Birds and Flowers

Yay!! We've finished with all the older make-up cards, now on to the new ones. First up is Day 26-ABC's of Crafting: STW

S: Stiching

T: Toile

W: White

I'm afraid I couldn't find any toile, so I used some paper strips instead. I also really, really hate actually stitching paper, (the process, not the result) so I used a digital stamp from Heartsong that had stitching on it. The Polka Dot paper is from Recollections, and the stamp by Stampendous.

Next is Day 27 which is another sketch. And here is my result! The picture is a little fuzzy, but I drew in balloons instead of my normal polka dots. Going for something new. :) Stay tuned for more. Have a great day and keep crafting!

Still more catch-up

Still catching up on cards I missed before, though I'm almost done with the ones that came before I started the challenge. Then it's just to the ones that I've missed out on after getting sick. :)

This first one is from Day 11- Repurposed paper

The challenge was to take paper from one holiday and use it for something else. I took some old halloween paper, and turned it into this!

I'm very much in a spring mood lately. :)

This next one is also springy. It is for Day 12- Keep it simple.

The challenge is to use patterned paper, one sentiment, and one embellishment. I added a ribbon, it was really needed. Here is the result!

This card is actually tiny. It was fun to work with a different size for once. Both of these used flowers by Colorbok. The sticker on #2 is also by colorbok. The stamp on #1 is from Stampendous.

That's it for now. Stay tuned for more catch-up cards!

Have a great day and keep crafting!

Back to the 80's!

The challenge for Day 9 was to pick a decade and have fun!! I picked the 1980's, with this great video game card that I made for Tony for his birthday.

I found this paper (and decals) in a pad called The Generation Tech Stack by DCWV. You'll probably notice a lot of it in the 32 Geeky Gifts book I made for his birthday as well. I am so excited with the paper, and completely love this card.

Here are some more I made with the pack. This one was for Day 25. This challenge was part of the alphabet challenges, PQR.

P - Polka Dot

Q - Quilting

R - Red

I used a Pin Wheel Quilting pattern, and threw a power up decal in the center to give the whole thing a video game twist.

That's it on the video games for now.

Spring in Bloom

Last one for today. Day 8's challenge is to create an arch card. This was something I had never done before, and it took me several cards to get the shape right, but the result was perfect. The blank card (precut) was by Recollections. The paper and stickers are all by Colorbok. I love this paper, and can't wait to more with it. I'm also really feeling the purple and orange combo after I put it together for the Pick 5 challenge. Since then I also used it on the Fierce card. Fun! Have a great day, and keep crafting!

Fierce Kitty

Day 7's challenge is a crack up. It is inspired by the word "fierce". I had a great time making the card, and then I ended up with the perfect picture.

Such a blast!! Felix curled up, and posed so perfectly!!!

Have a great day and keep crafting!!

Gears and Flowers

Skipping around a bit for this one, I thought I would show off two more cards with my newsprint flowers and tissue tape. These also fufill two challenges, though not consecutive ones. But, I thought, who cares!! :-) So here we go!!!

The first challenge is for Day 6, which was a sketch. Here is the sketch.

I used more of the tissue tape by Jim Holtz. The gears are also by Jim Holtz. This style started as an attempt at steampunk, and though it turned out to not quite be steampunk, I loved the result.

It was a lot of fun to make. This next one is for Day 10. The challenge was to mimic a trend that you are seeing online or in magazines. I made a second attempt at Steampunk, and this time it came out much better. I loved it!

I used alll the same materials as the last one, but this time I added some distressing by Jim Holtz. I really liked the result.

Have a great day, and keep crafting!

Summer Meets Winter

I admit this is not one of my favorite cards. The challenge was fun though. The card just didn't quite come out the way I envisioned it. The theme is winter meets summer. The stickers are by K and Co. I made the snowmen out of white paper. The rest was just card stock on a blank card by Recollections. Have a great day, and keep crafting!