Saturday, August 25, 2012

Twin Baby Shower

A friend at work asked me to make her another set of cards including one for a baby shower for twin boys.  I knew right away I would use the Peter Rabbit paper I have had for years (for no reason other than it was cute) and then I found an umbrella cutting file.  The blue and white papers for the umbrella and mat were created in Word as was the sentiment.

Tuesday, August 21, 2012

I Remember....

I've had this photo on my "next project" board for ages.  Finally, I got the right inspiration from a variety of sources.  The sketch is from the GrandDiva's Creative Corner courtesy of PageDrafts (I took a few liberties with the top and bottom bits on the sketch).  The title ("I Remember") is from ScrapFit's Workout #73 - I've been following them for a while (OK....loitering...) and finally decided to stop watching and start playing!

All papers are from a Cloud9 Design paper pad.  The embellishment on the lower right of the photo is a combination of two chipboard pieces from Studio 12, an epoxy sticker also from Studio 12, and a flower fussy cut from one of the papers embellished with Stickles and a metal brad from CTMH.I have Rochelle Spears to thank for that inspiration - I definitely have many sorely neglected chipboard and stickers around so her handmade multi-item embellishment challenge really helped me dig in to that pile.


Monday, August 20, 2012

Sanibel Island

My DD and I visited my folks in Florida two weeks ago and we all took a day trip to Sanibel and Captiva.  The two islands are known for excellent shelling and the hype was definitely true!  Great day out.

As for the layout, the papers are all Echo Park (Sweet Day collection).  The shells in the upper left are free cutting files from Paper Scissors and Ink.  As for the title - look closely - they are chipboard letters that I covered with sand!  This is courtesy of a very cool product - MuddPuddles.  They're not easy to find but if you Google a bit, there are a handful of site that sell the product (I got mine from a scrapbook convention in Dallas a few months back).

The sketch is based on Paper Secrets August challenge and is being submitted to the Vacation challenge at Scrapping Everyday Miracles and the summer challenge at S J Crafts.

Clean and Simple

I love how this turned out - so simple - just a white embossed matt that I later added clear embossing to the riased areas using an embossing pen.  Why don;t I do more of these????

Sentiment is from Verve Dream Big set.  I am "sending" this to Diane's blog at DL.art for her birthday party this month!  Check out her site - she has great projects and inspiration!


Sunday, August 19, 2012

Silver Anniversary

This card is for a friend - she loves blue.  I embossed a QuicKutz metal foil sheet for the background, added some flowers from Hobby Lobby that had been quite neglected in my stash, and finished with a sentiment from one of my favorite stamp companies - Verve (Happy Thoughts).  Sketch is based on  this week's sketch at Sketch N Stash





Layers, DIstressing, and Verve

I love Verve stamps and they had a sketch challenge this month.  Since I am creating a set of cards for my Mom to give in a gift swap next month I needed all the inspiration I could.  I am also challenging myself to use a lot more of the paper scraps I have so the multiple layers really worked.  I am going to try to submit this to the Paper Secrets Technique challenge this month - I typically do layouts fro their challenges.

Stamp is from Verve Dream Big and the papers are from all over :-)  The pink matting is distressed using my Close to My Heart distressing tool and the edges of everything is inked with ColorBox Charcoal chalk ink.

Thursday, August 16, 2012

If Friends Were Flowers

My mom is going to a gift swap next month and she asked if I would make her a set of cards for her gift.  This is one of the set (see my last two posts for others).  The colors were inspired by a challenge at Verve stamps to use green, pink, and brown.  I happened to have a scrap of pattern paper that had just that combination so that was my starting point.  I added the stamped sentiment from Verve (of course) and then blinged it up a tiny bit with ribbon, pearls, and embossing (I used both the embossed and debossed sides of a Tm Holtz folder) - all perfect for the bingo challenge at Pile It On.  And let's not forget Diane at DL.arts - her birthday is this month so we're creating all kinds of things for her birthday "party"!

Wednesday, August 15, 2012

Dream Big with Verve and Mud Puddles

Alota Rubber Stamps had a challenge to be inspired by Paella.  Who would have thought you could create a card from a Spanish dish!  I took inspiration from two things in the dish.  First, the warm, rich colors of the yellow rice and lemons, red from the peppers and green from the beans.  Second, the ingredients itself - seafood as depicted in one of the patterned papers.  The sketch is from I {Heart} to Stamp and the sentiment is from Verve

In keeping with the theme of the sea, I used MuddPuddles behind the sentiment to create sand.  I came across it at a scrapbook convention in Dallas and have been dying to use it.  This stuff is so cool!  Both the sand and the shells in the paper make this a great choice for MyGrafico's Beach theme this week.  And I can't leave Diana out - it's here birthday over at DL.arts so submitting this for her birthday party!

Enjoy (I am off to find some Paella ....)







Sunday, August 12, 2012

I'm Back!!!!

Sorry for being out of touch for a while - a busy work week followed by a vacation to Florida.  But fear not - I am back and slowly getting my mojo back.

First up is a card for Mojo Monday 253.  The sentiment is from Verve (Happy Thoughts); the papers are from Recollections; the butterfly is modified from a cutting file available on Jennifer's Collector of Hobbies blog while the small butterflies were cut from the leftover background paper.  The cutting was inspired by Cheryl's challenge this week over at Craft Your Nest - it really wasn't intentional that I also chose to cut out butterflies - it just worked with the paper I pulled out.

I'm using this card for DL.art's Happy Birthday Party, too!