Tied with a Bow

Hi guys. Another very quick birthday card to showcase. I loved working with the Cuttlebug "Happy Birthday" folder. Embossing makes a card look elegant all on it's own...and you really don't need much else to "spruce it up'. So todays' card is very Clean and Simple - just the way I love them!

I simply added a ribbon from my stash and some tiny white bling all over the background.

Challenges:

http://7kidschallengeblog.blogspot.ca/ - anything goes

http://craftygalscornerchallenges.blogspot.ca/ - anything goes

http://thecraftyaddicts.blogspot.co.uk/ - anything goes

http://carabbiemomentsofcraft.blogspot.co.uk/ - anything goes/ bling

http://kraftinkimmiestamps.blogspot.ca/ - anything goes

http://www.wordartwednesday.blogspot.ca/ - anything goes

http://cuttlebugmania.blogspot.co.uk/ - embossing

Tag-y birthday

Hey guys. I made a bunch of birthday cards recently, so I'm entering them into challenges. Today's card is a masculine or neutral one.

I had this stamped tag lying in my stash and decided it was time to use it. Pretty simple, but turned out nicely.

The stars are popped up to give it some dimension.

Challenges:

http://cuttlebugmania.blogspot.co.uk/ -- embossing
http://lemonshortbreadchallenge.blogspot.nl/ - anything goes
http://papertakeweekly.blogspot.ca/ - anything goes
http://stampartpapel.com/category/comunidad/ - anything goes
http://www.ttcrd.blogspot.ca/ - anything goes
http://www.retrorubberchallengeblog.com/ - anything goes
http://aaacards.blogspot.com.au/2015/11/game-53-anything-goes.html - anything goes

One Sheet Wonder

Hi guys. I saw the Simon Says "Happy Birthday" challenge...and since I have a birthday card in my "One Sheet Wonder" card set that I made, I decided to do a quick post. :)

I had a lovely sheet of paper with some foil (that shines) that I finally decided to cut up and use for some cards. It's been in my stash forever, and I just haven't been able to bring myself to use it! So I took the plunge...and made the first cut... :p

Here's the set of cards I created (very CAS).

I managed to capture the shine on the paper!!! :)

Here's the individual cards:

"Thank You":

"Birthday":

"Wedding/Occasion":

"Thinking of You":

 challenges for these cards:

blog quick quotes - celebration

Simon says - happy birthday

simply create too -- anything goes

sister act card challenge - anything goes

crafty catz weekly challenge - anything goes

qkr stampede - april showers bring may flowers

Summery Birthday

Hi guys. Can you believe it's September already!?!! The summer sure flew by!!!

It's been busy...and a different type of summer, that's for sure! Our little guy is now almost 7 months old!! He keeps me busy when I don't have other jobs to do around the place, so that leaves me even less time to sit down and make cards. But he's sooooooooooo worth it! :)

I was running short on my Happy Birthday cards supply...so I decided to make a few and stock up again. I borrowed some awesome flower stamps from a friend...and set out to see what I could come up with . I love the way this card turned out! I really didnt' have anything in mind -- just basically stamped the different flower stamps with different colors...and then finally added a few circle stamps from a different Stampin' Up stamp set to tie them together.

I stamped and cut one big flower out and added it with some dimentional tape...just so the card wasn't all flat. I love love love it! Very bright and cheerful. :)

I found some great challenges to enter the card into:

(I'm keeping my fingers crossed!!!)

Squigglefly Challenges: Add a Flowers

Simon Says Stamps: Anything Goes

The Paper Nest Dolls: CAS cards

 Less is More: Use a Rubber Stamp

Creative Romance: Clean and Simple

Whimsy Stamps: Clean and Simple

Addicted to Stamps: Anything Goes

 

Thanks for dropping by my blog today. Leave me a comment and I'll be sure to check out your latest creations as well. Feedback on my cards is always appreciated. :) Have a great day! :)

Circle Circus

Hi guys. I love Stampin' Up stamps. They're just really expensive -- kindsa out of my price range right now. A few weeks ago I was the lucky winner of a blog candy that happened to contain not just one, but THREE Stampin' Up stamp sets!!!!!!!! Yes, I was excited!!!!

