MIA... But Still Creating!

Hi friends!

Needless to say, I have been MIA for some time, but I haven't quit. I just haven't been sharing. My health problems are certainly the cause, but who wants to hear about that. I'm very blessed, and able to create. I have a big backlog of projects to show you, so I'll start with one from June (would you believe?).

Lovely Prima Havanna papers, tea-stained copy paper, a music sheet, laces, die-cuts, 49 and Market shimmer flowers, appliqués, and a Prima resin birdhouse make up this thank you card.

The base is top folding... Neenah Classic Crest Solar White 110lb paper from Simon Says Stamp.

Thanks for joining me today. Please stop back again soon. I have tons more to share.

Beautiful Blue Thank You Card

Happy Monday friends!
Or is it? It's raining here... again. In fact the weather app on my phone says rain for the next ten days. I suppose the bright side is that it gives me more time to craft.

Today I want to share a thank you card I created with Kaisercraft papers. This is a top folding card with a 5"x5.5" white base. Just a pretty basic card with tulle, lace and pearl dangle trims, plus a couple of appliqués.

I hope your Monday goes well. Thanks for stopping by!

Frilly Thank You Pocket Card

Hello and welcome!

I have a thank you card up today with lots of frills and shabby chicness. This card features the Prima Lavender Frost collection with some Prima flower packaging as well.

In this mix of flowers and lace is one of my homemade lace embellishments and a Prima LF bird chippie. The flowers are by Prima and I Am Roses. My tag bow is hand-dyed wrinkled seam binding.

Tucked underneath is a beaded embroidered flower I took from a scrap of wedding lace, and that middle doily was cut with a Tim Holtz doily Thinlit die. The gold metallic kraft paper was cut and crafted with Tim's 3-D Laurel Impresslit Folder. The sentiment was stamped with Lawn Fawn's Scripty Sayings.

Thank you for stopping by! Have a wonderful day!

Collors of Fall All Occasion Card

Hello sweet friends!

Just got back home from a doctor's appointment and a stop at our local diner for an early dinner date with my sweetheart. It's really looking like a storm. Most of the leaves are down here, but we saw some pretty ones up north earlier today. So I'm assuming that this rain will bring any hangers-on down as well.

My card for today is another of the Carta Bella Hello Fall collection. The base was cut with the Sizzix Framelits Circle Flip-its Die Set. It came in the kit I purchased from Scrapbook Super Station. Love the ease of these kits.

I did add a die-cut made with gold glitter paper from Hobby Lobby and Spellbinders Scalloped Circles dies. Always need that extra touch that says this is my card.

Have a fantastic day, my friends, and thanks for stopping by!

Thankful For You Fall Card

Hello! Welcome to my blog on this Fall Saturday morning!

The Penmaker is anticipating lots of leaf mulching if the weather holds. What are you planning for the day?

My Carta Bella Hello Fall collection card is a more of a Thanksgiving themed one. I just love the patterns on these papers... Fall trees and leaves... what can be prettier? Maybe a little orange glitter and golden gems? Whatever the mix, I really am happy to have purchased this kit. (Here)

I have just two more to finish up, then I'm on to something else.
Thanks for stopping by!

Kaiser Rose Avenue So Grateful Thank You Card

Hello friends!

 The week is slipping away, but there's plenty of crafting going on in the Breedlove house. I've made another card from the gorgeous Kaiser Rose Avenue card kit from Scrapbook Super Station. This one is created directly from the instruction sheet aside from a slight chance in the ribbon and pearls.

I'm loving this kit so much that the Penmaker drove us back over to Butler, PA, to purchase  another... four actually! They had added more new ones to their selection and the choice was difficult. Thus the four.

I'll show them all soon, but for now I just have to let you see my prize purchase...

I had to unbox it the minute I got home. They had recently received another shipment of the Tim Holtz Glass Mats. These things are so hard to find. They keep selling out everywhere, so I grabbed one up. It fit my desk perfectly... now I can't wait to try it out!

Have a wonderful, crafty day. Thanks for stopping by!

Kaiser Rose Avenue Thank You Easel Card

Hello and welcome!

Today I'm featuring another card I made using the Kaiser Rose Avenue Card Kit by Scrapbook Super Station in Butler, PA. This kit has been well worth the price and I'm loving the fact I can just more or less relax and follow their guidance.

For this one I did (almost) follow the instruction sheet. I made just a couple changes like adding gold glitter Hobby Lobby paper and leaving off the silver charm. Slight modifications, right?

This card turned out lovely, and I'm really happy with my purchase. I can foresee buying more of the SSS card kits in the future. And in case you're interested they do have a monthly kit club. The kits come with lots of extras, so they really are a great value.

I hope you're having a wonderful week. Thanks for stopping by!

Trying Out a New Card Kit

Hello there and welcome!

I'm excited to show you a card I made from a new kit I purchased from one of the best scrapbooks stores you'd ever come across... Scrapbook Super Station. The Penmaker and I love visiting this shop in Butler, PA, and on our recent trip there, I bought one of their kits to try out. It's a Kaisercraft featured kit called Rose Ave. When I checked their website just now, I saw that they have lots of others that look fabulous as well.

