2011 365 #063 - you're a gem

I did this crown for the hype of the royal wedding...figured I may as well follow suit with most of the world. I had no gold paper (can't believe it...or I just couldn't find it) so I sprayed yellow paper with some smooch spray...voila, it is now super blingy, but the picture doesn't capture it. I cut the two crowns out on the cricut and glued them together. The purple background paper is fuzzy, but again, you can't tell that from the picture. I am entering it in the following challenges:

opus gluei - royal jewels: http://opus-gluei.blogspot.com/

cps card sketches - the sketch: http://cardpositioningsystems.blogspot.com/

paper sundaes - recipe: sparkle, pearls, diecuts, and the colour yellow: I have all four: http://papersundaes.blogspot.com/

alphabet challenge: yellow: http://alphabetchallengeblog.blogspot.com/

just us girls challenge: 3d template: the crown is 3d: http://justusgirlschallenge.blogspot.com/

daring cardmakers - royal challenge: http://daringcardmakers.blogspot.com

Thanks for looking! have a great week!

2011 365 #064 - Mr. and Mrs.

I made this card for the following challenges:

less is more: off centre:http://simplylessismoore.blogspot.com/

crafty creations: white space:http://craftycreationschallenges.blogspot.com/

simon says stamps: embossing: http://simonsaysstampschallenge.blogspot.com/

opus gluei: royal jewels/wedding:http://opus-gluei.blogspot.com/

it is hard to tell from this picture, but the card is actually a white, satin cardstock. It embosses real well while still looking like fabric. It is not cream colored at all and is actually more of a grey/white tone...not sure why it looks this colour in the picture, but it is what it is!

2011 365 #062 - girl baby cards

This is my last entry for the Scrapyard baby card entries. I am also entering them in the following challenges:

sketch saturday: the sketch - http://sketchsaturday.blogspot.com/

frosted designs: bird or butterfly: http://frosteddesigns.blogspot.com/

totally stampalicious: less than 3 embellishments: http://totallystampalicious.blogspot.com/

hope you like them!

2011 365 #061 - baby spinner card

I made this card as my second entry to the challenge at the scrapyard in stonewall...i am also entering it in the following online challenges:

less is more - off centre:http://simplylessismoore.blogspot.com/

peachy keen stamp challenge : sketch with a twist to use metal...have silver paper and a silver spinner: http://peachykeenstampschallenge.blogspot.com/

thanks for looking!

2011 365 #060 - baby cards

Happy Easter weekend everyone! For those of you doing the 365 challenge, today is day 112...how well are you doing? We are about a third of the way through the year....I made these cards cuz my cousin had a baby boy this week and baby is the challenge of the month out in Stonewall...so I made doubles cuz they need to be in the same place at the same time!

I am entering them in the following challenges as well:

The Sweet Stop - used their sketch (which is awesome as always):http://sweetstopsketches.blogspot.com

crafty creations- 1 technique (stamping), 2 embellishments (flowers and buttons) and three patterned papers- :http://craftycreationschallenges.blogspot.com

enjoy!

2011 365 #059 - manly birthday

i always find it super hard to make masculine birthday cards (as you can see from the previous brutal attempt), but i think this one turned out much better...might have to go a whip up a few more of these ones tonight and build up my stash a little...i am entering it in the following challenges: bunny zoes crafts: one for the boys: http://bunnyzoescrafts.blogspot.com/ card patterns sketch 111: http://cardpatterns.blogspot.com/ pixie dust studios: say it out loud - use a sentiment on the front of the card: http://pixieduststudiopixiechallenge.blogspot.com/ totally stampalicious - keep it simple: http://totallystampalicious.blogspot.com i hope this one is a little more pleasing to look at than the last one!!!

2011 365 #058 - birthday greetings

as my daughter so kindly pointed out, "this is not your best work mom"...she is probably right, but i was experimenting with my sew easy tool that i purchased on the weekend....there were a couple of challenges out there for stitching, so this was my experiment...the colours are darker in real life, but look super light for some reason on the pic...too bad that never happens when you want it to be light...the circles say happy birthday...i am pathetically entering this in the following challenges:

lets ink it up - stitching: http://letsinkitup.blogspot.com/

saturday challenge: stitching: http://thesecretcraftersaturdaychallenge.blogspot.com/

the stampman: embossing: http://thestampmanchallenges.blogspot.com/

paper sundaes: texture: http://papersundaes.blogspot.com/

card positioning systems for the sketch: http://cardpositioningsystems.blogspot.com/

sorry to make you look at this torturous attempt at a card...at least it was fun to do all the techniques...they just didn't come together the same way they were playing out in my mind...ooops ;)

2011 365 #057 - butterfly birthdays

i made this card for the following challenges:

opus gluei: what's in your wallet...this one was scary at first thinking i might actually have to empty my purse to the public...yikes...then i remembered that i went to a "ball" on friday night with the hubby, so i decided to use that purse...phew...: http://opus-gluei.blogspot.com/

just us girls: colour challenge: aqua, black, coral and craft with a happy birthday thrown in the mix: http://justusgirlschallenge.blogspot.com/

and the sketch from cardabilities: http://cardabilities.blogspot.com/

hope you like it!

