Just A Little Prayer...

Here is another card for my other friend who lost her mom (my friends are sisters).  I actually made two of these, one for my friend's daughter as well.

This is a card a cased, I saw it a long time ago and new I would make it some day.  Here is the original.

Stamps:  CTMH Card Chatter - Sympathy
Paper:  Basic Grey Origins, Stampin Up Baked Brown Sugar
Ink:  StazOn Timber Brown, Pigma Micron Archival Ink journalling pen (faux stitching)
Accessories:  CC Designs Butterfly dies, CTMH Opaques pearls, SU Victoria 5/8" Crochet Trim

Sparkly Wishes

It's been a while!!!  Christmas has come and gone and I haven't posted any of my cards.  It was a busy season and honestly, I didn't create many of 'my own' cards.  I actually cased quite a few.  Sometimes, I just wanted to recreate (as close as I could with my stash) what I saw, other times, I just didn't have the energy to create something from scratch.  But this - this is all mine :)  I stamped and coloured him before Christmas (with a little help from Amy), but I hadn't found the right layout, and then I came across The Deconstructed Sketch #84 for this week. It was perfect. 
I'm also entering this in Sparkle Creations Christmas Card Challenge #6.

Stamps:  CC Designs Reindeer Lights, Sparkly Wishes

Paper:  MME 12 Days of Christmas dsp, Stampin Up Pool Party cs, PTI white cs

Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black, Copics

Accessories:  MME 12 Days of Christmas ribbon, decorative brads and pearls

 

Made With Love

This card is for my niece's birthday. She'll be eight this year and she loves butterflies. This stamp came with a set I won at this challenge last year and I finally got to use her :)  I'm entering the All That Scraps Anything Goes Challenge.

It's been sooooooo long since I've used my copics!!  I shouldn't let this much time go by, I did get a little rusty :)

Stamps:  CC Designs Laugh Lines Butterfly Laugh and Postage Laugh, CTMH Card Chatter Birthday

Paper:   Stampin Up Pool Party cs, MME Tickled Pink dsp

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Stazon Jet Black, Copics

Accessories:  Clear Atyou Spica Pen, Smooch Top Coat, Stampin Up Certainly Celery ribbon, Stampin Up Dazzling Diamonds, flowers from stash

Thanks for looking, have a great day :)

Birthday Surprises

Hi - I'm actually very pleased with my card :) After attending a card class yesterday at my local scrapbook store and making 6 cards, I came home and whipped this up last evening. It's for my daughter's half sister who turned 7. I think I found my Mojo, which has been missing lately. It helps though that my spare room, now my craft room is coming together and mine again. It had been the junk room during our renovations. I've finally got the bed out of there, have my new shelves set up, and actually unpacked my Christmas present, a Cricut Expression!! Time is of the essence now, as this is also going to be where my new puppy's crate is going to be kept. I'm waiting for an Airedale puppy! There is one female who is a month old but I'm not sure I'm getting her yet as she's being evaluated for show prospects. If not, there is another litter due in April which would come home in June. So, fingers crossed I get this female, but if not, I can wait a couple more months. I've only been waiting a year so far ;)

So, back to my card, this is Sugarplums Cookie Emma from CC Designs. I used Basic Grey's Olivia paper, the sticky ribbon and flower are from the same set. There is just a wee bit of Star Dust stickles on her ribbons and lace. I was super excited to finally use my CC Designs cutter and stamp set called Tags It for the birthday sentiment. I want more of those!!!

I'm entering this card over at All That Scraps Wednesday Challenge, Anything Goes.

Hey Girly......

This is a birthday card I had to do for another friend this month - I think I have 4 to do, so two down, two more to go!! I wanted to use the Bo Bunny Barefood and Bliss paper again, I love how the paper is perfect for backgrounds - it makes my life simple. And I must say, it was much easier cutting out this stamped image than the last!!

