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.

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.