Christmas Hangover

Seriously guyz I am having a Christmas hangover…….so decided to make another Christmas themed card and hold on for one more day......... I am not ready to say good bye to Christmas yet. The beautiful image is from Chi Chi Memories Christmas set filled with great images. I inked the girl with copic markers and made it the focal point of the card. Hope you like it.

Quick

What a fun image this is, prefect for christmas cards and best part its free. This image is great for creating cards to cover everybody on your list. I made this card in 30 minutes. printed the image on white cardstock inked the bunny and glued some patterned paper to achieve this simple look. 

joyful season

OMG isn’t this girl so adorable, I almost feel like giving her a kiss. The versatility of images in the set make for a perfect December release. Base of the card is 5 ½ inch square with 2 layers and the inked “miss adorable”. Finished the card with some bling and voila. Hope this card inspires you to create.

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Gift Box

What a beautiful winter set this is and was the inspiration for the project. I volunteered to make gift card holders for the teachers at my daughter's school. I wanted to make something a little more than a gift card holder.  I made this box out a 11 X 8.5 inch paper. Printed the cute boy, inked him and fussy cut the image out. The rest of it was decorating the top of the box. Tied a ribbon to the gift card and hid it behind the sentiment. To make things even better filled the inside of the box with some CHOCOLATEEEEEES.

 

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Fairy Bunny

Hello crafters, starting next month my term as a design team member for Chi Chi Memories officially starts......so excited. They have some real adorable digital stamps so to get started I made a card with this month's free stamp. Hope you like and thanks for stopping by......

Quick post

Sorry for the short post, here are a couple of cards I had made earlier...

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WoW!!!!!!!

White on White card was interesting and challenging. I very strongly associate white with purity and there are very few things that can be as pure as Love, so I made this card to celebrate the day of love. I tried to bring in different textures in the card. First I made the envelope using 8.75 inch square cardstock and one of my favorite spellbinder die “gold elements” I see myself going for this die very often. Then I cut 2 spellbinders floral oval dies, made couple of roses using the tim holtz flower die to decorate the top of the Envelope with some pearls from want2scrap. The sentiment" for you" is from stardust medallion labels. I think the card came together pretty fast, here used spellbinder’s marvelous squares and stacked them with pop dots. Embellished the card with white ribbon and some pearls and glitter dots. The sentiment on the card is from "Hugs & Kisses" sentiment clear stamp. The card measures 5.5 inch square.

 

 

Entering this card in the JustRite Challenge # 109
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Paper Piecing

Phew!!!!! lot of cutting  and piecing. Be a guest designer for Flourishes!!! oh what a treat so thought of doing something different to give an extra oompf...... hope the my card is able to portray it. I am entering this card in the Flourishes Timeless Tuesday Challenge FTTC240 details of which can be found here .

For my card I cut out spellbinders fancy lattice in four colors, blue, red, yellow and green and then pieced it together to come up with a different design. It did take me a while to decide on the design..but this paper piecing technique has so many different options and you can come up with so many designs to give your card a unique look with just one die.

Once my background was ready, I moved to my stamped image, this one is from flourishes “tulips for friends” stamp set…….isn’t it such a cute image. I used copic markers to color it. Honestly I am going nuts over the deep red shade I got in the flowers………this girl loves red. I had invested in copic markers after I read all the raving reviews and of course they did not disappoint. I would like to try some other alcohol markers too, as I love experimenting with new products maybe will put them on my birthday gift list. Is it just me or seems like I have a lot of different wish lists going on. After my image was ready, I fussy cut it and popped on spellbinders gold circle die. Popped my circle die on the background paper towards the edge so I can show off the hardwork on the background. I think the card came together nicely……..

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Celebrate........

Dear blog friends, today I have a very special card using the colors from the JustRite Color Challenge #102. The colors made me feel very warm and tender, so made this for my DH. I just received spellbinders elegant labels 4 in the mail so I had to use it, normally I have a rough sketch in mind before starting a card but this time it was the die I wanted to use for sure. Love spellbinder dies, they have just taken die cutting to another level and are so easy to use, cannot imagine making a card without them. I am slowly working on expanding my die collection, have a lot of the dies on my Christmas list already now all I need to do is impress DH with this cardJ. For my card I started out with cutting out the spellbinders elegant labels 4, stamped and embossed my image. After placing them on top of each other I felt the image was a little small for the die so customized my labels 4 piece by cutting a piece out from the center. I created a window using spellbinders majestic squares, just love this technique so easy and gives the card a third dimension. Fussy cut my stamped image and placed it in the center of my window. Embellished with some rhinestones and my card was ready. I spent about an hour on the project. Hope you all like it and thanks for stopping by…………….

