Mojo Monday 287

hi folks,

I was happy to find some time to play along with this week's Mojo Monday 287 sketch challenge

Here is this week's sketch

and here is the birthday card I made using the sketch using some new papers I picked up at Multi-crafts last week during a little lunch-time excursion.

card details:

• finished size: 4.25 x 5.5 inches, kraft card stock base
• patterned papers: Authentique "Gathering", edges inked with Memento Rich Cocoa
• stamps: Verve "Doodled Occasions"
• CTMH Autumn Terracotta brads from my stash, hydrangea blossoms from my stash were used to build my flower accent
• Spellbinders Lacey Circles

additional challenges for this card:

• Hiding in My Craft Room #91: Freestyle
• Make it Monday with Kraft Outlet: Anything Goes
• The Pink Elephant #193: 3 decorative papers and your favourite embellishment (I love dressing up girly cards with flowers, lately I've been assembling my own from these huge hydrangea blooms I picked up at Michael's years ago. Just pop off the different sized little blossoms, layer them together with a brad and you have a perfect little flower!)

Thanks for stopping by! Hope you are having a fantastic week!

Mojo Monday 286

hi folks,

We had such a busy weekend (and week) that I did not have time to post this card before the challenge deadline for Mojo Monday 286

Here is the sketch

and here is the card - a birthday card for dearly beloved's Dad.

card details:

• finished size: 5.5 x 5.5 inches, kraft card stock base
• patterned papers: My Mind's Eye Miss Caroline "Dilly Dally"
• stamps: Verve "Small Celebrations", CTMH "Typeface"
• wooden hexagon die cuts
• Martha Stewart border punch

additional challenges for this card:

• Papertake Weekly Challenge: Anything Goes
• Through the Craft Room Door: Anything Goes
• There She Goes 201: Masculine

Hope you all have a fantastic day!

Sweet Stop Sketch 204 and Whimsy Stamps

Hi folks,

Today, one of dearly beloved's nieces has a birthday - she turns a big 9 years old today. She plays ice hockey (just like her Dad when he was a kid and just like her older brother) so, when I saw this image by Kenny K for Whimsy Stamps, I knew I had to have it so I could make a card for her one day. I have had the stamp for months but this is the first time it was inked up and coloured.

card details

• finished size: 5x5 inches, white card stock base, CTMH Honey mats/accents
• patterned papers: CTMH Stardust (I think that's the name, it is retired now and is one of many paper packs in my paper hoard. I'm really trying to use up my 12x12 papers!)
• stamped image: "Hockey Girl" by Kenny K for Whimsy Stamps, coloured with Copic Markers (E000, E00, E01, E04, E21, E23, E25, E27, C1, C3, C5, Y15, Y17, Y19, B21, B41, B37, YR24)
• sentiment: Verve "Birthday Surprise"
• white brads from my stash
• layout: Sweet Stop Sketch #204

additional challenges for this card

• Kenny K's Krafty Krew #137: Being Square
• Through the Craft Room Door: Anything Goes
• Hiding in My Craft Room #91: Freestyle (Anything Goes)
• CCEE1313: Oldies but Goodies (my CTMH papers are VERY old....but one of my fave collections from CTMH)

Thanks ever so much for stopping by! I hope your week is going well!

Viva La Verve April 2013 Week 1

Hi folks,

Don't be alarmed, but this isn't the last of my Easter cards for this year. I was a bit tardy getting around to making them so there will still be a few that will pop up on the blog-arooni over the next little while.

Up first, is the Easter card I made for my sweetie using the Week 1 Sketch for the April Viva La Verve Challenges over on Splitcoaststampers.

Now, here is the sketch:

and here is my card:

card details:

• finished size: 4.25 x 4.25 inches, kraft card stock base
• patterned papers: My Mind's Eye "Nostalgia", edges inked with Memento Rich Cocoa
• stamps: Verve "Hoppy Easter", "Some Bunny". Bunny is coloured with Copic Markers (E50, E51, E53, YG11, BG000)
• Spellbinders Petite Circles, Petite Ovals

additional challenges for this card:

• One Stitch at a Time #157: Spring (a sure harbinger of Spring for me is Easter, especially when it  falls in March!)
• One Stop Craft Challenge #222: Easter
• Hiding in My Craft Room #91: Freestyle (anything goes)
• The Sisterhood of Crafters: Spring/Easter
• Crafty Creations #215: Easter

Thanks for stopping by - I hope one and all had a fabulous long weekend!

You're Egg-stra Special

Hi folks,

Well, I was a bit tardy getting started at my Easter cards - so all of them that have to go to Newfoundland will be arriving a little bit late. But I am sure no one will really mind.

