It's here!

Digiments is now open and all the incredible samples from the design team are available at the blog to view. Take a look because they are amazing!
Michelle has several categories of Digiments including: Inspirations, Birthday Expressions, Simple Thanks, and more. I worked with an inspirational quote.

My niece had her first holy communion and I made a sign for her to commemorate the day. I thought this Digiment was perfect for the occasion. You can click on the images to get a larger picture.









Supplies: K & Co. Cut-n-paste pattern paper, Jo-Ann's Swiss dot fabric, Prima flowers, rhinestones, and die cut felt, Archival Sepia Ink, Making Memories trim, pearl strand and button from craft supply, Digiment Inspirations


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May All Year Cheer Card along with a "free" tip!

The Apron Strings May All Year Cheer card kit is being shipped now! This month's kit had a diversity of papers. Everything from whimsical October Afternoon's Night Light to Crate's Sweet Branch soft and feminine papers. Lori and Kathy create wonderful kits packed with paper, embellishments,die cuts, and ribbon!
This month there is a extra treat in the card kit. An Urban Lily secret keeper! It's gorgeous alone but I "blinged" it up a bit and added a special item inside.;-)

Here is one of the seven cards I created with this month's kit:




Supplies: Apron Strings All Year Cheer May card kit; Heidi Swapp orange chipboard alphabet

Each kit comes with directions to make 7 cards and a few tips I shared while I was creating them. You can order your kit here.

Apron Strings Designs has a blog now!

Here's my "free" tip for you:
Sign up as a follower because we are organizing a blog hop soon with lots of give aways and you don't want to miss it. I will announce it here when I have more details. :-)

You Sparkle and a sneak peek from Digiments

I am so happy to be creating again. I was busy with preparations for Mother's day and I had to set aside any desire to craft until the house was tended to. It's done now though. Whew!

I hope all the mothers had a wonderful day with their family and loved ones yesterday.

As stated above, I had to get back into the swing of paper crafting and what better way to start than Kazan's with 2S4Y weekly sketch. This week the new DT began their term. These ladies are incredibly talented so pop on over to look at their fabulous cards.
I combined this card with Pink Elephant's color challenge. Not sure how I missed partaking in their challenges, but I am a follower now so I won't miss a post filled with inspiring creations.



Supplies: card stock: Bazzill and Wausau; pattern paper: Sass Lass; stamp: Hero Arts;ink: Staz-On; glitter: Martha Stewart; rhinestones: MME; rub-on: Cosmo Cricket; and ribbon from craft supply

The big reveal day for Digiments is fast approaching! The designers have been creating some fantastic cards and altered projects to share with you. Be prepared to be amazed! Here is a sneak peek at my altered project:


I also created a few cards that will I share with you later this week. ;-)



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Free digital designs with a chance to win a gift certificate to Paper Popsicles

The digital designs are all the rage now and Paper Popsicles has an exclusive designer, Cheeky Radish! Have you seen them yet? There is an entire section in the Paper Popsicles store dedicated to these wonderful images. I created the card above with one of the free images: bouquet.


We are offering 2 FREE images for you to create with.
Email Melissa a request for the FREE images.
Create a project using one of the images and link back to the Paper Popsicle blog on the blog and be entered to win a $10 gift certificate from the store!!!

Here's the link. I am excited to see what you create with the images!

Happy Mother's Day

Happy Mother's Day! I have been busy preparing my home for a Mother's day brunch with family so not much creative time for me. I made this card for my Mom and put it away for safe keeping. Guess what? I forgot where I put it! The hunt is on.




Supplies: My Mind's Eye paper, 7 Gypsies paper, Basic Grey chipboard, Prima flowers and leaves, Kaiser Craft rhinestones, Stampin' Up stamp, Archival Sepia ink, butterfly and purple lace from craft supply

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More great news and a few cards

I was really blessed to be asked to be a part of the Digiments design team. Digiments is a new company opened by Michelle. She creates sentiments that you download and print out at your leisure. Why I love this...the image is always clear (no more smudges or uneven words), you can make the image larger or smaller (which is great for cards when I want it a little smaller and altered projects which I usually want larger), no physical storage (except my hard drive), and it only takes a click to print(no need to get ink pads, blocks, etc). Okay, that is fabulous!
My sidebar has a listing of all the wonderful ladies that I will be working with at Digiments.

Below is my audition card featuring a Digiments sentiment:

Supplies: Bazzill sage green, pink, and black card stock, Webster's Pages pattern paper, AC Moore cream twill ribbon, Dress It Up black button, Archival Sepia Ink, and DMC white floss

This digiment and more will be avialable very soon.. The store goes live on May 13th and I will anounce it on my blog when it does! :-)

Next is my card for Card Patterns #13 challenge. Another great sketch provided.



Supplies: Making Memories Noteworthy paper collection and tag sticker, Martha Stewart ribbon, Prima flower, DMC floss, Archival Sepia Ink, Kaiser Craft rhinestone, and Marcella rub-on

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Hurrah! Hurrah!

It's official! I was selected for a new position at Paper Popsicles as the Card Connoisseur. I will be contributing to the Paper Popsicles blog each week with a card sketch or recipe. I hope you will join me there for this exciting new feature and best of all... there will be prizes. Who doesn't like prizes? Stay tuned for the first post. I will update here when it goes live. I suspect it will be very soon. :-) In the meantime, join the board and meet some new and maybe a few old friends as we chit chat about the craft we love, share techniques, offer sketch and theme challenges and lots more.

I fell in love with the kits for May. Melissa has created incredible kits for a fantastic price. My personal favorite is the May Mini Picket Fence. It's only $9.99 for all of this....


What a deal! Paper Popsicles offers several kits including a card kit. Click here to view all the wonderful kits for May. Also, the Paper Pospsicle store offers scrapbooking and paper craft goodies at discounted prices! I bought tons of Kaiser Craft bling for only $1.40 per pack. Yahoo! There are lots of items on clearance at amazing prices so be sure to view all those items.

I do have a card to share today. I completed the ICS #14 challenge. When Making Memories introduced the Noteworthy collection, I went crazy for it and bought a huge amount of it. Plus, a local scrap book store was closing and they were offering a discount on everything so it was a steal. I can't pass up on deals. Anyhow, I still adore this line and it seems to always inspire me. Here's my take on #14:


Close up of card:



Supplies: Making Memories Noteworthy papers, felt flowers, Bazzill card stock, Making Memories foam glitter butterfly, Kaiser Craft rhinestones, EK Sucess friend stamp, Archival ink, and ribbon from craft supply

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