Wild Congrats

I decided to try to use some of the colored envelope insides. A difficult feat when you don't quite have the right color ink. This is my first attempt, and I used the two different blue inks to make up for the fact that neither was the perfect match. You can see I cut out the darker ear and put it on the lighter blue elephant with a pop-dot. Then I used a small piece of blue paper with a jewel brad and a little white ribbon. I stamped the 'congrats' with the Brilliant ink and put it all on the blue & white envelope inside, and put it on a Whisper White card.

Framed Verse

I made this verse last night to go in this blue frame we've had laying around for years! My husband picked the verse, but I made it all girly! It was pretty quick. I did it in a couple hours. I printed the verse on my computer, then cut it to size and stamped it all over with the flower in different shades of blue (bashful & brilliant). Then I colored in the darkest ones with a white crayon and used a cotton swab to put Not Quite Navy chalk all over. Then I rubbed off the spots with the crayon for the chalk to come off, leaving white flowers. I didn't think it was enough punch, so I stamped a few black flowers and used my blender pen to color them in, and attached them with Stampin' Dimensionals - some going off the edges. I matted it in a little black paper and then put it all on a silver piece and put it in the frame. Much easier and quicker than I had expected it to be.

Asian Thank You II

A more manly thank-you note I made today with the same Asian set I got for Christmas. The top rectangle is a gemstone brad on black paper with silver wire wrapped around it. The bamboo and the sentiment were stamped in black. The patterned paper - you guessed it - a recycled envelope. All matted in black. I'm not in love with this card, but the metal added a lot in person....

Asian Thank You's

I got this great Japanese stamp set for Christmas, and made a stack of these notes for our Christmas thank you's. Those of you who've seen my stuff before will probably recognize this black & white print as my 'recycled paper' - from the inside of security envelopes. I put a 1/2 inch strip of black to border the paper. Stamped the sentiment and the branch in black. Then I colored the branch with colored pencils and matted it in red for a punch of color. I like them!

Mom's Jar

My sister and I created this jar for our Mom for Christmas. We came up with a list of 52 things we were thankful for about her and put each one on a strip for her to pull out. Then included the instructions: to pull one out each week and know that we are so thankful for her. What a wonderful gift!! Thinking of the 52 things was not hard, Mom....

Quilled Invitation

Here is a wedding invitation I quilled around for some friends. They are getting married next weekend and had the red ribbon already in the invitation. I kept the red ribbon on the invitation and pulled in some red with the two hearts in the corner. I tried to make my quilling match the flower strip on the bottom of the invitation. Then I was excited to find this frame that matched that would hold the depth of the quilling! Congrats to the Adams'!

Crazy Scarf

This is the craft I made with my crazy yarns I got on sale last week. I cut two lengths of them for each "string" in the braid and added some fabrics and other yarns I had at the house already. Then tied a knot, braided them together and tied another knot. What do you think?

Yarn

I got all of these yarns at Hobby Lobby for 50 cents each today!!! :) Very, very exciting! I have a fun project idea too. Can't wait to finish my current project so I can try it out!

Basket No. 4

My fourth crocheted basket, and my favorite by far. I tightened this one up by using a smaller crochet hook. And I made it bigger around than my first, with a shorter side. I am very much enjoying having a little crochet back in my life....even if it is just one round around the basket on the good days!

Hoping one of my friends has a little boy soon so I can pass this on to their nursery! :)

Cake Card

I am not in love with this card, but you can't love them all, right?? I stamped this cake (Stippled Celebrations) three times in black & Bashful Blue. The blue one is up on Stampin' Dimensionals, the blacks are adhered directly to the blue cardstock. Then I printed the sentiment on the computer in blue & black, matted it in black paper and adhered it all to the card. I feel like it needs a little something exciting on it, but that may be just because I am in a sparkle mood.....

Another Chocolate Card

This may look a little familiar because I cut these chocolates and the ones from a few days ago from the same card! I printed this sentiment on the computer and pasted this all together, and that is all I did! The color scheme was totally taken from the chocolates. The front reads, "Friends are like fine chocolates" - the inside "it's what inside that matters."

Tadpoles

Another funny card from tonight in the craft closet. Front reads "We may not be tadpoles anymore" Inside reads "but at least we haven't croaked!"

I printed the sentiment from the computer onto white paper and matted it with some dark blue scraps I had. Then I stamped the frogs from Very Punny in Always Artichoke onto white and cut around them. I punched some Artichoke circles to mount them on to define them. Then I took paper that matched the card and stamped it with the linen background in Artichoke and ran the upper & lower edges across the ink pad for definition. Pasted it all together and done! A funny, manly card - great for an aging spouse! :) Hee hee!

Glittery Birthday

This was SO FAST! I took part of a card someone gave me for my birthday last year and cut it out and mounted it on black cardstock. Then I added some pink flower eyelets to match, put a sliver cord through and pasted it to the white card. I stamped "Happy Birthday" on the inside. There is a squiggle of Dazzling Diamonds glitter on the top and bottom - and it looks a lot better in real life! This card is very girly & glittery. And it encourages satisfaction of the sweet tooth....what woman wouldn't love it?!

Still Card-Making

For those of you who are wondering....I haven't completely quit card-making. I have been enjoying doing some other crafts, but I think I will always go back to making cards. They are so useful, fun, and a great thing to share!

I made this one today with inspiration from a thread on splitcoast stampers that has funny lines for cards. The front reads "Dance like no one is watching..." The inside reads "We could all use a good laugh."

I stamped the girl five times onto the peachy cardstock in Chocolate Chip and added some Dazzling Diamonds glitter to her skirt and ran my ink pad over the edges to soften them. Then I stamped the Crosshatch background onto white cardstock. I printed the sentiment off the computer in brown. Then I matted the girl and the sentiment in Chocolate Chip paper. I think it's simple, but fun.

Quilled Julianna

I made this for a baby shower last night. A friend from playgroup is having a little girl and chose flowers & butterflies on the sheets. I hope this will match her room, and that she likes it. I really like making these because they're personal and they can be used for years and years. They're not too terribly baby-ish.