Tea for a Special Friend (GS #79)

I have a great card to share with you today!  I'm so excited because this card is exactly what I pictured in my head and it actually came out perfectly!  I have a secret to tell you...that doesn't always happen to me, more often than not my design doesn't look like what I pictured.  I think this is actually one of my top five favorite cards ever!  The card is based on the sketch below from Get Sketchy and uses my favorite colors.  The patterned paper and white cardstock is from A Muse.  The stamps are two of my favorite PTI sets, tea for two and the additions set, and the tea cup die goes with them.  The little flower gem is from Heidi Swapp.  Last but not least, the blue pen is BG000 by Copic.  Did I tell you I love this card?!  I hope you like this card at least half as much as I do.  Have a great week!  Happy Crafting!

To Me You Are The World (GS #78)

Sorry it's been a little while since I've posted anything.  I hope you've all been well.  I hope you're having a great week and that you have a wonderful St. Patrick's Day tomorrow!  The card I have to share with you today is based on the sketch below from Get Sketchy.  The patterned paper is from the Stella and Rose paper pad collection from My Mind's Eye.  I LOVE that paper collection!!!  I have all four paper pads and I am so excited to use them!  You will be seeing lots of projects with these patterned papers in the future, so I hope you like them too. :)  The stamp is from the Inside and Out Birthday set from PTI and the beautiful buttons are from Cosmo Cricket.  The twine is from May Arts.  I usually leave my buttons naked, but this time I threaded them with twine, tied a knot underneath, and then adhered them with glue dots.  This left them a little bulky, so if anyone has a better way or a hint for me I'd appreciate it.  Thanks!!  I hope you enjoy this card because I really like it! :)  Once again, have a Happy St. Patrick's Day tomorrow and don't forget to wear green or you might get pinched. :)  Happy Crafting!

Thanks for Dinner (GS #65)

I made this card for the Get Sketchy challenge this week, which was to find inspiration around your house and base a card off of it, and I also made it for my mom-in-law.  The thank you was for cooking a gluten-free early Thanksgiving dinner so I could eat it.  I found out I was gluten-intolerant earlier this year and she has made such an effort to help me out, so I wanted to send a special thank you for the extra effort she made for me on our early Thanksgiving dinner yesterday.

The inspiration around the house for the Get Sketchy challenge was our place settings, which are a red gingham placemat with a white dinner plate on it.  The patterned paper is from the new Modern Homemaker paper pad from October Afternoon.  The notecard and shimmer couture paper are from A Muse.  I used the Nestablities circle dies to make the plate and charger.  The silverware stamp is from A Muse and I embossed it with gold glitter embossing powder from American Crafts to resemble the "good silverware".  The sentiment stamp is my new What's Cooking cling set from Taylored Expressions.  This set is so adorable and I'm so excited to use the rest of it to make many more cards!  I thought it needed just a little something else so I added the pearls above the sentiment, which are from A Muse.  I hope my MIL likes it and so do you!  I hope all of you get to enjoy some time with your families tomorrow and this weekend.  I also hope you get to steal some time for yourself to create.  Happy Crafting!

notecard, cardstock, shimmer couture paper, rubber image stamp, pearls, dye ink: A Muse Artstamps
Modern Homemaker paper pad: October Afternoon
cling sentiment stamp: Taylored Expressions
Nestablilities large circles: Spellbinders
glittered embossing powder: American Crafts

Thank You Fall Flowers (GS #64, Moxie Fab Tuesday Trigger Fall Festival)

I based this card on the sketch below from Get Sketchy and the challenge pictured below from Moxie Fab World.  I was inspired by the flowers, the colors of the flowers, and the white and orange pumpkins.  I used daisy duet and thank you mix ma A Muse stamps and the Martha Stewart garden clear set.  I randomly stamped the flowers on a cardstock piece, rounded the corners, matted it with orange cardstock and rounded the corners, and I adhered it with pop dots to give it a little "pop" since this card was so simple.  I do like how it turned out, but I'm just not used to a card with so much actual white space.  I don't make white cards very often. What do you think?  I hope you're getting some creative time in this weekend.  Happy Crafting!

   

all paper, rubber stamps, ribbon, black dye ink: A Muse Artstamps
clear stamps: Martha Stewart
chalk and pigment ink: Clearsnap
corner rounder punch: EK Success

Another Quilt Card, Handmade With Love (PDCC #51, GS # 60)

Today's, or should I say tonight's, post is going to be short and sweet because I don't feel very well.  My card is based on the sketch below from Get Sketchy and based on the colors in the picture below from The Play Date Cafe.  I made another quilt card for these challenges.  It's my second one and I am really loving how they are turning out.  I hope you enjoy this card too!  Happy Crafting!

all paper, ribbon, ink: A Muse Artstamps
stamps: Hero Arts
markers: Copic
square punch: Marvy Uchida

If Friends Were Flowers (GS #59, 2S4Y Kazan #63)

