March celebrates women so our group decided to make our February Blog Hop Theme, Celebrating Women. There are so many strong women who have accomplished so many incredible things. Let's celebrate them with a cute and powerful card!

My inspiration for this month's theme was Leslie Knope. She is a character from the show Parks & Rec and she is extraordinary! Her and I have many characteristics in common, but one of my favorite aspects of Leslie Knope is her style! Yes, she has a very unique style and I tried capturing it in these beautiful power suit cards! 

These cards will be great for so many occasions such as graduations, job interviews, promotions, and birthdays! You could also send this to one of the women in your life just because you want to tell her how amazing she is! I hope you enjoy all the different varieties of suits I created! This set was absolutely so fun to create with! I can't wait to make even more suit related cards! 

You can use any DSP or regular cardstock for the suits and blouses. I used the Paper Blooms and Flower and Field DSP for the blouses. I used the Well Suited DSP for the suit jacket as well as regular cardstock. It was difficult to pick the blouse DSP because we have so many different patterns, all of them would make really cute blouses!

For the skin tones, I used a variety of cardstock colors such as Basic White, Very Vanilla, and Cinnamon Cider. To add even more variety, I used blends on top of the cardstock to create other tones. 

Kurstan del Rosario-CA
Teri West- AK
Dawn Sandner-CA
Laurie Bradshaw-CA
Lisa Rhine-CA
Tammy Civello-CA
Jessye Chancey-NE
Christy Frank-CA
Danielle D. Diaz-NM (You Are Here)

Thank you to those that caught my FB Live on Friday! I hope you enjoyed these perfectly matched hummingbird projects using the, "A Touch of Ink," stamp set. I love how bright and fun the hummingbirds look! The combo of Granny Apple Green, Calypso Coral, and Shaded Spruce really bring the hummingbird to life. 
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Using this set made me think about the little hummingbird family with a nest in our front yard. The baby birds were sooooo tiny! 

I really enjoyed layering the card and adding some flair with an embossing folder on the treat bag and bag topper. These projects will provide a cute gift for any occasion. 

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Happy Valentine's Day! I hope you have had a wonderful day! I know today has been different for so many people around the world, but I hope you were able to find some happiness and love today. 

The card I made today can be used of course for Valentine's Day, but it can also be used for any occasion, just switch out the sentiment. I started with the "Be My Valentine", but decided on the "You Are A Rare Find," because it was more versatile. 

If you would like to watch my tutorial of this card, it is found over on the right. --> It is a bit different than my other tutorials because I go through the entire process of cutting, scoring, and die cutting all the pieces. I hope you enjoy! 

Checkout the slideshow below to see the progress I made throughout the last few weeks as I was preparing to send out these Valentine's Day cards to my family and friends. 

Welcome to a berry fun project trio! As you all know, I am a teacher and one of my favorite academic holidays is Pi Day! If you have never heard of this holiday, it is on March 14 because pi is 3.14 (well the first three digits, that is). As soon as I saw the Pacific Point plaid pattern, I automatically thought baking. I started some Google searching and found a pot holder design. I thought it was made of paper, but it was actually a real pot holder. I hadn't seen a paper crafted pot holder, so I thought it would be a really cute 3D project to design. I brought in the Ice Cream Corner DSP as the top of my pie and decided on 3 different color schemes for the the 3 projects. I love how they turned out, but my favorite is the Pot Holder Treat! Which of the 3 is your favorite? 

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Can you believe this is already week 4 of my lives? I absolutely can't believe it! Wow! Thank you for joining me on this journey! I really appreciate your support! 

This week I decided to work with heat embossing and the Blackberry Bliss Oh So Ombre DSP. I wanted to showcase how elegant you can make the ombre designs. I love how well Rich Razzleberry, Blackberry Bliss and green look! The leaves really popped and so did the Ghiradelli squares! These sentiments can easily be switched out if you need them for a different occasion. 

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Second week of Stampin' Up! fun! I was so pumped when I saw this Hey Girlfriend stamp set. The girls are diverse and just so adorable. They reminded me of Bratz dolls. Shortly after scrolling through the new catalog, I started seeing IG accounts with women Disney Bounding, which is a way for fans to dress in a character inspired outfit, without having to wear a costume. And there it was an idea was sparked to create Disney Bounding girls! And how perfect would it be if I paired that with the Hearts & Kisses sentiment, "Happy Galentine's Day," for my best friend Elena. Her and I love Disney and love to celebrate Galentine's Day! If you would like to see the full live, it is here --> 
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