Congratulations - Wedding Shaker

Hello fellow bloggers! I have managed to make it into my craft room a little over the last week and I have decided that although I want to continue blogging and sharing, I am going to take a break from the time consuming process of explaining the card or listing all the supplies. I would like to speed up the process a bit to help focus on my goal of utilizing time in a more productive way. Needless to say I do appreciate the sharing aspect and if there is anything you would like to know, please ask and I will certainly share details.

On that note, I would like to share a Wedding shaker card that I created for a fellow colleague who got married in Australia over the Christmas Break! She is just such a fun young girl and when I saw this card on Pinterest, I knew it was perfect for her and I certainly scraplifted the whole idea and changed very little. Thanks so much for the inspiration Nichol Magouirk! What you don't see in my card - as I was negligent on taking a photo - is that I turned it into a trifold card with a gift certificate holder. This allowed for all of our staff to sign the card and send our best wishes!

This card allowed me to try out my minc machine and I have to admit . . . I LOVE IT!!! Like others, there may be a lot of foiling in my future! I have noticed, however, it is super difficult to photograph shiny projects without getting a dark reflection of yourself or your camera. I found holding it up on an angle away from me helped with that process.

I would like to enter my card in the following challenges:

Addicted to Stamps Challenges - anything goes
The Sisterhood of Crafters - something old; something new - The minc foiling is new for me, all the rest of my supplies I have had on hand for awhile
The Outlawz - CAS Challenge group - something sparkly

Thanks for stopping in!

The Sky's the Limit Birthday

Hello all! I have a new card today for the Paper a la Mode (PAM) challenge over at the Outlawz. If you are not a member already, you should come join us! It is lots of fun and there are tonnes of great prizes every month. My card today is for my daughter's birthday! She will be turning 11 this week. I made a shaker card earlier in the summer and she loved it soooo much, so I can't to wait to see her face when she opens this.

This pic is in the bright sunlight so you can see the subtle sparkle - as well shaker pieces are at the bottom.

Supplies:

Cardstock: Neenah Solar White

Craft Foam: Creatology

DP: Echo Park, Lawn Fawn

Stamps: MFT (PI girl), Lawn Fawn (the sky's the limit) , Paper Smooches (happy birthday), Gina K (clouds)

Embossing Powder: Clear Detail (Ranger)

Dies: Sizzix (circles), SSS (shaker pieces - hearts and stars)

Markers: copic

Other: wink of stella, beads etc - unknown

Challenges I would like to enter:

Inspire Me Fridays - always anything goes

Make It Monday - always anything goes

Kitty Bee Designs - birthday

Sister Act Card Challenge - anything goes

Paper Crafting Journey - anything goes

Pennys Challenge #141 - dies and / or punches

CMC Copic Challenge - anything goes

UPDATE:

Woohoo! So very cool to be featured for my beautiful daughter's special birthday card!

Inspire Me Fridays - Aug. 29

Enjoy your Saturday! I am off to see my sister who is here from San Diego for a short visit!

Hugs,

Shaker Card for Camp

Hi there! I'm back with a post for Summer Card Camp 2. The inspiration was from Week 2, Day 3 where one of the guest artists, Kelly Marie Alvarez from Lawn Fawn created this amazing shaker card. I have always wanted to try one of these. The most difficult part for me this week, despite the amazing inspiration and projects, was to get into the groove with the colour combo challenge. These are not typically colors I would work with, which is why this class is so awesome . . . it is really pushing me outside of my comfort zone. Hope you enjoy my card . . . I will definitely be making more of these as it was so fun to make! **For some reason I had a hard time photographing this card - lighting was never quite right. I took a few pics of the front so you could see the different shaker pieces :).

Inside of Card - starfish has cute glossy accents and colored with copic marker

Supplies:

Digi Stamps: CC Designs
Stamps: Paper Smooches (greeting), Gina K (clouds), Inkadinkadoo (starfish)
Dies: Spellbinders, SSS (for little bits)
Ink: Memento, Versamark, Distress Ink (sky background)
Paper: Neenah, Bazzill, X-Press It
Embossing Powder: Stampendous
Markers: colics; Wink of Stella
Other: shells from beach in Jamaica (for real!); sequins, micro beads, acetate from packaging and glossy accents

Challenges I would like to enter:

C C Designs - Summer Dreaming - this cutie is dreaming about those waves she's going to hit :)
Simon Says Stamp - By the Sea
Chocolate, Coffee & Cards - Life's A Beach
Creative Corner Challenges - Let It Sparkle
Digitally Sweet Challenges - Sunshine and Summertime
Make It Monday - anything goes
Inspire Me Fridays - anything goes
Sister Act Card Challenge - anything goes
Tuesday Throwdown Challenge - anything goes
Color Throwdown - see combo below

Update: Woohoo, my card was chosen at Tuesday Throwdown!

Thanks for stopping by,