A Card for a Dear Friend

Just sharing a card I created for a dear friend. I used the following supplies to celebrate her birthday:

Blue Fern Studio paper: Spring Parade, Susie's
     Garden
Frantic Stamper Dies
Ranger Stickles
Sizzix Die
Flowers: Hobby Lobby

Happy Birthday Ann, my dear friend!

Thanks to everyone who stops by and leaves a comment.

Rainy Day Hat for Tresors de Luxe

For all the ladies on the go, here is a beautiful cap made with  lace and flowers. It was so easy to make with the beautiful lace sent to me by Lucy for the Tresors de Luxe Design Team. I can certainly picture this hat on the head of a busy mom as she runs errands, jogs, picks up the kids from school and helps with homework. She wouldn't have to worry about those bad hair days with this pretty cap! 

To make this cap, I sewed the lace and flowers in place and now have a designer cap for someone special!

Check out the Tresors de Luxe Etsy Shop for some of her beautiful lacy and flowery goodness!

Until next time.....

Brave for *My Creative Scrapbook*

Hello friends! Today, I'm sharing a layout and two cards I created as a guest designer for My Creative Scrapbook. 

Can you tell I'm in the mood for fall? A couple of weeks ago my husband and I took a road trip to Santa Fe, New Mexico. We had so much fun taking in the vistas in the dessert, shopping, enjoying the cuisine....I could go on and on! Naturally, I was busy taking pictures and had to include one of them in this layout.

The November Limited Edition Kit at My Creative Scrapbook is filled with the just released Memories by Blue Fern Studios! The wide color range gives the scrapper bright colors to work with as you can see here, as well as soft pastels and neutrals as color choices.

I thoroughly enjoyed working with the lovely Blue Fern Studios frames included in this kit from My Creative Scrapbook as well as all of the wonderful embellishments gathered for your scrapping pleasure. 

I enjoyed the little wooden butterflies especially and found them easy to alter or color to match each project. 

All of the gorgeous embellishments in this kit are perfect for your card making, scrapbooking and off the page needs. Included are flowers by Blue Fern Studios and Prima, ribbon, lace, metal charms by Prima, Wooden Butterflies by DIY and a full pack of Alphas by DIY.

Thanks for stopping by and hoping you have a week with time to be creative! 

Darling

Happy Spring to all of my friends and family! Here is my latest layout for the CSI design team. It is of a photo taken when our children were small; the journaling is about my husband. I am entering this in the Blue Fern Studio March challenge. Fingers crossed...there are a lot of participants.

It seems that it has been forever since I posted my scrapbooking work, but there is a reason.  Spring has sprung and I have been very busy with   my second favorite hobby....gardening. Everywhere you can see little splashes of green and we also have a few plants blooming already! 

Here is the view from one of my garden benches. I feel very relaxed when I sit there with the soft shades of late afternoon, long shadows and warm breezes. My chimes play beautiful melodies to give a complete package of delight for the senses! 

    Here is a new plant in my garden this spring:                               Camellia japonica! 

Here is our family portrait taken on Easter Sunday. Now, back to my favorite hobby.... 

At CSI we are enjoying some spring colors and wonderful journaling prompts. You should come and play along with us. You won't be sorry! We have quite a few prizes for challenge winners. Follow the link above to see what it is all about. We would love to have you join in all the fun!

Products:

Blue Fern Studios paper, chipboard, embossing powder and stampLiquitex Modeling Paste
Petaloo flowers
Prima color spray
Pro Art gesso
Ranger perfect medium
StayzOn ink
From my stash: metal heart, embroidery thread and glass beads.
Techniques:

Embossing, painting, stamping, fussy cutting and stencil work. 

The journaling reads: "My companion in all that I do is my best friend, my love and my husband. We have been sweethearts since we met while in college at Texas Christian University. We share in all that we do, whether it is parenting, chores or socializing with friends and family. We have a sonderful life together. He is my darling and his!

Thanks for leaving a comment! See you next time. 

Happy to Announce That I am Now a Member of the CSI Design Team

Today, I would like to share my happiness concerning a recent accomplishment. Color Stories Inspiration has chosen me to be on their design team. I am totally humbled because of the amazing list of designers on this team. 

This was my first Star Witness layout from April 30th, 2014. Since then, there have been more awards than I ever could have imagined or deserved, and am most grateful to Debbi and her CSI Design Team for these honors. 

Spring is Almost Here!

Spring always signals a new beginning, and after this long, cold Winter, it could not be more welcome! Officially,  Spring begins on March 20, but we won't be concerned with such human ways of keeping track of the seasons.

