Mojo Monday 485

Happy Friday! I finally had a break from midterms , so I wanted to get crafty. I decided to play along with this week's sketch challenge at Mojo Monday for some inspiration. Here is the current sketch:

I decided to make a shaker banner for my card...

I used an older paper collection from Basic Grey called  Konichiwa. I love the Japanese inspired florals and the colour combo. I stitched an piece of acetate to a banner made from the collection and added sequins ad glitter before sealing it up. The bakers twine is from October Afternoon. The sentiment and birthday cake are from Verve Stamps Big Wish stamp set. I colored the cake with my Prisma pencils and added a few dimensionals to make it pop a little, with a few Prima mini flowers for a little something extra.

Omigosh, I really enjoyed making this card... it's been so long since I've had time to do any sort of crafting!!! I'm already looking for another challenge to get my creative mojo going!!!

Go check out Mojo Monday for this great sketch and to see the awesome entries for this week's sketch! Thanks for stopping by my blog today!!!

The Friday Mashup 200th challenge

Hi and welcome to my blog. The Friday Mashup is celebrating their 200th challenge with a fun challenge.... we get to pick from two past challenges!! Sounds like lots of fun!! Plus, they have some great prizes up for grabs.

Here is the current challenge info:

This week's Mashup Challenge:

Create a project using your TWO favorite Mashup Challenges together on one project!

1. Use 1 element from each of your Two Favorite Challenges together.
2. or Use both of the elements from your Two Favorite Challenges together

With so many great challenges to pick from , this was a hard decision to make!! I wanted to pick ones that I hadn't participated in before so these were my choices:

Create a 3D project or a project with butterflies. and create a project with ripped paper or fussy cute image.

I decided to mash the butterflies and fussy cut image for my card........

 

I used papers from Graphic 45 'Time to Celebrate" collection. I love G45 papers ... the vintage images are so much fun to create with. These are some of the papers I used for my card:

 

 

 

 

I fussy cut the girl, cake , flowers and butterflies out of the paper. I used my Spellbinders die to make the background mat behind the shaker frame and inked everything with TH Distress Ink in Pumice Stone. This shade is a bit more subtle than Vintage Photo, which is what I wanted to achieve. I added some sequins inside my shaker frame and a fussy cut Bday girl and cake to the outside. To add some glam , I added Stickles to the girls hat and flowers and used my Wink Of Stella markers in clear and gold to the butterflies and cake. Finally, I cut "happy birthday" from a strip and adhered to the bottom corner , and this card is finished!!! Besides all the fussy cutting, this card was fairly simple to make and I can't wait to give it to a very special girl!!!

 

That's my FM 200 challenge card.... hope you enjoyed it! Don't forget to play along this week!!!

 

Thanks for stopping by today!!

 

 

 



Mojo Monday inspired cards

Hi, I'm back with a couple more cards to share with you. I'm using the current sketch over at Mojo Monday as my inspiration. Here's the latest sketch:

 

I made two cards for using papers from Fancy Pants Designs Collecting Moments 6X6 paper pad.

 

 

 

 

I made the sentiment mats using a cutfile and my Silhouette machine . The sentiment for the first card was from a CTMH set called Treasure Life  and the second card greeting is from C.C Designs set called Sassy Sentiments. I think this may have been the first time in ages where I didn't ink, stencil or distress my card in any way!!! The only altering I did was add some Stickles to the flowers . So quick and easy but I love them both!!!

 

That's my Mojo cards this week... hope you enjoyed! Thanks for dropping by!

 

 

Mixed media birthday card

Hi and welcome to my blog.  I'm still working on building up my birthday card stash and the current sketch over at Cardabilities inspired my mixed media style birthday card. I used a bit of everything for this card .... Prima chalkboard paints, Petaloo flowers, Heidi Swapp  and Stampin' Up! stamps and whatever else I could find!

Here's the sketch:



Here's my take on the sketch:

 

 

I have a bunch of plain ole chipboard tags tucked away in a drawer. They are the perfect base for chalkboard paint- the paint goes on smooth and evenly and dries quickly. I used Eggshell for this tag and then stamped a woodgrain stamp ( Impression Obsession) in CTMH Desert Sand ink.... it shows better in RL. I stamped a piece of orange scrap paper with  a Heidi Swapp background  script stamp and the splats are a Stampin' Up! stamp ( Gorgeous Grunge) . I then added layers of Petaloo flowers , sequins and a metal flourish which I painted with Golden chalkboard paint and a bit of Tim Holtz Tarnished Brass . The leaves on the right are a die from , the buttons are from my stash and the Happy Birthday was made using a fun little gadget I've had for ages , but for the life of me, I have no idea what it's called!!!

