Printer's Tray

I designed the following printer's tray to hang on the bulletin board next to my computer at work...it showcases several vacation photos of my husband and I...seeing it makes me smile.

Anniversary Card for Husband

     My husband Shane and I love to take car road trips (we love Route 66!!)...he has a '71 Harley Davidson Sportster (just for short local rides)...so I combined the two ideas to create this anniversary card for him.
     Our anniversary is 7/7/07...not intentionally! For months we were planning a chili cook-off in our yard for over July 4th weekend and seven weeks before the event Shane and I decided to surprise our guests by getting married at the cook-off...we organized our wedding in seven weeks...we were married by our in ground pool's waterfall with all our guests around us...Shane wore jeans and I wore a jean skirt...we announced the winner of the chili cook-off (we had 18 awesome chili entries!!) and then Shane announced that we were getting married so to gather around the pool...their looks of surprise and happiness was priceless...the only thing traditional about our wedding was our first dance together which was in our driveway...we had made arrangements for the ice cream truck to pull into our drive as we finished our dance and all enjoyed a treat...a fabulous day done our way  :-)

First Copic Attempt

I love the look of copics and I love the Rubber Romance Stamps...so I took the plunge and purchased quite a few of both...after watching tons of helpful tutorial videos I gave it a shot...I think it's decent for my first attempt...I need to learn more about shading...wish there were copic classes in my area...Thank God there's You Tube!  :-)

Altered Composition Book Journals

The sunflower journal I created over a year ago and used it as my journal last year...it has a cool little spinner to select which emotion you are currently feeling...I adhered a little paper tube inside to hold a sunflower pen...I was addicted to making flower pens for about six months...the poinsettia ones were fun to use during the holidays.  The purple/leather-like journal is for this year's journaling. Happy 2011!

Mom's Retirement Card

This is a card I made for my mom's retirement in May.  I used Tim Holtz's Tattered Flowers alterations die to create the flowers and added distress ink, diamond dust, and pearls in the flower centers.  These were so fun to make! I positioned the acetate clock face for 5:00 since that time now has a new meaning for my mom.

A France Journal Scrapbook

This is a scrapbook/journal book I created for my sister for her birthday.  We plan to visit France in the next year or two and I wanted her to have a place to put her thoughts, memorabilia, and photos.  It has a lot of cool tags and pockets and flipouts to add memories. Some of the paper is flocked (velvet) and I used ribbons, lace, embossing, and even a door knob in which to open the book.  This was a blast to create...I hope she likes it.

MOJO Monday Challenge

Mojo Monday is an awesome blog that hosts a weekly design challenge...they provide the sketch...you provide your creative take on it.  This is my first challenge entry...I am so excited...I included a picture of the inside of the card as well. I've been following this site for a few months and really appreciate all the creative inspiration it provides.