Pink flags

Whew.  My sister and her hubby left today.  We had so much fun during their visit . . . and I am exhausted!  So glad I took off tomorrow as a recovery day.  Be prepared for some posts with the cards made during their visit and hopefully some I'll make tomorrow after organizing my craft space a bit.

The above card is a series of sentiments that remind me of family and the holidays stamped onto various scraps then hand cut into banners and randomly placed behind the vertical piece which is actually a 12x12 border sticker.  Everything is mounted on my favorite craft paper (from my old days of card making--got it from the local Paper Zone which sadly went out of business a few years ago) and pink card stock.  I added Scor-Tape around the edges of the pink then glittered it for a bit of subtle bling.

The Details:
Pink and craft card stock from my old stash,  K&C border sticker, 1/4" Scor-Tape, Sugar Coating in lily white, various paper scraps, Fiskars "Believe" and "Cheer", Stampabilities "Enjoy", Heidi Swapp 17 "Together", and a couple I couldn't find (argh).

I'm entering this in the Jingles Belles Pink Christmas, Christmas Stampin' All Year Long #37, CAS-ual Fridays #CFC117, Penny Black October Anything Goes, Simon Says Wednesday Use a Stamp, Mojo Monday 315, and Christmas Card Challenges #46.

Simple but not so clean

I saw something very similar to this online and thought, "I can totally recreate that."  Next time remind me to remind myself to wear rubber gloves!  I fingerprinted myself and randomly stamped the card then drew in the wire.  So so easy and so so messy.

The Details:
PTI white card stock, Memento ink in Rose Bud, Dandelion, Bahama Blue, Grape Jelly, Tangelo, and Pear Tart, Fiskars Holiday Frolic sentiment, black Sharpie

I'm entering this in Crazy for CAS #29 Make a Card for a Child, Festive Friday FFC19 Whimsical Theme, Christmas Stampin' All Year Long #37 Simply Xmas, Jingle Belles Pink Christmas for the Cure, Simon Says Wednesday Challenge Use a Stamp, and Christmas Cards All Year 'Round Getting Ready for Xmas.

Ho Ho Hope!

 

I am so enjoying a pinky color palette lately, probably thanks to Breast Cancer Awareness Month.  Recognize the striped pink snowflakes from my last post?  Waste not, want not.

The Details:
Paper Studio Santa and Friends 6x6 paper, Recollections snowflake punch, mystery Xmas stickers my sister gave me (I would guess Jolee's), Inkadinkado Holiday Expressions sentiment, Christmas Crarfts Christmas Words "Santa Express", glossy accents

Entering this in the following challenges: Jingle Belles Pink Christmas and Festive Friday FFC19 Whimsical Theme.

I'm Dreaming of a Pink Christmas

 

I've been really into pink lately so it's very timely that they're having a Xmas card challenge at Jingle Belles where they will donate $4 for each linked card that contains pink.  YOU should totally make a card and link it up too.  Pink and for a good cause.  Win-win!

For this card I used the negative of a Memory Box die, following the curved line both inside and out with the pink stripe paper.  I thought the top was a bit plain so punched snowflakes across and used Scor-tape covered in dark pink glitter below.  A bit of greenery and a bow finished her off.

The Details:
Martha Stewart pine branch punch, dark pink MS glitter, Memory Box die, PTI white cover stock, pale and pine green mystery cover stock, My Mind's Eye Merry Little Christmas 6x6 paper pad (striped and sentiment paper), Bow Easy, foam dots

I'm also entering this in the Love to Create Challenge #86, also about breast cancer awareness.

Thankful for many things

  

Here in the Pacific Northwest, rain comes with Autumn.  We've got maybe 3 weeks of stunning fall color and then the leaves get knocked off if we have a big storm.  Bummer, huh?  But when it's a beautiful sunny day like today (and the first day of my vacation), I can't help but feel thankful for living in such an amazing place.

With this design I really liked how I colored the basket and flowers and even my attempt at recreating galvanized metal for the watering can.  I'm not satisfied with the leaves tho, especially the maples.  I had a very specific color  in my head but just couldn't capture it.  Maybe it's one of those things that can't be. 

The Details:

Northwood Rubber Stamps Apple Basket and Sunflower Watering Can, Spectrum Noirs, Spellbinders leafy squares die, Cameo for the sentiment, foam dots, Martha Stewart corner rounder, Gutermann thread, card stock from my old stash

Entering this in Designed to Color #21 Use a Die and Simon Wednesday Use a Stamp.

Rest in Sweets: goodbye, Cricut

My coworkers and I chose an amazing project for office Halloween treat bags.  They're so so so cute!  See our inspiration here.

I'm ever so proud of myself for figuring out the Silhouette program enough to create the grass and gravestone cuts.  Goodbye, Cricut.  Hello, lovely!  After cutting out the gravestones from iridescent silver card stock, I inked the edges and the surface to age it.  See the tiny bat?  That's the mouth of the Spellbinders skull upside down!  I love using every last bit.  For the sentiments (Rest in Sweets, Here Lies Treats, Trick R. Treat), I created a table in Word with extra fat lines then printed onto vellum.  I then cut them out using my rotary cutter.  A little roll on sticky tape and voila.

