Hi folks,

It seems I'm a bit delinquent about posting my recent cards.

After I made the cards for my Mom and Sister a couple of weeks ago, I made these three cards from the bits and pieces that were lying around on the crafting table.

I find it's nice to have cards at the ready for when I realize that "oops! There's another birthday around the corner!"

The third card actually went into the post today for my niece for her birthday next week.

card details:

• finished size: 4.25 x 5.5 inches, white card stock base
• patterned paper: Basic Grey Sweet Threads (from WAY back in 2010!)
• stamps are from a variety of SOTM sets from CTMH "From Me To You" (S1908), "To My Bestie" (S1905), "Love So Sweet" (S1904), "Card Captions" (S1901)

As always, thanks for stopping by!

Sister Act Card Challenge #50

Hi folks!

It's Friday so that means it is time for me to share my latest creation for our weekly "Anything Goes" challenge over at the Sister Act Card Challenge!

As you probably know by now, the rules for joining in our weekly challenge are pretty simple - anything goes as long as it is a new card of your own creation! Just join in the fun by linking up to your blog post featuring your lovely creation and you will be in the running for the prize offered by this week's sponsor - Digi Darla! I can't wait to check our your fabulous creations!

card details

• finished size: 5.5 x 5.5 inches, black card stock base, white mats
• patterned papers: Basic Grey "Oxford"
• digital image: Digi Darla Fireman Frank, coloured with Copic Markers (E000, E00, E01, E11, E93, E21, E23, E25, E27, E19, Y21, Y23, Y32, Y35, W0, W1, W2, W3, W5, W6, W7, B0000, B00), sky sponged with CTMH Heavenly Blue
• sentiment and cake: Verve "Birthday Bash", numerals: Verve "Calendar Countdown"
• Spellbinders Labels Seventeen
• Basic Grey Indian Summer Buttons, jute twine from my stash
• Layout: MFT Wednesday Stamp Club 169 (well, it started out that way - but then I turned it on it's side)

challenges for this card:

• Seize the Birthday: Anything goes birthday (toppings: Buttons and rhinestones - well, I got the buttons I guess)
• Crazy 4 Challenges 228: Shake your thing (any card!)
• Simon Says: Anything Goes with Buttons
• Hiding in my craft room #142: Let's get digital!

Celebrating Again with Yumi & Fumi Handmade!

Hi folks!

Today we are celebrating another design team member birthday over at the Yumi & Fumi Handmade blog! Hip! Hip! Hooray!

Big birthday wishes are going out today to Cebelica! Be sure to stop by and wish her a happy birthday! I am sure she will be touched to read your birthday wishes.

I have it on the down low that Cebelica's favourite colours are blue, pink and brown. So, I gave Summer Fumi a pink and blue outfit to pick up on the colours in the Basic Grey Marjolaine papers I chose (yep - if you look closely you can see the pale pink in the argyle print!). Of course, the browns come from the kraft card stock and the ink for the sentiment.


Hope you are having a fantastic birthday, Cebelica, and that you get to celebrate all month long!

card details:

• finished size: 4.25 x 5.5 inches, kraft card stock base, white card stock mats
• patterned papers: Basic Grey Marjolaine
• stamped image: Yumi & Fumi Handmade "Summer Fumi", coloured with Copic Markers (E000, E00, E01, E02, E93, E21, E23, E25, E27, B91, B93, B95, R00, R81, R83)
• sentiment: Verve "Making a Statement"
• Spellbinders Petite Ovals
• Layout: November Sketch For You To Try

challenges for this card:

• Sister Act Card Challenge #31: Anything Goes
• Love to Scrap Challenge #17: Anything Goes
• Papertake Weekly Challenge: Anything Goes  
• Loves Rubber Stamps #77: Anything Goes

May 2012 Viva La Verve Week 4

Hi folks,

I squeezed in some time tonight - after work AND after gardening - to finish up the last two sketches from the May Viva La Verve Challenges.

For the Week 4 Sketch

I again made a birthday card and a Father's Day card (June is a busy month for me for masculine cards)

card details:

• finished size: 4.25 x 5.5 inches, kraft cardstock base
• patterned papers: Basic Grey Marjolaine, distressed the edges with my scissors
• stamps: Verve Small Celebrations, Super Dad
• Spellbinders: Labels Four
• ribbon and brads from my stash

stay tuned! The week 5 post is up next!

Thanks for stopping by!

March Shoebox Second Card

Hi folks,

so for my second card for our March Shoebox gathering I  used the Week 1 Sketch for the March Viva La Verve Challenge over on SCS.

Here's the sketch

and here are my cards.

For the first I stuck with the sketch - the sentiment panel is centred on the card. This is the one we actually made for the shoebox gathering.

The rest of these cards I just made up to have on hand (or to gift as a set) - I played around with the layout so they would all be different. Making sure to keep the elements the same.

For this one, I decided to line up the centre of the sentiment panel with the split between the two backing papers.

For this one I changed the orientation to landscape and changed the sentiment stamp

back to the portrait orientation, different papers.

Just switched up the colour of the sentiment panel on this one

and went with landscape for this one with the smaller panel on the bottom this time.

and with the sentiment panel in a slightly different position.

Some of these might wind up being gifted as part of card gift set for a friend, we shall see.

card details:

• finished size: 4.25 x 5.5 inches, kraft cardstock base
• patterned papers: Basic Grey Marjolaine
• stamps: Verve
• die cug: Verve Classy Label Die
• brads from my stash

challenges for these cards:

• Craft your passion #100: Anything goes!

Hope you are having a wonderful day! Thanks for stopping by!