Journals Times Four

I have had a stack of composition notebooks in the closet waiting to be altered, so I pulled them out along with some designer paper I have been hoarding, some images I have colored with my new copics, my nesties, a few other embellishments and then went to work.

How cute are these Alota Bugs cuddled under a flower?


I'm really loving all the new Gina K Design Stamp Sets, so pretty and easy to pair.


Doesn't this designer paper make you ready for a vacation?


And look at this Tilda, so adorable, a birthday gift from my friend Heidi.


Thanks for stopping by and remember to leave some love!

Blessings to you all

My Day is Brighter

My project today is a card I made for the CropStop Sketch Challenge. All in all, it was a pretty simple card using designer paper, red brads, a button, decorative border punch, circle punch, and rub-ons. The stamps are from retired SU sets, but are favorites so I still use them from time to time.

I hope you enjoy the card and are having a blessed day.

A White Challenge

My good friend Heidi encouraged me to make a card for a white on white challenge, so this is the card I came up with. I used SU shimmer white (looks like vanilla in the picture) and whisper white cardstock. I stamped the sentiment and heart from the SU stamp set "Sweetheart" using poppy parade ink and used my scalloped heart dies along with my cuttlebug emboss folders to add some texture. I attached them to my card with pop dots and finished the card with my whisper white ribbon.

Geez, these white challenges are really hard!!

Blessings to you all

Birthday Wishes

I saw this layout in tackertwosomes gallery on SCS and just had to CASE it. It was really easy to make and I just love everything about it. I started with some doublesided DP, then I got out my nesties and ribbon. I finished the card with some baby pearls and now I can't wait to send this to the perfect birthday girl!

Blessings,
Cindy

2011 Calendar

Happy New Year!! I do hope the new year is starting out well for everyone.

My post today is a 2011 Calendar I made using a kit I received from my Swap Sister over at SCS.

I enjoyed making this calendar so much I want to make a couple more for gifts.

I started by coloring the flowers with my Spica Twinkling Like Stars Markers.

Next I used my die cuts to cut out the flowers, cardstock and a window on the designer paper.

I mounted the flowers on cardstock to match the flowers and the months to the back of the designer paper.

Next I made page corners for the top right and bottom left corners using a Martha Stewart border bunch.

I used my SU flower trio punch to punch the little flowers again using the same cardstock I used to match flower colors.

Next I added stickles to the center of the little flowers and then sponged the corners and calendar with the same ink as the cardstock.

I then finished each page by adding a quote.

I want to send another thank you to Sue, you couldn't have picked a better gift :-)

My SCS Swap Sisters are the best sisters in craft land!

Blessings,

Frosty

One of my favorite snowman is this little guy from the SU Frosty set. I have had this snowflake vellum paper for several years and thought I would get it out and see what I could put together. I added a strip of SU Bashful Blue ribbon, a 3.5" x 3.5" piece of confetti cardstock, and stamped Frosty on SU Bashful Blue cardstock. I stamped the SU Christmas Punch sentiment on confetti cardstock and used my scalloped oval punch to punch it out. I colored Frosty with my Twinkling Like Stars Markers and added the snow at the bottom with my Marvy Snow Marker and heat gun. Frosty's buttons are red and green stickles and his hat is colored with my Sakura Glaze black marker.

White and Bright

Today when I decided to work on some cards, I thought I would look to some challenges for inspiration. I love Our Daily Bread stamps and use them quite frequently, so I started my day with their challenge which was to make a card using whites. Well since there are so many shades of white, this proved to be a little more difficult than I thought it would be. With that said, here are the materials I used: stamps from ODB Cross of Christ set, paper crimper, cuttlebug embossing folder, white prima flowers, frosted lace stickles, white Bella baubles, and SU ribbon. You should take a look at all the beautiful creations for this challenge, there are some really talented ladies out there.

Now I'm off to work on another card..................

Blessings,

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

www.ourdailybreaddesignsblog.blogspot.com

http://scrappyfrogschallenge.blogspot.com/