Three Clover Designs Challenge 6

I'm participating in a new challenge blog this week!
Three Clovers Designs challenge today is to make a birthday card with purple and glitter!



It's a bit simpler than I've been making lately, but it still works. I brought out my old cuttlebug dies for this one. The papers are old Making Memories papers that I've had in my stash for years. I added some glitter to the diecuts, the sentiment is stamped with Versamark White and embossed with bridal powder. It looks a bit silver but I think it still goes well!

High Hopes Challenge 23- Buttons Galore

This last week I got my order from High Hopes, and I've absolutely enjoyed creating with them. This weeks challenge is called Buttons Galore, bet you can guess this one. ;)



My little sis is having her first baby here in a few weeks. I had stamped and colored the image in with my Prismas a couple days ago, but then got stuck for a little while. Seeing this weeks challenge helped me complete it.

The white background paper was embossed with the fiskars dots plate in my cuttlebug. The image cut with nestabilities circle and a nestabilities scalloped circle behind it. I used my Cricut to cut chipboard letters and added a few thin coats of Modge Podge. (Love that stuff!) Added ribbon, flower, buttons, a few gems, and viola! You've got a cute card to welcome a new blessing into the world with!

Thou Art Crunchy

I'm back with another birthday card.



This one is for my mom's husband who happens to share a birthday with my oldest son. My mom and he have done Renaissance fairs so on the inside I put a note about him getting out his shiny armor. The brads look gold in the picture, but they're actually silver. This is another card that's rather simple. I can't seem to figure out how to do manly without also being simple.

Once again the image is from High Hopes, though I couldn't find it on their website with a quick search. I'm so glad I joined that swap. :) Anyhow, cut it out with Nestabilities Label die, colored with Prismas and dabbed some blue ink around him. Prop it up on several layers of distressed papers, and there you have it!

Warm Wishes Birthday

I know just yesterday I posted about my baby turning five. About a week after that, my first "baby" is turning 11! As we were talking about planning his party he kept saying "don't make it baby-ish!" No balloons, no cute things, all he wants is presents. *sigh* Pre-teens here we come!



While it's definitely boyish, I'm not so sure about grown up. lol I guess I should have known better when I thought "adorable" when seeing that dragon! I got this image through a swap at Split Coast Stampers, it's Warm Wishes from High Hopes.

My coloring is getting a little bit better. I need to keep at it to get fairly competent at shading. I roughed up the edges and added some piercing to keep the boy feeling. It was so hard to not add a button or flower or something! I did add a little ribbon with just a knot, no bows allowed!

Quick Happy 5th

It's so hard for me to believe that my baby is going to be five in less than a week! Seems like the years go faster and faster! This morning I put together a quick little card for her. I don't think she'll remember it long, but I know she'll be happy Mommy made her something.



I love that I can make my own chipboard elements with my cricut machine. It's nice to make what you need and not buy a whole package with remnants going to waste. My only worry is that I'll run out of the thin backing on paper pads! I inked the edges, and added a good layer of holographic embossing powder to the 5 to give it sparkle. Unfortunately it didn't show up so well in this pic. I added a sparkly ribbon and brad with the sentiment and it's good to go!

One in a Melon

My stamps from High Hopes finally came in yesterday! In between chores today I've been working on a cheery bright card for my (hubby's) Grandma.



As you can see I've even done an envelope to match. Looking at the cheery yellow and orange, I think perhaps I'm wishing for summer?

Anyhow, the papers are just from my stash, not sure where any of them came from. I stamped the girl and colored her in with my Prisma pencils. Cut her and the green out with Nestabilities circle, and scalloped circle. Added some ribbons, a flower with button and a dangly thing I got from the Walmart clearance aisle. I pierced the scallop circle a little to give it a slight more texture.



I mimicked the main focal point on the inside for the sentiment. I think the scalloped oval plays off of a flower, or bites of watermelon. :)

Thanks for looking!

Get Well Soon

I don't know why, but I'm totally loving the brown/pink combination lately. It's just so much more mature yet girly. Okay, so maybe I'm weird. :p



I am surprised at how simple this card looks when the truth is I spent quite a bit of time on it. I cut the flowers and used my embossing tool to make them pop a bit. Colored in the Daisy Bella which I got thanks to a RAK. Had to cut the flower off of a second one, glitter it up and attach it. Over all I like it, and I think my friend will too. :)

CSAD #197

I was tickled pink to be able to do two more cards for the Card Sketch A Day Blog by Susan.

This time I used her great sketch to make two different cards.



This birthday card seems simple and elegant. It's not my usual style, but I like how it turned out. The sentiment strip is a piece of paper that's been embossed, stamped and has double sided tape wrapped around the top and bottom. I then sprinkled a hefty dose of silver glitter giving it a nice border. It's definitely something I'd like to experiment with in different colors for different occasions!



This card varies from the sketch a little more. I straightened out the four squares, added some space between them, and straightened out the sentiment. I'm pleased with how it turned out, not to mention it was supposed to somewhat match the announcements I had made for the same friend. I'm so glad her adorable baby girl is here now!

Sketches are a great tool, they give you a great starting place and you can totally customize them to give unique cards!

Treat Boxes

The Sunday School class I teach is hosting the morning service this Sunday. We're having a "Bible Celebration" and the kids have done so good with learning songs and recitals. I wanted to make them each a little something for all their effort. When I saw these acetate boxes at Splitcoast Stampers, I knew that they were perfect!



Aren't they adorable? They measure 3 1/2 inches tall, 2 inches square, so they're not very big. But they're just the right size to stuff a few candies, and a few toys in. The clear sides allow the bright colors of the contents to show through and really adds to the cheeriness of them.

They did take me a few hours to make, but once I got the system down they went rather quickly. Now I'm THANKFUL for my small class of eight kids. I couldn't imagine doing much more than that!

March Christmas Card

Yikes... this is posted a little late. I thought I had done a post that was set to automatically publish yesterday, but obviously I was wrong!

Our assignment over at Christmas Cards All Year 'Round for March was to make a Christmas card using green and leaves in honor of St. Patty's Day. It's been fun to create different Christmas Cards outside of the Christmas Season. I do admit though, it's getting tougher for me. I'm sure it'll be even harder once the weather decides to warm up!



Though the card looks really small it measures 5x5. I started by cutting out a bunch of holly leaves with my Cricut in two different sizes. I then piled them up in a circle to create a wreathe. Add a red ribbon bow and some red brads and it's a cute Christmas wreathe.

I felt like the card needed another layer that wasn't green, but wouldn't distract the eye very much. That's when I remembered this piece of gold foil I've been wanting to use. It's actually a recycled sheet from hubby's gourmet coffee! It's absolutely perfect! I love it when I can recycle in this craft. And I bet you wouldn't even know there was recycled "trash" on this card if I hadn't told you!