Quick card for Poppy Paperie's new Poppy Seed Challenge!

This is a quick card I made for the all new Poppy Seed Challenge by Poppy Paperie. I made it quickly so I would be the first one to post a card and I was! YAY! I may post another entry using a bit more skill later in the week, but that will depend on my busy schedule :-)



This is the very first challenge, and I really like the premise of it. She will give certain amounts of "seeds" each week, which are just different design elements, and you have to encorporate those "seeds" into your project. The 3 "seeds" for this week are found here:



You can do any type of craft, not just cards, so there should be some variety in this blog as well!

The flower stamp and sentiment are by My Sentiments Exactly's "Word Flower Power" set, and the string is by Fiskars. I used the Martha Stewart bling from my last post on this card as well. I used Tim Holtz's "Spiced Marmalade" distress stickles on the petals. I also used the Cuttlebug "Thanks" folder to dry emboss my yellow background.

Dreams really do come true.

Hello out there! Here is my submission for this week's 2S4Y challenge.




I made this card for a bridal shower gift for my mom's friend. She has been unlucky in love in the past, and, being 50+, I think she had given up on the idea of dating or ever finding Mr. Right. Well, she met her prince charming about 2 years ago and they are finally tying the knot in March! I thought it would be a very sweet card to her because her dream really did come true :-)

This was my first attempt sewing on a card. I bought a Pixie craft sewing machine in September '09 to get me started, but I always have trouble with it. I have never sewn before, so it could just be me doing something wrong, but the more I play with it and still have trouble, the more I think it is just the machine :-) I'm still glad I got it though, because at least it's something cheap I can practice on until I see how much I actually use the sewing technique on my paper crafts.

For this card, I used a bunch of different things. The patterned paper is from K&Co's "Bailey" line (from my "Best of K&Co" paper stack). The sentiment is from Inkadinkado's "Friendship" stamp set, and the image is also Inkadinkado, but is a wood-mounted rubber stamp. I bought the image stamp from Tuesday Morning for only $.99! The little bling is from Martha Stewart Crafts but bought at Tuesday Morning, 60 for $.99! The ribbon and string are by Kimberly Poloson for Fiskars and are from the "Cabana Blooms" ribbon pack. I distressed the edges of the ivory paper with some "antique linen" distress ink by Tim Holtz. Finally, the paper in the background is from the "Rustic" stack by DCWV.

Super Quick Engagement Card

Soooo, a few weeks ago my cousin (more like a sister really) got engaged! I am so happy for them. They found each other a year ago on the net only to discover that they acually had some friends in common...small world ;-) You can call it fate then, because they hit it off and have been so in love ever since.

The proposal went like this: They have been reading Lord of the Rings together (his favorite book), so he brought her to their favorite coffee shop and they read out loud to each other for a bit. When it was time to go, she went to the ladies room, and when she came out, he had closed the book and placed the ring right over the ring picture on the cover. About the same time she realized there was a real ring sitting on the book, he had already gotten down on one knee and proposed. AWWWWWW. But wait! There's more... SO of course she said yes, and then he told her that everyone they love was going to be meeting at their favorite restaurant about 4 hours later to congratulate them and have a nice engagement dinner. Of course I was there, along with 19 of their closest friends/family. It was a great evening and she was truly surprised.

I decided to make a card about 10 minutes before I had to leave for the restaurant, so it had to be minimalist :-) I used my stamps to create a monogram of their first initials with his last name's initial in the center. Since it was for a guy and girl, I didn't want to make it too feminine so I stuck with plain but elegant colors. I used my Nestabilities label #4 for the monogram base. The alphabet stamps were by Inkadinkado, the "Somerset Alphabet" set, as well as the "Coffee House Alphabet" set. The "congratulations to you" stamp is a wood-mounted stamp also by inkadinkado. The picture was also snapped in a hurry as I was rushing out the door, so it's not the best representation, but you get the idea :-)

Mojo Monday and Creative Belli Challenges

I made this card to submit to both the Mojo Monday Challenge as well as the Creative Belli Blog Challenge. I used 2 stamp sets on this card. The Circle stamps are from "Word Flower Power" by My Sentiments Exactly. The dragonfly stamp is from Inkadinkado's "Patterned Birds & Bugs" set. The pink polka-dotted patterned paper is from Best Occassions' "Deluxe 100 Paper Pack" and was purchased at Wal-Mart (I think it was only $10 for 100 sheets of all different designs)! The flower ribbon was also purchased for cheap at Wal-Mart. I usually keep my cards pretty simple, so it was hard for me to add the square and string. But, I suppose that is why I like sketch challenges...because they are teaching me new things.

