Spring Fling

It's been a long winter and I think we're all
ready for spring! Everyone is blogging
about spring. I found so many challenges
related to spring that I had to make this pretty
tag to help put me in the mood. Come on
spring! We're ready for you and your beautiful
weather and brilliant colors!

Ingredients:

Colorbok: pink, green, and white cardstocks

Micheal's Crafts: green ribbon, flowers, buttons, pop-up dots

Monica's Creative Room: border

Make The Cut: cutting system

Cricut cartridges: Plantin SchoolBook, Beyond Birthdays

Cricut Expression cutting machine

Zig Memory System: 2 way glue

This will be entered in the following challenges.

Part Time Tuesdays Challenge PTT#157 Anything Goes

Just Us Girls Challenge #125 Template/3D Challenge- Ribbons, Flowers, and Buttons, Oh My!

Lollipop Crafts Challenge # 69 Tags, Tags, Tags

Cute Card Thursday Challenge #206 Signs of Spring

Delightful Challenges- Spring Colours

Scrapbook Sisters- 1000 Followers Challenge

Deep Ocean Challenge #20- "Spring"

Thursday is my favorite challenge day!

This week on The Play Date Cafe it's all about a great color combination of black, white, and hot pink! What could be better? Well, being able to make it using a really cool sketch from Pals Paper Arts and the DYSU layer challenge.

Challenges entered

PDCC119

PPA129 Sketch Challenge

DYSU#59 Layers

A Passion for Purple

This week I got my first CD and I'm so excited to use it! It's Ooh La La Creations, "Shoes in Bloom 2". Here's what I made! I added rhinestones to give it a little bling!


Ingredients:
Colorbok: white cardstock
Colorbok: bright green cardstock
Colorbok: bright purple cardstock
Michael's: pop-up dots
Ooh La La Creations CD: shoe and striped border paper
Fiskars: paper cutter
Scotch ATG 700: double side tape gun
Rhinestones recycled from an old card!

This card is currently entered in the following challenges:

The Pink Elephant Challenge sketch #137

CDSunday Challenge "Recycling"- must use something from a CD

Make My Monday week #38 Flourishes and Diamonds

Less Is More week #56 Don't Scrap It

Kaboodles Doodles Challenge #108 Shades of Purple 

Lace and Pearls

Sentimental Sundays always has a fun challenge and this week it's Challenge#91, lace and pearls.
I wanted to do a little something different this week so I combined my card with a box so I could fill it with pretty sachets for a gift. http://sentimentalsundays.blogspot.com/

This was also entered in the Charisma Cardz Challenge #7 "Love is in the Air"! Check out her blog at http://charismacardz.blogspot.com.au/
and Penny's Paper Challenge #73 Anything Goes
http://pennyschallenges.blogspot.com/

Ingredients

Michael's Crafts: cardstock, lace, wide and narrow baby pink ribbon, shear green ribbon to bouquet the flower stems

Michael's Recollections: large pearls, swirl pearls, pigment ink pad; chestnut

Wild Orchid: Pink mulberry paper roses

Hero Arts: stamped sentiment

Make the Cut: tag

Cuttlebug machine and embossing folder: Damask frame

Fran Lala: pearl pins (don't know where she got them!)

It's All in the Presentation

OMG! I found another blog and this one is right up my alley!
 The Blackberry Vine is all about gift presentation.
  I really do enjoy making very personalized

cards for my family and friends, but creating a matching bag or box (or in this case, both) brings it all together! You've got to check out this blog http://blackberryvine.blogspot.com/ Then click on Pretty Packages Party#12 for this month's party.

Ingredients:

K&company Cardstock: Life's Journey

Martha Stewart Punch: Daisy Fan Deep Edge

Martha Stewart Punch: Doily Lace Trim
Martha Stewart Punch: Flower Bed Deep Edge
Martha Stewart Scoring Board

Wild Orchid: small mulberry paper roses

Michael's Crafts: ribbon

Michael's Crafts Recollections: pearls
Make The Cut: to create and design the bag

 

Tuesday, February 21, 2012

So many blogs, so little time!

This morning I was "blog surfing" when I came across a great challenge blog, Tuesday Throwdown and noticed a sponsor, mygrafico. Being somewhat new to the "digi world", I went over to the website to check it out. OMG! They have awesome SVGs, this being one of them! When I saw it I just HAD to have it. I did spend the extra bucks to get the license rights because it's so beautiful and I know I'll be making many cards with it. Thanks Tuesday Throwdown!

http://tuesdaythrowdown.blogspot.com/2012/02/tuesday-throwdown-86
This card was also entered in:
The Pink Elephant TPE 136
http://thepinkelephantchallenge.blogspot.com/


Aud Sentiments Challenge Blog
http://audsentimentschallenge.blogspot.com/

Laissez Les Bon Temps Rouler!

Happy Mardi Gras! We thought it befitting to make some
really fun things for Mardi Gras. Last night I made these festive
masquerade mask candies! I've never done anything like this,
but it was so much fun. (Now I can't wait to make some cute little
bunnies for Easter).

Since I'm mostly a card maker, this day wouldn't
be complete without a matching card! We hope you have fun today. Celebrate!

Monday, February 20, 2012

The Sweet Stop Sketch Challenge

This really IS a sketch with a spin!
Not only is there a sketch to get you
started, die-cuts or punches can
get in the act! And, I have so many
punches! Check out all the little
pretties at The Sweet Stop!

Thanks to Ooh La La for using a photo inspiration challenge! http://ooh-la-la-creationschallenges.blogspot.com/

Sunday, February 19, 2012

Thank You Card

This week is full of fun challenges! An opportunity to use ribbon, die-cuts, work with a great sketch, and add a sentiment! Challenges entered: CAS-ual Friday CFC40; Ribbons, Less Is More Week 55; Punches and die-cuts, Frosted Design card sketch #12, and Sentimental Sunday Challenge #90; Lets get sentimental. Check out all the blogs and see some fabulous creations!



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Wedding Gift bag and card

The MIL asked me to etch a vase for a wedding gift.
Well, I aiways make a card and matching bag,
so I just had to share it with you and Less
is More!

http://simplylessismoore.blogspot.com/

Folded Easel Card

This is a very different way to showcase a birthday sentiment! You get to see both sides without opening the card. I made the stencil using my Make The Cut. What a unique way to show off your card!