Anyways, I made this card for one of my nieces.

I HAD wanted to have little Miss Anya holding onto the eggs but they were just a little too large. So I decided to just pop them over to the side.

card details:

• finished size: 4.25 x 5.5 inches, kraft card stock base and mats
• patterned paper: My Mind's Eye
• stamped image: The Greeting Farm "Simply Anya" coloured with Copic Markers (E000, E00, E01, E93, E21, E23, E25, R20, BG10, BG11)
• sentiment: Verve "Egg-Stra Special"
• layout: The Paper Players #138

challenges for this card:

• Anyone for Anya: Anything Goes
• Yumi & Fumi #12: Springtime (since TGF is on the Y&F friends list, it's okay to enter a TGF card for a Y&F challenge, yay!)
• Crafts 4 Eternity Recipe 116: Egg-cellent Easter
• Craft your Passion #155: Make it Cute
• Love to Create #58: Pastel Colours
• Oldie but a Goodie: Easter (both sets of stamps I used on this card are both well over 6 months!)
• Through the Craft Room Door: Anything Goes
• Moxie Fab World Tuesday Trigger: Pastel Pretties
• Paper Pretties Wednesday Challenge PWC251: Cards for the kiddos
• Crafty Creations #215: Easter
• Sisterhood of Crafters: Easter/Spring

Thanks for stopping by!

March Viva La Verve Week 4

Hi folks,

Remember yesterday when I said I got crafty? Well, here's EIGHT more cards....yep, EIGHT that I made during my marathon crafting day.

They all use the Week 4 Viva La Verve Sketch. For half of them I kept the original orientation, for the other half I flipped the sketch. Now I have a bunch more cards for my stash and a bunch of Easter cards ready for this weekend!

card details:

• finished size: 4.25 x 5.5 inches, white card stock base, CTMH Buttercup and Indian Corn Blue for the mats
• patterned paper: CTMH Sweet Home (I am REALLY REALLY working on reducing my stash of papers.....REALLY. These must be at least a couple of years old as they are retired.)
• stamps: Verve "Eggstra Special". "Easter Joy", "Joyful Blooms", "Birthday Surprise", "Chicks Rule", "Wishful Elegance", "Doodled Occasions"
• CTMH Buttercup and Indian Corn Blue buttons from my stash
• butcher's twine

challenges for these cards:

• Through the Craft Room Door: Anything Goes
• Use it Tuesday #52: All About Spring (for me, Spring is all about Easter and birthdays - my birthday in fact! It's on Easter Sunday this year!)
• Oldie but a Goodie: Easter
• Heart 2 Heart Challenges: So Egg-cited for Easter
• Hiding in my Craft Room #90: Anniversary (for the anniversary card for my Aunt and Uncle)
• Simon Says Stamp: Easter/Spring

thanks for stopping by!

March Viva La Verve Week 3

Hi folks,

I finally gave myself permission to have a full day of crafting in my craft room and was able to make a bunch of cards.

Up first were these six cards I made using the sketch for Week 3 of the March Viva La Verve Challenges over on Splitcoaststampers - I made four Easter cards and two birthday cards.

I've been trying REALLY hard lately to use of my stash of older 12x12 papers from CTMH. I figured 6 cards using these long-retired Topstitch papers would be a good way to make some progress on that stash-busting goal. Pink and blue for Easter cards or spring birthday cards - sounds like a plan to me!

card details:

• finished size: 4.25 x 5.5 inches, white card stock base, CTMH Baby Pink & Heavenly Blue mats. The brown card stock is from Bazzill.
• patterned papers: CTMH Topstitch
• stamps: Verve "Birthday Surprise", "Joyful Blooms", "Hoppy Easter", "Egg-stra Special", "Chicks Rule", "Bunny Shake". Images were coloured with Copic Markers (E57, E41, R21, B00, B01)
• CTMH Baby Pink, Heavenly Blue, Cocoa buttons from my stash
• butcher twine
• Stampin' Up Scalloped Circle Punch, 1 3/8 inch Circle Punch

challenges for these cards:

• Oldie but a Goodie: Easter (stash busters are my papers and my buttons)
• Shopping our Stash #94: Easter or Spring
• Papertake Weekly Challenge: Easter Treats
• Simon Says Challenge: Easter/Spring
• Cute Card Thursday #261: Easter Parade
• Crafts4Eternity Recipe #116: Egg-celent Easter
• Raise the Bar #136: Spring is a hop away (bunny, chick, baby animal)
• Heart 2 Heart Challenge: So Egg-cited for Easter
• Craft your Passion #155: Make it Cute (the bunny from the bunny shake set is just squee-dorable - love that little tail!)

As always, thanks for stopping by!