Get Well Card and Pickles update

If you read my last post, you will be happy to know that the sweet dog "Pickles" found a home! His foster family fell in love with him and decided to keep him :-) YAY for Pickles! They are a very nice family with kids and another dog that he can play with so he will never be lonely. So glad to see such a happy ending go to such a deserving dog.

The card I made is for a dear family friend who just had brain surgery to remove a tumor. It is thought to be non-malignant, but they are still waiting on the results. The good news is that she is doing well and is recovering nicely. I thought that this card would help cheer her up. I decided to use the colors from this colourQ challenge, even though I was too late to play. Thanks for looking!

"Thank You" to the Vet School

On Saturday my boyfriend and I picked up a sweet dog that was wandering near a busy street.

He had a collar and we were quickly able to locate his owner. Unfortunately, the owner did not want the dog and told us that we could keep him or let him loose again! This broke my heart that anyone could be so cold toward such a sweet pup. Fortunately for the dog (which we began to call "Pickles"), letting him loose wasn't an option. My apartment doesn't allow dogs, so I had to bring him to the Vet School that night, in hopes that I could find a home for him before Monday when it would be time for the School to send him to the shelter. Amazingly I was able to find a wonderful and loving temporary home for him until we can place him in his forever home.

I wanted to make a "Thank You" card for the AMAZING people at the Vet School. They took in Pickles with open arms and even vaccinated him for free! They said he ate well, slept well, and the next day they played with him outside for a very long time. They treated us so kindly and even thanked ME for being such a good Samaritan! They were the true heroes and I thought I would show my gratitude by making them this card :-) I used the colors from Heather Pulvirenti's Totally Hues Challenge 3. I also got inspiration for my card layout from this tutorial by Kristina Werner. Thanks for looking and have a great day!

colourQ challenge

Here is a card I made for the colourQ challenge #71. I enjoyed the colors being so light and feminine. It reminded me of the nail polish collection "Fairytale Bride" by OPI, as seen below :-)

I used Martha Stewart and Fiskars stamps, as well as Orchid VersaColor ink for the perfect shade of pink. Thanks for looking and I hope everyone out there has a great Valentine's Day!

Valentine's Challenge Card

This is a card I made for the Embellish Magazine Color Trends Challenge, as well as the New Totally Hues Challenge at Heather Pulvirenti's Blog. I used the K & Co. paper stack called "Lovely" as well as a glittered chipboard heart from K & Co.'s "Smitten" line. I didn't put a sentiment on the outside because the card was already so busy as it is :-) Thanks for looking!

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 :-)