The 3-Day! November 22, 2009

The Arizona edition of the Breast Cancer 3-Day was last weekend.  It was fun and interesting to see the walk from a non-walking perspective this year.  I had a great time cheering at all the stations!  My BFF walked again this year, so I had to make sure she got some fun mail at camp.

Thank You Cat

{Copics, DCWV papers, Penny Black Merci, Nesties, pearls, Celebrate It ribbon}

I made this one using Laura’s sketch from the recent 2 Sketches 4 You DT call:

Thank You Owl

{Prisma colored pencils, SEI papers, HA playful animals, HA square gems, Making Memories ric rack, stardust stickles}



A Second Anniversary November 3, 2009

Happy Anniversary to Lysa and her hubby!

{My Minds Eye pp, Making Memories Wedding, Making Memories gem pin,  Celebrate It ribbon, QuicKutz diamond and dots folder}

Simple Holiday November 1, 2009

Thanks to my recent HA gift card, I have a boatload of new and cute Christmas stamps!  This week’s HA challenge just so happens to be simple holiday – a perfect time to bust out the newbies.

I actually got on a bit of a roll and ended up with 5 cards!

This first group I used some Making Memories charms that I’ve had sitting around for.ever.  Was never sure what to do with them, but now, voila:

Holiday Shorties Trio

{American Crafts and My Minds Eye pps, HA Holiday Sayings, Making Memories charms, assorted gemstones}

Simple Snowman

I stamped the snowflakes on the snowman’s body with Versamark Dazzle Frost and then clear embossed for some subtle sheen and dimension.

{Bazzill Dotted Swiss – scarf, HA Build Your Own, HA Create Your Own, HA Holiday Sayings, CB swiss dots}

Now, what’s a group of holiday cards without an animal?  Incomplete!

Celebration Kitty

Incomplete no longer!

{American Crafts pp, HA Design Your Own, K & Co. gem}

I’m really diggin’ the Create Your Own and Design Your Own sets.  If it weren’t for the GC I probably never would have even gotten one, let alone both.

I ended up getting a huge deal on some holiday paper today – lot’s more Christmas card fun to come!

Happy Halloween! Part 2 November 1, 2009

A few weeks ago, I got the cutest Halloween stamp set from The Greeting Farm.  No question it needed to be used for some shorties!  I made one for each of my loved ones.  Had to wait to post till each loved one got theirs.

All the cards use The Greeting Farm Spooktacular and DCWV papers, the additional supplies are listed after each card.

Bride of Frankenstein x 2 (dresses and hair stripes glow in the dark!)

{Making Memories ribbon tape, pearls, glow-in-the-dark fabric paint}

Mummy

{Making Memories ribbon, hemp string, Favorite Findings buttons}

Dracula

{K & Co. gems}

A Good Witch

{Bazzill Dotted Swiss paper, HA gems, Lavender Stickles, Offray ribbon, plain ole staple}

Lil Pumpkin Head

{Pink Paislee Eclipse pp; Bazzill Dotted Swiss; Dashes, Dots, & Checks ribbon; Pebbles Inc. candy dots}

Happy Halloween! October 31, 2009

Kitten Frankenstein

{Supplies: HA DB Clouds, HA Love My Cat, HA Stamp It Halloween, TGF Spooktacular, Offray ribbon, HA black gems}

Card layout is based on Kazan’s sketch from the 2 Sketches 4 You design team call:

Silhoutte Flowers October 25, 2009

I was excited by how nicely this Thank You card came out.  I used my new Hero Arts cling stamp with one of my new Hero Arts shadow inks.  Too lovely.  I’m in love with this color combo almost as much as blue and gray.

Thanks

{Supplies: HA Cling Silhoutte Flower, HA Thoughtful Messages, HA soft sand shadow ink, SEI charlemange papers, Bazzill dotted swiss paper, Celebrate It ribbon}

My plan is to give this one to my Realtor when my house deal is fully and finally complete.

33rd Anniversary October 24, 2009

Yesterday was my parent’s 33rd anniversary, and to celebrate I re-did their wedding album.  I haven’t taken any pictures of it yet, but the plan is to eventually get a few.  As I was working on their wedding pictures I decided to incorporate one into their card as well.

Aww:

{Supplies: Crate Paper Tangerine pp, Celebrate It satin ribbon, Making Memories vintage gem pins, CB swiss dots, copic markers}

Happy Anniversary!

Happy Birthday, Dad! October 11, 2009

With the help of this week’s Mojo Monday Sketch and my new favorite color combo, I came up with a nice, non-sissy card for dad’s birthday!

Mojo Sketch:

Happy Birthday, Dad

{Supplies: Bazzill cardstock, HA Number Zero, Stampendous Happy Everything, Prisma pencils, JoAnn Sew Essentials buttons, CB houndstooth, Nesties Label Three, pearls, Stardust Stickles}

Look at the added dimension:

Blue and Gray October 11, 2009

I have a new favorite color combination.  Blue and gray!  It’s even likely the color scheme of my new bedroom (I’m buying a house!  Fingers crossed the seller’s bank approves my offer!).  Eee!

I started this card out as Dad’s birthday card, but then it got a bit too feminine when I added the ruffled ribbon.  I won’t subject dad to a sissy card, so this is one to hang on to!

Blue and Gray Birthday

{Supplies: Bazzill cardstock, Stampendous Hey There Cupcake, CB Houndstooth, Nesties Label One, Celebrate It ribbon, pearls, Star Dust Stickles}

The ruffled ribbon is a technique I learned from Dawn, one example here.

The most notable thing about this card is that the image was NOT colored with Copics!  This is the first time since I got my Copics back in… was it February?… that I reunited with my trusty Prisma colored pencils!

Precious Cookie Favor Bags – Revisted October 11, 2009

Last week it was time again for my work to hold a United Way farmer’s market slash bake sale.  I once again prepared some Precious Cookie Favor Bags!  (Rewind here and here.)  I considered re-dressing my animals from last year for a variation on the cute theme.  But then I saw Kristina Werner’s  September: A Year of Cards project and decided to go for those instead!  For the sake of ease and time (I waited till two days before the sale to get started, heh) I didn’t change much about Kristina’s designs other than make them smaller.  I did add a shape of my own too.

Not the greatest pictures since I didn’t get to take any until the assembly process, but you get the idea!

Pumpkin

Ghost

Candy Corn

{Supplies for all: Crafts Etc. and DCWV papers, HA Happy Halloween, BoBunny dis-Stress Me Out (hard to see white dots on ghost), CB Swiss Dots, K&Co. gems, Stickles, white embroidery floss}

No face painting this year since the sale wasn’t on Halloween.  Should I happen to get Zombie’d later on I’ll be sure to share!