A few sweet cards for you!

I really fell in love with that corduroy fabric that I used on my apron...I had some scraps left over so I decided to sew it onto some cards...a few are Valentine cards and the rest are jut for fun. Enjoy!!

Owlie Card

Sometimes it is fun to make non-Christmas cards. {yay} owls. I made this during crafting night with Abby. I used her stamps...sorry I don't remember the brand. I think the paper is K&Co. Enjoy!!

Hope your post-Thanksgiving weekend is going fantastic. I am busy wrapping presents that I bought yesterday (yes, I did brave black Friday crowds...I sort of enjoy the spectacle, the frenzy...like sharks on chum...), putting up Christmas decor and prepping my Christmas cards for the mail.

{hugs}

Another Quick Finally Friday Challenge

Hello!! I am thankful to have time this morning (my last morning of the summer!!) to make a card based on this week's Finally Friday Video. I used some Hambly paper, some Pink Paislee, Enchanting paper and some SEI mimosa for this card. It is also very Punny...hehe....enjoy!! Have a lovely weekend!

The tiny typewriter stamp set is from CTMH.

*** I should also note that the Hambly screen print is a onesie. I cropped it down two look like a t-shirt instead of baby clothes, as part of the challenge to use something that is meant for something else. Also, I thought it was a little cute to put a '2' on a ONEsie. ;-) More punnieness for ya!

More Mini Cards

Here are a few cards I made using scraps....I used lots of paper flowers, pearls, and pre-stamped images. Enjoy!!







These are simple cards that I like to have on hand, but they aren't fancy enough to stand on their own.

Little of this, Little of that

More organizing...Well, sort of. I have lots of junk on my craft table...little scraps of this and that. Leftovers. I love making mini 3X3 cards with these sorts of goodies. Here is a 4 card set I made using 3X3 Twilight card bases.



Some of the paper is from new CTMH paper packs (available in Sept.) Grace, Twitterpated.

Look for more mini cards tomorrow! Enjoy!!

Stamp set: CTMH Beautiful Day

Planting Love.

Use only stamps???? This is a tough challenge for me. I don't know if this card even counts for this Simply Creating Challenge since I did use a heart punch....but it was definitely a challenge for me.




Well, no embellishments or extra paper.....I think I did it correctly. Anyway, I played along with Krista in a challenge a couple of months ago and I actually won so you should try it too, she will send you a sweet prize!

Also, thanks Krista, I got my First 5 goodies (I didn't take a picture yet, but they are lovely prizes!!)

BTW For all my posts this week, I am using images that have been exported to the smallest possible file size....I am hoping that this will make my blog load faster for you....I dunno....it might not be worth the loss of details....We'll see...just thought I would try something new!


CTMH Dream Big, Beautiful Day
Craft card base
Heavenly blue, Desert Sand Tulip Ink

Going Away

Hey Guys! I am going up to St. Louis in the a.m. to Six Flags and then to see some stuff in the city until Sunday. I have a bunch of great posts scheduled, but sometimes that doesn't work for me, so I hope they go through!

I will 'leave' you with this sweet little card I made. I stamped the owl on patterned paper with versamark, heat embossed him, cut him out, punched out the eyes, and added him to white cardstock over top of the same image, I cut that out and popped it off a craft card. The flourish on the left was stamped with clear embossing powder and the letters are Foam Thickers.

Traveler's Inspiration Challenge {four}

Tomorrow will be the ONE YEAR anniversary of this blog! I will be picking a winner for my blog candy tomorrow night. (THANKS FOR ALL THE SWEET COMMENTS!) I will email the winner for her address and I hope to get that in the mail before Thursday as I will be going out of town to visit the great city of St. Louis next weekend. I hope to see the City Museum, Zoo, and the Roller Derby while I am there!!

Anyway, I had a chance to participate in a wonderful little challenge tonight. I have several favorite blogs, but this challenge features two blogs that you absolutely have to check out ASAP. My 'one little word' this year is {Inspire}...I am doing my best to pass on the love by participating this challenge, I hope to inspire you to create something beautiful or follow these blogs in your quest for daily creativity.

The challenge site is travelingmama.net and she posts a weekly picture for inspiration. This week's picture is beautiful but I love this blog because the author, Tina is wonderful! She is so sweet and her layouts and creations are incredible. Seriously, if you have not checked out this blog yet, you should indulge in her thoughts on {creativity}. She has started a wonderful conversation about creativity and inspiration and the challenges that artists face.

I am so excited to participate in this challenge and I look forward to many more to come as it is only the traveler's inspiration challenge {four}

The second blog to mention is Scrappin and Stampin with Savitri. She is the wonderful artist who chose this picture for the challenge this week. Savitri is an absolute doll. Her artwork is beautiful and she always leaves the sweetest comments.

Here is my creation for this week's challenge. I decided to make a set of 4 cards using some new patterned paper that I picked up this weekend in Tulsa at a scrapbook store. Originally, I set out to make some cards for a swap, but once I started on these and I used the birdcages from a Hambly Screen print, I knew this set of cards would be destined for a different fate...(see my new Etsy store!...more goodies coming soon!)

I was definitely influenced by the arch doorway and I used my oval coluzzle cutter to cut the ovals on the Piggy Piggy tails glitter paper. The card sketch I used for this card is from the CTMH book Wishes, Sun Dial.