Good Afternoon on this beautifully sunny day, at least where I live here in Oregon.  The card I have to share with you today is based on this sketch from Get Sketchy and also this sketch from 2 Sketches 4 You.  I grass border punched a strip of the green gingham paper and adhered it to the bottom of the card.  I stamped the stems (Everyday Button Bits by Papertrey Ink) on cardstock, die cut it with my circle Nestabilities, and adhered it to the card.  I grass border punched another strip of green gingham paper and adhered it over the first with pop dots.  I glued flower buttons to the tops of the stems.  I stamped the clouds on a scrap of blue gingham patterned paper, cut them out and adhered them to the card with pop dots.  I stamped the sentiment and tied a ribbon around the top of the card.  I'm really happy with the way this card turned out.  I hope you are able to get some crafting time in this week or at least some time to enjoy yourself.  Happy crafting! 

all paper, sentiment, clouds stamp, black dye ink: A Muse Artstamps
Everyday Button Bits: Papertrey Ink
pear tart dye ink: Momento
grass border punch: Martha Stewart
circle die: Spellbinders
ribbon: American Crafts

GS # 57

Well, the humidity has finally seemed to die down here but it's still in the 80's.  The leaves have started turning color, but I want the fall weather to come too.  I can't seem to get into making fall/Halloween cards with the weather still so warm, so today's card has flowers all over it.  It's inspired by the sketch below from Get Sketchy, which you still have a few more hours to play.  The flower paper is from my Thrift Shop paper pad by October Afternoon.  I love that line!  I actually love anything October Afternoon!  They are my new fave paper company.  Everything they do is such just so adorable and they make 8x8 paper pads!  Just perfect for cardmakers.  The thank you stamp is A Muse.  It's one of my go to thank you stamps.  I just love the font.  If you know me or you've been reading my blog for any length of time you then know that I am pretty much obsessed with A Muse Artstamps.  They have the cutest stamps in the whole world.  The flower is a gerbera daisy sticker from Martha Stewart.  I've been hoarding them for a long time because the new ones don't look as cute and this one was my last one.  The border punch, pinking scallop, is also Martha Stewart and it was the first time I used it.  I think it is so cute and I'm so glad I bought it!  I hope you get some time to play this afternoon and don't forget this Saturday is World Cardmaking Day.  I'd love to hear your plans for the day, I hope it includes some cardmaking.  Happy crafting!

cardstock, gingham patterned paper, stamp, ink: A Muse Artstamps
Thrift Shop paper pad: October Afternoon
pinking scallop border punch: Martha Stewart
gerbera flower sticker: Martha Stewart

Light and Bright Tuesday Trigger Challenge and GS #53

The card I made for you today fulfills two challenges.  The first is a sketch challenge that you can find at Get Sketchy and down below.  The second is the Tuesday Trigger Challenge at Moxie Fab World, which you can also find down below.  Both of these are weekly challenges that you still have time to enter.  The Tuesday Trigger Challenge always uses a picture for inspiration.  This week's picture inspired me by it's colors.  I used lighter shades of blue, pink, and yellow than the picture, but I thought they were a wonderful combination and I couldn't wait to get started.

I had these super cute flowers from Prima that I thought would work wonderful for the circles in the sketch and be the punch of yellow I wanted.  I chose a soft pink card base and all I needed was the blue.  I looked through my papers and the gingham paper from the Fly a Kite Paper Pad by October Afternoon fit perfectly.  I border punched the bottom edge, adhered it, and adhered the flowers with glue dots.  After I stamped my sentiment I thought it needed just a little something else, so I looked through my ribbon stash and found the perfect shade of American Crafts yellow ribbon and added it to the card front.  I think it turned out wonderfully!  I do have to admit that it was a bit of a challenge at first trying to fit into the perameters of two challenges at once, but it stretched my creative abilities and it was good for me.  I would recommend it, it makes you think.  And you just might come up with something completely unexpected and great!  So, take a risk.  Happy Crafting!

notecard, stamp, ink: A Muse Artstamps
patterned paper: October Afternoon
border punch: Martha Stewart
flowers: Prima
ribbon: American Crafts

GS#51

I have two cards to share with you and they are both based on this sketch.  I decided to base my cards on holidays, one we have coming up (Halloween) and one that has been long past (Valentine's Day).  I needed something small for the four "circles" and I immediately thought of a heart and got to work on the first card.  After I was done with my first card I wanted to make a second card and I looked through my stamp drawers and the candy corn was just calling to me.  It worked great!  The border punch in the first card is by Martha Stewart and it was my first chance to pull it out and use it.  I just love it!  It will probably become one of my go to border punches.  I hope you like the cards I have for you today.  There is still time for you to play and enter your own card based on this sketch at Get Sketchy.  Happy Crafting!

image #1

all paper, stamps, dye ink: A Muse Artstamps

pigment ink, chalk ink: Clearsnap

border punch: Martha Stewart

image #2

all paper, stamps, ink: A Muse Artstamps

markers: Copic

border punch: Fiskars