I love both of these new sets and am happy that I got the chance to share them!

This was the first time I got a shot of Candlestick Park. I love how the orange just pops out when you’re in the sky!

I was happy with my shot of the Bay Bridge, Treasure Island and the Downtown SF all in the same view. Not bad.

And finally, the shot I’ve been waiting to get for several years, both towers of the Golden Gate Bridge. I got a picture of one tower during my flight to Paris, but this was the first time I was able to get both towers in the same photo! Although happy with my double tower achievement, I thought this photo turned out only “eh,” and my camera won’t be going to rest on anytime soon on future flights!

For the first card, I used the Bella Rose DS paper with the Riding Hood Red and Kiwi Kiss matching cardstock. I also used the oldie, but goodie, Riveting stamp set which is a former hostess set that is now retired. Other supplies used: Making Memories Flower Brads, Riding Hood Red Taffeta Ribbon, Choco Chip Ink, Nesting Circle Punches, Paper Piercer, and White Gel Pen.

For this next card which measures in at 3×3, I used the Sweet Always DS paper. I love the color combo of this set, which is Regal Rose, Chocolate Chip, Pumpkin Pie, and Pink Pirouette. This is a simple and chic card made with minimal supplies. I used the Corner Round Punch, Chocochip Grossgrain, a Prima Flower and silver mini brad, and a rub on for the sentiment. Simple, cute, and just the way I like!

Big Lots has Thickers! And MiniMarks! Both are $2 a pack. They had some other items that I passed on like Playhouse embellishments and ribbon, but here’s what I ended up with.

After reading a post on Two Peas on Wedenesday, I hopped in my car and headed to the Big Lots in my area, only for a big disappointment. No Thickers. I got the MiniMarks, but no Thickers. But, I went back last night to the one closest to me and they had them! Not quite the selection as I would have liked, but I’ll take $2 Thickers anyday.

If there’s a Big Lots near you and you like Thickers, you might want to head on over!

On thing I can’t get enough of for sure though, is American Craft Thickers. Is a layout complete without them? Well, I didn’t use Thickers in all of these layouts, they are one of my favorite all time products and I just love using them! Here’s what I made with them:

On a scrappy note, I was able to complete some layouts (including one from my Paris trip!) before I left for Hong Kong. I got to play with the Pink Paislee kit I won too! Here they are:

That’s all for now…see you soon!

I have several special people that I send cards to on Mother’s Day and I made these:

I used the Raspberry Tart Stampin’ Up DS Paper for this card and a Mother’s Day stamp I got from the Michaels $1 bin. I embossed the Mother’s Day sentiment with black EP and colored in the flowers with Copic Markers. I also used one of my Cuttlebug Embossing folders on the white strip, although it’s hard to see in the picture. And, I guess my vision was blurry when I took this picture because I didn’t realize that only one of cards was in focus until I saw a larger version of it on my computer screen!

Happy Mother’s Day wishes and see you when I get back!

As for Paris, it was beautiful, and I had a wonderful time. I got to see the Eiffel Tower by day and night, go on a boat ride on the Seine River, visit the Moulin Rouge, admire the pretty flowers, have gelato shaped like a flower, and even visit a Le Temple du Scrap! The trip was amazing and I can’t wait to visit again some day. I was also especially excited to be able to practice my photography skills with my D70 camera. Here are some of my favorite shots:

Hi all! Here’s a quick card I made over the weekend. This one is with the Upsy Daisy stamp set. I used an In Color combo: Baja Breeze, Kiwi Kiss, and Pacific Point. I wanted to add a little texture to the panel with the stamped image so I used a stipple brush to tap Kiwi Kiss on it. I love using the stipple brush because it adds such a subtle flair. And, for some extra dimension, I cut out a few flowers and stuck them on with dimensionals. I made this card for my MIL, so I hope she likes it!

And some exciting news for me, I won this scrapbooking kit from Pink Paislee! They had a blog hop last week with this prize up for grabs and I won it from Mara-May’s blog. I couldn’t believe I won, but very happy that I did!

I won’t have internet access starting tomorrow until the end of next week so I’ll be taking a short blogging break. See you when I get back!

New Moon

Twilight

And here are some layouts I wanted to share. These aren’t the layouts that I made this weekend, but I haven’t gotten the chance to share these on my blog yet, so here goes: