May Challenge

The May challenge package came last week. A couple of the images were perfect to use for Mother's Day. My mother-in-law loves tractor images, so this one worked very well for her card.




The embossed background, tractor image, and flower die cut were included in the challenge packet. The die-cut flower was actually white, but I used Copics to match it fairly closely to the ribbon color and added a brad to the center.




The tractor image, too, was colored with Copics. It was also placed on pop dots to add some dimension.




Both ribbons used are from SU.





My mother-in-law appeared to really like this card. I hope so. I really like the way it turned out.


I have taken a picture of one of the die-cut flowers so that I can import it into SCAL at some point. :) I like that flower. I think that will be tremendous fun to play with one day.


Have a wonderful Tuesday and a great, big, beautiful tomorrow!!!

~*Shell*~

Paper Drawers

Last year, my very super, secret pal on SCS made me a precious set of paper drawers. She did an amazing job and I LOVE them. They sit on my shelf in my Haven where I can see them and use them. A couple of days ago, I found this tutorial on how to make a set. This set isn't exactly like the ones Amy made me, but I thought they'd be fun to try. I figured that I could make a template for the SCAL and not have to cut as much.

Mine didn't turn out quite as pretty and as well made as the others I've seen, but I can work on that, I suppose. :)




It was made using SU paper and GP white paper. The flowers are MM and were gotten at Michael's a few days ago. The ribbon is SU. I have no idea where the brads are from as I've had those for quite some time.



I want to try this project again when I get some time. I'm quite sure I can do a better job on it than this time. :)

Hopefully, my mom will like it, though. I'm giving it to her (filled with a few goodies) for Mother's Day. :) She's an amazing woman, and I love her so very much.


Have a wonderful Friday night, a great, big, beautiful tomorrow, and a very happy Mother's Day! Tell a mom that she's appreciated!!!


~*Shell*~

Mother's Day Project

It's a little late, I guess, for many of you, but this project is too good not to share.

Each Sunday, I teach 1 and 2 year olds. Each year is a challenge for me as I try to find a project to present to the mommies of these precious children on Mother's Day. This year, my brain had a .... vision. :) I thought that it would be very cool to create silhouette, keepsake pictures for the moms. Over the last few weeks, I've tried to capture pictures of each of the children in a profile position. That has NOT been easy! Those little heads never stop moving. :) And if you're looking at them with a camera, they either hide or look directly at you. It's very difficult to get them to look to the side - with a plain background. Whew. Did it, though.

The first one that I completed was actually not one of my Sunday school kids, but my precious daughter.




The white and pink papers are SU, the black is from WalMart, and the font is Pooh. The frame was bought at the Dollar Tree, so I paid big bucks for it .... not. :)

Hopefully, along with 5x7 frames with the children's hand prints, these silhouettes will be gifts that the moms will cherish for a long time.


Have a fantastic Wednesday and a great, big, beautiful tomorrow!!!


~*Shell*~

Happy New House

A friend of mine on SCS just moved in to a new house. I'm so excited for her, and I wanted to make a special card for the occasion.

A silhouette of a house was found online. After some clean up and contrasting, the image was worthy of being imported into SCAL. It should have been separated into the different components, but I really didn't think I needed that ... until I was finished. :) After importing, the image was shadowed to make it work as a card base. It was also welded to a rounded rectangle. A regular image was prepared to cut, as well, to be the layers on the front.




I wanted a cute 'Victorian' scallop on the roof, and I could have added that had I separated the components .... Oh well. I had to improvise. :) A corner punch sat in front of me. I took off the 'corner guard' and punched a scallop on a piece of cardstock the same length as the roof.




Finished scallop ...




Adhered to the roof ...




Some handmade flowers were put on the front and "Welcome Home" was put on the roof.





I just hope my friend enjoys the card a fraction of the amount that she will enjoy her new house!! :)


Have a wonderful Monday night and a great, big, beautiful tomorrow!


~*Shell*~

Graduation Congratulations

A very special friend of ours is graduating high school in a few weeks. Today was her graduation party, and I, of course, made her card.

She has a 'thing' for trees, as they represent the Tree of Life for her. Much of her art has a tree representation in it somewhere (she's an awesome artist!!). A tree seemed the logical place to start for her card. I found one on the internet, converted it and imported it to SCAL, and welded it to a rounded rectangle to create the card base.




I added the graduation cap (cut in SCAL from the same file as the graduation cap card in a recent post) in her school colors, as well as the flowers to give the card dimension and texture. The cap was also placed on pop dots. White was used on the inside to allow room for a special message to her.




The paper is from SU, and the flowers were handmade by me.





I hope she finds the card as special as she is. :) Love ya, Victoria.

Have a wonderful Saturday and a great, big, beautiful tomorrow!!


~*Shell*~