~~ You're Sew Sweet ~~

Hi Y'all....I made this card for my niece  Elizabeth and I was tickled when I found the "E" charm. I used French Manor for the dress form and Art Philosophy for the flowers and the frame.I tucked in a hand made stick pin and a darling tiny spool, wrapped in Bakers Twine . Thanks for the sweet lil spools, Diane !!!! And thanks for taking a peek , y'all !

~~ Happy Birthday ~~~

Good morning Y'all!! I hope you are having a great start to the New Year!! I think my Mojo stayed back in 2011 :(   My friend Darlene had a birthday last week and I was forced to make something and I decided to make a tag.The recipe is:
French Manor for the birdcage
Art Philosophy for the larger flowers
Prima for the mid size flower and the small one is from the dollar bin at Michael's.
Stampin Up paper and bird punch
Butterflies were made using an EK Success punch
Custom made stick pin
Thanks for taking a peek !!

~~~ Your SEW Sweet ~~~

Hi Y'all!! Happy Hump Day ! A sweet friend of mine on this MB sent me some goodies and this beautiful Webster's Pages paper was just some of the gorgeous paper she sent to me, so I had to make her a card!! I used French Manor for the dress form ( another gift from a dear friend...thanks D !!) and I used Bloom for the butterfly.Y'all know I am always looking for new things to try,so I added a handmade tulle flower with a vintage button in the center. There are many tutorials on Youtube for making Tulle Flowers and they were pretty fun to make.Lots of inking and layering on this card and I added a bit of lace to the tag and used a punch for the bottom edge. The sentiment is from the Sweet Sentiments Collection by Kimberly that you can find here.Thanks SEW much for taking a peek and THANK YOU, Tatiana !!!

Hugz and Kissez, Joy

Thank you ALL for the thoughts and prayers for my Mother!!! She still seems to be doing just fine.....thank the Lord !!!

~~~ Dream ~~~

Good morning !! I hope y'all are enjoying this Mother's Day weekend! This is a card I made a few weeks ago while at the lake.I ran across my Mariposa paper and wanted to make a shabby chic looking card with it. I used French Manor for the layered matting, the bird and the bird cage.The cage was short and squatty ( like me ) so I just stretched it to fit, with my Gypsy.The large flower is from Walk in my Garden and the smaller ones are from Cindy Loo. I used a gel pen to cover the flowers with, to add that glossy effect.Added the Dream ticket, a few vintage buttons and Crinkle Ribbon,that you can find here, along with some Memory Thread. I hope you all have a WONDERFUL Mother's Day!! Thanks for taking a peek! xoxo Joy

~~~ Amore ~~~

Hi Y'all!! I bought this travel themed paper to make my son and his girlfriend a mini album to show off all the pictures from their European travels last year...HAHAHA The paper has been used to make cards with...who was I fooling ?!? So this card is for my lil world travelers.I kinda sorta scraplifted my own card I made a few weeks ago.I used French Manor for the Eiffel Tower and for Amore....by the way Amore is an Italian word...Amour is French...sombody got their countries confused. I used the Sweethearts cart for the hearts.Did some inking,poppin, added a brass brad and a metal button, to make it a lil more masculine.Oh and I dyed that seam binding....it isn't what I have seen people use on other posts, but it works for me!!After I glittered the heart, I kinda sprinkled some all over the card and it is so fine, it stuck and gave the entire card a touch of sparkle. Thanks for taking a peek and reading my ramblings !!!xoxo Joy

~~~ Several Thank You Cards ~~~

Good morning Y'all !! I made these cards for some AMAZING women that I have gotten to know on the Cricut Message Board. They all sent me some goodies and I am so grateful to them not only for the goodies,but more importantly, their friendship !!! I used Create a Critter for the lil bird card, Pooh and Friends for the floral card and French Manor for the Merci card. Thanks for taking a peek and thanks to each of these wonderful women!!! Tatiana, Diane and Sandi...you girls ROCK !!!