The Rasberry Patch

One of our lovely friends asked for a favour.  She requested that I make unicorn themed thank you tags and cupcake flags for her daughter's 4th birthday.  To say the least, I was thrilled to pieces by this!  Having a little boy does not usually leave much room for unicorns and pink glitter foam at The Rasberry Patch, so I dive in head first when an overly girly opportunity comes my way and this is no exception!! Unicorns here we come!!! Images by Stampin' Up! & Flonz I knew that I wanted to do something special and I had decided a long time ago that banners were well worth it for party decor.  You just can't go wrong with a sweet banner, now can you? It was not specifically requested, but I just had to make a beautiful banner for this sweetheart of a lady that I happily call my friend. Images by  Stampin' Up!  &  Flonz Pink glitter foam was the perfect fit for this purple and pink themed party.  The unicorns have been stamped and fu

We have a fun retro card and a new video tutorial for you today on the blog! Hope you enjoy.  Card Front Images used: Stampendous , Stampin' Up! ,  Accord Publishing &  Momenta This card was requested by a friend of mine who wanted a mason jar themed birthday card.  Hmm ... what to put inside a mason jar?   Flowers?  Nah, did that already.   Sand?  Not really feeling it.   Uh-huh!  A butterfly!  Perfect. The thought of a butterfly trapped inside a mason jar really does appeal to me and my love of nature.  With the knowledge that my friend enjoys a more retro feel to her decor, I had a plan and it was time to create!  Sadly, I found out after the fact, that she absolutely HATES doilies.  Well, I guess that I should have double checked with her about that, but hey?!  I could be cruel and continue to use them on her cards for my own personal entertainment in the future ... mmwwwahaha! Card Front Close-up Images used: Stampendous , Stampin' U

This was a fun card to create for a friend of mine.  She had asked for something along the theme of wine or travel.  I chose wine, since I knew that I had the perfect stamp set: Stampin' Up!'s Happy Hour! While digging through my patterned paper, I came across this fun background print.  The paper is from an old scrapbook calendar that I had been given by another good friend of mine.  She had no use for an outdated calendar, but thought that the papers inside were right up my alley.  Boy, was she right?!  I just love the simplicity of this print as well as the imperfect, hand drawn affect of the striped lines.  It seems, to me, to make this card more personal. Card Front Images from Stampin' Up! & Accord Publishing's 2012 Scrapbook Calendar  Since the recipient of this card is a wine connoisseur, I chose to create a wine glass tag to use as an embellishment on the card front.  This means that the card (or parts of it) play double duty.  The wine glas