Look! It's Mr. and Mrs. Cottontail! He has some carrots that he just dug up from Mr. McGregor's vegetable garden and she has pretty flowers also from the good farmer's garden! They don't seem to be concerned with calendars, but they are loving a lot of sunshine and pretty green grass!

Here is a little flower girl with a basket of flowers. I think that's a scrapbooking flower she has on her pinafore! She has obviously been caught red handed after rummaging through my "Happy Scrappy Place"! Maybe that is why she doesn't have a smile on her face.

This Easter Tree gets decorated every year about this time. We are ready for Easter Sunday, April, 20, 2014!

The dining room table is decorated for an Easter brunch with a runner in pastel colors, bunny candles, baby chicks and pretty eggs.

The chicks seem to be ready for a celebration!  

In the center is a compote filled with Easter grass and velvet eggs. The large eggs are decorated with  pansies and velvet leaves.

At the Roger's home we are all ready for Spring and Easter! We hope that you are ready too, and that you will have a  BLESSED NEW BEGINNING!

Miniature Fairy Garden, Part 4 of 4

This is the last miniature fairy garden that I created last week. The little fairy seems to be looking at something in the sky.....maybe it's a kite being flown by another fairy! Thank you to my friend, Shawn, for the birdhouse. 

Again, the little fairy is from Fairy Homes & Gardens, the flowers and greenery are from Calloways Nursery and Green's Produce in Arlington.The bee skep, watering pot, garden tools, wheelbarrow, garden bench and hand tools are from  Miniature Garden Shoppe. 

This litttle grapevine swing and trellis are from Redenta's in Arlington. Even fairies need playtime! 

The "Faith, Hope and Love" stepping stones are also from Redenta's. 

Thanks for taking a peek at my latest fairy garden!

Fairy Gardens, Part 3 of 4

This is the first of the two miniature fairy gardens that I made for myself. 

I have always loved being outdoors and exploring nature. So this little fairy garden is perfect for me. What a nice woodsy feel it has, thanks to the grapevine trellis and dense vegetation. 

It looks like a little cardinal is looking for a sip of water in an old, hollowed out stump.  

Look..... there's a little path leading up to a pond at the upper level....what a lovely woodland scene! It appears that there is something pink next to the water. Do you see it? 

Oh, my goodness.....it looks like a very tiny little person! Could it be an elf or fairy? No....it can't be! Yes, I think it's a fairy! 

Shhhh.....be very quiet. We don't want to scare him off! 

Fairy Gardens, Part 2 of 4

Here's another miniature fairy garden that I made last week. It was a gift to my mother in law for Mother's Day. The photo is a little darker than I had hoped it would be under our canopy of trees, but you can still see the entire garden. 

This sweet little Daisy Fairy is from Fairy Homes & Gardens. She is another of the lovely little Cicely Mary Barker Flower Fairies. What a sweet little face she has, and her little skirt has a scalloped hem just like a daisy. 

All of the miniature decorations in this fairy garden are from Miniature Garden Shoppe. 

All of the plants are from Calloways.

Thanks again to my sweet friend Shawn for getting me started with these fun little gardening treasures! Be sure to check out her fairy garden blog post.  

Fairy Gardens, Part 1 of 4

Spring is in bloom in Texas, and with the help of my friend, Shawn aka: Poetry in a Pot of Tea/ MiCupoftea. I was introduced to a past time that has been popular on the East Coast and West Coast of The United States for some time now. It has been slow coming to Texas, as far as I know. In just a short time, it seems that I have been sprinkled with some fairy dust and put under the spell of Fairy Gardening! 

This miniature little garden was created as a Mother's Day present for my mother. The little birdbath came with no water in it and no bird on it, but I managed to come up with a way to make the scene look real. At Redenta's, my local organic gardening store I found some small crushed blue glass and used it to create sparkles in the bird bath and give it a blue color. Over the blue pieces of glass, I poured Glossy Accents by Ranger for a shiny clear effect, and allowed it to dry for 24 hours. Last, I glued the little cardinal on top of the bird bath, using Glossy Accents again. 

The little planters contain small plants that were purchased at Callaways in Arlington, Texas. 

Look at this beautiful little fairy! She is part of the Cicily Mary Barker collection, whose published illustrations of fairies inspired  current day artists to create beautiful little china fairies for miniature garden lovers! This little fairy was purchased from Fairy Homes & Gardens. Isn't she lovely?

This tiny hummingbird feeder was purchased at Miniature Garden Shoppe, as were all of the miniature decorations.

Thank you Shawn, for opening the door of Miniature Fairy Gardening to me!