Dream

I need to make some graduation cards, some for boys and some for girls, and I want to make them more special and personalized than those off from the shelf.  I've certainly started off with the girly ones first.

I have made this feminine one:

It says "Believe until your dreams come true" inside.  Too bad I won't be send her a bouquet of flowers on her graduation day, so I'll send her flowers in this card. To make the flowers pop more, I've actually inked them in Buttercup then rocked and rolled them in Creme Brulee, so their outlines are more defined. 

It is based on a sketch from Try Stampin' On Tuesday:

and the color combo from Color My Heart Color Dare - Pear, Twilight and Buttercup, the subtle colors from my favorite paper pack, Chantilly!

Now I'm off to making the masculine graduation cards.  Wish me luck!

Super Quick X'mas card

Just want to share a super quick and easy, clean and simple Christmas card with you today.  It took me about 15 minutes, yay!

Here's the original sketch from CAS(E) this sketch:

I will tell you very honestly that sometimes I purposefully make a card/project with the goal of using up some products.  I constantly feel guilty about my stash but the evil side of me continues to encourage me to buy more. Thus the angel in me must encourage me to use up some products from time to time.

Earlier this year I got quite a bit of washi tape as a prize.  So glad that I finally got to try this product but I feel bad that after months all of them remain about the same size. 

This card really helps me use some of the tape. The part that is most time consuming, believe it or not, is the stamping.  It is one stamp but I wanted to have the tree in green while the star in yellow, so the masking and stamping did take some time.  Nevertheless it took me only 15 minutes, I just can't complain at all!

Thanks for stopping by and happy crafting!

Re-use

I like starting making a card with a sketch.  I also like to use the same sketch for different purposes.  A great sketch is a great sketch in that it can be used repeatedly for different purposes.

I really like the sketch the Deconstructed Sketch provided a couple weeks back and want to use it for a Mother's Day card. 

This card is entering the following challenges:
1.  The Pink Elephant - Use spring colors
2.  Crazy 4 Challenges - Wooden accent
3.  Black Tie Fridays - April showers bring May flowers

Yay! It's Friday!

I'm super excited as it is finally Friday!  It has been quite a long week and so I am relieved that I can finally take some rest.

Before taking some rest I must whip up a card, right?  I've used the sketch at Seize the Birthday to make a birthday card:

I really like this sketch and I think it can be used for a million things.  Too bad that I've missed last week's feminine card challenge but I will definitely use the sketch for other cards!  Why don't you also take this sketch and create a card?

Thanks for stopping by and have a great weekend!

Happy Mother's Day

I have been checking out the challenges at Runway Inspired Challenge for a couple weeks but just never got a chance to play along.  I'm finally going to make it this time!  The picture shows a model in a yellow outfit, super cute!  I was inspired by the color and made a Mother's Day card:

The sketch is one provided by Cardabilities:

Finally this card is also entering the challenge at Papercraft Star - use a stamp.

The paper I used came from My Mind's Eye (In Bloom) and I've used pretty much all the ones with a yellow monochromatic background, just I intended!  The label, hearts and flourishes were cut by Cricut Art Philosophy and Artiste cartridges.  In fact, the label and two of the hearts were staggered with multiple layers of the same die cut - just a bit of dimension but mail-friendly! 1.

Birthday Wishes

I'm using a wide variety of products to make this card and I love it!

The stamp set is one from Studio Calico.  It's cute, isn't it?  Thanks to the fabulous sketch provided by Just Us Girls:

I really like this sketch and I will probably make more cards with it!

Thanks for stopping by and happy stamping!

Fusion Card Challenge

I saw this new challenge by chance and thought that I should as well play along!  It is really interesting in that you could pick to participate in the sketch challenge alone, the inspiration challenge alone, or a combination of both.

I certainly like to challenge myself to take both at Fusion #1:

and it is such a huge challenge!

I turned to my newly acquired Avery Elle stamp set to make this card:

Difficult difficult difficult challenge and I'm glad that I've overcome it.

Thanks for stopping by and happy stamping!