2011 365 #056 - Emily's birthday invites

These are the invitations that I quickly made up for Emily's birthday party....she had a great time today with all of her friends at the pool....

I will enter this in the Opus Gluei challenge - their challenge is to pick an old challenge and do it...I chose Challenge 51 - make a set of something without patterned paper: http://opus-gluei.blogspot.com/2010/04/challenge-51-ready-set-go.html

you can find this week's challenge here: http://opus-gluei.blogspot.com/

I am also entering them at really reasonable ribbon's challenge: diecuts and ribbon: the cupcakes in the strip are some awesome ribbon that I found at Michaels' last week: http://reasonableribbon.blogspot.com/

2011 365 #55 - zentangle #2

so, I see by the comments (as nice and appreciated as they are), that I messed up on the clean and simple challenge...I didn't leave much for white space on my last card thinking I was being clean and simple because I had used little for embellishments etc. So I did another card using the same technique but leaving more than 50% white space...I think this entry may be better suited for the less is more challenge here: http://simplylessismoore.blogspot.com/2011/04/week-9-colour-challenge-touch-of-red.html

and I will enter this one in the Opus Gluei as well - this is their technique for the week: http://opus-gluei.blogspot.com/2011/04/challenge-97-find-your-zen.html

thanks for looking (and the double spacing has fixed itself miraculously!)

2011 365 #054 - zentangle card

The Opus Gluei challenge today is to do "Zentangle" on a project...I had no idea what the was until I saw their samples, and then realized that I had been doing this "art form" my whole life...I had actually had this all over one part of my bedroom wall as a teenager at one point...so here is my attempt.

I am entering it in the following challenges:

Opus Gluei: zentangle: http://opus-gluei.blogspot.com/2011/04/challenge-97-find-your-zen.html

Twisted Sketches: sketch - twist fun- i thought this card looked fun: http://www.twistedsketches.com/2011/04/twisted-cards-53.html

one stop craft challenge: spots and dots: http://onestopcraftchallenge.blogspot.com/2011/04/week-125-spots-dots.html

less is more: a touch of red: http://simplylessismoore.blogspot.com/

plus, if anyone knows how to take this double space out of the enter on my blog, would love a tip...

2011 365 #053 - Mr. and Mrs.

I just thought I would throw in a picture of these cupcakes that I made for my friend's birthday...brought 36 of them into work on Monday for everyone to eat. Mmm...they were lemony and delicious...

I made this cutie of a card for the following challenges:

Let's capture these memories : sketch:http://letscapturethesesketches.blogspot.com/2011/03/card-sketch-26.html

Simon Says stamp: a hat: http://simonsaysstampandshow.blogspot.com/2011/03/simon-says-stamp-and-show-hat.html

The Resq challenge: corner rounders: http://resqchallenge.blogspot.com/2011/04/fractured-elbow-resq76.html

Really reasonable ribbon: dies or punches and ribbon: http://reasonableribbon.blogspot.com/2011/04/challenge-21-use-dies-or-punches-ribbon.html

paper cutz: easter colours: http://papercutzchallenge.blogspot.com/2011/03/85-easter.html

lili of the Valley: spring: http://liliofthevalleythursdaychallenge.blogspot.com/2011/03/challenge-90-spring.html

creative prompts for you: inspiration picture: http://creativeprompts4u.blogspot.com/2011/03/challenge-59-white-washed.html

cute card thursday: couples: http://cutecardthursday.blogspot.com/2011/03/challenge-158-couples.html

Totally stampalicious : BFF: http://totallystampalicious.blogspot.com/

thanks for looking....

Blog Award

I received a blog award from Linda at My Creative Playground - http://smilin2.blogspot.com/ Thanks for that, I have never received one of these before....not sure if I am doing this right or not???

According to the instructions, I am to pick 5 blogs to give this award to as well, so here are my picks:

Debby at a Scrapjourney : http://debby4000.blogspot.com/

Electra at Wishin I knew how to blog: http://wishiniknewhowtoblog.blogspot.com/

Jana at Studio 3 Twelve: http://icantwanna.blogspot.com/

Rosemary at Free Advice worth every penny : http://freeadvicewortheverypenny.blogspot.com/

Deanna at Girls in the craft: http://girlsinthecraft.blogspot.com/

I chose these ladies because I truly enjoy their crafts and their comments on my blog...all of them are super talented in different, but awesome (in my opinion, anyway) ways...

As a recipient of this award please do the following:

Thank the giver on your blog

Link back to the blogger who gave you the award

Copy and paste the award on your blog

Reveal your five blog picks

Let them know by leaving a comment....