Cards

Good morning!

As most of you have probably seen, there was a recent Paper Craft publication call that was super popular. They received over 2700 entries- can you imagine being one of the editors?! I have trouble deciding on picks with the DeNami challenges (and we usually don’t get more than 20 entries), I cannot even fathom having to narrow items down from that huge number.

Anyhow, back to the point of my explanation….I submitted a few cards for the publication call, but didn’t get any happy emails. Granted, I wasn’t really expecting to, but it would have been a nice surprise. :)

Here is my submission for one of the sketches……

 

I thought this was such a unique sketch, I just had to give it a try. Stuck with a simple design- really wanted to showcase the fun sketch.

Here you can really see all the different colored daisies. I just love the Small Daisy Blossom– it’s such a great image for backgrounds! To make it a little more special, I added some colored rhinestones to bring out the daisy centers. It’s the little details that make a card. :) 

Thanks to the lovely Amber, I don’t have to let this card go to “waste”. She is hosting this blog hop that is a genius idea. Be sure to check it out. 

Hope you all have a super great Friday! It’s off to an appointment then the gym for me! 

Good morning!

Today I have a fairly simple card, but I just love it. I love the blues and the sentiment is great! I had originally created this card for a publication call, but with my busy weekend, I didn’t end up getting around to submitting it. (Along with 6 other cards) Guess that’ll teach me to procrastinate……

I pulled out the WPlus9 sets Funky Foliage (for the sentiment) and The Birds & The Bees. I think these flowers are just too cute, and they are so much fun to color with Copics! 

Like I said, simple card, but it’s great for just about any occasion. To me, those are the best kinds of cards! :)

Hope you all are having a great week. It’s been a little crazy, so I haven’t been able to post much. Hopefully I can get back into it soon!

Hi, sweet blog friends!

Today I have a card that features stamps by Wilson Designs! I always love supporting new businesses, especially when they are owned by sweet people! :) Kim is definitely a sweetheart, and her designs are super fun!

Here’s my card featuring the owl that’s in the Everything’s Owlright set….

I paired up the owl and branch with the DeNami sentiment: Owl Always Be Your Friend. Loved that I was able to pair up both DeNami and Wilson Designs!

Thanks for stopping by my blog today! Hope this card brought a smile to your face. :)

Happy Monday!

How are you, sweet blog friends? I hope you all had a great weekend! Mine was extra long, with my snow day, but it was AMAZING! I got a ton of cards made (for publication calls) and got some intense workouts in. In addition, I got a new toy…..I’ll post it at the end….

Today’s card was a reject for a pub call, but I still like the card. :) I did something different for this one- I stamp the sentiment multiple times (in two different colored inks) and created a “patterned paper”. I love this look- going to be doing this again!

Okay, now onto my new toy…..

I FINALLY got an iPhone! I don’t think I ever mentioned wanting one (on here), but I’ve been wishing for one for quite a while. I’ve heard so many great things about them, and with a larger than normal tax return, I went ahead and got one yesterday. I spent all of last night playing with it, downloading apps, and looking at different cases. There are so many neat apps- I’ve gotten quite a few already. I know many of my crafty friends have iPhone- what are YOUR favorite apps? I’d love to check them out! 

That’s all for today. Thanks for visiting me today- I always love hearing from you all. :) 

Hi there!!

Snow is coming down steadily over here in Washington. I tell ya, we have some of the strangest weather. Yesterday, within 10 minutes, it was blindingly sunny, then it started to snow like crazy! 

Since I wasn’t able to make it to the gym yesterday (because of the snow), I decided to play along with the super fun colors of the DeNami Color Challenge #6. Lisa did an awesome job with her picks!

 

I actually struggled a bit with this one- something I tend to do when there are only three colors to play with. I think my mind freezes because I’m used to using lots of colors! :) 

For this card, I decided to pull out the super adorable elephant from the Safari Animals stamp set. A long way back, I created a card with a similar idea- it’s still one of my favorite “kid cards”.

Isn’t that elephant darling? I had the hardest time resisting putting a marker to him! Can’t you also see it paper pieced? I see those ideas running through that mind of yours. ;) 

If you have a DeNami stamp, check out the blog so YOU can play along in this challenge too! Even if you don’t have a DeNami stamp (yet!), be sure to hop on over and take a look at the FABULOUS cards by the design team! 

Talk to you soon!

Hi there!

It’s been a few days since I’ve written. I had an extra long weekend (four days off), so I took that time to just relax. I had all these ideas of what I wanted to do, but hardly did any of it! One thing that I DID do….I took an day trip to Portland with my sister and BFF. Yes, we’re crazy like that. ;) 

I just realized when I put the watermark on this card, that I JUST posted a get well card. I created quite a few for a recent publication call, so hopefully you don’t mind seeing another one! Like the previous one, this will hopefully bring a smile to the receivers face.

I pulled out my Spellbinders Labels Five as my focal point. I love the shape of this one- it’s so unique! Then, under the whales, I added a one of the shapes from the Ribbon Tag Trio set. Can you tell I’m addicted to Spellbinders? :)

Here you can see that I “highlighted” one of the whales. I paper pieced the whales with some polka dot paper. Paper piecing is great if coloring isn’t your thing, or just to add a fun pattern. 

Thanks for stopping by, sweet blog friends!  

Happy Saturday to you!

It sure it a good Saturday for me. Why? Because I still have three more days of my extended weekend! I love when holidays are on a Monday! Hoping to catch up on some publication calls and possibly pick up a new purse. :)

Today I have a recent reject from a publication call. I actually have quite a few to share with you, but with my crafting time being semi limited lately, I thought I’d space them out. 

I don’t know about you, but when I’m sick, I want to see bright colors to make me happy. Can you imagine receiving this card when you were feeling under the weather? I’ve actually never received a “get well soon” card, but I think I’d enjoy getting one like this. :) 

Recently I’ve been pulling out my WPlus9 stamps out a lot more. It makes me sad to see them unused! I used one of the stamps in Woodgrain Silhouettes Additions for my focal point. LOVE this image!

I hope you have a super great weekend. Thanks for stopping by and leaving me some love today! ;)