Stampendous Jan 2014 Challenge

Hi friends!  I hope you're having a great day!  I'm doing good.  Yesterday was the first day I felt fully better since I got sick last Sunday.  It was brutal.  I think it would have been much much worse had I not had a flu shot.  It felt like a flu but not as severe.  Avery on the other hand isn't get better.  Mostly because she's being a stinker about her medicine.  She spits it right back out.  Every.  Single.  Time.  I have no idea what to do.  

Today, I'm sharing a card I made for the Stampendous Jan 2014 Challenge which is to interpret your New Year's resolution onto a card.  Well, I don't do resolutions but I do One Little Word.  My OLW for this year is Accomplish and part of that is blogging and creating more.  I pulled out the one Stampendous stamp I have and got to work.  If you've been around my blog for a long time, you know that I used to do some vintage cards.  I'm a bit rusty, not gonna lie.  But if I don't practice, it won't come back.  I used some Crate Paper Maggie Holmes paper and ephemera.  I used mist on the image, a doily, lace tape, and some sequins.   The sentiment is a stamp from Flourishes.

Have a great day, friends!  

Simply Silhouettes

Hi friends! I hope you're having a great weekend. We are ok. Just lots of running around and errands. It's sunny though so that's lovely!

Today, I wanted to share a couple simple cards I made with silhouette stamps. This is the current Gallery Challenge for Paper Crafts Magazine. I just wanted to make very simple cards. I normally make lavish vintage cards with silhouettes and thought it might be fun to change it up.

This first card used a Jenni Bowlin image on some Webster's Pages paper. I wanted to keep the embellishments minimal so that you could still see the gorgeous paper. The lace is from May Arts, the flower is CTMH, and the gem is Doodlebug. The sentiment is from Unity Stamp Co.

I went even more simple with this next card which is a mini card. The image is from Wow Embossing Co's line of stamps and the sentiment is from Flourishes. I really love kraft, white, and black. It speaks to me.

Have a great day friends!

Vintage Floral

Hi friends! I hope you are having a lovely day. My kids are BOTH sick with a cold. GAH! I'm really hoping I don't get it because I honestly don't need a cold on top of everything else! The kids are in good spirits though, just coughing and runny noses. It has not dampened their energy AT ALL! Crazy kids!

Today, I'm sharing a card I made for the Create Blog for CARDS Mag. The challenge was to use vintage florals on your card. I used some Webster's Pages paper. Oh yes. Webster's Pages is always good for vintage floral. The sentiment is from Flourishes. The lace, button, doily, and trim are all from Creating is Fun.

Have a great day, friends!

Three More Challenge Cards

Hi friends! One day, I will think of clever titles for my posts. Maybe. Perhaps. I did a little Black Friday shopping today. It was alright. How about you? Did you get any good deals? Wanna tell me about them?!

Ok, AGAIN, since I have been such a slacker in the posting department, I am going to post three cards I made earlier this week so I can get them entered into the challenges. I have a busy weekend and I don't want to forget.

First up, my card for Card Positioning Systems #245. All of the paper is from American Crafts.

Second up is my card for Mojo Monday Sketch 216 and for the Your Next Stamp challenge 56 to use die cuts on your card. I used YNS Penguin Greetings. The paper is from Echo Park and the dies are from Spellbinders, one of the snowflake Nesties.
Lastly, I have my Card Patterns 142 card. I LOVE this card! It's all Webster's Pages paper and stickers. Then I used vintage lace, seam binding that I dyed and twine and finished with a pretty button. The stamp is from Flourishes Kids Play set.

Have a great day, everyone!

Vintage Thank You

Hi friends! I hope you are well! I'm having a REALLY hard day. Today was one of the worst drop offs so far. Brady actually had to be taken into the teacher's office because of how upset he was. He was crying and yelling "I want my Mommy!" as I headed toward the door. It is BREAKING my heart. I have no idea what to do. :(

Ok, here's a card I made for a call that wasn't picked up. I LOVE this card but I'm not sure if this paper is old. It's new to me and I LOVE it! It's Flea Market from Colorbok. I am rather in love with it! I used the papers and die cuts from this line. I added some lace and the sentiment is from Flourishes.

Have a great day everyone!

Congratulations Butterfly

Hi friends! I hope you are having a great weekend! My kidlets are away for the weekend and we are having a relaxing time. Well, it doesn't really matter what we do, it's going to be quiet and that will be relaxing in itself.

Here's a card I made for PC's Gallery Idol competition. I decided to do a little shabby chic card. I'm kind of in love with this Pink Paislee paper, Butterfly Garden. The stamp is from Flourishes. They are awesome for vintage stuff!

Have a great weekend everyone!

CAS Vintage?

Hi friends! I hope you are all having a great day! It's Wednesday, the weekend is almost here. Kind of. ;) It's finally warm enough to send the kids outside for most of the day so that's always a plus.

Today, I have a clean and simple VINTAGE card for you made for the Stampotique Clean and Simple challenge. I know! It's like the universe will collide! Vintage and clean?! I pulled out my favorite Flourishes stamp set and made this simple card. I used a little Webster's Pages paper and then pleated some seam binding. I like it. What do you think? CAS and vintage? Could it be a whole new style? ;)

Have a great day friends!

