Deals To Be Had and New Gift Section

The Yart (yard + art = yart) Sale is still going on at Etsy. Lots of great buys, so if you are looking for anything Handmade, make sure you take a look. If you are needing any greeting cards, check out my shop:



10% off all cards

Free secondary shipping

40% off the sale section



Also, my new Gift section is open. I said I would share some of the items there. One of my favorite is the 4 x 4 Tumbled Stone Coasters. I have these coasters all over my house, and they are fabulous! The tiles can be purchased at home supply stores. They must be stamped on in Staz-on or a similar ink. Water based inks will bleed into the stone. They are colored in with chalks and then sealed with an acrylic sealer. I have found that multiple, light coats works best for the sealing.



They hold up very well. The ones around my house are at least 5 years old, and still look great.

I'll share more later.



For now, here's one of the sets of coasters for sale:

Erika's Design

My oldest is a great card designer. When I used to hold classes at my house, there were many times that we made cards she either designed or helped me with. I copied this card from the one she made her sister for a birthday. Don't you just love the fun colors and layout!

The flowers are all die-cut using the big shot daisy die. Once that is done, the card is super fast to assemble! Who wouldn't smile when they opened this up!

YART Sale on Etsy

What is a YART sale you ask? It's Yard + Art = YART Sale. The official run dates are Wednesday, June 10th - June 14th, but I've decided to start my sale today.

Come on over to my Etsy Shop and you'll find:

**10% off all greeting cards
**Free secondary shipping
**40% off all cards in the Sale Section

Happy Shopping! And if you are looking for anything else handmade, there are tons of super finds on Etsy!

Many Things Were Accomplished Today

I had some household chores I could have/should have been working on today, but since the kids are out of school in 3 days, I thought I would take advantage of the time and get some Etsy business taken care of.

First, I will be opening a gift section this week. I'll post items on here as well, but come on over in a few days and check it out.

I love Mary Jo's Monday Sketch Challenges, and made sure I slipped that in today too. Check out the details of the challenge on her blog.

This was a great sketch (again!). All the layered circles are so fun, and the 3 smaller circles just pull the whole card together. I wanted a larger image in the main circle, and since I love to watercolor, I kept that in mind while I was searching through my stamps. I pulled this long lost set out--another one that I'm glad I saved.

The sentiment in the smaller circle says, "Joy is not in things, it is in us." What a great saying! This card could be used for so many different occasions too.

Thanks again MJ for another great "spring board."

Slowin' Down

Just letting the one or two people who read my blog, that I won't be posting as often over the summer months. :)

I love to be outside when it's nice...riding bike, gardening, going to the beach with the kids. Yes, I know, it's a rough life. :)

I'll still post at least once a week, and possibly more, but I'll be back full force again in the fall.

Retro

I cut these "flower bursts" out for a different card, that ended up not working out. They are so fun and cute that I knew I needed to use them though. So I set them aside until I was inspired.

The background on the Baja Breeze is a Big Shot Texture plate. I sanded the texture to make is stand out a little more. Isn't it great with all the other circles and polka dots!

The center of the flower burts have a half pearl added to them.

I'm thinking this would make a great teen birthday card, but I didn't add a sentiment so it could be used for any occasion!

Technostamper's Monday Sketch

Now this sketch I love. If you read my post last Monday, you'll remember the circle/square quandry. But this sketch, notice all those nice straight lines to play with :). Then there is the oval and the pumpkins to soften all those lines.

I know we are not even close to "pumpkin season," but I just got this set, and haven't used it much yet. I am a huge, huge fan of pumpkins. They come in so many fun shapes and colors! The pumpkins on this card are cut out and layered on top of the vase with dimensionals.

The orange layer is pumpkin pie (fitting, huh?), but photographed a little dark. It looks great with Baja Breeze!

Make sure you check out Mary Jo's blog and play along if you have time!