Products used

stamps: JustRite Starburst Medallion Labels
Paper: DCWV
Accessories: Spellbinders elegant labels four, grand labels 4, majestic squares, want2 scrap rhinestones and pearls, foam dots.

 Entering this card in:

http://justritestampers.typepad.com/justrite-inspiration/2013/07/justrite-friday-challenge-102-color-inspiration.html

http://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/wednesdaychallenge/july-31st-anything-goes/

10 - minute

Got a quick post today. Quick and simple card.

I am entering this card in the flourishes 10 minute challenge which can be found below

http://flourishes.org/2013/07/7869/

Doily Fun

Got a chance to do some crafting a long time thanks to my mother-in-law. I wanted to wrap this jewelry set with a little oomff so came up with this envelope. Incorporated some doillies, stamps, pearls and voila.

products used:
Stamps: Justrite Starbust Medallion
Paper: Xpress it blending paper
Accessories: Spellbinders splendid circles and persian motifs, 1 3/4" marvy circle punch, close to my heart brad, copicmarkers and want2scrap pearls.

 Entering this card in the Justrite Doily challenge #100

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Sparkly Pendant

Hello everybody, I had been wanting to create something different and thought of using the Justrite color combo. its very difficult for me to come up with color combinations so this was inspiring and I think I love these colors together definitely will be using this color combination again. here is a look at the necklace and earrings, my sister thinks they are definitely wearable and she is the fashionista in the family.

Products used:

Stamps: JustRite Starburst Medallion Labels
Paper: beige cardstock (do remember the company)
accessories: stardust glitter pen, stickles, want2scrap pearls, close to my heart liquid glass

Here's a closer look

 So what do you think of my first attempt at jewelry making and thanks for stopping by........

Last Minute

Today I have a quick card and last minute entry to the JustRite 'Sew Good' Challenge. I started the card with a different idea and ended up with something completely different.....does this happen to you guyz?

products used

Stamps: Flourishes tulips for friends and JustRite monogram stamps
paper: just used up different paper scraps I had laying around, white cardstock is the xpress it blending paper.
accessories; Spellbinders label 10, floral ovals, gold circle one, green ribbon I had brought from Micheals, want2scrap rhinestone.

I am entering this card to the following challenges:

JustRite Friday Challenge #096 - "Sew Good" for details click here

Timeless Tuesday #220 ~ Blue & Green for details click here

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Colorful Creations

Just got back from a two week vacation and was missing my crafty side. I have a quick card today,  still have a lot of catching up to do. Entering my card in the Flourishes Challenge FLLCMAY13 . Details of the challenge can be found HERE

Products used:
Stamps: Flourishes tulip for friends
paper: Xpress it, Gina K Designs
Accessories: Spellbinders floral ovals, grand labels four, petite ovals, copic makers and want2scrap rhinestones.

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3 of My Favorite Cards

That's a tough one..........having just started my creative journey and actually documenting it through this amazing portal I have based my selection on the cards posted by April 15, 2013.

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Black Elegance

Today I made good use of my maternity leave and time between baby naps, its a different story that my laundry is not done and the house is a mess but got me some crafty time. And now that I am done I can scratch my head for some quick dinner recipes :).

So I did a complete 180 degrees on the wedding monogram card posted couple days ago and tried to come up with something different and outside my comfort zone when it comes to choosing colors.