 That's my card... hope you enjoyed it!

Thanks for stopping by my blog today!

 

 

 

 

Mojo Monday birthday card ..... and some old Stampin' Up! stamps

Hi and welcome to my blog. As a paper crafter I tend to hoard all kinds of craft supplies , including stamps! I sold a bunch of stamps a couple of years ago but they are slowly starting to build up again!! lol While I was sorting them, maybe, just maybe thinking I might do another purge I found a couple of oldies from my Stampin' Up! days , and I decided to put them to use! What better way to get inspired than to play along with another great sketch from Mojo Monday.... here it is!

 

 

I dusted off my sets from SU! Edgy Eloquence and Wonderful Words ( I still love the script of these stamps!!) and made this card......

 

 

 

Actually , lots of older products were used to make this card, like bling from Prima, leftover paper from Teresa Collins Summer Stories collection and even the cardstock was from my odds n ends stash. I spritzed the Prima flower with Glimmer Mist ( yep, that's old stuff,too!!!) and then added a bit of Tim Holtz Distress  dry glitter... which really doesn't show up all that great in this photo, but trust me, it's beautiful  in RL!!!!

 

So that's my card .... thanks for stopping by today! Have a wonderful creative day!

 

 

 

 

 

Celebrate Today .. a birthday card

Hi and welcome to my blog. I never seem to have enough birthday cards , I'm usually scrambling to create one at the last minute! This year one of my goals is to be more organized and hopefully, more prepared as well! I've been making a few cards for different occasions , but  I still need more bday cards. To get my creative mojo flowing, I'm using this week's sketch over at Mojo Monday for my card . Here's the sketch:

 

 

 

 

Here's my card.......

 

 

 

 

I used papers from Fancy Pants Collecting Moments 6X6 paper pad and a stamp from CTMH called The party Is On , inked in Pear and Sorbet inks. Behind the sentiment and on the striped paper is a bit  of confetti stamp from Stampin Up! called Gorgeous Grunge stamp set ( in gold ink). The gold scallop border is from Teresa Collins , which I wrapped with a bit of crochet cotton. I made a clear pocket out of acetate and filled it with some sequins and a bit of glitter before sewing all sides up. Pretty simple ! I love how quick and easy this card was and that I can use it for either a child or adult's birthday!!!

 

Thanks for stopping by my blog today.... have a wonderful creative day!

 

 

 

Happy thoughts for your birthday

Hi and welcome to my blog! It's been awhile since I lasted posted..... almost a month! The kids started back to school at the beginning of the month  and a few days later I had a mini vacation visiting my sister in law across the country! I started a new project for me, wreath making, and it turned out that I made and sold several of them! Here's a sample of one I made....

 

I made eight of these and a bunch of fall and Halloween wreaths! That left little time for papercrafting!!! I have a whole bunch of scrap goodies that I purchased on my trip that I've been just dying to play with!!         Soon....** sigh***

 

 

I managed to spare a few  moments to play along with the current card sketch over at Cardabilities. Here is the latest sketch:

 

 

 

 

 

And here is my interpretation of this sketch........

 

 

I started off with a kraft cardstock base and then a chocolate brown cs layer. My patterned paper is from Basic Grey called Paper Cottage,which I distressed and inked. I used a chicken wire stencil (The Crafter'sWorkshop) and some gold embossing paste ( Dreamweaver Stencils;Studio 490).... I love the texture of this paste. For a bit more color, I splattered inks from Ranger's  Dylusions line in yellow and gold. The journaling block( distressed and inked) and flower are from Prima and the sentiment is rom C.C. Designs. I adhered a scarp of burlap , just because !!! A few Doodlebug Designs sequins and my card is finished!

 

 

Thanks for visiting my blog today.... have a wonderful creative day!!!

 

 

Happy birthday my Friend....

