Tradefish Designs-Birthday Balloons!

Hello!  Today I have a card using Tradefish Designs set, Another Year.  I stamped the sentiment, balloons, and confetti in Memento Tuxedo Black.  I then colored the balloons with copic markers.  I added some stickles to the confetti and drew the strings with a black archival pen.  I tied a little bow on the balloon bouquet.  I was running low on birthday cards, so I need to replenish my stash!

Thanks for stopping by!

Emily

Tradefish Designs-You Are Just My Type!

Hi there! I thought I would throw in a theme other than Christmas, so I pulled out the set You Are Noteworthy from Tradefish Designs.  I stamped the typewriter on text from an old book.  The red notebook paper is from Authentique's Wonder collection.  Pretty simple and perfect for a Valentine card.  So sad to tell you that C has decided to close up shop at Tradefish Designs.  She will still have the blog and the Go Fish challenge, but will only be selling her stamps until the end of the month.  Everything is marked down 50% off, so if you had your eye on something, now would be the time to buy it.  She will shut the shop down on December 31st.  Sniffling  and pouting here!

Are you all ready for Christmas?  I know I am! I have to throw a pre-school holiday party today, and then I am ready to kick back and relax with my guys.  Today is their last day of school!  I actually went shopping yesterday-for me!  I rarely shop for clothes anymore, but I had some "free" money coupons (you know, buy $10 worth of stuff get $10 off, so I bought a couple shirts that were on super sale at JC Penny.  I also had some Old Navy cash, so I bought some cute lounge pants and a shirt to hang out around the house in.  Only $3.82 after the crazy mark down plus my Old Navy bucks! Love a good deal, and it was kind of fun buying something for me!

Have a great day!

Emily

Tradefish Designs-Joy To The World

Hello!  I made this card for Will's homeroom teacher, who also happens to be his Social Studies teacher!  I used two sets from Tradefish Designs.  Sentiments of The Season for the sentiment, and Back 2 School for the globe.  I colored the globe with copic markers and added some green baker's twine at the bottom from The Twinery.  This was a super quick and easy one layer card to make.  Make sure you check out the huge inventory sale going on at TFD.  All stamps are 50% off right now!!!

This is also for the Moxie Fab Get Inspired by Home Decor Challenge!

Thanks for stopping by,

Emily

Peace On Earth and some family stuff!

Hello!  Today I have a card using a sentiment from Tradefish Designs set, Sentiments of The Season.  I used a punch from SU for my bird and branch.  I sponged green ink on the "text" paper limb.  I stamped the sentiment in the lower corner of my white panel first and then ran it through my Cuttlebug with the swiss dots folder.  I then adhered that to my white card base and added my bird and limb to the side.  I added some red baker's twine from The Twinery to the top.
Make sure you check out the newest GO Fish challenge!  You can find the details HERE.
Busy few days at my  house.  Max had surgery on Friday-adnoidectomy, ET tubes placed, and bilateral inguinal hernia repairs.  He is feeling much better, but cries when I have to give him ear drops.  Ear drops and eye drops for kids suck.  No other way to put it.
Yesterday, Will participated in a First Lego League competition.  It is a program that is based on science and technology.  He and his teammates had to come up with a research project based on food safety, which was the them this year.  They had to provide research evidence and a prototype invention that they developed to help make food safer to eat.  They also had to build a robot to perform certain tasks for points.  They had 2.5 minutes to get as many points with their robot as they could.  They acquired the most points so they won the top award for robot performance.  We were so happy and excited.  Here are some photos from the event, so humor a proud mama! :)

This is Will with the robot that he and his team built and programmed.

This is Will, team and coaches during the first round of robot competition.

It was hard to get good photos because we were not allowed in certain areas during the competition, but this is Will, coaches and team when they won the award for Best Robot Performance.  Will is in the middle!

Thanks for stopping by today!

Emily

Tradefish Designs-Merry & Bright

Hi, there!  Today's card is a bit non traditional.  I used a pink pirouette base and some papers from Fancy Pants that I bought years ago.  I cut the trees from the DP.  The blue sky background is also DP from this collection.  I cut and layered some white cardstock and added some glitter for my snow.
The sentiment is stamped in Licorice ink by Stephanie Barnanrd.  The sentiment is from Tradefish Designs set, Sentiments of The Season.  I have gotten so much use from this set this holiday season.  It has been a wonderful addition to my stamp collection. Lucky for you, it is on sale for half off!  All stamps at Tradefish are 50% off so go check them out! :)

Thanks for stopping by!

Emily

Tradefish Designs-Happy Blessings

Hello!  Today I have a card using Got Leaves set from Tradefish Designs.  I colored and cut out the two pumpkins from this set.  I used some My Mind's Eye Blackbird  DP along with some text pages from an old book.  I inked the edges of everything with walnut stain and antique linen distress inks.  The sentiment is stamped with walnut stain ink.  I love that you can miss and match the sentiments in this set.  You can see the entire set below:

Thanks for stopping by today!  Off to mail off some Thanksgiving cards to family and friends.

Emily

Tradefish Designs-Out of This World!

Hello!  I pulled out my Tradefish Designs Out of This World set and paired it up with some October Afternoon Rocket Age DP.  I stamped the planet image on patterned paper and then used a copic to color in the ring.  I stamped my sentiment on cardstock and then cut out each word.  I used a brown marker to create the faux stitching and used some baker's twine from The Twinery for my loopy bow.

Thanks for stopping by today!

Emily

Love You To The Moon and Back....

Hi, there!  Today I have a cute little treat box to share with you.  This was for the Free 4 All challenge over on SCS.  You can find the instructions and a lot more examples HERE.  I am going to stuff some money into this for my oldest son.  I just went to his first Middle School conference, and his teachers had nothing but good things to say.  He also has all A's and B's, so I am one proud mama.  I was worried about middle school being a big adjustment for him, with his ADHD.  He has been so busy with football and his First Lego League, and still managed to get wonderful grades.  I am beyond happy!

Onto the treat box....I used stamps from Tradefish Designs set, Out of This World.  It goes perfectly with October Afternoon's Rocket Age collection.  The moon is paper pieced and the UFO on the inside is stamped on patterned paper and also colored with some copic markers.  I added a little velcro for the closure.  These are so easy to make, and all you need is a 6x6 piece of patterned paper and a scoring tool!  You will find what the box looks like opened below:

Thanks for stopping by!

Emily