I modified my first card slightly. Always like putting my own touch to what I make, but it's basically their design. As I went though the supplies, I can see I'll have lots of materials left over that I can use to create many more cards of my own. 

I'll be showing you more of what I'm making from this kit over the next few posts.

Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful day!

Forever Grateful Pocket Card

Hi there and welcome!

It's an extremely gloomy Monday here, but it's cosy in my craft room so let the creativity begin!

My Forever Grateful card is made with lots of Tim Holtz product. To mat his Idea-ology Found Relative card I used a piece of the Idea-ology Metallic Kraft paper and embossed it with the Sizzix Botanical 3D Texture Fade Folder. I cut the window with my Alterations Thinlits Stitched Ovals.

For the florals I used Prima flowers from the Love Story collection... Princesse is this main bloom... and some pretty clear acrylic delphinium flower beaded sprays.

My sentiment is from the Altenew Heartfelt Sentiments clear stamp set.

Have a fantastic week friends, and thanks for stopping by!

Thank You Pocket Card

Hello friends!

I'm still not able to post as much at this time, but I have a card I simply must show you. I just love this mix of Prima patterns. 

I used both Prima and I Am Roses flowers plus some Prima Love Story ephemera. I have a few pink Studio Katia gems on here as well.

Thanks friends for stopping by!

With a Grateful Heart Pocket Card

Hello and a Happy Monday to you!

For this fine morning I have a "thank you" card in a color I don't create with too often. For the papers, I used the Nature Garden by Prima since they were still on my desk from the last card.

I love this combination... love these gray tones with the blue and especially the greens! I pulled out my vintage Prima Doily die because it's just been sitting on my cart for decades and screaming for me to pick it up (gross exaggeration here)... but it has been awhile. I also scattered around some more of the Pretty Pink Posh Clear Confetti.

For florals I went with several varieties of blooms from I Am Roses in green shades plus Prima leaves and green Spanish moss.

For base mats, I used my much loved Hobby Lobby glitter paper. This one is in silver. A lovely green wrinkled seam binding bow tops it all off.
Have a wonderful day and week, my friends!

Thanks for stopping by!

Nature Garden Thank You Pocket Card

Hello dear friends and welcome!

While going through my stash of Prima the other day, I found several sheets from the Nature Garden collection I didn't know I had. LOVE this collection!!! Together with some of the Prima flowers and leaves I created this Thank You card.

These papers are gorgeous and you really don't need a lot of extras to make a nice card with them. I added a few Simon Says Stamp Gelato Confetti in blue and that's it! Other than the gold glitter paper I used for mats and gold corner pieces, I saw no need for anything else.

Hope you're having a wonderful week. Please drop in again soon!

Thanks for stopping by!

Très Chic Thank You Pocket Card

Hi friends and Happy Monday!

I have a very feminine thank you card today made with Prima's Love Story collection and Authentique's Dame 6x6 paper pad. Really an odd pattern mix, but I thought they complemented each other quite well.

I used one of the acetate pieces from the LS ephemera pack and stamped my sentiment on one of the cardstocks. The flowers are all from Prima. I have a large storage box of their flowers and since they seldom print the collection names on them, I usually don't know which they are. They all seem to match well, though, no mater which collection I choose. I added an ivory burlap string bow to the arrangement. It's all sitting on a nest of green Spanish moss.

The tres chic image is from the Authentique paper pad as is the plaid paper. I cut the frame using Spellbinder's Oval Floral die set. The gorgeous gems are the Studio Katia Cupid's Kiss crystals.

Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful day!

Change Your Outfit Change Your Life Card & A Thank You

Hi friends!

I have two A2 size cards today. The first is made with an Authentique retro image combined with several different scraps of Bo Bunny paper. My card base is Cotton Candy 100 lb cardstock from Simon Says Stamp. The white mat is Recollections cardstock, and the pretty floral patterned paper is from Echo Park's 6x6 I'd Rather Be Crafting paper pad.

My Scrappy Cats Birthday Wishes sentiment was stamped on a die-cut using Spellbinder's Circle dies and is backed with one from their Scalloped Circle die set. I added a few jewels from Studio Katia Cupid's Kiss here and there.

My other card is a thank you I created for some friends. The base is Neenah Desert Storm 100 lb. The patterned papers are some scraps of Bo Bunny that were just big enough to cut panels from. I die cut them with my new MFT Die-namics Stitched Rectangles die set.

I heat embossed my sentiment with Ranger Super Fine Gold embossing powder. It's from the Altenew Heartfelt Sentiments set. I added some clear sequins for a bit of sparkle.

And that's it. I hope you're having a wonderful weekend.

Thanks for stopping by!

Thanks Pocket Card and Pen Set

Happy Monday friends!

The card created for today is an combination of companies... Prima, Glitz, and My Mind's Eye.

The base is MME's Madison Ave. The layers and tag are Love Clippings from Prima and Glitz Design's 6x6 Pretty in Pink.

The lace medallion trim is by Prima. The ivory Fleur Des Champs and blush Melange Shimmer and Shine flowers are from 49 and Market. The white organza ribbon is from Joann's.

The Penmaker created these stunning writing instruments for a special order in our eBay shop... an antique pewter stickshift and a gunmetal shock absorber set in a royal designer resin.

Thanks for stopping by!