of goodies :) I used cardstock from Stampin up and pattern paper from DCWV. The darling stamp is from Pink Cat Studios and you can find her here!

Have a wonderful Easter everyone!

Super Saturday Sketch #67

Happy Saturday everyone!

I am very excited to bring you this sketch today! I started to put this card together a few days ago and really didn't know what I wanted to do with it. I really didn't like it much to be honest, so I just set it aside. I decided to take it out again today and see what I could come up with and I have to tell you..I love it! All I had was basically the base before and built it up from there. I added this darling Miss Evie in wonderland image from squiggle stamps and finished it with some flowers and a little sparkle. I really love how it turned out in the end, so I am thrilled I stuck with it. Plus I have such a fun sketch out of it that I will be using in the future because it used up a lot of the paper I was working with. No leftover scraps that way :)

I hope you enjoy it and get a chance to try the sketch. If you do..Please leave me a link so I can see what you came up with!

Hopefully I can fit an Easter goodies in tomorrow, but if not..Have a wonderful Easter holiday and may you find lots of golden eggs this year!

Friends!

Good morning happy crafters!

Once again it is my day at the squiggle stamps blog! I sure can't get enough of these super fabulous stamps! This is what I totally love about digital. You can play with them and build them together and manipulate them how you would like! I used two squiggle stamps today. The happy sun stamp and squirrel picnic. I took the happy sun and printed it a couple times and enlarged one of them to layer the clouds. I coloured with my copics, sponged the sky and added a little grass. Finished it off with some glitter and a sweet sentiment from stampin up.

Enjoy everyone and head on over to the squiggles blog and see some amazing work from the rest of the design team. And don't forget this months challenge to win yourself some sweet squiggle goodies!

Have a great day everyone!

Enjoy your day!

Hello everyone.

I was able to play in my happy place today and really had a good time with this one! I think the girl is a little big for the contrasting tree in the background, but personally, I wanted to add a little spring or summer today. It is so cold and icky and just needed a fun sunny day! Love this paper. I am just about out of it. I have one more little square left. I think I may have to grab another one next time I hit the scrapbook store :)

My stamp is from Di's digital designs. Love her! If you love her, come on over and pick her up here. I love all the fun designs! So cute and perfect style. Take a peek at all the fun goodies! Remember when you want to make a purchase, click on the labels on the side to find the right category. You will then find lots of goodies for sale..and a lot of great cards too! :)

I just added a hand cut tree and some punched out grass..a little bling to brighten it up and finished..A great spring surprise! Now maybe a little spring will come to us too!

Have a wonderful day everyone!

Card Recipe:

Stamps: Di's digi downloads "cousin carly"

Paper: Stampin up "night of navy"

Pattern Paper: "american crafts"

Ink: SU Wasabi and Navy

Copic Markers: E00,11,31,25,29 BG72,74,11,10 R20 YR00,02,04

Misc: Stickles, bling and grass punch

Friends and Birthdays

Good afternoon everyone!

Today was just a fun day to play with some random images. Sometimes it is nice to not have a plan when I sit down and see what my fingers turn out. The best part for me today is they turned out to be very different without even trying!

My images are from Mo's digital pencil, stampendous and Taylored expressions. Cardstock is stampin up daffodil, melon and baha blue. My pattern paper is from sizzix.

The inside of the shell card says "I love hearing from you"

I hope everyone had a great Monday! Tomorrow is a crazy day for me, I hope I get some good crafting time in!

Super Saturday Sketch #66

Good morning bloggers and happy Saturday!

I am thrilled to bring you today's sketch because it is the first time I have been able to post anything in a week. It felt good to get back into my crafting supplies and create :)

Today I am using up some supplies I had left from a swap I did last week. The paper is super cute paper from K&Co called Poppy seed and my stamp is "magnolia's Tilda and puppy" My sentiment stamp is just one of those cutie dollar stamps I tend to pick up..too many times! They are perfect for those smaller sentiments.

Coloured with copics BV00,02,08 / Rv21,23,25 / E00,11 / YR 24,21, and Y11. I added ribbon, primas and some punched out leaves. Can't forget the bling!

Here is the bonus card I was able to make using the same supplies. I am getting much better at using up my scraps while I still have them out. Hopefully I can dig into my scrap pile more often to use some of them up.

Have a wonderful weekend everyone!!! Hopefully I will get a lot more crafting in this week. I really want to try a few projects.

