Fly Away Card

Well blogland....I'm not officially back yet.... :P but I did spend a hours at my crafting table this afternoon, so I thought I'd post my creation.

A fellow cardmaker gave me her Fiskar "Fly Away" border punch to borrow....to see if I could come up with an idea of how to incorporate it into a card. While I do love the punch I actually had to give it back without even one single card to show!!!!!!!!!! It's a cute punch, but it's different. Kinda a lot wider than punches I've used in the past....I don't really know what it was about it exactly.

Today I saw the punched sheets and thought -- why not give it another try. This time it worked....and I finally have a card to show for it! LOL What'cha think??? Think it works???

challenges:
The Paper Shelter -- Anything Goes
Sweet Stampin' -- Flowers
Paper Craft Star -- Sketch
The Squirrel and the Fox: Anything Goes

I'm Brave!

It's summertime....and these days I'm much too busy doing anything and everything else to spend any time at my scrapping table. So yeah, my blog will not be updated much in the next few months....but here's a little something to showcase for now.

This is the lastest rug I made. I started out wanting to make it all blue, but I didn't like my third shade of blue, so I opted for gray instead. Everytime I show this to people....they say something like "well you're brave!". Not sure exactly what it is about this rug that makes me "brave", but okay! LOL I love it, and that's the only important part here anyways! :p

Me and You

I'm back to working on my graduation scrapbook. Here's a look at one of the pages I completed awhile back. I actually lifted the layout....and I absolutely love it! It's one of my favourite pages in the whole album. Me and my grandma :) TFL

 

I love the embossing on the background papers!!! :)

ConGRADulations

It's that time of year ago -- lots of graduations happening. And of course, we all need a card to help mark the occasion. :) My little sister is graduating this year (man I'm getting old!!!!) and she wanted some grad cards to send to fellow classmates and friends.

I borrowed a Martha Stewart border punch and the owl stamp from a friend...and set to work. This is the best punch I've used to date -- definitely the next one I'm buying for myself! I absolutely loved working with it! :) Anyways, I made a half dozen similar cards -- only different colours.  And now they're all ready to be sent off! :) TFL

Make it Mondays : Anything Goes

KB Cute Mondays: Use Fav Embellishment -- I can always find space for BLING!

Frosted Designs -- Black, White and one other colour

 

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

Grad Card using a Freebie

I found a freebie digital stamp for a graduation card on a blog recently. I don't even know when or where I found it exactly -- I simply saved it to my computer for later use. Then today I decided to get started on some graduation cards. I came across a side-step card that I liked...and wanted to lift. The button was the perfect touch!!! :)

I'm not a big fan of black & white cards...(I like colours!!) but when it comes to graduation cards, it somehow works.   TFL :)

tuesday throwdown -- make your own embellishments

Rainy Day Scrapping

What are rainy days good for??? Curling up with a good book....or doing a project. The rain got me back into my scrap room to do some long overdue card making. I finished off a few cards that have been hanging over my head for a few weeks....it's nice to be caught up again! :)

A spoonful of sugar -- "flower power"
Paper Play Challenge -- "blossom and blooms"