Hi , welcome to my blog. The current challenge at Shopping Our Stash is to use chipboard from your stash. This is the perfect challenge for me - I have tons of chipboard leftover from projects ... at least three years or more!! I decided to use a chipboard frame for my card.... take a look:

 

 

I  covered the frame and small flower in Prima  blue metallic chalk and then it with Perfect Pearls Mist in  Blue Raspberry. When it was dry I used a stencil ( only for the frame)from The Crafters Workshop ( Sketch Grid) and applied a layer of crackle paste and misted it again with the blue mist.  The metallic sheen doesn't really show that well in the photo but it's quite nice in person! I also misted the chipboard owl in Bronze perfect Pearls mist ... again , I wish you could see how glimmer it is!!!My dp is from Lost and Found 3 collection from My Mind's Eye. The paper has glitter , so it really complements all accent pieces well. Finally, I dug around my stash and found some old rub-on sentiments from Stampin' Up! . Lots of old stuff got used here!!!

 

That's my card for this week's challenge... hope you enjoyed! Thanks for stopping by... have a wonderful creative day!

 

 

Happy Birthday card

Hi all! I'm back after a mini vacation ... a few days to do a bit of sightseeing, do some back to school shopping and most importantly, pick up my daughter from a six-week cadet camp. It was so good to see her again and to have her home with us! I purchased a few goodies on my little trip and I used them to help create my card for this month's Cardabilities August sketch.


Here's the sketch:

 

 

 

 

Here's my card based on the sketch............

 

 

 

 

 

 

I started off with yellow cardstock for the base and then used papers from a 6X6 paper pad from My Mind's Eye called Indie Chic. I used my new stencil from The Crafter's Workshop called Mini Love Post and inked it up with Tim Holtz distress stains in Vintage Paper and Tarnished Brass. I also inked a music note stamp in those same stains and randomly stamped .I used baby wipe that had the Vintage Photo stain on it  and smudged it over the card edges . A Prima flower , some dark brown hemp , a wooden clock (inked with distress stain) from Michaels, a few Silhouette rhinestones and a sentiment from Verve stamps and my card is complete!

I just love how these sketches help my cards come together so quickly... really makes cardmaking fun again!!

 

Thanks for stopping by today... have a wonderful ,crafty day!!!

 

 

Hello there!!!

Hello ! I hope you had a wonderful Christmas!! It's been a while since I sat down to write a few words for my blog.... Christmas was a fun filled ( and a bit crazy at times) couple of weeks. I actually had to drag myself into my craft room and start cleaning up from all the pre-Christmas creating frenzy!!! Oh what a mess!!! I had everything from papercraft projects to gift wrapping and  wreath making stuff and even sewing notions all over my room!!! Oh how I wish I had a cleaning genie to take care of it but nope, my mess = me spending a whole evening cleaning!! It's somewhat normal now so I can sit down at my desk and actually make something. Actually, I got inspired to create when I started finding some great stuff all hidden away... take a look:

 

 

With the exception of the card base, this card was made entirely with odds and ends I found during my epic cleaning event! The striped paper has a lovely glittery feel to it without being overbearing and at some point I embossed the sentiment from CTMH .The snowflake was made with my Art Philosophy cartridge ( and Cricut, of course).The stamped image is from Impression Obsession. I bought this one about two years ago and although I love it , I haven't used it much. I love the lovely t sled scene - it reminds me of the sled my grandfather made that we used to play with. I think this would make a lovely thank you card or even a winter birthday card .

 

I also used more scraps to make this simple Pinterest inspired card:

 

 

Everything for this card came out of my piles of stuff that was threatening to take over. The label is a Waltzingmouse stamp and the greeting is a Fiskars stamp. The rest is leftovers ( just as yummy as turkey but less stuffing!!)

 

Thanks for stopping by today ..... Happy New Year!!

 

 

 

 

 

Suburbia birthday

Good morning!!  Do you have crafting supplies or tools that you just had to have only to have them collect dust?? I'm guilty of this ... especially when it comes to my Cricut. I have a few go-to cartridges and the others are generally just sitting looking all pretty on my shelf! Thanks to all those fantastic pinners out there , I'm finding loads of inspiration for my poorly neglected cartridges like the Suburbia cartridge which I HAD to have ..... last year!!!  This cartridge has some really cool retro images ( which is probably the reason I got in the first place!!!) and once I started playing around with them, I found my creative mojo !!! Here's one card I made.....