Today I want to show a card I made with one of the stamp sets. This one is called Circle Circus. Basically it's a set of various circular shaped stamps.Using various ink colors I stamped randomly...

Here is my card:

a close up of the stamping... 

I think I used 6 different colors of ink before I was satisfied!!!

I absolutely love this stamp set!!!! It's perfect for making cards for either gender...and gonna be awesome when I need to make a masculine card. :)

challenges:

Simon Says Stamps -- Anything Goes
CASology - Circles 
Panpastel -- Happy Birthday
Party Time Tuesday -- Anything Goes
Anything Goes Challenge blog -- Make it Manly
Heart to Heart -- Clean and Simple
Creative Card Crew -- Birthday
The Sisterhood of Crafters -- Happy Birthday
Created with Love -- Bright & Cheery
Inky Chicks -- Mother's Day or Birthday
Creative Craft World --  Anything Goes (less than 12x12)  
Simon Says Stamp & Show Challenge -- Stamp You Love (but don't use)
-- this stampin up set is brand new for me...first time i'm using it

Moxie Fab World --  Pattern Play

Something Here, Something There

Hi guys! I love my Cuttlebug!!! :) I got it for a wedding gift...and I must say it's the best crafting gift I 've ever gotten!!! There's so much you can do with it! :) And it's perfect for creating the Clean and Simple cards that I love. A little texture adds so much to an otherwise boring card.

Here's a card I made using up some Cuttlebugged textures I have in my "scraps".

A few layers here....
             
                 a stamp there...
  
                                 some punched butterflies here...


                                                and finished off with a few tiny bling..







Here's the finished card:

Thanks for dropping by. Have a blessed day :)

challenges:

Simon Says Stamp Challenge -- Emboss Wet/Dry
Creative Craft Challenges -- Anything Goes
 Paper Playtime -- Punches + Sentiment
All Sorts Challenge -- Inspired by a Song
>> "Butterfly Fly Away by Miley Cyrus

2 Sisters Challenge -- Things with Wings
Charisma Cards -- Things With Wings
Simply Create Too -- Anything Goes

Less is More Week 87: Use any of the Previous 3 Challenges
>> I used the following challenges: 

• Week 72: Something Shiny 
• Week 56: Don't Scrap It! 
• Week 78: Sketch Challenge

Coloured Flowers

Hi guys! I think it's time to post another blog entry, eh??? The summer is just flying by!!! So little time! But ever so often it's nice to sit down with a cup of tea and do some serious blogging and blog hopping....and share a card or two from my stash. :)

Here's one I recently made with a stamped image....an image that I actually coloured as well!!! :O

LOL -- yeah, colouring an image for a card doesn't happen very often in my world. It's not that it's difficult -- it just takes me out of my comfort zone. :p  But from time to time I like to mix things up...and see what'll happen if/when I try something new.

I saw some cards with very simple colored images -- no promarkers and all the things the "professionals" in blog land use -- just using simple markers that do one colour, etc. It made me realize that images could look just as good without all those fancy supplies...that just aren't in my crafting budget...no matter  how much I wish I had some...

And my card turned out really nice if I do have to say so myself! Love the summery feel it has -- bright and cheerful. :) Perfect for putting a smile on someone's face...

 Whatcha think??? I don't need the promarkers, eh??? :p LOL

Challenges:

Charisma Cards -- No Embellishments
Stamping Sisters in Christ -- Birthday Card
Daring Cardmakers -- Focus on Flowers
ABC challenge -- W is for Wishes

And finally I just want to let you know about a few wonderful giveaways.

The first is happening over at THE CRAFTING BARN -- check this out! 

And then there's also this great giveaway happening over at LINK UP FOR PINK to help promote the blog. I think this one is fabulous -- and it looks like lots of fun!

So head on over there...and sign up. Remember, you can't win if you don't enter! :)

Summertime Birthday

Hi guys! I finally sat down at my scrap table for a few hours and got some more cards made! Whew! (I've been seriously lacking mojo lately, so it was quite the challenge!)

