Paper Challenge #2

We are at it again. This is our second paper challenge, and we have added a fifth. We are officially maxed out on the number of participants. The above paper is what I received from one of the gals. All I could think of was wedding for this paper, well after I stopped thinking wallpaper, and these are 2 cards I created for everyone. I guess the heart card could be a Golden Anniversary card?!?

Click here for the rules and premise behind the paper challenge.

Heart Card (5.5 x 4.25)
Paper: patterned vellum (manufacturer unknown), Very Vanilla and Brushed Gold SU! cardstock Ink: Versamark with Gold Embossing Powder from Ranger Ink (used on both hearts)
Stamps: Corner Flourish from Heidi Swapp
Accessories: Zig Painty Pen (used around the edges), Quickutz Revolution heart, cream ribbon from Target Club Wed, and SU! Corner Rounder.

Wedding Cake Card (4.25 x 4.25)
Paper: patterned vellum (manufacturer unknown) and Very Vanilla SU! cardstock
Accessories: SU! Corner Rounder, cream ribbon from Target Club Wed, EK Success flower punch, and self-adhesive pearls

Pink Cards

The is the last of my posts from my very creative weekend. These are some pink cards that I created using MME paper and cardstock...I was on a roll.

Baby Card: I filled in the pink flourished on the baby label with the glitter pen, which you can't see in the photo, and added some white satin ribbon. The crown swirl on the background is an acrylic stamp from Autumn leaves, stamped in versamark (stamped off once on scrap paper) and then SU! Rose Red Classic ink. The versamark kinda primes the acrylic stamp to ensure the Rose Red is picked up by the stamp. Great way to use classic inks with acrylic stamps! Thanks to Kristina Werner for this tip on her blog.

Thinking of You: I cut a small strip from the bottom the the card stock and flipped the scrap over to create the dark pink stripe on top. I also added some white velvet ribbon to the bottom.

Blue Cards

I have a few more posts from my crafty weekend with the girls. I made 9 cards in total using My Minds Eye patterned cardstock and paper embellishments. I added a few, non MME extras on the cards to make them mine.

Birthday Card: I outlined the scrolls on the patterned paper and added some stars punched out of Die Cuts with a View Glitter Stack.

Blue Baby Card: I punched a scalloped edge, tied a bow with satin ribbon, randomly added pearls, and outlined the baby label with a glitter pen (unfortunately you can't see that detail in the photo).

Ruff Day?

The day after Christmas my dog, Boss, was absolutely exhausted. Two days of other dogs and kids for this old mutt was plenty. I am not going to put this into a page protector. Instead, I am going to punch holes with my Crop-a-Dile on the left side and put it directly into my American Crafts 3-ring album. In order to draw focus to my adorable little dog, I placed black rub-ons at each corner and overlapped the ends.

Scrapbook Ingredients:

Frosty Transparency from KI Memories, Black textured cardstock and Baja Blue cardstock from SU!, Rub-Ons from SU!, corner rounder from SU!, and Chocolate 4x8 Quickutz Die.

Seriously Sassy

I had a very creative weekend with the girls. I finished my Basic Grey Calendar for my desk at work, a few scrapbook pages, and about 9 cards. Here is the first of my postings from this weekend. Keep your eyes peeled there will be 2 more postings.

This is the first scrapbook page posted to my blog (and it will not be the last). This is a photo of my niece, who is seriously sassy. I thought I might try to get a little fancy and have some close-ups of some of the details on the page below. It has been a while since I have scrapbooked, and I was afraid I had lost my touch. I must say I am really proud of this layout.

I got the look of randomness of the buttons at the bottom of the page by literally throwing the buttons down on the page like sprinkles. I liked where they landed, so I adhered them.

Scrapbook ingredients

Paper: Basic grey white distressed, blue distressed and patterned paper from Urban Prairie: transparency from Hambly Press

Accessories: Buttons from Autumn Leaves, Zig Pen, Flowers from Doodlebug and Making memories, Silver adhesive button thingy from Joann's

Quickutz Diesel Cookie Cutter Dies

Flocking Cupcake

I have been a little under the weather, so I am posting something I made a little while ago. I made the background by clear embossing the SU! polka dot background stamp on SU! basic black paper. I then adhered 2 rows of Ribbon from Maya Road to the card stock and added the fun, cut-out cupcake. The cupcake is a from Hero Arts. The cupcake is flocked using flocking powder from Doodle Bug and sequence bling from Prima. I colored the bottom with a chalk marker and blender pen. The inside (which I forgot to photo before I gave the card to my Super adorable niece) says "You deserve a day sprinkled with fun". This is a little gift card size creation.

I will have more to post on Sunday, since I am having a meeting of the minds with Marisa and Janie on Saturday....All day Scrappin'/Stampin' party! I tell ya, we are wild.

Krafty Valentines

Janie, Marisa, and I try to get together once a month to be creative and almost always to shop. We decided to make 3 Valentines These are my 3 cards for our swap. As you can see I was a little into Kraft tonight. Marisa has posted her cards to her blog.

B-Mine (Left is the Front and Right is the Inside)

Card Ingredients: Stampin' Up! Kraft, Whisper White, Pink Pirouette, and Riding Hood Red cardstock. Blush Patterned Paper by Basic Grey. Quickutz heart, EK Success heart punch, Fiskars scallop punch, American Craft Thickers, and white satin ribbon from Target's Club Wed. I created the dash by cutting the Thickers letter "l" in half.

