Happy Mother's Day - Blossom

Hi folks,

Today I'm sharing another of the Mother's Day cards I made this year. This one is for my sister.

card details:

• finished size: 4.25 x 5.5 inches, white card stock base
• patterned papers: CTMH "Blossom"
• stamps: CTMH "Happy to be Friends" (C1605) stamped in Lagoon Ink
• embellishments: CTMH Coral Reef Sequins and adhesive gems from my stash
• die cut: CTMH Artfully Sent Cricut Cartridge

Challenges for this card:

• Craft your passion #261: Anything goes
• Come and get it: Got Flowers
• Sentimental Sundays: Mother's Day

As always, thanks for stopping by!

Worth Celebrating - Blossom

Hi folks,

Back today to share another of my Sunday afternoon creations.

You might have guessed that I am quite liking these new Blossom papers from CTMH.

card details:

• finished size: 4.25 x 5.5 inches, white card stock base
• patterned paper: CTMH Blossom
• stamps: CTMH Blossom Card Making Workshop on the Go stamped in Lagoon and Sorbet Ink
• embellishments: CTMH Junebug Puffies
• diecut: CTMH Artfully Sent Cricut Cartridge

challenges for this card:

• Craft Your Passion #260: Anything Goes
• Papertake Weekly Challenge: Anything Goes

As always, thanks for stopping by!

Anya Blog Hop

Hey there everyone who is hopping by as part of the Club Anya Blog Hop. My Anya post for tonight does not really fit one of the judged categories but I had this little project in mind for a co-worker's girlfriend's birthday. She's a crafty person too and I am fairly certain she will like this! A departure for me - it is not a card!



Geisha Anya adorns a little gift bag I cut out with my Cricut Expression. Even the panels were cut with my Cricut. I played around with the Cricut Design Studio software to manipulate the images to just the size I wanted and presto....there you have it. A cute little gift bag. If anyone would like to have the cut file, drop me a line and I will find a way to share it with you!

The papers are all CTMH (don't you think they look GREAT with Geisha Anya?) as are the inks. Geisha Anya's hair is a separate layer, inked with Versamark and heat embossed with black embossing powder. A little white gel pen was used to redraw her hair-lines. Her face was coloured with watercolour pencils. The kanji symbol and english phrase I thought went just perfectly with Geisha Anya.

The brads serve a structural as well as decorative purpose. I don't trust just adhesive tape runner to keep my bags together so I decided to toss on a few strategically placed brads for extra security.

Recipe: Cricut Cartridges: Accent Essentials (Panels) and Tags, Bags, Boxes and More (Bag)
Paper and Ink: Close To My Heart Unforgettable Paper Pack and Co-ordinating Inks
Stamps: The Greeting Farm Digital Geisha Anya, CTMH Wisdom Stamp Set
Embellishments: White Brads

Lily's so nice - I used her twice!

Isn't she cute? Lily the fairy is from Pink Cat Studio (link on the left side of the page). I know two little girls who have birthdays in early April so these will be their birthday cards. The paper is CTMH and just goes wonderfully with all stamps Lily! So.....since I have three other Lily stamps - expect to see this paper and Lily to be combined again in the future.

I should mention that the card layout is CASEd from a card in the Pink Cat Studio Gallery on their site. It was perfect for this stamp!

Lily's panels were cut with my nestabilities but the left half-circles were done with my Cricut...AND yes, I used my CDS software to do it. How lazy can you get? When a compass and a pair of scissors would have sufficed, I had to hook up the cricut to the laptop just so the machine could do the cutting for me. I have no shame.

I am also tickled today because I got my Doodlefactory stamps today. Yippee....now I'll have to stop at Heather's Stamping Haven courtesy of Jenn and Brooks (and Buck and Niko) for some EZ-mount to get them ready for using! ..... and probably a few new stamps while I'm at it. Since I'll be there and all. So convenient that the store is on my way home....tee hee hee.