For me that typically means a few flops for cards, but it didn't happen! I guess taking a break for a month worked. LOL  

I borrowed a few stamps from a friend, and tried some new ideas...

This card is quite simple, but the color combo still makes it jump off the page somehow. There's something about blue and yellow  -- vibrant, happy and just plain playful. :) A perfect combination for a Birthday card during the summertime. :)

 Here's a look at the finished card:

(the dark blue bling on the flowers didn't show up on the photo, but that's just little details. Typical, I guess -- it looks even better for real! LOL)

Thanks for dropping by -- and have a happy, summery day. :)

challenges: 

Everybody - Art Challenge: Anything Goes

My Time to Craft -- Milestone Birthday

Simon Says -- Anything Goes

 Forever Friends -- Anything Goes
DL Art -- Birthday

Birthday Masculine

Hi guys. Today I have a masculine birthday card to share. Masculine cards, in general, seem to be everyone's most challenging cards to create. I find little boys' cards to be pretty simple, cause you can add a cute animal image and it works. But when you start making cards for adults, it gets a lot harder. Especially when you try a card without a coloured image (which isn't really my style in the first place).

So when I set out to make masculine cards (for older guys)...I like to keep them Clean and Simple for starters. I often look if I can find a sketch online to use, which I did in this case. And when I finally do find something that turns out really really really well, well I mass  produce! :p LOL Different colours, different stamps, etc.  -- but a great sketch is dying to be mass produced! And when it comes to masculine cards -- a GREAT card is hard to come by, so why not?!!!

On to my card:

The cardstock is from a Michael's pack. The border is from a Colorbok paper pack I won awhile back. I love all shades of brown and this Paper pack was my favourite from Colorbok so far! Beautiful papers!!! (I only have scraps left, but that was perfect for this card, as all I needed was a scrap). :) The square stamp is from the Dollarama -- I haven't found a whole lot of uses for it yet, but I do love it for Masculine cards. And finally the two sentiments are from the Upsy Daisy stampset I borrowed from a friend.

I love how all these different products work together. :) And yes, I am definitely mass producing this card!! I love it! :)

Just Tracy's Crafts Challenge -- Anything Goes
Simon Says Stamp Challenge -- Father's Day/ For a Special Male
Sweet Stamps -- Anything goes
Mojo Monday -- Sketch
Creative Inspirations -- Anything Goes

CAS Gift Set

Hi guys. Today I want to show you a card gift set I made. I wanted to make something for a friend of mine's birthday...and I thought a set of blank cards is always a nice gift to get, so why not? :) I hope she likes them. :)

They are very plain and simple. Basically I used one of the ribbons from the spring collection from Really Reasonable Ribbons...and used some metal embellishments and some bling to spice them up a bit.

I must say, I find adding the charms a bit of a challenge (mostly 'cause I don't use a whole lot of bows on my projects). but I love this simple way of adding the charms to the ribbons...so I tried it here....

supplies used:

Cuttlebug folders:
"Victorian" and "Just My Type"
Upsy Daisy Stamp Set
Really Reasonable Ribbon
Metal Embellishments from stash
Pearls from stash

Challenges:

Anything Goes Challenge Blog -- Things with Wings

Lollipop Crafts Challenge Blog -- Anything Goes

Paper Playtime -- Anything Goes

Pan Pastel UK Challenge Blog -- Spring Time

>> butterflies represent "spring" to me -- as well as the ribbon from RRR "spring" bundle.

Crafty Catz Weekly Challenge Blog -- Anything Goes

Creative Card Crew -- Ribbon

Aud Sentiments -- Anything Goes

Black White & One

Hi guys. Here's a look at another card I made using the Upsy Daisy stamp set by Stampin Up!.  This stamp set has six different sentiments -- and I've absolutely loved playing around with it. :)

This time I only inked up the image once. There's definitely something wonderful about silhouette images -- love them! :) Especially flowers. (something on my "to buy" list for sure!)

