Mother's Day Rose

It has been quite some time since I have been able to do any paper crafting! My two dogs keep me pretty busy and make it hard to escape into my craft room. I did make some time though to create this simple card for my mom. She came to visit this weekend and we had a "Belated Mother's Day Breakfast" along with my sister. Here is the card I made...

I learned this great technique for making ribbon roses (tutorial to come soon!) I loved how they turned out with shimmer ombre style ribbon!

I've also been working on re-doing my bathroom. I had stacks of left over paint chips, so I used some of those to create the leaves on the ribbons. Cute eh? I think I'm going to try to incorporate some of these paint chips in more of my projects!

Fairy Wonderland

This weekend I had a good friend visit for her birthday. I made her a special birthday card, she loves butterflies!

I also made her a Fairy Wonderland cake! Its my current favorite combo of French Vanilla Cake with Almond filling. It was quite challenging to make, but I love how it turned out!

Here is a view from the top:

A little pink fairy welcoming you to her humble home!

This was so much fun, I can't wait for the next cake challenge!!

Early Mother's Day

This weekend my Mom came up to visit. My sister and I decided to have a surprise Mother's Day Brunch for her. The menu consisted of Mimosas, fresh fruit, Banana French Toast Bake and these adorable Baby Bluebird Cupcakes!

I made her a cute little card too....

Overall, a really nice weekend!

Blue and Gold

This weekend I made these two cards. I was inspired by another scrapping blogger, Scrapperlicious. These were fun to make. I used distress ink to make the blue and gold backgrounds. Then used my cuttlebug embossing envelope to add the leaves. I used chalk ink to accent the leaves. The "M" (for Mom) and "G" (for grandma) was accented with Perfect Pearls in Patina. I also used a touch of glimmer mist to add shimmer. I'm really excited at how they turned out! More to come....