My card base for this card measures 5 1/2" square. my second layer is 5 1/4" square, on this piece of cardstock I glued aluminum foil and embossed it with spellbinders M-Bossibilities EL-006. Then I cut out a window with spellbinders marvelous squares. I framed the window with 2 layers of marvelous square die set and rolled the top layer with a pencil to give a dimension to the card. Stamped the monogram with JustRite monogram stamps and bordered it with the Damask borders. to finish the card I added some rhinestones and pearls, colored the dots on the embossed layer with copic marker R89 and Voila..........

 products used:

stamps: JustRite monogram and Damask Border stamps
Paper: Gina K. Designs
Accessories: Spellbinders M-Bossibilities EL-006 and marvelous squares, aluminum foil, 3D foam squares, want 2 scrap say it with pearls, crystal stickers, copic marker R89



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I am submitting this card in the following challenges:

http://justritestampers.typepad.com/justrite-inspiration/2013/04/justrite-friday-challenge-095-window-of-opportunity.html

http://paulaholifieldcrafts.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/our-first-challenge.html

http://totallypapercrafts.blogspot.com/2013/04/challenge-163-monochromatic.html

http://flourishes.org/2013/04/timeless-tuesday-217-wedded-bliss/

http://simonsaysstampschallenge.blogspot.com/2013/04/anything-goes.html

Pretty in Pink

Recently I got a call from my friend who is getting married, asking me to make her a monogram card so I got thinking on how to make her a really special card......saw the challenge on JustRite papercrafts and immediately knew how I wanted this card to look. So here's a look in my window.

I had a lot of fun creating this card. My card base measures 5 1/4" X 5 1/4". I knew right away I wanted to use spellbinders gold ornament one die.....lately seems like this my go to die template. So I cut out two triangular ornaments and stuck them at the opposite corners of my card base. I wanted approximately 1" distance between the triangles so thats how I came up with 5 1/4" square base. I added the two smaller triangular ornaments at the other two ends. Filled the depression with pink stickles to give it sparkle. Cut out a rectangular shaped window for my monogram and framed the window with spellbinders floral oval, scalloped ovals large and fancy tags. Inside the card I stamped my monogram with the Just Rite monogram and Damask border stamps. Framed the monogram piece with spellbinders marvelous squares. Had to add some bling to the card. Also not sure if the picture shows but I also sprayed the monogram with tattered angels dazzling diamond glimmer mist.

Products I used:

Stamps : JustRite monogram and Damask Borders
paper: Gina K. Designs
Accessories: Spellbinders gold ornament one, floral ovals, scalloped oval large, fancy tags and marvelous squares, 3D Foam circles, pink stickles, tattered angels glimmer mist, want 2 scrap black rhinestones.

I entering this card in the following challenges.....

http://justritestampers.typepad.com/justrite-inspiration/2013/04/justrite-friday-challenge-095-window-of-opportunity.html

http://justusgirlschallenge.blogspot.ca/2013/04/just-us-girls-185-colour-challenge.html

Whimsy Stamps -Challenge # 58 Theme Pretty In Pink Rubber Team Designs

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Around the house

Today I made a card using aluminum foil found around the house for the Flourishes FTTC215 challenge.

Details about this challenge can be found by clicking the link

http://flourishes.org/category/challenges/timeless-tuesday/

Products used:

Stamps : sentiment is from flourishes tulips for friends (love love this stamp set)
accessories: Spellbinders gold ornament one (absolutely love this die), Gina K designs paper, momento ink, aluminum foil.

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Summer Lovin’!

When making this card I had a different design in my head but somewhere along the way do not know what happened but this is what I came up with.

I am submitting this card in the following challenges 

Flourishes Challenge FLLCAPR13.
you can find the details of the flourishes challenge at the link below
http://flourishes.org/2013/04/summer-lovin/

Simon Says Stamp Challenge "April Showers and/or Spring Flowers


products used
stamps : the sentiment is from flourishes tulips for friends.
paper: Gina K. Designs and brazzil
accessories: spellbinders resplendent rectangles, momento ink

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Spring and Sunshine

JustRite Friday Challenge #093 - "Suddenly Spring". Such a 'Happy' challenge, whenever I think of spring it just brings a smile to my face and I start looking forward to all the new life I will see coming to life all around me. Absolutely love the theme of this challenge and what would a spring themed card be without some yellow, flowers and butterflies.

I also want to enter my creation to Simon Says Stamps challenge this week, which is Anything Goes.

products I used for this card:

Stamps : Just rite monogram stamps and damask borders
Accessories:, spellbinders radiant rectangles, bitty blossom, Gina K paper (white), brought the yellow paper from Joann fabrics, wax paper, want2scrap, memento ink, cuttlebug embossing folder