Another challenge card!

It seems like it's been so long since I've last posted. I've been uber busy with school and the Superbowl win (GEAUX SAINTS!) and, of course, Mardi Gras! I have made some scrapbook pages recently though, which was very exciting to me because I finally got around to scrapbooking a Europe trip I took in 2007. Better late than never I guess :-) I will be posting a few pictures of those soon. I made this card to submit to the 2S4Y challenge, as well as the Stampin' Royalty Challenge. I used my Cosmo Cricket "The Boyfriend" paper stack to make this card. I really like the 90's designs they have, especially the cassette tapes. I can't even remember the last time I tried to play a cassette tape! Anyway, I hope to be posting more frequently in the coming weeks, so, if anyone is reading this, check back soon. All the best...

Color Throwdown Challenge

This is the card I made for the Color Throwdown Challenge. It is the only baby card I have ever done. I love the colors together, but I can't decide if it would be better for a boy or girl? Maybe it could work for both then :-)

Card for a friend

This is a card I made for an old friend from middle-school who recently had organ transplant surgery. So far she hasn't rejected the organs, but she had a little trouble this weekend and they had to re-start her heart :-( I was already planning to send her a card, but when I heard that news, I made it my top priority to get her the card soon so it can help boost her spirits through this difficult time. I wanted it to be pretty and sweet and encouraging and not be a typical somber "get well card." I used K&Co's "Best of K&Company" paper stack and some K&Co. flower and butterfly stickers. I also used a stamp from the Crafty Secrets "Support the Girls" stamp set. She is such a spirited person and I know she has the strength to pull through this.

Valentine Caardvarks Challenge

This is a card I made and am submitting it to the caardvarks challenge. The challenge required that we use the color red and that we have a heart somewhere in our design. I used K&Company's "Sweet Talk" paper line to create the rays. I used my Cricut to cut out 2 hearts (one is the shadow of the glittered heart). I didn't want to use liquid glue because I thought it would be so messy, so I covered the heart with strips of double sided tape and poured red glitter over it. The glitter stuck so easily and was perfectly flat since it was flat tape and not goopy glue. I love this card and the way it came out and I will probably make other holiday cards with this same sketch in mind :-)

Pretty Birds

I made these cards about a month ago. They are some of the first ones I ever made :-) I fell in love with the birds and the paper as soon as I saw them. The patterned paper as well as the bird stamps are from Martha Stewart Crafts, but I got them at Tuesday Morning for cheap! The birds were $1.99 and the paper pack with 24 sheets was $2.99. WOW! The paper pack is called "Sun Room" and is very bright and cheerful. So, I totally love these cards and wish I could keep them, but they are being mailed off soon as more Christmas Thank-you's.

Charlotte Stamp

This is a card I made for the TGF Challenge. I am giving it as a thank you card for a Christmas gift I recieved. I don't have any good quality markers, so I used some cheap colored pencils, and some of my pigment and chalk ink pads. I think she is adorable. I used Paper Salon's "brown funky floral" paper, as well as My Mind's Eye "Princess Dots" paper from their Kaleidoscope line. The glitter flowers are Heidi Swapp and the stamp is from the Inkadinkado "Friendship" set by Dawn Houser.

My first Post

Hi there! If anyone is actually reading this, this is my first post and it features a fun card I made that I am submitting to the 2S4Y challenge. It is the first challenge I have ever participated in! YAY! The inside of the card reads "Perk Up!" lol...get it? Coffee, Perk up...haha.
Some of the materials I used to make this card are the Crafty Secrets "Coffee & Tea" stamp set, K&Company's "Best of K&Company" paper stack, and, of course, my one and only Spellbinders Nestabilities Labels Die #4. Crafty Secrets isn't as well known as the other companies I have mentioned, but their products are very unique and a great quality and I am loving playing with the 2 stamp sets I purchased.
I started making scrapbook pages about 4 years ago, but I haven't done much with it over the past 3 years. I just became interested in it again recently and I am loving all the techniques and ideas I am learning. I will add more things as I have time, so do check back! Bye now!