The past two weeks have been very busy for me; no time to make cards and no time to post. Things are slowly getting back to a normal pace and I was finally able to get into my studio. I don't know about you, but it is a very therapeutic thing for me to take the time to make a few cards. So relaxing. Here is a card I made for the ANYTHING GOES challenge at Simon Says Stamp:
I found this pretty 8x8 paper pad at JoAnne's last week and wanted to play with it. The papers are quite vintage-like with great colors, too.
It is a rainy day (much needed, too!) here in Ohio, so maybe I will have time to play a bit more. Need to catch up with my blog list first!!!
Have a great weekend!
Hero Arts CL 490, Spellbinders Nestabilities large and small ovals, My Favorite Things butterfly die, Cuttlebug embossing folder, Colorbok Victorian Parlour paper pad.
Good morning! The past week or so has been a busy one for me and I haven't been able to get any cards made until yesterday.
The Tuesday Trigger photo for this week is so pretty:
Here is my card:
Blue and white is my favorite color combo. I stamped the butterfly on a blue speckled paper and again on vellum. Cut out just a portion of the wings from the vellum and adhered over the blue one. Added blue and white liquid pearls for accent. The embossing folder is from Sizzix.
I will also use this card for two other challenges this week. The challenge for A Blog Named Hero is to use our favorite stamps from Hero Arts and this Artists Butterfly is just one of mine. I also used one of my favorite tools, the Cuttlebug, to emboss the background so this suits the challenge this week at Simon Says Stamp also.
Have a wonderful day!
Do you recognize this gal?? Cath Edvalson from Moxie Fab World is a very sweet blogger who keeps us in tune with all things new in the crafting world and shares great giveaways on a regular basis. She usually attends CHA in Anaheim CA each year as part of the Paper Crafts Connection team. Well, Cath has been suffering with shoulder pain for sometime now, and was unable to attend this year.
So, Virginia Lu and others have organized a blog hop in Cath's honor for all of us to show her some love and support as she deals with this health issue. I hope Cath will like the card I made for her:
And, I hope the doctors can evaluate this problem correctly and get her started on a treatment plan that will resolve it quickly!
Sending lots of hugs out to Cath! (You can go to Virginia's blog to see the participants in this hop.)
We are supposed to get some snow today, so I decided to make a card with another new stamp I have from Penny Black:
Wish I could be as enthusiastic as this little snowman seems to be with snow in the forecast. I prefer warm sunshine:)
The sentiment and snowflakes are from a Fiskars clear set I found on clearance at JoAnn's. Lots of wintery stamps in the set.
After coloring and running the panel through the Cuttlebug, I added baby blue Stickles for the ground and some on the snowflakes and snowman, too. The pretty snowflake stickers are from Jolee.
Enjoy your day, whatever your weather might be!
