Time for a little humour

Hi folks,

Just thought I would share a card that dearly beloved requested I make for one of his co-workers. It was kind of funny actually. The day before his team at work was set to go for lunch to bid farewell to another team member who was moving on to a new project, he said "Oh, I should have asked you to make a card, with that image that looks like Kevin (his step-brother)." No problem. I can do that. I knew exactly which image he meant. "Oh, and can it say "Andrew Sucks" on it?" Sure - I have lots of alphabet stamp sets. Not a problem. So THIS is the card I made:

Tee hee. It was met with approval.

card details:

• finished size: 6 x 6 inches, CTMH Cocoa card stock base
• patterned paper: CTMH Jackson
• image: Yumi & Fumi Handmade "Chuckles with gecko", coloured with copic markers (E000, E00, E01, E93, BG10, BG11, BG23, B97, B93, Y23, YR24, YR14, E97)
• sentiment was created using my Mason Row typewriter alphabet stamps
• embellishments: CTMH Cocoa brads
• layout: Sketch Saturday #356

challenges for this card:

• Sister Act Card Challenge #103: Anything Goes
• Crafts 4 Eternity Recipe Challenge #223: Anything Goes
• Love to Scrap #52: Anything Goes

As always, thanks for stopping by! Hope to see you again soon!

Ivy Lane Card Workshop - variations

Hi folks,

Well, I decided I should get around to posting the backlog of cards I have made recently since I have the day off.

Here are a few cards I made using the bits and pieces for one of the cards in the (now retired) Ivy Lane Card Workshop from Close To My Heart.

If you are a regular follower of my blog, you know that whenever I play with a card kit, I like to deviate from the suggested pattern for the cards you can make from the kit. Just a little bit, so they are all a little different.

Here are four cards I made based on one of the cards in the workshop.

I quite like how they turned out with the additions of the butterflies and flowers to the Cricut cut focal medallions.

card details:

• finished size: 4.25 x 5.5 inches, colonial white card stock bases
• all consumable supplies from the CTMH Ivy Lane Card Workshop (now retired). 
• stamps used: B1473 - Flowers for Mom, D1627 - Your own kind of wonderful. Flowers and Butterfly coloured with Copic R81, R83, R85
• embellishments: Gold Shimmer Trim, Sequins

Challenges for these cards

• Sister Act Card Challenge #102: Anything Goes
• Graph'It Markers Colouring Challenge #16: Flower Power
• Craft Your Passion #258: Anything Goes

As always, thanks for stopping by!

Happy Easter!

Hi folks,

I hope everyone is having an enjoyable Easter weekend. Ours was a quiet one on our own this year. No visiting with dearly beloved's family as many of them are at a destination wedding for one of the cousins.

It was a nice change from the usual hub-bub of the family gatherings but I must say I did miss watching the nieces and nephews run around for the annual Easter egg hunt.

Anyways, I figured I should stop in and share the Easter card I made for dearly beloved this year.

card details:

• finished size: 4.25 x 5.5 inches, kraft card stock base
• patterned paper: Graphic 45 "Hope" (my favourite Easter themed paper as it isn't awash in the usual spring pastels)
• stamps: Verve Stamps "Egg-stra Special", "Some Bunny"
• dies: Verve Stamps "Flourished Trim", "Rounded Scallop Frame", "Rounded Rectangle"
• twine from my stash
• layout: Viva La Verve April 2015 Week 1

challenges for this card:

• Pile It On #63: die cuts/punches
• Verve Divas April Inspiration: Bunnies and Babies
• One Stitch at a Time #234: Anything Goes with Easter/Passover 
• Sister Act Card Challenge #100: Anything Goes

As always, thanks for stopping by!

For my birthday twins

Hi folks,

Just thought I would pop in and share a couple of birthday cards I made this week for my "birthday twins". There's a couple of ladies at my TOPS group who share my birthday and these are the cards I made for them using the now retired "Ivy Lane" card workshop from Close To My Heart.

Both cards use the same elements as two of the cards in the workshop but I used different stamps or switched up the layout to make them a little different from the workshop cards.

card details:

• finished size: 4.25 x 5.5 inches, CTMH Colonial white card stock base
• patterned paper: CTMH Ivy Lane
• stamps: CTMH D1586 Ivy Lane Cardmaking WOTG Stamp Set, D1609 Seaside Greetings, D1560 Holiday Tags stamped in CTMH Hollyhock, Cocoa, Pear and Bamboo ink
• CTMH Cricut Art Philosophy Cartridge for all three medallion pieces on the second card
• embellishments: gold sequins and gold shimmer trim from CTMH

challenges for these cards

• Sister Act Card Challenge #100: Anything Goes
• Simon Says: Happy Birthday

As always, thanks for stopping by!

