Yumi & Fumi - Spread the Love

Hi folks,

just dropping in with a quick little reminder. Over at Yumi & Fumi, you can find ALL the details about their Spread the Love event.

Just click on the badge over in my side-bar and you can find out all the details. There are LOTS of ways to win LOTS of prizes - of course, including Yumi & Fumi stamps!

Have fun checking out the details!

Yumi and Fumi - Case'ing Eva

Hi folks,

I found some time to get crafty today and decided to play along with the current challenge over at Yumi & Fumi - Case-ing Eva. I needed a birthday card for a former neighbour so this is what I came up with using "Chase"

card details:

• finished size: 5x5 inches, white card stock base, red card stock mat.
• patterned paper: My Mind's Eye - Miss Caroline "Dilly Dally"
• stamped image: Yumi & Fumi - "Chase", coloured with Copic Markers (E000, E00, E01, E93, B91, B93, B95, C1, C3, C5, C7, E25, E27, B00, Y02)
• sentiment: Verve "Birthday Bash"
• CTMH Buttons from my stash (Juniper, Buttercup, White Daisy)
• Spellbinders Wonky Rectangles

additional challenges for this card:

• Paper Pretties Wednesday Challenge PWC253: Buttons
• Through the Craft Room Door: Anything Goes
• Papertake Weekly: Bingo (Die Cuts, Free (image), Buttons)
• One Stitch At A Time #158: Anything Goes
• Catch the Bug: Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by - hope you are having a fabulous week!

Seize the Birthday with Time for Tea

Hi folks,

well, you should be seeing more crafty posts from me over the next few weeks. I have decided I need a "mental health break" and am taking the next 3 weeks off work. Well, minus tomorrow since I have to switch off on-call duty tomorrow and turn over the pager. I have already started a to-do list of things I have been putting off and am hoping to tackle some of them during those three weeks. One of those to-dos is MORE CRAFTY TIME!

For now, here's a card I made for this weekend's 7th birthday of the eldest daughter of dear friends of ours. I was inspired by one of the crafty projects her Mom planned for the party attendees - their own potted fairy gardens - complete with toadstools!

card details:

• finished size: 6x6 inches, CTMH White Daisy card stock base
• patterned papers: Echo Park "Summer Days"
• digital image: Time for Tea Designs "Butterfly Fairy & Toadstool", coloured with Copic markers (E000, E00, E01, E93, E21, E23, E25, E27, YG01, YG05, YG06, YG0000, RV000, RV17, RV19, RV13, W00, W0, W1, C7). Since the butterfly didn't fit into my oval die cut of the image, I fussy cut it and added it to my sentiment panel....and drew in the extended butterfly trail with a marker.
• sentiment: Verve "Doodled Occasions"
• Spellbinders: Petite Ovals, Petite Circles
• EK Success Scalloped Scallops border punch
• layout: Seize the Birthday #12 (feminine version)

additional challenges for this card:

• One Stitch At A Time #158: Anything Goes
• One Stop Craft Challenge #223: Birthdays
• Crafty Creations Challenges #216: Flowers or Fairies
• Simon Says: Happy Birthday
• CCEE1314: Things with Wings
• Sister Act Card Challenge #1: Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by!

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!