Card Recipe:

Stamps: Magnolia "Tilda and puppy"

Paper: Stampin up "Perfect Plum" "regal Rose" "soft Suede"

Pattern Paper: K&Co. Poppy seed

Ink: Momento black

Misc:Primas, stickles, bling misc ribbon and punches

Squiggles cupcake

Hello everyone! One more day til the weekend!!!! I am so excited it's Thursday for two reasons..One, it's one day closer to Friday and two, it's my day to post over at the squiggles blog!

Today I am using one of the new orange bird studio designs "candle cupcake".

I must say I am very excited about the whole new set of digis. I wanted to play around with the new cupcake stamp because this month Squiggle Stamps is running their challenge with anything cake! How yummy is that! Your chance to win some free goodies from the squiggle stamps store.

My paper is from a 6x6 paper pack from Bo Bunny ad lib collection. I also used stampin up baha breeze, wasabi and daffodil. Can you believe I finally made a card without any main pink :) I did manage to fit some on with the sprinkles! If you get a chance, come on over to the squiggle stamps blog and try your hand at one of the challenges or just look at all the eye candy submitted by the fabulous design team!

Have a wonderful day everyone!

Baby onsie cards

Hi everyone. I everyone is having an enjoyable week thus far! I have been having fun creating these cute little onsie cards for a friend of mine. She needed some baby cards for her collection and I thought these were fun little boy cards to keep on hand. They are too cute! The striped card is just made with some DCWV paper and added a little pre-made sailboat embelishment. The white one is from a stampin up set bundle of joy. I hope you like them..I will leave a quick tutorial below just in case you would like to try one for yourself. I hope they are clear enough.

1. Trim cardstock tfor card 4 1/4 x 11

2. Score at 5 1/2 to make card

3. Punch with 1 3/8 punch half circle for collar

4. Measure down from top on each side 1 3/4 inches (mark)

5. Measure across from previous mark 3/4 inches (mark)

6. Trim with scissors or craft knife from inside mark to bottom corner of card. (both sides)

7. Using 1 3/8 punch, make leg holes (trim a little off bottom to make crotch even)

8. cut from cardstock 3 circles with 1 3/8 inch punch

9. using scallop circle punch, punch around circle cutouts to make scallop trim (3 times)

10. adhere trim to collar and leg holes and trim excess

11. trim 2 pieces 1 3/4 by 1/2 inch and adhere to arm bands.

12. decorate as you wish.

I hope this makes sense :)

Cupcakes, friends and baby girls!

Just a couple fun cards I made today.

Flower (stampin up bold blossom)

Cupcake (create a cupcake from stampin up)

Baby (Phindy;s place hush a bye)

Super Saturday Sketch #65

Happy Saturday everyone!

Today's sketch is filled with a bunch of layers again. This darling stamp is from Stampin up and I just got it last week. It's called "kimono kids" and I knew it was a must play with right away :) I was placing just a regular paper order and browsing through the catalog..Don't know how I missed it, but now it's mine!!!

My paper is a DCWV mat stack called far east. I love paper stacks for smaller cards. They fit just perfect and all of them coordinate with each other so I don't have to dig for matching papers! I just added some scrap ribbon and a few little touches of bling to finish it off. Super easy today!

Have a wonderful weekend everyone and as always, I would love to see your take on the sketch if you get to try it.

Window to the world

Good morning everyone. I wanted to share a fun card I made this weekend. This one was lot of fun to make. A little timely, but the effort was well worth it when I finished :)

I used a Stampin Up set called "window dressing". It's actually the first time I have even used it..Very sad..It was sitting in the back of the pile not even mounted yet! I am so happy I came across it though..I loved playing with it!

For my background I scored the brick lines then sanded the cardstock to make the white show through. My fence is a Martha Stewart punch and fiskars grass punch. I coloured at cut my windows out and added some extra shutters for a 3D look. My flower pot is just a dimensional sticker I had in my stash!

Card Recipe:

Stamps: Stampin UP "window dressing" Paper: SU "brocade blue" "wild wasabi" DCWV light brown and various brown scraps

Ink: Momento Black

Copic Markers: W1,3,5,7 R35,32,20 E00,11,44,42,41 Y15,17

Misc: Jolee's and punches

Super Saturday Sketch #64

Hi everyone. Welcome to this weeks Super Saturday Sketch!

