Friday, August 31, 2012

Silly Witch, Candy is for Kids!

I have been SO behind on making cards and projects!

13 Weeks of Halloween Fun!

But I'm back now and for Week 5 of the Great Pumpkin Blog Hop I decided to make a quick 3D project rather than a card like I've been doing, however I had no idea what to do. After thinking for awhile I decided to make a cute little witch - the bag contains her green "skin" and the topper is a huge, fuzzy witch's hat!



Tuesday, August 21, 2012

Week 3 of 13 Weeks of Halloween

I almost forgot about this! Today is the last day of Week 3 of the Great Pumpkin Blog Hop and I wanted to make sure I didn't miss out.


So, I quickly (quickly for me, anyway) came up with a card using a stamp I've been wanting to use for awhile - Frightening Feline. I really had no idea what to do, so I just started playing around. Some things worked and some didn't, but I think the end result came out looking pretty nice.


Button Snail

I made a stack of these Thank You cards for my friend that just had her baby. I know his new room is animal-themed so I wanted to keep that idea like I did with the frog card from before. I also wanted to keep the cards fairly simple since I wouldn't be making just one of them.


Thursday, August 16, 2012

Punch Art Frog

One of my friends from high school had a baby a little over a week ago, so I made a cute card for her new little boy! I love the little frog stamp from the Ronald McDonald House Charity Stamp Set so I stamped him multiple times and punched it out using the ticket punch.

I needed something larger as the focus of the card, but didn’t think the other stamps fit my vision. So I decided to play around and ended up coming up with this adorable punch art frog! I, of course, added googly eyes, which I think add to the cuteness of the card.


I chose the colors for the card
  1. because they're boy-ish, and
  2. because they are the colors for this week's challenge at Create with Connie & Mary:

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Wednesday, August 15, 2012

Fabric Shoes

As much as I love making cards, I also love doing 3D projects. When I saw the Summer Smooches Sneakers here, I knew I wanted some of my own. I changed up the patterns to really make the shoes my own - I used fabrics from the Orchard Harvest and Spice Cake designer fabrics.


Tuesday, August 14, 2012

Happy Birthday (to me)

It's my birthday today! I figured I'd blog accordingly and show a birthday card. I actually made this card for my best friend and sent it to her for her birthday a few weeks ago. She LOVES pink so I had to make sure there was plenty of it on the card!


Monday, August 13, 2012

A Flower For You

So, there's not much to say about this card other than that it contains all of my favorite things! (Yellow, green, circles/polka dots, ripping paper, layers, buttons, and ribbon)


Sunday, August 12, 2012

Bugs in a Jar

I knew I wanted to work with the Perfectly Preserved stamp set, but I couldn't decide what to put in the jar. Then I thought about putting fireflies in the jar, but of course there isn't a firefly stamp, so I knew I would have to "get creative." By turning the flower stem and leaf upside down I created the body and wings. Also, adding glitter to the bottom made it look like they were lighting up.


Saturday, August 11, 2012

2 Challenges in 1

Today I wanted to challenge myself and make a card that satisfies two different challenges. The first challenge, at Create with Connie and Mary, is a sketch challenge.

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 The second challenge is for the second week of the Great Pumpkin Blog Hop. For the 13 weeks leading up to Halloween, a new spooky-themed card will be made for the challenge.


Here is my card for week #2 of the Great Pumpkin Blog Hop and the Create with Connie and Mary Sketch Challenge:



Friday, August 10, 2012

Multi-Patterned Pennants

I love the two-sided patterned paper because you get so many options! The only problem is that I can never decided which side to use. With this card I could use a bunch of different patterns so I didn't have to pick and choose which one to use - I only had to decide what arrangement I wanted to put them in. What's great about the paper packs is that you know the colors and patterns will complement each other and not look too chaotic.


Thursday, August 9, 2012

Lacy & Lovely

This card shows how much you can do with just one stamp set. I know it's a little hard to see in this picture, but two smaller circles were punched out of the largest and popped up. Each circle also has small circles punched out so you can see a different color behind each. Then, of course, the blue and pink flowers are from the same set.


Wednesday, August 8, 2012

Make a Wish

Even though it's retired, I love the Beau Chateau paper! The frame is from one of the sheets of paper that I just cut into.


Tuesday, August 7, 2012

Personalized Camera Cover

I LOVE taking pictures and videos, so for graduation I asked for a nice camera. First of all, I love this thing - it takes beautiful pictures! One night I was playing around with it and was trying to figure out how to really make it mine. Then I thought about decorating the lens cover - it looks good and it doesn't interfere with any of the buttons or the zoom!


Monday, August 6, 2012

Many Thanks

I'm always looking for thank you cards, but I never seem to have any. So this is one I made to add to my lacking collection. 



Sunday, August 5, 2012

Graduation Thank You Card

When I graduated at the end of April, I started receiving gifts and I needed a bunch of thank you cards! So, I came up with this super simple card to send everyone.