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!

For the Happy Couple

Congratulations goes out to one of my colleagues! She is getting married this weekend! September is a busy time for any teacher, but to add wedding planning on top of that . . . whew! Anyhoo, I have been wanting to try out this stamp set from Altenew for awhile and decided to make my own background paper with embossing. Love the results!

I will definitely be using these stamps and doing this technique again.

Thanks for checking in. I always appreciate the visits.

Love Birds

Hello Blogland! Just a quick post today. Here is a wedding card that was created for one of my colleagues! To my American friends and family - Happy Thanksgiving!

Supplies:

Cardstock: Gina K, CTMH
Dies: Spellbinders
Punch: Martha Stewart
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Stamps: Our Craft Lounge; Gina K (inside greeting)
Pens: Spica and Sakura
Ribbon: Colorbok

Challenges I would like to enter:

Penny Black All Sorts - any die will do
Challenges 4 Everybody - anything goes
Simply Create - be a follower, anything goes

Have a wonderful rest of the weekend!

Congratulations!

Today I am sharing a wedding card. I was going for simple and elegant and being such a big fan of color, was a little scared to have just a plain white card. It didn't photograph as well as I would have liked, so hopefully you can get the idea of what I was going for. Looks much better in person.

Stamps: Paper Smooches
Dies: MFT Dienamics, Memory Box
Punches: Variety flower punches
Paper: GKD heavy weight white
Bling: CTMH

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Pink Gem Challenge Blog - Flowers
One Stop Craft - Anything Goes
Fussy and Fancy - Anything Goes
Make It Monday - Always Anything Goes :)

Have a great week!

Eternal Love

Happy New Year everyone! Today I am sharing a canvas project that I created for my grandmother. This is the third canvas I have created using a similar template and I think they just turn out so well. The papers are from CTMH, ink is Tim Holtz Walnut Stain, twigs are from our forest :), tag is 7 Gypsies (an ATC card that I cut out), leaves - torn paper - own design, key and rafia are unknown and metal accents are TPC design from Grandma's Attic collection. I cut out the letters using my Cricut and the swirls were done with a sizzix die.
Adhesive used: ATG to adhere papers & photo, Tombow mono multi for letters and to put together the flowers and 3D zots glue dots for all the embellies.

Close up of flowers:

Close up of tag and other flower:

I would like to enter this project into the following challenges:

Top Tip Tuesday - Anything Goes
Everybody Art Challenge - Anything Goes
Make It Monday - Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by and have a blessed New Year!

Warm Hugs,

Special Day is the theme!

What a beautiful sunny day! Definitely some wonderful weather for some gardening. Before I head out for the day, I wanted to tell you about the new challenge that will be posted today at Simply Create.  The theme is Special Day! So come join us for the fun and let's see what you create - birthday, wedding or whatever other Special Day you would like to celebrate!

For this challenge I decided to make a wedding keepsake box. I have had the supplies since I got married last year and have just not been able to find time to do the actual project.

Top of the box:

Close up of flowers:

Front Side of the box;

Supplies:

Box: discontinued item from CTMH

Stamp set: CTMH "Adorable"

Paper, ribbon/lace, flowers, Metal accent & brads, acetate overlays & shimmery flourishes: making memories

Ink: Dew Drop "Platinum Planet"

Jewels: Bazzill

Black Velvet brad: Doodle Bug

Glitter: Glitz Stardust - CTMH

Other Challenges I would like to enter this project into:

Dutch Dare Card Challenges - altered project

Paper Romance - anything but a card

High Hopes Rubber Stamps - 3-D Box, bag etc.

Bunny Zoe's Crafts - Lace

Hippity with Ippity - flowers

Make it Monday - anything goes

Stamp Fairy - 3 embellishments

I Did It Creations Challenge Blog - ribbon & lace

Sparkles Forum Challenges - Recipe: 2 papers, 1 ribbon/bow, 2 embellishments

Craft Your Days Away - White plus one

Papertake Weekly - Bloom & Grow

Thanks for stopping by and have a gorgeous sunny day!

Hugs,

Coloring practice

Happy spring???! Still at least 24 inches of the white stuff outside, so it would be nice if the melting would happen soon. Anyhoo, was taking advantage of some quiet time to practice my copic coloring. Today my focus was on skin tone and blending. TFL and have a great day!

NB**The purples show up differently than on the project no matter how many different ways I adjust my lighting.

Supplies:
Stamp: Magnolia-Bride & Bridesmaid
Cardstock: Neenah, Bazill ?? shimmery pink & purple
Ink: Momento: tuxedo black & london fog
Copics: E01, E00, E000, E25, E29, E31, B60, C1, BV23, R20, R00, V04, V17
Flowers: CTMH blooms
Ribbon: CTMH smokey plum
Gems: CTMH bitty sparkles
Punch: Scallop Circle (Marvy Uchida - Green)
Unknown: glitter glue, brads

Challenges entered:
Bugaboo Stamps - Scallops Anyone??
Simon Says Stamp Challenge - Anything goes
Simply Create - Monochromatic
Stampin' for the Weekend - Springtime
Moxie Fab World - Markers Challenge

***New Challenge  (May 7) - Flashback Friday Challenge - First wedding card

The challenge at Moxie Fab is based on the new Stamp It! Techniques issue. This is an amazing resource and the focus is on using your markers! Soooo fun!