I missed last week since I was away, so I will add another sketch maybe later if I get a chance so we can have two sketches this week :)

I have quite a few layers to this card. I use some basic grey papers and a stampin up set vases in vogue. The cardstock is Stampin up pretty in pink and cool Caribbean..so sad.. I am running out of this retired color :( only a few pieces left! I used a Martha Stewart border punch and added some bling to finish it off.

Bonus cards..With my scraps I made these two other cards below. Just some fun simple cards with the same supplies :) This first one is a window and the image is on the inside of the card..It's just hard to see :) The second I use a take on this weeks sketch.

Life is the song

Hello everyone! Long time no craft!

It's spring break here at the Pielmeier house, so between day trips and long weekends in the city, there hasn't been much time for crafting. Today was going to be that day, but somehow it turned into another day that just ran out of time.

I do have a couple of cards I was able to finish today.

The first one is a cutie pie stamp by Di's Digi Downloads. I actually kept the card pretty simple by adding some pretty papers and some photo corners. Just a touch of bling but not too much :) I know..not too much? That is odd for me!

My second card today is my Design Team card over at squiggle stamps blog! I posted another project using this stamp just a few weeks ago, but It's too darn cute not to play with it again. I actually went of of my usual colour category and tried to make it just a little different! If you love the stamp, head on over to the squigggle stamps online store and grab one for yourself. they have it in both digi and rubber! And don't forget..your chance to win some free goodies by doing the March spring challenge.

I hope you enjoyed my projects today. Hopefully tomorrow, I can get crackin on a few new ideas I have been wanting to try :)

Easter Wishes :)

TGIF!!!!!

I am so glad it's Friday! I haven't been able to craft the last few days because I have been busy doing a little organization. I still have a long way to go, but I have been doing a little each day. I have started with organizing all of my ribbon which has been a chore all of it's own :) I have been winding it on floss bobbins and putting them in storage containers so I can see everything at a glance. I still have a lot of winding to do, and color coordinate them when I am finished. I am going to be thrilled when I can see everything all at once instead of trying to dig for the right ribbon.

As for my card today..I thought I would make a fun little Easter card. I figured we are done with St Patty's day, so we needed to move on to the next holiday. Plus I couldn't resist this cutie of a stamp from pink cat studio called "Easter Lily". Isn't that just the cutest name to go along with the cutie stamp? You can get one for yourself if you just click here for the pink cat studio store!

My papers are some of my scraps I had from last week..still doing good there..and I just added a few little Easter egg stickers I had in my stash..They may be a little big proportionately, but I thought they were still too cute anyway!

Well, enjoy the card and I wish everyone a safe and happy weekend!

Scrappy day

Hi everyone..

Today's goal was to use up some of my scraps..Actually I think it is my goal for the rest of the week. I just have so many piling up and really need to get to them before it really gets out of hand. If I would just learn to stop making one card at a time, that would help, but some days just get so interrupted, that is all I have time for :( I need a happy scrappy day to just sit and play with all the scraps!

I pulled out some of my oldies for these two projects. Both are from Stampin up "a good egg" and "girlfriends". I just have a few little pieces of these papers left..I wonder if I can try to get another one out of it :)

I hope everyone had a wonderful day and has an even better evening!

The little things

Hi everyone..
The weekend has come and gone in a jiffy once again. Good thing another one will come in just a few more days!

My card today is just a fun little card with some scraps and one of my Squiggle digis called squirrel picnic..aren't they cute just sitting and enjoying what must be some nice quality time together.

If you like this stamp, you can pick it up at the squiggle stamps store. Your choice..rubber or digital..Just click here to get yours. I just finished it off with a little sentiment from Stampin up.. and added a little bow. It was nice to play today even if it was only for a little while.

Have a good evening everyone!

Super Saturday Sketch #63

Hi everyone..

Just wanted to share this weeks sketch with you. I just had to use another summer image today. My image is from squiggle stamps and my papers are DCWV.

Have a wonderful rest of the weekend everyone!

Seaside birthday

TGIF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I need say no less! I am so happy it's finally the weekend! I hope everyone will make it the best ever!

My card today is kind of a wish of mine. I wish I could be this guy sitting on the dock listening to the seagulls and smelling the wonderful smells of the ocean..yup..I love that smell and have to say, I really miss it sooooo much! Someday I will get back to the beach, not sure when, but some day!