I once again used my Cuttlebug to create the textured background. This folder is called "Victorian" and it's one of my favourites. so pretty! I used the Fiskars Effervescence border punch on my red "accent" colour paper....to give the card a little more detail. I just love border punches! :) And finally I added a white sheer ribbon...which I won (could have been from RRR??? I'm not quite sure anymore -- but it's the last of it, so I have to get more! Love it! :)

I'm entering this card into Really Reasonable Ribbon's Challenge:
    >>  Black, White and One Accent Color plus a Ribbon

Paper Playtime -- Birthday Card with Sentiment
Stamptacular Sunday -- Layers
Go Fish Challenge -- Anything Goes
Bearly Mine Challenge -- Embossing
Whimsy Stamps -- Punches and Die Cuts (used a border punch)

Masculine Birthday

Hi guys. Today I want to show you a masculine card I made. These cards always the hardest for me to make -- 'cause cards tend to look flowery or "girly" very fast -- especially when you start to add embellishments....like ribbons.
I used a sketch from a friend -- it's also a great sketch if you're looking to clean up scraps. I'm definitely keeping it around for the future...'cause there's always scraps that need to be taken care of! :)
Here's the card:

I used a clear stamp to stamp the "grey/light black" image of the candles, and then stamped my Birthday sentiment over it with black. I cut the spellbinder and inked up the edges to make it "pop" a bit. (and yes -- I even used a bit of ribbon...but it doesn't make the card any bit girly, now does it?!) Guess it all depends on what you do with the ribbon. (something to note for myself).

So that's it -- another C - A - S card :)

First Card of 2012

Hi bloggers. Well, I've finally gotten back to my crafting table for a bit. Decided to make a fancy-fold card, just cause I always find those to be extra fun!

This fold is called a "Gate Fold" card. It's very simple, and there's so much you can do with it! If you're interested in trying one of these cards yourself, head on over to Split Coast Stampers  for the tutorial. I'm sure you'll enjoy making it too!! :)

Here's my card:

open view:

I used some new stamps...and of course my cuttlebug to do the background. Simplicity always works for me :) TFL :)

stamps R us -- anything goes

Easel Card

Hi there! I have another project to show off. This is my first ever easel card!!! :) I've been wanting to try my hand at them, 'cause I love their unique look. And seriously, for a fancy-folding card, this one is about the simplest one I've tried yet! It only looks complicated! LOL

front view:

side view:

front view closed:

inside view:

the image is a Whiff of Joy stamp. I coloured it with colouring pencils.

Basic Grey: Pink and Brown
Anything Goes Challenge: Anything Goes
Crafty Ribbons: Anything Goes
PIle It On: Fancy  Folds
Kaboodle Doodles: Lots of layers
Lexi's Creations: A card for a child

Summery Sunflower

t's another birthday month! Lots of birthdays to celebrate -- and I was running low on birthday cards. Here's my latest one. I love the summery feel it has! :) TFL

die kreativen stempel freunde -- Birthday 
kaboodle doodles -- flowers as main focus 
kb challenges -- anything goes 
ppp make it monday -- anything goes 
\wood ware usa clear stamps -- happy birthday

Butterflies and Swirls

My days of making Christmas cards for this year are over and behind me. Moving on to other cards...here's one of my latest cards.

I've had the paper in my stash for a long time now - just couldn't make myself cut it up, 'cause I was gonna use it for a layout. But since that never happened, and I needed a patterned paper for this card, I decided it was time. LOL -- I'll probably end up making a whole set of similar cards and use up the whole sheet. It fits so well here!

I added some punched butterflies from my stash as well. It  wasn't until someone commented on this that I realized it -- the patterned paper has swirl dotted lines on it...and I had unconscionably placed the butterflies so it looks like it's their flight pattern. Now I love the paper even more!!! :)

Thanks for stopping by! :)

Creative Craft Challenge -- Anything Goes

Beautiful Shades of Purple

I've been having fun with more "Fred, She Said" images. I love them -- especially because of the great 3-D effect you can get with bending and combining multiple images.

