Communion Invitations

I was asked to make some invitations as well as some menus (not shown) for the reception for a little boy's First Communion.  I kept the design clean and simple and used shimmered paper, metal crosses, and sheer ribbon to add some elegance:

Thank You Cards

A friend of mine had a jewellery party and wanted to hand out some Thank You cards along with the orders when she delivered them.  She asked me to come up with something cute and simple:

Card Recipe:

Paper: Recollections
Ink: CTMH Black

Stamp Set:  CTMH 'A Garden'

Other:  Staedtler watercolour pencils; Liquid Glass; CTMH Edge Distresser

Mojo Monday #279

I've been following the Mojo Monday sketch challenges over the past couple of weeks, and finally found some time to participate for the first time!  I had some patterned butterfly paper sitting around for a while and finally decided to put it to use:

Card Recipe

Papers:  Recollections Teal Butterflies, Signature Black (glittered), white, and peach; CTMH Pear and Dotty for You

Embellishments:  CTMH pearls; Michaels' Melodie and Lace trim; Jolee's Boutique clear gems

Tools:  Martha Stewart butterfly and scalloped circle punches; Spellbinders Classic Scalloped Circles; Fiskars Circle Cutter;  Cuttlebug polka dot embossing folder; quilling tool (for butterfly antennae); 3-d foam tape

Paper Players #130 & Dynamic Duos #37

2nd post of the day - a first for me!  Snow days are very productive around here!  After baking a batch of cookies (see earlier post on my Home page for a great double chocolate cookie recipe!), I had some time to finish off a card that I was working on for the following card challenges:
The Paper Players

 Dynamic Duos
 

Card Recipe:

Paper:  Patterned: CTMH 'Passages'; Recollections

Stamps:  Verve 'Amazing Wishes'

Ink: CTMH White Daisy

Emb: Jolee's Boutique flower; doily; CTMH Just Blooms, brads, Opaque Pearls, Canvas Badge, Twill ribbon, Hemp

Other: Cuttlebug EF; Verve Die

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Life's A Journey

I was asked to make a fun, kid-friendly card for an elementary school teacher who was leaving her grade 2 class to move on to another job.  I thought of using either a sailboat theme, or road/path theme to compliment the sentiment, "life's a journey", but then I came across this hot air balloon stamp, and thought it would work best.

 

All the cute buildings and the sun were cut out from patterned cardstock - some buildings were cut out twice and pop-dotted, and, although difficult to tell in the photos, liquid glass was added to certain details to add brightness and dimension. The balloon was stamped, cut out, and embellished also.

Thanks for looking!

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Inkadinkado 'Inspirational Lift'

Ink:  CTMH Chocolate

Emb:  Martha Stewart glitter; CTMH Liquid Glass; Liquid Pearls; 3D foam tape

Paper:  Kaiser Craft, K & Company, Recollections

Paper Players #129 & Dynamic Duos #36

Okay, this card proves that I am indeed a sucker for punishment!  I weaved some of my quilling strips to make the inside of the heart; I didn't have a heart-shaped die, but I had a heart-shaped cookie cutter (of course), so I traced it and cut it out with my Cuttle Bee; it looked a little plain, so I made some sparkly red lips (just to note-not a reflection of my own personal style!) using free clipart, and I made the sparkly paper by brushing glue on some black and red cardstock and sprinkling them with glitter.  Phew!  I was aiming for a masculine-looking card so that I could give it to my hubby on Valentine's Day.  I hope he appreciates my 'labour of love' :) 

I played along with The Paper Players and Dynamic Duos

 

Card Recipe:

Stamps:  CTMH 'Unity'

Ink: CTMH Black
Paper:  Recollections
Emb:  Martha Stewart glitter
Tools:  Cookie cutter(!), & Cuttle Bee

Freshly Made Sketches #69

I was craving quilling!  Haven't quilled in so long and knowing how much my mom loves my quilling, decided to make her a birthday card with a quilled flower on it.  I chose to work with (I should say 'play with') this fun Freshly Made sketch.  I'm very excited to be playing along with Freshly Made Sketches for the very first time :)



Here's my card:

 

Card Recipe:

Paper:  Recollections

Ink:  CTMH White Daisy

Stamps:  CTMH 'Simple Memories'; Verve 'Small Phrases'

