Paper Flower Swap

The theme for our monthly card swap this time around was to make our own flower and to use up one or more scraps of patterned paper.  I made this flower by stamping out 4 flowers from the True Friend set from SU.  I carefully cut each one of them out and then crinkled them all up.   I used my bone folder to curl the petals up and then used a thumbtack to poke a hole down through the centre of all the flowers.  A Decorative pewter brad finished off the flower and holds it all together.  I love this frame, but I don't own that particular Nestabilities, so I freehand drew it myself and cut out two of them!  So proud of myself!  lol  :)

I saw this card below and fell in love with it and decided to CASE it in part.  It was created by Amy Sheffer for StampersDream.com.  I've always been a huge fan of Amy's, her artwork is absolutely gorgeous and such a joy to look at. 

Here's a close up to show you the flower a little better and the dimension of the card.

My girls decided to they wanted to make flowers, too.  Here's the one that my 6 year old made.  She loves red and she's all about shiny things, so she chose this metallic red paper.

This is the one that my 8 year old made - just like Mama's but baby blue.

Well, it's a beautiful day here today, so we're heading out to the yard to enjoy the sun!  :)

Thanks for stoppin' by! :)

Supplies:
Stamps: Amy Butler - Lotus Greeting Stamps (K&Company), True Friend (SU)
Cardstock: Pumpkin (Bazzill), Ivory (Staples), Chocolate (Bazzill), Deep Red (Bazzill)
Patterned Paper: Bountiful (Creative Memories) - scraps from three sheets from this paper pack
Ink: Chocolate (Ancient Page)
Tools: Thumbtack, Bone Folder, Scissors, Sponge (SU), 1/8" Dimensional Squares (EK Success), Cuttlebug, Classic and Scalloped Circle Nestabilities (Spellbinders)
Embellishments: Jumbo Chocolate Brads, Slate Blue Lace Ribbon & Striped Grosgrain (Autumn Splendor - Making Memories), Pewter Decorative Brad (Dollarama)

Happy Hollydays

This is the 2nd card that I've made two of to go in each of my card portfolio sets to be auctioned off at our Gala for work. I actually used the wrong stamp for the sentiment and used the happy 'holly' days one instead of the normal holidays one. This kind of put the kibosh to my card a bit as I hadn't planned on putting the berries on it but it didn't really make sense unless I did...Oh, such card dilemmas! lol :)

Well, we had a busy weekend with my daughter's both celebrating their birthdays this weekend. Our oldest daughter turns 8 years old on Tuesday and our youngest daughter turns
6 next month, but Jim will be away so we opted to have a joint birthday so he could be here to celebrate with them both.

Time to call it a day...I'll be back tomorrow with more to show you.

Thanks for stoppin' by! :)

Supplies:
Stamps: Wild Vines (Technique Tuesday), Amy Butler Lotus Floral Stamps (K&Company), Holiday Filigree (Inkadinkado)
Cardstock: Forest Green Linen, China Red Linen (CRS), Ivory (Staples)
Ink: Old Olive (SU), Ruby Red (SU), Grey Shadow Ink (Hero Arts)
Tools: 1 1/4" Circle Punch (Creative Memories), Black Gel Pen (Signo)

Poppy Flower Birthday Wishes

It's taken me a few days off and on to finish this card. I've worked at a little bit at a time whenever I could steal a few minutes...even while sitting in the waiting room while Jim was in with the Orthopedist picking up his new insoles! He came out to find me cutting out vellum flowers and thought I'd totally lost it! Oh well, I'll probably never see any of those people ever again, so I wasn't concerned! lol :)

I really love the look of red and black together and I thought I try something different this time with these beautiful flowers from SU. First, I heat embossed them with black EP, then watercoloured them with the red. They remind me of poppies. I think they look soooo pretty! :)

Here's an angle view of the flowers and dragonfly to show you the dimension and how the petals and wings curl a bit.
Here's a close up of the dragonfly as it's kind of hard to see in the other shots.
Wow, it feels like it's about 9 PM at night and it's only 3:30 PM...we all had to get up early this morning to take Jim to the dockyard for a 24 hour Duty watch. We didn't have to leave the house until 7 AM, but I didn't sleep very well last night, just a lot of tossing and turning for some reason. Jim leaves tomorrow morning for another two weeks at Sea, so we'll be flying solo for a short time. Hopefully, this time we can just relax a bit, though. Not all be sick like his last trip away.