(the turquoise-y glitter on the patterned paper reflects the turquoise door much more in person than it does in these pictures...all well.....)

Anyway, I hope you are having a fabulous week!! Enjoy!

Cute cards!

Last night I hosted this month's swap club. It was AWESOME! Not only did we create a fun make-and-take, we also got to swap a lot of beautiful cards that everyone created using either a baby or a wedding 'congratulations' theme.

Here are the cards for this month:


Girls, you did a beautiful job! I love seeing what you create each and every month!

Here is my card.

Also, at the last minute I had the idea to create a fun little butterfly tag to add to our technique book. We used markers to make the wings have a watercolor effect.


Ooh, my good friend Lindsay made me the sweetest thank you card. She is new to stamping/papercrafting/scrapbooking/card making! I knew she would love it all and she has learned so much since she started making cards.


Here is her very first card...

She made this in June! Wow, I am so proud of how much she has learned! I know she is having so much fun! Thank you for the beautiful card, I love it!

Swap Club this week: Baby or wedding Congratulations!

Here is my card for this week's swap club. A pretty simple 4X4 card. I used a favorite sheet of Animal Cookies paper, the little monkey from Life's a Jungle, some ribbon and a white jell pen. Oh, and I also used the Code it stamp set on a few of the cards...but not all...




At the swap, everyone will add on to their make-and-take mini-tag book. I will teach them how to apply fun flock to this little lion and how to create their own backgrounds using random stamping and alphabets. They can apply ink very easily to the stamps attached to the acrylic backign sheet and then put their paper on to create this little blue circle.


I will also show them how to use 2nd and 3rd generation stamping to create movement.


Also, I thought I would show you the sweet card I received from Krista over at Simply Creating. I won her blog challenge and she sent it to me! It is so sweet. Thanks Krista!

Life is a jungle.

Here is a little card I used for a gathering make-and-take last week. The hippo is from 'Life's a Jungle'. I have to say that this is one of my absolute favorite stamp sets.

I have accidentally ordered the chipboard scallop circles at least 3 times...oops...so now I have tons of them and I just want to use them up!

This was a fun little card to make because it has lots of embellishments. The hippo is paper pieced, chipboard, paper flower and all the buttons. It has a lot going on.

All products are CTMH!
Enjoy!

Coffee in July

Yahooooo! I am drinking coffee....and that is exciting. I don't know what the weather has been like for you, but the past few weeks in Missouri have been extremely hot. I gave up my morning coffee and replaced it with an ice cold Pepsi!!! Today it is raining and cool, so I am enjoying a nice, hot cup of joe. And, the lighting on my porch is perfect for photographing cards! Yay!! I have several new cards to show you!

First, I don't know what your desk looks like....but no matter what I do, mine is always a crazy jumbled mess of paper scraps, loose embellishments, my favorite tools, stamped images, pieces of ribbon, and piles of junk!


This week I challenged myself to use a couple of 4X4 card bases and create as many little cards as possible with the things I found laying on my desk. Aside from a couple of sentiments, I didn't have to stamp any of the images, they were already stamped, they just needed a home!




Finally, a masculine thank you card!! This stamp set (Alfresco) is new to me, but I ordered off my website in June just to get a free set of rubons...I was super excited to use it! It came in the mail yesterday!

Extreme Happiness....here comes summer....

Yesterday morning I came into my craft room to grab a card for some police officers who have been helping with our summer school program.

As I flipped through my card box and my card basket, I realized that with all of the cards I have on hand...nothing seemed quite right.



Worst of all, I didn't have time to make anything! My goal while I am on summer break is to make more masculine cards! I am sure that the guys didn't mind, I did have spinach artichoke dip, chips, brownies, cookies and a huge banner signed by our students....but it would've been nice to give them a hand made card. (I will probably make one and mail it soon!)

And now for a few cards. These aren't for a challenge, they are just for fun! I love this stamp set: Extreme Happiness. It is a beautiful tropical flower that is perfect for lots of layouts and cards. I am sure you will be seeing it again soon.




I got the idea to use turquoise for the flower from a great blog that I follow, Kelly Jo's Stamp pad. She used a similar color combination for a color challenge. I haven't had time to play along with any color challenges lately, but I still love great color combinations.

Here I used the back of the stamped flower to create a white version of it. I saw something similar in the idea book. I inked the edges with a foam dauber to give it some color, but I love the white!!



I will be doing this little 4X4 card at a home gathering/workshop on Wednesday. It has some cute prisma glitter on the flower!

Be-Boo Be Boo Bop! Thas robot code for 'I hope you are having a great summer'!!

Sometimes I know I am going to be too busy to make anything so I save some of my cards to post for times like this! Last night I had a workshop, tonight I have another...and tomorrow I am going to a tupperware party. Whew!

Anyway, I got this cute stamp set called "Little Boys" and it has this wonderful little robot! I decided to make a card that could be sort of generic, but I could add whatever fits on the inside later. So this card says "Be--boo be boo bop" and the inside reads "Thats robot code for ________". I figured I can write 'Happy Birthday' or 'I love you' later when I need this card for someone special.



This card is 'Green'. I used part of a chipboard alphabet package for the clear plastic covering over the robot. It is attached with brads.



Enjoy!!