 

I cut 'Carol' ( they've given all the images names!!) at 4.5" using CTMH Hollyhock for the collar and black for the body. I made a label using Elegant Edges ( I'm on a roll- grabbing my cartridges!!!) - I think it was cut at 1.5 or 2 inches with a coordinating mat. The sentiment is a CTMH stamp from the set  called All The Details inked in Sorbet .The floral paper is from the scraps bin and cute lil' crochet flower is a Michaels purchase with a small SU! pearl for the center ( same pearls for dress).

 

 

 

 

 

Here's a look at the inside....

 

 

I stamped a greeting from CTMH Just A Number  stamp set, also in Sorbet.

 

 I have an aunt who will be celebrating a special b-day soon , so this will be perfect for her and since it doesn't have many bulky layers , it should mail nicely!!

 

I have a few more projects made with cartridge ready to be edited and posted soon!!

 

Thanks for visiting my blog today!! Have a great Monday!!

 

 

Cricut / CTMH Artbooking CAS birthday wishes card

Hello bloggers!!!  I don't know about you but I've spent most of October focusing on Halloween crafts - there's soooo much inspiration out there and I just had to try a few things I found on Pinterest. Sadly, my other crafty supplies have been neglected.... but now that Halloween is about to be wrapped up for another year , I can now turn my attention to other projects. I really need to build up my birthday card stash- I can never seem to find the right one when I need it. So I pulled out my Cricut and Artbooking cartridge for a quick and simple gender neutral card.


 Here it is......

 

The card base is a Doodlebug Design  shaped card with matching envelope and I simply added a fun polka dot paper banner and a bit of twine. The presents were cut out from the Artbooking cartridge ( I think at 3") and I filled in behind each present with scraps of cardstock. I stamp from CTMH's Joyful Birthday Occasions and this card is done!!! So easy peasy --- really, I could make a whole bunch of these ( in a variety of colors, of course) in no time at all!!!

 

Well, that's my card for today- hope you enjoyed it. Thanks for stopping by my blog today---- have a great rest of your day!!!

 

 

Candy

 

One Year Older ....

Hi all! I'm back with another card to share with you today. It's a Pure Innocence stamp from My Favorite Stamps called Don't Open Until. Take a look...

 

I was inspired by a card I came across on Pinterest  one day. I like the idea of stamping the girl in a coordinating ink to match the pattern on the papers. Plus, it saves me tons of time coloring with my Copics ,which I never seem to have time to use these days!!! The cardstock and ink are CTMH and the pretty floral paper is from a 6X6 pad from Crate paper. The labels are a new set I just got from Waltzingmouse Stamps that coordinate with my Spellbinders die. The sentiment on the front is a Fiskars stamp and the inside greeting is a SU stamp.

 

It's good to add to add to my bday card stash.... now off I go in search of more inspiration!

Thanks for stopping by!!

 

 

 

Candy 

 

Luxury Handbags- made of paper,of course!!

Hi all! Hope you're enjoying these last few days of summer. the kids are back to school next Wednesday- I can't believe that I have one going to grade 11, grade 9 and grade 5- where has the time gone??? The one good thing about back to school is that I can start getting on routine , including spending some time on my poor neglected blog! I had the best of intentions to blog regularily this summer, but it never seemed to work out!!!  Lately I've been browsing through the tons of posts on Pinterest looking for some inspiration and whatya know , I found some!!! I found a link for a really awesome haunted house (BTW, I love decorating for fall/Halloween!!!!) which was a cutfile over at SVG Cuts and while there I found a few more cutfiles to add to my collection. I really love this set already!! I've made a few already and even made matching cards !!! Take a look.....

 

The first set is a Hobo style purse made using some retired Stampin' Up! dsp , fabric brad and br ribbon. The sentiment is a CTMH set called Joyful Birthday, inked in Momento Tuxedo Black ink.

The front of the purse has a little pocket, perfect for a mini note or giftcard.

 

 

 

The next set took me a little longer to create.....

 

This is the beach tote , but you can decorate it to suit any occasion. It's the perfect size for scarves, wine, etc.  Just make sure to make your handles secure enough to handle the weight of your gift. Again, there's a little pocket on the front, which is just right for my matching note card. I stitched all the sides and used old Making Memories grommets for the loops for the handles. This bag used 4 sheets of cardstock and two sheets of dsp .

