Joy

I have been organizing my craft room and cleaning up my stash for the new goodies.  The progress is rather slow but nevertheless there is some improvement.

I'm sharing a card today using some Close to My Heart goodies using the sketch provided by Freshly Made Sketches:

My Christmas card looks like this:

Wonderderland was my favorite paper in the Autumn/Winter 2011 catalog.  Using it reminds me of a lot of fun I had with this paper.

Happy crafting!

One-layer Christmas card

I came across the blog Simplicity and was totally amazed by the cards' simplicity!

There is a challenge that asks us to make a one layer card using inspiration pieces on her Pinterest board.  How can I not try it out?

My simple card uses the stamp set from the Pear & Partridge cardmaking Workshop on the Go Kit.  Materials used were just a card base, stamp set and ink pads.  As simple as that.

Multi-purpose Birdie card

TGIF!  I am so glad that I finally get some time to create and participate in challenges!

I'm combining foue challenges:

1.  Mojo Monday's sketch challenge:

2.  CASology's challenge:

3.  Heart 2 Heart Challenge - Scraps challenge, which screams out loud at me and

4.  Scrap-Creations Challenge - Anything goes

My card looks like this:

I just used the retired Dotty for You paper and White Daisy cardstock, a stamp set and the Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge, simple enough to make a great multi-purpose card!



Thanks for stopping by!

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Grateful

I have a Gratitude card to share today.  The sketch is based on that provided by iSpy Sketches:

and I'm also using the color combo by Cr84FN:

My clean and simple card looks like this:

A Merry Little Christmas

The Pear &Partridge Cardmaking Kit is one of my must-haves in the new Autumn/Winter 2012 Idea Book.  I like cardmaking kits, and Christmas cardmaking kits are just irresistable.  Love the colors of the Pear & Partridge cardmaking kit!

The kit features three designs and I'd like to share one design with you today:

The instruction guide tells us to make a little banner, while I opted to leave it plain.  I could make a couple more of this card and perhaps I'll try the banner idea in my other ones.  This card is entering the challenge presented by The Friday Mashup.  See how others are preparing Christmas in July!

Tic Tac Toe Challenge

The Paper Players presented a really interesting challenge for us.  It is a tic-tac-toe challenge:

I've chosen the first row for my card - circles, birthday & favorite color:

I've tried something new in this card.  In the big red circle, or half circle, before I heat set the embossing powder, I've wiped off a portion of it.  So part of it is embossed, while part of it presents a translucent image of the stamp.  It looks really cool in person!