Just a Note... For You!

Here's a cute little card I made for my mom today. I used the pink and green colors to qualify for the Strawberry Mint Julep challenge over at Cute Card Thursday! :o)

Not My Finest Hour...

Due to an upset baby and a bout with mastitis, I didn't get to put as much time into these challenges as I would have liked and am not completely happy with my outcome. Here's the cute sketch I used from the Just Christmas and Birthday Cards blog:

I also participated in the "red, white & blue" challenge they're having over at Cupcake Craft Challenge!

Thanks for looking! :)

Summer Birthday

My friend, Kate, who is a Creative Memories consultant, is trading me a wedding album for 25 cards, so I've been working on those cards for awhile now. This is one of the cards I made for her. :)

I used my Creative Memories circle punch to get those circles. That cute little mouse is a Penny Black stamp and the "Happy Birthday" is a single stamp I split up by only inking one word for each circle from The Angel Company. Currently my favorite way to color images is with my Prismacolor pencils blended with gamsel. The paper is Die Cuts With a View, the flowers and button are items I picked up from my local scrapbook store - I don't remember the brands, and the ribbon is from JoAnn Fabric.

Thanks for looking!

Farm Girl

Today's card was made with inspiration from Truly Scrumptious and ABC Challenge. Truly Scrumptious had a sketch challenge and "Indian Summer" theme this week that I wanted to give a try. When I think of Indian summer I always think of a golden yellow, so I made sure to use a somewhat summery stamp and some golden yellow cardstock. Here's the sketch from Truly Scrumptious:


ABC Challenge this week had a, "D is for Die Cuts" challenge, so (of course) I used my Nestabilities in my Sizzix machine! I love those Nestabilities!

Here's another card I made recently using the same Greeting Farm stamp as the card above:

I Love You

I used a cute little Penny Black puppy and "I love you" stamp on this card, Prima flowers, Die Cuts With a View cardstock (the patterned piece), and I'm not sure what brand names the solid pieces are. The cool sketch I used this time is from Simon Says:

I used the theme, "Hearts Desire" from the Penny Black Challenge Blog and chose to use the colors "ruby, cream, and gold" due to Colour Create Challenge blog!

Thanks for looking!

Back to School

To make this card I followed the Lili of the Valley challenge #35; this sketch:

I really enjoyed this sketch! I definitely wouldn't have come up with this exact layout without the sketch.

I also participated in the recipe challenge they have at Cupcake Craft Challenge this week. They wanted everyone to use 3 buttons, 2 papers (I used two patterned pieces in my card), and 1 ribbon. That was a lot of fun. I don't think I would have added the 3rd button near the sentiment without this challenge!

The 3rd challenge I participated in was over at Cute Card Thursday. Their challenge of the week was the "Back to School" theme. I was glad to have the motivation to try a "Back to School" card. Without the challenge I may have never made a card for that! It caused me to use paper I may never have used otherwise, too, which was fun. :)

A Spoon Full of Sugar blog is hosting a "distressing" challenge this week, so I inked the edges of all the papers except the black to participate in this challenge! It's a lot of fun challenging myself to incorporate so many challenge into one card! :)

Thanks for looking!

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