Merry Monday #8

Happy Wednesday!  I managed to make my Christmas card a little earlier this week, using Lesley’s Merry Monday sketch #8:

And here is my creation:

My image and background are from Crafty Secrets; the sentiment is from Flourishes:

 

I stamped my vintage Santa on Naturals Ivory cardstock with Not Quite Navy ink, then overstamped the music with Baja Breeze.  Some Baja Breeze seam binding provided a little additional embellishment.

 

I really wanted to add some bling or glitter or a button or something, but I forced myself to leave it CAS—less postage this way!  Thanks for visiting today!

Cassidy LOVES grapes.  We are teaching her that she cannot eat in our living room, so this chair has become her go-to chair for any quick little snack!  It is close to the living room doorway, so once she’s finished, she can make a quick getaway to her toys!

All done!

ColourQ125 & CPS153

Happy Tuesday, everyone!  It’s ColourQ time again!  Check out this comfy comforter color inspiration from Arielle:

When I saw this card that Christina had made, using the Card Patterns Sketch 153, the wheels started to turn!  Here’s the sketch:

and here’s my card:

I guess I did a sort of  literal interpretation here!  I chose some floral stamps and did some stamping, embossing and emboss resist techniques, then punched them into 1” squares and mounted them on an embossed and scalloped panel.   I just happened to have some coordinating fabric brads, and since the colors were a bit earthy, I thought it would make an appropriate sympathy card.

If you have any questions about products or techniques, be sure to shoot me an email and I’ll be happy to give you details.  Just make sure you give me an email address contact information.  I can’t wait to see how you interpret these colors!  Be sure to stop on over at the CQC blog and check out what the other designers created, and share your masterpiece as well!

 

 

They learn quickly what to do with those cell phones, don’t they?

Happy Butterfly Card

I wanted to share a card with you a made last week; I cased the idea from a swap card that I have had for years!  Here we go!   The front panel of the card folds up from the bottom:

The second panel folds from the inside; it is a bit shorter than a standard card front:

And then the inside panel holds the sentiment!

I think if I do this again, I’ll have the front panel fold down from the top!  Anyway, I had fun with the colors and images!  And my friend liked it (wink wink)!   If you have any questions about any of the products, be sure to zip me an email with your email address; I can’t respond to anonymous comments!

A big dipper for a wee little girl!  Be sure to come back tomorrow for a new ColourQ challenge!!

Paper Players 83

Happy Sunday and welcome back to another Paper Players challenge!  Today Anne Marie has chosen a CAS theme for us---masculine!

I have two little great-nephews, so I chose to make a “youthful” masculine birthday card:

I chose to use two bright primary colors, Real Red and Pacific Point, along with some retired DP and a current set, Delightful Dozen, which is a really great sentiment set!

I was also able to use a couple of fun punched borders that my sweet friend Linda made for me----she just happened to do one of each in the colors I chose, so I pieced them together to make one multi-colored one!  I also used the Freshly Made Sketch 22 from this week, too:

I hope you’ll use this Clean and Simple challenge to soup up  your stash of masculine cards!!!  Come play with us and share your creation over at the Paper Players blog!  And while you’re there, be sure to check out all the other goodies the designers have made! 

Reading time with Grampy!

  

Thanks for visiting today!

My Favorite Layout

No, that’s not the name of a new challenge, it’s just me showing you my favorite layout, the one I go to when I need a quick card!  On this birthday card, I used a sweet vintage image from Crafty Secrets, stamped it in Regal Rose and mounted it on a card with two coordinating Basic Grey papers:

The DP panels are roughly one third and two thirds; sometimes I add a layer behind them; sometimes I separate the pieces to show the layer behind; today I added some pretty gingham ribbon that I’ve had in my stash for ages!   Sometimes I just put a sentiment as my focal image, sometimes I don’t use a sentiment on the front and just put it on the inside…there are so many possibilities with this layout, that’s why I love it so much!  Plus I get to play with beautiful papers that I sometimes tend to hoard!

And although we all love to color, if you have a beautiful line image like this, you don’t need to color it every time!  Isn’t she sweet?  This card took about 15 minutes to make once I decided on my colors and patterns! 

Thanks for visiting today and be sure to come back tomorrow for a new Paper Players challenge!

Does it make me a bad grammy if I let her lick the frosting spoon???

Merry Monday #7

Another Christmas card for my stash using Lesley’s Merry Monday Challenge #7 sketch:

And here we go:

Some Eskimo Kisses DP by BG, a  little Penny Black image stamped on SU Shimmery White cardstock, colored with Copics, and some sparkly glitter:

What a happy little face!  Thanks for visiting today!
Cassidy “dances” when she hears music:

DD’s Birthday

29 years ago today, I gave birth to my beautiful daughter, Dana! 

Last week I found  a really sweet digi image on TLC, began coloring,  and then realized it would make a cute birthday card for her:

I colored the image with Copics, added some Cosmo Cricket Odds & Ends Papers, some oval & scalloped mats and a pretty little rolled rose:

A PTI sentiment and some pink baker’s twine finished it off!  Thanks for visiting today!

Yesterday we learned about JELLO!