Emb: CTMH Mocha Opaques, sheer ribbon

Tools:  Cuttlebug embossing folder

Dynamic Duos Card Challenge #35

I chose another Dynamic Duos challenge as my first card challenge of 2013, hopefully the first of many :)

Although I had never worked with this colour combo, I was inspired (and challenged!) by the design team's gorgeous cards, especially Karen's beautiful rolled flowers :) My own rolled flower was made with a strip of paper that I punched with the same same design punch as I made the squared frame with.  I pushed myself to get this card done by today, as I'm giving it away tomorrow! 

Card Recipe:  Stamps: Verve 'Making a Statement'; Inks: CTMH Chocolate & Pear; Paper: Recollections; MS punches; CTMH Corner Rounder, Liquid Glass, Quilling Tool, Mocha Opaques gems; green twine, hole punch & 3D foam tape from my stash.

Tania's Dynamic Duos Card Challenge #32

I was up to another Dynamic Duos card challenge this week!

I hadn't used my CTMH Find Your Style stamp set in a while, and thought it would go well with their 'pretty in pink & rose red' theme this week.
After stamping the dress form stamp in CTMH black ink, I thought it looked a little plain, so I dressed it up with some pink ribbon (the frill behind it was accidental, but I thought it looked cute, so instead of trimming it off, I left it there).  I used some 3-D foam tape to attach it to the card.
I used the dress form stamp once again to create the stamped border.  
I was planning on a 'Happy Birthday' sentiment, but couldn't find an image or font stamp that I liked, so I went with the 'friend' stamp that came in the set. I stamped it on some pink vellum paper and attached it with a thin strip of black paper and a couple of pink rhinestones.
Finally, I glued the top layer of the card to some Bazzill pink cardstock. 
I'd like to think it turned out to be 'simple yet chic' :)

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Tania's Dynamic Duos Card Challenge #31

Tania's Dynamic Duos Card Challenge

I had a lot of fun participating in my first ever Dynamic Duos colour challenge, and was glad their theme for this week included the classic Christmas combo of green and red-perfect for the Christmas mood I've been in for the last couple of days, as I've put up my Tree, decorated my home, and of course, baked xmas cookies :)) 

Before I started, I knew I wanted to use CTMH red baker's twine in this card, as it so reminds me of candy canes.  I also knew I wanted to make a card that looked like a xmas present.  Since I didn't have any ribbon in the required colours, I decided to 'make' some out of some scrap green paper, CTMH kraft borders (which I decided to thread with the twine) and some MS red glitter.  To continue with the neutral kraft theme, I made the bow out of CTMH burlap ribbon-a favourite product that I find myself using over and over again (I thought it looked a little plain, so I added some sheer white ribbon to it). I embossed some red paper with my Cuttlebug using their polka dots embossing folder, assembled all of the above, and finished it off with a tag that I punched out with my Recollections punch, added a glittered 'For You', and threaded a corner of it with a few stitches of the twine.  

 Looking forward to my next card challenge!

Craft & Bake Sale

Getting ready for our church's annual Christmas craft and bake sale this weekend! We're very busy, baking up a storm!  Here are some cards that Tania made that will add some Christmas spirit to our table :)

                                         Something fun:

All supplies CTMH: Grey Wool ink; Stamp Sets: Snow Friends, A Little Thanks; watercolour pencils; waterbrush; Fun Flock; glitter; cs: Twilight, White Daisy.

Something cozy: I love how this CTMH stamp set screams coziness.  It's hard to see in the photo, but the wine velvet paper adds a soft and cozy feel, as does the Fun Flock/snow.

 

Stamp set: CTMH Snow Days; CTMH watercolour brush and pencils: CTMH Fun Flock; wine velvet paper from sei; gold ribbon and green cs from my stash.

I was trying to achieve a stained glass look with the following two cards, so I decided to heat emboss the images and colour them in (wish I had Copics!) and finish them off with Liquid Glass.

Stamp set: CTMH Gloria; CTMH watercolour brush and pencils; CTMH Kraft cs; CTMH Liquid Glass; Versamark watermark stamp pad; Stampendous blk embossing powder; cs from my stash.