Scallops O' Fun

I love making tags and embellishments with my 2" scallop punch and since I had tons of left over paper scraps I went "punching crazy". I made huge amounts of scallop circles. Tons.
You can use these pretties in so many different ways! {My daughter likes to tape them to our dog Dixie's eyes and pretend she's a pirate. ARRRGGHHH! -I so wish I had a picture for you all to see.}

Head on over the PinkPatrice Boutique and pick some up today. And if you have a certain color scheme in mind just give me a holler!

Tulips All Year Long

I saw this cute tutorial on how to make paper tulips while reading one of the many blogs I stalk.

I love tulips.

In fact, I love them so much I didn't bother digging up the bulbs last fall when my husband and I laid landscaping fabric and shredding bark on all the beds in our yard. Then a few weeks ago I noticed the fabric bulging up and couldn't figure out why.

After a moment or two of stupor I realized my poor tulips {and daffodils and crocus} were diligently trying to break their way out of the fabric to see the sun. I was able to free them by cutting a hole in the landscaping fabric.

{Yeah, I do NOT have a green thumb, unlike my mother who can bring a plant back from the dead. I'm not even kidding}

Anyway- I thought the paper tulip flowers were so cute and simple to make I thought I'd post the link to the tutorial here. Go and have fun with some paper! {I've got more REAL flowers to save.}

Get a Cute Background

Need to spruce up your desktop/laptop background? You can go here for a few ideas. Here are a few that grabbed my fancy.





As a previous teacher I really love this one because it looks like a bulletin board...



but I choose this one as my current background. It's titled,

"Where are the Babies?"

Cute, huh? :)

EART Spring Trunk Show

One of the Etsy Teams I belong to, EART or The Eclectic Artisans Team, is hosting a Spring Trunk show tomorrow night. I plan on participating. You can get all the details on the blog!

http://theeclecticartisansteam.blogspot.com/

I'm in LOVE

I'm sooo enamored with Plasterdoll but I think I've found a new love.

Or a least an additional one.

I absolutely love the designs and colors LaurenAlexander uses in her paintings!!

I'm no art critic but these painting speak to me.  

I love the use of simple shapes

and rounded lines

and the COLORS..oh, the COLORS.  

Just beautiful.  And I love them.

I'm definately purchases several of her prints in the near future.  Off to daydream......... 

New Purchase

So, even though I've entered the giveaway contest over at Vanilla Joy , I've been looking online at the products included in the Ultimate Crafter's Companion.  

I saw the Enveloper on Amazon for under 14 dollars so I added it to  my cart thinking I might purchase it sometime.  

And then I clicked the "1 Click" button not thinking it would instantly send my order through. Well, Bada Bing Bada Boom.....I've got an Enveloper! (Eeek- I didn't see shipping costs -$7.89!)  

Oh well, guess I'll be making lots of cute envelopes soon!  Keep me bookmarked if you're in the market for envelopes of all sizes!  

Pretty Darn Cool Giveaway

For all you crafters who love to create with paper...head on over to the Vanilla Joy blog and enter to win the Ultimate Crafter’s Companion. (yeah...I've entered like 4 times)

It's a great tool that makes it easy to make all different sized cards, envelopes, and enveloboxes, trim, and embellish/emboss.

It looks pretty amazing and fun to use!  Good Luck!