 

They were all cut out on my CRicut using my SCAL program, but you can import them to your Silhouette Designer program as well- you just need to convert the files to a Studio file.

 

How stinkin' cute are they!!! With four different purses, a giftcard holder and purse card in this set, you can let your imagination go crazy and create gorgeous purses - which are sooooo much cheaper than buying designer handbags ( although that's tons of fun, too!!!)

Anyhoo, I hope you enjoyed my purses today.... thanks for stopping by and have a great rest of your day!!

 

 

I'm back!!!

Hello !! After what feels like forever, I'm finally able to blog again! We moved into our house on June 6th but I've been waiting since then for my internet ( plus, TV and phone!!) to be hooked up! I'm thrilled to be able to visit my fav sites again and hopefully I will be able to start particiapting in challenges again!! 
My craft room is still under construction so crafting time has been limited, plus both of my girls have summer jobs so most of my time  is spent driving them back and forth to their jobs. Before all the summer craziness began , I did manage to make a  super simple and quick card .... take a look.....

 

Nothing too fancy here, just a pearl flourish ( Prima) and a flower from Michaels on some floral dp from my stash. The sentiment is a Verve stamp inked in Early Espresso  SU ink. This card took maybe a max of 15 minutes which is all I can really afford to spend in my craft room these days!! Once I have everything organized I hope to be back to posting on a regular basis and who knows , I may even take part in a challenge or two!!!

 

Thanks for stopping by.... hope to see you again soon!!!

 

 

 

 

Boy's First Birthday card

Hi all! Has a month really come and gone since I last posted????? I've been so busy packing and getting things ready for the move to our new house , which I hope is just a couple of weeks away!!! My time does not feel like it's my own these days and I know soon I'll have to start packing my craftroom stuff up !!!! Thankfully, I'm only moving a short distance tisme and to a brand new house with a beautiful craftroom waiting to be created in!!! I can't wait!!! I'll post pics when I get there!!!
Until then, my posts may be limited.... I hope to change that soon!!!

I still find the time to check out Pinterest ( probably my fav place to hide from packing right now!!!)  I'm also  using my Silhouette more and more .... I don't know I ever created without it!!!! LOL For this card I used one of their freebie files....

 

Isn't this whale so darn cute??? I did all the cutting for this card with my Silhouette machine....using my computer fonts for the greeting and big number 1. Super easy, which really fits my lifestyle right now!

 

 

 

You can't see it all that well, but I used my brand spanking new sketch pens to draw a wave border on the blue mat. Love it!!!!!These things are just too easy to use and sooooo much fun,too!!!I had to wait weeks for them to arrive but they are worth the wait!! Now I just need to get the pen holder and I'm all set!!! Oh, and that birthday greeting is inked up in SU Real Red and is from a stamp I got at Micheals years ago. All the papers are from retired SU stock that needs to get used up from my stash. I even made the envelope from a SD file, with a matching liner.

 

Well, that's my card .... I hope to squeeze in another post or so soon!!

Thanks for visiting my blog today!

Have a great one!!

 

 

In Gear boy's birthday

Good morning! Happy St. Paddy's day! Did you remember to wear green?? Luckily, on my trip to Ireland last year I got a lovely green Belfast tee and fun Irish socks, so  I'm all ready!!!
This card has no green in it , but it's my nephew's bday tomorrow;  I still can't believe he'll be double digits- it only seems like yesterday he was born. I used this cool set from Close To My Heart called In Gear for his card.... take a look:

 

 

 

I saw a similar card on Wizard's Hangout blog ( this lady has lots of yummy eye candy so check her out!!! ) . I wanted to make it my own so I played around with mySilhouette to get his t-shirt , which is about 2.5 X2.25 inches . I stamped iages from the In Gear set to get this cool funky shirt. The papers are DCWV ( The Generation Tech stack) and the gear behind the tee was cut with my Cricut using the Artiste cartridge. I stamped Happy Birthday ( a Fiskars stamp set) in CTMH black.

 

Here's the inside:

 

 

Once again, I used my Silhouette to make the pocket... not hard at all! I used more of the In Gear stamps for the background and another Fiskars stamp for the bday greeting.

 I really need to make more older boy/teen cards- they have all outgrown the cutesy animal cards!!!

 

Hope you've enjoyed my card today! Have a great day!