Mother's Day

Happy Mother's Day to all the moms out there!

I have a couple cards to share with you.  The first one is the one I made for my eldest daughter.  I absolutely love the way it turned out.  I decided to add this to the Simon Says Stamp weekly Monday challenge also.  This week was Ombre.  Who doesn't love ombre!?

For the first one I used my Silhouette Cameo to cut out the word "Daughter".
On the background I stamped a really fine detail design.  It has some wispy lines with butterflies.  It is an old stamp but any fine detail, not too busy stamp will work.  I then embossed it with clear powder.  I then used abandoned coral Distress Oxide and blend it on the background working from the bottom and fading out to the top.
The stamp set is Friendly Florals from Neat & Tangled.  I love all the images in this one.  To finish it off I added some sparkle with Nuvo aqua Shimmer Pen.  Gotta have that sparkle.  Popped up the panel with some 3M foam take, added some rhinestones and gold enamel dots and it was done.

Close up

The other card for today is the one I made for my mom.  This one was a little more work. I saw one that I believe was from the MFT blog.  It was a tri-fold that fit together around each other.  I figured what better than making a wreath that did that.  It has to be done just right to close it though so a bit of a hassle but so worth it haha.

This stamp set is same as the previous card.  I just can't get enough of it. I water colored this one though.  I use my Canson watercolor paper and my Prima watercolors.  I love the way it turned out.  Used a little bit of shimmer pen and some glossy accents on the flowers and added a couple rhinestones to finish it off.

This photo shows how it opens up.

Inside (lol I just had to do it)

Also playing along with:

http://paruscardmakingchallenges.blogspot.in/2018/05/may-2018-challenge.html

http://watercoolerchallenges.blogspot.in/2018/05/wwc169-charlottes-all-about-occasions.html

Supplies

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Distress Oxide Inks - Scrapbook.com, Createforless.com, Scrapbookpal.com

Ranger Blending Tool - Scrapbook.com, CreateforLess.com, Scrapbookpal.com

TouchNew Markers - Ali Express

Glossy Accents - Scrapbook.com  CreateforLess  Scrapbookpal.com 

Prima Water Color - Scrapbook.com

Nuvo Aqua Shimmer Pen Scrapbook.com Scrapbookpal.com Tonic Studios

Some past cards

I just wanted to share some past cards I have made.  I hadn't done a lot of crafting for quite a while and then decided to get things going again.  The pictures aren't great because I was just snapping photos just for me and not for a blog :)

Hope you enjoy.


This is a card I made for my brother-in-laws birthday.  I used distress inks for the background and Silhouette images for the other items.  I can't remember the stamp set used though.

This next one is a card I made for a baby shower.  I found the image on Pinterest.  I couldn't ever find who created it though.  If you know please comment below so I can give credit.  I used my Prima watercolors to paint the image.  Love how this one turned out.

This one is one I made for my son-in-law's birthday.  He likes dragons so I went with this image from How to Train Your Dragon.  Love that show.  I also found this one online and was not able to track down the artist.  Very good image.  I used my TouchNew alcohol markers to color it.  

This one is an anniversary gift for my son and daughter-in-law.  I used my Silhouette to trace the image and cut it out.  I think it is super cute.

This is just a little St. Patrick's Day decoration I made.  It is a Snap Dragon Snippets design I got from the Silhouette store.  Design id #75648

I made this shaker tag for my for my soon to be neice-in-law.  I made her a wreath with these flowers for her bridal shower gift and used some of the leftover flowers for the tag.  I think it is beautiful.

The tag was a basic on from Silhouette Design Store.  The flower is also from Silhouette Design Store.  Rolled Rosette Design ID #178393.  I will have a tutorial on the wreath in the next few days.

Last but not least are my Easter cards I made for my kids.  The stamp set is Ewe are Awesome from  Clearly Besotted.  I cut the words with my Silhouette.  That was not so much fun trying to cut such thin letters.  I wish I had a die for that haha.

I hope you enjoyed looking at my past creations and look forward to have you enjoy my future creations!

Merry Christmas

I hope everyone had a very Merry Christmas. I love it because we got SNOW! What more could you ask for. All my kids were here and my sweet little grandson.
I finally got something I have been wanting for a while now. I ask Santa ad he said yes....a Silhouette Cameo! Yay!!!  Now I just need to figure out how it all works. Then my brother got me a wide format printer. I couldn't believe it. How awesome is he! It prints 12x12 which means I can print on the scrapbook paper then run it through the Cameo.
I did lots and LOTS of baking this year. Banana bread, pumpkin roll, caramel popcorn, and of course monkey bread for Christmas breakfast. Now it is time to play with the new toys!



Pumpkin Roll

3 eggs
1 c. sugar
2/3 c. pumpkin
1 tsp. lemon juice
3/4 c. flour
2 tsp. cinnamon
1 tsp. ginger
1/2 tsp. salt
1 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. nutmeg
1 c. chopped nuts (optional)

Beat eggs at high speed for 5 min. Gradually beat in sugar. Mix in pumpkin & lemon juice. In a seperate bowl stir together dry ingredients; fold by hand into pumpkin mixture.  (Beating with a mixer will remove all the air from the mixture.). Spread in well greased & floured jelly-roll pan. Top with nuts. Bake 15 min at 350 degrees. Trn nut side down onto a towel sprinkled with powdered sugar.  Roll cake & towel up together, starting at narrow end.  Cool. Do not unroll until ready to fill.

Filling:
1 c. powdered sugar
1/2 tsp. vanilla
6 oz. cream cheese
4 Tbsp. soft margarine

Combine powdered sugar, vanilla, cream cheese, and margarine.  Beat until smooth.  Spread over cake & re-roll.  Chill and slice OR wrap well in foil and freeze.

Hint: 1 - 28 oz. can of pumpkin is enough to make 5 recipes.


Caramel Popcorn

12 qts. popped popcorn
1 cube margarine
1 c. white corn syrup
2 1/4 c. brown sugar
1 can sweetened condensed milk

Place popcorn in a very large bowl. In 3 qt. pan melt margarine. Add corn syrup, brown sugar, and sweetened condensed milk. Bring mixture to a boil over medium heat.  Cook and stir till reaches a soft ball stage.  Pour caramel over popped corn and stir very well to coat. Store in air-tight container.