I created this card for a lift challenge -- also known as a sketch challenge. When I first saw the card we were to lift, I was kind of a little lost. I don't have a fancy edge border punch -- so unless I'm borrowing one from friends, I'm basically challenged to come up with ideas for edges. Then I found this template online, and I decided to give it a try. I inked up the edges so they show up more.

Finally I added my flowers and a few punched butterflies.

It's been awhile since I made a square card. This was fun!!! :) TFL

A Spoon Full of Sugar -- Distressing
Stamp with Fun -- Square Cards
Fairy Fun Friday -- Make Your Own Flowers

It's working!!!

Hiya bloggers! I know -- it's been over two weeks since I updated my blog!!! But I just could not sign in!!! Does anyone else ever have this problem??? It's happened to me a few times in the past...and there is nothing I can do to change it! I simply have to wait it out...and in time everything goes back to normal! So unless the blogger weirdness happens again anytime in the near future, I am back! :)

It hasn't stopped my mojo though -- and although I couldn't enter any challenges, I was busy at my crafting table as always! Here's a card I made with an autumn theme.

TFL :)

challenges: Crafty Calendar Challenge -- Autumn Birthdays

Stairs Card

I tend to stick to the basic fold-once type of card, although I have tried a few fancy fold cards in the past. My favourite is the triange-tri-fold card...i've made so many of those -- they're so cute and perfect for little note cards. :)

I was met with a challenge last Monday when the card to lift in the fiskateer gallery happened to be a split-step-card. Talk about being lost!!! I googled it (love that feature!!! LOL) and came up with instructions for how to do the folding and the measurements. I set out to follow the steps -- and ended up with a 6-plus inch card!!!!!!!! NOT a good thing!!! I didn't even try to embellish the card, 'cause I knew it would be a hopeless cause!!! I ended up giving up all together!!!


I knew I had to create some type of card for the challenge though, so today I attempted the split-step-card again. I sat down and tried coming up with my own measurements -- making the card about 4 inches square. I think the purple paper I started working with helped too, 'cause I loved the paper, so I WANTED the card to turn out! LOL

I added layers to the card, and then embellished it with flowers from my stash.

I didn't really like the card's lop-sided look. I wanted to make it look like a square card look. I came up with an idea of adding a little tag to the top "stair". I also thought it would be great if the message you write in the card isn't on display. With my tag idea, you can still display the card, but you have to take the tag off to read the message. :)

When it's fully assembled, it looks like this. :) I love how it turned out! This may be the start of something...

challenges: Heat Embossed the sentiment -- http://prairiefairydesigns.com/challenge/2010/09/week-35-embossing/ 

Other Card Form -- http://everybody-art-challenge.blogspot.com/2010/09/challenge-108.html 

My tag can move -- http://quixoticpaperie.blogspot.com/2010/09/quixotic-challenge-40-move-it-move-it.html  

http://ourcreativecorner6.blogspot.com/2010/09/fun-with-folds.html 

anything but square or rectangle -- http://creativeinspirationschallenge.blogspot.com/2010/09/challenge-42.html

Better Late Than Never

Fiskateers had an online crop last week. There were over 20 challenges...but it was such a busy time for me, I didn't get all the ones done that I wanted to. One of the challenges was to close your eyes, pick a paper from your stash, and then create two cards with it. Sounds...interesting. LOL I did make the two cards, but unfortunately I was too late to participate in the crop -- time ran out! Bummer, eh? But on the bright side...now I have two fabulous cards to give away! So, no worries! :) And I get to show them off to all you great people as well. LOL

I've been scrapping a lot with the Fiskars Sunburst border punch. I saw a lot of people were creating cards using multiple borders...stacked up. It gives such a great effect -- and I just love it! These two cards showcase two different effects you can get -- I'm not sure which one I like better, as they  both look great! :)

I also borrowed the small butterfly punch from a friend...and although they are tiny...any butterfly helps make a card look great! LOL I just loooooove butterflies -- any size! :)

wee Memories -- butterflies , party time tuesday -- anything goes ,
our creative corner -- it's embossable , penny's paper crafty -- anything goes

TFL :)