RCC5 MUTINY! Anything Goes!

Hi friends! I hope you all had a great Memorial Day weekend! We started celebrating my hubby's birthday early. Speaking of which, I need to make him a card. He's a little stressed since it's his 30th. I think 30 is young but I'm not there yet so I guess I don't know how I would react.

Alright, I'm "off" this week over at the Ribbon Carousel Challenge Blog but it was TOO good to pass up! The theme this week is ANYTHING GOES! Wow, so simple! All you have to do is use ribbon, seam binding, twine, string or pretty much everything that goes on a spool. :) Link up your creations to the RCC5 post on the Ribbon Carousel Challenge blog by June 6, 11:59pm Eastern time.

Here's my card for this week's challenge. I used the Card Patterns 117 sketch. This sketch is just perfect for yummy ribbons! I decided to use some crotchet trim and some seam binding. The papers are Pink Paislee Butterfly Garden and the stamps are from Flourishes. I kind of LOVE this card!

Have a great day everyone!

Girly Birthday

Hi friends! I hope you are having a great day! We are enjoying the sunshine today so it's a very nice day! :D

Here's another reject card from the recent Paper Crafts call. This was for sketch 42. I think the sentiment is too hard to see and I should have re-thought that if I wanted to see this published. Anyhow, here it is.

Did you know that my friend Kim Wilson has her own stamp company? I met Kim at CHA last year and she's the sweetest! She owns Wilson Designs Stamps and they are having a new release right now that I'm super excited about. This silhouette and frame come from her stamp set, Simply Silhouettes. Aren't they gorgeous?!

Have a great day everyone!

Card Details:

Cardstock: Pink

Patterned Paper: The Paper Company Girlfriend

Stamps: Wilson Designs Simply Silhouettes, Flourishes Tag Lines

Ribbon: May Arts

Misc: Spellbinders Label 13, Darice bling

Stamping With Shimmer Sprays

Hi friends! I hope you are having a fabulous day! We are staying home today, it's a little stormy outside. Hopefully, we don't get too stir crazy.

Here's a card I made for the Moxie Fab World Shimmer Spray challenge. I LOVE shimmer sprays! This one is from Tattered Angels. I used to mist first to die the ribbon. Then I sprayed the doily with it as well. And then I sprayed the card base. I guess I went a little spray crazy. :)

Have a great day everyone!

Card Details:

Cardstock: beige

Patterned Paper: Pink Paislee Sweetness

Stamp: Flourishes Tag Lines

Mist: Tattered Angels Crushed Shells

Misc: doily, hand dyed seam binding

EtsyInspired #125 ~ Daisy Petals Designs

This week's EtsyInspired challenge shop is Daisy Petals Designs. This shop sells the loveliest jewelry and hair pieces. I pretty much want to just buy the whole store. Everything is so pretty and deliciously girlie! I love that! This week's Daisy Petals Designs is giving away a pair of Vintage Glamour Earrings to one lucky winner! ALSO, they gave us a discount code to pass on to you! Woohoo! (I just told my hubby about this one!) You can get 10% off by using the code "inspired10" at checkout.

Please visit the EtsyInspired challenge blog to view details on the challenge and to leave a link to your creation.

We also have a very special sponsor this week! One of our design team alumni Shannon Bracken Hawkins (she got married after leaving our team, BIG CONGRATS!) has opened a digi stamp shop! She has a wonderful variety of stamps! Check out Shannon's Sentiments! This week, they are offering up a set of the winner's choosing.

Here's my creation for this week inspired by the necklace above. I love the vintage feel of the pendant and all the lovely flowers.

Please check out the DT:

Angi
Ann (Feb Guest)

Carole

De

Emily B.

Jackie

Joy

Kerry

Ruby

Savannah

Sherry

Virginia

Card Details:
Card stock: white
Patterned Paper: Sassafrass Sweetness
Stamp: Flourishes Tag Lines
Misc: doilies, vintage lace, vintage buttons, stick pin, Webster's Pages bloomer

Vintage Paper Maniac

Here's yesterday's card from the Paper Maniac blog. Don't forget the great deals going on and there's some BRAND NEW stuff too!

My card for this week features a Flourishes stamp set that I've been neglecting for far too long. They stamp SO beautifully! And of course, I love my Webster's Pages paper. I do have a hard time cutting it but I'm trying not to hoard anymore.

Card Details:

Card Stock: cream

Patterned Paper: Webster's Pages

Stamps: Flourishes Kids at Play

Ink: Memento Rich Cocoa

Ribbon: May Arts Edged Satin

Misc: Distressing Tool

The Rest of My WCMD Cards

For some crazy reason, I thought that I should spread these out just in case I didn't have time to craft and I could show them all to you one at a time. Well, I guess I forgot that I have FOUR DT days on my blog. Whoops! Then I like to do FWF on Fridays and I think I'm gonna have something special starting next Sunday, so that leaves me with just Monday as a free day on my blog. Long story short, here's the WCMD challenge cards I made before they become super old news!

This was for the Flourishes challenge. Julie gave us a sketch.

This was for the MFT challenge. The challenge was to use black, pink and white.

This was for the Hanna Stamps challenge to use a sketch.

I have a lot of creating to do to get myself ready for this week! :) Have a happy Sunday!