My Love (Left if Front and Right is Inside)

Card Ingredients: Stampin' Up! Kraft and Whisper White cardstock. Soot Black Distress ink, Versamark, and SU! Purely Pomegranate ink. Making Memories and K&Co Patterned Paper. Quickutz heart. SU! corner rounder, tool kit, buttons, and dimensionals. My love and hearts stamps are from an acrylic stamp set maybe by Clear Designs, but I am not sure.

Green/Pink Be Mine (Left is Front and Right is Back)

Card Ingredients: Stampin' Up! Kraft, Whisper White, and Riding Hood Red cardstock. Cloud9Design pattern paper and DCWV Glitter Matstack. Quickutz heart, White Signo Pen, Black 08 Zig marker, bling, SU! Scallop and 1 3/8" punches, EK Success heart punch, and SU! dimensionals. This card is a 3" x 6" card. In order to create the white boarder I cut a piece of cardstock to 2.5" x 5.5", attached the cardstock to the center of the card using removable Dotto adhesive, and then traced around the cardstock with my white pen. After the ink dried I removed the cardstock and rubbed the Dotto off with my finger.

Instructions for Floral Congrats

In response to the comment received for the Floral Congrats! blog entry, I am providing instructions on how I created the stamped image on the card.

1) Stamp the image on Very Vanilla Cardstock.
2) Punch the image with the Stampin' Up! Curvy label punch.
3) Spong the edges with Chocolate Chip ink.
4) Adhere the image to a scrap of Chocolate Chip cardstock.
5) Cut around the image to create a Chocolate Chip Border.

KWerner Color Challenge #38

Well this is my first Kristina Werner Challenge...so we'll see. I used one of Stampin' Up!'s retired hostess sets, In the Spotlight and Love from Heidi Swapp. I used masking to layer the flowers on Whisper White cardstock, punched out one of the flowers with a 2" punch and raised it with dimensionals. Of course I had to add a little bling in the center. My card was inspired by this photo posted on Kristina's blog.

Floral Congrats!

My friend, Marisa, just got promoted at work. I sent her this Congratulations card (3" x 6.25") using Stampin' Up!'s Pocket Silhouettes, rub-ons, and some patterned paper. I inked up all the edges of the patterned paper squares, punched image, and the Sahara Sand cardstock. I have not distressed anything in a while, but I knew that this style card would be right up Marisa's alley.

Yes, this is the same Marisa that gave me the clock stamps. I have the greatest friends. Her and Janie know how to bribe me....stamps!!

Wintery Thank You

My friend, Janie (check out her blog) sent me a penguin stamp for Christmas. To show my appreciation I made her a thank you card using my new stamp. I used Felt Snowflakes from Stampin' Up!, which I had to have and of course sat in the packaging for 3 months, and the SU! Ski Slope Designer Series Paper. I adhered the large snowflake to the card with part of the felt hanging off the edge, and then I trimmed the danglers. The added attached the stamped image using dimensionals.

SU! Color Scheme Kraft, Whisper White, Old Olive, Baja Breeze, Real Red

Hedgehog V-Day

I finally received my hedgehog 2 x 2 die from Quickutz in the mail, and I right away I knew it would make an Uber-cute V-day card. So, I broke out the Cuttlebug embossing folder, EK Success scallop punch, bling, and some 2008 Sale-a-bration and new SU! rub-ons and made this card using Chocolate Chip, Pink Pirouette, Real Read, Kraft and Basic Black Cardstock. My goal was not only to use my new hedgehog, but to also not use patterned paper. Now that is a challenge...if you haven't noticed, most of my creations use patterned paper. I can't help it; I am an addict. --Enjoy!!!

Patterned Paper Challenge #1

We all have done it...you go to the scrapbook store, and you see a piece of patterned paper you just have to have. You get it home...2 or 3 years later you still have not done anything with that patterned paper.


A group of us at work decided to promote the usage of our old paper by bringing in one sheet of our must have pattern paper and swapping it with each other. We each make as many cards as possible using that one sheet of paper. The hard part was using paper I didn't buy, using paper someone else didn't know what to do with, and making sure I had enough patterned paper for 4 of each of the cards (have to make sure everyone participating in the challenge gets one). Ok, so all of it was a challenge! This really made me get creative. I hope you enjoy my creations.

Check out Katie's blog to see what she came up with for this Challenge.

Feeling a Little Crafty

I must apologize for not posting for so long (for those of you who follow my blog). To make up for it I am posting twice today. I got a bit of the creative bug this weekend and made a couple other cards. Once of them is a thank you card made using my new Diesel Quickutz alpha and the other was my sister's B-day card using some paper I bought a few years back and had to have.

B-Day Card

B-Day Card Supplies/Instructions: Stampin' Up Exclusive Sizzix Die, Heidi Swapp Flower, May Arts satin ribbon, Autumn Leaves bag of buttons and hero arts bling. I folded white textured cardstock in half (folded height is 4.25 in and width is 5.5 in). I placed the folded paper on the Sizzix die so the cutting portion of the die on one end was showing as to not cut the folded edge. I also used the die to cut the patterned paper and then trimmed along the perforated line made by the die.

Thank You Card

Thank you card Supplies: Stampin' Up Cool Caribbean, Old Olive, and Chocolate Chip cardstock. Diesel and Rockstar Quickutz Dies. American Crafts Patterned Paper. Prima flowers and SU! scallop punch.

Manly B-day

I finally got a chance to sit down and use my new craft room. I finally got a chance to use my Heidi Swapp Clock stamps (given to me by my friend Marisa quite a while ago), some American Crafts thickers, and retired Stampin' Up! patterned paper. Man, I heart thickers!