Fall Back!

Hope everyone remembered to turn back the clocks 1 hour.  Got to love that extra hour in the day to get things done.......  Last night we attended a VIP evening to raise money for the Children's Treatment Foundation.  Whoot Whoot........... totally successful with an amazing amount of money raised.  Stephanie and Dale, Peter and Veronica you guys rock!  Needless to say the entire evening ROCKED OUT!!!  Coyote Ugly has nothing on us gals!

Here is a card I made for friends who celebrated their 25th Anniversary.  Congratulations Doug and Andrea and many many more years to come.  Another one of those simply elegant designs I love to make.  White base with a layer of shimmery silver then a cuttlebug embossed layer where I added silver gems, silver #25 and for the finishing touch a most elegant shimmery wide silver ribbon.

Fall Weddings

Hello Folks..........there is nothing like fall weddings.  A long time friend's daughter was planning her wedding and asked me to make "Special" Thank You cards for her bridesmaids, Maid of Honour and a "Very Special Mother".  Needless to say I was thrilled to be asked and wanted to make simple yet elegant cards for Sara!

The base of the card I used swiss dot cuttlebug folder, added silk ribbon in burnt orange which was the colours of the bridesmaids dresses, stamped Thank You then cut out with my nesties, doubled layered the flower then spritz it with glitter mist and added a burnt orange gem to the centre and voila........my version of simply elegant for Sara!

This was the card I created for the Very Special Mother.  Once again used the swiss dot cuttlebug folder for the background, layered on burnt orange card stock, added the double layered flower but this time added an elegant soft burnt orange pearl for the centre then for that little extra sparkle couldn't resist adding decorative clear gems accenting the flower. The "Thanks So Much"verse was stamped with versa mark and embossed then punch out using my heart nesties.

   

Happy Thanksgiving!

One could not ask for a better Thanksgiving weekend.  The sun is shining, the birds are singing, fall colours are painted in every direction you turn.  We are heading over to my Pister #2's for our family Thanksgiving supper.  Looking forward to seeing my niece Kristen who has been working soooo very hard in her 4th year of nursing.  I am so proud of her!  My other niece Jodi is just getting home from Vegas and I am sure she has a few tales to tell.

Here is a card that I created for our friends wedding on October 23, 2010.  The base of the card is shimmery linen, layered with a shimmery kelly green finished with a rose pattern vellum.  I embossed the wedding rings in silver cut out with my nesties, added pearl baubles a little glitter to the diamond in the ring to give that extra sparkle finishing with a wide champagne ribbon.  For the inside I created a little pocket to add the gift of money which was edged with a scalloped heart style EK punch and then found a booklet of Love phrases on vellum.

Simply Elegant

Just a quick post ..............

Love doing these types of cards......they are simple yet so elegant. Shimmery white base layered with cuttlebug embossed aqua/teal, added pearls to each corner and wrapped in white sheer ribbon. The image is from Stamping Bella coloured with prisma pencils added some glitter and clear gems layered using my nesties.

Soft & Elegant

As soon as I seen the challenge from Stampin' for the Weekend blog, I knew I was going to make a wedding card. The colours for this challenge was silver and pink. Once I finished the card I could see that it would work nicely for a "Silver Anniversary" occasion.

The base of the card was made from shimmery silver card stock layered with cuttlebug embossed shimmery pink where I added some tiny pearls to the vines. The image was stamped with versamark and embossed in silver, layered on pink, silver and velum cut from my circle nesties. For the diamond in the ring I applied glitter and then some crystal affects to give a bit of dimension. Found the perfect ribbon to finish off the card and added a filigree heart to the bow.

Wedding Bliss!!

My "pister" has a wedding this weekend so she wanted me to make a card using the brides colours which is eggplant or deep purple.

For this card I used textured cream card stock for the base then a layer of deep shimmery purple. Next is a layer of pearlized cream card stock embossed with a cuttlebug folder where I added some tiny pearls. Wrapped cream and purple ribbon around the 2 layers then finished with three purple pearl brads.

Millar Time

Well........... I just had one of the biggest laughs. MBFF posted a "Stella" card on SC and the description mentioned that this image reminded her of an elementary school teacher. I was sure it was Mrs. Millar but guessed wrong. However, after talking about various teachers we both agreed that the Stella image did indeed resemble Mrs. Millar as well as this other substitute teacher she had in mind. When the two of us get together there is never a dull moment and you can guarantee big laughs and a lot of fun. We have been friends for 40 years and over time have been asked if we are sisters which we find hilarious considering our backgrounds.


Now for my post............My sister needed a wedding card and the colours of the wedding is in a deep purple or eggplant. After making this card I realized that I will also change up the colours to white and red for a Valentines Card. If I get a chance in the next few days I will post that one as well.

My First Post

I created this blog some time ago but have never posted anything. Well this morning I decided to give it a try.

Just to fill you in on a couple of things, the title I chose was a given. I LOVE GLITTER! Anything that sparkles and shines I am all over it. So with that being said, it had to be in my blog name. The banner picture is a snap shot of a rose from our Peace Garden. This garden is representation of my parents and my husbands. His Dad always loved roses and could grow the most beautiful roses with little fuss or muss so we added them to the garden with hopes of being able to grow beautiful roses as well.

My first card I want to post is a wedding card I created and posted on SCS. It had great reviews which gave me the confidence to keep posting. The base of the card was made with shimmery pale peach cardstock run through my cuttlebug. I added peach ribbon a few pearls, pre-made bow with the heart sticker mounted on circle nestibilities.