Framelit Birthday CAS152

For today’s SCS CAS  challenge, we were to use diecuts.  I had this card made as a sample for my club girls to showcase the new Framelits:

I am not really sure how CAS it is, but it certainly shows off the dies!  I made a frame using two consecutive dies and framed some Big Top DP to make this birthday card for a two-year-old.  I loved making this card because I got to use several different sets and products!!! 

To make the party had with its cute little pompoms,  I got to use Pennant Parade and its punch,  and the Timeless Type die for the number,  the floral punch from Itty Bitty Punch Pack, the Scallop Circle Punch and the 1 3/8” Punch and the Perfect Polka Dot Embossing Folder!

For the tag, I got to use Happiest Birthday Wishes, Itty Bitty Bits, and the Large Tag Punch! 

On the inside, I used the negative portions of the diecuts for my sentiment.  I love this effect!  Thanks for visiting today!

Paper Players 77

Welcome back to the Paper Players challenge!  We hope you are well-rested and ready to play!  This week, our hostess Lesley has a theme challenge—All You Need is Love!

You can make any type of creation that represents “love” to you!  I chose to make a get-well card for a dear sister in Christ who has been a little under the weather.   She has shown me so much friendship and encouragement since we met online! 

The word “amour” is in the background, but it is probably difficult to see here!  But it was stamped with love, in colors that I love, and in a style that I love, and it will be sent with love!!!  And speaking of colors, I used the Pals Paper Arts colors this week of Baja Breeze, Not Quite Navy and Very Vanilla, as well as the Fall to Layout from Clean & Simple:

The background was created with several vintage images from Artistic Etchings, Fresh Vintage and Creative Elements, all stamped in Baja Breeze and NQN on watercolor paper.  Some crochet trim and Nesties added visual details as well as my little rhinestone!

 

The sentiment is from Teeny Tiny Wishes, and I repositioned the words using my Stamp-a-ma-Jig so that it would fit in the small oval punch.

This card is already winging its way across the miles and I hope my friend enjoys it!  And I hope you will play along with our love-themed challenge this week!  Wing on over to the Paper Players blog to find out all the details.  We have changed things a tiny bit---the deadline for submissions is now Friday at noon!  Be sure to play!

These pictures of Cassidy with my little garden angel remind me of the passage in Genesis where Jacob wrestles with an angel!!!! 

 

Enjoy your day and thanks for stopping by!

Merry Monday #1

Happy Friday---and I am working on a Monday challenge!   My friend Lesley has a new challenge called Merry Monday—a Christmas card a week!  Ahh, a girl after my own heart!  So this week she has a nice sketch:

   

And of course, once again, I had the sketch in my head and didn’t remember that the sentiment was to be at the bottom!  Good thing she is my friend, huh?!  So here we go:

You are going to be sick of this Everyday Enchantment paper, but it is SO pretty---look at this lovely pattern, so different from the others.  I thought it made a wonderful background for a Christmas card.  It’s really quite simple…an oval stamped with a retired image from To You & Yours and the beautiful Christmas sentiment from Delightful Dozen.  It was inked first in Versamark, then Poppy Parade, stamped, then sprinkled with clear embossing powder and heated for a real punch! The little bird is from Fresh Vintage (again!). 

And I used a piece of the DP along with a new Adorning Accent edgelit die to make a little froufrou for the inside:

Awesome way to start the new year---making Christmas cards!!!  Hmmmm, I think maybe I should add some glitter to my house…that would make it even better!

I haven’t had time to take any pix of Cassidy, but Pumpkin visited my craft room the other day:

 

Thanks for popping in!  If you have any questions, just shoot me an email! 

FMS16

Happy Thursday!  Well, my computer is running, but it is definitely not up to top speed.  I can see a call to my favorite repairman in the immediate future.  I had a little stamping time last night so I used the sketch from Freshly Made Sketches:

as well as some inspiration from Carrie Rhodes’s card here, to make my creation:

I just love these colors and patterns together! Everything except the polka dot paper  is from the SAB’s Everyday Enchantment….I can’t put it down!  I used the EE brads as centers for my little diecut butterflies, and they are mounted on an embossed oval Designer Frame.   You might be able to see that I stamped the medallion from Fresh Vintage on the circles behind the butterflies:

I also added a little ribbon treatment and a sentiment from Tiny Tags:

  

The inside sentiment is a combination of elements from the SAB Fresh Vintage set as well!  Such a lovely image!

 

Thanks for visiting today….I want to share with you a little picture from before Christmas:

Trust me, this is a lot less innocent than it looks!  I had several “reassembles” to do over the holiday season!!!

ColourQ118

Happy Tuesday!  I know my post is late....I believe my computer has finally bitten the dust!  OH NO!  I am doing this on hubby's computer....so bear with me!  All my photos are on my other computer, and my card is in the mail, so I have only one to share!
First, let's see what Arielle has come up with for our ColourQ Challenge today:

Isn't this super?  I took a little liberty with the colors, using some that are similar to the challenge colors, as they are very close to the Everyday Enchantment paper from the new Sale-a-Bration catalog!  And here's my creation:

 I used a new die that is in the new mini (starts tomorrow) called Fashionable Hearts, as well as the Fresh Vintage SAB set, Tiny Tags and Petite Pairs. I CASE'd this from my friend Rita when she made this card using the mini envelope die that hasn't seen the light of day in my craft room for quite some time! And since this is a wedding card for my college roommate, who just got married this past week, it makes it a perfect choice for the A La Card Monkey challenge 89, which is this sketch and theme:

I think getting married is definitely a fresh start!  If you have any questions about any of the products, shoot me an email (include yours as well) and I'll try to answer them!  I hope you can play along with our lovely colors this week...be sure to check out the ColourQ blog to see what all the other designers have come up with!  Start the year with our super colors!

Mojo 222 Birthday

Happy Monday!  No babysitting today, so I was able to make a birthday card for a friend who loves purple!  A monochromatic card using Wisteria Wonder and some new sets, coming right up:

I used the Mojo 222 sketch from Mojo Monday:

and here’s the inside:

Sets used were Elementary Elegance,  Fresh Vintage and Petite Pairs---new sets (except Petite Pairs) from the new mini or Sale-a-bration catalogs.   I am having so much fun with them!

I have been on vacation from babysitting this past week, so I don’t have any fresh pictures….this is from Christmas day…that glazed look when kids are enthralled by the TV or computer screen!  She got a little baby Leap pad:

Be sure to come back tomorrow for the ColourQ!

Happy New Year!

Enjoy your day with your family---we’ll be “de-Christmasing”, as my girlfriend calls it, the house today.  I thought I would share a little gift that my sweet blog friend Shirley created and gave to me for Christmas! 

Isn’t he cute?  Or maybe it’s a she?  The party hat is something I added…..a little fun accessory that I will try to change each month!!!  So stay tuned!  I haven’t decided on a name for my little owl yet…..any suggestions?    Enjoy your day!!  And be sure to come back next Sunday when the Paper Players challenges resume!!!