Avonlea Happy Birthday Card

I wanted to show this card as a variation of the cards from the Avonlea Cardmaking Kit.  I used the stamp set from the kit and some of the leftover paper for this card.  The stamp set has a lace border stamp with I stamped about an inch up on the card base.  I then trimmed along the edge of the stamped image and placed patterned paper behind it on the inside of the card.  The Happy Birthday stamp is from the stamp set For Every Occasion.  

Avonlea Card Workshop

Since I was MIA from the craft world for a couple of weeks I decided to ease back into things with a Close to My Heart Workshop on the Go.  In a couple of hours I had completed 15 cards with the Avonelea paper.  I made a couple more cards with the stamp set that is included in the workshop and I will be showing them in the coming days!

Do You Ever Get Stuck?

     These past couple of weeks I have been in a creative funk,  which explains my lack of posts!  It seemed like every time I would sit down to work on some paper crafting, I could not get inspired or something else would demanded my attention.  It seems like having a little one with an ear infection and then getting a bug myself can make a couple of weeks pass quickly without any thing getting accomplished. I think the loads of laundry piled in the laundry room are evidence enough!

     On a positive note we did accomplish something big over the last couple of weeks .... Catherine is riding her bike without training wheels!

As I have caught up around the house I have had some time for paper crafting so I promise I will have some blog posts this week with some of the cards that I have created!

Hello Life!

I've been playing with the stamp set It's Your Day which is the special this month from Close to My Heart.  One of my favorite stamps in the set is the bicycle and I embossed it with black embossing powder because who doesn't love a shiny bicycle!  

Another fun thing I did with this card is I mixed a couple of paper packs, I used Moonlight and Flirty.  I love the brightness the pink B&T from Flirty brings the Moonlight paper pack.  I love that you can totally change up a paper pack by adding in other colors and B&T paper!  It is a great way to challenge yourself when you are working on a project and I think you should give it a try!