A Minibook

Hello

I hope you are enjoying your summer so far.  I have been pretty busy with the kids, but I have managed to get a few projects done.

The first one I have to share is a mini book that I made to honor the first two furbabies that my hubby and I had together, Rocky and Rascal.  We adopted Rocky when he was 8 weeks old he was a Collie, retriever mix heinz 57 he lived to be 15!  We had to say goodbye to our beloved puppy this past April, Rascal crossed the rainbow bridge back in 2011 he was 11 we adopted him when he was 9 months old he was a pure bred golden.

Anyway here are some pictures of my book:

I covered the front cover with chocolate cardstock and then distressed it with sand paper to give it a leather effect.  I also used a lot of flip flaps tthroughout this book so I could use a lot of pictures.

Thank you for stopping by, I hope you like my book.  Stay tuned for my next post whicb will be featuring some cards I recently completed. 

I am also excited to announce that the new Close to My Heart idea book, annual inspirations goes live on August 1! I am so excited and can't wait for you to see it.  Be sure to visit my website on August first to check it out online or contact me to get a copy.

www.sonyaross.ctmh.com

Happy Fathers Day!

Hello!

It has been way too long since my last post!  I worked on fathers day cards tonight.  They are all for my hubby, one from me one from my daughter and one from my son.  I used all CTMH papers and embellishments.  Speaking of CTMH we are celebrating 30 years this month!  In honor of that we have some great collections available for one month only!  They are all $30 with a $50 purchase, there is  something for everyone so head over to my website and check them out.

OK back to my fathers day cards, here they are:

I used an old paper pack for this one called "It's a Guy Thing", the stamp is from the cloud nine card making kit from January's constant campaign.  I used square durables on the top left corner, colonial white ribbon, and a buckle on the bottom.  It is simple but I think it works!

 This one is going to be from my seven year old son.  I used the same paper as I did on the first one, the stamped image is a stamp of the month from a few months ago, I embellished with round durables and chocolate ribbon.

Last but not least, my ten year old daughters.  She may decide to make her own but just in case I made this one.  The paper is from the Dream Pop paper collection (yes I am finally using up my saved paper)!!! The letters are irresistables, the embellishments are clear shapes, I added washi tape  to the love tag, I thought that was super cute!

I hope you like my cards.  I will be posting another project that I have been working on foe a while tomorrow or the next day, it is a mini book to honor the first two dogs my hubby and I had together.  We lost our boy Rascal in 2011 at age 12 and just lost our precious Rocky on April 1 at age 15!  It was an emotional project, I am proud of how it turned out.  I look forward to many more scrapbook projects that include the two dogs we have now!

Thanks for stopping by!

Happy Birthday Baby!

Hey there!  Hope everybody is having a great day today!  After a slight snow setback yesterday I am happy to report that it looks like spring may actually come to New England this year!  Yay!  

It was my wonderful husband's birthday a few days ago.  I had my usual dilemma when making a card for a guy.  I have so many ideas and sketches that suit girls but always seemed to get stumped when it comes to male cards.  Anyway with the help of my trusty Cuttlebug machine I came up with this:

What red blooded male doesn't love diamond plate?  To do the diamond plate, I simply covered a piece of  cardstock with aluminum duct tape that I "borrowed" from my husbands work truck.  (This is sold in all Home Depot type stores it is used on dryer vents and things like that).  Then I ran the covered piece of cardstock through the cuttlebug with my diamond plate embossing folder and there you have it!  This technique is great for cutting out thin metal tags and accents as well.

Here is a close up of the brads I used to attach the sentiment.  The stamps and cardstock were all from my CTMH stash of course!

That is all I have for now, I hope you like this card and are inspired to go an create something!