You know, I remember back when I used to make cards--so like 10 years ago (yikes)--there was some sort of tape I used on vellum that would not show through.  I still have a few cards from that period where that still holds true.  Of course, I can't recall what that product was/is.  Do you?

Also, I'm happy to share the .studio and .doc files that make up this project but don't see an option for that in Blogger.  Where do these files get stored so people can download them at will?  Any advice appreciated.  Thanks!

The Details:
iridescent silver 12x12 card stock from Michaels, Spellbinders skull and bat, Lifestyle Crafts circle die, hole puncher, mystery orange ribbon, dark blue tissue paper, World Win photo inkjet vellum, green card stock from stash, flat plastic gift bags about 4.5x9.5"

Entering this in the Simon Wednesday Challenge Going Dotty and Crazy 4 Challenges C4C206.

Breast Cancer Awareness Month and WCMD

I took a break from the Halloween gift bags for work and made a cute pink Christmas card, mainly out of scraps.  Did you know this month is Breast Cancer Awareness Month?  My mom had that so ever since I've been extra diligent about checking my girls.  I hope you are too.  Think pink!  This past Saturday was also World Card Making Day.  It was really great to see all the cards people were posting--very inspirational. 

The Details:  My Mind's Eye Merry Little Christmas 6x6 paper (mostly), foam dots, PTI rickrack die (the flower pot edging, leftover from other project), Recollections small snowflake punch, Martha Stewart large snowflake punch, foam dots, PTI white card stock for base, glossy accents (on some of the red dots on the tree), sugar coating iridescent glitter (large snowflake)


I'm entering this in the Christmas Stampin' All Year Long #36 Circles, Simon Says Wednesday Challenge Dotty, Try It on Tuesday Going Dotty

Hooked on my new Cameo

For Valentine's Day this year a coworker and I gave out treats to everyone in the office.  She made the ever-so-tasty cupcakes with the help of her little girl and I made the Valentines with Frankie's help, of course (check out where I originally got the idea).  We had so much fun coming up with the sentiments and then choosing which coworker received which Valentine.

We're tackling a similar idea for Halloween.   So today I have been making a bunch of gravestones, grass, bats and moons using my new Silhouette Cameo (squee!).  Hopefully I'll have an update soon!

 

The Details:
Googly eyes, Glossy Accents, Fiskars heart punch, Create a Critter cartridge, Cricut mini, scrap solid and designer cardstock, printed out the sentiments on my printer, the base cardstock is 3.5x4.25", each animal was cut with the largest side being about 3"

Currently listening to Ellie Goulding.

Snow Much Fun for cats and people

What a crazy week.  So so glad it's the weekend . . . and World Card Making Day!  I can always use a kick in the pants to create more Christmas cards.  This one was really fun.  Really. Fun.  I couldn't help but laugh as I designed the card.  It'll be a great one for a winter birthday, the holidays, or even an invitation.  As much as I wish we could get another cat to keep Frankie company, I'll make do with coloring them, especially when they're this cute.  :-P

The Details:  

Papercraft Essentials digital stamp (these had been available for free on their website but I couldn't find them again--hopefully you'll have better luck), Lifestyle Crafts circle die, PTI white card stock for the base, my usual Hammermill card stock for the colored layer, foam tape, Crafty Secrets Snow Bunnies stamps (sentiment)

I'm entering this in the Christmas Stampin' All Year Long #36 Circles, Designed to Color #21 Use a Die, Loves Rubberstamps Challenge #72 Anything Goes, Seize the Birthday Anything Goes, Simon Says Wednesday Challenge Dotty, Try It on Tuesday Going Dotty.  Lots of dots and circles this week--totally my thang.

Lulu and her poppies

Love. This. So. Much.  The image is pretty big so that didn't leave me a lot of room to add embellishments--for the best.  The simple washi tape frame added just enough interest to that dark lime paper.  I also liked what happened with the embossing powder.  I had intended a more solid black but the way it beaded up looks way realistic for a poppy.  Any suggestions for a black embossing powder that doesn't bead up so (this one is Zing)?  As a final touch I added a little lime embossing powder to the buds and a dot of Beads in a Bottle to the flower on Lulu's hair.

The Details:
Stamping Bella Lulu Loves Poppies (and so do I :), green cardstock from old stash, Hammermill Color Copy 80lb Photo White Cover Stock, Spectrum Noir (sorry, didn't note colors at the time), Tulip metal beads in a bottle (center of flower on her headband), Zing embossing powder, washi tape, PTI white cardstock for base card

I'll be entering this in the following:   Designed to Color Use a Die #21, Love Rubberstamps Challenge Anything Goes #72, Seize the Birthday Anything Goes, and Simon Wednesday Going Dotty.