A TGF SSSC Happy Birthday

Hi folks,

Just thought I would pop in and share the card I made for my sister-in-law for her birthday.

The image is one of the Super Secret Stamp Club stamps from The Greeting Farm. I do like this particular set of three stamps - the little skully on the hair bow is just too cute!

card details:

• finished size: 5.5 x 5.5 inches, CTMH Colonial White card stock base
• patterned paper: Graphic 45 Couture
• stamped image: The Greeting Farm SSSC #10 - Sage. Coloured with Copic Markers (E000, E11, E00, E01, E93, E04, E21, E27, E29, E25, E39, BG10, BG11, BG32, BG34, W00, W0, W1, W3, W5, Copic Spica Clear)
• sentiment: Close To My Heart "Holiday Tags" (D1560), stamped in CTMH Lagoon Ink
• ribbon from my stash
• EK Success Scalloped Scallops border punch
• layout: Mojo Monday 384

challenges for this card:

• Seize the Birthday: Anything goes birthday
• Sister Act Card Challenge #99: Anything Goes
• Clear it Out Challenge: Two or more things you are hoarding (umm, yeah. Paper and Ribbon. If you follow me on Facebook you've seen my recent attempts at organizing. The ribbon looks amazing now - 20 lovely 1 litre jars. The paper -- I still have too much and keep buying more. I promise I'm going to try to purge!!!)
• Craft your passion #255: Anything Goes

As always, thanks for stopping by!

Cut Above™ Thank You Card Kit Variations

Hi folks,

Just thought I would pop in to share a set of cards I made using the Cut Above™ Thank You Card Kit from Close To My Heart.

Here's a shot of the suggested card design and the contents of the card kit.

Of course, I like to play around with the kits, making my cards a little different. Sometimes I throw in a few extra bits and pieces.

Anyways, here are the cards that I came up with using the kit, an extra half sheet of black card stock and some black enamel stars.

This first card sticks fairly close to the original design - with the addition of some of those black enamel stars.

And here I went with a different orientation and scattering my stars about. I may have gotten a little carried away with the stars.

And then I started making birthday cards....


Added a little pop with some additional black card stock (and those stars!)

Here I decided to flip over the banner piece and use the plain side for something a little different.

Love this hostess rewards set! The derby, the glasses, the 'stache.

With Father's Day coming up, I thought it might be nice to make a couple of Dad's day cards.

One for a Dad....

And one for a brother.

Or they could be used for birthday cards as well, it's just a matter of the sentiment stamped or written on the inside.

card details:

• finished size: 4.25 x 5.5 inches
• papers and twine from the CTMH Cut Above™ Thank You Card Kit
• additional embellishments: black enamel stars
• stamps used: CTMH "You Mean the World To Me" (B1467), "Hats Off" (C1593), "Wonderful Friend"(D1422) and another set (possibly from Michaels) that I picked up years ago for the "Brother" stamp
• White Daisy Pigment Ink for the chalkboard effect on the banners

As always, thanks for stopping by!

50 Rocks!

Hi folks,

Well it looks like my promise to myself to get into the craft room and stay on top of the card making has fallen by the wayside as I see the last time I posted a card was three weeks ago! I think a big stumbling block was the disaster area into which my craft room had transformed. It's usually pretty messy but I think I reached critical mass.

I did spend some time tidying up in there this week so that I could get my head into making this card that I had in mind for dearly beloved for his birthday.

I had to use this image on his card as his birthday present this year was a new guitar, though his was an electric not an acoustic like this one.

card details:

• finished size: 6x6 inches, CTMH Black card stock base
• patterned paper: Echo Park Paper Co Reflections Fall
• stamped image: The Greeting Farm "Guitar Ian" coloured with copic markers (E000, E00, E01, E11, E50, YR31, YR21, Y23, YR24, E35, E23, E25, YR20, B91, B93, B95, W5, W6, W7, E06, E07)
• sentiment: I used my Mason Row stackable inter-locking typewriter alphabet.
• Spellbinders Petite Ovals

challenges for this card:

• Sister Act Card Challenge #97: Anything Goes
• Seize the Birthday: Anything Goes Birthday
• Cute Card Thursday #364: Celebrate
• Shopping our Stash #192: Counting on You
• Craft your passion #252: Anything Goes

As always, thanks for stopping by!