About Me
I am a new empty nester, and I love to make cards and ATCs. I am always looking for ways to use the product I have, to learn new techniques and ways to do things, and most of all, to have fun with the creating of my art.
Saturday, May 22, 2010
Another Wedding Card
One of my good friends renewed her vows with her hubby last week in a beautiful, sweet ceremony.. This is the card that I did. It's a Mojo Monday 137 sketch. I used pink bazzil for the base c/s, then some gorgeous DP that I got a LSS in March. I used a Hero Arts butterfly from Antique Engravings, and the sentiment is from Everyday messages. I picked up on the pale orange in the card with the pieces of prange c/s with the bling pink. My friend liked the card, and now that she has it, I can post it. :D
Card made for a Wedding
This card was done for one of my closest friend's mother's wedding. All the stamps are Hero Arts. I used Friend Definition for the background, leaving a blank circle in the top left area. ( I used the back of a scrap of white circle c/s from a nestie cut out). I sponged the blank area with Pretty In Pink ink, then stamped the butterfly on DP, cut it out, and foam mounted the body only on the card. I added the pink pearls, and black ribbon. Once I knew where I wanted the sentiment, I stamped it in Versafine Black, and made sure the ribbon was BELOW the sentiment. I then mounted the white card onto a Pretty in Pink c/s base.
Christmas Card Challenge for May
Here is my entry for Tracy's Christmas Card Challenge.http://tracyshappyplace.blogspot.com/ I used Kraft c/s as my base, red DP for the red, and chocolate ink and c/s. The cream is the oval for the sentiment, done in red. The stamp is from the 2009 Christmas mini hostess set. Thanks for looking!
Saturday, May 8, 2010
Friday, April 30, 2010
Thank You Cards made!!
Well, I was on a tear on Tuesday. I need to make 24 Thank you cards for a wedding gift, and I managed to get 18 done. I did 6 each of three designs. I am not sure which one was my favourite of the three. My sweet Hubby likes the rose card the best. Now on to the last 6 cards!!
Monday, April 26, 2010
Tracy's April Christmas Card Challenge
Well, this month Tracy at http://tracyshappyplace.blogspot.com/ had a good challenge for us.. we had to use Patterned Paper ( or Designer Paper) as the focal point of the cards this month. I don't have a lot of Christmas PP that would fit the bill, so I had to make due. I used some poinsettia paper, and added some ribbon and an eyelet to fulfill the 2 embellishment requirement. I do wonder if I should have made standard cards, rather than the 4 x 4 inch square, but I didn't have enough of the paper to do the required 5 cards.
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
Mojo Monday card
Today I did the Mojo Monday week 135 challenge. the yellow c/s is through a Cuttlebug embossing folder, the fancy paper is Japanese, the words are SU, the bird is from Fiskars.
A Masculine Birthday card
I actually got around to creating today. I needed to make a birthday card for my brother in law, but I don't have many stamps that are masculine. So I brought out a challenge, the Crazy 4 Challenges, and my Hero Arts stamps. This is the result. The papers are from a dollar store somewhere, and I used the HA Friend Definition on the harlequin background. I used a couple of shells from the Antique Engravings for the focal point of the card, and I used the Happy Birthday stamp from Essential messages. I hope my brother in law is pleased with his birthday card this year.
Thursday, April 15, 2010
A Bridal Shower Card
I have a bridal shower to go to this weekend, so today I made a card for the bride to be. It's out of my comfort zone, but I rather like it. The card opens from the top. I used white c/s, and a black, white and silver patterned paper. The tulip is from some chipboard I had. I just used the frame of the tulip to draw on the back of the pink bling c/s. The bird is from the new SU punch. I used two wings, and foam mounted the top wing for dimension. The verse is from one of the free sets SU did with their sale a bration.
Monday, April 12, 2010
Win Sweet Stuff!!!
Jacquie at is having her blog birthday.. and a chance to win some Sweet Stuff!! Too much to mention here, so hop on over to her blog to enter!!
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Saturday, April 10, 2010
Birthday cards I did


Here are a couple of birthday cards I did. The Tulips are from Lazarworks studio. I inked them in Pretty in Pink and Mellow Moss, then stamped on pale pink c/s. that was corner rounded and layered on some embossed Doodlebug c/s that I've had sitting around. I inked the embossed parts with Mellow Moss ink. I rounded the corners as well. This was all done on a base pink c/s, again, with the rounded corners... Kristina Werner is really rubbing off on me.
The second card is a sketch, and I can't remember which one. I suspect it's a Mojo Monday sketch, but I am not sure. I used a funky patterned paper on Apricot Appeal c/s base, corners rounded on both. I then took a piece of the Doodlebug embossed c/s and use a strip of it upside down on the flower paper. I added some sticker ribbon to the top and bottom of it. I rounded two corners and added two green flower brads (Making Memories). I cut a circle out of Apricot Appeal, and stamped a HA butterfly in pixie pink ink. I added a flower brad, then foam mounted it onto the flower paper.
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This is one of the few cards that I've made that has NO STAMPING on it. I used a beautiful flower from some patterned paper for the focal point, used a rub on for the words, then just did the corners with a layer of Cool Caribbean, then mounted it on a black square, then mounted it on a glittery hot pink c/s. I added some sheer pink ribbon and some charms.
The weekend, another card

Well, I got to do some creating today... before my kid took sick and I had to finish baking the quadruple batch of cookies. I did the Mojo133 card sketch again, and I was pleased with the result. I also used Hero Art stamps (Hello from Essential messages, butterfly from Antique engravings) to do the card. It's quite different from my first card in the challenge, but I like it.
Wednesday, April 7, 2010

Hi!! I finally did a card that I'm going to try and upload. It's for Mojo133 challenge, and the C4C31 challenge in one card. I used Kraft cardstock as my base, then used Chocolate Chip ink to stamp HA Friend definition on it. I then layered 3 patterned papers together to make a couple of blocks, which I put on the card. I used some of the bright circle PP with a pink paper as a background for the ribbon. I used a Nesties die cut, which I distressed with Distress inks in Dried Marigold and Worn Lipstick. I stamped the HA butterfly (antique engravings) with Broken China ink. The Hello word (HA) was done in Cool Caribbean. Once the card was assembled, I added some light green bling to the card.
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
W00T!
now that I've got my old blog back (I had totally forgotten I made this blog) hopefully I'll be able to add some images and such to it. I am totally new at this, so please bear with me
Now that I know I have two blogs, it's a matter of getting them harmonized into one blog.
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