Papertake Challenge - HB!

This must be the day for new challenges because I haven't ventured to this website before...until now! This week was an unusual sketch and I was up for the challenge. I knew I wanted to use my crossword puzzle stamp from Michael's! and I think it works here!

It's a birthday card for my Aunt (who always remembers to send me a card...and I always forget hers!!) We are only 1 day apart, so I will send it out tomorrow. Of course I made this card and then realized that I didn't have a big enough envelope...doh!

recipe:

all patterned paper: CTMH; solid (?)

stamp, brads: michaels

ribbon: SU

cuttlebug

red sharpie

Cardalicious - Circles, Stars and Stitches!

My first cardalicious challenge! Very excited...I always love finding new challenges to keep me cardmaking! This one was fun - stars, circles and stitches!

I got this new paper from Cosmo Cricket (very fun!) from K2 and paired it with some solid paper. This card took me a long time just because it wasn't really looking right...but I like it in the end.

I love me some stickles! lol!

recipe:

paper: patterned - Cosmo Cricket; solid - SU in colors

punch: fiskars treading water

embroidery floss: joann fabrics

stamp: Michael's/Amy Butler

stickles

chipboard

Whatever Challenge #3

WHATEVER CHALLENGE #3!

Christy, Naomi and I finally sat down and had a discussion about the "Whatever Challenges"...we came up with a calender so we would know exactly what to do each week. This week is a MANLY CARD!


I have some awesomely cute paper from Joann's (rock star). Jim picked it out :) It reminds him of his favorite place to shop...Express Men/Structure...I love him for his wonderful sense of style yum.











Check out Christy's card (she used the new super-fun EK Success border punch!)
And Naomi's card is sure to be awesome, too!

I like the way this came out - it doesn't have to be a birthday card necessarily, it can be a thank you, congratulations or a thinking of you...! Simple and fun.

Rock on!


recipe:

paper: patterned - Joann's Rock Star, solid - SU in colors
cuttlebug - distressed
ink: SU chocolate chip
chipboard star - (?)
dots - Joann ($1 bin)

KWCC 47 - Happy Birthday Friend

Great colors! So it's a quick post tonight because I've got to pack for our trip tomorrow to Orlando. My friend Christy and I have celebrated our birthdays together for a couple years now (hers is March 28th - tomorrow, and mine is the 31st!).

So I hope Christy isn't reading this....but I'm sure she is....but I wanted to something really fun for her card and make a gift card holder. When I saw these colors, I just knew it was going to be great!

Our friend Naomi already gave us our b-day presents because she CAN'T GO to Orlando. Geez Na. But she got me the POLKA DOTS from PTI - aaah I've been obsessing...I love love love love love. I used them for the brown polkas on the GC holder and in orange-y ink on the little flowers.

Happy Birthday Christy (and me!!) :) Can't wait for Orlando!!

Night All!

recipe:

brown and peachy cardstock (?)

SU cardstock (in color)

SU white blooms

cuttlebug - spots

creative cafe - brown buttons

kaiser craft pearls

SU chocolate brown ink

michaels - sticky letters

SU rub on

PTI - polka dots!!

TPE - THX

Thanks Pink Elephant for another great challenge! I love the sketch challenges, so this was right up my alley. And I just got some SUPER-di-DUPER pom poms (in like every color...thanks Joann Fabrics!) I found myself dreaming of them...

I used the cuttlebug "thank you" embossing folder and pink SU paper and distressed with SU chocolate ink and a sponge. The flower is from Michael's along with the chipboard THX. The patterned paper is from Target.

I hope you all enjoy my happy little card.

THX for looking at my blog!! lol

Double Challenge - Makes me "Smile"!

I accomplished two challenges in one card - woah! I'm so proud of myself, lol...I used the Hero Arts sketch challenge as a base from Caardvarks. Then, I saw a new challenge from CuttlebugChallenge which was to "create using punches in unusual ways, and your Cuttlebug of course". So, I used the circle scallop from SU, the tab punch from SU for the wings, the slot punch from sU for the head and cuttlebugged both (body with swiss dots, wings with textured textile) and I used the swirls embossing folder and cut out the raised parts to create the antennae. All of the paper is from The Green Stack (Michaels). The border towards the bottom is spiral punch from SU. Smile stamp is PennyBlack (got it from Terry).

KWCC 46 - Congrats!

Fabulous colors! For me, they scream BABY CARD! lol.

I started off knowing I had to do some kind of transparent card and the ribbon technique from Kristina Werner's A Year in Cards. Except I didn't have thick black ribbon...so I used cardstock and it worked great!! I wanted to keep it really simple and pretty, and I really like the way it came out!

I hope you all enjoy! Can't wait to see what everyone does for this week's challenge. Thanks Kristina!

transparency: naomi (staples)

cardstock: su!

cuttlebug embossing folders

punch, glue pen: martha stewart royal butterfly

paper: target

stamp: su! absolutely fabulous

brads, staples: michaels

glitter: doodlebug