You Inspire Me

 This card was inspired by sketch challenge #127 at Pals Paper Arts and Hanna & Friends Challenge #129 Pink and Grey Challenge. 

Here is the card with the matching envelope:

SUPPLIES:

Stamps/Images: Sentiment is computer generated

Paper:  Georgia Pacific White Cardstock and DCWV Luxury Stack.

Ink/Coloring: None

Accessories: Spellbinders Fancy Tags Die Cut, Corner Chomper, Ribbon, Assorted Paper Flowers & Brads.

Challenges Galore Valentine Card

This card was inspired by the following 4 challenges:

 Card Patterns Sketch 149 - I love this sketch.

All Sorts 138 Needles & Pins Challenge

Phindy's Friday 89- Shaped Card Challenge

Wags & Wiskers 71- Love/Valentine's Challenge

 I used the Cricut with the Accent Essentials cartridge to cut the shape of the card.  I cut two pieces and glued them together at the top with a score line to make the card easy to open.  

SUPPLIES:

Stamps/Images: none

Paper:  DCWV Four Seasons Paper Stack,  Georgia Pacific White Cardstock, Rose Cardstock

Ink/Coloring: none

Accessories: Accent Essentials Cricut Cartridge (Card shape), George & Basic Shapes Cricut Cartridge (Circle and Hearts), Embossing Folder/Cuttlebug, Grosgrain Ribbon, Lace, Assorted Metal Findings and Buttons, Pearl Head Pins, Flat Back Pearls, Organza Ribbon Flowers.

Clean & Simple #174 and Fussy & Fancy Let It Snow

 I really liked the sketch on this week's Clean & Simple Challenge #174 and I decided to combine it with Fussy & Fancy's Let it Snow Challenge since we are expecting a snow storm tonight and I'm hoping to be snowed in my art studio this weekend.  

I printed the lyrics to "Let it Snow" and used patterned paper by Me and My Big Ideas.  

I added a little bit of snowflake embossing, a few metal snowflake charms and tons of flat back pearls.

Cards & Things #104 and Flutter By Wednesday #186

 Here is my card and matching envelope for two challenges- 

Cards & Things #104 Sketch Challenge and Flutter By Wednesday #186 Open Challenge.  

 This cards is made with patterned paper from K & Company SW Botanicals paper pack, teal cardstock, grosgrain ribbon, swarovski crystals and metal butterfly charms.  

 Here is the inside:

 And matching envelope made with the Martha Stewart Scoring Board.  I LOVE that thing!  I don't think I'll be buying any more envelopes.  I get so many compliments from the post office clerks with these envelopes and they don't even get to see what's inside.  

CAS-ual Fridays Challenge CFC13- The Long and the Short of it...

This week's challenge at CAS-ual Fridays is to make a 4 by 9 inch clean and simple card.  Clean and simple designs are a big challenge for me but I like this one.  It's a good start to my weekend.  If I'm feeling well tomorrow, I have a whole day to myself in my art studio.  I'm hoping for a "feel good" day!

CPS #228 Sketch Challenge

 Here's my card for this week's Card Positioning Systems Sketch Challenge.  This is a simple one because I wanted to keep it flat so I could mail it.  I've joined an inchies swap and this will be accompanying my inchies to my swap partner.  

Mojo Monday #201

Here's my card for this week's Mojo Monday Sketch Challenge.  

And here's the inside.

Simple Happy Summer

Here are two clean and simple, easy cards that I made for my nephews when school got out for the summer.  Each card had a Dairy Queen gift certificate inside because I'm a cool Aunt like that.  ha ha  Just sharing the cards before they get lost in my files.  Enjoy.

CPS #225 Sketch Challenge- And an altered rotary phone...

This week's sketch at Card Positioning Systems is a fun one and I made it more fun with an altered project to match the card.

My 12 year old niece went with us to a flea market recently and discovered a rotary phone... something she had never seen before.  She loved it and wanted one.  We found her one but it was a bit beat up so I altered it a little to jazz it up.  She absolutely loves it (and the matching earrings I made) and the coolest part is that the phone still works.  They called me from it to say hello today!  I love to make those kids happy!

Here's the card:

Here's the altered rotary phone.  You wouldn't believe how heavy it is or how long it takes to actually dial a number!  ha ha

And here are the earrings I made her.

No excuse not to get phone calls from her now!  ha ha

Mojo Monday #197- A Matching Gift Set

This week's Mojo Monday sketch inspired me to create a card and matching gifts for a good friend's birthday that is coming up.  

Here's the card...

 This rose is created with a scallop punch and it's so easy.  You can find instructions here.

 Here's the inside of the card.

And here's the gifts to go along with the card.  First, two matching notebooks.

 And a matching post it note holder and microbead pen.  The post it note holder is made using and acrylic photo frame.  

One last shot of the card and note holder.  

I also made her a matching pair of earrings since I am also a jewelry designer but I didn't photograph them yet.  I'll add that picture soon.   You can now click here to see the matching jewelry I made to go along with this gift.  

Happy 4th of July weekend.  Stay safe and keep our soldiers in your prayers.

Stamp Something Challenge- Red, White & Blue

This week's challenge at Stamp Something is red, white and blue.  This card that I made to send to a friend's son who is serving in the Navy is perfect to share for this challenge.  I'm getting all of my soldier packages together to send out, now I just need to bake some cookies.  

 The inside:

More Patriotic- Welcome Home with a Gift

A family friend has just come back from deployment and I made this card and small gift to welcome him home.  The gift is a small frame that I made say "Home Sweet Home".  It's a great little frame that I found at a discount store some time ago and it was perfect for this project.  I embellished it with some silver corner pieces and some patriotic ribbon.  I hope he likes it along with the cookies I'll be sending.