On a happy note, I start a new job again tomorrow. It's a contract position for a few months to help out Big Brothers, Big Sisters with their annual fundraiser 'Bowl for Kids Sake Event.' This will be my third year that I've worked with them for this project and I really enjoy it. It's such a great group of people to work with and such a worthy cause that I'm proud to be a part of it!

Thanks for stoppin' by! :)

Supplies:
Stamps: Dragonfly - 03102G (Magenta), Flowers - Embrace Life (SU), 'Birthday Wishes' - Amy Butler Lotus (K&Company)
Cardstock: Jet Black Linen, China Red Linen, Flat White (CRS)
Ink: Onyx Black (VersaFine), Carmine (Red) Touch Marker (ShinHan Art Int'l Inc)
Patterned Paper: Aloha (Creative Memories)
Tools: AquaPainter (SU), 1/8" Dimensional Squares (EK Success), ScissorsThumb Tack (to punch hole for brads in vellum), Midnight Black Opaque Embossing Powder (Stampendous), Embossing Tray), Oval Custom Cutting System (Creative Memories), Corner Rounder (with guard taken off to make scalloped border), Sponge (SU), Cuttlebug, Swiss Dots Embossing Folder
Embellishments: Black & White Sheer Polka Dot Ribbon (Michaels), Silver Brads (Making Memories)

Mojo75 Sketch Challenge

This is my interpretation of the current Mojo Monday sketch for Week 75. As soon as I saw this sketch this morning, I knew right away that I wanted to try it. Julee really has the nicest sketches to play with, doesn't she? :) I decided to go with an elegant version using a repetition of just three colours. I love turquoise and black and white together.

Here's the sketch that I followed:

Here's a angle view to show you the way the butterfly wings curl when you watercolour on the vellum cardstock. Isn't she purdy? lol :)I've got another card to show you, but I have to wait until tomorrow night, since it's a swap card for a group of stamping friends that I'm meeting with Tuesday night. I'll schedule it to post when our group starts.

Thanks for stoppin' by! :)

Supplies:

Stamps: Butterfly (Daisy Bucket Designs), Flourish - C95.182.N (Magenta), 'Thank You' - Amy Butler Lotus (K&Company)
Cardstock: Turquoise (Bazzill), Jet Black Linen (CRS), Flat White (CRS), Vellum Cardstock (SU)

Ink: Tempting Turqoise (SU), Onyx Black (VersaFine), Jet Black (StazOn)

Tools: Scallop Border Punch (SU), 1 1/4" & 1 1/2" Circle Punches, 1/8" Dimensional Squares (EK Success), Scissors

Embellishments: Black Jumbo Brads (Dollarama)

Mojo74 Sketch Challenge

So, I've been going through some serious crafty withdrawal! Being confined to upstairs...away from my crafty area for the whole week! I couldn't wait to get back downstairs to play again and tonight was the night to take the plunge. I had to make it a short session as my back is still bothering me a lot, but thankfully the pain meds are helping a lot. :)

I decided to use one of Julee's Mojo Monday sketch challenges, this is the current one from week 74. I stamped the background layers with alternating clear stamps and the blue strips that are at the top and bottom of the main image are actually patterned paper although it's hard to see in the picture. If you click on the picture, you can probably see it more clearly.

Well, it's time to call it a night, for now. I'm gonna try to get in a little more crafty time again tomorrow. Stay tuned...

Thanks for stoppin' by! :)

Supplies:
Stamps: Amy Butler - Lotus Clear Stamps (K&Company)
Cardstock: Soft Sky (SU), Jet Black Linen (CRS), Flat White (CRS)
Ink: Onyx Black (VersaFine)
Patterned Paper: Blue Raspberry Collage - Fresh Print (Déjà Views)
Tools: 1/8" Dimensional Squares (EK Success), 1 1/4" & 1 1/2" Circle Punches (Creative Memories)
Embellishments: 1/4" Black Grosgrain Ribbon (Michaels)