Over at the DeNami Designs blog, today is the last day to submit an entry for the Spring Theme Challenge. After a busy week, I'm glad that I had a chance to make a card for this challenge. The color combination is quite brighter than I usually pick, but I really wanted this card to scream Spring! I am really enjoying these challenges because they are expanding my creativity and I'm loving the end results!

Supplies:

Stamps: DeNami - Scallop Tulip Circle, Medium Double Circle; Stampin' Up! - Simple Friendship

Cardstock: Stampin' Up - Pixie Pink, Certainly Celery, Almost Amethyst, Very Vanilla

Ink: Stampin' Up - Pixie Pink, Certainly Celery, Almost Amethyst

Ribbon: Joann's Papercrafting Ribbon: Bluebird

Other: SU Corner Rounder Punch, Marvy Uchida 2" Round Scallop Punch, SU 1 1/4" Circle Punch, SU 1 3/8" Circle Punch, Dimensionals, Blender Pen, Stickles-Star Dust

Birthday Butterfly

Birthday cards are what I seem to make the most! This card is for my step-mom. Happy Birthday, Carol! I bought some heavy vellum, white dye ink and embossing powder, and Spica markers from a company called Sweet Stamps not too long ago at a Rubber Stamp show. They had some beautiful samples of parchment crafting and I wanted the supplies to try it myself. Although mine looks quite different than their samples, I'm still enjoying the way this butterfly turned out. I used the white dye ink and embossing powder to create the butterfly. Then, I used the Spica markers to color in the butterfly on the front side of the vellum because I wanted the 'twinkles' to show up! If you color on the back of the vellum, you get a much softer, lighter look than what I have done here. I will have to play around more with these tools to see what I can come up with. In the meantime, enjoy the Birthday Butterfly!

Supplies:

Stamps: Stampin' Up - Time Well Spent (butterfly), Warmest Regards (Happy Birthday),

Cardstock: Stampin' Up - Bashful Blue, Whisper White, Bravo Burgundy, So Saffron

Ink: Stampin' Up -Bravo Burgundy; Sweet Stamps - White Dye Ink and White Embossing Powder

Punches: Stampin' Up - Photo Corners, Modern Label, Circle

Ribbon: Offray

Other: Sizzix Big Shot: Perfect Polka Dots Stampin' Up! Textured Impressions Embossing Folder, Dimensionals, Heavy Vellum, Spica Markers: Garnet, Baby Blue, Sand, Buttermilk

Masculine Birthday - Stripes

I love making feminine/flowery cards, so when I have to make a masculine card it can sometimes be a challenge for me. I feel like there is a limited amount of manly colors (and stamps) to choose from! I used basic stamping on this card. The paper piercer tool was used to add a little bit of detail around the present. I also added a touch of color to the present with the Mint Spica Marker. Enjoy!

Supplies:

Stamps: Stampin' Up - Year After Year (present), Eat Cake (happy birthday)

Cardstock: Stampin' Up - Kraft, Very Vanilla, Sage Shadow. DCWV - Brown.
Patterned Paper: Cloud9Design - Travel Stripe

Ink: Stampin' Up - Chocolate Chip craft ink

Other: Stampin' Up Twill Tape, Paper Piercer, Spica Marker - Mint

DeNami Product Challenge #1: Buttons

Last month, I had the pleasure of attending my first ever Heirloom Productions Rubber Stamp Show with a few friends. Lucky for me, DeNami Designs was one of the booths, and I fell in love! ;-) Nami’s designs are cute, clean, and a lot of fun! I had a blast browsing all the stamps, card ideas, and watching and learning great tips from Nami! I came home with a handful of stamps and a scalloped circle punch. Aaahhhhh....I’m a happy camper. Oh, I mean happy Stamper!!!

This is the first challenge I have ever done. I really enjoyed it and plan to do many more! Here's the card I made for the button challenge. I used DeNami's medium Palm Tree, Petit Fours Seashells, and Curly Garland Border stamps. I put the caramel colored buttons in the center of the palm tree as coconuts! I also added dimensionals and some Stickles to the shells at the bottom...the pic doesn't show the sparkles very well. I just love how this card turned out. Thanks so much for visiting my blog and I hope you visit again!

Supplies:

Stamps: DeNami - Medium Palm Tree, Petit Fours Seashells, Curly Garland Border

Cardstock: Stampin' Up - Very Vanilla, Creamy Caramel, Certainly Celery, Bashful Blue. Shimmery Vanilla - unknown

Ink: Stampin' Up - Chocolate Chip craft ink, Certainly Celery, Bashful Blue

Buttons: Stampin' Up - Earth Elements & Neutrals, Masterpiece Studios, Inc - Lime

Other: Hemp, Dimensionals, Blender Pen, Stickles-Star Dust

Craft Room Organizing

I have been busy cleaning up our second bedroom, which is the computer/craft/guitar room! My craft supplies were exploding throughout a large portion of the room, and I just can't focus when things are in such disarray. It's looking MUCH better now, but I still have some things to sort through and organize. I'm pleased with the progress of my cardstock organization...it has been a LONG time coming! I had so many scraps to separate. They are now matched up with their 8.5x11 sheets and placed in a hanging file folder. Still have to finish labeling them all now. One of these days I will take a picture of it and post here. I'm a little obsessed with organizing ;-)

Happy Valentine's Day!

I hope you all are having a wonderful Valentine's Day with your loved ones. This is one of my favorite holidays to create cards for. I've always had a "thing" for hearts!  LOL  I decided to incorporate some brown "manly" colors since this card is for my husband. So, what goes so well with brown?! Pink, of course!! Hope he doesn't mind  ;-)

Supplies:

Stamps: Stampin' Up - You & Moi, French Script
Cardstock: Stampin' Up - Close to Cocoa, Kraft, Pretty in Pink
Ink: Stampin' Up - Bravo Burgundy, Pretty in Pink
Patterned Paper: Colorbok - Ooh la la
Other: Stampin' Up Brads

My First Post!

Hello and welcome to my blog!  I have finally entered into the blogging world! I plan to share my handmade cards, scrapbook pages, and any other crafty projects here for your inspiration and feedback. I love the fact that we can all be connected through the web, and that we can learn from each other!

 

So, what do you think of the first card I'm posting? I am SOOOO happy with how it turned out! It's the first thing I've made using Stampin' Up!'s In Color Rich Razzleberry...and I'm so very glad I bought it. I couldn't pass up yet ANOTHER shade of purple ;-) It's hard to tell, but I stamped the RR vertical strip, and the black flowers on the white bkgd is scrapbook paper! Gorgeous, isn't it?! This card is for my Dad and stepmom's anniversary. I hope they like it because this is one of my favorite cards that I've done.

Supplies:

Stamps: Stampin' Up - Hugs and Wishes (Happy Anniversary), Happiness, Make it Count

Cardstock: Stampin' Up - Whisper White, Basic Black, Rich Razzleberry

Patterned Paper: Doodlebug Design - White Flourish

Ink: Stampin' Up - Rich Razzleberry

Ribbon: Michaels Store, Inc

Other: Crop-o-Dile, Dimensionals