Tag: cards

  • Get Well Soon

    Get Well Soon

    When I saw the challenge over at Simon Says Monday Challenge – something with wings, I knew exactly which stamp I wanted to use because aren’t these birds the cutest? Wouldn’t you feel better receiving a card with one of these cuties from Wing and a Prayer by Unity?

    For both cards I wanted the feeling of being all stitched up so lots of sewing happening LOL!

    I created this Get Well Soon one first using a sketch from my sketches (see link at the top for the ones I have uploaded thus far). I dug out some very old MFT dies – the bandaids and the get well soon. I thought the dotted paper in the A Little Tenderness Paper pack would work well as a bandaid.

    I mounted the bird on foam squares for some dimension.

    Here’s the sketch I used, see the others HERE

    Now while I had the stamps and paper out I wanted to see what I could do with the scraps from this first card and this is what I came up with. I just played around with them, trimming a couple to fit better. Once again the bird is mounted on foam squares. I have such a button stash and don’t use them hardly at all, but I knew that I would have one that was a good color for this card so yay for using some stash LOL!

    Now head on over to Unity and grab the stamp set and papers as they are on sale right now!

    Linking up to the Simon Says Challenge

  • Aging Like Fine Wine

    Aging Like Fine Wine

    Unity has some fun new releases in celebration of Angie’s birthday. Of course when I saw this image from the Hot Flash and Happy Hour set (it is on sale right now!), I knew it would pair perfectly with the Wine Collection from Echo Park. Can you relate to either of them? Although I am not a drinker, I love the full bodied and fabulous LOL

    I then had to create another card bectause I loved the sentiment on the Ephemera (even though I don’t swear either – man I am boing LOLOL), ‘Lets try it out’ haha. I cut apart the stamped sentiment to add into the 3 blocks I put down. I often cut apart stamped sentiments to make them work for what I am doing, do you?


    Now go grab this stamp set while it is on sale!

    of course if you are looking for the paper, you can get it here:

  • Sweet Wishes

    Sweet Wishes

    The new Inspired By Challenge is up and I was pretty literal with my take on it… gave me a good excuse to use my Cake Pop stamp set from PTI again. And I will admit it took me longer to make this than it should have LOL

    I combined it with a die and sentiment stamp from The Stamps of Life.. With everything being mounted on foam squares for dimension.

    Now we would love to see how you are inspired

  • Ski Pass

    Ski Pass

    The new Inspired By Challenge is up and I was inspired by the colors and winter theme. I used a new image from Angie Blom Designs along with some papers from Simple Stories. I had the die cut frame laying on my desk for a previous project so I incorporated it and added a bit of glitter to it. I was going for the look of walking around a winter ski village (here it would be Whistler, which is on my bucket list one day to spend a weekend there). To add even more detail to the card I embossed the white cardstock and then finished off the card with some snowflakes.

    Now here are the Inspired By images, we would love for you to play along!

  • Big Squeeze

    Big Squeeze

    Today I am sharing a card that could be used for someone who just needs a hug. Wouldn’t you love to receive a little happy mail, when you’re feeling down?

    I used the Wee Little Love Courier from Unity and paired it with my Sweet Valentine Wishes collection available in my ETSY shop.

    I just love this cute little guy, what about you? If so, be sure to grab him as it is on sale right now.

  • Whatever Keeps You Warm

    Whatever Keeps You Warm

    I am up on the Coffee Loving Papercrafters blog today and since it is a new month there’s a new theme challenge happening. This month the theme is Sweater. I knew thisGretchen Girl Stamp would work perfectly for this challenge and I have used a sentiment from Warm & Cozy Season

    I used a sweater embossing folder to emboss the main card base, though it is a little hard to tell.

    Check out the stamps and paper here (click on images)

    Now come on over to the Coffee Loving Papercrafters blog and play along

  • Turn the Page

    Turn the Page

    A new month means new releases over at Unity and I am so in love with this month’s KOM! So many fun images so stay tuned I will be sharing lots this month! First up, this cutie, which I thought was fitting for the start of a new year. We have turned the page on last year, and starting all fresh, I for one am looking forward to this year and what things I can accomplish!

    I have used the You are My Sunshine collection from Echo Park. I love the bright happy colors and patterns in this collection. I imagined her sitting in a garden full of flowers on a sunny spring day.

    I coloured her with copics, pieced together some papers, stitched added a ribbon and voila, all done.

    Curious, are you a reader? What books do you like to read?

    Now go grab this cute set Once the Story Opens, while it is on sale! {Click on image for direct link}

    Of course be sure to check out Echo Park’s newest collection too!

  • Inspired By and Guest Designer for JUGS

    Inspired By and Guest Designer for JUGS

    Happy New Year!

    It’s Thursday so that means another Inspired By Challenge. But I was also asked to be the Guest Designer on JUGS this month and I am pretty excited about that. This week I decided to combine the challenges. I was inspired by the snowmen and the sketch on Inspired By and on JUGS we were to use a cover plate die. I dug through my die collection and found a couple of neglected stitching frame dies from Stamplorations and CTMH and they were perfect. I also used the Hello die from I think MFT.

    I paired it with the cute Clip Art snowman which is part of a cute set. Check it out HERE

    Check out the snowmen clipart:

    Now here is the Inspired By Inspiration:

    And be sure to hop on over to JUGS and check out what the others have done and of course play along!

  • Warm Winter Wishes

    Warm Winter Wishes

    I have another card for the Coffee Loving Papercrafters Blog again today and it is your last chance to link up to the Lattes & Layers Challenge

    For my card I have another cute Clip Art design, don’t you just love him? I paired it with some older Simple Stories papers

    I used up some of my scraps, topped it with a snowflake border die from Poppy Stamps and some snowflakes punched out of glitter paper before mounting the image on foam squares. The sentiment die is from Stamplorations. I did fussy cut the mug and add it to the snowman’s hand.

    Check out this cute collection of Clip Art Snowmen.

    Now head on over to the Coffee Loving Papercrafters blog as today is the last day for the Sparkle challenge

  • Cheers

    Cheers

    I am playing along with the Inspired By Challenge again using the colors and the theme. I thought the Beer Me stamp from Unity would work well for this too (It’s probably how my hubby will be celebrating New Years 😉) And yes the stamp set is on sale!

    I paired it with some paper from Stampin’ Up and the dies are from PTI and MFT I believe. I mounted the image on foam squares and added some glitter gel to make it look more like foam on the top.

    Now to grab this fun image!

    and of course come play along at Inspired By!