I used CC Designs Bikini Honey for the first time. I'm really loving these beachy, summery themed cards. I also used three of Amy R's sentiment stamps so I'm entering this card into this weeks ATS Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes and Anyone for Anya Challenge - Summer.

Stamps: CC Designs Bikini Honey, Amy R's Summer Sentiments, Amy R's Birthday Sentiments, Amy R's Sassy Sentiments
Paper: Bo Bunny Barefoot and Bliss dp, Stampin Up Night of Navy cs and Crumb Cake
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Versamagic Ink, Copics
Accessories: Bo Bunny Coordinating Buttons, nestabilities, Inksentials White Gel Pen, Sakura Black Glossy Pen, White embossing powder , CTMH Juniper Waxy Flax

Hey Cupcake!

The challenge at All That Scraps this week is a sketch.

This is my favourite kind of challenge. I'm also entering this in The Crafty Pad's Challenge #110 Something Yummy For Your Tummy, how perfect is that? I decided to use a stamp I hadn't inked up yet and out came Cupcake Kiki from C.C. Designs. She is actually one of the first stamps I bought! I love the bright colours of this paper, KI Memories Sweet Life. I wasn't going to put a sentiment on the front, but after this picture was taken I added 'Hey Cupcake' from Amy R's Birthday Sentiments, I couldn't resist!! It's a busy card for me, but I like it and I think it's a great card for young girl. I actually have a card for my stash - and it's not much of a stash either!!

After colouring her with my copics I added Rock Candy Distress Stickles to the cupcake, some glassy accents to the baubles in her hair and a little rhinestone to the flower in her hair. And to top it all off, I added the Bella Donuts to the corners! The scallops on the dp were made with the EK Success Corner Rounder Punch, you just have to take off the paper guide and punch across the paper :-)

Inside was finished off with some more dp and the cupcakes and sentiment is from Amy R's Birthday Sentiments.

Paper: KI Memories Sweet Life, Kraft cs
Stamp: CC Designs Cupcake Kiki
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Stampin Up Pink Passion
Copics: Hair - YR23, Y21, Y26; Skin - E50, E21, R20; Dress - R81, RV34, RV17; Cupcake and Shoes - BG01, BG05, BG07, E31, E33; Shadows - W2, W00, BG000
Accessories: Bella Donuts, Glossy Accents, Rock Candy Distress Stickles, CTMH Sparkles, Nestabilities Oval, EK Success Corner Rounder

Get Well

Hello there! Just a quick post tonight - I had to whip this card off Friday after work real quick before going up to the hospital. My 12 year old niece had an unscheduled surgery on her hip (growth plate) and there was only a days notice. I had this little guy (CC Designs Flower Power)lying around already coloured so it was perfect for this card!! I used Stampin Up's Perfect Plum cs and Razzleberry Lemonade dp from Stampin Up as well. There is some gold distress stickles on the flower and the image was coloured with copics.

Deck the Halls

I finally finished the third and final christmas card using the Bo-Bunny Winter Joy dp. This one was a little tougher for me to finish. I had such a hard time figuring out what to do for the sentiment - nothing looked right, it was always too big and I have this issue with not wanting to cover up too much of the dp so I opted for stamping directly on the dp instead. I couldn't find a sentiment any bigger that wasn't too big for the space so I settled for the 'deck the halls' stamp from Amy R's Winter Sentiments set (I love this stamp set by the way and the 'settling' had nothing to do with the set, lol). I can't say I'm too impressed, I like the overall layout and the embellishments but I wish I could have come up with something better for the sentiment. Oh well, more challenge for next time.

I am impressed though with the copic colouring. I tried something new this time. Usually I colour with the lightest colour first, make my shadows with the darker colour then go over the entire area with the lighter colour. Since the purples I have are little deeper than I wanted, I put down the shadows first with the darker colour and then blended the edges with the lighter colour and then went over the whole thing with the lighter colour. So even though I only have the two colours V15 and V17, this technique made it seem like I was using a mid colour as well. And to finish it off I used the clear Spica pen for Birgitta's wings and some Frosted Lace Stickles on the fur around her hat.

