tales of us 17

Happy Valentine's Day to all whom celebrate! Yesterday, the delivery man delivered the bouquet of beautiful roses shown below courtesy of my sweet husband Scott :) They smell so wonderful and look so pretty, a shame they don't last forever.

Today I have a layout to share that I made for the Prima CHA booth featuring a photo of my parents on their wedding day dating back to 1949. I don't have many photos of them but I do have lots of wonderful memories :) 

I used pretty papers from the Tales of You & Me collection along with a variety of other Prima products including gorgeous beautiful blooms:

Thanks so much for stopping by ~ I hope you have an amazing day / evening!
Be Sweet ;) 

Prima product list: 585624-Prima Rub-on Foils Intergalactic, 814656-Iron Orchid Decor Cling Stamps, 961428-Finnabair art basics-Soft Matte Gel Transparent, 980269-Jamie Dougherty-A4 Watercolor Paper Pad, 586829-Prima flowers, 586560-Prima flowers, 586577-Prima flowers, 586706-Prima flowers, 586515-Prima flowers, 586836-Prima flowers, 990817-Frank Garcia Tales of You & Me Collection-Contes de Toi et Moi,
990848-Frank Garcia Tales of You & Me Collection-Beaute Cachee, 990824-Frank Garcia Tales of You & Me Collection-Belles Melodies d’amour, 990886-Frank Garcia Memory Hardware 1” Artisan Adhesive Tape, 584047-Prima Dies-Parisian Lace

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Vintage Valentine's Day cards 29

Hi! I'm so honored and excited to share with you that I had the opportunity to create 3 cards for the January 2016 issue of Craft Stamper Magazine! For a crafty girl like myself, that's quite an honor that doesn't happen everyday.

Here they are in print:

All of these cards were created using a variety of Prima products including Prima papers, resins, stamps, dies, Color Bloom Spray Mists and flowers:

Thanks so much for stopping by ~ I hope you have a great weekend!
Be Sweet ;)

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best wishes 14

Hi! It's hard to believe my baby turned 28 on Monday! Where does the time go? It seems like yesterday he was just a baby! Well, not really but if you're a Mom, surely you can relate to what I mean :) So many milestones reached along the way, college, marriage and settled into his career...sigh...

Jerry and his sweet wife, April live in San Francisco so I made him a birthday card featuring a cable car image from the PTI Cable-Gram stamp which I colored using Prima Oil Pastels:

I was inspired by the photo shown below for color:

Photo Source

I'm entering this card in the following challenges: for sketch inspiration, I joined along with retrosketches: 

 and the PTI Create Along with us challenge:

where I was inspired by Danielle Flanders beautiful watercolored blossoms on the card shown below:

Thanks so much for visiting ~ I hope you have a great day / evening!
Be Sweet ;)

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LOVE 19

Hi! Love is in the air! Today it's my turn to share a home decor project on the Prima blog. Please feel free to stop by and say hi HERE :)

I enjoy creating various home decor projects featuring Finnabair Mechanicals year round. I altered a wooden table top decoration simply by layering and adhering an assortment of Finnabair Mechanicals followed with an application of white gesso and random clear crackle texture paste. Once dry, for a touch of shimmer and shine, I randomly applied the following colors of art ingredients Mica Powders: Frozen Lake, Teal, Purple and Blue.

Thanks so much for stopping by! I hope you enjoyed my projects. Please be sure to visit the Prima blog for loads of awesome inspiration!

Be Sweet ;)

Prima product used: 962821-Finnabair art ingredients Mica Powder- Frozen Lake, 962470-Finnabair art ingredients Mica Powder- Purple, 962487-Finnabair art ingredients Mica Powder- Teal, 962494-Finnabair art ingredients Mica Powder- Blue, 961541-Finnabair art Extravagance Texture Paste-Clear Crackle, 962951-Finnabair art basics Heavy Gesso White, 961428-Finnabair art basics Soft Matte Gel, 963408-Finnabair Vintage Mechanicals Grungy Butterflies, 960339-Finnabair Vintage Mechanicals: Roses, 960322-Finnabair Vintage Mechanicals: Mini Flowers, 963361-Finnabair Mechanicals Tin Hearts, 960407-Finnabair Vintage Mechanicals Flowers: Small,  960315-Finnabair Vintage Mechanicals Flowers: Medium

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