The stamp I used today is from CC Designs called "Sailor Trevor" and I also used the "dock" digi and merged them. If you are interested, you can grab them here at the all that scraps online store.

My cardstock is from Stampin Up "marina mist" and "soft suede" and my pattern paper is some older paper I had from Rob and Bob. I colored it all with my copics and added some distressed stickles and some crystal effects on the water to give a glossy look.

Enjoy the card everyone and best wishes for a safe and fabulous weekend!

Friends are flowers!

Hello everyone!

I hope everyone is seeing spring fall into their neighborhoods or maybe just a few signs to see the hope coming? Its still a little cold here, but each day brings us closer to those 100* days in the summer :)

It's Thursday so that means it's my turn to post for the Squiggles Blog! They are having a special spring contest, so I figured I just had to push spring along a little. My stamp..Yes..isn't she cute..is called "Sunny flower girl" You can pick it up here in rubber and here in digital if you need some instant gratification!

My paper is some sweet spring paper I picked up recently from American Crafts. My cardstock Is from Stampin Up..turquoise and daffodil, and I have added some ribbon also from Stampin Up. My quote is just computer generated.

I hope you get a chance to come check out all the squiggle fun on the squiggle's Blog and try for your chance to win free stamps!!!!

Get all the information by clicking here!

Have a wonderful day everyone!

Super Saturday Sketch #62

Happy Saturday!

Today's addition to the super Saturday sketch has lots of layer! I had a lot of fun playing with some paper I had stashed on the bottom of a pile. I couldn't decide which one to use, so I just decided to use a few different patterns..I just love paper :)

My image is from CC Designs called "nurse Nora" I decided to color her in non traditional nurse colors just for fun! I added some ribbon, silk flowers and a touch of sparkle all around. I hope you get a chance to try the sketch this week, as always if you do, leave me a link so I can see what you have come up with!

Have a great day everyone!

Bubbles and birthdays!

Hi everyone and VERY happy Friday to all of you!

I couldn't be more thrilled that it is Friday today. This weeks has just been one of those weeks! I was so happy to sit down and just play and have fun making something different.

My first card is made with some new paper I picked up yesterday from "my minds eye". It's from a 6x6 paper stack from the Stella Rose collection. It was finally the perfect size paper pack so I don't have too many scraps leftover! May I also add double sided... score!

My stamp is an old stamp I had of those adorable changito monkeys..I don't know what it is, but I can never get enough of them :) I added some fun little rain bling just to finish off my card.

My second card is an easel card. I decided I wanted to try a scalloped circle easel this time. Once we moved passed all of the work on the image, it was actually quite simple to make. Even shocked myself! The image itself is one of CC Designs and she is called "cupcake Kiki" I added my sentiment to the inside middle for the base holder and punched a cutie cupcake...all decked out with glitter of course! I have no idea what paper it is..just one of those paper mat stacks..the cover fell off so long ago, but I am guessing it's DCWV. I just realized today those are the perfect size stacks to fit the large scallop..bonus for me..It only took a few years.

Well I wish everyone a happy and safe weekend and hope you can make it back tomorrow for the next super Saturday sketch!

Flower girl birthday

Hi everyone..

It's been a few days since I have been able to get any craft time in. It's just been one of those weeks when you need to take care of everything and it takes up the whole day! Today, I was finally able to sit down and make this fun card for all of you.

I used another super fab stamp from Squiggle Stamps. She is called "Miss Ruby Roses" Just click on the link and get one for yourself if you like her! I figured with the skull and cross bones in her hair, I had to make her all rock star princess! I really need to get some bold color papers though. This was some leftover Valentine scraps I had. I realized..I have a lot of pastels in my house! Maybe another shopping trip and think outside the box while I am there. I am sure there are many papers I have just walked passed not even realizing I would love them too!

Just a few primas and stickles finished off my card today.

Enjoy and I hope you feel inspired to try something new today!

Card Recipe:

Stamps: Squiggle Stamps Miss Riby Roses

Paper: Stampin Up Black ,Melon Mambo

Pattern Paper: Scraps..Bo Bunny

Ink: Momento Black

Copic Markers: R20,21,23,25, 81,83,85 T3,5,7 YR23 Y23 E00,11,35,31

Misc:Primas, stickles, Dazzling diamonds glitter