Oh yes, something else I tried new this time was to outline Santa Birgitta with the BG000 copic. I liked how that that turned out too. I think it gives her a sweet little glow. I'm entering this card in the All That Scraps Weekly Wednesday Challenge - Double Challenge Week.

Paper: Bo-Bunny Winter Joy dp, mauve cs, white Bella cs

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Stampin Up Chocolate Chip, copics

Accessories: Bella Dots, ribbon from stash, Frosted Lace Stickles, Clear Spica pen

Happy Holidays

Here is the second of three cards I'm making using the Bo Bunny Winter Joy dp. I used Santa Birgitta again this time with the Liquid Applique on her hat and dress and Spica Glitter Pen on her wings. This layout was found on Maria Bell's Stampin Inspriations Blog. I love the little circles she used on the bottom of the card and the way the embossed paper looked like snow. I used Stampin Up's Platinum Shimmer paint for the sentiment. I have 5 Christmas cards made so far including the 3 I've made at my classes......I better get busy!!

Stamps: CC Designs Santa Birgitta, Amy R's Winter Sentiments

Paper: Bo Bunny Winter Joy dp, Stampin Up Old Olive, lavender and white cs

Ink: Memento Black Ink, Stampin Up Platinum Shimmer Paint, Copics

Accessories: silver cord, cuttlebug embossing folder, EK Success 1" circle punch, Marvy snowflake punch

Wishing you.....

I've officially begun the Christmas Cards I have planned. I got a good start to them through the Charity Stamping Event here and a card class I attended. I'll post those later!! They're so cute!! Now I just have to figure out who's going to get what! There's so many ideas I want to try!! This is my first card using Santa Birgitta from CC Designs. As you can see I loved using the Dazzling Diamonds from Stampin Up. I'm working on two more cards with this same dp. I love that this paper is non-traditional colours too! Like the little charm?? I found this layout on a Christmas card by The Spotted Chick.

I'm entering this card over at Prairie Paper & Ink for Amy's ATG Contest Giveaway. She is giving away a Scotch ATG set.

Paper: Stampin Up Old Olive cardstock, B0-Bunny's Winter Joy DP

Stamps: CC Designs Santa Birgitta, AmyR Stamps Christmas Card Greetings, Stampin Up Merry & Bright (snowflake)

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Versamark and white embossing powder, Stampin UP Craft White Ink, copics

Accessories: Charm from Dat's Scrapbooking, Stampin Up Scallop Trim Border Punch, ribbon from stash, Stampin UP Dazzling Diamonds

Love Always.....

I have to share my all time favourite card I've ever made!! (not that I've made a lot but anyway)..........This was done at a card class with Donna at Dat's Scrapbooking in the spring. I can't pick just one reason why I love it so much, maybe the colours, the textures, the distressing, the tiny clear buttons, the material or everything together. I was so proud of this card, I don't think I'll ever give it away :-)

Here Comes the Bride

I'm really excited about this card which I just finished this week. This is one of my 'Wow, I did it' moments. This card is for my other sister in law who is getting married on Sept. 4, 2010 - in Vegas!! And yes I'm going!! Anyway - I'm so happy with how it turned out! She is not wearing white, her dress is blue so I wanted to give Emma's dress a blue tinge. The Diamond Stickles really seemed to pick up on the blue as well. I got the coloring idea from Amy Rysavy at Prairie, Paper and Ink. I love her layouts and her copic tips really help me too. Paper: Stampin Up Petals and Paisley DSP, Taken with Teal and Pretty in Pink cardstock
Stamps: CC Designs Bride Emma and Amy R Spring Sentiments
Accessories: Petite Oval Nestabilities, Prima flowers, Basic Grey brads, copics, Stampin Up Scalloped Edge Punch, Diamond Stickles