Clueless!

This week over at the Cinema Saturday Creative Challenge, Brooke and Sankari offered up "Clueless" as the movie of the week and "a touch of plaid" as the challenge. I love this movie (I think I've had a crush on Paul Rudd ever since!) and was so sad to see the downward spiral of Brittany Murphy over the past few years and her untimely death last month.

Yes, I know green doesn't seem very "Clueless" (a nice pink would have probably been easier...) but here's the scoop on why I did what I did...

You see, I've been challenging myself to unearth long-forgotten supplies with the requirement I use them for whatever I am going to get involved with in a particular week. Whether it is new paper, a stamp set, or embellishments, I pick something and stick with it! Sometimes it is so hard!! Anyway, this week, I picked a great ombre sheer ribbon with a beautiful yellow to green gradient. Little did I know how difficult it was to find plaid paper in my stash that would match but I did and my simple, little St. Patrick's Day card was born.

I'm gonna say Cher was Irish! That works, right? :)

Supplies:
Stamps - Waltzing Mouse "Irish Blessings"
Cardstock - SU!
Ink - SU! Gable Green, Garden Green
DP - DCWV
Ribbon - Michael's

Part of the First!

I am so excited to participate in the first ever customer bloghop with Claire and her amazing team at Waltzing Mouse Stamps! I just got two new sets today that I can't wait to play with! Make sure to check back here or on Claire's blog on the 22nd!

Happy Valentine's Day!

This week the lovelies at Cinema Saturday Creative Challenge offered up "Sleepless in Seattle" and a big, red heart as inspiration. Perfect for the had-yet-been-made Valentine's Day card for my hubby.
Another card for my hubby? you ask. Well, yes. You see, starting at the end of October (his birthday), it is one special occasion after another for us - birthday, holidays, our anniversary of when we met, our wedding anniversary, and finally Valentine's Day!

I knew I wanted to use my new Sweethearts stamp set from Waltzing Mouse. I don't think I've raved enough about Claire here on this blog. Love! Her! I'm expecting two new sets in the mail sometime soon from her February release. Can't wait to get them and can't wait to use them! Claire just gets it, that's all I can say, and I find myself wishing for an endless supply of money to buy her sets and an endless supply of time to use them.

Supplies:
Stamps - Waltzing Mouse "Sweethearts"
Cardstock - SU! "Whisper White"
Ink - SU! "Riding Hood Red"
Twine - PTI
Key Charm - Meyer Imports
Chipboard Heart - Cosmo Cricket
Glitter - Walgreen's enhanced with Stickles because it was a mess!!

Happy Birthday Papertrey Ink II

Here is a card I made for the CPS sketch challenge as part of the big Papertrey Ink 3rd birthday extravaganza!

Happy Birthday Papertrey Ink

purchase welcome little one

This month we're all celebrating Papertrey Ink's 3rd anniversary! I can't remember how I discovered Papertrey but it was about May or so of last year and I've been awed and inspired by Nichole and her amazing design team ever since! In honor of the third anniversary, Nichole has some amazing things up for grab on her blog - including the challenge of making a card using the reverse embossing technique.

I knew just what I wanted to make for this challenge - a baby shower card for my good friend, Beth. The shower is tomorrow and this challenge came along at the perfect time! I've never used reverse embossing before and was dreaming this card up in my mind all day today while I was at the office. As Nichole says, I couldn't wait to get home tonight and "get inky." I think it turned out so cute and I really hope Beth likes it!

Supplies:
Cardstock - PTI, SU!
Ink - Versamark, PTI, SU!
DP - Martha Stewart
Stamps - SU!
Sponge - Michael's

A Titanic Challenge!

Guess what movie is featured over at the Cinema Saturday Creative Challenge this week? Yup, you guessed it - Titanic! I'm not sure I love the way this card came out but it is what it is, right? I think the flowers need some zhuzhing or something since it seems a bit on the plain side. Man, I really need to sit down at the old crafting table to get my crafty mojo back! It has been a very busy couple of months and I'm very behind!

The challenge was to incorporate navy and silver as a tribute to the Heart of the Ocean and I just love that color combination!! I knew I'd use a navy card base and wanted to try my hand at some more advanced embossing. I am so intimidated by embossing text - it never seems to come out right! This time, I worked hard at lining up my text stamps (they look pretty straight, don't they?), stamped them in Versamark and went for it with silver embossing powder. I still need practice but was happy they were straight and pretty crisp! I then added a couple of fun flowers and some silver leaves to finish it off.

Supplies:
Stamps – Inkadinkado, PTI
Cardstock, Versamark – PTI
DP - DCWV
Ink, rhinestones, silver embossing powder – Michael’s
Button, twine – PTI
Punches – Marvy Uchida

I'm Krafty!

I really try not to do this but knew I'd never be able to make two separate cards for two challenges this week. It has been one heck of a week and I've been in offsite meetings for work for the past two days! I feel really lucky that I was able to make this card in the middle of making our pork chops and roasting green beans for dinner tonight!! :)

So, the two challenges I made this card for were the Cinema Saturday Creative Challenge ("Austrailia") and the Mojo Monday Challenge. It was a hodge podge from the beginning and it became quickly apparent that this was destined to be one card! I knew straight away that the CSCC card inspiration was the amazing love story between Sarah and both the Drover and Nullah ("I sing you to me" touches my heart every time I hear it and love the creations the DT came up with using it!!) The challenge was to incorporate kraft which doesn't feel like a challenge because I love it so much!

I then looked at the Mojo Monday sketch challenge and decided I just had to attempt a circular card (my very first!!) I always wonder how all of you talented crafters make the round cards and I'm not quite sure I got it right. I made a hinge out of the back panel but lost a lot of interior room. I've tried in the past to use my Spellbinders on a folded piece of cardstock and think I may need some extra practice with that technique. I really think that is the way to go.

Supplies:
Stamps - Verve
Cardstock, Ink - SU!
Ribbon - Crafta
Buttons - PTI
Cuttlebug and Spellbinders dies