Alice Artwork....

Lucky me had a few hours to create some art today! A few weeks ago I received some stamps from Lost-Coast-Designs and decided that I wanted to make some simple "Alice" themed cards for a friend. Just love the cheshire cat image:) Thought I'd post a few for everyone to see....

Hope all of you had a great weekend. I certainly did!

Happy Easter!

Found this adorable little lamb at Hannah's a few weeks ago and was going to give it to my SIL as a little gift. Then I found the cute covered box at Michaels and put both on our mantel. Decided to keep them both as they just looked too cute up there. Will have to find something else for SIL....lol:)

Have a Happy Easter everyone. Hope the Easter bunny fills your baskets with lots of goodies!

new toys and some play time!

Recently I received this new plate from Suzanne over at Oxford Impressions and couldn't wait to find a few hours to myself to play with them. It was sooo much fun. This plate is great because there are so many images on them.

Yes, I know my photography skills aren't the best but wanted to post a card I created. I took the photo at night and our lighting at home isn't the greatest but hope you enjoy seeing it:) Have a great Sunday everyone!

Earlier this month Suzanne Melvin from Oxford Impressions posted on her blog that she was celebrating her birthday. She asked that people mail her cards using her stamp images. (I mailed this card out several days ago so by now she should have received it!) Anyways, I'm having soooo much fun working with this die and frankly not sleeping real well as my mind is stirring at nite with ideas on what to create next. Talk about sleep walking....well, that's me right now...lol!

My favorite store - Hannah's (Antioch, IL) now carries the Accucut die that talented Vicki Chrismann (Crafty Secrets) created (along with LOTS of other great dies). It's a wonderful store and if you are lucky enough to live near by or are traveling in the area, do yourself a favor and check it out. You'll be really glad you did.

Have a great Saturday everyone and hope a little sun comes your way today!

Ooops!

I noticed in my last posting that I incorrectly quoted the poem I used on my shadowbox die...oops! It reads, "Life Began With Waking Up and Loving My Mother's Face" Isn't that the sweetest??? Sorry about the mistake:) Love ya, Mom!

A few weeks ago I was lucky enough to win a chance to use the new 3-D shadowbox dies that talented Vicki Chrisman from Crafty Secrets created. These dies are amazing! There is so much you can do with them and I can't believe Vicki was so sweet to send me a couple along with some digital images from the Crafty Secrets "childhood" images and journal notes book. My head was spinning with ideas to use them but this one was a given!

Although Mothers Day is a bit off, I thought the papers would be perfect for a Mother's Day card. I found a beautiful poem off the internet by George Eliot that I used on the left side. It says, "Happiness is waking up and seeing your Mother's face" What a nice tribute to Mom, wouldn't you say? I'm blessed with the BEST Mom in the world and this couldn't prove it more. I used my two favorite stamp sets from the Crafty Secrets line - "Cherubs" and letters from "Top Hat". You can see more info on the dies (and even an instructional video on Vicki's blog) at

http://www.vickichrisman.blogspot.com

Warning: BE PREPARED TO BE WOWED...lol!!!

If you want to order some of the precut shadowbox dies, you can do so at the Crafty Secrets site -

http://www.heartwarmingvintage.blogspot.com

Have fun blogging friends:)

Published - Somerset Studio

Yesterday I pulled a muscle in my back and I've been moping around the house in pain. The extra strength tylenol and bengay are working but I'm not used to being laid up like this! However, my day was brightened when my hubby brought in the mail and I received my complimentary copy of "Somerset Studio" Apr/May. I had a tag I created published on pg. 116 (using Oxford Impressions stamp images). Just LOVE Suzanne Melvin's "Alice" plates. What fun they are to work with!

Don't know about you, but I can't wait until March 5th to see Tim Burton's movie as I'm a huge fan of Johnny Depp:) Have a great rest of the weekend, everyone:)