Sunday, December 13, 2009

Simple little card

I played in the craft room for a little while this afternoon, and I made a card for 4 challenges:

Pile It On: Chipboard
Whimsy Stamps: Die Cuts
Creative Belli Challenge: Flourishes
Play Date Cafe: Color challenge shown to the right


Here is my card:

I started with a die cut circle, and I adhered all of the pink buttons around the perimeter. Then I added the chipboard letters. I adhered this circle with foam tape for some dimension. The flourish is from a Clear Dollar stamp set, Elegant Flourishes.


I added some Stickles to the letters for some sparkle. I also added some little pink gems to the flourish and some green hemp cord with glass beads.

Thanks for Looking!

{Hi Details}
Solid cardstock: Bazzill Basics
Stamp: Clear Dollar Stamps Elegant Flourishes
Ink: Stampin Up Celery Green
Misc: buttons, gems, glass beads, green hemp cord

I'm Back!

So sorry I haven't posted in awhile. I have just been busy and unable to get into the craft room. I am hoping to be able to spend some time in there this week. I wasted oodles of time yesterday making a card for two challenges. Here are the challenges:
Whimsy Stamps: Die Cuts
Mojo Monday: Sketch Challenge
And here is my card:

I decided to go for something that was not Christmas related. I have this pretty Any Butler paper that I used in the background - the pattern is pretty and has so many great colors in it.

I welded the frame with the flowers and leaf in the background, and I raised the welded frame with some dimensional tape. Then I added layers to the labybug for some more dimension.

I made some brads with the iTop - I used a section of the Amy Butler paper for the brads.

I am trying to get a used to a new camera, so please bear with me as I learn how to use it.

Thanks so much for Looking!

{Good Luck Details}
Solid Cardstock: Bazzill Basics
Patterned cardstock: K&Company, Amy Butler
Ladybug cut from Cricut Doodlecharms cartridge
Leaf cut from Cricut Doodletype cartridge
Flowers cut from Cricut Walk in my Garden cartridge
Frame from Cricut Accent Essentials
Sentiment from Papertrey Ink Mega Mixed Messages
Ink: Papertrey Ink Berry Sorbet
Brads made with iTop
Misc: gems, hemp cord, glass beads

Thursday, December 3, 2009

Colour Create Time

Colour Create Time! For this challenge, yours truly (me) got to choose the colours! Here they are:
So whaddya think? I thought this would be a great combo for Christmas, winter, or any theme! Oh and we have a fabulous sponsor this week - Michelle's Scrapbooking!

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Here are my cards:

Don't you just love this little image? This little cutie is from Pink Petticoat's Have An Ice Christmas set.


I coloured him on my computer using Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo X2. I used a small Spellbinders die set for the flower in the corner. The bottom edge was punched with a Martha Stewart border punch. I added this very huge ribbon for a final touch.


This next card was really simple. I embossed the top half with the Cuttlebug Snowflakes folder.

I cut the ornaments with the Cricut Christmas Cheer cartridge - I cut the base image and the shadow and then layered them. Then I decorated the ornaments with Stickles for some sparkle.
The sentiment is from the Papertrey Ink Winter Swirls set.

I added the white ribbon, and secured the bow with some hemp cord - I strung the ornaments on the twine before I tied the bow. Finally, I gotta add those glass beads for some sparkle.

I thought that since I did one penguin card with a digital image, I would do another penguin card using the Cricut machine. This card is very similar to one I made a few weeks ago, except for the colour scheme and instead of a penguin, I used some snowpeople.


For the background, I used some K&Company Christmas paper that had snowflakes and some sparkle on it. I ripped some white paper for the snow at the bottom. The penguin and tree are from teh Cricut Christmas Cheer cartridge.

The snowflakes and sentiment are from the Winter Woodlands cartridge.

I added stickles to the sentiment and hat. I also put dots of Stickles all over the snow for a little bit of sparkle - but I don't think it is showing up in these photos.


For this last card, I decided to just make an everyday card using the new Papertrey Ink Big and Bold Wishes set.

I used Nestabilities for the ovals for the sentiment. I also stamped some swirls above the scalloped oval. I just had to use some more of that huge ribbon

Well, that's it for me. Please hop on over to the other design team member's blogs. They have some amazing creations to share with you!


Thanks for stopping by!



{Warm Christmas Wishes Details}
Solid Cardstock: Bazzill Basics
Image: Pink Petticoat Have and Ice Christmas
Edge punch: Martha Stewart Punch Around the Page
Spellbinders Shapeabilities Flower Creations 3
Misc: Satin ribbon, gems, button, hemp cord

{Happy Holidays Details}
Cardstock: Bazzill Basics
Embossing with Cuttlebug Snowflakes folder
Ornaments cut from Cricut Christmas Cheer cartridge
Stamp: Papertrey Ink (PTI) Winter Swirls set
Ink: PTI Plum Pudding
Brads made with iTop
Misc: Stickles, grosgrain ribbon, hemp cord, glass beads

{Frosty Kisses Details}
Solid Cardstock: Bazzill Basics
Patterned Cardstock: K&Company
Penguin and tree cut from Cricut Christmas Cheer cartridge
Sentiment and snowflakes cut from Cricut Winter Woodland
Misc: gems, Stickles

{Hey There Details}
Solid Cardstock: Bazzill Basics
Stamps: PTI Big and Bold Wishes
Ink: PTI Plum Pudding
Ovals cut using Nestabilities
Fiskars Upper Crest Border Punch
Misc: Swirls stamps, Satin ribbon, mini gems

Monday, November 30, 2009

Happy Birthday Card

I needed a birthday card and decided to use the 2 Sketches 4 You sketch. Here is the sketch this week:

Here is my card:

I used the Papertrey Ink Sign Language set for the sentiment.

I decided to play with the iTop tonight and make these happy birthday brads for this card. I used a stamp set from Clear Dollar Stamps called You're So Sweet. These little stamps fit the medium sized iTop brads perfectly!

I finished off with a bow and some hemp cord.

{Happy Birthday Details}
Solid Cardstock: Bazzill Basics
Patterned Cardstock: K&Company
Stamps: Papertrey Ink Sign Language, Clear Dollar Stamps You're so Sweet
Ink: PTI Ocean Tides, PTI Dark Chocolate
Ribbon: PTI Ocean Tides, miscellaneous brown satin ribbon
Button: PTI Ocean Tides
Fiskars edge punch
iTop used for brads
Misc: hemp cord, glass beads

Red and Green

Lots of fun challenges out there this week. I just got the new Pink Petticoat Ice Christmas set and decided to use it for the following challenges:

Cupcake Crafts: Red and Green
365 Cards Day 275: Red and Green
The Pink Elephant: Color using you favorite medium
Card Patterns: Sketch 43

Here is my card:

Ok - I had a bright idea to sew a ruffle around this image. It didn't turn out exactly as I'd hoped, but I just didn't feel like doing it over. All of the patterned papers are from Pink Petticoat Fairy Lights set.

My favorite way to color my images is with my computer. I use all different settings - sometimes the airbrush setting, sometimes the paintbrush.

I added some hemp cord at the bottom with some glass beads for a little sparkle.

Thanks for Looking!

{Have and Ice Christmas Details}
Solid Cardstock: Bazzill Basics
Patterned cardstock: Pink Petticoat Fairy Lights printed on Cream Bazzill Basics cardstock
Image: Pink Petticoat Ice Christmas
Misc: Hemp Cord, glass beads, grosgrain Ribbon, PTI button