Paper Layers by Megan Elizabeth! Check out the sneak peek

Check out Megan Elizabeth's new paper line!

It coordinates, it's all on one mat, it cuts like butter!
Paper is included in the July Club Ruby Designers Kit
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Special Safari Birthday

Super Simple with a lot going on!

Love the stamps from Stampin' Up

Club Ruby Designers July Kit Sneak Peeks!

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Below are some sneak peeks!

Wee and Christmastree

I have vowed to get my Christmas Cards done in time this year!

No last minute-late night-gotta hurry stuff for me!

I have eyed this Whiff of Joy stamp for quite some time...

Christmas in July!

Sneak peek of upcoming challenge for Club Ruby

Here is my sneak peek of the Club Ruby Designers Challenge for July 12, 2011

Want to play along? Check it out  HERE

Nephew's Birthday Card

A quick card for my nephew!

Using all scraps from my stash

and Oakley  image from Whiff of Joy

Copics were used to ink the image.

Thanks for looking :)

Ready ~ Set ~ Craft

Skylee Girl's B-Day Card

This image captures my baby girl!!

Okay, she's 10 but she's still

my baby girl!

Right down to her mismatched socks!

Club Ruby Designers Card Challenge

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Welcome Baby

Fun Fun Fun

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Stationery Box

Dabbled with another

Stationery Box

The recipient (Sky's teacher) loves Peanuts :)

Everything was found in my stash

(except the postage stamps and pen)

Cost $0.00 Look on my daughter's face PRICELESS

Ready~Set ~Craft!

New Vintage Set

So, I decided to do a vintage Christmas card set

and am posting them for comment

I know I know, Christmas is over...

but I am still in the Christmas crafting mood

and may get a jump start on next years' cards. :)

All the designer papers come from

the Tim Holtz Holiday paper pad - just love it!

The inside of the cards and envelopes have matching papers

Each card has several layers. I used the Cuttlebug with

Tim Holtz folders and several others

Everything is distressed

There are products from Stampin' Up, Ranger, Tim Holtz

and several 'stash scraps'.

Super fun, super easy.

Ready~Set~Craft!

So amazed at the gift of the sweet blog award given to my by Tammy White. Tammy is a designer for  ScrapbookPal.com and a guest designer for ClubRubyDesigners.com. She is also the first person to give me a chance in the GIBBS swap on the Cricut Message Boards :) Thanks Tammy for giving me such a lovely award.

Now that I have this, I need to do 4 things:

1). Thank and link back to the person who awarded me
2). Share 8 things about myself
3). Pay it forward to 8 bloggers that I have recently discovered
4). Contact those bloggers and tell them about their awards


So now it's time to share eight things about myself... here we go...

1. I have two beautiful daughters who love to craft with me...I am blessed.
2. If I won the lottery I would 'buy' a week of Tim Holtz' time so he could show me 1/100th of what he knows.
3. I want more than I need, have more than I deserve, and give all that I can.
4. I started my 'crafting career' by hand painting Christmas cards and sacks with acrylics
5. I live in the middle of a cornfield - literally!
6. I love to color!
7. I am the Executive Director of the Illinois Certification Board - overseeing 9000 credentials in the State of Illinois; dealing with addictions of all sorts. I love my job!!!
8. I have never used the Gypsy or Design Studio.... I know, gasp!

Now- to share this award with others...
Delphine  her beautiful cards brighten my day!
Daphne  her layouts are out of this world
Above Rubies Studio  What can I say...Megan is amazing!!
Paula C. one of my partners in GIBBS and an amazing crafter
Kimi  just beautiful work!
Cammi the Copic Queen :)
Emma love her greeting farm cards and coloring
Kathy her cards are amazing! We have the same style!!! Love crackle paint.

All of these ladies are on my 'favorite blogs' listing. There are several others and some of them were already chosen for this award my Tammy so I couldn't use them twice! Now off to contact them so they can pass the award along.

Happy New Year ... Ready Set Craft

Christmas Cards.....

Finally sitting down to get my Christmas Cards done.

I mean... started :)

I personalize my cards to the recipient

for the most part ...

The first is for a newly wed couple...

 This one is for an avid gardner/bird watcher...

 This one is for someone who adores 'simple'

with clean lines...

and this one is for a family with children...

Various papers, prima flowers, distress inks,

embellies, brads and an old strand of metal

snowflake garland that I cut apart and distressed

with Tim Holtz ,Picket Fence, crackle paint

NOW I am in the Christmas Spirit :)

Thanks for stopping by.

Ready ~ Set ~ Craft!!

Club Ruby Christmas Club Kit (Sneak Peek)

Christmas Mini

All papers from the Club Ruby December Kit

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Club Ruby December Kit (Sneak Peek)

A simple layout

Only the third layout I've ever done :)

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